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We do not
deny the right of Islam, and of any other religion, to
forbid its followers to use alcohol or other substances. We firmly
challenge, however, the right of the State, of any State,
to force by law its citizens to follow a religion and to
comply with its laws and its prohibitions.
We
firmly challenge the State's right to forbid its
citizens, in the name of their moral, physical, and
spiritual health, to use and ingest any substance.
We
claim that the freedom of conscience and religion , the
right not to be subject to health and food restrictions
(complying with other individuals' rights), the
separation between State and Church, the laity of the
State, are inalienable rights and principles in every
region on Earth.
In
no case can the call for cultural and historical
diversity justify the suppression of these individual
rights or the assertion of both totalitarian and violent
State models.
We,
therefore, assert our right and duty to interfere,
through any democratic and nonviolent means, in defense
of the individual's basic rights, that are being heavily
ridden roughshod over in those countries that have
adopted Islam as their State religion and that are
prohibiting by law the use of alcohol and other
behaviours pertaining to the sphere of conscience,
religion, political, and sexual freedom.
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