to them from their Lord, they would surely have received provision from above them and from beneath their feet. Among them is a group who are on the right course, but evil are the deeds of many of them. 5:65,66

Perhaps it is appropriate to move on to another issue in order to discover the truth about the disciplined freedom of Islam, a lighter topic which is still a sensitive issue: the issue of sex and sexuality. American values and laws restricted even the mention of unambiguous sexual terms and referral to the sexual organs until the beginning of the twentieth century. Some European novels that contained such terms were restricted from publication until the sixties. The famous Kinsley report and other medical and sociological studies until today make clear that many Americans suffer from great ignorance about sexual subjects!

On the other hand, the Prophet –blessing and peace be upon him- who was most chaste in speech and impeccable in manners, spoke about it in clear detail. Moreover, the Qur’an itself speaks about this subject in words that are at the same time both clear and respectful, and many Muslim authors, both ancient and modern, devoted whole books, or chapters of their books to this discussion which are available to everyone. Modern medical specialists are amazed to discover how these works combined scientific biological, physiological and anatomical knowledge, as well as sound psychological and behavioral guidance in descriptive terms that are neither prudish nor trivial. Western experience is divided between total suppression with its source in monastic celibacy, and unrestricted arousal taken from the Freudians and others, while Islamic society is generally free from both.

In general, Islamic civilization did not know of censorship of thought and writing in any subject, of which the rare instances of book burning only serve as evidence. If Giordano Bruno, Galileo, or others like them were able to immigrate to the nearest Muslim country, they would not have been subjected to any persecution. As for Spinoza, his situation can be compared to his Jewish coreligionist Moses Maimonides [whose high position within the government of Islamic Egypt gave him security and freedom to express his opinions]. Despite the fact that Israel is taken as an example of democracy by many Americans, let us ask the Jewish Falasha immigrants there from whom they receive better treatment, from the Muslims of their homeland and within Israel, or from the [European] members of their own religion?

In order to shed more light on the matter, there is no harm in pointing out the events that have happened in the past, and continue to happen in the states of the African lake region [Burundi and Rwanda]. Islam has become a safe asylum for both sides in the repulsive racial wars there, and Western missionaries are bewildered at the nearly four million from both tribes [Hutus and Tutsis] who have embraced Islam. In his address on a national occasion in 2000, the Rwandan president expressed his great admiration for Islam, and his surprise at its greatness, and the speed with which it extinguished the fuse of hostility and hatred between people. The Islamic Mufti of Rwanda (who translated the address for this writer) said to me, “the President was about to publicly announce his embracing of Islam, and I am in the daily expectation that he will do so.”

If we go back to the history of the founding fathers of the United States we discover that it was a very different matter:

The United States was founded on a clear conflict between puritan ethics (of the Calvinists) and their genocidal tendency because of which millions of human beings among the native peoples were sacrificed, something which (along with other evidence ) provides confirmation that the founders were inspired to this barbaric holocaust by the