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The Dangers Of Islam In The Western World (read it and be aware of the evil reality)
What Should America Do About Islam? How Should We Deal With The Threat?
Ground Zero Mosque - America's Hard Left Politicians Selling America's Soul!
Whoever is stupid enough to believe that Islam is a religion of tolerance and/or love, better open their eyes before their throats are slit by the very Muslims they try so hard to defend!
August 18th, 2010 - Teenage Pakistani Christian Girls Gang Raped By Muslim Madrassa Students (link)
Posted on August 18,
2010 by creeping
We hear so much about the Muslim world from the Dhimmi in Chief, but never do we
hear condemnations on incidents like this. Hillary Clinton is heaping billions
of taxpayer dollars on Pakistan, and aiding Muslims in every way
but on
this
silence.
Two Christian girls, aged 12 and 16 were gang raped in separate incidents
reflecting a frightening trend of abuse by Muslims, who often get away with such
heinous crimes under the protection of law enforcers.
On July 22 one Christian child aged 12 was gang raped by seven to eight students
from a madrassa while eight others watched. Another child aged 16 was gang raped
at gunpoint by three Muslims who worked for the employer of her father, Compass
Direct News said.
The 12 year old girl was dragged away by 16 boys and allegedly raped by half of
them in Gujar Khan, Rawalpindi district, because the gang of boys wanted to
teach these Christians a lesson, CDN said.
Pastor Shakeel Javed of United Pentecostal Church which the victims family
attends said the Muslim students, who were from Jamia Islamia Madrassa, often
beat up Christian children who play on the school grounds, telling them to
convert or leave. They also throw stones at the church building, CDN said.
Rana Aftab, a school teacher who claims she witnessed the incident said, Three
or four Christian girls were washing dishes near a pond. These guys ran towards
them, and the girls started running. One of them fell on the ground, and these
madrassa students got hold of her and took her in the fields. I tried to stop
them, but they were 15-16 in number, CDN said.
Aftab said the girl was raped by about half of the boys and the others looked on
as the child kept screaming for help. When they were done they left the child in
the field and some villagers took her home to Pervaiz Masih, her father, CDN
said.
When Masih and Aftab tried to file a complaint at the police station the officer
in charge would not register their complaint. When the police station was
approached by CDN the police refused to comment. However one of them later said
they are being pressured by Muslim leaders and extremists, CDN said.
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My personal question here, because this is very commonplace in the country of Pakistan, do they deserve any kind of assistance from the U.S. due to the recent flooding and destruction of their crops? As a Christian, I guess I'm supposed to say yes. But as an American and someone who is disgusted by the treatment of Christians worldwide by Muslims, is an emphatic NO! And I'd like to add that this "Ground Zero Mosque" and the lie being perpetrated by the Imam trying to get it built to supposedly "promote tolerance and religious cooperation, is a complete and total lie! This man is a disgusting liar interested in one single thing, to put up a victory monument to radical Muslims worldwide. America's current brand of pandering politicians are totally in bed with Islam and defending it with their every breath. Consider Pelosi today stating that anyone who opposes the Ground Zero Mosque should be investigated. Christians, Conservatives, and anyone who cares at all about Liberty in this nation, stay strong and vote these freaks of nature out of office this November! And beware because we may be facing some kind of persecution as the hard left in DC is not going to want to give all the power they now have away. Stay strong in Christ and be vigilant.
As owner and creator of this website, I felt that this document written by Brigitte Gabriel, President and founder of ACT! (American Congress for Truth), deserved to be out there in the public domain for all to read.
Brigitte Gabriel's personal mission is to keep America from falling victim to cultural jihad, as well as further attacks of terrorism on American soil. She was the victim of Islamization in her home country of Lebanon back in the 1970's, so she speaks from experience when she speaks of the intolerance of Islam as a whole. Their holy books, the Quran and the Hadith, teach hatred and forced conversion to Islam, or death. At the very least, Muslim countries treat anyone who isn't a Muslim as second-class citizens. But even their women who are Muslim are treated like garbage and can be "honor killed" at any time the husband thinks she's dishonored him. They can also do so to their children who "dishonor" them, which usually ends up being their daughters.
I have a lot of respect for Mrs. Gabriel. I've purchased both of her books on the threats of radical Islam to America. They're very good books, with a solid message, backed up by facts and logic. I personally feel that Islam is a manmade religion created by Satan in his quest to eliminate Jews and Christianity, but she won't go so far as to say that. No problem with that, I will say it. The "Prophet" Mohammed never actually made any prophetic statements. The Koran is a book of hate toward anyone and any religion that doesn't agree with Islam. They live by the sword, and shall die by the sword. Islam is evil incarnate, teaching their young converts that the highest road to their heaven is through murder of innocent people. How can anyone believe that garbage?
Read her letter to President Obama. It makes too much sense for him to listen because he's a radical ideologue with a far-left agenda that's going to destroy our country within 10 years. I've left links to her site for any and all who want to contribute to her very worthwhile cause. I've contributed. Look at it like this. If Obama isn't the beast who will lead the world to destruction, then we cannot let Islam take us over from the inside out. Islam is using America's own freedoms against us and we need to be aware of it. They take no prisoners, so we can't let them in. Any attempt to gain separationist laws and rules needs to be combated and defeated.
Read Brigitte's letter and take her words to heart... Below her letter you will find the Islamic strategy to taking over a nation (Go Straight There Now)...
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An Open Letter to President Obama
by Brigitte Gabriel Dear Mr. President, You face difficult challenges in matters such as achieving peace in the Middle East and protecting America from the threat of radical Islam and terrorism. These are challenges that have vexed past presidents, going as far back as our second president, John Adams. I have no doubt you appreciate both the gravity of these challenges and the enormous obstacles that exist to solving them. I also have no doubt that you and your staff understood that, no matter what you said in your speech last Thursday in Cairo, there would be those who would take issue with you. That is always the case when attempting to solve problems that are as deep and emotionally-laden as these challenges are. I am assuming it is your sincere hope that the approach you have chosen to take, as evidenced by what Im sure was a carefully crafted speech, will ultimately prove successful. However, it pains me to say this sir, but, while you said in your speech that you are a student of history, it is abundantly clear that, in these matters, you do not know history and thus, as Santayana noted, you are doomed to repeat it. In doing so your efforts, however well-intentioned they may be, will not produce what you profess to hope they will produce. A wise man once said that if you start with the wrong assumptions, no matter how logical your reasoning is, you will end up with the wrong conclusion. With all due respect Mr. President, you are starting with certain assumptions that are unsupported by history and an objective study of the ideology of political Islam. You began in your speech by asserting that tensions exist between the United States and Muslims around the world, which, of course, is correct. Unfortunately, you then proceeded, incorrectly, to lay virtually all the blame for these tensions at the feet of America and the West. You blamed western colonialism, the Cold War, and even modernity and globalism. A student of American history, who is not trying to reconstruct it to fit a modern politically correct narrative, would state that tensions between America and Muslims began with the unprovoked, four-decades long assault by the Muslim Barbary pirates against American shipping in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. I find it telling that you mentioned the Treaty of Tripoli in your speech but ignored the circumstances that led to it. That treaty was but one of numerous attempts by the United States to achieve peace with the jihadists of the Barbary Coast who were attacking our shipping and killing and enslaving our citizens and our soldiers and who by their own admission were doing so to fulfill the call to jihad. These jihadists were not acting to protest American foreign policy, which was decidedly isolationist, and there was no state of Israel to scapegoat. They were doing what countless Islamic jihadists have done throughout history acting upon the hundreds of passages in the Quran and the Hadith that call upon faithful Muslims to kill, conquer or subjugate the infidel. A student of world history would know that, for all the acknowledged evils of Western colonialism, these evils pale in comparison to the nearly 14 centuries of Islamic colonialism that began in Arabia under the leadership of Mohammed. The student of history would know that Islamic forces eradicated all Jewish and Christian presence from Arabia after Mohammeds death, and then succeeded in conquering all of North Africa, most of the Middle East, much of Asia Minor, and significant portions of Europe and India eventually creating an empire larger than Romes was at its peak. The number of dead and enslaved during these many centuries of Islamic imperial conquest and colonialism have been estimated to total more than 300 million. Whats more, the wealth of many of the conquered nations and cultures was plundered by the Islamic conquerors, and millions of millions of non-Muslims who did survive were forced to pay onerous taxes, such as the jizya, a humiliation tax to the Islamic caliphs. Indeed, in some areas Christians and Jews were made to wear a receipt for the jizya around their neck as a mark of their dishonor. These facts have not been invented by Christian or Jewish historical revisionists, but were chronicled by Muslim eyewitnesses throughout the past 14 centuries and are available to be researched by any person seeking an objective understanding of how Islam spread throughout the world. You say in your speech that we must squarely face the tensions that exist between America and the Muslim world. That is a laudable notion with which I agree, but by casting Islam as the historical victim and the West (and by implication, America) as the aggressor, you do not face these tensions squarely, but alleviate the Muslim world from coming to grips with the jihadist ideology embedded in its holy books and acted upon for 1,400 years. Even worse, you empower and embolden militant Islamists who regard your gestures as signs of weakness and capitulation. The issue is not that all Muslims are terrorists or radicals or extremists. We all know that the majority of Muslims are not. We also know that many peace-loving Muslims are victims of Islamist violence. The issue is this: what drives hundreds of millions of Muslims worldwide to call for the death of Jews? What drives millions of Muslims to riot, destroy property, and take innocent lives in reaction to the Danish cartoons? What drives tens of thousands of Muslims to demand the execution of a British teacher whose only crime was allowing her students to name their teddy bears Mohammed? What drives countless Muslims worldwide to actively participate in, or fund, or provide nurture to, terrorist organizations? What drives Muslims in mosques in America to proclaim and distribute materials that call for hatred of and the destruction of infidels? What drives entire Islamic countries to prohibit the building of a Christian church or synagogue? To assume, as you apparently do, that what drives these actions is not an ideology embedded in the holy books of Islam, but rather other root causes, most of which you lay at the feet of America and the West, is at best naοve and at worst dangerous. Lastly, I must address your statement that Islam has a proud tradition of tolerance. Unfortunately, the examples you gave are the exception rather than the rule. Historically speaking, I seriously doubt the Egyptian Copts, the Lebanese Maronites, the Christians in Bethlehem, the Assyrians, the Hindus, the Jews, and many others who have been persecuted by Islamic violence and supremacism, would agree with your assertion. For instance, Christians and Jews became Dhimmis, a second class group under Islam. Dhimmis were forced to wear distinctive clothing; it was Baghdads Caliph Al-Mutawakkil, in the ninth century, who designated a yellow badge for Jews under Islam, which Hitler copied and duplicated in Nazi Germany nearly a thousand years later. I witnessed first-hand the tolerance of Islam when Islamists ravaged my country of birth, Lebanon, in the 1970s, leaving widespread death and destruction in their wake. I saw how they re-paid the tolerance that Lebanese Christians extended toward them. My experience is not an isolated one. When you make an unfounded assertion about the proud tradition of tolerance in Islam, you do a great disservice to the hundreds of millions of non-Muslims who have been killed, maimed, enslaved, conquered, subjugated or displaced in the cause of Islamic jihad. Mr. President, those of us like me who are ringing the alarm in America about the threat of radical Islam would like nothing better than to peacefully co-exist with the Muslim world. Most Americans would like nothing better than to peacefully co-exist with the Muslim world. The obstacle to achieving this does not lie with us in America and the West. It lies with the hundreds of millions of Muslims worldwide, including many of their spiritual leaders, who take seriously the repeated calls to jihad in the Quran and the Hadith. Who regard infidels as inferior and worthy of conquering, subjugating and forcibly converting. Who support cultural jihad as a means to subvert non-Muslim societies from within. Who take seriously the admonitions throughout the Quran and the Hadith to convert the world to Islam by force if necessary and bring it under the rule of Allah. Unless you are willing to courageously and honestly accept this, your aspirations for worldwide comity and peace in the Middle East are doomed to fail. Sincerely, 
Brigitte Gabriel Brigitte Gabriel is the New York Times bestselling author of They Must Be Stopped: Why We Must Defeat Radical Islam and How We Can Do It. She is the founder and president of ACT! for America, www.ActforAmerica.org.
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As described in the new historically documented book: Slavery, Terrorism, and Islam
First, we need to understand that Islam is not simply a religion, but a way of life. It affects every aspect of life in a Muslim-controlled nation, from religion, social behavior, culture, to economics, virtually every single aspect of a Muslim's life is dominated by Islam and Shariah Law. When a Muslim enters a foreign nation, they feel as outcasts as their way of life cannot and isn't controlled by all of the Islamic aspects, especially Shariah Law. The primary goal of Islam as spelled out in the Koran is to convert each and every society on this planet to Islamic rule, without exception. Now here are their basic principles that they use to work their way into a culture, to the very end where the entire culture is Islamic rule...
As long as the Muslim population in any given country is under 2%, they portray themselves as a "peace-loving minority" (as you continue down this list, you will see that Islam is far from a loving and peace-filled religion. In fact, it's 180 degrees from that).
From 2-5%, the Muslim leaders and radicals begin to proselytize (recruit) from other minorities and ethnicities, disaffected groups, jails, prisons, and street gangs.
Once they've reached 5% or more, the begin to exercise disproportionate influence of Muslim rights and influence on the host country, using various forms of pressure to bring about those changes exclusive to Islam, including threats of violence to bring about their desired changes. It is at this point or shortly thereafter that they'll begin to exert pressure on local governments through demonstrations and protests to create their own legal system within their communities which are entirely Muslim. This is where they begin the push for Shariah Law...
When the Muslim population reaches 10% or more, they begin to use violent demonstrations to secure their demands. Any action that is deemed "offensive" to Islam is met with violence in one form or another, including threats to the lives of individuals and public figures, such as in Amsterdam with Geert Wilders.
Once the Muslim population reaches a 20% share or more, the country can expect to see hair-trigger rioting, Muslim Jihad militia formations, sporadic killings, and church/synagogue burnings.
At 40%, nations can expect widespread and chronic terror attacks, militia warfare, and massacres.
With 60% or more Muslim population, a nation can fully expect widespread and unfettered persecution of 'infidels' and non-believers, sporadic ethnic cleansing or genocide, insistence on Shariah Law as the law of the land, and Jizya (Jizya is the taxed forced on all infidels/non-believers).
With the Muslim population at least 80%, people can expect daily intimidation and violent jihad, state-run ethnic cleansing, and even genocide as the nation pushes toward a 100% Muslim population.
Once a nation reaches 100% Muslim, what can you expect? Well, their "promise" is that it will usher in "The House Of Peace" (Dar al Salaam), and it would seem that should/would be the case as everyone and everything is Muslim and under Shariah Law. However, what happens is that the most radical followers of Islam rule over the more tolerant Muslims with intimidation, public punishment, and executions. So they actually treat their fellow Muslims horribly under this "House Of Peace", especially their women.
These are historical facts based in truth. There is no intent or malicious desire to get anyone to dislike or hate Muslims. The intention is to get awareness of the Islamic tide that is sweeping the world. Their doctrines are clearly evil toward anything other than Muslims, and even toward fellow Muslims is not in great standing. Below are more facts that come straight from their holy books. These are actual doctrinal beliefs that all Muslims are supposed to follow to the letter.
This list of verses within the Qur'an that describe how Muslims should treat 'infidels' and non-believers. This list and it's accuracy is written and provided by "TheReligionOfPeace.com" website.
I have copied what their site says in it's entirety so that I didn't lose anything in the translation. They deserve all the credit for doing the work and research to give us a true understanding of what Islam teaches it's believers/followers. But I will take a moment to interject my personal opinion in that I see Islam as an evil religion and Satan will use their most devoted to hunt down and kill Christians during the Tribulation period.
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Summary Answer: The Quran contains at least 109 verses that call Muslims to war with nonbelievers. Some are quite graphic, with commands to chop off heads and fingers and kill infidels wherever they may be hiding. Muslims who do not join the fight are called 'hypocrites' and warned that Allah will send them to Hell if they do not join the slaughter. These verses are mostly open-ended, meaning that the historical context is not embedded within the surrounding text (as are nearly all of the Old Testament verses of violence). They are part of the eternal, unchanging word of Allah, and just as relevant or subjective as anything else in the Qur'an. Unfortunately, there are very few verses of tolerance and peace to
abrogate or even balance out the many that call for nonbelievers to be
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The Qur'an: Qur'an (2:191-193) - "And slay them wherever ye find them, and drive them out of the places whence they drove you out, for persecution [of Muslims] is worse than slaughter [of non-believers]...and fight them until persecution is no more, and religion is for Allah." There is a good case to be made that the textual context of this particular passage is defensive war, even if the historical context was not. However, there are also two worrisome pieces to these verse. The first is that the killing of others is authorized in the event of "persecution" (a qualification that is ambiguous at best). The second is that fighting may persist until "religion is for Allah." The example set by Muhammad is not reassuring.
Qur'an (2:244) - "Then fight in the cause of Allah, and know that Allah Heareth and knoweth all things."
Qur'an (2:216) - "Fighting is prescribed for you, and ye dislike it. But it is possible that ye dislike a thing which is good for you, and that ye love a thing which is bad for you. But Allah knoweth, and ye know not." Not only does this verse establish that violence can be virtuous, but it also contradicts the myth that fighting is intended only in self-defense, since the audience was obviously not under attack at the time. From the Hadith, we know that Muhammad was actually trying to motivate his people into raiding caravans with this verse.
Qur'an (3:56) - "As to those who reject faith, I will punish them with terrible agony in this world and in the Hereafter, nor will they have anyone to help."
Qur'an (3:151) - "Soon shall We cast terror into the hearts of the Unbelievers, for that they joined companions with Allah, for which He had sent no authority". This speaks directly of polytheists, yet it also includes Christians, since they believe in the Trinity (ie. what Muhammad incorrectly believed to be 'joining companions to Allah').
Qur'an (4:74) - "Let those fight in the way of Allah who sell the life of this world for the other. Whoso fighteth in the way of Allah, be he slain or be he victorious, on him We shall bestow a vast reward." The martyrs of Islam are unlike the early Christians, led meekly to the slaughter. These Muslims are killed in battle, as they attempt to inflict death and destruction for the cause of Allah. Here is the theological basis for today's suicide bombers.
Qur'an (4:76) - "Those who believe fight in the cause of Allah "
Qur'an (4:89) - "They but wish that ye should reject Faith, as they do, and thus be on the same footing (as they): But take not friends from their ranks until they flee in the way of Allah (From what is forbidden). But if they turn renegades, seize them and slay them wherever ye find them; and (in any case) take no friends or helpers from their ranks."
Qur'an (4:95) - "Not equal are those believers who sit (at home) and receive no hurt, and those who strive and fight in the cause of Allah with their goods and their persons. Allah hath granted a grade higher to those who strive and fight with their goods and persons than to those who sit (at home). Unto all (in Faith) Hath Allah promised good: But those who strive and fight Hath He distinguished above those who sit (at home) by a special reward,-" This passage not only criticizes "peaceful" Muslims who do not join in the violence, but it also demolishes the modern myth that "Jihad" doesn't mean holy war in the Qur'an, but rather a spiritual struggle. Not only is the Arabic word used in this passage, but it is clearly not referring to anything spiritual, since the physically disabled are given exemption. (The Hadith reveals the context of the passage to be in response to a blind man's protest that he is unable to engage in Jihad).
Qur'an (4:104) - "And be not weak hearted in pursuit of the enemy; if you suffer pain, then surely they (too) suffer pain as you suffer pain..." Pursuing an injured and retreating enemy is not an act of self-defense.
Qur'an (5:33) - "The punishment of those who wage war against Allah and His messenger and strive to make mischief in the land is only this, that they should be murdered or crucified or their hands and their feet should be cut off on opposite sides or they should be imprisoned; this shall be as a disgrace for them in this world, and in the hereafter they shall have a grievous chastisement"
Qur'an (8:12) - "I will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieve. Therefore strike off their heads and strike off every fingertip of them" No reasonable person would interpret this to mean a spiritual struggle.
Qur'an (8:15) - "O ye who believe! When ye meet those who disbelieve in battle, turn not your backs to them. (16)Whoso on that day turneth his back to them, unless maneuvering for battle or intent to join a company, he truly hath incurred wrath from Allah, and his habitation will be hell, a hapless journey's end."
Qur'an (8:39) - "And fight with them until there is no more persecution and religion should be only for Allah" From the historical context we know that the "persecution" spoken of here was simply the refusal by the Meccans to allow Muhammad to enter their city and perform the Haj. Other Muslims were able to travel there, just not as an armed group, since Muhammad declared war on Mecca prior to his eviction. The Meccans were also acting in defense of their religion, since it was Muhammad's intention to destroy their idols and establish Islam by force (which he later did). Hence the critical part of this verse is to fight until "religion is only for Allah."
Qur'an (8:57) - "If thou comest on them in the war, deal with them so as to strike fear in those who are behind them, that haply they may remember."
Qur'an (8:59-60) - "And let not those who disbelieve suppose that they can outstrip (Allah's Purpose). Lo! they cannot escape. Make ready for them all thou canst of (armed) force and of horses tethered, that thereby ye may dismay the enemy of Allah and your enemy."
Qur'an (9:5) - "So when the sacred months have passed away, then slay the idolaters wherever you find them, and take them captives and besiege them and lie in wait for them in every ambush, then if they repent and keep up prayer and pay the poor-rate, leave their way free to them." According to this verse, the best way of staying safe from Muslim violence is to convert to Islam. Prayer (salat) and the poor tax (zakat) are among the religions Five Pillars.
Qur'an (9:14) - "Fight them, Allah will punish them by your hands and bring them to disgrace..."
Qur'an (9:20) - "Those who believe, and have left their homes and striven with their wealth and their lives in Allah's way are of much greater worth in Allah's sight. These are they who are triumphant." The "striving" spoken of here is Jihad.
Qur'an (9:29) - "Fight those who believe not in Allah nor the Last Day, nor hold that forbidden which hath been forbidden by Allah and His Messenger, nor acknowledge the religion of Truth, (even if they are) of the People of the Book, until they pay the Jizya with willing submission, and feel themselves subdued." "People of the Book" refers to Christians and Jews. This was one of the final "revelations" from Allah and it set in motion the tenacious military expansion, in which Muhammad's companions managed to conquer two-thirds of the Christian world in just the next 100 years. Islam is intended to dominate all other people and faiths.
Qur'an (9:30) - "And the Jews say: Ezra is the son of Allah; and the Christians say: The Messiah is the son of Allah; these are the words of their mouths; they imitate the saying of those who disbelieved before; may Allah destroy them; how they are turned away!"
Qur'an (9:38-39) - "O ye who believe! what is the matter with you, that, when ye are asked to go forth in the cause of Allah, ye cling heavily to the earth? Do ye prefer the life of this world to the Hereafter? But little is the comfort of this life, as compared with the Hereafter. Unless ye go forth, He will punish you with a grievous penalty, and put others in your place." This is a warning to those who refuse to fight, that they will be punished with Hell.
Qur'an (9:41) - "Go forth, light-armed and heavy-armed, and strive with your wealth and your lives in the way of Allah! That is best for you if ye but knew." See also the verse that follows (9:42) - "If there had been immediate gain (in sight), and the journey easy, they would (all) without doubt have followed thee, but the distance was long, (and weighed) on them" This contradicts the myth that Muslims are to fight only in self-defense, since the wording implies that battle will be waged a long distance from home (in another country and on Christian soil, in this case, according to the historians).
Qur'an (9:73) - "O Prophet! strive hard against the unbelievers and the hypocrites and be unyielding to them; and their abode is hell, and evil is the destination." Dehumanizing those who reject Islam, by reminding Muslims that they are merely firewood for Hell, makes it easier to justify slaughter. It also explains why today's devout Muslims have little regard for those outside the faith.
Qur'an (9:88) - "But the Messenger, and those who believe with him, strive and fight with their wealth and their persons: for them are (all) good things: and it is they who will prosper."
Qur'an (9:111) - "Allah hath purchased of the believers their persons and their goods; for theirs (in return) is the garden (of Paradise): they fight in His cause, and slay and are slain: a promise binding on Him in truth, through the Law, the Gospel, and the Qur'an: and who is more faithful to his covenant than Allah? then rejoice in the bargain which ye have concluded: that is the achievement supreme."
Qur'an (9:123) - "O you who believe! fight those of the unbelievers who are near to you and let them find in you hardness."
Qur'an (21:44) - "We gave the good things of this life to these men and their fathers until the period grew long for them; See they not that We gradually reduce the land (in their control) from its outlying borders? Is it then they who will win?"
Qur'an (25:52) - "Therefore listen not to the Unbelievers, but strive against them with the utmost strenuousness, with the (Qur'an)." "Strive against" is Jihad - obviously not in the personal context. It's also significant to point out that this is a Meccan verse.
Qur'an (47:4) - "So when you meet in battle those who disbelieve, then smite the necks until when you have overcome them, then make (them) prisoners,"
Qur'an (47:35) - "Be not weary and faint-hearted, crying for peace, when ye should be uppermost (Shakir: "have the upper hand") for Allah is with you,"
Qur'an (48:17) - "There is no blame for the blind, nor is there blame for the lame, nor is there blame for the sick (that they go not forth to war). And whoso obeyeth Allah and His messenger, He will make him enter Gardens underneath which rivers flow; and whoso turneth back, him will He punish with a painful doom." Contemporary apologists sometimes claim that Jihad means 'spiritual struggle.' Is so, then why are the blind, lame and sick exempted?
Qur'an (48:29) - "Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. And those with him are hard (ruthless) against the disbelievers and merciful among themselves" Islam is not about treating everyone equally. There are two very distinct standards that are applied based on religious status.
Qur'an (61:4) - "Surely Allah loves those who fight in His way" Religion of Peace, indeed!
Qur'an (61:10-12) - "O ye who believe! Shall I lead you to a bargain that will save you from a grievous Penalty?- That ye believe in Allah and His Messenger, and that ye strive (your utmost) in the Cause of Allah, with your property and your persons: That will be best for you, if ye but knew! He will forgive you your sins, and admit you to Gardens beneath which Rivers flow, and to beautiful mansions in Gardens of Eternity." This verse was given in battle. It uses the Arabic word, Jihad.
Qur'an (66:9) - "O Prophet! Strive against the disbelievers and
the hypocrites, and be stern with them. Hell will be their home, a
hapless journey's end." The root word of "Jihad" is used again
here. The context is clearly holy war, and the scope of violence is
broadened to include "hypocrites" - those who call themselves Muslims
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Bukhari (52:177) - Allah's Apostle said, "The Hour will not be established until you fight with the Jews, and the stone behind which a Jew will be hiding will say. "O Muslim! There is a Jew hiding behind me, so kill him."
Bukhari (52:256) - The Prophet... was asked whether it was permissible to attack the pagan warriors at night with the probability of exposing their women and children to danger. The Prophet replied, "They (i.e. women and children) are from them (i.e. pagans)." In this command, Muhammad establishes that it is permissible to kill non-combatants in the process of killing a perceived enemy. This provides justification for the many Islamic terror bombings.
Bukhari (52:220) - Allah's Apostle said... 'I have been made victorious with terror'
Abu Dawud (14:2526) - The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: Three things are the roots of faith: to refrain from (killing) a person who utters, "There is no god but Allah" and not to declare him unbeliever whatever sin he commits, and not to excommunicate him from Islam for his any action; and jihad will be performed continuously since the day Allah sent me as a prophet until the day the last member of my community will fight with the Dajjal (Antichrist)
Abu Dawud (14:2527) - The Prophet said: Striving in the path of Allah (jihad) is incumbent on you along with every ruler, whether he is pious or impious
Muslim (1:33) - the Messenger of Allah said: I have been commanded to fight against people till they testify that there is no god but Allah, that Muhammad is the messenger of Allah
Bukhari (8:387) - Allah's Apostle said, "I have been ordered to fight the people till they say: 'None has the right to be worshipped but Allah
Muslim (1:149) - "Abu Dharr reported: I said: Messenger of Allah, which of the deeds is the best? He (the Holy Prophet) replied: Belief in Allah and Jihad in His cause..."
Muslim (20:4645) - "...He (the Messenger of Allah) did that and said: There is another act which elevates the position of a man in Paradise to a grade one hundred (higher), and the elevation between one grade and the other is equal to the height of the heaven from the earth. He (Abu Sa'id) said: What is that act? He replied: Jihad in the way of Allah! Jihad in the way of Allah!"
Muslim (20:4696) - "the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) said: 'One who died but did not fight in the way of Allah nor did he express any desire (or determination) for Jihid died the death of a hypocrite.'"
Muslim (19:4321-4323) - Three separate hadith in which Muhammad shrugs over the news that innocent children were killed in a raid by his men against unbelievers. His response: "They are of them (meaning the enemy)."
Tabari 7:97 The morning after the murder of Ashraf, the Prophet declared, "Kill any Jew who falls under your power." Ashraf was a poet, killed by Muhammad's men because he insulted Islam. Here, Muhammad widens the scope of his orders to kill. An innocent Jewish businessman was then slain by his Muslim partner, merely for being non-Muslim.
Tabari 9:69 "Killing Unbelievers is a small matter to us" The words of Muhammad, prophet of Islam.
Ibn Ishaq: 327 - Allah said, A prophet must slaughter before collecting captives. A slaughtered enemy is driven from the land. Muhammad, you craved the desires of this world, its goods and the ransom captives would bring. But Allah desires killing them to manifest the religion.
Ibn Ishaq: 990 - Lest anyone think that cutting off someone's head while screaming 'Allah Akbar!' is a modern custom, here is an account of that very practice under Muhammad, who seems to approve.
Ibn Ishaq: 992 - "Fight everyone in the way of Allah and kill those who disbelieve in Allah." Muhammad's instructions to his men prior to a military raid.
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Other than the fact that Muslims haven't killed every non-Muslim under their domain, there is very little else that they can point to as proof that theirs is a peaceful, tolerant religion. Few verses in the Qur'an can be construed to fit the contemporary virtues of religious tolerance and universal brotherhood, and those that do are earlier "Meccan" verses that are obviously abrogated by later ones. Small wonder that Muslim apologists spend a lot of time speaking of the "risks" of trying to interpret the Qur'an without their "assistance."
Far from being mere history or theological construct, the violent verses of the Qur'an have played a key role in the many massacres in Muslim history, including the brutal slaughter of tens of millions of Hindus for five centuries beginning around 1000 AD with Mahmud of Ghazni's bloody conquest, including the massacre of those who defending their temples from destruction. Buddhism was very nearly wiped off the Indian subcontinent. Judaism and Christianity met the same fate (albeit more slowly) in areas conquered by Muslim armies, including the Middle East, North Africa and parts of Europe, including today's Turkey. Zoroastrianism, the ancient religion of a proud Persian people is despised by Muslims and barely survives in modern Iran.
So ingrained is violence in the religion that Islam has never really stopped being at war, either with other religions or with itself.
Muhammad was a military leader, laying siege to towns, massacring the men, raping their women, enslaving their children, and taking what was once the property of others for his own. On several occasions he rejected offers of surrender from the besieged inhabitants and killed those whom he could take prisoner. He inspired his followers to battle even when they did not feel it was right to fight, threatening them with Hell if they did not, promising them slaves and booty if they did. Muhammad allowed his men to rape traumatized women captured in battle.
It is important to emphasize that Muslim armies waged aggressive campaigns, and it was the companions of Muhammad who made the most dramatic military gains in the decades following his death. The principle set in motion early on was that the civilian population of a town was to be destroyed (ie. men executed, women and children taken as slaves) if they defended themselves. Although modern Muslim apologists often claim that Islam only attacked in self-defense, this is not only an oxymoron, but it is flatly contradicted by the accounts of Muslim historians and others going back to the time of Muhammad.
Muhammad's failure to leave a clear line of succession resulted in perpetual internal war following his death. Those who knew him best first battled to force remote tribes into remaining Muslim (the Ridda or 'Apostasy wars'). Then within the closer community, early Meccan converts fought later ones. Hostility developed between those immigrants who had traveled with Muhammad to Mecca and the Ansar at Medina who had helped them settle in. Finally there was a violent struggle within Muhammad's own family between his favorite wife and favorite daughter - a jagged schism that has left Shias and Sunnis at each others' throats to this day.
The strangest and most untrue thing that can be said about Islam is that it is a Religion of Peace. If every standard by which the West is judged and condemned (slavery, imperialism, intolerance, women's rights, warfare...) were applied equally to Islam, the verdict would be absolutely devastating. Islam never gives up what it conquers, be it religion, culture, language or life. Neither does it make apologies or any real effort at moral progress. It is the least open to dialogue and the most self-absorbed. It is convinced of its own perfection, yet brutally shuns examination and represses criticism.
This is what makes the verses of violence so dangerous. They are given the weight of divine command. While Muslim terrorists take them as literally as anything else in the Qur'an, and understand that Islam is incomplete without Jihad, others do little to contradict them. Indeed, what do they have? Speaking of peace and love may win over the ignorant, but when every twelfth verse of Islam's holiest book either speaks to Allah's hatred for non-Muslims or calls for their death, forced conversion, or subjugation, it's little wonder that sympathy for terrorism runs as deeply as it does in the broader community - even if most Muslims personally prefer not to interpret their religion in this way.
In fact, many Muslims are simply unaware of the Qur'an's near absence of verses that preach universal non-violence. This is because their understanding of Islam comes from what they are taught by others. In the West, it is typical for Muslims to come to believe that their religion must be like Christianity - preaching the New Testament virtues of peace, love, and tolerance - because Muslims are taught that Islam is supposed to be superior in every way. They are somewhat surprised and embarrassed to learn that the evidence of the Qur'an and the bloody history of Islam are very much in contradiction to this.
For their part, Western liberals would do well not to sacrifice critical thinking on the altar of political correctness, or look for reasons to bring other religion down to the level of Islam merely to avoid the existential truth that this it is both different and dangerous.
There are just too many Muslims who take the Qur'an
literally... and too many others who couldn't care less about the
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I pray for all Muslims, that they will eventually open their eyes and hearts to the simple fact that Jesus came to save everyone, even Muslims who once despised Him and vowed to kill Jews and Christians. There is always time to repent and turn to Christ. I pray that your hearts are opened up to His endless and everlasting love which is beyond comprehension or explanation. I pray that Muslims will take a moment to compare a religion of hate and violence to a religion of love towards all, even our enemies. Jesus loves you and will forever. Unfortunately, if you die before giving your heart to Jesus, you will be stuck in eternal punishment where there will be wailing and gnashing of teeth. In other words, hell, and it is eternal. God bless...
