The Threat of Islam

11/06/2018

11/06/2018

"The Palestinian people does not exist. The creation of a Palestinian state is only a means for continuing our struggle against the state of Israel for our Arab unity. In reality today there is no difference between Jordanians, Palestinians, Syrians and Lebanese. Only for political and tactical reasons do we speak today about the existence of a Palestinian people, since Arab national interests demand that we posit the existence of a distinct 'Palestinian people' to oppose Zionism. Yes, the existence of a separate Palestinian identity exists only for tactical reasons, Jordan, which is a sovereign state with defined borders, cannot raise claims to Haifa and Jaffa, while as a Palestinian, I can undoubtedly demand Haifa, Jaffa, Beer-Sheva and Jerusalem. However, the moment we reclaim our right to all of Palestine, we will not wait even a minute to unite Palestine and Jordan."

(from an interview with Zuheir Mohsen which appeared in the Dutch newspaper "Trouw". Mohsen was the General Secretary of the as-Sa'iqa party of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). He was assassinated on July 27, 1979)

James Dorsey, "Wij zijn alleen Palestijn om politieke reden"(We are only Palestinian for political reasons), Trouw, 31 March 1977

11/05/2018

"I say that either we follow the fiqh, in which case ISIS is more or less right, or else we follow man-made, civil enlightened law, according to which the Yazidis are citizens just like Shiite and Sunni Muslims. . . .We must make a decision whether to follow man-made civil law, legislated by the Iraqi parliament, or whether to follow the fatwas issued by Islamic jurisprudents. We must not embellish things and say that Islam is a religion of compassion, peace and rose water, and that everything is fine."

Iraqi Shiite Muslim cleric Ayad Jamal al-Din, "Former Iraqi MP Ayad Jamal Al-Din: A Civil State Is the Only Solution to Combat ISIS ," Middle East Media Research Institute and Al-Iraqiya TV, October 17, 2014. http://www.memritv.org/clip/en/4556.htm.


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excerpts from the transcript

https://www.memri.org/tv/former-iraqi-mp-ayad-jamal-al-din-civil-state-only-solution-combat-isis/transcript


Ayad Jamal Al-Din: ISIS is just the tip of the iceberg. ISIS has support. It is one of many groups. ISIS is based upon a certain ideology, upon a certain interpretation of religion, and upon a certain fiqh [Islamic jurisprudence]. Unfortunately, what happened to the Yazidis and others in northern Iraq, is to be found in the fiqh of Shiites and Sunnis alike. Unless we are careful in the use of fiqh…


In my opinion, the fiqh is more dangerous than nuclear technology. Therefore, we in Iraq are facing two choices: Either we establish a civil state, which relies on man-made law, based on equality between citizens, or else we establish a state based on fiqh and on religious law. If we establish a state based on fiqh, partitioning into a Shiite state, a Sunni state, and a Kurdish state is inevitable. Alternatively, we could establish a civil state, in which all citizens are equal in the eyes of the law.

As I have said, ISIS is a phenomenon with extensions all over the world, not only in Muslim countries. Even here in the U.S., there are many ISIS mosques. There are thousands of mosques that are preparing people to join ISIS. Imagine – young people from Florida join the ranks of ISIS to fight, and so do young people from Britain, Australian, Russia, China, and elsewhere. How could a young university student leave Florida to fight for ISIS, if not for a mosque that incited him to do so?


I am not talking about a handful of mosques or about just a few people. No. we are talking about thousands of such mosques, or even more, in all countries of the world – from South America to North America, Africa, Asia, and Europe. These mosques are calling, day in and day out, for the revival of the Caliphate. There are school curricula that glorify the Caliphate, saying that the past of the Muslims is better than their present. I believe that the opposite is true.

Who says that our past is better than our present? We live in the era of electricity, of the Internet, of satellite TV, of modern medicine, telecommunications, awareness… Even our understanding of religion is much better.


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You cannot defeat ISIS through sectarianism. Only through patriotism. If the Shiites, Sunnis, Arabs, Kurds, Turkmens, Yazidis, Christians, and Sabeans cannot agree among themselves to unite under the banner of a single Iraq, ISIS will not be defeated. It is necessary to establish a national army and national unity, not merely in speeches, but in daily life. If we raise the [Shiite] banners of Hussein on the tanks, we will be inadvertently strengthening ISIS. They will say that this is a Safavid army, not an Iraqi one, and this will drive the Sunnis to rally around ISIS.


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Both the Shiite and Sunni fiqh say that the Yazidis should be killed.


Interviewer: You are talking about the fiqh of ISIS, of course.


Ayad Jamal Al-Din: The Christians and the Jews are considered the People of the Book, and some include the Zoroastrians and the Sabeans, but as for the Buddhists, they should all be killed. This is according to both Shiite and Sunni fiqh. The problem lies with our fiqh, and therefore, I say that either we follow the fiqh, in which case ISIS is more or less right, or else we follow man-made, civil enlightened law, according to which the Yazidis are citizens just like Shiite and Sunni Muslims. That's why ISIS are saying that they have not invented anything new, but are merely following the fiqh. The Yazidis can either become Muslims, or be sold on the market as slaves. Both Shiite and Sunni fiqh are in agreement on this.


We must make a decision whether to follow man-made civil law, legislated by the Iraqi parliament, or whether to follow the fatwas issued by Islamic jurisprudents. We must not embellish things, and say that Islam is a religion of compassion, peace, and rose water, and that everything is fine. Brother, your Islamic history is full of wars, raids… From Tunisia alone, one million boys were taken as slaves to Damascus…


Interviewer: Don't you believe that Islam is a religion of compassion and peace?

Ayad Jamal Al-Din: It is, but there is an interpretation of Islam that goes back 1,400 years. Islam has been politicized and is used as a sword. "The Quran call and the sword protects" is the slogan of the Muslim Brotherhood, and of all the Islamic political parties.

In a recent TV interview, former Iraqi MP Ayad Jamal Al-Din called for the establishment of a civil state in Iraq based ...

11/01/2018

"The Western distinction between just and unjust wars linked to specific grounds for war is unknown in Islam. Any war against unbelievers, whatever its immediate ground, is morally justified. Only in this sense can one distinguish just and unjust wars in Islamic tradition. When Muslims wage war for the dissemination of Islam, it is a just war (futuhat, literally 'opening,' in the sense of opening the world, through the use of force, to the call of Islam); when non-Muslims attack Muslims, it is an unjust war ('idwan).

The usual Western interpretation of jihad as a 'just war' in the Western sense is, therefore, a misreading of this Islamic concept. I disagree, for example, with Khadduri's interpretation of the jihad as bellum justum, as Khadduri himself observes:

The universality of Islam provided a unifying element for all believers, within the world of Islam, and its defensive-offensive character produced a state of warfare permanently declared against the outside world, the world of war. Thus jihad may be regarded as Islam's instrument for carrying out its ultimate objective by turning all people into believers.

According to the Western just war concept, just wars are limited to a single issue; they are not universal and permanent wars grounded on a religious worldview.

The classical religious doctrine of Islam understands war in two ways. The first is literal war, fighting or battle (qital), which in Islam is understood to be a last resort in following the Qur'anic precept to guarantee the spread of Islam, usually when non-Muslims hinder the effort to do so. The other understanding is metaphorical: war as a permanent condition between Muslims and nonbelievers. The Qur'an makes a distinction between fighting (qital) and aggression ('idwan) and asks Muslims not to be aggressors: 'Fight for the sake of Allah against those who fight against you but do not be violent because Allah does not love aggressors' (al-Baqara 2.190). The same Qur'anic passage continues: 'Kill them wherever you find them. Drive them out of places from which they drove you. . . . Fight against them until idolatry is no more and Allah's religion reigns supreme' (al-Baqara 2.190-92). The Qur'anic term for fighting is here qital, not jihad. The Qur'an prescribes fighting for the spread of Islam: 'Fighting is obligatory for you, much as you dislike it' (al-Baqara 2.216). The qital of Muslims against unbelievers is a religious obligation: 'Fight for the cause of Allah . . . how could you not fight for the cause of Allah? . . . True believers fight for the cause of Allah, but the infidels fight for idols' (al-'Nisa 4.74-76).


As we have seen, Islam understands itself as a mission of peace for all humanity, although this call (da'wa) can sometimes be pursued by war. In this sense, the da'wa is an invitation to jihad, which means fundamentally 'to exert one's self' and can involve either military or nonmilitary effort. Jihad can become a war (qital) against those who oppose Islam, either by failing to submit to it peacefully or by creating obstacles to its spread. Although Islam glorifies neither war nor violence, those Muslims who fight and die for the da'wa are considered blessed by Allah."

(Bassam Tibi, "War and Peace in Islam" in The Ethics of War and Peace: Religious and Secular Perspectives, ed. Terry Nardin (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1996), pp.128-45, reproduced in "The Legacy of Jihad: Islamic Holy War and the Fate of Non-Muslims, ed. Andrew Bostom (Prometheus Books, 2005), pp. 326-42, quote from pp.329-30)

The last line is akin to somebody speaking out of both sides of his mouth. Islam is said not to glorify war or violence, yet those who participate in war and die for the call and expansion of Islam is somehow blessed by Allah? If it is claimed that someone is blessed by fighting and dying in the cause of Allah, in what way can it be claimed that such is not akin to being glorified in some measure?

10/28/2018

If anyone has Muslim family members, neighbors or acquaintances, ask them what the following verse from the Quran means:

"Thou wilt not find any people who believe in Allah and the Last Day, loving those who resist Allah and His Messenger, even though they were their fathers or their sons, or their brothers, or their kindred. For such He has written Faith in their hearts, and strengthened them with a spirit from Himself. And He will admit them to Gardens beneath which Rivers flow, to dwell therein (for ever). Allah will be well pleased with them, and they with Him. They are the Party of Allah. Truly it is the Party of Allah that will achieve Felicity." 58:22

10/28/2018

Ibn Khazem(Hazm), in the 11th century A.D., is said to be the first Muslim scholar to propose the theory that the original text of the Torah(Taurat) and Gospel (Injeel) had been purposefully changed or replaced (this is not the same as variant manuscript readings, which the Qur'an shares along with the Bible and every other document before the advent of the printing press). The reason is obvious to anyone who has read the Jewish and Christian scriptures and compared them to the Qur'an. The Qur'an spectacularly contradicts the previous writings therefore, it is argued, the earlier writings must have been corrupted. The truth is, all available evidence for the preservation of the scriptures, including the Tanakh and the New Testament, demonstrate the corruption claimed by Muslims is a later fiction in an attempt to defend the Qur'an, Muhammad and Islam.

10/28/2018

The shahada or confession of faith which is said to bring one into the fold of Islam according the vast majority of Muslims including scholars from all the traditional schools of Sunni and Shi'a jurisprudence is, "There is no God but Allah, and Muhammad is the messenger of Allah."

This formulation cannot be found in the Qur'an. Other mainstream Islamic teachings such as praying 5 times a day are also absent from the Qur'an.

Apart from this, if one were to adopt a simple confession of faith, the following would be more accurate:

"There is no God but YAHWEH, and YAHWEH is the messenger of YAHWEH."

10/28/2018

"Mr. Muhammad"

by

DJ Chribs

Copyright 2018
Spassmacher Productions

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Mr. Muhammad, why did you tell, your followers to kill the infidel?
Mr. Muhammad, why did you say to kill those who would leave your way?

Your disciples putting on a show for the world to see.
Smile to our face but curse us secretly.
Warfare in perpetuity.
Taqiyya for the unbelieving enemy:
You were the one who said "War is deceit".

Mr. Muhammad, your life filled with lies. Keep looking through the darkness and wondering why, you cannot find your paradise.

Mr. Muhammad, in all that was, through terror made victorious.
Mr. Muhammad, fighting all, until they give in to your call.

What does it have to take - open your eyes.
Mujahideen infiltrating our ranks, amidst takbir cries.
Patiently waging stealth jihad, attempting to set the stage for Khalifah, while others are--
Others are. . .

Strapping bombs to their bodies, waiting for the time,
For martyrdom to shine, thinking so out of line.
Not dying for or being persecuted for their faith,
But spreading messages of terror, as misguided wraiths,
Following Ahmed's mistake-- . . . .and ooo-ooo-oooh what a mistake.

Mr. Muhammad, your life filled with lies. You cannot find your paradise, and now wonder why? It should come as no surprise.

Mr. Muhammad, why retail, women constitute the bulk of hell?
Mr. Muhammad, such a cur - - deflowered that little girl.

He was 54 and she was 9.
Regardless of the culture or the time,
Criminal, deviant, actions of a swine.
In all of this there was nothing divine. . .ooo-ooo-ooh nothing divine.

There is no refuge in his lies.
It's time to look past the deceptive guise.
A ravening wolf, we were forewarned by Jesus Christ.
The Savior of your soul - do not despise.

Mr. Muhammad, despair fills your eyes. The Savior of your soul -rejected and despised.
Shame and everlasting contempt when you rise, . .never to see paradise. . .never to see paradise.