Posted on 05/24/2004 7:26:37 AM PDT by Lando Lincoln
The following is an except from e-mail received in response to my recent column, from a Muslim who lives in London and writes for Al-Jazeerah.
There are over a billion Muslims in the world, but are they all terrorists? No. These ''moderate Muslims'' are the vast majority of Muslims. However, there are many whose hearts are filled with hate. Their minds have been filled with promises of world domination, and paradise is assured for all who kill in Allah’s name. According to Mr. Yamin Zakaria, who is quoted above, the killing of Jews and Christians is not only encouraged, it is demanded by Islamic law. I know of no true God that would demand murder and genocide as the only path to heaven.
“We will return one day unified as one nation with one army and rest assure that those criminal Jews from the criminal state of Israel will have no sanctuary this time. Even though Islamic laws give them protection, the sons of those who have been killed may not adhere to that protection. The world is a witness to the fact that, it is the Jews that are hastening to full fill that prophecy of Prophet Muhammad (SAW), that the end of time will not come until the Muslims fight the Jews and kill them all. Prior to that time anti-Semitism will become a virtue not a stigma! Europe has begun to recognize this as has many patriotic Christian Americans-it is simply a matter of time.”
Millions of Muslims who want peace, are willing to accept Israel and do not wish to exterminate millions of humans in Allah’s name. But if they do not accept the terrorist’s interpretation of the Quran, these moderate Muslims have been targeted for death, just as the rest of us.
As clearly stated above by this Muslim, who was educated in America but living in England, the death of all Jews is carved in stone by Allah. They believe that a world dominated by Islam as the supreme power is their destiny. That Islam must be pure. Weak, moderate Muslims are not allowed.
Mr. Zakaria continued: ''The U.S. policy makers have stated that the war on terror will continue for decades. They are incorrect, it will continue for centuries, until true justice is gained. We [Arabs/Muslims] are not like the Japanese, Vietnamese, or the Koreans that will simply forget these grotesque crimes...The relatively humane killing of Nick Berg as compared to those tortured to death in places like Abu Gharib was a reaction not the cause! Similarly, 9/11 was a reaction to the earlier U.S. atrocities in Iraq and by its client state. Israel.''
Is the hatred reserved only for the Jews? No. Christians are also on the long list of people to kill.
Mr. Zakaria’s true feelings about those ''patriotic American Christians'' became apparent in this burst of temper where his ability to spell and use correct grammar seemed to leave him: ''THE POPE is a criminal-Killed MILLIONS in Central AMERICA, 70 MILLION-CRIMES aginst HUMANITY! How is the drinking of the blood of the IRAQI children yesterday going. Thats part of your religion isn’t it, drinking the blood and eating the flesh.''
An example of some the e-mail messages I received from Mr. Zakaria started with subject lines such as this: "AMERICAN PIGS and SCUMS Behaving LIKE CATHOLIC FASCISTS'' and ''U.S. Soldiers - BABY KILLERS - Wanted for GENOCIDE against the WORLD.'' This from a man who cheered the execution of a pregnant Israeli woman and her four small children as a great victory for Islam. Mr. Zakaria saw nothing wrong with the murder of a two-year-old toddler, who had three bullets put in her head as she sat crying in her car-seat. After all, she was a Jew.
History has already witnessed and documented irrational hatred of this magnitude. Did the world learn nothing? The parallel between the events of today and pre-World War II are startling.
Radical Muslims believe the Jew is the enemy that must be exterminated. The Jew is the cause of Muslim poverty and suffering of Muslims everywhere. The Jew lives in comfort while Muslims suffer. It is Muslim destiny to be the rulers of the world and be the ''Master Race'' with all the inferior ''races'' subjugated under them or exterminated.
Leading up to World War II, countries were overrun by Nazi Germany and the world, for the most part, did nothing but look the other way--hoping foolishly that the nightmare would pass them by. It didn’t. Nor will it pass them by now.
While radical Muslims spit on the name of Hitler, radical Islam has embraced Hitler’s philosophy of the ''Final Solution'' and all the horror within. Fundamentalists have not only embraced it, they have expanded on it.
Today, nearly every country is on high-alert for attacks from radical Muslims. Normal life has been disrupted in virtually every country in the world. Peace is held hostage by Muslims who hate everything which Americans and other freedom-loving countries have fought and died for.
Countries where Christians and Muslims had lived in peace for centuries are now under siege. Radical Islam has infiltrated the masses and now goads peace-loving Muslims into attacking and slaughtering their Christian neighbors who refuse to convert to Islam.
Instead of camps with gas chambers, which fundamentalists know the world will not tolerate again--and I was told probably didn’t exist--these terrorists have chosen a different path. Fundamentalists know they cannot defeat the armies of the West so they have chosen infiltration, intimidation, subjugation, and terrorism, to gain victories in their modern-day crusades.
Infiltrate the free societies and become a cancer, destroying their society from within.
Intimidate the poor and uneducated and force them to convert to Islam. Once a majority, radical Islam takes over the government in supposed ''legal and free'' elections.
Subjugate the masses to their will. Reproduce in large numbers and raise the children to be robot-like in their hatred for anyone non-Muslim. In turn, these children are taught that Allah will only love them if they die killing in his name.
Terrorize everyone and kill sporadically and viciously, keeping the fear of an attack always on people’s mind. Destroy the economy of a country in its attempt to protect itself from attack. A new technological twist is to videotape executions such as beheadings which will be shown with glee on Arab and Muslim television to the horror of civilized people everywhere.
I was told repeatedly by this Muslim man who contacted me that I was just a ''foolish American woman.'' I was far too ignorant to understand that Islam will rule the world because Allah has said it will be so. The author of these messages laughed at my attempts to reason with him. When I took off the gloves and shot back, his fury was expressed in messages full of hatred for Americans, Christians, Jews, and moderate Muslims. Twisted hatred was the only message he had to offer. How dare I point out the evils of radical Islam! Muslims only kill because they have been attacked and those that die, even babies, deserve to die for their crimes against Islam.
The entire concept of his argument is based on lies, distortions, and misconceptions. He views the world with the tunnel vision of one who has been completely indoctrinated in the branch of Islam that has declared that Islam will dominate the world, women are property, daughters are handed over to be raped to repay debts, pedophilia among men is accepted, the murder of helpless toddlers is justified. He can still, with all the conviction his soul, call Americans perverted and evil.
Just as Hitler and his followers saw no wrong in their actions, neither do these fundamentalists who terrorize the world with suicide bombers, car bombs, the point blank execution of two year olds, and televised beheadings. All is justified to attain the ultimate goal--power. God has nothing to with it but I suspect God’s fallen archangel, Lucifer, thrown from heaven because of vanity and Lucifer’s belief that he was God’s equal, has a great deal to do with the irrational death and destruction that has been unleashed around the world.
Which is the true face of Islam? Peace, or war? Life, or death? Freedom, or subjugation? There is a segment of Islam that has a false and evil face. Is it possible that radical Islam follows a false Allah who foolishly believes he is God's equal?
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Useful questions, he said, might include: Do you condone or condemn those who give up their lives to kill enemy civilians? Will you condemn the likes of al Qaeda, Hamas, and Hezbollah by name as terrorist groups? Is jihad, meaning a form of warfare, acceptable in today's world? Do you accept the validity of other religions? Should non-Muslims enjoy completely equal civil rights with Muslims? Do you accept the legitimacy of scholarly inquiry into the origins of Islam? Who was responsible for the 9/11 attacks? Do you accept that institutions that fund terrorism should be shut down?
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The key here is "in the past" and it is a long ago past and it is not part of Christian Belief. It is nowhere in the Gospels and the OT "genocide" was limited to specified groups in a specified location. With Islam the genocide is in the Koran. It is universal for non-Mohammedans and it is in practice now as it was in the 7th-17th centuries.
Of course it can. Haven't you heard it's Ameicans with traditional values that are the Enemy. Not even this evil will break the mindset of the Fascist/socialist/commie/evil dums and their fellow trevelers.
I have great difficulty with it, too.
In fact, I have given up the struggle against experienc-based bigotry.
In my book, there are two types of good Muslims: LAPSED, or dead.
I can no longer force myself to believe that any devout Muslim is "moderate"... or even CAN be.
a minor point of correction:
a radical is one who strives to go to/embody the roots (latin: radix = root).
from a strict etymological standpoint, islamicists are the true radicals.
from a worldly standpoint, practicing and devout Muslims seem to all be radicals.
from a lgical standpoint, this would seem to indicate that all practicing and devout Muslims are islamicists, and thus terrorists-in-waiting.
Enemies. In an openly declared war. Which has lasted for 1400 years.
The logic of this sequence is unimpeachable.
What does logic dictate one should do with such enemies?
As for the rest:
Yes, true: People who identify themselves as Muslim, but who are in truth moderate, are indeed apostates and heretics - not true Muslims. Such people do exist, though they are damned difficult to winnow from the chaff of their radical bretheren who simply play nice and live in stealth until moved to strike.
You are correct, in the distant past. However, in the present, most evangelicals are still hoping to convert the jews from their "lost " way, and save them! Their basic support for Israel is hinged on the fact that it will bring Jesus back, and will enable them to convert all the Jews to Christianity.
save for later
This clearly shows Allah is a false God. God would not wish the annihilation of his chosen people the Jews. Islam is a religion of hate, death and destruction, moderate or otherwise.
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The similarity in the thought process is apparent, isn’t it. The author could use this quote interchangibly.
One must either affirm or reject anti-Semitism. He who defends the Jews harms his own people. One can only be a Jewish lackey or a Jewish opponent. Opposing the Jews is a matter of personal hygiene.
Joseph Goebbels
The Jew, Der Angriff, 1/21/29
Yes, it's both apparent and chilling. That quote is amazing.
Probably the fastest growing segment of the Muslim population in America...convicted criminals...and their spouses, significant others, offspring, etc.
Here's the important difference; Christians seek to convert using irritating kids on bikes, while Muslims seek to convert using a knife to the throat.
"Live and let live" is a western, liberal (classic) concept. It is foreign to Islam, and was only raised to a status of core principle on the world stage with the advent of America.
In a strict sense, you are correct. Nevertheless, you haven't demonstrated why that's a problem. (Granted, the Jews might not appreciate it, but their lack of appreciation doesn't change the equation.) Either the Evangelicals are correct, or they are not; either way their support of the Jews cannot be withdrawn without repudiating their theology.
You misunderstood.There are missionaries and the rest tend to feel a little inadequate because they aren't missionaries themselves,i.e. they do not go to the foreign missions,etc. That is to compare it with the Moslem moderates, the ones who do not participate in jihad. Missionary work is the higher calling for evangelicals. Jihad is the higher calling for Moslems. The comparison is to demonstrate why it is that the moderate moslems do not condemn the jihadists.
It would seem a very fitting analogy.
I wonder, would you have any information on what evidence the moslems use to predicate their assertion that Judaism and Christianity have "strayed" from the path? It would seem to me in order to make such a claim valid, they would have to produce documentation showing a period or doctrine where both religions were more islam-like at some point prior to the seventh century and the rise of islam.
Screw 'em all.
First of all, it's the "Book of Revelation" not Revelations(s).
We are now facing the final confrontation between the church and the anti-Church, of the Gospel versus the anti-Gospel."
Secondly, In Revelation, there is no anti - Church or anti - Gospel. The Pope should catch up on his reading.
The rest is such nonsense, (Bush or Clinton for that matter is the anti christ) , it's not worthy of a response.
Years ago, when I first heard of Muslim conversion taking place in prisons, I thought it was a great idea. Boy, did I dial the wrong number.
The biggest problem we have is trying to find a way to keep ourselves secure without sounding like racists :-(
If you even care, you've lost already.
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