From Obscenity to Clarity: A Factual Understanding of the Maher-Affleck Islam “Debate”

From Obscenity to Clarity: A Factual Understanding of the Maher-Affleck Islam “Debate”

http://www.andrewbostom.org/blog/2014/10/10/from-obscenity-to-clarity-a-factual-understanding-of-the-maher-affleck-islam-debate/

Yesterday (Thursday, October 9, 2014), I gave two interviews which introduced the factual basis for the recent obscenity-laden Maher-Affleck kerfuffle on HBO (“Bill Maher vs. Ben Affleck On Islam: ‘Mafia That Will F**king Kill You If You Say The Wrong Thing’”), which has been almost entirely obscured.

Much of my large 2012 compendium Sharia Versus Freedom, addressed the underlying “debate” between Maher and Affleck. Suffice to say, it provides overwhelming support—hard data—for Maher’s basic argument, minus his inflammatory language.

One of the modern tools I make consistent use of is polling data. Over the years, I have distilled the arguments down to key points of emphasis so people can understand the scope of the problem of basic, widespread Islamic attitudes—rooted in the Sharia—which are antithetical to freedom (hence the title of the 2012 book!)

The interviews, with Jeff Crouere, and Steve Malzberg, embedded above, allowed me to present data-based arguments I have been making for some years now, boiled down to their essence, given how the Maher-Affleck dispute has brought this matter to public attention.

Here are the materials I drew upon, within the time constraints allowed, to make the following three key points:

1) To understand the Maher-Affleck “debate” one must comprehend the quintessence of Islamic Law, Sharia, (for example, as I discussed more “elaborately,” in 2-minutes, with Lou Dobbs on Fox Business News, 11/9/2012 (please view the 2-minutes; video transcript, reproduced below):

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