Posted on 01/11/2015 11:38:37 AM PST by DanMiller
Many who consider themselves our "betters" continue to tell us that only "radicals" or "extremists" slaughter people for "insulting" Allah and Mohamed or try otherwise to force submission to Islam upon us. They refuse even to use the word "Islamic," except when pretending that such actions are "not Islamic." They are wrong and it's time to wake up. Apathy and ignorance can be deadly.
As explained in my January 10th post, citing and quoting from an article in Catholic World Report by Father James V. Schall, S.J, the Islam we saw in Paris, France is neither "radical" nor "extremist." It is mainstream Islam, as commanded by the Koran and Sharia law. It is the purpose of this article to explain further why that is the case.
A National Review article by Andrew C. McCarthy is titled Don’t Blame the Charlie Hebdo Mass Murder on ‘Extremism.’ It explicates the Sharia law bases of "radical" Islam as set forth in Reliance of the Traveller: A Classic Manual of Islamic Sacred Law. It is the authoritative Sharia manual:
Reliance is not some al-Qaeda or Islamic State pamphlet. It is a renowned explication of sharia’s provisions and their undeniable roots in Muslim scripture. In the English translation, before you get to chapter and verse, there are formal endorsements, including one from the International Institute of Islamic Thought — a U.S.-based Muslim Brotherhood think tank begun in the early Eighties (and to which American administrations of both parties have resorted as an exemplar of “moderation”). Perhaps more significantly, there is also an endorsement from the Islamic Research Academy at al Azhar University, the ancient seat of Sunni learning to which President Obama famously turned to co-sponsor his cloyingly deceptive 2009 speech on relations between Islam and the West. [Emphasis added.]In their endorsement, the al-Azhar scholars wrote:
We certify that the . . . translation corresponds to the Arabic original and conforms to the practice and faith of the orthodox Sunni Community. . . . There is no objection to printing it and circulating it. . . . May Allah give you success in serving Sacred Knowledge and the religion. There could be no more coveted stamp of scholarly approval in Islam.
Mr. McCarthy's article provides many quotations from Reliance. Here are some of them:
Apostasy from Islam is “the ugliest form of unbelief” for which the penalty is death (“When a person who has reached puberty and is sane voluntarily apostatizes from Islam, he deserves to be killed”). (Reliance o8.0 & ff.) [Emphasis added.]Great Zeus! It almost as bad as the (alleged) "Republican war on women," about which many "feminists" complain. There is no "Republican war on women." Islam and Sharia exist and are growing. It does seem at least a tad strange that many quite vocal "feminists" remain silent about the Sharia laws imposed on millions of their sisters. Perhaps they should savor those quaint laws, personally, for a month or three and then (if still alive) return to tell us of their experiences.Apostasy occurs not only when a Muslim renounces Islam but also, among other things, when a Muslim appears to worship an idol, when he is heard “to speak words that imply unbelief,” when he makes statements that appear to deny or revile Allah or the prophet Mohammed, when he is heard “to deny the obligatory character of something which by consensus of Muslims is part of Islam,” and when he is heard “to be sarcastic about any ruling of the Sacred Law.” (Reliance o8.7; see also p9.0 & ff.)
Jihad means to war against non-Muslims. (Reliance o9.0.) [Emphasis added.]
It is an annual requirement to donate a portion of one’s income to the betterment of the ummah (an obligation called zakat, which is usually, and inaccurately, translated as “charity”); of this annual donation, one-eighth must be given to “those fighting for Allah, meaning people engaged in Islamic military operations for whom no salary has been allotted in the army roster. . . . They are given enough to suffice them for the operation even if they are affluent; of weapons, mounts, clothing and expenses.” (Reliance, h8.1–17.) [Emphasis added.]
As commanded in the aforementioned Sura 9:29, non-Muslims are permitted to live in an Islamic state only if they follow the rules of Islam, pay the non-Muslim poll tax, and comply with various conditions designed to remind them that they have been subdued, such as wearing distinctive clothing, keeping to one side of the street, not being greeted with “Peace be with you” (“as-Salamu alaykum”), not being permitted to build as high as or higher than Muslims, and being forbidden to build new churches, recite prayers aloud, “or make public displays of their funerals or feast-days.” (Reliance o11.0 & ff.) [Emphasis added.]
The penalty for spying against Muslims is death. (Reliance p50.0 & ff; p74.0 & ff.)
The penalty for homosexual activity (“sodomy and lesbianism”) is death. (Reliance p17.0 & ff.) [Emphasis added.]
A woman is required to be obedient to her husband and is prohibited from leaving the marital home without permission; if permitted to go out, she must conceal her figure or alter it “to a form unlikely to draw looks from men or attract them.” (Reliance p42.0 & ff.) [Emphasis added.]
A woman has no right of custody of her child from a previous marriage when she remarries “because married life will occupy her with fulfilling the rights of her husband and prevent her from tending to the child.” (Reliance m13.4.) [Emphasis added.]
The penalty for theft is amputation of the right hand. (Reliance o14.0.)
The penalty for accepting interest (“usurious gain”) is death (i.e., to be considered in a state of war against Allah). (Reliance p7.0 & ff.)
The testimony of a woman is worth half that of a man. (Reliance o24.7.) [Emphasis added.]
If a case involves an allegation of fornication (including rape), “then it requires four male witnesses.” (Reliance o24.9.) [Emphasis added.]
The establishment of a caliphate is obligatory, and the caliph must be Muslim and male. “The Prophet . . . said, ‘Men are already destroyed when they obey women.’” (Reliance o25.0 & ff; see also p28.0, on Mohammed’s condemnation of “masculine women and effeminate men.”) [Emphasis added.]
Mr. McCarthy concludes,
This anti-liberty, supremacist, repulsively discriminatory, and sadly mainstream interpretation of Islam must be acknowledged and confronted. In its way, that is what Charlie Hebdo had been attempting to do — while, to their lasting shame, governments in the United States and Europe have been working with Islamist states to promote sharia blasphemy standards. That needs to end. The future must not belong to those who brutalize free expression in the name of Islam. [Emphasis added.]
Brutalizing free expression is bad enough. But that is not all that Islam tries to do to us. In the following video, Sean Hannity interviews Imam Anjem Choudary, who lives and preaches in Londonstan. As the Imam explains, "Islam" does not mean peace. It means total submission.
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In the next video, Mr. Hannity and guests discuss the threat of "radical" Islam. It should, however, be referred to simply as Islam, because it is not radical; it is mainstream:
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwGFuKeMKCg&w=640&h=390]
In a generally facetious article, Bernard Goldberg suggested that Muslims who disapprove of Islamic slaughter and demands for submission should engage in a million man march against them in Paris. Here is an also facetious video of the Million Muslim march as it happened. Watch closely.
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsC8mmAFlnE]
I saw only one Muslim, and he was cleverly disguised as a pigeon.
Imam Obama frequently uses the phrase "on the wrong side of history." He doubtless considers "Islamophobes" to be among those on the wrong side. There are, however, few if any "Islamophobes," because the term means an irrational fear of Islam. Anyone other than a Muslim, who is capable of rational, reality based analysis and even occasionally indulges in it with respect to Islam, is very afraid of it. Fear, however, is not a solution and can lead to submission, the meaning and goal of Islam. We recently saw submission by most of the "legitimate news" media, which declined to republish any of the Charlie Hedbo cartoons, even as news. They were news, dammit, because they were the basis for the Charlie Hedbo slaughters.
Steve Emerson, of the Investigative Project on Terrorism, contends that Europe is finished. I am afraid that he is correct.
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOJtu8TmvMc]
In America, there may still be time to deal with Islam to prevent it from gaining ascendancy as it has in much of Europe. The first steps -- taken thus far by very few -- are to recover from denial and apathy, to recognize the problem and give it a name: Islam. Not "extremist" or "radical" Islam. That will be a worthy beginning, but it is not sufficient.
Appeasement won't work. Until we find and implement viable ways to deal with the Islamic problem, there will be less and less peace as we understand it, and more and more Islamic "peace," in our time.
I offered some suggestions here. Comments suggesting additional or alternative ways to deal with the Islamic problem will be greatly appreciated.
Things will polarize in 2015, and no one can stand in the middle ground.
we need to start Making Frequent References to ISLAM’s War On Women.
No matter how polarized things get, those who see Islam for what it is, will always be outside looking in.
I once read that Thomas Jefferson was involved in the first printing of the Koran in the US, for reasons to try to get Americans to understand what these animals are all about.
There was a preface page explaining this.
The purpose was to garner support for the creation of the U.S. Marine Corps ( apparently pronounced Corpse) to defend against the Barbary Pirates.
Yes, let’s judge every institution based on what it taught and did in the 14th century ...
You can bet, that despite some libs, like Bill Maher, seeing Islam for what it is, most will still defend Islam and prevent measures to curtail its spread. Liberals are as much a problem as Islamists in creating conditions where everybody suffers.
The governments of Europe are run by libs who still want to import large numbers of unassimilable third-worlders over the the objections of average citizens.
Sharia law is made for all Muslims.
Because they still want to live in that century with sharia law.
it is still being taught that way today.
True words are spoken and few listen.
It is still being taught and enforced today. See, for just one example, Saudi Arabia and one thousand lashes for insulting Islam.
Reasonable post, but still beating around the well known and repeated stated: “The is no god but A* and M* is his prophet”. As a follow if the Pieceful religion, members do not define the religion their own way, their founding prophet demonstrated, did and said what the religious must do. PERIOD
Sure it is but the public and political leadership disconnect is huge. Just shows how far left the whole spectrum has moved. It almost defies comprehension. It is little different then all this wailing about white ‘racism’ in a nation that has 90+% of blacks voting on race, siding with OJ or the Gentle Giant or having a ‘black caucus’ in a colorblind society etc.
The West has been largely deracinated.
It is the dog and pony show going on in Paris right now. Unified on what? Or stopping the invasion? Or getting rid of multiculturalism and tolerance? Or preserving the West?
I hate not having an edit button. The word is ‘On’
Quoting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, of Israel, below ...
“We’re talking about radical, fundamentalist Islam, not ordinary Islam,” he stated to the hundreds gathered at the Grand Synagogue in Paris.
The Koran says kill all infidels and Islam must rule the world. There’s no getting around that.
It's obvious that you haven't been paying attention.
TRUE HISTORY BEHIND JEFFERSON’S QURAN
Because they teach so little about American History in our schools today, we have forgotten the underlying reason Jefferson was so very interested in reading the Quran. Some great soul researched it again, and here, written below, is the true history behind Jefferson’s Quran.
What Thomas Jefferson learned from the Muslim book of jihad
By Ted Sampley
U.S. Veteran Dispatch
www.usvetdsp.com/jan07/jeff_quran.htm
January 2007
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