Title: Does Islam Breed Violence? (An Iranian-Born American's View) Source:
FaithFreedomOrg URL Source:http://faithfreedom.org/islam/does-islam-breed-violence Published:Nov 14, 2009 Author:Amil Amani Post Date:2009-12-03 22:32:29 by Liberator Keywords:Islam, Bloody, Muslim, Cult Views:58470 Comments:650
There is a division of the house. On one side are the politically correct in government, the leftist mainstream media, and a raft of Islamist apologists. One and all are tripping over each other in reassuring us that the mass murderers such as Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan and suicide bombers who detonate their explosive vests in crowded marketplaces and even mosques are individual anomalies and Islam is not responsible for what they do.
On the other hand are those who have been fed up with the numberless daily horrific acts that are clearly committed under the banner of Islam throughout the world. In all fairness, there needs to be a distinction. Numerous criminal acts are also committed, on a daily basis, by non-Muslims. The critical difference is that non-Muslim criminals do not hoist a religious banner to justify their misdeeds, while the Muslims proudly claim that they commit their heinous acts in obedience to the dictates of their religious faith.
Would someone, please, explain what motivated Nidal Hasan who had been, at tax payer’s expense, educated from college all the way through medical school and post medical-school training, to turn his deadly weapons against a nation that gave him everything he had?
If Islam had nothing to do with what Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan did, why:
* had he repeatedly preached the ascendancy of Islam to the U.S. Constitution?
* had he publicly supported Islamic suicide bombing?
* had he proclaimed his highest loyalty to Islam?
* had he been in contact with violent anti-U.S. Islamists and a virulent Yemeni Imam?
* did he distribute copies of the Quran to people the morning of his bloody attack?
* did he keep screaming “Allah-o-Akbar” as he heartlessly sprayed over a hundred bullets, killing thirteen and injuring some thirty innocent men and women?
Here is the truth, as bitter as it may be. Islam is the culprit. Islam is anything but a religion of peace. Violence is at the very core of Islam. Violence is institutionalized in the Muslim’s holy book, the Quran, in many suras:
Qur'an:9:5 "Fight and kill the disbelievers wherever you find them, take them captive, harass them, lie in wait and ambush them using every stratagem of war."
Qur'an:9:112 "The Believers fight in Allah's cause; they slay and are slain, kill and are killed."
Qur'an:8:39 "So fight them until there is no more Fitnah (disbelief [non-Muslims]) and all submit to the religion of Allah alone (in the whole world)."
Qur'an:8:65 "O Prophet, urge the faithful to fight. If there are twenty among you with determination they will vanquish two hundred; if there are a hundred then they will slaughter a thousand unbelievers, for the infidels are a people devoid of understanding."
Qur'an:9:38 "Believers, what is the matter with you, that when you are asked to go forth and fight in Allah's Cause you cling to the earth? Do you prefer the life of this world to the Hereafter? Unless you go forth, He will afflict and punish you with a painful doom, and put others in your place."
Qur'an:47:4 "When you clash with the unbelieving Infidels in battle (fighting Jihad in Allah's Cause), smite their necks until you overpower them, killing and wounding many of them. At length, when you have thoroughly subdued them, bind them firmly, making (them) captives. Thereafter either generosity or ransom (them based upon what benefits Islam) until the war lays down its burdens. Thus are you commanded by Allah to continue carrying out Jihad against the unbelieving infidels until they submit to Islam."
And the Quran is considered by Muslims as the word-for-word literal edicts of the Muslims’ god, Allah.
Right from the start, violence served as the engine of Islam under the command and supervision of Muhammad himself. For one, the Prophet’s son-in-law cousin, Ali, was titled the Commander of the Faithful for his unsurpassed feats of butchery. Ali with the assistance of one or two of his thugs, beheaded some seven hundred captives, most of them Jews, in only one day. This man, highly esteemed by the prophet of Allah, had a sword that had its own name—Zolfaghar. Ali’s portrait, holding the menacing sword, adorns the homes and shops throughout Shi’a’-lands. And this man, Ali, is revered by the Shi’a at the same level as Muhammad.
On the Sunni side, Muhammad’s co-revered is Umar, another unabashed killer of untold numbers. And of course the choice weapon of these champions of the religion of peace was the sword. And to this day, a sword adorns the flag of the birthplace of the religion of peace, Saudi Arabia.
And Islam, by the nature of its very doctrine, appeals to man’s base nature. It promotes intolerance, hatred, discrimination, and much more:
Qur'an:61:2 "O Muslims, why say one thing and do another? Grievously odious and hateful is it in the sight of Allah that you say that which you do not. Truly Allah loves those who fight in His Cause in a battle array, as if they were a solid cemented structure."
In reality, Islam is like a deadly contagious disease. Once it invades the mind of its victim, this debilitating disease is capable of transforming him to a helpless pawn that has no choice but to execute what he is directed to do.
Of the reported 1.3 billion Muslims in the world, millions are already trapped in the terminal stages of this affliction while millions of others are rapidly joining them. The people enslaved with the extreme cases of Islamic mental disease are highly infectious. They actively work to transmit the disease to others, while they themselves engage in horrific acts of mayhem and violence to demonstrate their unconditional obedience to the dictates of the Islamic cult of violence.
The savagery and variety of the actions of these Islamic captives are seen daily around the globe. Many of these acts, committed under the banner of Islam, have become so commonplace that the world has come to view them as the normal part and parcel of a troubled humanity. And, from time-to-time, the world is shocked into a passing and momentary realization of the evil deeds these Islamist robots commit and quickly gets over it and does nothing to seriously address this affliction of humanity.
The recent dastardly mass murder at Fort Hood, committed by Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan will be forgotten by the public before very long. Life will continue on its deadly course, pushed along in a variety of ways by agents of death, Islamists. Only the families who lost their loved-ones and those who survived the bullets have to live the rest of their lives with incapacitating injuries, in the main, won’t be able to put the episode behind them.
The mass murderer Nidal Malik Hasan did not riddle people with bullets under the pressure of momentary insanity. The insanity, ironically, in a man who was trained to help people with sanity was introduced in him from the moment of birth and from the very early years when he prostrated himself five times daily toward Mecca in expression of total submission to the dogma of hate called Islam.
Islam is a mental retrovirus that has mutated into numerous varieties and degrees of severity, over the past 1400 years. Everyone born in a Muslim family, as well as those who convert to Islam, contract a particular mutation of the Islamic Virus. As is the case with all retroviruses, the Islamic Virus burrows deeply in the person and erupts, from time-to-time with potentially devastating consequences.
The Islamic Virus first divests the person of his most fundamental human attribute. It takes away his right to make decisions himself and absolves him, in return, of any responsibility for his actions rendered in blind obedience to it.
A true Muslim does not and cannot believe in freedom of choice. In the religion of Islam—Submission—everything is up to Allah, as clearly and repeatedly stipulated in the Quran .The Raison d'être for the Muslim is to be an unconditional submissive to the will and dictates of Allah. Everything that a “good” Muslim does is contingent upon the will and decree of Allah, he is indoctrinated to believe.
Humanity is facing a deeply troubling dilemma. On the one hand is the desire of enlightened people whose aim it is to forge a world of diverse people into one universal society ruled by peace and justice for everyone while, on the other hand, Islamists are hell-bent on imposing their stone-age system on everyone. Tellingly, the Muslims themselves are at one another’s throat regarding which of dozens of Islamic sects’ dogma should rule.
For now, Islam is busy with what it did from the time of its birth, fighting the non-Muslims and infighting.
Truth be told: Violence is the animating force of Islam. Islam is a religion born through violence, raised by violence, thrives on violence and dies without violence.
Author's Bio:
Amil Imani is an Iranian-born American citizen and pro-democracy activist residing in the United States of America. Imani is a columnist, literary translator, novelist and an essayist who has been writing and speaking out for the struggling people of his native land, Iran. He and his family escaped Iran after the radical Islamic revolution.
#106. To: Liberator, mirage, AGAviator, christine, Prefrontal Vortex (#0)
I'm cruising along, reading this tripe, when I saw this:
On the one hand is the desire of enlightened people whose aim it is to forge a world of diverse people into one universal society ruled by peace and justice for everyone while, on the other hand, Islamists are hell-bent on imposing their stone-age system on everyone.
Liberator and mirage: are you down with this One World Paradise that the author speaks of? Both of you are using diversity propaganda as a method of countering Muslim immigration and, to be honest, it makes you come off as even bigger jerks than you already are.
I do my own research and come to my own conclusions.
With all the apologetics for Islam being thrown about, I still can't find an answer for why these "misunderstanders" of the Religion of Peace all seem to "misunderstand" Islam in exactly the same way.
Try as I might, I cannot find an answer to that. Either it is a Religion of Peace and all Muslims are happy little folks frolicking their way through life or there is something about it that creates nutcases who scream "Allah Ackbar" while shooting up military bases in Texas or passing out candy while cheering the World Trade Center coming down.
Most of the conflicts on the planet involve Muslims in one form or another. This is not a disputable statement.
Muslims commit "honor killings" on a seemingly regular basis and in a number of countries, apostacizing from the official religion carries the death penalty.
In Australia, the Lebanese immigrants have been on a tear. Cronulla Beach riots and rapings oh my. For some reason, it wasn't Lebanese Christians out telling women they can't wear bikinis. If you can work that one out so it wasn't Lebanese Muslims (which it was) then let me know.
As for specfically WHY it happens to be that Muslims, and in particlar, Arabized Muslims do this stuff, I haven't got an answer as of yet. Bad culture perhaps? Not being slapped silly as a kid by mommy? Being forced to memorize the Koran by age 5 and not having any other books around? I honestly don't know ... yet.
#144. To: mirage, bluegrass, Original_intent, christine (#116)(Edited)
With all the apologetics for Islam being thrown about, I still can't find an answer for why these "misunderstanders" of the Religion of Peace all seem to "misunderstand" Islam in exactly the same way.
Very little of what you have been discussing has to do with Islam.
You mud slingers are attempting to conflate the behavior of a very small group of individuals out of 1.4 billion people into some sort of indictment of Islam, which is basically an Abrahamic religion having little differences between itself and what the Jews have in their Old Testament regarding what to do about adultery, war, unnatural sex acts, witchcraft, etc..
The Koran does not advocate honor killings, female genital mutilation, or suicide. It did advocate having non-Muslim people pay a tax at a time when so- called Christians were burning non-Christians at the stake and putting them on the rack among other niceties.
I repeat. Jews found it to their advantage to live under Islam for 1,300 years, and a Jew or a Jew supporter should be the last to lecture any white person about being a dhimmi, or how there is anything wrong with Islam or its teachings.
You mud slingers are attempting to conflate the behavior of a very small group of individuals out of 1.4 billion people into some sort of indictment of Islam
Current estimates are that about 10-25% of all Muslims are of the Wahabbi school which DOES teach violence and terrorism and DOES claim that is part of Islam.
Care to guess which MUSLIM nation funds Wahabbi schools and Mosques?
It isn't just Sunni and Shia. There are multiple schools in Islam. Most of what you are quoting is Sunni Islam. There is more to it than you are letting on.
Care to guess which MUSLIM nation funds Wahabbi schools and Mosques?
Care to guess why the biggest Wahabbi nation has never its billions of dollars of American military hardware against either the United States or Israel - if they are so violent and terroristic?
Care to guess why American businesses do billiions of dollars of trade with that Wahhabi nation if they are so violent and terroristic?
Even among madrassa graduates, what percentage of them actually ends up doing terrorist activities.
OMG! The eevil terrorist Muslims are funding schools and making non-Muslims pay taxes!!!!
Care to guess why the biggest Wahabbi nation has never its billions of dollars of American military hardware against either the United States or Israel - if they are so violent and terroristic?
Only because they can't get the Filipinos they hire to do all their work for them to do the fighting.
No,but Filipinos and other foreigners are hired to do all the real work in Saudi Arabia.
The army there is a freaking joke. They couldn't beat the Alabama National Guard. They are led by members of the Royal Family,and would don their Nike Felony Fliers and run like the cowardly punk SOB's they are at the first shot.
But I thought that ***eevil Wahhabi Mooslims*** are suicide bombers. They would not care if they got killed or not.
They are. Not all of them,though. You never see or hear of any of the religious or ruling class members doing this. Only the retards,and there is a never-ending supply of retards in Muslim nations due to the inbreeding.
But bottom line, is you are now saying they are not a threat. For whatever reason(s).
Suicide bombers ARE a real threat because they are typical Muslim cowards who are afraid to meet anybody in open battle,but choose to blow themselves up in a painless death that they are stupid enough to believe will earn them a place in Heaven.
BTW,how come YOU have never strapped some C-4 to your chest? Not a true- believer?
But I thought that ***eevil Wahhabi Mooslims*** are suicide bombers. They would not care if they got killed or not.
They are. Not all of them,though.
How many of them are, how many are not, and compared to the murders that take place day in and day out how much of a problem are they really to anyone but you screamy Heebies?
Suicide bombers ARE a real threat because they are typical Muslim cowards who are afraid to meet anybody in open battle,
That explains why the American forces hunker down in fortifications surrounded by blast-resistant walls and triple concertina wire, don't go almost anywhere without being in armored vehicles which unfortunately Abdul has learned to blow to smithereens with shaped charges, and require air cover loitering overhead which these days are pilotless drones without even an airman to capture if they get shot down.
And the Muslims are cowards afraid to go one on one?
How many of them are, how many are not, and compared to the murders that take place day in and day out how much of a problem are they really to anyone but you screamy Heebies?
OOOOH! You said Heebies! Careful,or you will blow your cover!
That explains why the American forces hunker down in fortifications surrounded by blast-resistant walls and triple concertina wire, don't go almost anywhere without being in armored vehicles
That's right. It's hard to defend yourself against cowards that fight like sneak thief's.
I remember seeing all the ads in Shotgun News years ago that were selling Egyptian army rifles that said "Never fired,and only dropped once!"
#589. To: sneakypete, bluegrass, wudidiz, Original_Intent, buckeroo (#421)
That's right. It's hard to defend yourself against cowards that fight like sneak thief's.
I remember seeing all the ads in Shotgun News years ago that were selling Egyptian army rifles that said "Never fired,and only dropped once!"
Between 1979 and 1989, against almost impossible odds, the Afghan mujahideen, with a little logistical help from the US, accomplished what you chest-thumping blowhards were never able to do during the 45-year entire Cold War period.
Namely: Inflict enough damage on the Red Army they decided that staying in a country they had invaded and occupied just wasn't worth it.
Who the hell are you butch types to claim that Muslims are cowards and sneak attackers? How many victories over Ivan can you claim?
Between 1979 and 1989, against almost impossible odds, the Afghan mujahideen, with a little logistical help from the US, accomplished what you chest-thumping blowhards were never able to do during the 45-year entire Cold War period.
I thought it interesting that Michael Savage said on one of his programs last week that there is probably not more than 100 Afghans actually fighting against our troops. Does anyone have any info to back this up?
I thought it interesting that Michael Savage said on one of his programs last week that there is probably not more than 100 Afghans actually fighting against our troops. Does anyone have any info to back this up?
No, there are supposed to be around 100 Al Qaeda, there are many more people called "Taliban."
The problem the US has in Afghanistan is it decided to attack Afghan Pushtuns instead of focusing on al Qaeda.
The Pushtuns have a centuries old tradition of hospitality which means anyone who comes to them escaping from his enemies should be taken in and protected at all costs.
This tradition was at work when they took in Al Qaeda and OBL specifically.
This tradition was also at work when a Navy SEAL a few years ago got seriously wounded with Taliban trying to finish him off, when a local took the SEAL into his house and hid him until the Americans were able to rescue him.
But by attacking the Pashtuns who had nothing to do with 911 America made millions of new enemies, who are now becoming closer and closer to the Al Qaida worldview.
The other huge blunder the US has made is to empower the Tajik minority in Afghanistan and make them the most powerful group in the Afghan Army and the Afghan government.
What this means is the tribal adversaries of the Pushtuns now have American backing to go into Pashtun homes, search, harass, and degrade them. The Pashtuns have always kicked the Tajik's butts whenever there has been conflict between the two. Once American protection is neutralized, the next time, and they are heading toward a next time, the outcome will not be any different.
But bottom line is there are over 40 million Pushtuns in Afghanistan and Pakistan - they are the largest single tribe in the world - and a substantial number of them hate America's guts after thinking America could do no wrong only 20 short years ago.
I think another point MS wanted to emphasize that it was a small minority that was taking on and inflicting major damage on our troops out of all proportion to their size. He now says he's against the Afghan War because it is just making the defense contractors wealthy. I guess any excuse will do right now.
If we model this surge after the Iraqi one where we pay tribal warlords to "keep the peace", how will the Pushtuns react? Won't they will be the tribe on the outs?