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These Ungodly Acts are Anathema to Islam
Arizona Republic ^ | September 13, 2001 | M.K. Jasser

Posted on 09/13/2001 9:41:00 AM PDT by cantfindagoodscreenname

These ungodly acts are anathema to Islam

By M.K. Jasser
Sept. 13, 2001

As I watched the horror unfolding on the TV screen, the feeling of pain and sorrow was alternating with extreme anger.

Mass murder of innocent men, women and children, destruction and pillage, all in the name of what? To a Muslim American, the horror of it all is accentuated by the recurring use of the Islamic adjective in describing terrorist individuals or countries.

For a loyal and patriotic U.S. citizen, the whole thing is too hard to bear.

No individual, group of individuals, country or institution represents Islam. Islam is a religion represented only by a book, The Holy Koran. What is in the Koran is Islam and what is not in it, is not.

It is nearly impossible to get Western media to understand that. Western writers and reporters keep on going from one Muslim cleric to another for opinions on this issue or that, as they are used to doing in Christian circles.

The Koran states in no uncertain terms: "No clergy in Islam." The Koran speaks for itself.

"Jihad" is not defined in the Koran as holy war. There is no such a thing. Jihad means struggle. Struggle to make a living, struggle to survive, struggle to defend one's self, one's family or property. It is always defensive.

The Koran defines the ethics of war like no other religion. The non-combatants are absolutely protected in their selves, their homes and their property. During the Crusades, when the Crusaders targeted the religion of Islam itself in their attacks, a truce was declared when Richard the Lion Heart, the king of England, was wounded. Arab physicians treated his wounds; then the fighting resumed.

On suicide bombings and suicide operations, the Koran has the clear admonishment: "Do not ever throw yourselves into certain demise."

A Muslim who defines the time, place and instrument of his death, or the death of someone else, will never see heaven. In the entire history of the Islamic Arab and Ottoman empires there was never a single documented episode of a suicide mission.

In the Holy Koran it is stated: "He who kills a human being will be considered as if he killed all of mankind."

Actions by Muslims have little to do with Islam, while actions by Arabs have even less to do with Islam. Islam is frequently used and abused by both. It is not enough for Muslims to describe murderous operations, such as those that occurred on the morning of Sept. 11, in terms such as deplorable and unfortunate. This is the way I would describe a riot or other acts of lawlessness.

But actions of this depravity and wantonness, with the indiscriminate killing of innocent and totally uninvolved men, women and children, cannot fit those mild descriptions. These are anti-Islamic actions that defy and violate the rules of God and the very basic requirements of belonging to the human race.

Those who are responsible for such monstrous actions will burn in Hell forever in the next life. In this life they need to be hunted, captured and executed like the animals they are.

It is also necessary for us to remind those who rejoice and celebrate the murder of others, that by such rejoicing they will forever relinquish their entitlement to sympathy when they become victims themselves.

M.K. Jasser is a Phoenix cardiologist. He was born in Syria, which he left as a political refugee in 1967.


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To: allend
Good post, but it won't deter the folks around here screaming for Muslim blood. America is in a war frenzy.

Let me introduce you to another book, The Bible, which says; "An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth"

21 posted on 09/13/2001 10:22:58 AM PDT by TightSqueeze
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To: cantfindagoodscreenname
It is understandable that many peaceful Muslims, like this doctor, will want to distance their faith, and thereby themselves, from accountability in this ominous moment. However, he is wrong--Islam is what Moslems do on the ground in the name of Allah. The Koran, like the Bible, is a book.

No one today would look at the old days of the Inquisition, and the forced conversions of natives in the new world, and exonerate the Church for its role by saying that the tortures and heresy hunters and enslavement and killing of natives weren't mentioned in the Bible, therefore the Christians who did them in the name of God really weren't answerable as Christians.

History exposes him, because Islam has been spread by the sword since its founding--all the way into Christian Spain and to the outskirts of Vienna. These medieval Christians did not yield to Islam en masse because they liked the religion so much. They submitted to save their lives.

Apologists are coming out of the woodwork right now, most likely due to fear of what retribution will mean, and panic at the thought of war. Certain plump Westerners fear that they may lose their wealth-- better to just give up some freedom and buy some peace for a while longer.

But the evil of Tuesday sprang wilful and whole from the corrupt hearts of the perpetrators, and their behavior will have consequences.

They cannot avoid the judgment of civilization. They cannot escape the response which they have brought down upon themselves, and those who allow themselves to be used for cover and support.

22 posted on 09/13/2001 10:23:19 AM PDT by spartak
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To: cantfindagoodscreenname
DO NOT REPLY TO THIS POST. LET IT DIE. IT IS A LIE, SO LET IT DIE. DO NOT POST TO THIS ANY MORE!!!
23 posted on 09/13/2001 10:23:33 AM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
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To: Frumious Bandersnatch
This did not come from the Koran, but rather, it came from "The Old Man of the Mountain" who gave us Hashishan (from which "assaisan" comes).

I didn't say it came from the Koran -- I said that it was not "anathema" to Islam, as so many Muslims (including many Imams) apparently believe it.

From the late 1800s to the mid 1900s, Arabic and Christian nations got along very well.

Yes, because an expansionist Europe and New World kicked their behinds back into the Middle East, where they came from. The current "troubles" can trace their origins to the dismemberment of the British Empire and Woodrow Wilson's "self-determination" delusions at the Versailles Peace Conference.

24 posted on 09/13/2001 10:25:28 AM PDT by Cincinatus
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To: Cincinatus
The Crusades are a good example of mass hysteria. It had religious and political components. Most of the Europeans that volunteered for the Crusades were motivated by apocolyptic Christian beliefs not dissimilar to those of the so-called Islamic terrorists. The true enemy in this conflict are the totalitatian, superstitious nations that fund maniacs like Osama bin Laden. There is no special evil involved in Islam, Christianity or any other religion.
25 posted on 09/13/2001 10:26:39 AM PDT by motexva
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To: Cincinatus
The Crusades are a good example of mass hysteria. It had religious and political components. Most of the Europeans that volunteered for the Crusades were motivated by apocolyptic Christian beliefs not dissimilar to those of the so-called Islamic terrorists. The true enemy in this conflict are the totalitatian, superstitious nations that fund maniacs like Osama bin Laden. There is no special evil involved in Islam, Christianity or any other religion.
26 posted on 09/13/2001 10:27:04 AM PDT by motexva
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To: allend
Good post, but it won't deter the folks around here screaming for Muslim blood. America is in a war frenzy.

That wasn't my intent. I just thought it was interesting, so I posted it.

27 posted on 09/13/2001 10:27:40 AM PDT by cantfindagoodscreenname
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To: RnMomof7
These Ungodly Acts are Anathema to Islam

So was the USS Cole...
So was the WTC the first time
So were the ritual gang rapes of white girls in France and Australia
So were the bombings of the embassies in Kenya and Tanzania
So were the slaughter of Christians in Africa
So were the slaughter of the 12 Jewish Olympians
So were the imprisonments of social workers for handing out Bibles
So were the cheers from thousands, maybe millions, of Muslims when the discovered our unimaginable loss
(How many more do you need? There are a few dozen more on the webpage I read.)

But it seems to be a really funny pattern, doesn't it?
Odd how it happens by the same folks,
the world over,
in the name of Allah,
again and again,
without accountability,
without apology,
and without MERCY

This is long overdue.

You know the old saw about "It's easier to ask forgiveness"? They've been following that for years, apparently. It's time to stop turning the other cheek, and raise up a clenched fist.

28 posted on 09/13/2001 10:29:02 AM PDT by Teacher317
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To: Non-Sequitur
So true. Most of the World's misery has been caused by organized religion.

If there really was a god, there would be no need for organized religion and there would have been no WTC murders.

29 posted on 09/13/2001 10:29:13 AM PDT by ForewarnedForearmed
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To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
Bump for a good post.
30 posted on 09/13/2001 10:30:49 AM PDT by Storm Orphan
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To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
F off. Take your censorship elsewhere.
31 posted on 09/13/2001 10:32:14 AM PDT by ForewarnedForearmed
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To: MissAmericanPie & cantfindagoodscreenname
There are quite a few Christian religious tracts handed out which profess the Christian "truth." Many of these tracts encourage hatred i.e. "Jews murdered Jesus" or "the Pope is really the Anti-Christ." How many times has "an eye for an eye" passage been corrupted to justify an act less than Christian. The day my best friend (who is Baptist) married a Catholic, her aunt gave her anti-Catholic literature. Ignorance, plain and simple. I am sure fanatical Christians do not hold the patent on literature used for propoganda.

cantfindagoodscreenname :
Thank you for that post. We do need to hear assurances that repudiate the violence perpetrated on our country in the name of religion.

Islam is not or enemy...only those who murder in the name of Islam, just as those are who murder in the name of God.

32 posted on 09/13/2001 10:37:59 AM PDT by Protect the Bill of Rights
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To: Cincinatus
Every infidel killed guarantees 100 houris (dancing girls, with perpetually renewing virginity) in Paradise for the Islamic warrior.

Let me guess, Cincy. You got this in an email.

I've read the Quoran. It reminded me of the Psalms. Infidel's are defined as those who hate God, roughly Satanists in our time. When the Infidels finally come to kill all believers, God will reward soldiers who defend the faith. It's an Armegeddon type thing.

33 posted on 09/13/2001 10:38:18 AM PDT by AppyPappy
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To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
Dear "God has counted the days until your kingdom will end",

DO NOT REPLY TO THIS POST. LET IT DIE. IT IS A LIE, SO LET IT DIE. DO NOT POST TO THIS ANY MORE!!!

Excuse me? Are you a moderator? If it's a lie, I'd like to see some quotes from the Koran that show it is. I fully expect that these quotes are chosen to make his point and that there are things in the Koran that teach the things we've come to associate with Islam. BELIEVE ME, I am NOT Islamic, nor am I defending Islam. I am a Bible believing Christian. It seems to me that if this is a lie, then the FR website is a great place to validate that. And that's why I posted it.

34 posted on 09/13/2001 10:39:56 AM PDT by cantfindagoodscreenname
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To: Non-Sequitur
Name a single religion where that isn't true.

History books are filled with the names of religions that murdered in the name of God..but this is 2000...

Today can you name another religion bombing familes eating a pizza,or innocent people working?

May they burn in Hell!

35 posted on 09/13/2001 10:42:52 AM PDT by RnMomof7
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To: austingirl
These fanatics have taken the word "jihad" and made it their own - to mean a death cult ...

Thank you for that! The most direct response yet. How many of us have used that comparison when discussing the Confederate flag issue?

36 posted on 09/13/2001 10:43:28 AM PDT by Protect the Bill of Rights
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To: ForewarnedForearmed
Take your censorship elsewhere.

Thank you. I was afraid I'd done something wrong for a second. I'm glad to see a few people defending me. I'm a sensitive gal :-).

37 posted on 09/13/2001 10:43:54 AM PDT by cantfindagoodscreenname
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To: cantfindagoodscreenname
Good article! I would like to find out if it is true too.
38 posted on 09/13/2001 10:45:05 AM PDT by Terriergal
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To: Cincinatus
Every infidel killed guarantees 100 houris (dancing girls, with perpetually renewing virginity) in Paradise for the Islamic warrior.

Let me guess, Cincy. You got this in an email.

I've read the Quoran. It reminded me of the Psalms. Infidel's are defined as those who hate God, roughly Satanists in our time. When the Infidels finally come to kill all believers, God will reward soldiers who defend the faith. It's an Armegeddon type thing.

39 posted on 09/13/2001 10:46:09 AM PDT by AppyPappy
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To: cantfindagoodscreenname
He's right. The only place where the Koran condones killing is for unbelievers (like me, BTW). Nothing about Turbans or swords, or treating women like garbage in there, either.

Most of what we call Islam today is a result of accumulated traditions and "interpretations." And in some Arab countries it is little more than a tool which can be used to manipulate the masses by cynical politicians.

40 posted on 09/13/2001 10:47:33 AM PDT by Mr. Vega
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