Posted on 07/23/2002 10:35:05 AM PDT by knighthawk
Dear Mr. Pipes:
What other kind of Islam is there?
Medina Suras
The Chapter of Women
[Chapters from the Koran]
The Harvard Classics 190914But if there befalls you grace from God, he would sayas though there were no friendship between you and himO would that I had been with thee to attain this mighty happiness! Let those then fight in Gods way who sell this life of the world for the next; and whoso fights in Gods way, then, be he killed or be he victorious, we will give him a mighty hire.
What ails you that ye do not fight in Gods way, and for the weak men and women and children, who say, Lord, bring us out of this town 19 of oppressive folk, and make for us from Thee a patron, and make for us from Thee a help?
Those who believe fight in the way of God; and those who disbelieve fight in the way of Tâghût; fight ye then against the friends of Satan, verily, Satans tricks are weak.
Do ye not see those to whom it is said, Restrain your hands, and be steadfast in prayer and give alms; and when it is prescribed for them to fight then a band of them fear men, as though it were the fear of God or a still stronger fear, and they say, O our Lord! why hast thou prescribed for us to fight, couldst thou not let us abide till our near appointed time? Say, The enjoyment of this world is but slight, and the next is better for him who fears;but they shall not be wronged a straw.
... Why are ye two parties about the hypocrites, when God hath overturned them for what they earned? Do ye wish to guide those whom God hath led astray? Whoso God hath led astray ye shall not surely find for him a path. They would fain that ye misbelieve as they misbelieve, that ye might be alike; take ye not patrons from among them until they too flee in Gods way; but if they turn their backs, then seize them and kill them wheresoever ye find them, and take from them neither patron nor help,save those who reach a people betwixt whom and you is an allianceor who come to you while their bosoms prevent them from fighting you or fighting their own people. But had God pleased He would have given you dominion over them, and they would surely have fought you. But if they retire from you and do not fight you, and offer you peace,then God hath given you no way against them.
Ye will find others who seek for quarter from you, and quarter from their own people; whenever they return to sedition they shall be overturned therein: but if they retire not from you, nor offer you peace, nor restrain their hands, then seize them and kill them wheresoever ye find them;over these we have made for you manifest power.
This sentence alone perfectly describes the 25+ Muslim run countries around the world.
A Tortured Schism Emerging Between Power Blocs, Military And Civil Sector In Iran
Source: Defense and Foreign Affairs Daily; Published: July 22, 2002;
Author: Analysis. From GIS (Global Information System) Station, Tehran
That is precisely as long as its predecessor maintained power. Even now the Islamic Republic is having to use foreign religious police to patrol the demonstrations. But the point at which the Shah's government failed was not when it lost its will to kill Iranians, but when it discovered that it couldn't kill enough of them to matter. It may take awhile before the Islamic Republic reaches that point.
I think that blanket condemnations of Islam per se are inappropriate here - you can, in fact, run a secular government under Islam, Turkey manages it nicely. To state from an incomplete theoretical understanding of the religion that there is no possibility of this is to ignore the actuality.
Is it just a coincidence that the US hasn't meddled in Iranian politics for 23 years either? LOL! Beware the blowback!
Oh, of course. I forgot how the streets of America are filled with cheering mobs when some ?Christian? Klan member puts a burning cross on a black person's lawn, or some ?Christian? skinhead attacks some homo. Right, gottcha.
Bingo! We have a winner!
Good, succinct explanation of the myth of "moderate Islam".
When the Soviets shot down Flight 007 in 1983, they began to rapidly decline morally and militarily. Chernobyl helped that along. Reagan accelerated the inevitable demise of the Soviet Union which allowed freedom to gain a foothold in Eastern Europe.
Osama Bin Laden has with 4 planes started a similar set of events. George W. Bush will seize on the chance to change the world forever and free the oppressed Islamic states around the world, but primarily in the Middle east!
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