Fraudulent Peace

At the risk of inviting criticism and open condemnation, these two elements of truth move me to speak in the wake of this week's events in London.

1.) The United States of America, England, the EU, the amoprhic "West", the 'War On Terror', capitalism ~ or any of the other typical scapegoats saturating the ramblings which inevitably emerge as "justification" for this kind of action by the deranged minds who perpetrate it ~ are not to be rightfully blamed for these terrorist attacks.

The culprit is Islamic terrorism. This is a collective assignment of blame, including both the individuals who commit these crimes against humanity AND the societies, nations, institutions, and religions which openly embrace and instruct this brand of HATRED and VIOLENCE. Be not mistaken, these bombings , beheadings, rapes, tortures, and targeting of innocents for death is openly celebrated, preached, and exalted as the pinnacle of devotion to Allah by the worthless lot of Al Queada and other same-minded militants, blaming others for their discontent. Their souls have not been poisoned by anyone else but themselves. These warped, twisted, evil individuals are a product of themselves.

Their evil is not our cross to bear.

THE ACTUAL PEOPLE WHO SET OFF THE BOMBS are responsible for this action and bear full and uncompromising weight of our penalty and wrath. We should not care why they did it. We should not seek to understand the dark, twisted recesses of their minds. We should not seek a reasonable answer to the inevitable question of "why"?

When you blow up innocent people on busses, trains, airplanes, and subways, I have ceased to care about your agenda. Your actions negate any legitimacy it may have claimed entirely.

You have become a murderous vacant soul. Nothing more.

2.) Islam is not a peaceful religion.

I am wholly convinced that Muslims who celebrate and embrace peace do so not because of Islam, but despite it. I continue to examine the Quran, the Pillars, and Islamic commentary and have for more than twelve years. I studied Christianity, Judaism, and Islam almost exhaustively in my final three years at University. I count among my friends decent, peaceful, noble, deeply-troubled-by-their-religious-association-with-terrorism Muslims. I continue to seek truth when combating the vast misinformation and slander of this religion, in tradition and practice. I do not wish to glorify my own wisdom, as my understanding of any given topic on any given day is surely pale by comparison to someone else's. And always subject to the truth of Jesus Christ above all.

But with confidence, I have come to this:

Violence is an inextricable foundation to the words of Muhammed and found permeating the texts and teachings of this religion.

Because this is not, perhaps, the best venue fort an all-encompassing dialogue about the multi-faceted substantiation I use for my conclusions, I will instead offer these words, direct from texts of Islam, to help illustrate my utter belief in the violence, fraud, and depraved evil that saturates the Quran and the teachings of Muhammed, upon which Islam is based:

5:33 "Indeed, the punishment of those who fight Allah and His Messenger and who go around corrupting the land is to be killed, crucified, have their hands and feet cut off on opposite sides, or to be banished from the land. That is a disgrace for them in this life, and in the life to come theirs will be a terrible punishment. 34 Except for those who repent before you overpower them. Know, then, that Allah is All-Forgiving, Merciful." (Majid Fakhry, An Interpretation of the Quran, New York: NYUP, 2000, 2004)

4:34 Husbands should take full care of their wives, with [the bounties] God has given to some more than others and with what they spend out of their own money. Righteous wives are devout and guard what God would have them guard in the husbands’ absence. If you fear high-handedness from your wives, remind them [of the teaching of God], then ignore them when you go to bed, then hit them. If they obey you, you have no right to act against them. God is most high and great. (Haleem)

Zealots who aggressively move against Jews and Christians--the "infidels"--act out this command from Sahih Muslim I, p. l7: "The Messenger of Allah commanded to fight against all people till they testify to the fact that there is no god but Allah, and believe in me (that) I am the Messenger (from the Lord) and in all that I have brought."

Surah 8:39 of the Quran states: "And fight them or until there is no more tumult or aggression. And there prevail justice and faith in Allah altogether and everywhere. But if they cease, verily Allah doth see all that they do."

Robert Spencer in Front Page Mag (via LGF) quotes Ayattollah Khomeini:
"I enjoy sex with 9 year olds, just like Muhammed."
and, more to the point of this discussion...
"Those who know nothing of Islam pretend that Islam counsels against war. Those [who say this] are witless. Islam says: Kill all the unbelievers just as they would kill you all! Does this mean that Muslims should sit back until they are devoured by [the unbelievers]? Islam says: Kill them, put them to the sword and scatter [their armies]". Islam says: Whatever good there is exists thanks to the sword and in the shadow of the sword! People cannot be made obedient except with the sword! The sword is the key to Paradise, which can be opened only for the Holy Warriors! There are hundreds of other [QurÂanic] psalms and Hadiths [sayings of the Prophet] urging Muslims to value war and to fight. Does all this mean that Islam is a religion that prevents men from waging war? I spit upon those foolish souls who make such a claim."

And quoted from this site, I reference:

Quran tells Muslims to kill the disbelievers wherever they find them (Q; 2:191), murder them and treat them harshly (Q; 9:123), slay them (Q; 9:5), fight with them, (Q; 8:65 ). It tells followers to humiliate the Christians and the Jews and impose on them a penalty tax (Q; 9:29). It takes away the freedom of belief from all humanity and tells clearly that no other religion except Islam is acceptable (Q;3:85) and relegates those who disbelieve in it to hell (Q;5:10), calls them najis (filthy, untouchable, impure) (Q;9:28) and orders the Muslims to fight the unbelievers until no other religion except Islam is left (Q;2:193). Quran states that the non-believers will go to hell and will drink boiling water (Q;14:17). It asks the Muslims to "slay or crucify or cut the hands and the feet of the unbelievers, and expel them from the land with disgrace and stresses that they shall have a great punishment in world hereafter" (Q;5:34). It says that for the disbelievers "garments of fire shall be cut and there shall be poured over their heads boiling water whereby whatever is in their bowels and skin shall be dissolved and they will be punished with hooked iron rods"(Q;22:19). Quran prohibits Muslims to befriend their own brothers and fathers if they are non-believers (Q;9:23), (Q;3:28). It asks the Muslims to "strive against the unbelievers with great endeavor" (Q;25:52) and "be stern with them because they belong to hell" (Q;66:9). The holy Prophet demanded his followers to "strike off the heads of the disbelievers"; then after making a "wide slaughter among them, carefully tie up the remaining captives" for ransom (Q;47:4).

As for the women the book of Allah says that they are inferior to men and if found disobedient their husbands have the right to scourge them (Q;4:34). But their punishment for disobeying their husbands does not end there, because after they die they will go to hell (Q;66:10). Quran emphasizes the superiority of men by confirming that men have an advantage over the women (Q;2:228). It not only denies the women's equal right to their inheritance (Q;4:11-12), it also regards them as imbeciles and decrees that their witness is not admissible in the court of law unless it is accompanied with the witness of a man (Q;2:282). This means that a woman who is raped cannot accuse her rapist unless she can produce a male witness. Muhammad allowed the Muslims to marry up to four wives (although he himself had a score of them) and gave them license to enjoy their "right-hand possessions" (women captured in wars) as many as they can capture or afford to buy (Q;4:3), even if she's married before being captured,(Q;4:24).

The man who called himself the holy Prophet and a "mercy of God for all beings" did just that. Javiryah, Rayhanah and Safiyah were beautiful young girls captured when he raided the tribes of Banu a1-Mustaliq , Qurayza and Nadir. The prophet slaughtered their husbands, fathers and loved ones and slept with them in the same day he captured them.

For more information, please reference:

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And read it yourself. Study the Quran. Seek information. Learn the truth. Let us, through educating ourselves, cease accepting that we are fighting a rogue enemy, operating outside of the boundaries of Islam. We are NOT. Islam clearly supports the exact nature of the attacks we are seeing emerge now with random frequency. These terrorists are unapologetically using one of the world's largest religions as their rallying cry. And there is substantial argument to support their understanding of the source material they use to jutfiy their actions.

We need to wake up.

Though millions of individual Muslim hearts and souls are peaceful, Islam is most decidedly not. I love my Muslim friends and deeply ache and pray for and seek with them. While we embrace and love our Muslim brothers and sisters as Christ loved us, we must also open our eyes, recognize the truth of Islam, and stand against the evil it preaches and promotes.

TRUTH reveals the true nature of our enemy and casts him out of the shadows and into the light.