Posted on 07/30/2005 7:59:11 PM PDT by bad company
September 11, 2001 changed the world. Islamic terrorists hijacked American airplanes; flew them into several, major, symbolic buildings of hers; causing thousands to fall, crash or burn to their early death. The terrorists who did it did not do it for land or money: they did it fully, openly and proudly in the name of their religion, Islam, being promised 72 virgins. It thrust unto us Middle Eastern politics, Islam, and a new enemy. Islam itself has come into the forefront of public debate - or at least it should have.
The majority of us have at least a crude knowledge of Islam and what Islamic countries are like. We know they live in abject poverty. We know their progress is slim to none. We know many of them treat their dogs better than women. We know they defy just about all Western ideals.
One would think that, especially after September 11, 2001, there would be criticism of Islam coming from every which way. Feminists, Christians, capitalists, secularists, human rights activists, hell even animal rights activists should have something to say about Islam. We are, after all, a country with free speech, aren’t we? Yet, even after September 11, there has been nothing but haunting silence.
In the current state of the world, Muslims are involved in almost every war or battle. It was Muslim terrorists who bombed a train in Madrid Spain; Muslim terrorists who held a school hostage in Russia, killing children; Muslim terrorists who flew planes into the World Trade Center. The past 1400 years of Islamic history has been riddled with terrorism, from the days of Muhammad to Al-Zarqawi.
But, for whatever reason, Islam is above any kind of critical look or debate. It is given an almost holy status. People don’t just avoid criticism of it; they are quick to defend it. Those who criticize Islam are often banished to the Never Never Land of political suicide. The defenses given for Islam are so hysterical; you would think you just insulted their mothers or something.
Islam is not the problem, we keep getting told. The terrorists, they assure us, had the “wrong interpretation” of the Koran and are not true Muslims.
We have watched Islamic terrorists behead innocent civilians. We have been told that this is completely and totally against Islam.
From the Koran1:
"When thy Lord spake unto the angels, 'I will be with you: therefore stablish ye the faithful. I will cast a dread into the hearts of the infidels.' Strike off their heads then, and strike off from them every finger tip." - Sura 8:12 (Bold mine)
We have watched Islamic terrorists commit “jihad” against the West. Under no circumstances, we are lectured, does the Koran tell its followers to attack nonbelievers.
From the Koran:
"Make war upon such of those to whom the Scriptures have been given as believe not in God, or in the last day, and who forbid not that which God and His Apostle have forbidden, and who profess not the profession of the truth, until they pay tribute out of hand, and they be humbled." Sura 9:29
We know that the Islamic terrorists envision a world that is entirely Muslim. Surely this has nothing to do with the Islam religion.
From the Koran:
“Say to the infidels: If they desist from their unbelief, what is now past shall be forgiven them, but if they return to it, they have already before them the doom of the ancients! Fight then against them till strife be at an end, and the religion be all of it God's. If they desist, verily God beholdeth what they do:" - Sura 8:39-40 (Bold mine)
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Not true. They despise dogs as dirty creatures, since Mohammad's puppy died under his bed. They view women as valued property with wombs.
It's because we're afraid th criticize a religion.
It's a good thing that Hitler didn't think to call the Nazi Party a religion. We'd all be speaking German.
whats really bad is many muslims knew in advance that 9-11 was about to happen.
http://www.insightmag.com/news/269873.html
Yes, one of the many terrible things about this culture, is that they look down upon Man's Best Friend.
Now compare to Christianity, http://faithfacts.gospelcom.net/islam.html.
The verdict is guilty
I don't believe it is any more a religion than the Peoples Temple/Jim Jones crap was a religion.
The sooner we get around to recognizing it for what is, the more of us and them both will survive.
I usually don't like burning books and all that stuff.....
but I really think we need to BAN THE QURAN!!!
We sure didn't let the Mormons hide behind religion. Why do we let the Muslims get away with it?
If we did to the Muslims in 2001 what we did to the Mormons in the 1800s, we would have taken care of a lot of problems already.
Very good read. I saw this as I was turning in for the evening, so I left it up. I saved the article to pass around. She obviously spent a lot of time analyzing this, and it paid off.
"Crude" is an understatement.
It isn't often that one can read an assertion and proof of the assertion in the same paragraph.
I can't ever argue that islam does not treat their women abysmally; worse than mere property. But in islamic "society" (such as it is) nothing is ranked, or treated, worse than dogs.
That's why it makes such an effective insult.
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