Discussing Islam – A losing battle?
Islam, Sharia, jihad and terror. Daily, more things appear in the news about the truth of Islam from a multitude of venues. Why do people refuse to hear this truth?
“Perhaps these things that seem important to me are unimportant, but they are all a part of the great human tragedy that stands before us. And if I could do something, which I can’t, to make the world better, I would try to have it more tolerant, more kindly, more understanding; could I do that and nothing else, I would be glad.”
These were the words of Clarence Darrow during his closing argument in the case of People v. Henry Sweet on May 11, 1926 and as the saying goes, “the more things change, the more they stay the same”. The point that Darrow was making was just because some things seemed unimportant, it didn’t mean they were and if one would listen, not just hear, but listen, they too may come to realize the truth.
When I set out to learn about terrorism at a very early age I had no intention of learning anything about, let alone becoming what many have called an “expert” on Islam. I didn’t care about Islam, I didn’t really care about any religion other than my own, I wanted to learn about terrorism and that is what I did.
I started with the history of terrorism, what better way to study a subject than to start at the beginning? I started with the Zealots and the Sicarii in biblical times and learned about terrorism from its original roots all the way up through the 21st Century. Throughout my studies there was one defining factor that kept showing up and the more I learned the more it reared its ugly head, Islam.
I’ve been called an Islamophobe, a racist, a hater of Muslims – you name it, I’ve heard it. Funny thing though, other than Muslims, every person who has ever called me something along these lines knew nothing about Islam.
Most people have never read the Bible, so to ask them to read the Quran is like pulling teeth. Most people only expose themselves to information that matches their own opinions because it is easier and more comfortable; that’s just human nature. Most people think of Islam as a religion rather than a theocracy and therefore assume, “it’s a religion like Christianity or Judaism and cannot possibly call for death to other religions or war or violence because Christianity and Judaism doesn’t.”
Most people just don’t want to hear or know the truth if it goes against their own morals. It’s easier to say “you’re wrong, Muslims are no longer like that, that was in the 600’s, they are modernized now, and stonings no longer happen, they don’t want to dominate the world with Sharia, you’re nuts”. Yes, they would rather believe that, then to hear, learn or face the truth.
To paraphrase Walid Shoebat, the PLO terrorist who converted to Christianity and wrote the book “Why I left Jihad”; In order to understand Islam you must stop looking through Western eyes.
Most people are unaware that unlike the Old and New Testaments (numerous books written over hundreds of years by several people) that the Quran was one book, based upon the revelations and preachings of one illiterate man, compiled shortly after his death from oral and written records. The Quran is meant to be taken literally and again, unlike the Bible, it has few vague or symbolic analogies.
Many people are unaware that when the Quran contradicts itself, the passage written later supersedes the one written earlier. All the parts of the Quran that speak of peace and tolerance were written early on and according to the Islamic tradition, all those passages have been abrogated later by much more violent and less tolerant passages.
Surah 2:106 “And for whatever verse We abrogate or cast into oblivion, We bring a better or the like of it; knowest thou not that God is powerful over everything?”
Surah 16:101 “When We change one verse for another (God knows best what He reveals), they say: ‘You are an imposter.’ Indeed most of them have no knowledge.”
To make the issue confusing, the Quran is not arranged in chronological order. The first nine Surahs are at the start because they are the largest. Surah 2 is earlier than Surah 1 and earlier than Surahs 3 to 9.
A much-quoted early verse which is “peacecful”:
Surah 2: 256 There shall be no compulsion in religion: the right way is now distinct from the wrong way. Anyone who denounces the devil and believes in GOD has grasped the strongest bond; one that never breaks. GOD is Hearer, Omniscient.
Is abrogated later by several violent and intolerant verses such as this:
Surah 9: 5 Then, when the sacred months have passed, slay the idolaters wherever ye find them, and take them (captive), and besiege them, and prepare for them each ambush. But if they repent and establish worship and pay the poor-due, then leave their way free. Lo! Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
So, when most people hear Jihadists quoting violent passages from the Quran and then other Muslims quoting peaceful passages, they interpret it same way they would if someone was quoting the Bible or the Torah and they think to themselves “there are contradicting passages just like in other religions and Muslims can choose which one they want and justify whatever actions they want to take.”. The problem is that the Quran is nothing like that and makes it explicitly clear that you must never alter any part of its message or you will burn in a fiery torment forever.
The fact that Islam is more of a religious ideology than a religion is clear. Islam includes a mandatory and specific legal and political plan for the whole society known as Sharia. There is no separation between the political and the religious in Islam.
Fact: The Quran says that Sharia is the law of Allah and any other form of government is a sin.
Fact: The Quran says that man-made laws and governments (Democracy) and free speech (such as criticizing the Quran) are abominations and must be eliminated.
Fact: Striving to institute worldwide Sharia law until all governments have been converted is an Islamic religious obligation for all Muslims.
As I explained in my article “Call PETA, no one else is doing anything” some Sharia law facts are:
Sharia law commands that drinkers and gamblers are to be whipped.
Sharia law allows husbands to hit their wives.
Sharia law allows a plaintiff to exact legal revenge, literally an eye for an eye.
Sharia law commands that a thief must have a hand cut off.
Sharia law commands that homosexuals be executed.
Sharia law orders unmarried fornicators to be whipped and adulterers to be stoned to death.
Sharia law allows obligatory female genital castration.
Sharia law requires women to obtain permission from husbands for daily freedoms, such as leaving the house unescorted by a male family member.
Sharia law instructs compulsory acceptance of polygamy and forced child marriages.
Sharia law requires the testimony of four male witnesses to prove rape.
Sharia law orders death for both Muslim and non-Muslim critics of the Quran, Mohammed and even Sharia itself.
Sharia law orders apostates to be killed.
Sharia law commands offensive, aggressive and unjust Jihad.
The Quran instructs Muslims to lie to further and protect Islam. (Taqiyya).
There you have the FACTS. I don’t care if you are a Liberal or a Conservative, average or intellectual, if you have not bothered to read any of the Quran then you do not know Islam. Don’t assume that because it is a “religion” let alone “the religion of peace” that this is something that won’t affect you.
I have often ended many of my articles and speeches by saying “Tell someone. Educate someone. Whether it is your spouse, a friend or a co-worker, stand up and speak up for what you know is right.” This time I ask you to educate yourself, if you don’t have the desire to buy and read the Quran, go online and look up some of what I have stated here. If after your own research you decide that Islam is a “religion of peace” and most Muslims are “moderate”, then as Clarence Darrow said “it is unimportant, but they are all a part of the great human tragedy that stands before us”.
Additional News:
An update from my article last week “Freedom of (hate) speech?”
All but one of the Facebook pages, either individual pages or group pages that I mentioned or quoted in my article have since been pulled down by their owners or shut down by Facebook. Sometimes freedom of speech does work to our advantage.
Gadi Adelman is a freelance writer and lecturer on the history of terrorism and counterterrorism. He grew up in Israel, studying terrorism and Islam for 35 years after surviving a terrorist bomb in Jerusalem in which 7 children were killed. Since returning to the U. S., Gadi teaches and lectures to law enforcement agencies as well as high schools and colleges. He can be heard every Thursday night at 9PM est. on his own radio show “America Akbar” on Windows to Liberty Radio Network. He can be reached through his website http://gadiadelman.com.
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There is no question in my mind that the author is telling the truth, as he really unveiled the violence in Islam. The Islamic authorities claim that Islam is a religion of peace and mercy, whic far from the truth. To augment the ideas of the writer I would like to include the following facts:
If we define good Christians, and good Jews as those who adhere to the teachings of the Gospel and the Bible respectively, then good Moslems are those who follow the teachings of the Quran. Now if the teachings of the Quran call for violence against non-Moslems, then “good” Moslems have no choice but to become terrorists. The following are only few of the Quranic verses that call for violence against non-Moslems: Al Baqara 2(244), Al-Nisa’4(76,77,84,89), Al-Anfal 8(12,39), Al-Tawba 9:(5,14,29), 9(88,112,123), 47(4). All call to fight non-Moslems until all religion is that of Allah, or fight in Allah’s cause (Jihad), or to kill them wherever you find them until they pay Gezya submissively, which is a specially designed humiliating tax used only against non-Moslems. These verses are also augmented by many similar instructions in the Hadiths like: In Bukhari V4B53N386: “We are ordered to fight you until you submit to Islam or pay Gezya with submission”, or in Muslim, C9B1N31: “I have been commanded to fight people until they say no God but Allah, and Mohammad is his only messenger”. It is no wonder that many Islamic militant organizations were specifically established to implement the verses that call for violence against the non-Moslems like: Muslim militants, Muslim terrorists, Islamic terrorists, Islamic radicals, Al-Jihad, Islamic militants, Islamic fanatics, Al-Qaeda, and Taliban. No other religion has so many organizations that call for violence against the other as Islam, which explains the frequent Moslem attacks on non-Moslems everywhere in the world.
The 1982 Mecca Islamic summit Conference confirmed the above when they declared that Jihad is a duty of all Moslems where ever they are.
Most Moslem apologists do not quote the above verses, but rather use few verses that were “inspired” much earlier like Al-Baqara (2:256), Al-Kahf (18:29) and Al-Kafirun (109:6), which call for tolerance of other religions. These are the few verses that the Moslem apologists keep pumping into the ears of the Western audience, while ignoring the other verses that call for violence giving the impression that the Quranic verses do not encourage anything except peaceful coexistence with non-Moslems! The fact remains though, that these verses that call for peaceful coexistence were “inspired” much earlier when the Moslems were weak and few, but as they became stronger these verses of tolerance were later abrogated by the above verses that call for violence, as many Islamic prominent scholars and historians can confirm, like Al- Suyuti and Al-Qurtubi. This should explain the declarations of many of al-Qaeda leaders like Abu Misab al-Zarqawi in Iraq who confirmed that “we are only obeying the Quranic verses that demand the practice of violence against non-Moslems, and that verses for violence have abrogated all verses that call for tolerance”. This attitude explains all those unprovoked attacks against non-Moslems all over the world or even against Moslems that oppose violence. It should further explain the burning of churches in many countries in the world, like Pakistan, Afghanistan, Somalia, Nigeria and others. Most non speaking Arabic Moslems are not told the truth about violence; actually they are deceived in many instances when it comes to translation of the Quran, especially when the Quran contradicts simple science, history and general logic. They are taught that Islam is the religion of peace and mercy and nothing is unveiled about the so many verses that call for violence against the other. In science for instance, look up Al-Azhar website or the Supreme Council on Islamic Affairs (the highest Moslem authority on earth) website the Quranic Arabic verse 23:14, then look at the English translation right under it, to find out that the “many creators” stated in the original Arabic verse is translated to the “one unique creator”, as it would be very embarrassing to tell the truth! A Moslem cannot with all honesty deny the existence of these verses that call for violence, as anyone can verify their existence in the Quran. If asked what could a Moslem say in defending “the peaceful Nature” of the Quran with the presence of violent Quranic verses? Could he say that he will only follow those abrogated verses that call for tolerance? Will he say: “Trust me I have no intention to implement those verses that call for violence”, as some Moslems might claim! Should the world peace and security depend on the mood of a Moslem? What happens if he later changes his mind? Do people accept the presence of racist clauses in the “democratic” constitution. because the government promised not to implement them? Would such a step bring peace and security to those concerned, or should the government delete these verses from the constitution?
Does this mean that all Moslems are terrorists? Of course not as most of them abhor and condemn publicly all perpetrated violence against non-Moslems, but with their entire adherence to the daily prayers notwithstanding, they are not considered good Moslems, because they are not practicing all the obvious instructions of the Quran. Strangely they do not support the removal of these verses that call for violence, because they would not dare to venture into changing the “words of God”. The Quran says that all verses in the Quran will remain intact until the end of times. What could be done?
All Moslems, including myself (an ex-Moslem), that oppose violence even if it was emphasized repeatedly in the Quran have the immediate and urgent duty to demand from all Islamic authorities, especially in Saudi Arabia, Al-Azhar in Egypt and from all future international Islamic conferences to espouse firmly a resolution that abrogate in effect all Quranic verses that call for violence and consider them as historical needed contingencies of the past and no longer valid for the present. It takes a lot of courage to do that since the Islamic authority will become a target for most Moslems who are programmed to resist any change. Many Moslems have the means to discredit, fight and even demand death for anyone that call for such a change, which means again that the problem is not with Moslems but with Islam itself. No one can accuse me of being a racist, because I am an ex-Moslem, but we all have to admit that Islamic violence will remain active until the verses in the Quran that call for violence are totally abrogated.
What makes discussing Islam a losing battle are these leftists,atheists,western appeasers & the PC crowd.They all in favor of Islam.
Of Course ! And the most worst of them all SEcularist .I Hate them from the bottom of my heart . They are present everywhere in India, in Europe, in America everywhere and I 'm sick of them.
" Funny thing though, other than Muslims, every person who has ever called me something along these lines knew nothing about Islam."
Who said it,pal:
Next time i will compare it with thoes "soulmates" catholics/Christians brotherhood,but 4 now it will be with pisslamists leftists who all thoes morons who call you names ARE PISSLAMISTS leftists.
They are muzzies,already!
Pisslam:
Kill 4 allah and his rasul-allah
rape 4 allah and rasul-allah
steal 4 allah and his rasul allah
FUCK ISRAEL AND JEWS!
Kill everyone who leaves pisslam
kill evryone who insult(Say the truth about PISSlam)
Kill every one who IS NONE muzzies,well if she/he wont convert first!
Fuck the children
abuse children
FUCK ANIMALS
ABUSE ANIMALS
Every one should be a muzlim,so let PISSLAM take over the world
PISSLAM will rule and insha-allah we all will muzlimz in this world
And again,kill thoes dirty jews!
There is no god,but allah and none other gods IS accepted!
PISSLAMISTS LEFTISTS:
Kill 4 Lenin,(well i read about Marx and no single one of thoes assholes are follower of Marx he hated
pisslam and christianity as anyone in this world do today,thats why i wont harm his name here)
Thoes psychos has NOTHING with Marx to do but with lenin and stalin to do.It's 2 big difference!
Kill 4 lenin fuck and rape 4 stalin
There IS NOTHING BUT PISSLAMISTS LEFTISTS
OUR WAY IS THE TRUE(isn't same that all muzzies claim?)
A better world is a lenin and stalin world
You are not allow talk shit(true)about us
You are not allow has any others gods but ours,2 morons you have 2 worship,but u muzlimz, in- sha
allah will be safed 4 muhammad,lenin and stalin were the same!
No one should,talk,write or say different than US!
A silent world
A better world
FUCK ISRAEL
FUCK USA
FUCK JEWS
Bytheway again
Fuck the whole damn Jews
Fuck children(a video i shew and hamas assholes merry with children but pisslamists leftist talked
SHIT to me and called me name,istead 4 STOP THEM,THEY STOPED ME)
Abuse children:
In UN today 2010 you are 15?!!!!! And are damn adult,can you fucking believe thoes ASSHOLES child fuckers communists or same as PISSlamists leftists!
Abuse and FUCK ANIMALS-
As soon as you will defend Animals Rights just like muzzies assholes they show up and say:
YOU CAN NOT CHOSE 4 PEOPLE AND THIS IS COMPLETE HUMAN WAY TO EAT THEM!
None single of them ARE vegans or vegetarians just like you can NOT find a damn vegan as a communist,becouse veganism is a way of life,humans way of life!
So dont ever think thoes assholes are one of US!
They are muzlimz and will always will be!
99% of them find pisslam and join it without any problem!
And last dont forget what they say:
Fuck the jews,in this country Sweden and this sick town i living in muzzies has help by pisslamists
leftists and together could they fucking up 5 jews and other minority,include me!
Pisslamists leftists and thoes psychos muhaMADAN are the worse treat to human (and Animal)kind!
Pisslam,pisslamists leftists and faschists,catholism are same and virus from a sick man's mind!
It does not matter the name is muhammad,lenin or stalin or Hitler!
All of them were sick with a narcissistic behave with a teori as all under has no value,at all!
So hell every one who talks garbage KNOWS about pisslam,becouse their way of lies(life) is same
shitty none human way of life!
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