Posted on 09/14/2001 7:01:23 AM PDT by RedBloodedAmerican
However, unlike Muslims, a Christian is admonished by scripture not to force conversion.
When a Christian initiates violence, he is a sinner, an evil hypocrite, in violation of the tenets of his religious beliefs. When a Muslim initiates violence, he is a saint, a hero, in complete submission to his religious beliefs.
Teaching a murderous doctrine such as Islam to small children is a form of child abuse. Some will grow up to be terrorists; it's amazing they all don't. And deep down, beneath the psychological conditioning of their childhoods, Muslims know that something is wrong. That's why they utter self-contradicting statements like, "I disagree with what they did, but yeah, they're heroes."
Well, of course, that's ridiculous. Muslim terrorists can't perform an evil act of the magnitude of the World Trade Center tragedy and simultaneously be heroic for having done so. When faced with such a glaring, irreconcilable internal contradiction, the only logical conclusion is that one's belief system is flawed. Flawed belief systems generate moral contradictions. Unflawed belief systems do not.
It was President Reagan who first popularly called Muslim suicide terrorists 'cowards.' And he was exactly right. There are times when it is more cowardly to die than to live (indeed, Christian societies have regarded suicide as a form of murder). Muslim terrorists would rather die than face the conviction of their consciences. Death is a release, compared to decades of a life spent having to justify the murder of thousands of innocents in the high court of one's own accusing, tormenting conscience. And that's a case they'll never win, no matter if they play it over in their minds a thousand times a day, for a thousand years.
For terrorists, death is welcome escape from the unbearable psychological torture of living. They are not looking for paradise so much as oblivion.
Beneath all that screaming and shouting, Muslims do have consciences which tell them the truth about their religion. That's why they have to scream and shout -- to drown out the voices of their consciences.
Islam is a religion of hate, and far from winning their souls, its adherents must deny their minds, hearts, and consciences.
Islam is a religion not of God but of Satan, a religion not of compassion but of hate.
And, as of Tuesday, we have the pictures to prove it.
(17:45) Palestinians rally for bin Laden
Hundreds of Palestinian members of Hamas demonstrated today in Gaza City, in Ramallah, and the Nuseirat refugee camp in Jericho, Israel Radio reported.
At the rallies in Gaza and Ramallah, demonstrators waved pictures of terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden. Palestinian policemen seized videotapes of the event taken by cameramen working for foreign networks and ordered them not to film any further.
By RM Whitsom
What we have is a few raving psychopaths and inherrently evil me who are twisting the religion to their purpose and gaining followers. This is not a practice that is unique to Islam I'm sure you know. This crowd has, obviously, taken it to a new level the likes of which we've never seen in any other perverted religion (note, I'm refering to their perversion OF Islam, by no means do I accuse Islam itself of being perverse).
Also a note on the concept of moderates in Islam. There are plenty, but it's doubtful we'll see any of them touring the world holding speaches. The Koran advices against seeking power or glory, all power and glory come from Allah, if you have been chosen it will simply fall upon you. Those flying across the ocean to have meetings with worlds leaders and hold speaches are clearly seaking power and glory, and are therefore obviously not true adherents.
"I think if we are outside this country, we can say oh, Allah, destroy America, but once we are here, our mission in this country is to change it. There is no way for Muslims to be violent in America, no way. We have other means to do it. You can be violent anywhere else but in America."
In other words, whether by violent means from outside our borders or by nonviolent means from within our borders, the aim of Muslims is to destroy America. This message, which presumably Alamoudi delivered to Muslims in other countries as well as here, did not prevent a State Department official from saying this week that Alamoudi has had "overwhelmingly positive evaluations from our missions abroad."
Remember Pan Am 103? That’s the airplane that was brought down by a bomb over Scotland. One Libyan terrorist has been convicted. Was the Libyan government held responsible? There was ample evidence that Kadaffy (there are 341 ways to spell it) was part of the plot. Did we go after him? Hardly. Seth Lipsky, writing in today’s Wall Street Journal, tells us that the Clinton Administration even acted on behalf of Libya to prevent families of the victims from pressing claims against the Libyan government. Oh, and that convicted bomber? Guess who’s has joined in handling his appeal --- not in American courts, but in the Scottish courts. None other than our Clintonista pal, Alan Dershowitz.
So --- just why did the Clinton Administration work so hard to keep Libya from paying for the Pan Am 103 bombing? Maybe there’s a good reason … so, what is it?
There’s more:
American citizen Alisa Flatow was killed in an Iranian funded terrorist attack in Israel. Our congress passed a law that allowed American victims of terrorism to sue in court. Soverign immunity for acts of terrorism was removed by that law. Alisa Flatow’s family sued, and won a big judgment. When the Flatow family tried to collect under the law the Clinton Administration stepped in and argued against the Flatow family in court. Clinton wanted the Iranians to be allowed to keep their property and assets.
So – how is this for fighting terrorism? American citizens are victimized by terrorists. They work through the legal processes – even under a law passed by our own congress – to recover damages from the parties responsible. Then along comes Bill Clinton and his gang to protect ---- who? The victims? NO! The terrorists!
Can someone please explain this to me?
It is also highly doubtful that we'll see them doing diddly squat about those "raving psychopaths" you believe are causing all the problems.
That makes them a part of the problem.
Trying to justify murder and destruction, of this type and on this scale, is absurd.
The false religion of liberalism died in Israel with Sharon/clinton one year ago---this week in America---in smoke-blood-dust!
You have to understand the true Islamics are a very humble people, they do not draw attention to their efforts. I didn't even know that this guy ran the Mosque until he was killed and I saw his picture in the paper; since he was usually sweeping or picking up trash I honestly thought the guy was the janitor. They also feel a lot of shame over the radical element and how they have tied themselves to Islam. These people put tons of effort into fighting against the bad guys, but because of their faiths strict rules against violence that isn't directly in self defense, and their rules against seeking power and glory, their efforts and news about their efforts are forcibly limited. These people will not violate their religion to punish others for violating the religion, in their eyes it would make them just as bad. They work in small groups, they donate money to numerous efforts against the terrorists, they instruct all those that will listen in the true meaning of the Koran and how these terrorists pervert Allah's word.
They're not on your radar because they don't want the fame, you either have to know where to look or be lucky enough to stumble on them (the hour or two of conversations I had with this guy, during the same era that our Marine barracks were car bombed, completely changed my understanding of the situation, and I think the fact that he was assassinated shows he wasn't BSing me). But they damn sure are on the radar of the terrorists, and they've been paying the price for a long time. In my book, if their efforts are good enough to get them killed they're plenty good enough for my humble praise.
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