Ben Shapiro Reveals the Difference Between American Freedom and Islamic “Freedom”

Read the whole article at FrontPage today, here’s a choice excerpt:

There is no doubt that every human being wants to be free.  But free to do what?  Western freedom is based on the notion of individualism – the idea that we should each make our own choices.  But Islamic freedom denounces such freedom as impure and problematic.  Essentially, Islam contends that submission to Islam is the source of freedom – freedom from the un-Islamic parts of human nature.Many in the West wonder why so many would embrace such a restrictive notion of freedom, but the answer is simple: while the human heart desperately wants freedom, it also desperately wants group identity.  We all want to be members of a community: a religious community, an ethnic community, or a national community.  Our deep and abiding need for group identity leads us to join churches and synagogues, to go to group schools, and even to go to movies with others and follow sports teams.  We would rather be part of an arbitrary group – of, say, Lakers fans – than to be part of no group at all.