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Originally Posted by nik-
I'm referring to extremism in terms of having an extreme view. In my opinion the desire to apply religious law, of any nature, to a modern secular society is extreme.
No the PC's or the USA governing system are not the same. The desires and actions of some of the religious voters in the US are the same however. If some Christian ####### wants to change the law to apply biblical policies to restrict gay people or abortions, to me that is an extremist view because you're trying to apply your religious doctrine to society as a whole.
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Ok that's fair. There were various MP's elected of the conservative party that are anti-abortion.
I think I understand your perspective. Mine was simply that extremism is based on extreme views of religion. I agree that the desire to apply religious laws to a modern secular society is extreme as well.
I don't, however, think that counties like Indonesia are extremist countries because while Sharia law exist in those countries, it is a relatively peaceful nation, women have equal rights, and their views do not align with the extreme views that we see from radical Islam (similar to Saudi Arabia or Iran). It is a religious country, yes, but I also don't think you can discuss Indonesian muslims in the same light as you would as Saudi Muslims or ISIS or radical Islam. And going back to my original argument, that means that I don't think you could say moderate muslims or myself should be spoken about in the same light as the extremist muslims. We don't believe in that stuff.
But if you believe that any religion implementation in governance is extremism, that's fair, that's a personal opinion.
Not trying to spin you in a negative light by any means.