"āWe need to admit that Islamism today is applied Islam,ā El Rhazoui ā who describes herself as an āatheist of Muslim cultureā āwrites, responding to politicians, religious figures, Islamophobia opponents and media commentators who claim after every jihadist attack that āreal Islamā has nothing to do with such terror.
āWhen we apply Islam to the letter it gives Islamism, and when we apply Islamism to the letter it gives terrorism. So we need to stop saying Islam is a religion of peace and love. What is a moderate Islamist? An Islamist who doesnāt kill?ā"
"āWhat do these Islamophobia whiners say to the millions of individuals who live in Islamic theocracies and dream of liberty?ā El Rhazoui concludes in her book. āWho speaks about the nightmare of a woman who decides to cross the streets of Algiers, Casablanca or Cairo in a skirt?⦠those who would like to drink a glass of alcohol in countries where you have to flout the law to do it? ⦠about homosexuals, pariahs of Muslim societies, who often only have the choice of death, prison or exile? Who speaks about this youth born Muslim but dreaming of a normal life, these teens attacked for having had a romance?ā
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