Understanding Islam
"Religion of peace"? Not exactly. Although there are Muslims who don't practice their religion as a form of violence, as it's directed by the Quran, which is meant to be taken literally, that's exactly what it is.
There's a lot of creepy stuff in the Bible (and I'm no fan of the evidence-free belief in god of any stripe), but you don't see the Christians seriously considering stoning their neighbors for adultery or for wearing more than one fabric (although some do, most vilely, use the Bible as an excuse to discriminate against and even hate gays).
Here are a few words on the true nature of Islam, from American Thinker:
The Islamic worldview divides the world into two spheres: the non-Islamic world is the dar al-harb, or the "house of war," and the Islamic world is the dar al-Islam, the "house of peace." From the Muslim perspective, "peace" is achieved only once the enemy has been conquered and subordinated to Islam.Throughout Islam's imperial reign, no difference has existed between civil law and religious law, or sharia. The distinction between civil and religious law is a Christian, not an Islamic, idea. "Secular society" simply does not exist with Islam properly understood. Apostasy is punishable by death within the Islamic code. Secular rulers in Muslim countries during the twentieth century were a historic aberration, a result of British colonialism. Many, like the Shah of Iran and Egyptian president Anwar Sadat, met unhappy ends at the hands of the devout.
A special condition called dhimmitude exists within the Islamic legal code for groups of non-Muslims conquered by Islamic forces who refuse to convert. Some contemporary observers view dhimmitude as an example of Muslim "tolerance," but the truth is quite the opposite; dhimmitude is a subordinate condition. The dhimmi was not allowed to attempt to convert Muslims to his religion, his house of worship was not allowed to be more conspicuous than a mosque, he was not allowed to hold political office, and he was required to pay a special tax.
(It is for these reasons that the existence of Israel is particularly grating to Muslims. Israel exists within what has historically been the dar al-Islam, but modern Israel is not in a condition of dhimmitude subservient to Muslim political authority).
Today's Western elites who think that Islamic militants do not represent "true Islam" are dangerously wrong. From the very beginning of the Islamic faith, the good Muslim, following the example of Mohammed, has been called to do battle against unbelievers, reject secularism, and reject any notion of the equality of faiths. In his 1998 manifesto "Jihad against Jews and Crusaders," Osama bin Laden quoted the Qur'anic injunction to "fight and slay the pagans wherever ye find them" and also cited Mohammed's belief that "I have been sent with the sword between my hands to ensure that no one but Allah is worshiped." Osama then concluded that "The ruling to kill the Americans and their allies -- civilians and military -- is an individual duty for every Muslim who can do it in any country in which it is possible to do it." (Even if only 10% of the world's 1.4 billion Muslims heed this call, enemy strength still amounts to 140 million).
Donald Collins on Islam from the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review:
As a social liberal but one who believes in reportorial factualness, I was of course shocked at the council's refusal. I hope it will reconsider. However, I suggest, on the basis of common humanity and common sense -- which have always been qualities that bring out the best in Americans of all races, creeds and colors -- that Americans better take a hard look at this fanatical situation.First, the plain truth: People who believe in Islam have adopted a faith born in medieval times, a religion certainly in part born in violence, which has not evolved in any substantial way since its inception. Islam's benign adherents, who represent that religion's majority, are, I am sure, as shocked as we all are at the dastardly acts of those such as Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, the alleged Fort Hood shooter.
However, the record of native-born Muslims in and Muslim immigrants to Europe and the U.S. is far from reassuring. As with all entrants into the U.S., we should be extremely cautious about importing unneeded millions of new migrants of any faith or race -- just as we certainly should not ever be guilty of kowtowing to the fanatical wishes of the Islamic fundamentalists to not publish images of Allah in cartoon form so as to avoid being attacked by those same jihad types.
You may recall my dismay at the behavior of my university, Yale, when the Yale University Press, after consultations with Muslim clerics, diplomats and counterterrorism officials, canceled the scheduled publication in an academic work of 12 cartoons spoofing Muhammad. The cartoons had appeared in a Danish newspaper four years earlier, sparking Muslim protests that resulted in riots and more than 100 deaths.
We had better begin to recognize the uncomfortable truth that Islam just isn't another religion that benignly promotes peace on Earth and goodwill toward men, and certainly not toward women in most Middle East countries.
Here's an explanation of the passages in Major "Allahu Akbar!" Hasan's talk. A little long, the guy at the beginning is a little off-putting, but slide the cursor down to around the 19:32 mark for "The Verse of the Sword" and more:
A Q&A from "Answering Muslims," the site the video is from.
More on "the religion of peace" at thereligionofpeace.com. Solutions, anyone? I'm at a loss.
I hope the prosecution uses all of this to refute his insanity plea. I may vomit....
Juliana at November 23, 2009 7:28 AM
Solution?
That's easy. Big glass dome, parked over the middle east. Calculated to have only 2 years of air in it, or, in the event of serious, ongoing violence, 1 year of air. Announce loudly, to the world, that Islam may now feel free to rape, pillage, and murder all it wants, with no more interference from us infidels.
Admit freely to the fact that violence will pollute the air in the dome.
Lift dome in 2 years. Then either welcome a productive, peaceful nation into the world, or mourn the loss of so many people who absolutely could not stop killing each other.
Chronotrigger at November 23, 2009 8:18 AM
Leftist politically correct crap is literally killing us. It killed all those troops on the Fort Hood base.
Crusader at November 23, 2009 11:31 AM
A little more insanity from Muslims:
More Sharia Weirdness: The radical Islamist group Al Shabaab in Somalia recently began accosting and beating robed women whose bras made their breasts (even though covered) look too provocative. One mother told Reuters in October that police told her that any "firm(ness)" must be natural and not bra-enhanced. [Daily Mail (London), 10-16-09]
In September, prominent Egyptian scholar Abdul Mouti Bayoumi of al-Azhar University urged the death penalty for people selling virginity-faking devices that make women appear to bleed on their wedding nights. One such gadget, made in China, was openly for sale in Syria for the equivalent of about $15, according to a September BBC News report. [BBC News, 9-28-09]
http://www.uexpress.com/newsoftheweird/
-Julie
JulieW at November 23, 2009 2:08 PM
You know, your Islamophobic crapola might be easier to accept if you occasionally had a word to say about people like this:
Teitel, 37, was born in Florida. In recent years he has lived at Shvut Rahel, a community identified with the intensely nationalist religious movement that has spearheaded West Bank settlement. He was arrested a month ago in Jerusalem while putting up signs praising the August attack on a Tel Aviv gay-youth center in which two people were killed. A gag order kept the case out of the news while police and the Shin Bet security service investigated his involvement in a string of terrorist attacks.
A partial list of the allegations: murdering two randomly chosen Palestinians in 1997 as revenge for suicide attacks against Israelis. Putting a bomb outside a settlement police station in 2006 in protest against police protection of a gay-pride march in Jerusalem. Placing the bomb last year that nearly killed a 15-year-old boy who belongs to a community of Jews who believe in Jesus. Attempting -- also last year -- to kill Prof. Zeev Sternhell, a renowned political scientist and prominent critic of the occupation.
full: http://www.prospect.org/cs/articles?article=yaakov_teitel_and_the_allure_of_lawlessness
Louis Proyect at November 26, 2009 8:03 AM
Amy Alkon
https://www.advicegoddess.com/archives/2009/11/understanding-i.html#comment-1679173">comment from Louis ProyectYou know, your Islamophobic crapola might be easier to accept if you occasionally had a word to say about people like this: Teitel, 37, was born in Florida.
It is not "phobic" to be afraid of people whose religion promotes the murder of people who do not think as they do.
This guy is the rare Jew who does such things. In Judaism, the highest form of righteousness is saving a life - which is why you find Israeli doctors working tirelessly to save the lives of Palestinian children.
Amy Alkon
at November 26, 2009 8:27 AM
Amy is talking out of her Zionist ass as usual. Jewish settler terrorists kill Palestinian kids everyday, shooting at them as they try to go to school.
Her hatred and paranoia is far more appropriate towards messianic Judaism which thrives on hatred of non-Jews. read their Talmud. Case closed.
Umimpressed at December 12, 2009 1:47 AM
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