Posted on 07/25/2005 3:52:12 PM PDT by XHogPilot
After the terrorist attacks of September 11, President Bush declared: "These acts of violence against innocents violate the fundamental tenets of the Islamic faith."
But the Muslim murderer of Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh knows better than our president, and recently explained in court: "I acted purely in the name of my religion." So did the September 11 highjackers and the terrorists that bombed Madrid and London.
Consider the Koran, for example, which Muslims believe is the word of Allah revealed to Muhammad, his prophet. There is no shortage of passages in the Koran that, taken literally, demand just that kind of savagery (e.g., "And slay them wherever you catch them . . . and fight with them until there is no persecution, and religion should be only for Allah.").
In fact, no fewer than 36 different verses sprinkled throughout the Koran call on Muslims to wage war against non-Muslims (e.g., "Fight and slay the Pagans wherever you find them, and seize them, beleaguer them, and lie in wait for them in every stratagem of war.").
It is easy to see how Muslim fanatics who believe that these verses are the literal truth feel justified in their evil actions. They hear in these verses the demanding voice of Allah calling on them to act. And they seem willing to oblige.
If we want to understand the enemy and win this war, we must take these terrorists at their word and stop pretending that, in President Bush’s characterization, "Islam is peace."
The truth is that "Islam" does not mean peace, as President Bush and many others would like to believe. Literally and existentially, "Islam" means surrender. Surrender to Allah--by the word or by the sword.
Pretty much sums up everything I need to know...
Religions and their symbols:
I am willing to bet that President Bush knows better, but he can't exactly go around saying what we all think. He isn't really stupid, therefore privately, he knows!
Case in point. Tancredo merely suggested that Mecca should not be categorically excluded from a target list in the event of multiple nuclear attacks by Islamists on US cities, and he got excoriated by Republican appeasers. They're still wailing and beating on him.
Apparently, no one is allowed to state what they really think. Apparently, in some minds that's a more serious sin than the terrorist attacks themselves.
Not to be a Devil's Advocate, (and boy, is that phrase ever apt!), but technically speaking, the cross of Christ is a symbol of a means of execution.
But I get the point. Islam seems to have its own version of the Golden Rule, as well, "Do unto others ... until they submit!"
yyeeesssss...BUT. Christ is the executed not the executioner-----The cross is not a symbol of what Christians are prepared to do to whomever. Whereas the Sword is granted to the Muslim to do his god's butchering.
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