An Introduction to Real Islam and Jihad (Part 10/15)




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Chapter 15
The American Muslim

We now ask the question: ‘What about all the Muslims living with us
here in America’? Of course, not all Muslims here are terrorists.
Undoubtedly, the majority of Muslims living in America are nominal citizens
living a devout personal piety but without the essential political dimension
of orthodox Islam, and are certainly (or hopefully) not bent on terrorist
actions. Many are content to continue to raise their families and prosper
with the rest of us and do not want violence, being people with a better
moral code than militants and their view (right or wrong) of what Muhammad
expects today. They try to follow a path dictated by personal conscience as
exemplified by Shirin Ebadi, the Iranian lawyer and human-rights fighter who
was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Ebadi insists that no one, least of all
the mullahs, has the right to tell others how to live and practice their
faith. "There are no priests and no church in Islam," she repeats. "As
Muslims we are alone responsible for our deeds and shall face Divine
Judgment as individuals. Because we are not robots, no one could programme
us with his version of religion. … All human beings are of equal worth
simply by existing". That, of course, is in direct opposition to the basic
principles of Islam, which hold that humanity is divided according to the
strict hierarchy of worth mentioned earlier.


Ebadi is a woman and as such is regarded by Iran’s Khatami and other
mullahs as, at best, half of a human being. In much of the world she
represents more a fringe minority than a majority, and she and others so
inclined continue to face mortal danger for such heretic views in opposition
to true Islam and the example of their esteemed Prophet. While perhaps most
Muslims are peace-loving people wanting to "live together in peace and
harmony" with those of other beliefs, the question that must be answered is:
Are these Muslims for peace because of Islam or in spite of Islam? The fact
will remain that Muslims are saddled with a system that has a spiritual
force behind it, with violence firmly planted as a systemic root. In the end
it is inescapable that to be a Muslim is to be aligned with the same spirit
that choked and influenced Muhammad in the cave, that caused Muhammad to
wage war and massacre those that rejected him, and that caused Muhammad to
teach his followers to continue to do the same. To truly reject militant
Islam is to reject Muhammad and much of what he taught. Not all Muslims are
terrorists, but the fundamental, orthodox Muslims will continue to teach and
pressure nominal Muslims towards obeying Muhammad’s commands to establish
the rule of Islam, if necessary through the use of violence. Nominal
Muslims only need to awaken to the actual call of the Qur’an, Hadith, and
Sira, to perhaps transform their faith and begin to use violence for Islam’s
sake. It appears that more and more of them are awakening, as evidenced by
the fact that their violence is increasing along with the number of Muslims
involved in violent activities.


Until -all- Muslims abandon the violent philosophy of Jihad and Islam,
we must protect ourselves. We must seek and apply the rule of law, but it
would also be wise to present alternate social, religious, and political
options to good, kind-hearted Muslims who are still bound to what amounts to
a totalitarianism system deliberately disguised as a religion of peace. That
disguise is paper thin, as evidenced by the many actions of Islam with
non-Muslims over time, and which is becoming more translucent daily.


So, despite the fear and difficulties faced by those seeking to
separate themselves from the ‘faith’, the difficult question must be posed
to any and all true peace loving Muslims, "Why follow Muhammad? Why follow
Muhammad in every respect – including his commands to do violence against
those who reject him as a Prophet? If you truly disapprove of Muslim
terrorist actions, why continue to tie yourself and your families eternal
future to the man?" If you truly believe that the Muslim terrorists were and
are wrong then why continue to follow Muhammad, for he taught and led a
totalitarian movement enforced by the sword strikingly similar to the one
led by Hitler or Stalin. Hitler justified heinous acts in his efforts to
make the Third Reich the ‘only’ Reich, and Muhammad and militants today
justify anything to make the entire world bow to Islam. A person who
chooses to follow Muhammad and trust his eternal future to Muhammad’s word,
by extension approves of Muhammad’s brutal teachings, …and all his brutal
acts. The same will surely reap the same reward, but it will not be the 70
virgins and mansions so often spoken of and hoped for. There are already
millions of ‘martyred’ Muslims on the other side of the veil separating life
from death, who lament that fact today from their spirit prison. The dead
cannot change their lives, only the living have the power to choose the acts
they will be judged by.


Although most Muslims in America are not terrorists, and many abhor the
actions of their Muslim brethren around the world, …still, since Islam
teaches world domination, these moderate Muslims rarely raise their voices
in protest to their own brethren. If the Israelis bomb Hezbollah camps in
Lebanon or Hamas camps in Syria, Muslims in New York, Detroit, and Los
Angeles will organize a mass demonstration. But getting Muslims to condemn
the terrorist actions of a brother, … say of those in Sudan, Egypt, Algeria,
Afghanistan, Iraq, … is like pulling teeth. While the Muslims worldwide
continually condemn Israel, few Muslims have ever raised their voices in
protest over Palestinian homicide bombers or Saddam Hussein's genocidal war
upon the Kurds. None ask why Bin Laden failed to help the Kurds (reports now
indicate that he was working with Saddam Hussein to kill them).


Although virtually all terrorists working to destroy Americans are in
their own minds devout Muslims, it needs to be re-emphasized that not all
Muslims in America are terrorists. Many of them are good people, but the
seeds of terrorism are planted deep within the theology of Islam. This
theology, when free to grow and blossom, shows itself in the actions normal
Muslims take when they feel that Islam is challenged. Mob attacks in
Pakistan, and the attacks by Muslim mobs in Nigeria and Indonesia, are
examples of Islamic violence and mob mentality from otherwise ‘peaceful’
moderate Muslims. And as was demonstrated in “Not Without My Daughter”, who
knows when a peaceful, liberal or moderate Muslim will be persuaded,
enticed, or incited to turn to fundamentalism and embrace the violence of
Islam?


There have been increasing instances where Wahhabi Muslims have
successfully penetrated key U.S. institutions, such as the military and our
prison system. As recent media reports have noted, the two groups that
accredit and recommend Muslim chaplains to the military have long been
suspected of links to terrorist organizations by the federal government (The
Graduate School of Islamic and Social Sciences and an organization under the
umbrella of the American Muslim Foundation). Recently, one of the key
architects of the U.S. military’s chaplain program, Abdurahman Alamoudi, was
arrested and charged with an illegal relationship with Libya, long a state
sponsor of terror. Federal investigators also have detained Captain James
Yee (a Muslim clergymen), once stationed at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and who is
being investigated for potential ties to al Qaeda. A ‘moderate’ Muslim
employed by the FBI even refused to take part in a surveillance of a
suspected Al-Qaeda operative because he said, "Muslims do not spy on
Muslims".



The Graduate School and ‘The Islamic Society of North America’, another
group with ties to Islamic extremists, also refer Muslim clerics to the U.S.
Bureau of Prisons. The New York State prison system promoted a Muslim
cleric to a position that allowed him to supervise the hiring and firing of
all prison chaplains. He was later removed from his job when officials
discovered he was an al Qaeda sympathizer who incited prisoners against
America. Jose Padilla, a terrorist accused of trying to build a “dirty bomb”
to unleash in the United States, was exposed to radical Islam in the U.S.
prison system. Richard Reid, the so-called “shoe bomber,” was converted to
fundamentalist Islam while serving time in a British prison.


A Senate subcommittee has been formed and an inquiry is underway to
analyse and scrutinize (for terror-related activities) the procedures used
by the military and prison system to recruit Muslim clerics. The senators
are looking into whether the instances of Wahhabi infiltration at key U.S.
institutions may be part of a larger pattern. In response, many pundits have
been quick to accuse investigators of Muslim bias. These same Muslim
organizations and their supporters (the ‘convenient masses’) are falsely
charging “bigotry”.


Despite an ever-growing body of evidence, many individuals, groups, and
nations continue to function as a propaganda machine deceiving much of the
American public, academia, and even our government. The stakes are becoming
too great to continue our naïve and gullible habits. A tolerant, welcoming
nation has given Islam the benefit of the doubt, but too many have already
proven unworthy of that hope and confidence. Many of those spewing the
incorrect or incomplete propaganda are aware they are not telling the whole
truth about Muhammad and Islam, knowing the purpose of the misinformation is
to weaken our resolve and keep us from instigating effective
counter-measures. Despite the continuing rivers of blood flowing all over
the world, they want to calm our fears that Islam is not a violent religion
and that Muhammad was not a terrorist, proclaiming he was a lover of peace.
But history (recent and distant) speaks for itself, and if would be unwise
for any to welcome the kind of peace that Muhammad and his modern day
followers seek. Those that defend Islam, or try to portray it in only a
positive light, are deliberately or ignorantly misleading us and causing us
to be inadequately prepared for their next deadly strike. Even the Muslim
terrorists who flew the planes into the NY towers would undoubtedly have
declared that Islam was a religion of peace, and Muhammad was a benevolent,
merciful leader. Someone saying something it true does not make it true,
and that cause is not helped if a million or even a billion repeat the lie.
Truth is truth, to the end of reckoning!



After Pearl Harbor and the tragic internment of Japanese-Americans,
those same persecuted people sent their Sons in large numbers to join the
fight in Europe against Hitler. Those volunteers were amongst the fiercest,
bravest, and most loyal patriots to join the conflict, and none today
question their (or their parents and communities) loyalties. Through such
contributions and actions they proved that the suspicion and paranoia was
unjustly heaped upon Japanese and German Americans, and in fact now the
consensus is that they would probably have provided even greater service to
this country had they been fully trusted and deployed against Japanese
forces. The jury is still out on whether the religious convictions and
political leanings of the many large American Muslim communities justify the
hope and brotherhood they have been offered in contrast. When we see the
vast majority of American Muslim communities sacrificing for this country in
like manner, then we should welcome those communities in full faith and
welcome Islam into the great melting pot of our nation. Think of what these
individuals could accomplish in terms of penetrating and to bring down
terrorist groups and all their supporters. I hereby render the invitation
and challenge for American Muslims to become full partners in this war. An
effective on-site intelligence section and a division or two of properly
equipped, fierce, devoted, patriotic Muslim American men with social and
language skills from the region would quickly penetrate and make short work
of the kind of terrorists we are currently facing in Iraq and Afghanistan.
But alas, I fear that is a dream based on pure fantasy. Please American
Muslims, prove me wrong!



Chapter 16
Worldwide Islam Today

There are many stories to be found; all over the world, detailing
Muslim terrorists, operating for Islam's sake, attacking, bombing, and
murdering those they feel inhibit their aims. Violence occurs between
Muslims and Orthodox Serbs in the Balkans, Jews in Israel, Hindus in India,
Buddhists in Burma and Catholics in the Philippines. From its inception,
Islam has always had bloody borders, and not by accident, violence has
always been integral to Islam. It appears a majority of Muslims in the world
today may indeed view America as the last great wall that stops the natural
advance of Islam. In their mind, America must be destroyed or brought down,
by any means necessary. This is what motivated Sheik Rahman to blow up the
New York towers. This is what motivates many Muslims throughout America to
speak of a day when America will fall to Islam's power.


Many Muslims might be peace-loving and thoroughly disgusted about the
acts of Islamic terrorism, but it is a sad fact that most of them are afraid
to do anything about it. They know better than anyone the number, strength,
and probable consequences of opposing the extremists. Also, it should be
pointed out that many Muslims do not know in any detail the historical facts
surrounding their own Prophet. But in contrast, Muslim terrorists are
usually very well educated in Islamic history, doctrine, and theology. They
are the pious members of the ‘religion’, … spiritual leaders, and they do
what they do, following the example of their prophet. So often we hear of
the fire-breathing clerics, even in this country, spewing hateful sermons
inciting followers to act against many perceived enemies. The western
expectation is that ‘moderate’ Muslims sanction them and appoint/elect
better teachers and representatives, but to hope for such is naive. To
become a pious leader in Islam is to become fully acquainted with the real
Muhammad and real Jihad. There are, in reality, relatively few religious
leaders who teach a doctrine different than the one taught by Muhammad, and
those are rightly considered apostate or corrupt teachers by most Islamic
bodies in the world. In most parts of the Muslim world, there are the
fire-breathing types of leaders who make no bones about their violent
leanings, and then there are the more savvy diplomatic types who speak
conciliatory tones when non-Muslims are near. But to their own people and
in their native tongues, often those same diplomats can be heard praising
all terrorists who act in Islam’s name calling them Heroes and Martyrs.
Remember that lying and deceiving non-brothers is explicitly allowed by
Islamic doctrine set down by Muhammad himself.


Recent Muslim Views on Islam and Terrorism

Several Muslims have written about the reasons they are allowed to wage
war. From "The Quranic Concept of War", by Pakistani Brigadier S.K. Malik,
it says, [in the preface]
"But in Islam war is waged to establish supremacy of the Lord only when
every other argument has failed to convince those who reject His Will and
work against the every purpose of the creation of mankind."

"Many Western Scholars have pointed their accusing fingers at some of the
above verses in the Qur’an to be able to contend that world of Islam is in a
state of perpetual struggle against the non-Muslims. As to them it is a
sufficient answer to make... that the defiance of God's authority by one who
is His slaves exposes that slave to the risk of being held guilty of treason
and as such a one, in the perspective of Islamic law, is indeed to be
treated as a sort of that cancerous growth on that organism of humanity....
It thus becomes necessary to remove the cancerous malformation even if it be
by surgical means, in order to save the rest of humanity."

The Muslim writer states that those that reject Islam are viewed as a
cancerous growth to be violently removed, i.e., murdered. And, note that the
Muslim writer basically agrees with the "Western Scholars" that say that
Islam is indeed "in a state of perpetual war", with non-Muslims. But in
viewing what has happened in Algeria, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, etc. it
appears that it is Islam which seems out of control causing more death and
despair in the world than any other religious or political illness. Review
the following news release from an Egyptian party newspaper issued after
Sept 11th.



The Middle East Media and Research Institute (“MEMRI”) www.memri.org
Posted: Wednesday, October 03, 2001
Special Dispatch No. 280: Terror in America (11)
The Egyptian newspaper, Al-Sha'ab, the mouthpiece of the Egyptian Islamist
Al-Amal (Labor) party, … in the cover story for the September 23, 2001
issue, which was dedicated to the attacks on N.Y. and D.C., by Dr. Muhammad
Abbas Following are excerpts from his article:
"I would have liked… to add to the flood of crocodile tears flowing from the
four corners of the earth, as an expression of sorrow for America's victims…
but I have found that my reservoir of tears ran dry a hundred years ago…
Perhaps in [yet] another hundred years the time will come for me to cry over
five thousand or even fifty thousand slain Americans." "Did I say five
thousand? Did I say fifty thousand? By Allah, this number is miniscule…"
"The tyrants of the world and of history (i.e. the Americans) suddenly
discovered that their leader too could be attacked, and that the white
Christian man can scream, suffer pain, bleed, and die…" "Do you want me to
cry, right this minute, over two or three buildings? By Allah, that's
ridiculous. How can someone who knows how you destroyed countries and
obliterated cities from the face of the earth be sorry about two buildings…"
"Despite all this, I did not exult. Death has glory and majesty, even when
it is a dog that dies, let alone five thousand souls. I sat in front of the
television and tears filled my eyes. I admit, I did not cry out of sympathy
[for the victims]; [I cried] out of fear of Allah the powerful, the
precious, the victor, the avenger, the just; how he takes the tyrants just
when they think they rule the Earth and are capable of confronting Him…"
"Islam is alive and well. The hero martyrs in Palestine are the ones who
showed the world the incredible potential of the martyr's body. Whoever the
perpetrators of the act [in the U.S.] may be, Islam is their teacher and
their professor…"

Recent Islamic Terrorism Actions

FRANCE - Several years ago, Muslim terrorists began bombing innocent French
civilians. Here is one article:
TERROR Campaign widens; Bomb in Paris Subway
Chicago, IL., July 25, 1995 --At least four (4)people were killed and
another 35 wounded in an afternoon terror attack that took place today in
the Paris Saint-Michel underground station, near the Latin quarter. Police
officials are investigating and wouldn't immediately comment, but French
Prime Minister Alain Juppe is quoted by the Reuters News service as saying
that he believes that "there is a very strong suspicion of a (terrorist)
attack".
These attacks were similar to bombings carried out by Muslim terrorists in
France in 1986, in which dozens of people were killed.
ALGERIA
Approximately 100,000 people have been killed in Algeria during the last 7
years or so. Below is one story from one of the survivors of an Islamic
terrorist attack. The Muslim terrorists are not responsible for all the
deaths; the Algerian police and Army have also killed many. However, the
Muslim terrorists frequently target civilians, children, and those that are
unable to defend themselves. By one account Muslim terrorists stabbed to
death 4 French nuns.
Islamic guerrillas hold captive brides hostage to terror by Martin Regg Cohn
Toronto Star Middle East Bureau
BLIDA, Algeria - In the dead of night, in the name of Islam, four terrorists
burst into the home of 17-year-old Salima Amina Zenagui.
Accusing her of loose morals, the Islamic fundamentalists ordered Zenagui to
cover her auburn hair with a hijab head-scarf. Then they abducted her at
gunpoint to their underground hideout, where the teenager was forced to
marry a terrorist twice her age.
After a religious wedding ceremony, he raped her - with a warning that any
resistance would mean certain death. The bleeding didn't stop for 15 days.
The mental torture, and the physical cruelty, continued for another five
months. During the long nights and endless days, Zenagui slowly lost her
sanity and the will to live.
Zenagui is one of thousands of young women and teenage girls believed been
kidnapped by fundamentalist terrorists during Algeria's five-year Islamic
insurgency. Forced into so-called temporary marriages that are a religious
license to rape, their screams are soon silenced.
Most of the victims have their throats slit, their bodies dumped in wells
like the one discovered last week in Bentalha, just outside Algiers. Police
were drawn by the stench of death to the 40-metre-deep well, where they
found about 30 badly decomposed corpses of women and girls believed to have
been abducted and raped after a massacre in the area a month ago.
Known as "zawaj al mutaa", or "marriage of pleasure,'' the controversial
practice is disdained by mainstream Muslims today. It dates from Islam's
early years, when fighters in a holy war helped themselves to single women
during periods of hardship or isolation.
Zenagui believes her captors were fundamentalist terrorists from the GIA,
who rationalize rape as a way of motivating their men to sacrifice
themselves for Islam. Even as they mistreat their captive women, they
worship their God. In their hideout, Zenagui watched them pray toward Mecca
five times a day. They read the Koran, Islam's holy book, and often played
inspirational cassette tapes about the Prophet Mohammed.
ARGENTINA
In March 1992, Muslim terrorists blew up the Israeli embassy in Argentina,
killing 29 people.
On July 18, 1994 a car bomb blew up the Argentine-Israeli Mutual
Association, killing nearly one hundred people.
ENGLAND
In August, 1994 two car bombs blew up in London, one at the Israeli Embassy
and another at a Jewish charity shop. An Iranian expatriate by the name of
Manoucher Motamer indicated that Iran was responsible for the bombings.
JAPAN
In July, 1991, a Muslim murdered Hitoshi Igarashi the Japanese man who
translated "The Satanic Verses" into Japanese. He was stabbed to death in
Tokyo. A Muslim living in Britain - Abdul Quddus, who is a senior vice
president of Britain's Muslim league, said, "The attacks are justified
because people translating the book are also insulting the faith."
INDONESIA
The Voice of the Martyrs Magazine writes that, "around 280 churches have
been burned, demolished, stoned, attached and closed since 1991 in Indonesia
(Sept 1996 issue). [That number is up to around 500 churches today.] The
article continues, "The June 9, 1996 attack in Surabaya, the second largest
city in the country was the worst yet as 10 churches were simultaneously
attacked by Muslim mobs." The article further records that 5,000 Muslims
took part in the riots.
Again, these actions are not the work of a few select terrorists. They are
the work of normal Muslims. They know that Islam is fundamentally violent,
and as Muslims they exercised their faith to attack and destroy Churches. It
was their type of Jihad for Allah.
ITALY
A Muslim stabbed, but failed to kill, Ettore Capriolo, the man who
translated "The Satanic Verses" into Italian. The attack occurred in Milan
Italy.
EGYPT
In Sept 1991, in Imbaba, a district of Cairo, hundreds of Muslims attacked
the minority Christians there, burning down a church with a Pastor's wife
inside. Other churches were attacked, and Christians were beaten. The
government had to send in 3000 troops to stop the Muslims from continuing to
attack the Christians.
During the last 8 years in Egypt, hundreds of Coptic Christians have been
murdered by Muslims in Egypt. Even the worshippers in churches have been
sprayed by Muslims weilding automatic weapons.
In the deadliest attack on tourists, it was reported that at least 60 people
were killed when unidentified gunmen opened fire at the world famous temple
site of Luxor in southern Egypt. Tourists from Egypt, Switzerland, Germany
and Japan were among those killed in the attack, which took place about 300
miles (500 km) south of Cairo. State television issued a brief statement
saying "attackers hit a number of foreigners, Egyptians and policemen who
exchanged fire with them," and the statement added that six attackers were
killed in the shoot-out with police. A spokesman for a travel agency in
Luxor was quoted as saying that the gunmen opened fire indiscriminately on
tourists after the tourists got off a bus and were about to enter a temple
in the morning. The assailants later left an empty tour bus, which they had
apparently hijacked in an escape attempt, and reportedly fled toward the
desert and nearby mountains. Prior to the event, attacks by Muslim militants
had killed 34 international tourists in the past five years. Overall, about
1,100 people have been killed since 1992, when the extremists launched their
campaign aimed at ousting President Hosni Mubarak.
NIGERIA
In Oct. 1991, thousands of Muslims attacked Christian churches, businesses,
and homes in Kano, Nigeria. Kano is in northern Nigeria, which is
predominately Muslim. It was estimated that 300 Christians were murdered by
Muslim mobs. Muslims were upset because Christian evangelists had been
converting Muslims in the region to Christianity.
PAKISTAN
When the Muslims in Pakistan found a torn up Quran in a mosque, 30,000
Muslims attacked the only majority Christian town (Shanti Nagar) in Pakistan
and destroyed half of it! Churches were burned, businesses were destroyed,
and women and girls were raped. The army had to come in to stop the Muslims.
A worldwide outcry against the action prompted Pakistan's Prime Minister
Sheriff to help re-build the Christian homes, churches, businesses that were
destroyed. [Note: This action was not the work of an organized terrorist
group; rather it was a display of real Islam, as the majority of average
Muslims in the region understood it. There was no Bin Laden leading this
effort, there was no Hamas or Hezbollah orchestrating the action, it was
ordinary Muslims, 30,000 of them, attacking a Christian village, because
they thought that some Christian had torn up a Quran.]
When Muhammad got offended, he murdered.... today, Muslims get
offended, they murder. It is motivated by one and the same spirit and
philosophy - the same dark spirit that appeared to Muhammad which caused him
to attempt suicide - the same malevolent spirit that then talked him out of
killing himself.... it had better plans for him. The same demonic spirit
that had him massacre 800 Jewish men and adolescent boys, then enslave their
women and children. These Jews had never clashed swords with Muhammad or his
followers until he attacked them. The purpose that drove them had a thirst
for blood, and during Muhammad's last 10 years, the blood flowed.
Not only have Muslims attacked non-Muslims in Pakistan (Hindus have
also been attacked and murdered in Pakistan), but they religious strife
between Sunni and Shia Muslims their has taken the lives of hundreds during
the last few years. Bombings of each other's mosques and gunfights outside
of Mosques have taken place. Even inside of the Mosques, people have been
shot.



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