Mexico Discovers Islam

Referenced from: http://islam.com.mx ^ | Unknown | Michelle Al-Nasr

[Calpernia]

Mexico may be well on its way to a monotheistic revolution. This new trend is emerging from recent developments, and reflects a similar change evident in other South American nations - people are embracing Islam by the thousands, jettisoning the Catholicism imposed upon their ancestors in Spain.

The prayer congregation has tripled since Mexico City's Centro Cultural Islamico de Mexico (CCIM) first opened its doors 6 years ago. The numbers could be even higher. However, most Mexicans still have almost no knowledge of Islam. CCIM is spreading the Oneness of Allah at all levels of society and translating Islamic publications into Spanish. It also has several native-born active Da'wah graduates from Saudi Arabian universities who speak fluent Arabic. The Center's Islamic public radio program had to be suspended because of financial constraints.

In the last 3 years, CCIM built two new mosques in two cities close to the capital. Its ultimate goal is to establish full-time mosques in every major Mexican city.

Early History

Mexico has a rich history. The people of pre-Columbian Mexico, the Mayans, led a life similar to Native American Indians and were pantheists who relied upon high priests to mediate with their nature gods. Locked in wars and short of food, they gradually were wiped out and replaced by the Aztecs. These people believed in a polytheistic religion based on the world's constant creation and destruction. Their religion taught them that disasters could be averted only through warfarre and human sacrifice. By the sixteenth century, the Aztecs ruled a large part of Mexico.

In the early 1500's, Spanish conquistadors from Cuba and Spain came to pillage Mexico's natural resources - namely gold - and find glory. Cortez, the most infamous conquistador, posed as an Aztec god to mystify and trick people into joining forces with him. He conquered the Aztecs in less than 3 years, and set up "New Spain."

In 1535, the first royal court was established to grant Spanish colonists control over native labor and produce. The Roman Catholic Church allied to the Spanish monarchy, worked for creating a land free of religious dissent and to convert the people. During the 300 years of Spanish rule in Mexico, the colonists controlled all wealth and political power, and the natives had no other choice but to bey orders or to face death.

By the seventeenth century, New Spain had nearly collapsed, and Mexican Indians were dying by the millions from the imported diseases and the hard labor imposed by their oppressors. Out of nearly 11 million people in the 1520's, only less than 1 million remained by the 1550's. The cattle and sheep herds brought by the Spaniards ruined farmlands and depleted water resources, making it almost impossible for the natives to grow food. After enduring plunder and subjugation for centuries, Mexicans revolted and regained control over Mexico in the early 1900's.

Mexico Today

Today, Mexico has over 90 million people, most of whom follow the Catholicism imposed by the conquering Spaniards. However, the foodgates of religious thought have opened, and people are examing other religions - especially Islam.

There is very little knowledge about the origins of Islam in Mexico. Some sources say Syrian immigrants brought it; others say it came with Turkish immigrants.

Today, most Mexican Islamic organizations focus on grassroots Da'wah. These small organizations are most effective at the community level, going from village to village and speaking directly to the people. As a result of such hard work, Mexicans are eager to learn about Islam, and many are declaring their Shahadah - profession of faith in Islam.

[Lazamataz]

Tell me one more time why we are in Iraq!!!!

To annoy you, personally.

[Mike1973]

I think this is all garbage. I have lived in Texas for about 25 years, and I have traveled to Mexico countless times, and have many Hispanic friends.

And nothing in this article sounds believable. You just have to know Hispanic culture. By the way, for all the people that think that Mexicans would not stand up to the Islamists.

These are the same Mexicans that have gone down to the jail and dragged child molesters and child murderers from their jail cells, into the streets, and hacked them to pieces with machetes.

So, while Mexicans allow an awful lot in their cities, drugs, prostitution and everything else. You will never hear of anyone burning a Mexican flag. There are just some things, that they will not tolerate. I suspect that Islam is one of them.

[Coldwater Creek]

I guess that you miss the point!

[Lazamataz]

I guess that you miss the point!

No, I got the point, and it is to annoy you.

[seppel]

cool. Islam really messes up a country. the economy goes down and eventually all they export are bombs. so the US just scraps NAFTA with this impoversihed lot and let them sizzle.

[Lazamataz]

(Unless you are agreeing with being in Iraq, in which case, you've just annoyed me by making me think you meant the opposite)

[Calpernia]

I'm discailmering now...

I made statement earlier...

That you are now commenting on...

That im now ignoring because i am distracted by my children and the storm i now have to shovel out.

I hope to be on later to address this thread.

[seppel]

this is the natural path of lib transformation. expect most libs to end up moslem in a decade or 2.
first they question Christianty, then "redeem" themselves from it, then fight it (abortion, homo-marriage, ACLU etc.) then ban it (Communist and Arab countries), and then turn to Islam.
Bible predicts that when you turn your back on Christ you head for bondage.

[Coldwater Creek]

Well then I guess that you are annoyed!

O course I agree with being in Iraq. I believe that it is by design that we are using Iraq to draw terrorist from all over the World to fight Islam on their shores, and that freeing Iraq's people is just an added benefit.

[Lazamataz]

Well then I guess that you are annoyed!

That's annoying.

I'm very annoyed.

I think I'll go over to Democrat Underground and piss off a liberal.

[Coldwater Creek]

My sympathies are with you. Snow storm+children=a big mess in the house. Make them some snow cream.

[Calpernia]

>>>So, while Mexicans allow an awful lot in their cities, drugs, prostitution and everything else. You will never hear of anyone burning a Mexican flag. There are just some things, that they will not tolerate. I suspect that Islam is one of them.

I have to sign off now...but want to expand on this before I do.

The Mexican explanation of the Quran has more allowanceses then the general public releasizeses

The traditional arabic has more strict rules vs. the more recent allowances that has been added to influence all the 'sub' religions that have been introduced from the socialist influence over the years.

[Coldwater Creek]

Sounds good to me!

[Ben Ficklin]

Meanwhile, to the north................

[Calpernia]

Hello.

I'm getting ready to sign off now since the storm has added a new punch.

But I will be collecting nice clean snow and mixing it with maple syrup for fun!

A nice tasty snack!~

:)

::sniles::

[Calpernia]

>>>Make them some snow cream.

I'm off the board now...

Yes, going to get some clean snow to add maple to.

Good day!

[backhoe]

 Hugh Fitzgerald: "We Muslims living in America are getting sick of this crap"-- As far as I'm concerned I have tried to live my life without being rascist I have tried to teach my children the same however,I am having a difficult time with Islam.I do not want to hate an entire group of people but by their own actions and words they sure as hell hate me. At least enough of "them" do to give me concern. So what choice does one have. I love my country and my way of life. I do not want my wife or daughter in a veil and I do not want my son to burn tires.Sorry I'm just blabbing on.

No, you aren't babbling- you are making perfect sense to me.

I wrote the following a while back, and I mean, and stand by, each word of it:

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The entire West ( dare I say "the civilized World?" ) is locked in a fight to the death with militant Islam.

There will be no second-place winner, no "third way" solution-- it is March or Die time, folks.

It is Us versus an eighth-century "culture" of plunder & pillage, forced religious "conversions," and the mistreatment of women.

The sooner we face up to this fact realistically and quit dancing around PC talking-point nonsense about diversity and tolerance, the better off we'll all be.

We did not pick this fight- which really has roots in Jimmy Carter's appeasement in 1979 of militants- but we had damned well better see it for what it is, and be prepared to face it and finish it.

I'll put it in raw, personal terms-- I don't want Sharia law visited upon my women, and I don't want a goat-roper "culture" infesting my land.

I don't want their vile, nasty, loathsome weapons of mass destruction loosed upon my fair country, either.

They picked the fight, and now it is up to us to finish it- balls to the wall, hammer and anvil, fire and blood and iron... freedom is never, ever free, and the coin you pay it in is men's lives and tears and blood.

What we saw during Gulf War I was our military doctrine ( high tech ) versus Soviet doctrine ( throw a lot of low tech iron at the problem )-- and we all know how that turned out.

What we saw in the 3-Week War is Information-Tech,
( What some are calling it Hyperwarfare... )
or 21st Century warfare versus 20th Century...

What I would suggest, and call your attention to, is the fact that we, and Israel, are capable of waging 21st Century warfare, and the entire Arab world is not.

Proven fact, by recent events.

One more thing- this will be a war where we are all called to be warriors- so I suggest to you that the time has come to get hard, and stay hard... it really is the time for Fire and Blood and Iron...

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Furthermore, if you wish to see some of the reasons I reached this hard position, click the picture, go to the "last," and work backwards for all you need to know, and probably more than you want to know, about Islam, The Alleged Religion of Peace® ( TARP™ )--

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 Mexico Discovers Islam -- Islam has taken every single evil idea on the planet and wrapped it into a 'religion'.

[Siamese Princess]

The blacks who convert toIslasm are highly mistaken -- they forget the slammies in Sudan and Saudi A still keep bblack slaves. The word for slave in Arabicc is the same as the word for negro. One Irqi 'insurgent' also said that the reason he fought was because of the humiliation of the American military putting black soldiers in charge of Irqis

Oh, absolutely! It is ironic, but Arabs despise blacks. Actually, there is a pervasive belief amongst Arabs that they are Allah's chosen, but they especially despise blacks. You are correct about the Arabic word for Negro being the same as the word for slave. I have also read about Iraqi insurgents making a point of attacking groups of US soldiers which include Blacks. People are ignorant.

What is especially ironic is the spectacle of American Christian blacks with Arab names. For one thing, Arabs are caucasian -- they are semites, though there has been heavy interbreeding with non-Arabs over the centuries. Some Arabs are clearly part-Black, while some are fair. People are ignorant.

[marty60]

The main reason it will fail. Is that Mexican WOMEN work their a**es off to feed and clothe the family. No way will Mexican men demand that the women wear burkas and stay at home out of sight.

[MissAmericanPie]

I have always called Mexico our own little "Palestine South".