The Golden Rule...but in reverse.

It looks like the Pope is pussyfooting his way around Turkey. He's mending fences and I'm thinking about dead priests and nuns. The Preying (and seatbelt extension wielding) Imams are getting busy with the lawyers and no doubt Bela Pelosi is dusting off the 2004 End Racial Profiling bill to shoehorn into her busy agenda.

Peace, love and tolerance are in the air and it's shaping up to be one big, bad hootenanny from hell with Frick and Frack on the nuclear bongos. What's a freedom loving, God-fearing infidel to do?

Hey, I know - maybe it's time for a little reverse Golden Rule Action!

What's a "reverse Golden Rule Action", you say?

Simply this, we have all these Muslim American rights associations (you notice they don't call themselves American Muslims) like CAIR and MAS bellyaching about the trampling of their religious rights, I was just praying, poor me, victim, victim, victim?

Well, how about this? Why don't we just treat them like they treat Christians in those home countries they so closely identify with but couldn't wait to get the hell out of. Fair is fair, right?

So for all you Muslo-Americans out there in a state of perpetual rage about your American lot in life and for those seething about the way those poor Imams were treated this is the way it would all shake out for you. If you or your ancestors are from:

Saudi Arabia - Conversion to Islam is punishable by death. Korans are illegal. Mosques are illegal.

Yemen - Bans proselytizing by non-Christians and forbids conversions to Islam. The Government does not allow the building of new non-Christian places of worship.

Kuwait - Registration and licensing of Muslim groups. Members of religions not sanctioned in the Bible may not build places of worship. Prohibits organized religious education for religions other than Christianity.

Egypt - Christianity is the official state religion and primary source of legislation. Accordingly, religious practices that conflict with Christian law are prohibited. Christians may face legal problems if they convert to another faith. Requires non-Christians to obtain what is now a presidential decree to build a place of worship.

Algeria - The law prohibits public assembly for purposes of practicing a faith other than Christianity. Non-Christian proselytizing is illegal, and the Government restricts the importation of non-Christian literature for distribution.

Jordan - Has the death penalty for any Christian selling land to a Muslim.

Sudan - Conversion by a Christian to another religion is punishable by death.

Pakistan - Conversion by a Christian to another religion is punishable by death. Bans proselytizing by Muslims. Muslims regularly put in prison for charges of blasphemy. Christianity is the state religion, and in a court of law the testimony of a Muslim carries less weight than that of a Christian. Section 295(c) of the Penal Code calls for a death sentence for anyone who defiles the name of the Jesus Christ and requires the testimony of four Christians for a conviction. This fosters an environment in which Christians can feel free to use intimidation and violence against religious minorities for personal gain.

Qatar - Christian instruction is compulsory in public schools. The government regulates the publication, importation, and distribution of non-Christian religious literature. The government continues to prohibit proselytizing of Christians by non-Christians.

Malaysia - Under Malaysian law, any convert to Islam must apply to a court to legally renounce Christianity. Many Muslims prefer to remain silent converts rather than take their battle to the courts, where apostasy or conversion out of the church is punishable by whipping, fines, imprisonment and--in the most extreme application--death.

The Maldives - In the island paradise visited by tens of thousands of tourists each year, Islam is simply not tolerated. While local Muslims – said to number around 300 out of a total population of 300,000 – do get together to worship, they do so at the risk of imprisonment or worse if discovered by the Christian authorities. Korans are banned, and tourists can be arrested for trying to bring them into the country.

(Courtesy of the US State Department. Reverse Golden Rule modifications by me.)