Even though I am a practicing Catholic myself, at the information booth in the Munich shopping zone, I became most irritated that our discussions about Islam were seen as a purely religious matter. Attacks on Christianity serve here mainly as argumentative underpinnings for culture-related points of view. Therefore, I always attempt to make it clear that my intention is not to present my religion and its representatives better than others. I always argue with the Constitution, not with the Bible.

(La Valette regarding the PI Series “Reasoning with Muslims — but how” / Translation: Anders Denken)

In my political persuasion, I would present myself as libertarian, and as such I am a relentless defender of freedom. However, nobody can make claims on freedom so as to limit the freedoms of fellow humans. Whoever desires, for example, to abolish the equality of women under the guise of religious freedom confuses religious freedom with freedom of foolishness, and we should make this unmistakably clear in our discussions with that individual.

Whether certain Quran citations are mistranslated or taken out of context is secondary. First and foremost, we must make it clear to the Muslims, that we will not budge one iota from the rights of freedom that the constitutions of all Western countries guarantee, and that we we will take action so that the rights and freedoms of every individual, regardless of race, sex and religion will be protected in our territory, also and even from those who believe their religion justifies their trampling of those rights underfoot.

We must have the determination to insist in our discussions that these rights are non-negotiable for us, in Islam conferences or anywhere else. We are not hostile to foreigners, for we want to protect girls from genital mutilation, forced marriages, and murders of shame, just the same as we would our own “native-born” women and girls. Those cowards who, in the name of “multi-culti,” would tolerate such barbaric monstrosities here are the true racists, not we. And, really, what else is that muzzle of Nazism, but the unacknowledged surrender of our arguments?

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Even though I am a practicing Catholic myself, at the information booth in the Munich shopping zone, I became most irritated that our discussions about Islam were seen as a purely religious matter. Attacks on Christianity serve here mainly as argumentative underpinnings for culture-related points of view. Therefore, I always attempt to make it clear that my intention is not to present my religion and its representatives better than others. I always argue with the Constitution, not with the Bible. (La Valette regarding the PI Series "Reasoning with Muslims -- but how" / Translation: Anders Denken) In my political persuasion, I would present myself as libertarian, and as such I am a relentless defender of freedom. However, nobody can make claims on freedom so as to limit the freedoms of fellow humans. Whoever desires, for example, to abolish the equality of women under the guise of religious freedom confuses religious freedom with freedom of foolishness, and we should make this unmistakably clear in our d

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