the Muslim community just does not seem to want to come out strong enough when it comes to the "War on Terror" or when fellow Muslims who are extremists kill in the name of their "God", which drives me nuts.
...is that you, like millions of our citizens, keep holding fast in your mind that Islam is like Christianity. Both have a "book", a prophet (if you will), places of worship, are helpful in the community, and members who are the 'nice people who live next door'.
Because the 'nice people who live next door' do not - in these situations - behave like Christians, you become frustrated and, as you say, driven "nuts" trying to understand what could possibly hold them back from condemnation.
Basically, when confronted with these events, you are experiencing 'culture shock': a situation so far out of your personal and cultural referents that it becomes incomprehensible and crazy making.
Whether, you are a practicing Christian or not, you were likely raised within a Christian culture. You believe in freedom - both personal and political, in personal accountability, in self determination, and in free will. You also believe that women have rights equal to a man's rights. Whether you believe in Christ as the Son of G_d or not, you understand the concept. These, then, are generally the things you believe in.
Contrast: Christ, a mostly harmless figure, used words and ideas to challenge men to think about their inner selves and their conduct toward others with Muhammad, a murderous warrior, who used the sword to dictate the message given to him by Allah. The message of Allah: Allah alone determines what happens, men play no part. To imagine that a mere man could defy the will of Allah by a personal choice (free will) is unthinkable. At no point did Allah permit a man to alter any word spoken to Muhammad. Allah's word is Absolute. Yahweh gave men Commandments which could be broken on pain of sin and punishment in the next life. Allah gave rules which broken, called for death in this life.
As a Muslims, a person must always defer to the will of Allah, who determines every event down to the subatomic level in every instant. This is not a concept which Christians or people raised in a Christian culture are familiar with or can even get their heads around. Yet there it is. It is not necessary for a Muslims to have a conscience, since Allah has already determined what will happen or not happen. And so it is easy for a Muslims to kill without regard. For another Muslims to speak against a Muslims who kills innocents is the same as speaking against Allah. Speaking against Allah is to incur the hatred of other Muslims and obligates them to kill the offender.
The 'Muslim community' will never "come out strong enough when it comes to the "War on Terror" or when fellow Muslims who are extremists kill in the name of their "God"". Or to put it another way, the 'Muslim community' CAN never come out against those events. Muslims, in their fervent beliefs, are bound by the words of Allah, and are apart from the rest of humanity. They are the antithesis of Christians, Jews, Buddhists, and Hindus.
If their dream of Daresalem (the Peace of Islam) descends over the world and all mankind is Muslim, then they must war between themselves until the last two remain; those two are then obligated by Allah to kill each other. Thus, the dream will be realized, and all mankind will be with Allah in Paradise.
So the 'Muslim community', fearing your understanding of their true intents, remains silent, knowing that you and millions of others will be baffled by their behavior; in your bafflement, they will creep closer to their goal.
This cannot be repeated often enough. It is the one truth of islam. The ONLY one. There can never be peace on earth so long as ONE human being remains alive.
That is the truth.
That is their goal.
And nothing will stop them until they achieve it.
THIS is what makes homodinejad and every other muslim leader or cleric so crazy dangerous. This is what they believe and this is the ultimate driving force in islam. islam is anti-life. A deathcult the likes of which the world has no real awareness of because we cannot conceive of such a thing. It is too removed from OUR reality to wrap our minds around.
islam, wherever it is, is always fatal to everything that exists around it.
ISLAM MEANS CERTAIN DEATH BY WHATEVER MEANS POSSIBLE.
And the West better wise up.
I try to explain to people exactly what you posted and they look at me like I am nuts. You put my thoughts in a clear concise explanation and if you don't mind, I plan to use it.
One of the most frustrating things is to hear the SRM promote the fact Judaism, Christianity and Islam are the three great religions that sprung from the same so-called well
Nothing could be further from the truth. Islam is a cult of submission and death.