On Not Understanding Muslims
By Alan Caruba
What if Christmas was a traditional time for Christians to set about bombing one another? We might find that strange, but the recent “holy” month of Ramadan in Iraq was celebrated with bombings and shootings that killed 409 people and wounded 975 according to an August 20 Agence France Press report from Baghdad.
Apparently if you are an observant Muslim, abstaining from food, drink, smoking and sex during the day of the “holy” month, the best way to work out your stress is to kill fellow Muslims. This was the case of Ramadan which ended on August 18 this year or a day later depending on whether you were a Shiite or a Sunni.
It wasn’t just Iraq. There was a spike in killings of both Muslims and infidels in other countries where Muslims are either the dominant population or a major part of one. In Nigeria Boko Haram, a Muslim group, claimed responsibility for a spate of bombings in Kaduna state and a number of cities. Terrorizing the non-Muslim population has always been considered the best way to gain converts.
This bloodbath, not restricted to Ramadan, is so bizarre to infidels—Christians, Hindus, Buddhists, and all other faiths—that Raymond Ibrahim, writing in Jihad Watch in October 2011, said that “Islam’s nonstop aggression around the globe” is routinely passed off in the West as “a byproduct of ‘grievances’, of ‘Zionism’, of U.S. ‘foreign policy’, of anything and everything but Islam.”
In a brilliant commentary in AmericanThinker.com on May 21, 2011, David Bukay offered five keys to understanding Islam and why the Middle East is the planet’s version of an insane asylum.
The first is the West’s illusion that democracy can take root there. It “is weak and ineffective compared to the indigenous Middle Eastern social institutions: the clan, the tribe, and the religious community.” This explains why the only form of “government” that has existed there prior to and since Western colonization and the discovery of oil there, has been monarchies and the worst collection of despots since Ivan the Terrible, Hitler and Stalin.
It explains, for example, why Egyptians, after decades of military dictatorship gathered to overthrow Hosni Mubarack, a trustworthy friend of the West, and ended up with Mohamed Morsi, a leader of the Muslim Brotherhood. He will be attending a meeting with the Iranian dictators on August 30 at a meeting of the Nonaligned Movement meeting. This is said to end to end the years of enmity between the two nations since Iran’s Islamic Revolution in 1979.
It explains, too, the insurgency in Syria, essentially a fight between the Alawite minority that ran the nation since the Assad family, father and son, established its dictatorship. Lined up against them are a variety of the usual clans and others that want to establish their own dictatorship.
We are not witnessing an outbreak of democracy in the Middle East, dubbed the “Arab Spring”, but simply a desire to rid themselves of their former dictators in Tunisia, Libya, and Egypt. It has made the rulers in Saudi Arabia and Qatar very nervous, both of whom have been lavishing all manner of goodies on their respective populations to keep them from rising up against them.
Bukay’s second key to understanding the Middle East is amply demonstrated by the turmoil occurring there. “All Arab states comprise violent, hostile tribes and rival religious communities that stick together only by coercion from an oppressive authoritarian regime.” The third key is “the central role of the army, being the regime’s principal power and political supporter.”
The fourth key is the masses who have never had any influence in the political life of their nations, many of which are the result of the Treaty of Versailles after World War One in which England and France carved up the Middle East to create Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, and Iraq between them. England was named the protectorate of “Palestine” which lasted until the Jews returned to create the state of Israel in 1948. After the Holocaust, many had no place else to go.
Bukay’s fifth key was the fact that, having overthrown the various dictatorships. The U.S. deposed Saddam Hussein by invading Iraq. This has resulted in the election of Mohammed Alawi Maliki who has since been forging ties to Iran where he had found sanctuary from Saddam during his brutal dictatorship.
“The Islamic phenomenon,” wrote Bukay, “is not defensive and passive; it is an aggressive onslaught against modernism and secularism led by urban, educated, secular middle class groups. Western permissiveness and materialism are the forces leading to these groups’ return to Islam and motivating them to bring the Islamic religion back to hegemony.”
So the West looks on in horror at the beheadings, the hangings, the bombings, the increasing killing of Christians trapped in these nations, and does its best not to be dragged into the vortex of insanity that is the Middle East and parts of Africa.
This has been going on since the rise of Islam in the seventh century. It is not likely to end until the world’s billion-plus Muslims begin to tire of the madness around them, the insanity of a “religion” that requires them to wage war on the rest of the world that tries fitfully to contain them.
Our grandchildren and their grandchildren will be dealing with Islam until it tires of its murderous ways, if ever. Our ancestors in the West staved off a Europe enslaved by Islam by killing Muslims and driving them from the continent. They have since returned and will likely control Europe by sheer force of numbers.
The Israelis have fought several wars against them since its founding and are likely to rid us of the Iranian nuclear threat even as the West continues to cower in fear.
And, in November, Americans will decide to either defeat Barack Hussein Obama, the son of a Muslim Kenyan, stepson of an Indonesia Muslim, a man who in 2009 traveled to the Middle East to apologize for the sins of America, and a man who has said he will “side with the Muslims”, or we will elect Mitt Romney who does not share his worldview.
© Alan Caruba, 2012
Alan Caruba’s commentaries are posted daily at “Warning Signs” and shared on dozens of news and opinion websites. His blog recently passed more than 1.8 million page views, averaging 100,000 visits a month. If you love to read, visit his monthly report on new books at Bookviews. For information on his professional skills, Caruba Editorial Services is the place to go! You can find me on both Facebook and Twitter as well.
Short URL: http://www.archive2012.faithfreedom.org/?p=40581
Posted by Alan Caruba
on Sep 4 2012. Filed under Op-Ed.
You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0.
You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.
I have not checked in here for some time because I thought it was getting boring, but the last several posts are great quality so I guess I’ll add you back to my daily bloglist. You deserve it my friend
Marvelous Post.thanks for share..more wait ..
[url=http://nfljerseys2012.is-great.net]NFL Throwback Jerseys[/url]
[url=http://jerseys205.fast-page.org/]NFL Throwback Jerseys[/url]
I discovered your weblog website on google and check just a few of your early posts. Proceed to sustain up the exceptional operate. I just extra up your RSS feed to my MSN Data Reader. Seeking forward to reading much more from you in a although!…
Before everything else, let me compliment your quality about this subject. I am no expert about this matter, but right after enrolling your write-up, my personal knowledge has created pleasantly. Remember to permit me to grasp your rss to remain in touch with any kind of potential posts. Good job and definately will give it to followers and my online readers.
Nice read, I just passed this onto a friend who was doing a little research on that. And he just bought me lunch since I found it for him smile So let me rephrase that: Thanks for lunch!
I had been curious about if you ever considered replacing the layout of your web site? It is well written; I really like what you have got to state. But maybe you could include a a bit more in the way of written content so people could connect to it better. Youve got a great deal of wording for only having one or two images. Maybe you can space it out better?
you are truly a just right webmaster. The website loading pace is incredible. It kind of feels that you’re doing any distinctive trick. In addition, The contents are masterwork. you’ve performed a excellent job in this matter!
Thank you, that was very useful!
There is fluoride (Hitler camp chemical) in the tap water and genetically-modified frankenstien foods on the “innocent” supermarket shelves
I was planning on starting the guide with wordpress..
One more thing. It’s my opinion that there are lots of travel insurance internet sites of dependable companies that permit you to enter your holiday details and acquire you the prices. You can also purchase an international travel cover policy on the net by using your own credit card. All you have to do should be to enter all your travel details and you can start to see the plans side-by-side. Only find the plan that suits your allowance and needs and then use your bank credit card to buy that. Travel insurance on the internet is a good way to search for a reputable company pertaining to international travel insurance. Thanks for sharing your ideas.
appreciate the effort you put into getting us this data. Was looking on google and identified your post randomly.
As a Newbie, I am permanently searching online for articles that can be of assistance to me. Thank you
Hello there! I could have sworn I’ve been to this weblog before but following checking by way of some of the post I realized it is new to me. Anyhow, I’m definitely glad I identified it and I’ll be bookmarking and checking back regularly!
Is there a copyright or anything on content in Youtube videos?
Good story over again! Thank you:)
Hello, i believe that i saw you visited my site thus i came to “go back the desire”.I’m attempting to in finding things to improve my website!I suppose its ok to make use of a few of your ideas!!
Great write-up, I am regular visitor of one’s site, maintain up the excellent operate, and It’s going to be a regular visitor for a long time.
Present just how if this challenging while using tarot card.
Aw, this was a really nice post. In concept I would like to put in writing like this additionally – taking time and actual effort to make a very good article… but what can I say… I procrastinate alot and on no account seem to get something done.
Hey There. I discovered your blog using msn. That can be a extremely smartly written write-up. I will make sure to bookmark it and come back to read far more of your useful details. Thanks for the post. I will surely return.
I’ll immediately take hold of your rss as I can not in finding your email subscription link or e-newsletter service. Do you’ve any? Please allow me realize in order that I may subscribe. Thanks.
I am not rattling fantastic with English but I find this rattling easygoing to read.
I was just looking for this information for a while. After 6 hours of continuous Googleing, finally I got it in your website. I wonder what is the Google’s problem that doesn’t rank this type of informative web sites closer to the top. Normally the top web sites are full of garbage.
I’m looking to spike my journalistic career and thought that a blog might be a good idea. But I also know that there are ways to set up a paypal account attached to the blog for payment to read it or donate. I guess I was inspired by the movie Julia and Julie and I want to do it on my own. Any ideas on how to get started?.
Enjoyed examining this, very good stuff, thankyou . “A man does not die of love or his liver or even of old age he dies of being a man.” by Percival Arland Ussher.
But wanna tell that this is very helpful , Thanks for taking your time to write this.
You are my inspiration , I have few blogs and rarely run out from to post .
Hey just happened upon your website via Google after I typed in, “On Not Understanding Muslims | FaithFreedom.org” or something similar (can’t quite remember exactly). In any case, I’m glad I found it because your subject material is exactly what I’m searching for (writing a college paper) and I hope you don’t mind if I gather some information from here and I will of course credit you as the reference. Thank you.
you will have a great blog right here! would you like to make some invite posts on my blog?
Hey there, we just hopped over to your own webpage via StumbleUpon. Not somthing I might generally look over, but we enjoyed your thoughts none the less. Say thanks a ton for creating some thing cost browsing.
Do the difficult items although they are simple and do the wonderful items even though they are little. A journey of a thousand miles need to commence with a one step.
enjoy reading the journal and see that the travelling you are along will produce a real serious journey toward the well-being of others. Give thanks!
Do the challenging factors while they are easy and do the fantastic things even though they are little. A journey of a thousand miles must get started with a single stage.
Great blog here! Also your site lots up fast! What web host are you using? Can I am getting your associate hyperlink in your host? I desire my site loaded up as quickly as yours lol
Character is higher than intellect. A wonderful soul will be robust to are living as well as feel.
like reading the blog and remember that the travel you are on will charge a real serious journey toward the well-being of others. Thank!
Fantastic minds talk about concepts average minds examine gatherings modest minds talk about individuals.
-Terry Goodkind
Be not scared of greatness: some are born fantastic, some obtain greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.
-Dr. Martin Luther California king, Junior.
-Mohandas Gandhi
-U. S. Infantry Handbook
-Dr. Gregory Property
Conservatives desire live infants to allow them to increase the crooks to possibly be deceased members of the military.
We’ve got to problem the particular account reason of having a all-knowing all-powerful God, which makes defective people, and blames these people regarding his own errors.
Official SnipeMe. com Twitting
Us residents employed to roar including lions intended for liberty; right now most of us bleat like sheep pertaining to safety measures.