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First Principles
In consciously choosing to avoid the pitfalls of Koranic hermeneutics and choosing instead to chronicle the collective sociopolitical behavior of Islam in pursuit of hegemonic control over its neighbors during nearly the entirety of its 1400-year history, Dr. Bill Warner’s presentation “Why We Are Afraid” must form the bedrock for the non-Muslim understanding of this militant, expansionist faith-based system of authoritarian control and serve as the starting point for any consideration of that incessant topic of public debate, “Is Islam a religion of peace?”
In brief, Dr. Warner’s work reminds us of the wisdom found in Matthew 7:17-20:
“Every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. ... Therefore by their fruits you will know them.” (New King James Version)
Now the Angel of the Lord found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, by the spring on the way to Shur. And He said, “Hagar, Sarai’s maid, where have you come from, and where are you going?”She said, “I am fleeing from the presence of my mistress Sarai.”
The Angel of the Lord said to her, “Return to your mistress, and submit yourself under her hand.” Then the Angel of the Lord said to her, “I will multiply your descendants exceedingly, so that they shall not be counted for multitude.” And the Angel of the Lord said to her:
“Behold, you are with child, And you shall bear a son. You shall call his name Ishmael, Because the Lord has heard your affliction. He shall be a wild man; His hand shall be against every man, And every man’s hand against him. And he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.”
—Genesis 16:7-12