WHY ALLAH, OH WHY?
A Muslim scholar ponders on the Quran.
By Ahmed Simon
Why did Allah convey his revelations to Angel Gabriel and this Angel had to carry Allah's revelations to Muhammad in such an indirect monologue, as stated in the Quran?
Why did Allah not have direct dialogues with our messenger of Islam, just like when God directly talked with the Prophets in the Bible?
Why wasn't Muhammad good enough for Allah to talk directly with?
Why did Allah tell Muhammad to ask Christians and Jews, when he is in doubt (10:94-so Allah confirms the Quran in doubt & substandard)?
Why weren't there any witness to the monologues between Angel Gabriel and Muhammad, unlike Bible prophets, where there were so many witnesses?
Why is the Quran to be only in Arabic - isn't the Quran for non-Arabs as well?
Why did Allah name the Chapters of the Quran as, The Clot, Cattle, Crouching, The Jinn, The Cow, The Elephant, The Bee, The Ant, The Spider, Iron, etc., which is not proper for a holy book?
Why did Allah say that he removed Satan's verses in the Quran?
Why did Satan include his verses in the Quran, in the first place, and why were they working on the Quran together?
Why did Allah say that all life was made in pairs of male and female (13:3), when there are actually so many bisexual, sexless and unisex creatures (how can Allah be so wrong)?
Why did Allah alter/replace/abrogate his initial verses in the Quran with better verses as mentioned?
Why weren't Allah's initial verses, the best, the first time, and why did Allah correct his own work in the Quran? (And yet) Why did Allah say only about 700 of the total 6,241 verses, (11% only) could be understood by humans; wasn't the Quran meant for Muslims to read and understand?
Why did the Hadith say Jesus Christ would come again on final Judgment Day; but if Muhammad is the last prophet, why didn't Allah send him instead?
Why did Allah say in 86:5-7 that man was created from a gushing fluid, from between the loins and the ribs; but everyone knows sperm comes from the testicles (how can Allah be so wrong)?
Why did Muhammad supposedly, go to Jerusalem on a donkey to rise to Heaven, instead of going to Mecca – Islam's holiest, or Medina-Islam’s second holiest, and why are there no witnesses?
Why did Allah command Muslims to pray on 5 specific times everyday for 365 days (straightjacket); and where is Allah at other times; whereas other religions can pray whichever, wherever, in anyway, and free to face in any direction, and free to pray, as many times, and at different times?
Why should the first prayer be around 5.20 a.m. everyday - a ghostly hour?
Why command washing the genitals, anus, nostrils, armpits, ears, etc., before the 5 daily prayers; are Muslims so dirty Allah?
Why did Allah change the direction to pray from Mecca to Jerusalem and back to Mecca again (Qibla)?
Why did Muslims (some Saudis, Palestinians, Jordanians, Syrians, etc.) show their backsides, hindquarters, to the Kaaba in Mecca, when they prayed facing Jerusalem for hundreds of years (and by showing their ass to the Kaaba, when they bent forward)?
Why use Hindu rituals for the Haj (pilgrimage) to the Kaaba, which is alien to Arab culture?
Why did Allah think that covering the Muslim women from head to toe would not sexually arouse the Muslim men?
Why give a male twice a woman's inheritance?
Why is one male witness equal to two female witnesses?
Why did Muhammad allow 4 wives for a man, and overrule Allah, who created only one woman for one man?
Why should Muslim women be subservient to Muslim men (Hadiths- women are play things for men)?
Why Allah, is this unequal ‘equal’ between men and women in Islam?
Why did Allah ask Muslims to act “in the name of Allah”, whereas, other religions use their own God given brains to act?
Why did Allah ask Muslims to kill Muslims who gave up Islam (apostasy)?
Why did Allah forbid the taking and giving of interest (usury)?
Why did Allah forbid consuming alcoholic drinks on earth (Haram), but allowed it in Heaven?
Why did Allah sanction killing human beings for Transgressions, Digressions, unwed sex, etc.; isn’t Allah a creator of life and property, rather than a destroyer?
Why did Allah sanction amputation of the whole hand and leg for stealing?
Why did Allah ask Muslim husbands to scrounge (whip) and desert their disobedient wives till submission?
Why did Allah say in the Quran, man was created from a blood clot, then again said from nothing, then said from clay, then said from a thickened liquid, then said from mud, then said from gushing fluid, then said from water; why this confusion/error, and didn't Allah actually know?
Why did Allah confirm evil comes from Allah himself; so isn’t Allah evil then?
Why did Allah say the earth is flat, and didn't Allah know the earth is round; and how can one face the Kaaba, except the sky; and how can Allah be so wrong?
Why must Muslims try to face only one spot to pray, be Allah squatting there and not everywhere?
Why did Allah say he placed mountains to stabilize the earth from wobbling/shaking; how can Allah be so ignorant?
Why did Allah say the sun, sets into a muddy pond on earth - how can Allah be so wrong?
Why did Allah sanction slavery, for all time as in the Quran?
Why did Allah ask Muslims ”to wait in hiding to kill unbelievers” (even children)?
Why did Allah, choose an uneducated, and illiterate Messenger (Muhammad)?
Why did Muhammad kill, even Muslims, and steal their property – just like parasites?
Why did Muhammad have sexual intercourse with his slaves out of wedlock?
Why did Muhammad have both eyeballs of a man gorged out for stealing (Bukhari’s Hadith)?
Why did Muhammad rape one of his numerous wives’ (Sufia’s) slave?
Why did Prophet Muhammad marry his own Daughters-in-law (took his adopted sons’ young wives)?
Why did Muhammad have so many Wives, Temporary Wives, Concubines and Slaves?
Why was Muhammad poisoned to death by food poisoning (Bukhari’s Hadith)?
Why call Muhammad a prophet, when the Quran refers to him only as a messenger and apostle?
Why does Allah reward a Male Muslim Martyr, 72 fair virgin maidens, etc., – and why not to Female Martyrs?
Why did Allah make sexual pleasures, rewards for martyrdom? (It goes to show the minds of Muslim Suicide Bombers-sex maniacs).
Why is the Quran so obsessed, with virgins, in so many verses?
Why do Muslims rejoice on others’ misfortunes; isn't it because it is your prescriptions, Allah?
Why Allah, did you copy incorrectly, few parts of the Bible; because the Bible ends with a curse for plagiarizing the Bible?
Why is the Quran not written chronologically, has no miracles, no maps/places, no gender equality, no grace, no prophecy, no love, no history, no point in time, no kingdoms mentioned, no architectural references, no story, no proverbs, etc, unlike the Bible; but the Quran talks about the Jinn, Satan, Allah’s fury, punishments, vengeance, terror, devils, evil, mutilations, murders, transgressions, gender bias, atrocities, etc. (The Quran basically is a book of ‘do and don'ts’ with punitive punishments and Allah’s wrath, not like a country's constitution, due to its numerous, errors/stupidity/falsehoods as stated above).
Applied in general practice
Why are there Hundreds of Muslim sects in Islam?
Why are these Islamic sects fighting and killing each other, even within the same sect?
Why are Muslims struggling to flee to non-Muslim countries?
Why cannot the Muslim males and females pray together, like other religions in a family unit?
Why is a Muslim marriage only a contract and not sacred, unlike other religions?
Why cannot Muslims marry in a mosque, like others, blessed in their sacred places?
Why a Muslim can divorce his wife/s, by just saying the word “Talak” thrice?
Why cannot Muslims touch dogs and pork?
Why are Muslim countries so backward compared to Christian, Buddhist, Jew, Taoist, Hindu, Bahai’s, etc.?
Why are Muslims everywhere fighting for territory-control and yet, when taken over retard it, like Iran, trapped, (17 million Iranians fled)?
Why cannot the Islamic law be revised, instead of applying the same outdated 1400-year old system to today's needs?
Why are there so much of rape, molestation's, incest, other sexual crimes, unemployment and destruction in Muslim countries?
Why are Muslim family members killing their own mothers, wives, sisters, daughters, etc. (Honor Killing?)
Why is there so much of hatred in Muslims, Allah?
Why use powerful Loud Speakers to pray; who is deaf, Allah?
Why are Muslim charities used for terrorism?
Why does Islam stick out as a sore thumb, among religions, and Muslims blatantly lie and hide true Islam; but now nobody believes Muslims anymore, seeing the truth of barbaric Islam in action?
Why Allah, Oh Why? How can you be God, accept truly, aren't you Satan, Allah?
NOTES: - These questions plaque Islamic scholars themselves. For the specific Surah above, see other articles in this website. To tolerate Islam, is to support the devil, this is an undeniable fact. Islam is a cancer, once it grows, it can destroy you. The Bible ends with a curse to anyone who copies (plagiarize) it, thus, Islam has cursed itself.
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Saturday, 15 October 2011
A BALANCED UNDERSTANDING OF ISLAM;
A BALANCED UNDERSTANDING OF ISLAM;
A reply to those who promote understanding of Islam.
By Ahmed Simon
Surely, a better understanding of what others believe in and stand for, is a noble manifestation of a civilised society and should be encouraged, but hasn’t it got to be both ways (where Muslims try to understand non-Muslim religions as well). I refer to the call in a letter from the authorities of the Royal Oak Intermediate School, to the parents of their students, ‘
Click here to read the letter.
As you have read the letter, you will note that it basically calls for “promoting greater understanding and empathy (only) for the Muslim religion” by “fasting”.
To offer a balanced and factual understanding of Islam, here are the undeniable truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. We will first examine the religion of Islam in brevity, in relation to other religions, and then proceed to the subject of fasting.
Prophet Muhammad founded Islam. But unlike Prophets of all other religions who were inspired, directed and had dialogues with God himself, in the presence of numerous witnesses; but, the Quran in Surah 2:97 confirms that Angel Gabriel revealed the Quran to Prophet Muhammad “by Allah’s leave”. So it seems Allah’s monologues (revelations) was carried indirectly to Prophet Muhammad, without a single witness to these important monologues. These monologues received, are what is supposed to be in the Quran (Islam’s most Holy Tenet). But Prophet Muhammad was uneducated and completely illiterate (could not read or write), and with also a poor memory, unlike prophets of other religions, who were well educated. [The Question is, why didn’t Allah have a dialogue directly, (as with other prophets), instead of treating Prophet Muhammad as third rate, by going through a third party?]
The Hindu Vedas have more than 50,000 verses. The Buddhist Scriptures is more than 30,000 verses, the Taoists have more than 20,000 verses, the Bahai’s Scriptures, comprise 12,000 verses, against the Quran’s 6,241 verses (Quran is no match).
The Quran is one book, whereas the Bible comprises 66 books. The Quran has 433 pages (including List of Surah and General Index - in total), whereas the Bible is of 1,709 pages (not including pages on Foreword, Preface, List of Contents, 66 Book Covers, Map Index and Subject Index) (No match at all).
The verses in the Bible amount to a voluminous 31,173 (23,214 + 7,959) against the Quran's paltry 6,241 verses. The Quran has 114 Surah (chapters) against the Bible’s 1,189 chapters. The Bible is made up of an incredible 774,746 (593,493 + 181,253) words. (The Quran is no match at all).
In substance, the Quran states in Surah 22:52 that Allah removed Satan’s verses in the Quran. (One wonders, why was Satan’s verses in the Quran in the first place). Also in Surah 16:101 Allah confirms that he removed some of his verses and replaced them with other verses. (One wonders, why Allah had to change/improve/polish his own works), but our God, the Almighty, did not need to make improvements and corrections in his Bible, as he is the One True God, perfect the first time, and supreme. (Why couldn’t Allah get it right the first time?)
Allah confirms in Surah 2:106 – “Such of our revelations as We abrogate (cancel) or cause to be forgotten, We bring (in place) one better or the like thereof.” (Canceling verses in the Quran? Forgotten? Why did Allah make such mistakes?)
The word ‘Islam’ means to submit or surrender to Allah (Muslim's God). In surah 9:29, Muslims are commanded to kill Jews and Christians who do not submit or surrender to Allah. But the One true God Almighty only calls us to love everyone, unlike Allah. But in 9:5 Allah commands Muslims to slay (kill) all Idolaters. [But I suppose it is okay with Allah for Muslims to pray to a stone structure (Kaaba), and the black Stone embedded on its wall. (What hypocrisy?)]
Allah further says in the Quran to slay (kill) transgressors in Surah 2:191 “and religion is for Allah (only)”. The word ‘transgressors’ is as elastic as can be, and can mean anything. So how would anyone know the limits set to qualify as a transgressor (especially when there is no limits mentioned anywhere in the Quran)? How can a Muslim apply a judgment on a non-Muslim for transgression without even knowing what ‘transgression’ means (so it becomes a ‘free for all’, based on each individual perception, and authorised by the Quran/Allah)? When the school authorities call for ‘empathy’, they should first ask Muslims to empathise with the non-Muslims, who are at a loss with such ill defined, utterly unfair, all encompassing and wicked pronouncements of this Allah against them. What if the non-Muslims apply this same Surah on the Muslims? Isn’t ‘empathy’ a ‘two way street’? But we civilised non-Muslims, do not subscribe to a religion with such savage, inhuman, intolerant and evil hypothesis. (‘Allah’ is a Sanskrit word, specifically applied, from 2,500 B.C. to chant the Hindu Goddess Durga, spiritual spouse of Lord Siva).
Muslims used to face Mecca (Ka’aba) to pray initially. The Quran confirms, the direction to pray was changed from Mecca to Jerusalem (ignoring the Ka’aba). And hundreds of years later, another correction was made, to face Mecca again; all as per Surah 2:142 - 145. As God is everywhere, all non-Muslim religions are free to face in any direction to pray, and God would listen. Why try to focus on one spot on earth (Is Allah squatting there)? As the earth is round, the Muslims are actually producing a trajectory of focus, out to space. Technically, the American Muslims should look down towards their feet, through the earth, to come out on the other side of the Globe, towards Mecca. Unless you are within sight of the Kaaba, all Muslims are actually facing outer space to pray, and not Mecca. Didn’t Allah know the world is round, if he did create it? But it gets even better, when Allah confirms the earth is flat as in Surah 15:19, 78:6 & 88:20. In Surah 18:87 Allah specifically, states the sun sets into a muddy spring water on planet earth. (How the sun rises, daily, is another silly story as in Surah 18:91).
In Surah 4:7-14 Allah proclaims his Inheritance Law in painstaking detail; but the problem is, which ever way one computes, it doesn’t add up to 100% of the available inheritance (who goofed?). The Quran teaches in Surah 15:19, 21:31, 31:10, 78:7 & 88:19 that Allah threw down mountains, like pegs, to prevent the earth from shaking/wobbling. (Now, this will send Geologists & Volcanologists dumbfounded). In Surah 41:9-12, Allah confirms that he created the earth and the Heavens in two days, but in Surah 2:117 Allah confirms he created the Heavens and earth instantaneously. Allah goes further to confirm in Surah 7:54, 10:3, 11:7, & 25:59 that he took six days. But then again, Allah elaborates in Surah 41:9 to 12, to describe his creation of the Heavens and earth in 8 (2+4+2) days. (Now really, who is confused?).
A Muslim male inherits double that of a Muslim female, as stated in surah 4:11 and also a woman is only half a male witness. In surah 4:34 a Muslim husband is to whip (flog) his wife/wives to correct them, until she submits to him. There is no such gender discrimination and savagery in non-Muslim religions and every Christian is equal, in the ‘eyes of God’.
To spread Islam, Allah commands Muslims to kill unbelievers “in the name of Allah”, as in Surah 4:74. In the Bible, God tells us to love one another, and to show others by example.
In substance, the Quran has no Prophecy, no Miracles, no History, no Geography, no Chronology, no sequence, no Parables, no Biography of anyone, just a relatively small book of jumbled up verses of general do’s and don’t.
Islam is a complete miss-match with any other religion and in any standard, whichever way you look at it. These are undeniable facts.
(There are many more, contradictions, errors, stupidity, hatred, absurdity, violence, gender bias, savagery, intolerance, evil, in the Quran, that to associate it with God is blasphemy).
Now let’s go to the subject of fasting. Generally, all religions do practise fasting. The logic is to experience the suffering of the starving/poor; and also to share the sacrificed food/money with the starving/poor. But how does anyone fasting, ever understand a religion better, as claimed by the R.O. I. School authorities, really baffles me?
In Islam, over a 28 day period, fasting is practiced during daylight hours only (for about 12 hours), and the Muslims eat 3 to 5 very heavy meals, every 3 hours or so, over the hours of darkness, every night (when Allah can’t see?) to more than replace the missed food during the daylight hours. But by fasting during the day and over-eating (stuffing) in the night, the Muslims are actually spending more money and consuming more food than usual, in 24 hours; and no honest sacrifice is made, for the starving/poor. Later, they hypocritically come out with even more money/food pretending to share with the poor, what was never really sacrificed. Except for the first 2 days, conditioning your body to adapt to the consumption of food at night, instead of the day, (for example, night shift workers) defeats the very logical purpose of fasting and God knows no real sacrifice was made for the starving/poor, and the Muslims are cheating. This is another falsehood of Islam.
Haven’t the non-Muslims shown genuine empathy to the Muslims, by providing shelter and sustenance in their own numerous countries worldwide, when these Muslims came fleeing from persecution from their own Muslim comrades? In reply, to our kindness and generosity, the Muslims killed thousands of innocent non-Muslim men, women and children, in Bali, the Philippines, Jakarta, Xinjiang, Kashmir, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Jordan, Israel, Sudan, Istanbul, Morocco, Algeria, Kenya, Chad, Niger, Chechnya, New York, Washington, (President Bush said in UK, “These are not dreams, but the reality”). Everyone knows the discrimination, abuse, sufferings, maiming, killings, etc inflicted on the non-Muslims by the Muslims, worldwide. No empathy was, and is shown by the Muslims for the non-Muslims. In fact, it has been shown on TV, the Muslims rejoice when non-Muslims are blown into unrecognisable bits and pieces.
In reality; we are already aware, of every Muslim terrorist group being led by a religious leader, well versed in the Quran. We are also aware of innocent-looking Muslims (around us) funded these terrorists for terror. You can’t take the Quran from a Muslim; but he will discard the Quran, on his own, if he becomes a non-Muslim. (I am an example of that).
Where did the Muslim ‘understanding’ go to (or do they have any conscience at all, through their Islamic nurturing), for the non-Muslims? Now, honestly, who needs ‘understanding and empathy’ against all this savagery, intolerance and evil?
A reply to those who promote understanding of Islam.
By Ahmed Simon
Surely, a better understanding of what others believe in and stand for, is a noble manifestation of a civilised society and should be encouraged, but hasn’t it got to be both ways (where Muslims try to understand non-Muslim religions as well). I refer to the call in a letter from the authorities of the Royal Oak Intermediate School, to the parents of their students, ‘
Click here to read the letter.
As you have read the letter, you will note that it basically calls for “promoting greater understanding and empathy (only) for the Muslim religion” by “fasting”.
To offer a balanced and factual understanding of Islam, here are the undeniable truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. We will first examine the religion of Islam in brevity, in relation to other religions, and then proceed to the subject of fasting.
Prophet Muhammad founded Islam. But unlike Prophets of all other religions who were inspired, directed and had dialogues with God himself, in the presence of numerous witnesses; but, the Quran in Surah 2:97 confirms that Angel Gabriel revealed the Quran to Prophet Muhammad “by Allah’s leave”. So it seems Allah’s monologues (revelations) was carried indirectly to Prophet Muhammad, without a single witness to these important monologues. These monologues received, are what is supposed to be in the Quran (Islam’s most Holy Tenet). But Prophet Muhammad was uneducated and completely illiterate (could not read or write), and with also a poor memory, unlike prophets of other religions, who were well educated. [The Question is, why didn’t Allah have a dialogue directly, (as with other prophets), instead of treating Prophet Muhammad as third rate, by going through a third party?]
The Hindu Vedas have more than 50,000 verses. The Buddhist Scriptures is more than 30,000 verses, the Taoists have more than 20,000 verses, the Bahai’s Scriptures, comprise 12,000 verses, against the Quran’s 6,241 verses (Quran is no match).
The Quran is one book, whereas the Bible comprises 66 books. The Quran has 433 pages (including List of Surah and General Index - in total), whereas the Bible is of 1,709 pages (not including pages on Foreword, Preface, List of Contents, 66 Book Covers, Map Index and Subject Index) (No match at all).
The verses in the Bible amount to a voluminous 31,173 (23,214 + 7,959) against the Quran's paltry 6,241 verses. The Quran has 114 Surah (chapters) against the Bible’s 1,189 chapters. The Bible is made up of an incredible 774,746 (593,493 + 181,253) words. (The Quran is no match at all).
In substance, the Quran states in Surah 22:52 that Allah removed Satan’s verses in the Quran. (One wonders, why was Satan’s verses in the Quran in the first place). Also in Surah 16:101 Allah confirms that he removed some of his verses and replaced them with other verses. (One wonders, why Allah had to change/improve/polish his own works), but our God, the Almighty, did not need to make improvements and corrections in his Bible, as he is the One True God, perfect the first time, and supreme. (Why couldn’t Allah get it right the first time?)
Allah confirms in Surah 2:106 – “Such of our revelations as We abrogate (cancel) or cause to be forgotten, We bring (in place) one better or the like thereof.” (Canceling verses in the Quran? Forgotten? Why did Allah make such mistakes?)
The word ‘Islam’ means to submit or surrender to Allah (Muslim's God). In surah 9:29, Muslims are commanded to kill Jews and Christians who do not submit or surrender to Allah. But the One true God Almighty only calls us to love everyone, unlike Allah. But in 9:5 Allah commands Muslims to slay (kill) all Idolaters. [But I suppose it is okay with Allah for Muslims to pray to a stone structure (Kaaba), and the black Stone embedded on its wall. (What hypocrisy?)]
Allah further says in the Quran to slay (kill) transgressors in Surah 2:191 “and religion is for Allah (only)”. The word ‘transgressors’ is as elastic as can be, and can mean anything. So how would anyone know the limits set to qualify as a transgressor (especially when there is no limits mentioned anywhere in the Quran)? How can a Muslim apply a judgment on a non-Muslim for transgression without even knowing what ‘transgression’ means (so it becomes a ‘free for all’, based on each individual perception, and authorised by the Quran/Allah)? When the school authorities call for ‘empathy’, they should first ask Muslims to empathise with the non-Muslims, who are at a loss with such ill defined, utterly unfair, all encompassing and wicked pronouncements of this Allah against them. What if the non-Muslims apply this same Surah on the Muslims? Isn’t ‘empathy’ a ‘two way street’? But we civilised non-Muslims, do not subscribe to a religion with such savage, inhuman, intolerant and evil hypothesis. (‘Allah’ is a Sanskrit word, specifically applied, from 2,500 B.C. to chant the Hindu Goddess Durga, spiritual spouse of Lord Siva).
Muslims used to face Mecca (Ka’aba) to pray initially. The Quran confirms, the direction to pray was changed from Mecca to Jerusalem (ignoring the Ka’aba). And hundreds of years later, another correction was made, to face Mecca again; all as per Surah 2:142 - 145. As God is everywhere, all non-Muslim religions are free to face in any direction to pray, and God would listen. Why try to focus on one spot on earth (Is Allah squatting there)? As the earth is round, the Muslims are actually producing a trajectory of focus, out to space. Technically, the American Muslims should look down towards their feet, through the earth, to come out on the other side of the Globe, towards Mecca. Unless you are within sight of the Kaaba, all Muslims are actually facing outer space to pray, and not Mecca. Didn’t Allah know the world is round, if he did create it? But it gets even better, when Allah confirms the earth is flat as in Surah 15:19, 78:6 & 88:20. In Surah 18:87 Allah specifically, states the sun sets into a muddy spring water on planet earth. (How the sun rises, daily, is another silly story as in Surah 18:91).
In Surah 4:7-14 Allah proclaims his Inheritance Law in painstaking detail; but the problem is, which ever way one computes, it doesn’t add up to 100% of the available inheritance (who goofed?). The Quran teaches in Surah 15:19, 21:31, 31:10, 78:7 & 88:19 that Allah threw down mountains, like pegs, to prevent the earth from shaking/wobbling. (Now, this will send Geologists & Volcanologists dumbfounded). In Surah 41:9-12, Allah confirms that he created the earth and the Heavens in two days, but in Surah 2:117 Allah confirms he created the Heavens and earth instantaneously. Allah goes further to confirm in Surah 7:54, 10:3, 11:7, & 25:59 that he took six days. But then again, Allah elaborates in Surah 41:9 to 12, to describe his creation of the Heavens and earth in 8 (2+4+2) days. (Now really, who is confused?).
A Muslim male inherits double that of a Muslim female, as stated in surah 4:11 and also a woman is only half a male witness. In surah 4:34 a Muslim husband is to whip (flog) his wife/wives to correct them, until she submits to him. There is no such gender discrimination and savagery in non-Muslim religions and every Christian is equal, in the ‘eyes of God’.
To spread Islam, Allah commands Muslims to kill unbelievers “in the name of Allah”, as in Surah 4:74. In the Bible, God tells us to love one another, and to show others by example.
In substance, the Quran has no Prophecy, no Miracles, no History, no Geography, no Chronology, no sequence, no Parables, no Biography of anyone, just a relatively small book of jumbled up verses of general do’s and don’t.
Islam is a complete miss-match with any other religion and in any standard, whichever way you look at it. These are undeniable facts.
(There are many more, contradictions, errors, stupidity, hatred, absurdity, violence, gender bias, savagery, intolerance, evil, in the Quran, that to associate it with God is blasphemy).
Now let’s go to the subject of fasting. Generally, all religions do practise fasting. The logic is to experience the suffering of the starving/poor; and also to share the sacrificed food/money with the starving/poor. But how does anyone fasting, ever understand a religion better, as claimed by the R.O. I. School authorities, really baffles me?
In Islam, over a 28 day period, fasting is practiced during daylight hours only (for about 12 hours), and the Muslims eat 3 to 5 very heavy meals, every 3 hours or so, over the hours of darkness, every night (when Allah can’t see?) to more than replace the missed food during the daylight hours. But by fasting during the day and over-eating (stuffing) in the night, the Muslims are actually spending more money and consuming more food than usual, in 24 hours; and no honest sacrifice is made, for the starving/poor. Later, they hypocritically come out with even more money/food pretending to share with the poor, what was never really sacrificed. Except for the first 2 days, conditioning your body to adapt to the consumption of food at night, instead of the day, (for example, night shift workers) defeats the very logical purpose of fasting and God knows no real sacrifice was made for the starving/poor, and the Muslims are cheating. This is another falsehood of Islam.
Haven’t the non-Muslims shown genuine empathy to the Muslims, by providing shelter and sustenance in their own numerous countries worldwide, when these Muslims came fleeing from persecution from their own Muslim comrades? In reply, to our kindness and generosity, the Muslims killed thousands of innocent non-Muslim men, women and children, in Bali, the Philippines, Jakarta, Xinjiang, Kashmir, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Jordan, Israel, Sudan, Istanbul, Morocco, Algeria, Kenya, Chad, Niger, Chechnya, New York, Washington, (President Bush said in UK, “These are not dreams, but the reality”). Everyone knows the discrimination, abuse, sufferings, maiming, killings, etc inflicted on the non-Muslims by the Muslims, worldwide. No empathy was, and is shown by the Muslims for the non-Muslims. In fact, it has been shown on TV, the Muslims rejoice when non-Muslims are blown into unrecognisable bits and pieces.
In reality; we are already aware, of every Muslim terrorist group being led by a religious leader, well versed in the Quran. We are also aware of innocent-looking Muslims (around us) funded these terrorists for terror. You can’t take the Quran from a Muslim; but he will discard the Quran, on his own, if he becomes a non-Muslim. (I am an example of that).
Where did the Muslim ‘understanding’ go to (or do they have any conscience at all, through their Islamic nurturing), for the non-Muslims? Now, honestly, who needs ‘understanding and empathy’ against all this savagery, intolerance and evil?
The Islamic Justice System
The Islamic Justice System
(Sharia Law)
By Ahmed Simon
Our prayers and protests were answered in the case of Aminah Lawal (the second case, after Safiya). It is a small victory for the efforts of the non-Muslims to save a life from a horrendous death. But, she did not get stoning to death, not because the Islamic Judges found her innocent. She simply could not be convicted, just because the Islamic Sharia Law was not yet implement at the purported time, when she committed the act (getting Pregnant out of wedlock). As for the man who made her pregnant, the Islamic Sharia law does not stone a man to death? It is reserved for the Muslim women only. At the most, the Islamic Sharia Law only prescribes some whipping for men, that is, if found guilty of adultery And that too, the Islamic Sharia Law requires proof from a minimum of four witnesses, that the man did penetrate the woman (seen the penis actually enter the virgina). A female witness is ½ a man, thus requiring a minimum of 8 female witnesses. And even if the man did the act and she gets pregnant, but there are only three witnesses to the penetration, the Muslim man cannot be convicted. The problem here is that when the man is on top of the woman, his legs are in between hers, blocking the view, how then can a witness, straining his back and neck see the penetration, leave alone 4 witnesses, or if it was really dark? Another important problem is that the 4 witnesses should have taken a good analytical look of the man’s face while he was actually doing the act, to identify him later in court, correctly. That is why the Muslim men are very anxious to have the Islamic Sharia Laws, as it is piled in their favour. As for the woman, her own child is the evidence to convict her (the law need no witnesses for her). If an unwed couple is caught in a ‘compromising position’ (khalwat – embracing, kissing, hugging, smooching, etc), it is punished by a fine and/or jail.
When her head gets stoned, it will smash her face at first, then, it will crack her skull. More stoning will chip off fragments of her skull exposing her brains. More of her brains, skull, and blood will spill out, but she could still be alive, and even screaming, if she is conscious. Even if she is unconscious, she is not allowed to die by bleeding, (which is a certainty at this stage), because the Islamic law requires her to be stoned to death, well and truly. Finally, her head becomes an unrecognisable dark red mash. Remember the Taliban who practiced this Islamic law in Afghanistan – thank President Bush for the liberation and not condemn him so soon thereafter. In one case in Kandahar, it took so long, that stoning continued till late evening. Prophet Muhammad married 8 year old Aisha, (9 by the Muslim calendar), after she had her first period – thus, considered an adult in Islamic law. But Muslims say Islam is fair, and equal to men and women.
There are six more such cases pending in Katsina, Nigeria, and most of them, committed the act after the Islamic Sharia Law was implemented, after the Muslims won the Elections in that part of Nigeria. The point here for me is not the stoning of the woman itself, which is bad, but how can any man, woman and child stand and watch this, in public, leave alone joining the stoning process? If we allow such acts to continue in the name of Allah, then we are condoning such acts, and just as bad. So let us non-Muslims pray and show our revulsion to such Islamic Barbarism, by going to the Amnesty International Website, and protest as recommended. Can you hear the deadly silence of the Muslims around you?
(As an ex-Muslim, an Ustaz (Islamic religious teacher) and later a Kadhi (Islamic Judge), you can understand the turmoil and pain I went through in the transition period of my life, from Allah’s ardent servant to the love of Jesus, my Lord and Savior.)
(Sharia Law)
By Ahmed Simon
Our prayers and protests were answered in the case of Aminah Lawal (the second case, after Safiya). It is a small victory for the efforts of the non-Muslims to save a life from a horrendous death. But, she did not get stoning to death, not because the Islamic Judges found her innocent. She simply could not be convicted, just because the Islamic Sharia Law was not yet implement at the purported time, when she committed the act (getting Pregnant out of wedlock). As for the man who made her pregnant, the Islamic Sharia law does not stone a man to death? It is reserved for the Muslim women only. At the most, the Islamic Sharia Law only prescribes some whipping for men, that is, if found guilty of adultery And that too, the Islamic Sharia Law requires proof from a minimum of four witnesses, that the man did penetrate the woman (seen the penis actually enter the virgina). A female witness is ½ a man, thus requiring a minimum of 8 female witnesses. And even if the man did the act and she gets pregnant, but there are only three witnesses to the penetration, the Muslim man cannot be convicted. The problem here is that when the man is on top of the woman, his legs are in between hers, blocking the view, how then can a witness, straining his back and neck see the penetration, leave alone 4 witnesses, or if it was really dark? Another important problem is that the 4 witnesses should have taken a good analytical look of the man’s face while he was actually doing the act, to identify him later in court, correctly. That is why the Muslim men are very anxious to have the Islamic Sharia Laws, as it is piled in their favour. As for the woman, her own child is the evidence to convict her (the law need no witnesses for her). If an unwed couple is caught in a ‘compromising position’ (khalwat – embracing, kissing, hugging, smooching, etc), it is punished by a fine and/or jail.
When her head gets stoned, it will smash her face at first, then, it will crack her skull. More stoning will chip off fragments of her skull exposing her brains. More of her brains, skull, and blood will spill out, but she could still be alive, and even screaming, if she is conscious. Even if she is unconscious, she is not allowed to die by bleeding, (which is a certainty at this stage), because the Islamic law requires her to be stoned to death, well and truly. Finally, her head becomes an unrecognisable dark red mash. Remember the Taliban who practiced this Islamic law in Afghanistan – thank President Bush for the liberation and not condemn him so soon thereafter. In one case in Kandahar, it took so long, that stoning continued till late evening. Prophet Muhammad married 8 year old Aisha, (9 by the Muslim calendar), after she had her first period – thus, considered an adult in Islamic law. But Muslims say Islam is fair, and equal to men and women.
There are six more such cases pending in Katsina, Nigeria, and most of them, committed the act after the Islamic Sharia Law was implemented, after the Muslims won the Elections in that part of Nigeria. The point here for me is not the stoning of the woman itself, which is bad, but how can any man, woman and child stand and watch this, in public, leave alone joining the stoning process? If we allow such acts to continue in the name of Allah, then we are condoning such acts, and just as bad. So let us non-Muslims pray and show our revulsion to such Islamic Barbarism, by going to the Amnesty International Website, and protest as recommended. Can you hear the deadly silence of the Muslims around you?
(As an ex-Muslim, an Ustaz (Islamic religious teacher) and later a Kadhi (Islamic Judge), you can understand the turmoil and pain I went through in the transition period of my life, from Allah’s ardent servant to the love of Jesus, my Lord and Savior.)
What Does Islam Stand For?
What Does Islam Stand For?
By, Ahmed Simon
We all know that Christianity stands for the love of God, and that God loves humanity. We also can tell what other religions stand for, by the actions of their followers. It is said ‘actions speak louder than words’. But what does Islam stand for? Let us examine five real life situations, done in the name of Islam.
First - We go to the Paradise Island of Bali. Here the planes were pouring in tourists, night and day, and the 96% Hindu population of Bali welcomed the tourists and pampered them, and produced all sorts of Hindu festivals almost every day. It was said, “Bali is Heaven on earth”. Bali alone contributed 70% of the total tourist revenue of Indonesia. Estimates of travel agents put repeat tourists at around 50%. In October 2002 terrorists from foreign countries and from adjacent Islands, truck-bombed the largest hotel and resort called ‘The Sari Club’ and the famous ‘Kuta Beach Resort’ simultaneously. The toll was 200 dead and 450 injured. Half were tourists and the other half, were local Balinese. Those Balinese who survived in other resorts, suddenly found themselves unemployed, because tourists fled for their lives, out of Bali. With no tourist business, Balinese could not provide for their families, and the sufferings of the locals have not ended today.
Second – We go to India. The British Colonial Government decided to divide ‘British India’ into two countries on religious grounds, before giving independence. The power to decide this was given to the Maharajas, to take their states into secular India or Islamic Pakistan in 1947. The state of ‘Jammu and Kashmir’ (actually two territories with one state administration and one Maharaja, with adherents to Islam, Hinduism, Bhuddism, and Christianity, but none making the majority 50%) The Maharaja decided to take ‘Jammu and Kashmir’ state into secular India, for the sake peace and tranquility for all his people, of different religions and ethnic backgrounds. Pakistan immediately attacked ‘Jammu and Kashmir’ state to forcefully wrest this territory for itself. But secular India put a stop to further advancement beyond the 1/3 Islamic Pakistan holds to this day. Since then, Islamic Pakistan created, trained and supported terrorists into ‘Jammu and Kashmir’ to keep terrorizing the people there and the misery and deaths continue to this day.
Third – We take the example of Israel and Palestine. The sticking point to peace is the status of the city of Jerusalem. Jerusalem is supposed to be the “third most holiest city in Islam”. It is claimed that Prophet Muhammad, after death, was taken to Jerusalem, to rise to Heaven. But Islamic Scriptures do not use the name ‘Jerusalem’ neither does it say of any witnesses to this important event. So this territorial claim is the sticking point for peace to both the territories. But what puzzles me is, why Prophet Muhammad did not choose the Holiest site in Islam, the city of Mecca where the Kaaba is, or the second most Holiest, Medina, the prophet’s hometown? Prophet Muhammad died in 632 A.D. and the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem was built from 685 A.D, to 691 A.D. (Britannica encyclopaedia, page 612, 1980, about 56 years later). I am not aware of anything else, which makes Jerusalem holy to Islam, during the time of Prophet Muhammad’s death in 632 A.D. If there is a territory holy to Islam, are we to surrender that territory? So the bloodshed continues to this day.
Fourth – We go to Checniya in Russia. I do not have to elaborate, because, I presume you readers know of the bloodbath there, which is continuing to this day for territorial gain.
Fifth – We go to Sudan in the continent of Africa. Here the Arabic Islamic North is fighting the African Christian South. International peace efforts, to stop this bloodbath, has not been successful, so far.
My question to you is, what does Islam really stand for?
By, Ahmed Simon
We all know that Christianity stands for the love of God, and that God loves humanity. We also can tell what other religions stand for, by the actions of their followers. It is said ‘actions speak louder than words’. But what does Islam stand for? Let us examine five real life situations, done in the name of Islam.
First - We go to the Paradise Island of Bali. Here the planes were pouring in tourists, night and day, and the 96% Hindu population of Bali welcomed the tourists and pampered them, and produced all sorts of Hindu festivals almost every day. It was said, “Bali is Heaven on earth”. Bali alone contributed 70% of the total tourist revenue of Indonesia. Estimates of travel agents put repeat tourists at around 50%. In October 2002 terrorists from foreign countries and from adjacent Islands, truck-bombed the largest hotel and resort called ‘The Sari Club’ and the famous ‘Kuta Beach Resort’ simultaneously. The toll was 200 dead and 450 injured. Half were tourists and the other half, were local Balinese. Those Balinese who survived in other resorts, suddenly found themselves unemployed, because tourists fled for their lives, out of Bali. With no tourist business, Balinese could not provide for their families, and the sufferings of the locals have not ended today.
Second – We go to India. The British Colonial Government decided to divide ‘British India’ into two countries on religious grounds, before giving independence. The power to decide this was given to the Maharajas, to take their states into secular India or Islamic Pakistan in 1947. The state of ‘Jammu and Kashmir’ (actually two territories with one state administration and one Maharaja, with adherents to Islam, Hinduism, Bhuddism, and Christianity, but none making the majority 50%) The Maharaja decided to take ‘Jammu and Kashmir’ state into secular India, for the sake peace and tranquility for all his people, of different religions and ethnic backgrounds. Pakistan immediately attacked ‘Jammu and Kashmir’ state to forcefully wrest this territory for itself. But secular India put a stop to further advancement beyond the 1/3 Islamic Pakistan holds to this day. Since then, Islamic Pakistan created, trained and supported terrorists into ‘Jammu and Kashmir’ to keep terrorizing the people there and the misery and deaths continue to this day.
Third – We take the example of Israel and Palestine. The sticking point to peace is the status of the city of Jerusalem. Jerusalem is supposed to be the “third most holiest city in Islam”. It is claimed that Prophet Muhammad, after death, was taken to Jerusalem, to rise to Heaven. But Islamic Scriptures do not use the name ‘Jerusalem’ neither does it say of any witnesses to this important event. So this territorial claim is the sticking point for peace to both the territories. But what puzzles me is, why Prophet Muhammad did not choose the Holiest site in Islam, the city of Mecca where the Kaaba is, or the second most Holiest, Medina, the prophet’s hometown? Prophet Muhammad died in 632 A.D. and the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem was built from 685 A.D, to 691 A.D. (Britannica encyclopaedia, page 612, 1980, about 56 years later). I am not aware of anything else, which makes Jerusalem holy to Islam, during the time of Prophet Muhammad’s death in 632 A.D. If there is a territory holy to Islam, are we to surrender that territory? So the bloodshed continues to this day.
Fourth – We go to Checniya in Russia. I do not have to elaborate, because, I presume you readers know of the bloodbath there, which is continuing to this day for territorial gain.
Fifth – We go to Sudan in the continent of Africa. Here the Arabic Islamic North is fighting the African Christian South. International peace efforts, to stop this bloodbath, has not been successful, so far.
My question to you is, what does Islam really stand for?
COLLABORATIONIST CHRISTIANS
COLLABORATIONIST CHRISTIANS
Collaborators are recruited among Christians who identify themselves as Arabs. This type of collaboration, which caused endless fratricidal battles over the centuries, has been denounced by dhimmis struggling for centuries against an Islamic domination that progressed with the help of Christians.
Christian collaborationism has taken different forms in the course of history, according to circumstances and political opportunity. It is expressed today in a two-pronged political and theological project. The political project is implemented in a trans-Mediterranean fusion, with the construction of an economic, cultural, political, geographical entity composed of the European Union and Arab and African countries. This policy of association and integration, active in all international forums, works to counterbalance American policy, under cover of a notion of "international legitimacy," albeit a legitimacy of sanguinary totalitarian Arab dictators.
Collaborationist Christian dhimmis function as the intellectual and economic mechanism of this project because they belong to both worlds. Their role is to invent the idyllic Islamic-Christian past that upholds the political construction of a future Eurabia and to dissimulate the anti-Christian foundations of Islamic doctrine and history.
dhimmi collaboration on the theological level is oriented in two directions: toward Christianity and toward Islam. It finds its most radical expression in the "Palestinian Liberation Theology," meaning nothing less than the liberation of Christianity from its Jewish matrix. The spiritual center of this theology is the al-Liqa institute in Jerusalem, created in 1983 for the study of the Muslim and Christian heritage in the Holy Land. This strongly politicized institute, sponsored by international Christian organizations, specializes in disseminating anti-Israeli propaganda through its international religious and media channels.
Uniting Marcionist and Gnostic theological currents, this Palestinian theology strips away Jesus's Jewishness and turns him into a sui generis Arab-Palestinian Jesus, a twin of the Muslim Jesus (Isa). Christianity, thus liberated from its Jewish roots, can be transplanted in Arab-Islamism. This would place Palestine, and not Israel, at the origin of Christianity, making Israelis usurpers of the Islamic-Christian Palestinian homeland. This theory denies the historical continuity between modern Israel and its biblical ancestor, the locus of nascent Christianity.
The theology of Palestinism, integrating all the anti-Jewish themes of replacement theology, is reworked to fit the new Palestinian fashion and addressed to Christians all over the world, inviting them to gather together around an Arab-Palestinian Jesus, symbol of a Palestine crucified by Israel. The theme goes back to the 19th century. However, in those days when the idea of an Arab-Palestinian entity differentiated from the Arab world did not even exist, the unifying role of Palestine was assigned to Arab nationalism.
Palestinist theology shores up the Euro-Arab policy of Christian-Muslim and European-Arab fusion: the modern state of Israel — considered a temporary accident of history — is bypassed and Europe's Christian origins are anchored in an Islamic-Christian Palestine. Having fulfilled its historical role of uniting the two enemies — Christianity and Islam — opposed to its very existence, Israel can now disappear, sealing the fusion between Europe and the Arabs. The unifying role devolves on Islamic-Christian Palestine; the reconciliation of Islam and Christianity can finally be consummated on the ashes of Israel and its negation. This is why the European Union — and especially France — designates Israeli "injustice" and "occupation" as the unique sources of conflict between Europe and the Arab/Muslim world, and the cause of international, anti-Western Islamist terrorism.
The contribution of dhimmi Christian collaborationism to Islam is even more important. It satisfies three objectives: 1) its propaganda shores up the mythology of past and present peaceful Islamic-Christian coexistence and confirms the perfection of Islam, jihad, and sharia; 2) it promotes the demographic expansion and proselytism of Islamic propaganda in the West; 3) in the theological sphere it eliminates the Jewish Jesus and implants Christianity in the Muslim Jesus, in other words it facilitates the theological Islamization of all Christendom.
According to Islamic dogma, Islam encompasses Judaism and Christianity, both of which are falsified posterior expressions of the first and fundamental religion, which is Islam. All the characters of the Bible, from Adam to Abraham, Moses to David, the Hebrew prophets, Mary, Jesus, and the apostles, were Muslim prophets who preached Islam, and it is only in their quality as Muslims that they are recognized and respected. They belong to the Koran, not to the Bible. From this viewpoint the bond between Judaism and Christianity is a falsification, because the filiation of Christianity is Islamic, not Judaic. Christianity descends from Islam, the first religion of all humanity (din al-fitra). Christianity is a falsified expression of Islam, and belongs to Islam. According to a hadith, when Isa, the Muslim Jesus, returns, he will break the cross, kill the pig, abolish the jizya (poll tax for infidels), and money will flow like water. Exegetes interpret the destruction of symbols attached to Christianity — the cross and the pig — as the extinction of that religion; the suppression of the jizya means that Islam has become the only religion; and the abundance of wealth refers to the booty taken from infidels. In other words the return of the Muslim Jesus could lead to the destruction of Christianity.
The global jihad has made the problems of dhimmitude a worldwide reality. Europe's creeping dhimmitude, expressed in a refusal even to mention in its proposed constitution the "Judeo-Christian" values of its civilization, is one of the major elements of the current European-American divide.
— Bat Yeor is the author of The Decline of Eastern Christianity under Islam: From Jihad to dhimmitude. Her latest book, Islam and dhimmitude: Where Civilizations Collide, has just been reprinted. A version of this article was first published in French and is translated by Nidra Poller in collaboration with the author.
Collaborators are recruited among Christians who identify themselves as Arabs. This type of collaboration, which caused endless fratricidal battles over the centuries, has been denounced by dhimmis struggling for centuries against an Islamic domination that progressed with the help of Christians.
Christian collaborationism has taken different forms in the course of history, according to circumstances and political opportunity. It is expressed today in a two-pronged political and theological project. The political project is implemented in a trans-Mediterranean fusion, with the construction of an economic, cultural, political, geographical entity composed of the European Union and Arab and African countries. This policy of association and integration, active in all international forums, works to counterbalance American policy, under cover of a notion of "international legitimacy," albeit a legitimacy of sanguinary totalitarian Arab dictators.
Collaborationist Christian dhimmis function as the intellectual and economic mechanism of this project because they belong to both worlds. Their role is to invent the idyllic Islamic-Christian past that upholds the political construction of a future Eurabia and to dissimulate the anti-Christian foundations of Islamic doctrine and history.
dhimmi collaboration on the theological level is oriented in two directions: toward Christianity and toward Islam. It finds its most radical expression in the "Palestinian Liberation Theology," meaning nothing less than the liberation of Christianity from its Jewish matrix. The spiritual center of this theology is the al-Liqa institute in Jerusalem, created in 1983 for the study of the Muslim and Christian heritage in the Holy Land. This strongly politicized institute, sponsored by international Christian organizations, specializes in disseminating anti-Israeli propaganda through its international religious and media channels.
Uniting Marcionist and Gnostic theological currents, this Palestinian theology strips away Jesus's Jewishness and turns him into a sui generis Arab-Palestinian Jesus, a twin of the Muslim Jesus (Isa). Christianity, thus liberated from its Jewish roots, can be transplanted in Arab-Islamism. This would place Palestine, and not Israel, at the origin of Christianity, making Israelis usurpers of the Islamic-Christian Palestinian homeland. This theory denies the historical continuity between modern Israel and its biblical ancestor, the locus of nascent Christianity.
The theology of Palestinism, integrating all the anti-Jewish themes of replacement theology, is reworked to fit the new Palestinian fashion and addressed to Christians all over the world, inviting them to gather together around an Arab-Palestinian Jesus, symbol of a Palestine crucified by Israel. The theme goes back to the 19th century. However, in those days when the idea of an Arab-Palestinian entity differentiated from the Arab world did not even exist, the unifying role of Palestine was assigned to Arab nationalism.
Palestinist theology shores up the Euro-Arab policy of Christian-Muslim and European-Arab fusion: the modern state of Israel — considered a temporary accident of history — is bypassed and Europe's Christian origins are anchored in an Islamic-Christian Palestine. Having fulfilled its historical role of uniting the two enemies — Christianity and Islam — opposed to its very existence, Israel can now disappear, sealing the fusion between Europe and the Arabs. The unifying role devolves on Islamic-Christian Palestine; the reconciliation of Islam and Christianity can finally be consummated on the ashes of Israel and its negation. This is why the European Union — and especially France — designates Israeli "injustice" and "occupation" as the unique sources of conflict between Europe and the Arab/Muslim world, and the cause of international, anti-Western Islamist terrorism.
The contribution of dhimmi Christian collaborationism to Islam is even more important. It satisfies three objectives: 1) its propaganda shores up the mythology of past and present peaceful Islamic-Christian coexistence and confirms the perfection of Islam, jihad, and sharia; 2) it promotes the demographic expansion and proselytism of Islamic propaganda in the West; 3) in the theological sphere it eliminates the Jewish Jesus and implants Christianity in the Muslim Jesus, in other words it facilitates the theological Islamization of all Christendom.
According to Islamic dogma, Islam encompasses Judaism and Christianity, both of which are falsified posterior expressions of the first and fundamental religion, which is Islam. All the characters of the Bible, from Adam to Abraham, Moses to David, the Hebrew prophets, Mary, Jesus, and the apostles, were Muslim prophets who preached Islam, and it is only in their quality as Muslims that they are recognized and respected. They belong to the Koran, not to the Bible. From this viewpoint the bond between Judaism and Christianity is a falsification, because the filiation of Christianity is Islamic, not Judaic. Christianity descends from Islam, the first religion of all humanity (din al-fitra). Christianity is a falsified expression of Islam, and belongs to Islam. According to a hadith, when Isa, the Muslim Jesus, returns, he will break the cross, kill the pig, abolish the jizya (poll tax for infidels), and money will flow like water. Exegetes interpret the destruction of symbols attached to Christianity — the cross and the pig — as the extinction of that religion; the suppression of the jizya means that Islam has become the only religion; and the abundance of wealth refers to the booty taken from infidels. In other words the return of the Muslim Jesus could lead to the destruction of Christianity.
The global jihad has made the problems of dhimmitude a worldwide reality. Europe's creeping dhimmitude, expressed in a refusal even to mention in its proposed constitution the "Judeo-Christian" values of its civilization, is one of the major elements of the current European-American divide.
— Bat Yeor is the author of The Decline of Eastern Christianity under Islam: From Jihad to dhimmitude. Her latest book, Islam and dhimmitude: Where Civilizations Collide, has just been reprinted. A version of this article was first published in French and is translated by Nidra Poller in collaboration with the author.
PASSIVE RESISTANCE
PASSIVE RESISTANCE
Examples of passive resistance can be found in Egypt, Pakistan, and Iran. Egyptian Christians denounce the violence of which they are victims and strive to protect their dignity, reduce legal and professional discrimination, and secure basic rights such as permission to build or renovate churches. Here again, the West prefers to ignore their dire situation or underplay it with episodic attention. Christians engaged in active or passive resistance exhaust their meager resources in vain efforts to alert their fellow Christians and enlist their help.
Examples of passive resistance can be found in Egypt, Pakistan, and Iran. Egyptian Christians denounce the violence of which they are victims and strive to protect their dignity, reduce legal and professional discrimination, and secure basic rights such as permission to build or renovate churches. Here again, the West prefers to ignore their dire situation or underplay it with episodic attention. Christians engaged in active or passive resistance exhaust their meager resources in vain efforts to alert their fellow Christians and enlist their help.
Eastern Christians Torn Asunder
Eastern Christians Torn Asunder
Challenges — new and old.
By Bat Yeor
The dhimmi mentality cannot be easily defined and described. An endless variety of reactions has been provoked by the evolving historical situations in the civilization of dhimmitude, which spans three continents and close to fourteen centuries. Generally speaking, dhimmi populations can be described as oscillating between alienation and submission and, at the other extreme, a self-perception of spiritual freedom.
The basic aspects of the dhimmi mentality are related to characteristics of its status and environment, because dhimmitude operates exclusively within the sphere of jihad. Contrary to common belief, jihad is not limited to holy war conducted militarily; it encompasses all strategies, including peaceful means, aimed at the unification of all religions within Islamic dogma. Further, as a juridical-theological construction, jihad determines all aspects of relations between the Umma — the Islamic community — and non-Muslims. According to the classical interpretation, these are classified in one of three categories: enemies, temporarily reconciled, or subjected. Because neither jihad nor dhimmitude have been critically analyzed, we can say today that the Islamist mentality — currently predominant in many Muslim countries — establishes relations with non-Muslims in the traditional jihad categories of war, truce, and submission/dhimmitude.
In our times dhimmis are found among the residues of indigenous populations of countries that were Islamized during a millenium of Muslim conquests: Christians, Hindus, and a scattering of Jews and Zoroastrians. Christians would seem to be the most familiar group, closer to Westerners by proximity, culture, religion, and subject to the same status under Islam as the Jews, the other ahl al-Khitab, "people of the Book" — the Bible. But this impression is often deceiving as the reassuring appearance of similarity is misleading.
The behavior of Christian dhimmis varies according to the country, the social category, and their association with the ruling classes as, for example, their participation in the Iraqi or Syrian Baath parties or the PLO, a militarist organization engaged in the Arab jihad against Israel. Christian dhimmis appointed to important positions by Muslim rulers have often served as agents between the Arab world and strategic centers in the West: churches, governments, industries, universities, media, etc.
Because Christian dhimmi populations are on the whole highly skilled and better educated than the surrounding population, they often suffer from malicious jealousy coupled with the traditional anti-Christian prejudices of the Umma. The persistence of Christianity in Muslim environments testifies to qualities of endurance and adaptability. Yet survival in dhimmitude had its price: the dhimmi pathology.
Briefly summarized, Christian attitudes can be classified in three categories: active resistance, passive resistance, and collaboration. These three attitudes are manifest within one and the same population, but certain geographical or historical situations favor one or another.
ACTIVE RESISTANCE
Recent examples of active resistance are noteworthy. The repression of the Christian rebellion against the establishment of sharia in the Sudan in 1983 caused more than two million dead and over four million displaced. Lebanese Christians fought against the Islamization of their country during the civil war that began in 1975. At the dawn of the 20th century, Armenian and Assyrian Christians were punished by genocide for their attempts at independence. In the present day, active Christian resistance against Islamization in Indonesia, Nigeria, and other African countries is manifest in the massacre of Christian civilians, the burning of villages, the flight of populations. Westerners, and especially Europeans, turn a deaf ear to the sufferings of Christians who actively resist Islamization, frequently blaming them for their own misfortunes.
Challenges — new and old.
By Bat Yeor
The dhimmi mentality cannot be easily defined and described. An endless variety of reactions has been provoked by the evolving historical situations in the civilization of dhimmitude, which spans three continents and close to fourteen centuries. Generally speaking, dhimmi populations can be described as oscillating between alienation and submission and, at the other extreme, a self-perception of spiritual freedom.
The basic aspects of the dhimmi mentality are related to characteristics of its status and environment, because dhimmitude operates exclusively within the sphere of jihad. Contrary to common belief, jihad is not limited to holy war conducted militarily; it encompasses all strategies, including peaceful means, aimed at the unification of all religions within Islamic dogma. Further, as a juridical-theological construction, jihad determines all aspects of relations between the Umma — the Islamic community — and non-Muslims. According to the classical interpretation, these are classified in one of three categories: enemies, temporarily reconciled, or subjected. Because neither jihad nor dhimmitude have been critically analyzed, we can say today that the Islamist mentality — currently predominant in many Muslim countries — establishes relations with non-Muslims in the traditional jihad categories of war, truce, and submission/dhimmitude.
In our times dhimmis are found among the residues of indigenous populations of countries that were Islamized during a millenium of Muslim conquests: Christians, Hindus, and a scattering of Jews and Zoroastrians. Christians would seem to be the most familiar group, closer to Westerners by proximity, culture, religion, and subject to the same status under Islam as the Jews, the other ahl al-Khitab, "people of the Book" — the Bible. But this impression is often deceiving as the reassuring appearance of similarity is misleading.
The behavior of Christian dhimmis varies according to the country, the social category, and their association with the ruling classes as, for example, their participation in the Iraqi or Syrian Baath parties or the PLO, a militarist organization engaged in the Arab jihad against Israel. Christian dhimmis appointed to important positions by Muslim rulers have often served as agents between the Arab world and strategic centers in the West: churches, governments, industries, universities, media, etc.
Because Christian dhimmi populations are on the whole highly skilled and better educated than the surrounding population, they often suffer from malicious jealousy coupled with the traditional anti-Christian prejudices of the Umma. The persistence of Christianity in Muslim environments testifies to qualities of endurance and adaptability. Yet survival in dhimmitude had its price: the dhimmi pathology.
Briefly summarized, Christian attitudes can be classified in three categories: active resistance, passive resistance, and collaboration. These three attitudes are manifest within one and the same population, but certain geographical or historical situations favor one or another.
ACTIVE RESISTANCE
Recent examples of active resistance are noteworthy. The repression of the Christian rebellion against the establishment of sharia in the Sudan in 1983 caused more than two million dead and over four million displaced. Lebanese Christians fought against the Islamization of their country during the civil war that began in 1975. At the dawn of the 20th century, Armenian and Assyrian Christians were punished by genocide for their attempts at independence. In the present day, active Christian resistance against Islamization in Indonesia, Nigeria, and other African countries is manifest in the massacre of Christian civilians, the burning of villages, the flight of populations. Westerners, and especially Europeans, turn a deaf ear to the sufferings of Christians who actively resist Islamization, frequently blaming them for their own misfortunes.
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