Good Enemies

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Thanks to everyone who offered help. It has been a while since I did anything in HTML and even forgot about the "<>" vs. "[]" rule.

That said.

I will be offering a multi-part blog on the dangers of Islam to western society and America.

“You have enemies?  Good.  That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.”
-Winston Churchill

 

“When Islam strives for peace, its objective is not that superficial peace which requires that only that part of the earth where the followers of Islam are residing remain secure.  The peace which Islam desires is that the religion (the law of society) be purified for God, that the obedience of all people be for God alone, and that some people should not be lords over others.”
-Sayyid Qutb; Milestones

 

INTRODUCTION

 

If you are reading this, thank you.

Thank you for caring enough about your future, your family’s future, your neighbor’s future, and your countries future enough to educate yourself.  This country has become a country of sloth, with too many people content to lie on a couch or in front of a video game and let other people tell them what to think.  Logical reasoning and critical thought are going the way of family dinners.  You remember those?  Where you used to sit down with the family, around 5:00pm every night and talk about the day?

I am sure that this thread may not be popular with many people, I am fine with that because the topic is one that affects every person who cares about the freedom to vote, the freedom to practice religion as you see fit, equal rights for everyone regardless of race, religion, or national origin, the freedom to express your beliefs, those who believe in the basic morality of Western Judeo-Christian law. And to those of you who don’t care about any of those topics… It will affect you, too because if it is left to complete its stated objective, I promise you, it will not be a place you want to live.

It would be wonderful to have a GPS and just be able to sit back and have it tell us which way to turn, where to stop, and how long we have until our final destination but God does not like laziness and He wants you to use the brain He gave you. That is why He gave you a map, the Bible, to help guide you through these coming times.  You have to decipher a map and read it and the prophecies He gave us are the same.

I’m sure everyone reading this book knows someone who says that Muslims, Jews, and Christians all worship the same God. If you can’t think of anyone off the top of your head, I’ll introduce you to someone. The following was taken from an 2003 interview Larry King had with former first lady, Barbara Bush   

KING: Do you have a lot of faith? Are you a religious person?

BUSH: Yes. I mean, besides going to church every Sunday, I pray every night.

KING: You do?

BUSH: George Bush and I pray every night.

KING: Do you ever doubt it? Like a 9/11.

BUSH: No.

KING: Doesn't cause you to doubt?

BUSH: Now, that's a good question. It doesn't cause -- it -- it causes me to wonder how people can live in our country, but it has nothing to do with religion, I think. It's their religion or their fanaticism. But how can someone live in our country for nine years, accept our education, our life, a way of life, and then all that time plan to kill us? That makes me wonder. But I know that's not the Muslim religion. It is not. Their religion is very like ours and yours, which is -- and your wife's -- to value men's lives. And to trust god and...

KING: But you don't question your own god as to how this happened?

BUSH: No. I don't think my god had much to do with that or their god or any -- they're all the same.

Now, I am not faulting Mrs. Bush for her statement.  Western culture today dictates that we be “tolerant”, “diverse” and celebrate “multiculturalism”.  All are merely excuses to live in ignorance. Mrs. Bush is an example that if you exist in a world with no absolute morals, that “right and wrong” are relevant to the individual, and that everyone has their own path to God, then there is no reason to educate and investigate another person’s beliefs and ideology.  Maybe, you find yourself thinking the same thing?  After all, don’t the Jews, Muslims, and Christians all claim lineage from Abraham, the Jews from Isaac, the Christians being grafted in, and the Muslims from Ishmael? How many times have you hear that Islam is a religion of peace? Well, then they must worship the same God…

I used to believe these things. 

I thought that if I read the Qu’ran, in those pages I would learn more about my savior, Jesus, because I was told that Muslims believe in Jesus, too.  What a great opportunity to hear more of the Word of God and His salvation plan for mankind, to learn different aspects of prophecy and gain new insights from a different perspective. I couldn’t wait!

Let me ask you how many of you have taken the time to read the Qu’ran, the Muslim Holy Book?

I will tell you, right now, you owe it to yourselves to read it. Below is a link and you can download one for free:

Qur’an

I began my study of Islam with no preconceived notions. In fact, I was eager to read it and learn new things about our shared God and our common values.  What I found in its pages left me slack-jawed and astounded that anyone who had ever read it could claim that Muslims worship the same God as Jews and Christians.  How anyone could say Islam is a religion of peace when almost every verse (referred to as “sura” in the Qu’ran) is a call to fight and subdue unbelievers. 

I will go into greater detail about what I found as I explored the world of Islam but first let me make a few things perfectly clear.

I am not “intolerant”. 

Tolerance is a two way street. You are free to practice your religion any way you want, up until the point that you force your belief system onto others.  If Islam is such a tolerant religion, how many churches are there in Saudi Arabia?  There is a superiority complex intrinsic in Islam:

Sura 3:110 – “Ye are the best of peoples, evolved for mankind, enjoining what is right, forbidding what is wrong, and believing in Allah. If only the People of the Book had faith, it were best for them: among them are some who have faith, but most of them are perverted transgressors.”

Sura 4:144 – “O you who believe! Take not for Auliya' (protectors or helpers or friends)disbelievers instead of believers. Do you wish to offer Allah a manifest proof against yourselves? ”

Sura 41:33 – “And who is better in speech than one who invites to Allah and does righteousness and says, "Indeed, I am of the Muslims.”

Sura 53:29 – “Therefore shun those who turn away from Our Message and desire nothing but the life of this world.”

The Muslim community is instructed not to assimilate into their host nations. Rather, they demand that we bend to their laws.  That is not tolerance.  You cannot win the hearts and minds of a people who believe, whole-heartedly, that Allah has already won.

I am not a “racist”.

Islam is not a race.  Islam is a belief system that governs all aspects of life. That includes both the believer’s life and yours.

Islamic literature reinforces this:

“Is Muslim the name of a race?  The  boon of your being a Muslim, which you enjoy, is not a racial asset which you automatically inherit from your parents and which clings to you mechanically all your life whether you bother about it or not, but that it is a boon for acquiring which you must make efforts. If you make an endeavor for it then you can acquire it and if you don't care for it, it can also be snatched away from you. May God forbid! ”

I am not an “Islamophobe”.

I do have some serious concerns about Islam that I would like to discuss as a rational human being and an investigation is not racism or bigotry.

Webster’s defines a phobia as an, “an exaggerated usually inexplicable and illogical fear of a particular object, class of objects, or situation”.  As I will document and show evidence, a concern about the tenants of Islam and what it teaches is far from “inexplicable” and the only “illogical” thing is to ignore it.

Abdur-Rahman Muhammad, a former member of the International Institute for Islamic Thought ( IIIT ) which coined the phrase “Islamophobe” in the 1990’s, has since rejected the ideology and explained that the term, “is nothing more than a thought-terminating cliché conceived in the bowels of Muslim think tanks for the purpose of beating down critics.”

Labeling a person becomes the tactic used to silence anyone who question Islam. The merits of the argument are not debated because then the veil may be peeled back and the true agenda learned.

Recently, a movement has begun to outlaw all criticism of Islam as “hate speech”.

Citing a “surge” in anti-Islamic crimes that are, “fueled by a hysterical demagoguery which has saturated the political climate"  many national leaders are calling upon the United Nations to ban speech that is critical of Islam.  Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan stated that, “When it is in the form of a provocation, there should be international legal regulations against attacks on what people deem sacred, on religion.  Freedom of thought and belief ends where the freedom of thought and belief of others start. You can say anything about your thoughts and beliefs, but you will have to stop when you are at the border of others’ freedoms”.   Bill Killian, a Tennessee U.S. Attorney alluded that it’s possible that some inflammatory criticism of Muslims posted on social networking sites could violate federal civil rights laws.

A 2013 report from the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) identified a network of 37 organizations that systematically promote anti-Muslim sentiment in America through prejudice, fear and hatred.  However, the truth of the matter is that Muslims are not suffering a systematic and ever increasing surge in discrimination and victimization.  The proof is found in the FBI’s documentation of hate crimes in the U.S. in which we see that of the reported instances of anti-religious hate crimes, 62.4 percent were anti-Jewish with 11.6 percent involving Muslim victims.   And, after the Boston Marathon bombing there were immediate fears of backlash against Muslims in the community but a year later, the reality on the ground was, “no significant increase in reports of harassment, assaults or damage to mosques since the marathon bombings”.

When any criticism of Islam can be dismissed out of hand, regardless of its legitimacy and the facts presented, by labeling it as “Islamophobia”, then the term is no longer valid and has morphed into a weapon of propaganda designed to silence and demonize others.

“The shaft of the arrow had been feathered with one of the eagle’s own plumes.  We often give our enemies the means of our own destruction.”
- Aesop –

When we avoid an open and honest investigation in deference to political correctness, when we fear a label in lieu of factual evidence, the results can be disastrous.

In the United Kingdom, police were aware of Muslim rape gangs that were targeting young girls but they failed to investigate the claims.  According to one Member of Parliament, the police were “petrified of being branded racist”.

In  Canada, Prime Minister Stephen Harper has freely stated that “Islamicism” is a threat to Canada but the Royal Canadian Mounted Police have been advised that, “Inflammatory linkages between Islam and terrorism can serve to convince Muslims -- both in the West and in the larger Islamic world -- that the West is, in fact, their enemy”.

While closer to home, the Ft. Hood jihadist attacks perpetrated by Major Nidal Hassan which left 13 U.S. soldiers dead and more than 30 wounded were classified as “workplace violence” by the Obama administration.

The very tactics and long term strategy of labeling critics is explained in a class action lawsuit that was filed in 2004, on the behalf of the victims of 9/11.  The Estate of John P. O’Neill Sr. et. al. v. Al Baraka Investment and Development Corporation et. al. listed the Council of American Islamic Relations ( CAIR ) as a defendant.  The lawsuit explained that:

 “The unique role played by CAIR and CAIR-Canada is to manipulate the legal systems of the United States and Canada in a manner that allows them to silence critics, analysts, commentators, media organizations, and government officials by leveling false charges of discrimination, libel, slander and defamation. In addition, both organizations have actively sought to hamper governmental anti-terrorism efforts by direct propaganda activities aimed at police, first-responders, and intelligence agencies through so-called sensitivity training. Their goal is to create as much self-doubt, hesitation, fear of name-calling, and litigation within police departments and intelligence agencies as possible so as to render such authorities ineffective in pursuing international and domestic terrorist entities… The role of CAIR and CAIR-Canada is to wage PSYOPS (psychological warfare) and disinformation activities on behalf of Whabbi-based [Wahhabi-based, DP] Islamic terrorists throughout North America. They are the intellectual "shock troops" of Islamic terrorism. In the years and months leading up to the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 these organizations were very effective in helping to ensure that North American law enforcement and intelligence officials were sufficiently deaf, dumb, and blind to help pave the way for the attacks on the United States. The role played by these entities is an absolutely essential part of the mix of forces arrayed against the United States as they help soften-up targeted countries so as to facilitate and enhance the likelihood for a successful attack.”

Sticks and stone may break my bones but words ( or the fear of them ) are killing our countries.

Having exposed the strategy of labeling people and having rejected the validity of using labels, we can embark on an honest study of the subject at hand.

When we read or hear of these attacks, we have a tendency to take these as isolated and separate incidents.  We don’t take the time to listen to the demands of those waging jihad and what their ultimate goal is. If you asked any one of them or listened to any of their statements, they have one common goal. The desire to subdue the nations for Allah and to replace their laws with sharia rule (the Islamic legal system).  Once we understand that and then step back and look at the entire snapshot:

It then becomes clear that Islam is engaged in a global jihad and all of the attacks are actually inter-related fronts.

All of that “Coexist” and “live and let live” philosophy is great, if all parties involved agree to abide by its tenants.  But with Islam, living by a creed of coexistence has another name.

Suicide.  

There is a prevalent culture of fear in today’s society and Islam is taking advantage of it.  No one is willing to call a spade a spade.  We insist upon only dealing with “violent extremism” or “radicals”.  This pattern of denying the ideology of Islamic teaching is the crux of the problem.

In Dore Gold’s book, Hatred’s Kingdom, an excellent expose’ on the Wahhabi movement and Saudi backing of violent extremism, Mr. Gold, who is a former Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations states:

“Islam is not the problem. Nor is Wahhabism per se the problem.  Rather, the problem is Wahhabism as it has developed in the milieu of Saudi Arabia.  This radical and violent departure from the mainstream Islamic tradition remains, more than two and a half centuries after its founding, the dominant religious creed in Saudi Arabia.” 

However, even an expert such as Mr. Gold misses the mark and fails to see the underlying problem. Just a few sentences later Gold, in describing the waves of extreme violence perpetrated by Saudi Wahabbists in the Middle East states:

“The first wave took place in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, when Wahhabism revived the Islamic idea of jihad as military expansionism.” 

Did you catch that? 

Wahhabism merely “revived” the Islamic idea of violence.  It was there all the time. If the Wahhabist movement didn’t resuscitate it, some other group would have. The ideology of hatred and violence is at the core of Islam.  Recip Erdogan, the Prime Minister of Turkey, may have said it best:

“There is no moderate or immoderate Islam. Islam is Islam and that's it.”

Isaiah 26:10 – “But when grace is shown to the wicked, they do not learn righteousness; even in a land of uprightness they go on doing evil and do not regard the majesty of the Lord.”

I do not offer any cookie-cutter solutions to the problem we are facing.  As a believer in the Bible and the Word of God, I do not believe that this clash of civilizations can be solved by anything less than the second coming. At this point, we are in too deep for anyone but Jesus to save us.  However, Nazism was outlawed and while there is no way to erase the ideology of Hitler and we still see occasional attacks in his name by neo-Nazi’s, the threat that Nazism posed to our civilization has been stopped.  The threat of Islam much be treated in the same manner. 

• trea•son; noun: Violation or betrayal of the allegiance that a person owes his sovereign or his country, especially by attempting to overthrow the government; High treason
Penalties:  United States Code at 18 U.S.C. § 2381 - Whoever, owing allegiance to the United States, levies war against them or adheres to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort within the United States or elsewhere, is guilty of treason and shall suffer death, or shall be imprisoned not less than five years and fined under this title but not less than $10,000; and shall be incapable of holding any office under the United States.

• se•di•tion; noun:  The crime of saying, writing, or doing something that encourages people to disobey their government
Penalties:  18 U.S. Code § 2385 - Advocating overthrow of Government - Whoever knowingly or willfully advocates, abets, advises, or teaches the duty, necessity, desirability, or propriety of overthrowing or destroying the government of the United States or the government of any State, Territory, District or Possession thereof, or the government of any political subdivision therein, by force or violence, or by the assassination of any officer of any such government; or

Whoever, with intent to cause the overthrow or destruction of any such government, prints, publishes, edits, issues, circulates, sells, distributes, or publicly displays any written or printed matter advocating, advising, or teaching the duty, necessity, desirability, or propriety of overthrowing or destroying any government in the United States by force or violence, or attempts to do so; or

Whoever organizes or helps or attempts to organize any society, group, or assembly of persons who teach, advocate, or encourage the overthrow or destruction of any such government by force or violence; or becomes or is a member of, or affiliates with, any such society, group, or assembly of persons, knowing the purposes thereof—

Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both, and shall be ineligible for employment by the United States or any department or agency thereof, for the five years next following his conviction.

If two or more persons conspire to commit any offense named in this section, each shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both, and shall be ineligible for employment by the United States or any department or agency thereof, for the five years next following his conviction.

As used in this section, the terms “organizes” and “organize”, with respect to any society, group, or assembly of persons, include the recruiting of new members, the forming of new units, and the regrouping or expansion of existing clubs, classes, and other units of such society, group, or assembly of persons.

As Christians we need to pray for the Muslims.  Everyone that dies is another soul lost to eternity.  Imagine the horror of the Muslim “martyr” who dies for Allah and is expecting an eternity in paradise who awakens to find himself in judgment and standing in front of the God of the “people of the book”.  That is not something we should wish on anyone.  But, while we are here, we need to protect our values and the innocent as best we can.  Christians often use the words of Jesus given in John 18:36 as justification for not getting involved, “Jesus answered, my kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence.” But in Proverbs 31, God tells us to, “Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute.  Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy.”

I am not calling for you to fight or act in violence against Islam in any way.  What I am imploring you, though, is to act for those who are ignorant of what Islam is teaching, speak out against the efforts to submit our government, our educational system, our Judeo-Christian heritage, our lives to the rule of Islam, be a voice for righteousness.  Educate yourself and then educate others.

“Those who bear cruelty are accomplices in it.”
-Edmund Burke

Proverbs 1:32 says, “…Fools destroy themselves because of their indifference” 

Let us not be counted among the fools.

Government officials who are tied to jihadist movements or accepting money from those organizations should not hold any office.  Proven seditious groups such as the Council on American-Islamic Relations ( CAIR ), the Islamic Society of North America ( ISNA ), Muslim Student’s Association ( MSA ), North American Islamic Trust ( NAIT ), and the Islamic Circle of North America ( ICNA ) need to be disbanded and their leaders tried for sedition or treason.  Mosques do need to be monitored for the message the imams are spreading and to the destinations that their charitable donations ( zakat ) are sent.  If you think that these solutions are extreme, continue reading.

I understand that a lot of what I will present here will be controversial, so I will try to provide you with verifiable source references for every point I make. It may seem encumbering or like information overload but it is important to see that none of what I am presenting is fabricated or alarmist.

I would love to be wrong about everything that I am presenting here, that Islam truly is a peaceful religion, that I was just misinterpreting the words of Muhammad, and that Muslims desire nothing more than to live in tolerant world where everyone is free to believe as they choose with no ill will between neighbors.  Unfortunately, that is far from the truth and it is a great dereliction of duty and responsibility for anyone that is in a position to convey the danger we face to state otherwise. To those who find me alarmist and that what I am espousing here can never happen in America I say, look to Europe and you will see the example and the Muslim strategy in action. At the risk of offending and alienating the reader, if you believe that it can’t happen here, wake up. The war is upon you. It has, openly, been declared and the battles have begun. A time is coming where you will have to make a choice as to who you stand with and what you stand for. For all its faults, will you stand with western civilization or will you and your children live under sharia?  In a world of wishy-washy morals, this is a clear struggle between absolutes.

If after reading this you think I am wrong in what I present and that all the sources I will provide to you are wrong, then I challenge you to look into the matter for yourself and prove it. If you do nothing else with this book, put it in a place where you will remember its location.  Throughout history evil has never stopped advancing on its own.  Evil is only stopped when met with an opposing force.  A time is rapidly approaching where you will need this information.

 

AN INTRODUCTION TO SHARIA

There are mountains of information to cover on this topic and currently, we are so deep into the morass that there is no definitive place to start.  To understand the goals of Islam it is imperative that we can grasp what it is Muslims believe. Sharia law, in the simplest terms, is the system of laws and the moral code that Muslims believe governs all people’s lives, whether you are a Muslim, or not. It is believed that sharia is the infallible laws of Allah and sharia covers all aspects of living.  Being that sharia was revealed by Allah it is perfect and unchanging and it supersedes all “man-made” laws, such as what we have in Western society. 

That the rule of sharia is incompatible with western democracy is evident in statements made in Islamic literature such as the Islamic Council of North America’s training manual:

Pages 143-144 - “Divine law has to be re-introduced in the many so-called Muslim countries where governments now rule according to imported capitalist or communist constitutions, and Islamic law is either totally extinct or relegated to a few areas of minor importance.  Likewise, Muslim countries, where Islamic law is on the books but secular laws are in force, have also to be brought in line with the Shari’ah as it pertains to all aspects of life. The acceptance of non-Islamic rule in place of Shari’ah in Muslim lands is Shirk and an act of Kufr. Those in a position to change it must do so, while those unable to do so must speak out against the rule of Kufr and call for the implementation of Shari’ah. If even this becomes impossible, un-Islamic government must be sincerely hated and despised for the pleasure of God and the upholding of Tawheed.”

Page 192 - “The adoption and adaptation of capitalist, socialist, communist or other manmade systems, either in whole or in part, constitutes a denial of Islam and disbelief in Allah the Lord of the worlds.”  

In 2010, the Center for Security Policy, a think tank consisting of several high ranking members including a former Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence, a former Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, a former consultant for the Joint Chiefs of Staff, a former Special Agent for the FBI’s Counter-Terrorism Division, a former Commander-in-Chief of the Navy’s Pacific Fleet, a former Chief Assistant U.S. Attorney, a former Inspector General for the Department of Defense, and a former Director of the CIA released a report titled, Sharia The Threat to America.  The report listed the highlights found in sharia law, which are reproduced here:

• Abrogation (‘Al-mansukh wa al-nasikh’ in Arabic—the abrogated and the abrogating): verses that come later in the Quran, chronologically, supersede, or abrogate, the earlier ones. In effect, this results in the more moderate verses of the Meccan period being abrogated by the later, violent, Medinan verses.

  Qu’ran 2:106  - “ When we cancel a message,or throw it into oblivion, we replace it with one better or one similar. Do you not know that God has power over all things? ”  

• Adultery (‘Zina’ in Arabic): unlawful intercourse is a capital crime under shariah, punishable by lashing and stoning to death.

• Apostasy (‘Irtidad’ or ‘Ridda’ in Arabic): The established ruling of shariah is that apostates are to be killed wherever they may be found.

• Democracy & Islam: Any system of man-made law is considered illicit under Islamic law, for whose adherents Allah already has provided the only law permitted, shariah. Islam and democracy can never co-exist in harmony.

  Qu’ran 5:47 - “And if any fail tojudge by the light of what Allah has revealed, they are no better than unbelievers.”

  “The shariah cannot be amended to conform to changing human values and standards.  Rather, it is the absolute norm to which all human values and conduct must conform.”
  -    Muslim Brotherhood ‘spiritual leader’ Yousef al-Qaradawi -

• Female Genital Mutilation: Umdat al-Salik, e4.3  - “ Circumcision is obligatory….for both men and women. ”

• Gender Inequality: Shariah explicitly relegates women to a status inferior to men.

• Testimony of a woman before a judge is worth half that of a man:

  Qu’ran 2:282 - “And get two witnesses, not of your own men, and if there are not two men, then a man and two women, such as ye choose for witnesses.”  

• Women are to receive just one half the inheritance of a male:

  Qu’ran 4:11 - “Allah thus directs you as regards your children’s inheritance: to the male, a portion equal to that of two females…. ”  

• Muslim men are given permission by Allah in the Quran to beat their wives:

  Qu’ran 4:34 - “As to those women on whose part ye fear disloyalty and ill conduct, admonish them first, next refuse to share their beds, and last, beat them.”  

• Muslim men are given permission by Allah to commit marital rape, as they please:

  Qu’ran 2:223 - “Your wives are as a tilth unto you, so approach your tilth when or how ye will….”  

• Muslim men are permitted to marry up to four wives and to keep concubines in any number:

  Qu’ran 4:3 - “… Marry women of your choice, two, or three, or four; but if ye fear that ye shall not be able to deal justly with them, then only one, or a captive that your right hands possess…”  

• Muslim women may marry only one Muslim man and are forbidden from marrying a non-Muslim:

  Qu’ran 2:221 - “And give not (your daughters) in marriage to Al-Mushrikun [non-Muslims] till they believe in Allah alone and verily a believing slave is better than a (free) Mushrik, even though he pleases you....”

• A woman may not travel outside the home without the permission of her male guardian and must be accompanied by a male family member if she does so:

  Umdat al-Salik, m10.3  - “A woman may not leave the city without her husband or a member of her unmarriageable kin….accompanying her, unless the journey is obligatory, like the hajj. It is unlawful for her to travel otherwise, and unlawful for her husband to allow her.”

• Under shariah, to bring a claim of rape, a Muslim woman must present four male Muslim witnesses in good standing. Islam thus places the burden of avoiding illicit sexual encounters entirely on the woman. In effect, under shariah, women who bring a claim of rape without being able to produce the requisite four male Muslim witnesses are admitting to having had illicit sex. If she or the man is married, this amounts to an admission of adultery. The following Quranic passages, while explicitly applying to men are cited by shariah authorities and judges in adjudicating rape cases. As shown above, illicit sexual intercourse and adultery is a capital offense in Islam, so in many cases women who are raped are then executed.

  Qu’ran 24:4 - "And those who accuse free women then do not bring four witnesses (to adultery), flog them..."   

  Qu’ran 24:13 - “Why did they not bring four witnesses to prove it? When they have not brought the witnesses, such men, in the sight of Allah, stand forth themselves as liars! ”   

• A Muslim woman who divorces and remarries loses custody of children from a prior marriage:

  Umdat al-Salik, m13.4 - “A woman has no right to custody of her child from a previous marriage when she remarries because married life will occupy her with fulfilling the rights of her husband and prevent her from tending the child.”

• ‘Honor’ Killing (aka Muslim family executions): A Muslim parent faces no legal penalty under Islamic law for killing his child or grandchild ( if they are perceived to have brought shame upon the family ):

  Umdat al-Salik, 01.1-2 - “…not subject to retaliation” is “a father or mother (or their fathers or mothers) for killing their offspring, or offspring’s offspring.”

• Hudud Punishments: The plural of hadd, is “a fixed penalty prescribed as a right of Allah. Because hudud penalties belong to Allah, Islamic law does not permit them to be waived or commuted.”

• Islamic Supremacism: belief that Islam is superior to every other culture, faith, government, and society and that it is ordained by Allah to conquer and dominate them:

  Qu’ran 3:85 - “And whoever desires a religion other than Islam, it shall not be accepted from him, and in the hereafter he shall be one of the losers.”  

  Qu’ran 3:110 - “Ye are the best of Peoples, evolved for mankind.”  

  Qu’ran 98:6 - Non-Muslims are “the most vile of created beings”  

  Qu’ran 48:29 - Be “merciful to one another, but ruthless to the unbelievers”  

  “It is the nature of Islam to dominate, not to be dominated, to impose its law on all nations and to extend its power to the entire planet.”
  -   Hassan al-Banna, founder of the Muslim Brotherhood  

  “Islam isn’t in America to be equal to any other faith, but to become dominant. The Koran should be the highest authority in America, and Islam the only accepted religion on Earth.”
  -    Omar Ahmad, Co-Founder of the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR)

• Jew Hatred: Anti-Semitism is intrinsic to shariah and is based on the genocidal behavior of Mohammed himself in wiping out the entire Jewish population of the Arabian Peninsula.

  Qu’ran 2:65 - “And certainly you have known those among you who exceeded the limits of the Sabbath, as we said to them: Be as apes, despised and hated.”

  Qu’ran 5:51 - “O you who believe! Do not take the Jews and the Christians for friends; for they are friends but of each other; and whoever amongst you takes them for a friend, then surely he is one of them; surely Allah does not guide the unjust people.”

  Qu’ran 9:29 - “Fight those who believe not in Allah nor the Last Day, nor hold that forbidden which hath been forbidden by Allah and his apostle, nor acknowledge the religion of truth, even if they be of the People of the Book [Christians and Jews], until they pay the jizya with willing submission and feel themselves subdued.”  

• Jihad: Jihad is warfare to spread Islam:

  Qu’ran 9:5 - “Fight and kill the disbelievers wherever you find them, and seize them, beleaguer them and lie in wait for them in every stratagem of war…”  

  Qu’ran 9:29 - “Fight those who believe not in Allah nor the Last Day, not hold that forbidden by Allah and His Messenger, nor acknowledge the Religion of Truth, from among the People of the Book, until they pay the jizya with willing submission and feel themselves subdued.”  

  Qu’ran 8:39 - “So fight them until there is no more fitna and all submit to the religion of Allah alone.”  

  Sahih Bukhari and Sahih Muslim – agreed upon – as cited in ‘Umdat al-Salik o9.1 Jihad -  “I have been commanded to fight people until they testify that there is no god but Allah and that Mohammed is the Messenger of Allah, and perform the prayer, and pay the zakat. If they say it, they have saved their blood and possessions from me, except for the rights of Islam over them. And their final reckoning is with Allah”

***Author’s Note (Not in the original text): I have heard an argument that since the commandment to, “to fight people until they testify that there is no god but Allah and that Mohammed is the Messenger of Allah” is being spoken to Muhammad, it is applicable to him, alone.  Muhammad is the one commanded to “fight” and this verse does not apply to the Muslim community. This argument fails because Muhammad is the standard that all Muslims strive to emulate.  Muslims want to act just as Muhammad did in everything he did. So, if Muhammad was commanded to fight all Muslims are commanded to fight.

Qu’ran 33:21 – “Indeed in the Messenger of Allah you have a good example to follow for him who hopes in (the Meeting with) Allah and the Last Day and remembers Allah much.“

Umdat al-Salik, o9.0, Jihad – “Jihad means to wage war against non-Muslims and is etymologically derived from the word mujahada, signifying warfare to establish the religion.”  

“Islam makes it incumbent on all adult males, provided they are not disabled or incapacitated, to prepare themselves for the conquest of [other] countries so that the writ of Islam is obeyed in every country in the world....But those who study Islamic Holy War will understand why Islam wants to conquer the whole world….Those who know nothing of Islam pretend that Islam counsels against war. Those [who say this] are witless. Islam says: Kill all the unbelievers just as they would kill you all! Does this mean that Muslims should sit back until they are devoured by [the unbelievers]? Islam says: Kill them [the non-Muslims], put them to the sword and scatter [their armies]. Does this mean sitting back until [non-Muslims] overcome us? Islam says: Kill in the service of Allah those who may want to kill you! Does this mean that we should surrender [to the enemy]? Islam says: Whatever good there is exists thanks to the sword and in the shadow of the sword! People cannot be made obedient except with the sword! The sword is the key to Paradise, which can be opened only for the Holy Warriors! There arehundreds of other [Qur'anic] psalms and Hadiths [sayings of the Prophet] urging Muslims to value war and to fight. Does all this mean that Islam is a religion that prevents men from waging war? I spit upon those foolish souls who make such a claim.”
-  Ayatollah Khomeini as quoted by Amir Taheri   

• Lying/Taqiyya: It is permissible for a Muslim to lie, especially to non-Muslims, to safeguard himself personally or to protect Islam.

  Qu’ran 3:28 - “Let not the believers take the disbelievers as friends instead of the believers, and whoever does that, will never be helped by Allah in any way, unless you indeed fear a danger from them. And Allah warns you against Himself, and to Allah is the final return.”

  Tafsir Ibn Kathir, Vol 2, 141 – “‘Unless you indeed fear a danger from them’ meaning, except those believers who in some areas or times fear for their safety from the disbelievers. In this case, such believers are allowed to show friendship to the disbelievers outwardly, but never inwardly.…‘We smile in the face of some people although our hearts curse them.’”  

  Bukhari vol.4:267 and 269  - “Mohammed said, ‘War is deceit.’ ”  

  Bukhari vol.3:857 p.533  - “He who makes peace between the people by inventing good information or saying good things, is not a liar.”  

• Slander/Blasphemy: In shariah, slander means anything that might offend a Muslim:

  Umdat al-Salik, r3.1  - “… The reality of tale-bearing lies in divulging a secret, in revealing something confidential whose disclosure is resented. A person should not speak of anything he notices about people besides that which benefits a Muslim to relate or prevent disobedience.”
  

• Underage Marriage: Islamic doctrine permits the marriage of pre-pubescent girls.  There is no minimum age for a marriage contract and consummation may take place when the girl is age eight or nine.

  Qu’ran 65:4 - “And those of your women as have passed the age of monthly courses [periods], for them the 'Iddah [prescribed period before divorce is final], if you have doubts (about their periods), is three months, and for those who have no courses [(i.e. they are still immature) their 'Iddah (prescribed period) is three months likewise, except in case of death]. And for those who are pregnant (whether they are divorced or their husbands are dead), their 'Iddah (prescribed period) is until they deliver (their burdens), and whosoever fears Allah and keeps his duty to Him, He will make his matter easy for him.”

  Sahih al-Bukhari, vol. 7, Book 62 - Number 64 - “Aisha narrated: that the Prophet married her when she was six years old and he consummated his marriage when she was nine years old, and then she remained with him for nine years (i.e., till his death). ” (See also Numbers 65 and 88) - “ They may not have menstruated as yet either because of young age, or delayed menstrual discharge as it happens in the case of some women, or because of no discharge at all throughout life which, though rare, may also be the case. In any case, the waiting-period of such a woman is the same as of the woman, who has stopped menstruation, that is, three months from the time divorce was pronounced.“

  Syed Abu-Ala’ Maududi, Towards Understanding the Qur’an, volume 5, p. 620, note 13  - “Here, one should bear in mind the fact that, according to the explanations given in the Qur'an, the question of the waiting period arises in respect of the women with whom marriage may have been consummated, for there is no waiting period in case divorce is   pronounced before the consummation of marriage. (Al- Ahzab: 49). Therefore, making mention of the waiting-period for girls who have not yet menstruated, clearly proves that it is not only permissible to give away the girl at this age but it is permissible for the husband to consummate marriage with her. Now, obviously no Muslim has the right to forbid a thing which the Qur’an has held as permissible.”

• Zakat( Charity ): the obligation for Muslims to pay zakat arises out of Qur’an Verse 9:60 and is one of the Five Pillars of Islam. Zakat may be given only to Muslims, never to non-Muslims.

  Qu’ran 9:60 -  “Zakat is for the poor and the needy, and those employed to administer the (funds); for those whose hearts have been (recently) reconciled (to Truth); for those in bondage and in debt; in the cause of Allah; and for the wayfarer: (thus is it) ordained by Allah, and Allah is full of knowledge and wisdom."

  Umdat al-Salik, h1.1 - “Zakat is obligatory: (a) for every free Muslim and (b) who has possessed a zakat-payable amount [the minimum that necessitates zakat].”

  Umdat al-Salik, h8.7-h8.18 – “According to shariah, there are eight categories of recipients for Zakat: The poor; Those short of money; Zakat workers (those whose job it is to collect the zakat); Those whose hearts are to be reconciled; Those purchasing their freedom; Those in debt; Those fighting for Allah (Jihad); Travelers needing money.”

           Umdat al-Salik, h8.24 - “It is not permissible to give Zakat to a non-Muslim…”

If this all seems confusing, don’t worry, we will be exploring everything in greater detail as we proceed. Right now, it is only important that you understand the differences between the Islamic belief system and how diametrically opposed it is to what you have, probably, been brought up to believe in.

Now, you might be shaking your head in disbelief at some of these laws but find yourself saying, “It doesn’t affect me, so what do I care?”  It is of utmost importance that you understand that it is the goal of Islam to implement Sharia in every country on the planet and that goal is being advanced further towards completion with every passing second. In 2007 the University of Maryland conducted a poll of over 4000 Muslims and found that two-thirds would like to unify all Islamic counties into a single Islamic state or caliphate.  Further, about three out of four agree with seeking to "require Islamic countries to impose a strict application of sharia”. In 2013 PEW Research conducted a similar survey of 38,000 Muslims and found that opinion was much the same.

In 2012 a poll was taken by public-opinion research and media consulting company, Wenzel Strategies.  The poll found 40 percent of Muslims in America believe they should not be judged by U.S. law and the Constitution, but by Sharia standards.

Those who argue that Muslims are merely reacting to Western aggression and policies in the Middle East, that everything is a product of “blowback”, ignore the fact that Islam has been at war with the Judeo-Christian belief system for centuries.  Before there was an Israel mandate, before oil had been discovered, even before America had become a country. All the evidence is readily available right in front of us but few have ever pieced it all together, for whatever reason. Using Islam’s own words and literature, we can understand who is involved, what they believe, what their long term objective is, even why there is a seeming indifference by western leaders as to the Islamification of their countries.

[Yosemitest]

Dennis Prager's "5 minutes on the Middle East Conflict" is worth viewing.

The truth about the middle east, Israel Palestinian conflict in 5 minutes, by the Prager University ( 5:58 )
Published on Jun 19, 2014
you can find books by Dennis Prager here: http://bit.ly/dennisprager

Israel would like to exist and recognizes the right of the Palestinians to have a state;
the Palestinians, however, and many other Muslims and Arabs, do not recognize the right of a Jewish state of Israel to exist.

Every poll among Palestinians shows that a majority of Palestinians want there to be no Jewish state of Israel -- doesn't believe it should exist -- or had any basis for being.
And this has been true since 1948, when the British left and the U.N. established a division;
Palestine would be cut in half -- a Jewish half and an Arab half.

The Jews accepted it -- the Arabs didn't accept it.
And what happened?
The moment it was announced, Arab armies -- about seven Arab armies -- attacked the Jewish state in order to destroy it.
To everybody's surprise, the little Jewish state survived, and that was pretty much it.

And then it happened again in 1967, when the dictator of Egypt, Gamal Abdul Nasser, said
"We're now going to extinguish the Jewish state of Israel."
And Jordan joined him, and Syria joined him --
but Israel attacked first, as so Israel survived.

And that is how Israel -- and only that way -- came to occupy what was called the "West Bank" of Jordan -- where many Palestinians lived,
because many Palestinians lived in that part of Jordan.

So, the war was over in '67 and what did the Arabs do?
The Arab states all went to Khartoum, Sudan and announced
"No recognition, no peace, and no negotiations,"
the three famous "No's."
What was Israel supposed to do?

Then Israel made an agreement to give the entire Sinai Peninsula -- an area of land bigger than Israel-- with oil -- back to Egypt
because they said they would make peace with Israel.
Israel gives territory back for peace, and it will always do that.
But is there really a desire for peace on the part of Israel's enemies,
which broadcast after broadcast on TV and radio, in the Palestinian areas,
is about how Jews should be killed and how Allah wants Jews to be killed?
That's the typical broadcast on Palestinian television.

And so, its not hard to explain the Middle-East dispute.
One side wants the other DEAD.
Do you know what the motto of Hamas is?
The motto of Hamas is,
"We love DEATH as much as the Jews love life."
Now you tell me how Israel is suppose to make peace when people believe what Hamas believes.

Now, here is one of the most important things nobody talks about:
Everybody talks about a Palestinian state --
Why didn't anybody talk about a Palestinian state when the Palestinians lived under Jordanian rule?
Because, the truth is, people started talking about a Palestinian state once the Palestinians were under Israeli rule,
because it was always a way to destroy the Jewish state of Israel.

And I say "Jewish State" because that is what it is.
There are many, many Arab states but there is only one Jewish state.
It is about the size of New Jersey.
In fact, El Salvador is larger than Israel.
El Salvador!

And yet, if a Martian came to the earth and they visited the United Nations, or they read the world's newspapers, or watched world television,
they would believe that biggest problem on Earth is a state the size of New Jersey and El Salvador.This state of Israel, this preoccupation with this little democratic, humane state is absolutely irrational.

And here's another question to be asked:
If Israel, tomorrow, put down its arms and said
"We will fight no more,"
what would happen?
If the Arab countries around Israel said
"We will fight no more, we will put down our arms"
what would happen?

In the first case
there would be an immediate destruction of the State of Israel with the mass murder of the Jews of Israel.
In the second scenario I presented, where the Arabs put down their arms and said,
"We just want peace,"
there would be peace the next Wednesday.

The fact is, as I said at the outset, it is a very simple problem to describe:
One side wants the other DEAD --
and if they didn't
there would be peace.


Please remember this --
there has never been, never in the history of the world, a state in that area,that was not Jewish.
Israel is the third Jewish autonomous Jewish state to exist in that area.
There was never an autonomous Arab state.
There was never an autonomous Muslim state.
There was not an autonomous "any-other" state.
That's the issue:
Why can't a little state the size of El Salvador, that calls itself Israel, be allowed to exist?
That, in a nutshell, is the Middle-East problem.

[Yosemitest]

You want to see the "End of the Matter" ?

" ... And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them...
... after the end of seven months shall they search.
And the passengers that pass through the land, when any seeth a man's bone,
then shall he set up a sign by it,
till the buriers have buried it in the valley of Hamongog ... "

That's a VERY long time burying dead Muslims, ... burying a lot of DEAD Muslims!

And here's WHY !

[Yosemitest]

[little jeremiah]

Pinging a few of you to a new member’s first (actual) comment; it is the first part of a book he wrote about Islam.

He will be posting all of it bit by bit; not sure how many parts.

He also has made it available for free downloading; since he is new I’m not sure if he can get freepmails yet as I’ve been sort of absent from FR for some months.

[little jeremiah]

Caww - here is a new member who is going to post a book he wrote about Islam, “Good Enemies”.

I think you would be interested and please ping anyone else who might be, that you know.

RagnarokNRoll’s books can also be downloaded; not sure if he will be making that available but probably so.

[Tenacious 1]

Bookmark for later.

Any objections to printing this out?

Thanks

[little jeremiah]

I can’t speak for RnR but he told me he can only make one post a day, not sure if he meant new thread or regular comment. He wants to get his book out there so people see what’s going on with Islamic jihad. I’ve urged him to self publish but I guess it’s easier said than done.

IMHO he would be very happy if it’s printed out, there are many more parts.

[Fred Nerks]

thanks for the ping, I only read as far as Mrs Bush saying that ‘their god’ was the same God...which might be half true in as much as ‘their religion’ was plagiarised by mohammad who was an illiterate no-account when he heard about Judaism and Christianity from the men of religion in Medina.
Mrs Bush seems to have been repeating the dangerous myth about this death cult. Anyone wanting to understand this cult needs to also read The Life of Muhammad written by Edward, Canon Sell, published in 1913.
It’s going to be touch and go, whether the West wakes up in time or not. Won’t happen while governments are lying to their citizens, whether through self interest or stupidity, won’t make any difference.
The best we can hope for is that the malice and poison within that cult creates the whirlwind it deserves, and they wipe each other out.

That said, ANY attempt to educate the people on what islam is really all about, is commendable.

http://www.archive.org/stream/lifeofmuhammad00sell/lifeofmuhammad00sell_djvu.txt

The life OF Muhammad (EXCERPT)

It was not something new which
Muhammad brought to a people hitherto igno-
rant of it. The Arabs, however, were not a
pious people, and the fear of Allah and the re-
verence of their numerous minor deities degener-
ated into a form of fetish worship. The supersti-
tious reverence for natural objects led to the
separating off of certain places as sacred. What
they lacked in devotion to the gods was more
than made up for by devotion to the clan. ‘ The
original religious society was the kindred group
and all duties of kinship were part of religion.’ 1
Infanticide was common, polygamy was practised
and the moral condition was low.

The Pagan Arabs were a tolerant people and
Zoroastrians, Jews and Christians were allowed to
settle down amongst them. In South Arabia some
tribes were largely Christian and had bishops and
churches of their own. Their Christianity was
weak and gave place to Judaism. The Jews then
began a bitter persecution of the Christians, and
this led to the intervention of the Abyssinians,
who coming over to the successful help of their
co-religionists remained in the land. The Jews,
however, were still a numerous people, and it is
said that there were twenty tribes of Jewish origin
in Madina alone. In many cases they seem to
have been clients (Ahlaf) or allies of neighbouring

1 Robertson Smith, Religion of the Semites, p. 47.

THE STATE OF ARABIA 3

Arab tribes, to whom they looked for protection.
These Jewish communities were industrious and
wealthy, with some reputation for learning. They
were, in fact, the most cultured people in Arabia.
Their influence was considerable, and this would
have been a source of strength to them, if only
they had had the wisdom to see how important
united action was in resisting the attacks made
upon them. They failed in this respect and so
were easily overcome in detail. They formed a
very important section of the community in the
city of Madina.

The Jews and Christians were known as the
* people of the book ‘, and some of the more in-
quiring minds at Mecca, as we shall hereafter see,
gained much information from them, though it
was information largely derived from Talmudic
and Apocryphal sources. Such, then, was the reli-
gious position in Arabia at the end of the sixth
century.

[caww]

Pretty interesting, as always, that as small as Israel is that it cannot be left alone....that it continually has the focus of all the other nations of the entire world.....That in itself should make people consider what this is all about.

Hamas's Claimed Motto :

"We love death as much as the Jews love life". "

If Israel layed down all it's arms completely and said they would no longer fight. The Muslims would destroy immediately the entire nation."

"If the Islamic states all said they'd lay down their arms and no longer fight...there would be peace".

Enough said.

[Thank You Rush]

This is as far as I’m interested in going on this. I would never believe that a Christian thought they had to read the Koran to learn more about Jesus. I have no desire to read the Koran nor do I even feel comfortable typing the words or if I ran across one of those books to even touch it. That’s where I stand and I will make no apologies for it.

“”I thought that if I read the Qu’ran, in those pages I would learn more about my savior, Jesus, because I was told that Muslims believe in Jesus, too. What a great opportunity to hear more of the Word of God and His salvation plan for mankind, to learn different aspects of prophecy and gain new insights from a different perspective. I couldn’t wait!

Let me ask you how many of you have taken the time to read the Qu’ran, the Muslim Holy Book?

I will tell you, right now, you owe it to yourselves to read it

[Thank You Rush]

“”He wants to get his book out there so people see what’s going on with Islamic jihad.””

Anyone who doesn’t already know what the Islamic jihad is all about wouldn’t even know how to read so what’s the point? Do we need to see more beheadings and people burned alive in cages to get the point? And don’t bother telling me that’s NOT what the barbarians are about. Please spare us or at least me.

[caww]

Thank you for posting this “study”....

I've been doing so since 9/11...and read many authors and regarding Islam and other nations for that matter.

It is more than disturbing that many of our politicians are not familiar with the verbiage that Islamic Diplomats use and reference....which often have a different meaning then in our language. There fore communications are falsely understood to mean something they don't...and the Muslims know this. They use this ignorance to their advantage frequently and the politicians haven't a clue they're being played.

[caww]

Many people today are “deceived” and this willingly.

Today I watched a video of a Inter-faith meeting....it was worse than in expereinced played at being “nice” un-effectively and came close to a fight. People think it’s just a matter of “conversation” with one another....but no matter how hard you try and mix oil and water it’s not going to blend.....

The Muslims are not here to integrate...they are here to change this entire nation to something it is not!

[little jeremiah]

You don’t need to read this thread....

His book is extremely well researched, this is just a small beginning.

There’s a saying “Know your enemy” and in the case of world wide Islamic jihad that’s been going non-stop for 1400 years and is now making incredible inroads like invasive cancer into our own country, it makes good sense to learn about it. Not just what they do, but what their history is, plans are, what insane beliefs drive them - to better know how to defeat jihad.

Your choice, of course.

[little jeremiah]

He’s also done a good bit of research into how our government has been infiltrated, the various groups active and so on. I’m just a numbskull but I want to help him get his info out, there are always people who just do not know....

[little jeremiah]

And plenty of people know little to nothing about the history of Islamic jihad, nor their current plans, nor the numbers of terrorist promoting Moslems in our government right now.

The more people who are informed, the better.

[caww]

I haven’t read the Koran....but then I haven’t read cookbooks either but i know how to cook.

Most Muslims haven’t read the Koran either....because they don’t all understand it’s language. However they memorize it as it’s required. Which is a dastardly way to indoctrinate people in it’s evil teachings....even if they don’t understand it.

You don’t have to read the Koran....but there are certain “words” in Islamic ‘language’ we would do well to know what their meaning is so we can understand the political talk when they speak.

heir language can and does use similar words...but their meanings are completely different and mis-lead the uninformed...and is intended that way. Muslims never tell you the real meaning...they are perfectly content to let others believe the meaning is the same....and this is deceitful.

You can learn about Islam without reading the Koran.....and I personally don’t encourage others to read it. As this author wrote..it’s simply filled with hate and death quotes and that’s enough to stay away from it.

[caww]

...”The more people who are informed, the better.”...

I only object to the fact the author encourages reading the Koran...you don’t have to read that to understand Islamic teachings nor Islam itself. I would not encourage reading it.

[Fred Nerks]

Don’t sell yourself short! If everyone made an effort, we wouldn’t be in this pickle, it’s painfully obvious that it will only be through the efforts of individuals the truth sees the light of day.
The media is in the governments pocket. They are not independent nor on our side. But they will suffer the same fate ultimately. Ignorance bestows no favours.