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hi there!
I tried to read your site, and tried to send you e-mail at
yahoo, but I think that your acount was not working. I would like to tell
you four things:
1. Please do not post at your website my e-mail addresse of
message context for security reasons.
2. I am working on having my own web server at home, and
once I have it working I would like to mirror your site there.
3. I would like to go on my own crusade to fight Islam and
decrease potential converts to that religion. I would like to go arround and ask
to give lectures in churches. i would like to use matirial from your site, on
condition that it should be free, and that I should refer to you as the author
if I take any of the exerpts, and that any prints of your site should be free
and have you as the author. Thus I need to take your permission.
4. Last but not least, I am preparing my self to go to work
as a missionary, and I would like to form a cyber friendship with you because i
think that it would really much benifit my futur field of service.
thanks
M.
Dear M.
I congratulate you for your decision
to expose Islam and warn innocent people of the threat of this cult. John Walker
is a victim and he is the victim of our “tolerance”. Our western values are
lofty and praiseworthy but Islamists do not understand that. They abide by
different rules, or rather by no rules. You cannot win any game when you follow
the rules of the game while your opponent does not.
Our first problem is at home. We have
to fight ignorance and superstitions first and understand that nothing is
sacred. Once we accept antiquated beliefs such as Christianity, Judaism and
other mumbo jumbo we give credence to Islam too. In reality there is not much
difference between Islam and other religions. Our problem is not just Islam. Our
problem is the mindset that acknowledges a deity that needs to be worshipped.
Once you accept this fallacy thousands of charlatans burgeon who vie for your allegiance
and tell you that their way is the right way.
Why John Walker fell victim to Islam
and consequently to terrorism? Because the American society still is entangled
in the notion of god and worshipping this deity. The problem is with our
society. Even is this advanced society we speak of faith and beliefs with
respect. While faiths and believes are the signs of human immaturity. Why
instead we don’t talk about reason and logic?
Look at what Christianity teaches! It
teaches, “Blessed are those who believe without seeing!” This is foolish.
Why should we encourage such an outrageous thing? Why should rational people
believe in things without evidence or proof?
Once you praise belief without
evidence as Christianity does, you open the door to other cults such as Islam
who take advantage of this weakness and misguide our youngsters. They propose
the same things: They want you to believe in Islam without any evidence.
If you want to go to Churches and
tell people about Islam please tell them that it is not just Islam but this
mindset of gullibility that they have to fight against and eradicate from their
subconscious. Of course Islam is a major danger and it has to be tacked
immediately but what about other cults that come to this great country of ours
or burgeon from our own land, seduce our youngsters sometimes with deadly
consequences? How can we immunize our young generation from these deadly cults?
The answer is simple. We have to stop
feeding them lies about our own beliefs that have no logical basis. Once our
kids deride faith and ridicule beliefs and instead they learn to respect
rational thinking, logics, skepticism and doubts they can withstand the
onslaught of all cults that set their eyes on the shores of their hearts and
defeat them.
From your email I did not understand
whether you want to become a Christian missionary and start a 21st
century crusade against the Moors or you use “mission” in its wider meaning
and you mean fight against bigotry in general and Islam in particular. If by
this you intend to instigate the Christians against the Muslims, and convert
this fight into another religious frenzy, I am afraid I am not with you but
against you. In this climate of tension the least we need is another religiously
motivated war. I am not with any hate group but against them all. The Hindu
Unity group is a hate group that also fights against Islam, they called me to
join force with them, but when I visited their site I saw them for what they are
and I told them that I hate their ways. I am not their ally. I despise their
ways and I fight against their message.
My message is the message of love not
of hate. If that is your message you are my friend and my ally. I want to
promote rational thinking, independent thinking and freethinking not bigotry,
faith, ignorance and gullibility.
As for your question whether you can
quote my articles freely, the answer is yes. As long as you mention the source
and provide a link to my site I would be honored if others find my articles
worthy of quoting and publishing. And of course they are available free of
charge. I do not write for money but to witness the unity of humankind in my own
lifetime. I absolutely believe that such unity is possible and attainable but
the biggest hurdles are religions and these spurious beliefs. Although some of
these religions are better than the others, all of them are lies and they do
nothing but to divide humankind. Ironically, despite their apparent
contradiction and the animosity between them, they actually validate each other.
I
deleted your name so there is no risk for your safety and security.
Regards,
Mr.
Sina,
Thank you for posting such a site on the web. I am not a rascist, I am
not a sexist, and I am not a torturer - this is why I am not Muslim. I think it
is wonderful of you to put out one of the only sites targeted AGAINST Muslims,
and to post the foolish writings of Muslim groups. I think you are very well
versed and educated. I am of the Baha'i religion, which is supposed to accept
all religions, but this is one I can not accept. When I read the tortures that
they commit against women every day, I can not accept. When I hear the stories
of brutality against my parent's neighbors in Iran, I can not accept. When I
witness Muslims killing non-believers because the Koran allows it, I can not
accept. You know, I often think: maybe it isn't the religion, maybe it's just a
nation of crazies. But WHY do Muslims attempt to point out the so-called
'benefits' of their religion without EVER speaking about brutalities against
women. Recently, I had read a Muslim FAQ site in which a 60 yr. old woman who
had been abused physically and mentally by her husband for nearly 40 years was
asking if it "was okay for her to leave him." I'm sure you already
know the answer was something between "that is not good, the Koran says you
are ALLOWED to divorce him" and "However, he must grant permission of
divorce." WHAT KIND OF NONSENSE IS THIS? First they say that women are
allowed all types of "rights" like leaving their husband and owning
property, but NOT BEFORE THEIR HUSBAND AGREES!! I just cant understand this. I
wish that those Muslims who are taking time out of their prayers to put up a
site, would actually put one up that focused on how disgusting and abusive
Islamic countries are...maybe they might collect money for the people who are
brutally victimized by this religion instead of collecting for the rugs to pray
on. Anyway, thank you again for this site - I especially enjoy your humorous
responses to Muslim writers. I may only be 21, but that is old enough to know
the difference between humanity and barbarism, something which many Muslims
haven't figured out yet.
Patricia
Dec. 21, 2001
sir!
i have read a lot about the facts ur society have posted on
the website. i agree to a lot of them, and in fact i was looking for long
unto someone i could know the truth frum.
no doubt islam is th realigion that is responsible for most
of the terrorist activities in the world and no doubt muhammad and his so called
caliphs spread islam in the subcontinent and allover the world by the order
of sword.
but, i do have desire for more. actually i would request u
to kindly tell me of some place to get some more material over the issue, or may
be if i can find some indivisual that can guide me about my future. and
please let me know if i can do some at my part to revoke the humanity about the
truth.
a novice Free Thinker,
Babni.
Dec. 21, 2001
Aubject: Just wanted to say thanks
For enlighting me and putting into words what I never
could. I read you articles about the Quran and how religion feeds on hate and
ignorance and it was like a smack in the face. It made me realize how blind
faith has been a plague of this world for so long. Thank you for putting all
your time into your thinking. No need to respond.... you have lots of thinking
to do :-)
Doug
Dec, 20, 2001
"James McCue" <[email protected]>
Dear Ali,
I came across your site and read your discussion on Sikhism.
I still don't understand why you
would think wearing turbans (which is a traditional dress of South East and
Western Asian cultures) is outdated and backward. How come wearing pants and shirts are not backward even though
they have been worn by our people for a long time now. Do you even know why different cultures adapt different forms
of dressing? Just because we
dominate the world in most fields doesn't mean anything different from ours is
outdated or backward. It seems like
you have made up your mind that you would use some smart and some silly
viewpoints to reject all religions (although you deny it).
Just imagine a world where people are not taught at all about any norms
and values and beliefs, where everybody is allowed to think freely. You get
goosebumps, don't you?
So much of rational thinking!
Jim.
I do not think that wearing turbans
is outdated. Any national costume is beautiful. But insisting to wear it in
police force and demanding special status from the government that the Sikh
police should be exempt from wearing the same uniform that others are required
to wear stems from a primitive mindset.
Sitting on the floor is also not
“outdated”. I sometimes like to sit on the floor. But fighting and killing
each other and causing riots that require the intervention of tax financed
police force of a city is a sign of primitive mindset and inability to adapt
with changing times.
I am for freedom of expression and
one of those expressions is the way we dress. Everyone must be free to wear what
he or she pleases. With exception of public nudity I do not think anyone should
tell another person how to dress. What we wear is our business and no one
else’s. But if a religion requires from its adepts to have a certain dress
code that they cannot undermine even when serving an honored institution like
military and police force this gives the clue that that religion is controlling
its followers excessively.
You see; I do not mind men wearing
beard. It even looks good on some people. I used to wear it for some times. But
when it becomes a religious code this takes away the individual liberty. I
don’t care whether it is the Taliban or the Sikhs, when a religion intervenes
in the way its followers should shave or dress that religion is a backward
religion because how we dress and whether we shave or not has nothing to do with
spirituality. Both these religions claim that they respect the rights of
the women, yet a glance at how women are treated in their communities belies
this claim.
Your next point is about values. I do
not think a world without religion is a world without values. This is an
absurdity. Most secularists are humanists and they have more goodness and ethics
than religionists. Good and bad people can be found among all people whether
religious or not religious. But good people who are also religious often do very
bad things impelled by their religious fervor. The example of that is Sikh’s
fighting and shooting each other over bringing chairs in the temples or not.
Though I have no knowledge of the
tenets of Sikhism and frankly no interest to learn about them, curiously I find
a interesting parallelism between Sikhism and Islam. Both Sikhs and Muslims
claim that their religion is the religion of peace. Nevertheless both of them
have sword as the symbol of their religion and have had violent histories. Both
of them claim that their religion is modern yet both of them have very outdated
costumes that have no place in the 21st century. Both Sikhs and
Muslims often lie to defend their religions such as introducing themselves as
unbiased “Americans” while in reality they are not.
Anyway, this site is not about
Sikhism and I do not wish to dedicate any more space to this religion. Each
person is free to believe in the religion of his choice and I will defend that
right with all my force even if I do not agree with that religion. The reason I
dedicated this site to Islam is not because Islam is a false religion but
because it is endangering the lives of the people and could also endanger the
peace of the world. I do not think Sikhs, Christians, Jews of Hindus are any
danger to World Peace. All these religions have some fanatics but as a whole
they are no menace to the peace and security of the world.
Regards
Ali Sina
Sir,
I think you are very brave and you write very well. I had
similar revelations when I read the Old Testament. Most Christians and Jews have
no idea what is in there.
I believe you are correct in your reasoning and I hope more
people will come to learn the truth and give up hateful dogma.
I hope you are well and continue to do good.
Gary Zeger
Dec 16, 2001
Hi,
I'm an agnostic, freethinker and an
ex-evangelical Christian. I've found your site very interesting and insightful,
but in particular I'm writing in regard to the recent editorial by Seyed Kamran
Mirza about John Walker, the "American Taliban."
He said that if he converted to Christianity that at most he might become an
evangelical preacher. Unfortunately this is not true. America does have domestic
terrorists, and the vast majority of them subscribe to fundamentalist
Christianity. Planned Parenthood clinics are bombed, abortion doctors are
assassinated, and anti-government "militias" are formed all with an
extremist, fundamentalist Christian theology at the heart of it all.
Among many conservative, fundamentalist
Christians there is a strong tendency to believe in international conspiracy
theories, especially regarding the creation of a single government that tries to
rule the world. For some (an admittedly small number) these ideas, which come
from popular interpretations of the book of Revelations, justify extremist and
violent behavior. Example: Timothy McVeigh
The real problem is not Islam or
Chrisitanity, but religious fundamentalism in all its guises. Were an individual
to proclaim that he is the chosen child of God and that all his actions were
justified by that God, we would call him a sociopath. When a large group of
people do the same thing, it is a religion. Once an unquestionable, absolute
(and invisible, indiscernable) authority is claimed in the name of God, the
individual effectively absolves himself of all personal responsiblity. "It
is the will of God" he says. Murder, war, unimaginable destruction have
been the result throughout history. Unfortunately, this can happen in any
religion. And it does.
I just though I'd add my opinion from a
non-Muslim perspective. I enjoy your site, keep up the good work.
Sincerely,
Chris
Dec, 15/01
Dear Mr. Sina,
I just happened to come across your website since a friend
of mine sent me a link to it. I am a religiously observant Jew, and defend
people's right to find G-d their own way, even if such way happens to be Islam
for some. At the same time, I am VERY aware that some of the world's WORST
religious crimes being commited today are done in the name of Islam, and that a
great number of followers of the Islamic faith are involved in the movements
that perpetratre those crimes.
I believe that religion is to many people a way of life,
yet to some it is merely a tool for controling the poor and illiterate -- such
is the case in much of the Arab and Muslim world at large.
An example of what I am talking here: I had the oportunity
to listen once to the previous Mufti of Jerusalem. The man spoke in
Hebrew, and expressed his willingness to participate in peaceful dialogue with
the Jews and the State of Israel (yes, those were his words, no mention of a
"Zionist Entity"). Today, however, Mr. Arafat, a long time
secularist, has replaced him for a hate-monger, Sheikh Sabri. And things
don't end there, hundreds of muslim crergymen have been apointed by the PLO to
spread a message of hatred and violence -- the results of which are evident to
anyone willing to open their own eyes and see!
If the only possible reading of the Qu'ran was permanent
and open violence and hatred toward Jews, Arafat would not have found it
necessary to make so many changes in the palestinian clergy. Obviously,
there are those who, after having learned Islam and obtained religious
ordinance, still did not see their mission to spread hatred and call for
violence.
And such people were inconvinient to those who want
violence and hatred to reign, so changes had to be made.
The same may be said of all the Muslim countries were a
group is forcing a change of poitical power to bring about a Shaaria: other than
purely religious interests are behind religious movements and selecting the
teachings of Islam that promote hatred and violence over the teachings which may
not do so.
I am wrong to assume that there could be much better
relations with the muslim world if the religious leadership were to opt for a
more benevolent school of thought within Islam? Is it really necesary to
get rid of ALL Islam regardless of which school of thought or interpretation of
the Qu'ran muslims belong to?
Sincerely,
Rafael V. Rabinovich
PS: I'd appreciate if you'd not publish my e-mail address,
I'd rather not be exposed to a flooding or virus attack from hate-moanging
fundamentalists. Thanks.
Dear Rafael.
You are right. Any person can
interpret the Quran according to his or her constitution. If a person is a good
person s/he will find quotes that corroborate his or her liking. The terrorists
and criminals also find many verses in Quran that confirm what they like to do.
The book of Quran is hardly a book of guidance. However, as a whole the
violence in Quran is more emphasized than the goodness. Those who are more
versed in Quran and its history know that the good teachings of Quran that were
“revealed” in the early stages of Muhammad's prophethoot were abrogated by the
more harsh and violent verses that he revealed when he came to power. Nasikh and
Mansookh (The aborgator and the abrogated) in Islam is a science that many
scholars study for years. Many humane and good verses of Quran are abrogated.
Please read From Rags to Riches From Preacher To
Despot for more details.
I am afraid it is Islam that makes
Muslims terrorists. To fight terrorism without regard to Islam is like fighting
Nazis while praising Hitler and revering his words. The root of Islamic
terrorism is in Quran. I invite you to read it.
As for not revealing your email
address, you
don’t have to worry. I never publish the email of those who agree with me.
This would put them in jeopardy. But as for you, I believe Muslims should love
you because you help them to perpetuate their lies that Islam is a religion of
peace, which is much misunderstood. Of course they are unable to love you or
they would go against the mandates of Quran.
Regards
Ali Sina
Dear Mr. Sina,
Thanks for your prompt response. I do not intend to
perpetrate any myths about Islam, I and emphasize that some of the worst crimes
being commited today against humankind are done in the name of Islam and by
people who study and follow Islam along with the mythology of hatred that muslim
clergymen are spreading today. My question regarding benevolent schools of
Islam comes from a simple observation: there are hundreds of muslims in this
world. Nearly six million of them live right here, in the USA. Yet, you do
not hear of everyday American muslims becoming suicide bombers in open malls.
The Sept. 11 events were carried about by a few muslims, in a secret operation,
and directed by a minority group half way across the world.
It is true that many palestinians celebrated openly in the
streets -- that just goes to show the results of the message their clergy are
drawing from Islam. But at the same time there are Muslim clergymen (not
palestinians, certainly!) who repudiated the attack on America.
Sheikh Palazzi in Rome even went as far as to warn that suiced bombers will not
go to paradise but to hell(!), and he made it clear it refers to suicide bombers
in Israel, as well as in America, or anywhere else for that matter.
Is there a benevolent school in Islam, or is it a deceitful
maneuver to continue spreading the Islamic faith, or at least create a sense of
tolerance toward it inspite of the violence the world is suffering today at the
hands of religious criminals?
Sincerely,
Rafael
Good and bad people are everywhere.
Among Muslims there are many saints. We are talking about the teachings
of Quran and not about Muslims. Good people will do good things and bad
people will do bad things. But often good people are impelled to do evil
motivated by spurious beliefs and false doctrines.
The schools of Islam are man made.
Rumi opened a school of Islam that was mystical and benevolent. Khomeini's
school was ruthless and violent. The point is that Khomeini could find
justification for his ruthless version of Islam in Quran. All Islamic
terrorists can find justification for their crimes in Quran. Shouldn't we take a
closer look at this book and see whether we can do something about it?
The problem is that when you call a
book a divine book, you accept it as the words of God. No one can argue
with that anymore. So when ignorant youth fall prey to these so called religions
of God and become terrorists like Walker the sweet American
boy converted into Taliban who is to blame?
The President George W. Bush and the
Prime Minister Tony Blair go out of their way to introduce Islam as a religion
of peace. Why then you blame Walker when he wants to follow the very religion
that his president calls a good religion. Who is here to blame? Isn't this the
acme of hypocrisy? On one hand we claim Islam is a good religion and on
the other hand we accuse those who want to follow it. This is absurd. If you
think Walker and the terrorist have gone awry, then show them. But you can't
because I can show you that they are not doing anything, which is not instructed
in Quran.
Those who are good Muslims and there
are in the majority are good despite the teachings of Quran, but the Islamic
terrorist take guns because of it.
Dec. 15, 2001
Dear Ali:
I wish to thank you personally for you site. I
happened to stumble across it while researching the Muslim faith more in depth.
For a very long time, I was under the misconception that
this was not a hate filled, violence-glorifying belief. I am disheartened to
learn that I was so grossly misinformed.
Perhaps, with more people willing to speak openly and who
apply rational thinking to religion, our world will really be a more peaceful
place. Perhaps if we all took the time to look more closely at the battles
fought in the name of a God we will realize that these are simply just ways to
justify the senseless killing of other human beings.
Thank you for having the courage to speak out and I look
forward to reading more on your site.
Yours Respectfully,
Jenn M.
Open Your Mind. Open Your Heart.
Tapping the Muse.
http://www.geocities.com/strawberryshortcake_j/
Hello:
Recently I stumbled across your website Islam
Unveiled with Rational Thinking and was most impressed by the content
of rational and logical thinking, and the large amount of well presented
information.
Thinking for oneself is not a crime (or should not be). Our greatest
freedom, in my view, is the interpretation of our own thoughts, and the
validity of such, and the right of expression. Most important is the
recognition of others having that same right. THOSE
WHO HAVE VOICES - SPEAK!
It takes real courage to stand up and say what one really thinks. You do it
very well.
Best wishes to you and yours.
Christmas ... To Me
Sincerely,
Victoria
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13 Dec 2001
Hello,
I just stumbled upon your web site and I must say that you
are one in a million! I truly admire you as a human being for exposing islam for
what it really is. It is such a shame that islam took over Iran. Iran could have
really been great, the only muslim country with a rich history and great
literature and poetry.
I see that you get many death threats from all sorts of
muslim idiots. No religion is perfect. I am 100% Jewish and I am the first to
admit that we are far from perfect. Keep up your good work and remember that you
are not alone. May G-d bless you.
Annas2k
Dec.
1, 2001
Hello,
I came
across your website some time ago and it has been very interesting to read. Many
of the aspects of Islam do seem very violent and backwards. I have researched Islam
to gain a greater understanding of it, so that I know more background to the
current global conflicts. What I have read and seen is much different from what
Muslims and the media have portrayed. They make Islam out to be a misunderstood
religion that is constantly attacked by the West.
However
when I was in a Muslim chat room last night I spoke with a woman who said "
All Jews are our enemies because they want to destroy our mosques". I
pressed her for more info and she said that every Jew is really evil and is out
to destroy Islam! Another man in the room boldly stated " I would chop my
own head off for Allah and I would gladly chop other heads off for Allah
too." Scary stuff.
Being
Buddhist, I find much of the glorification of violence in Islam to be shocking. The
Buddha constantly taught the compassion and wisdom are the greatest virtues,
violence has no place in his teachings. I honestly thought that the
violence in Islam was twisting the teachings but now that I have seen you site I
see that there is no twisting needed.
Thanks
for your site, its really the only non-Christian challenge to Islam out there. I
imagine its hard work, but keep it up!
Erin
P.S. I
have been to a local Mosque to write a paper on Islam so I have interacted with
Muslims before. I think that they might have been disappointed that I wasn't
instatnly converted. :-)
Dec, 10, 2001
Ali,
I've come across this verse of Quran Chapter "Alzumor"
(39) verse 5 that reads in Arabic[ ...yokawer alail ala alnahar wa yokawer
enahar ala alail...]
In English [...He spheres the night over the day and
spheres the day over night...]
Muslims are using this as a clear indication that Quran
talked about the spherical shape of earth, do you have any rebut to that?
Dear AE
The Sun and Moon seem to have
circular orbits when they rise and set. This is what Muhammad saw and everyone
else can see with naked eyes and this is what he is referring to by Yokawer
(coil). Otherwise Sun does not have any orbits and certainly it is a mistake to
speak of the movement of the Sun in the same way one would speak of he orbit of
the Moon. The Sun in reference to the solar planets it is fixed. The Sun’s
orbit is around a giant black hole in the middle of the Milky Way. But from a
man who thought stars are lamps hanging from the roof of the sky to adorn it
that sometimes are used as missiles to hit the jinns one cannot expect to have
any understanding of the Milky Way and black holes.
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