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Does Islam Breed Violence?
American Thinker ^ | Nov 11, 2009 | Edwin Mora

Posted on 11/12/2009 4:55:09 AM PST by Travis McGee

There is a division of the house. On one side are the politically correct in government, the leftist mainstream media, and a raft of Islamist apologists. One and all are tripping over each other in reassuring us the mass murderers such as Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan and suicide-bombers who detonate their explosive vests in crowded marketplaces and even mosques are individual anomalies and Islam is not responsible for what they do.

On the other side are those fed up with the innumerable daily horrific acts throughout the world that are clearly committed under the banner of Islam. In all fairness, there needs to be a distinction. Numerous criminal acts are also committed on a daily basis by non-Muslims. The critical difference is that non-Muslim criminals do not hoist a religious banner to justify their misdeeds, while the Muslims proudly claim that they commit their heinous acts in obedience to the dictates of their religious faith.

Would someone please explain what motivated Nidal Hasan, who at taxpayers' expense was educated from college all the way through medical school and post medical-school training, to turn his deadly weapons against the nation that gave him everything he had?

If Islam had nothing to do with what Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan did, then why:

* did he repeatedly preach the ascendancy of Islam over the U.S. Constitution?

* did he publicly support Islamic suicide-bombing?

* did he proclaim his highest loyalty to Islam?

* was he in contact with violent anti-U.S. Islamists and a virulent Yemeni Imam?

* did he distribute copies of the Quran to people the morning of his bloody attack?

* did he keep screaming "Allahu akbar" as he heartlessly sprayed over a hundred bullets, killing thirteen and injuring some thirty innocent men and women?

Here is the truth, as bitter as it may be: Islam is the culprit. Islam is anything but a religion of peace. Violence is at the very core of Islam. Violence is institutionalized in the Muslims' holy book, the Quran, in many suras: Quran 9:5 "Fight and kill the disbelievers wherever you find them, take them captive, harass them, lie in wait and ambush them using every stratagem of war."

9:112 "The Believers fight in Allah's cause; they slay and are slain, kill and are killed."

8:39 "So fight them until there is no more Fitnah (disbelief [non-Muslims]) and all submit to the religion of Allah alone (in the whole world)."

8:65 "O Prophet, urge the faithful to fight. If there are twenty among you with determination they will vanquish two hundred; if there are a hundred then they will slaughter a thousand unbelievers, for the infidels are a people devoid of understanding."

9:38 "Believers, what is the matter with you, that when you are asked to go forth and fight in Allah's Cause you cling to the earth? Do you prefer the life of this world to the Hereafter? Unless you go forth, He will afflict and punish you with a painful doom, and put others in your place."

47:4 "When you clash with the unbelieving Infidels in battle (fighting Jihad in Allah's Cause), smite their necks until you overpower them, killing and wounding many of them. At length, when you have thoroughly subdued them, bind them firmly, making (them) captives. Thereafter either generosity or ransom (them based upon what benefits Islam) until the war lays down its burdens. Thus are you commanded by Allah to continue carrying out Jihad against the unbelieving infidels until they submit to Islam." And the Quran is considered by Muslims to be the word-for-word literal edicts of their god, Allah.

Right from the start, violence served as the engine of Islam under the command and supervision of Muhammad himself. For one, the Prophet's son-in-law cousin, Ali, was titled the Commander of the Faithful for his unsurpassed feats of butchery. With the assistance of one or two of his thugs, Ali beheaded some seven hundred captives, most of them Jews, in only one day. This man, highly esteemed by the prophet of Allah, carried a sword that had its own name -- Zolfaghar. Ali's portrait, holding the menacing sword, adorns the homes and shops throughout Shiite lands. And Ali is revered by the Shiites at the same level as Muhammad.

On the Sunni side, Muhammad's co-revered is Umar, another unabashed killer of untold numbers. And of course, the choice weapon of these champions of the religion of peace was the sword. To this day, a sword adorns the flag of Saudi Arabia, the birthplace of the religion of peace.

And Islam, by the very nature of its doctrine, appeals to man's base nature. It promotes intolerance, hatred, discrimination, and much more: Quran 61:2 "O Muslims, why say one thing and do another? Grievously odious and hateful is it in the sight of Allah that you say that which you do not. Truly Allah loves those who fight in His Cause in a battle array, as if they were a solid cemented structure."

In reality, Islam is like a deadly, contagious disease. Once it invades the mind of its victim, it is capable of transforming him to a helpless pawn that has no choice but to execute what he is directed to do.

Of the reported 1.3 billion Muslims in the world, millions are already trapped in the terminal stages of this affliction, while millions of others are rapidly joining them. The people enslaved with the extreme cases of Islamic mental disease are highly infectious. They actively work to transmit the disease to others, while they themselves engage in horrific acts of mayhem and violence to demonstrate their unconditional obedience to the dictates of the Islamic cult.

The savagery and variety of the actions of these Islamic captives are seen daily around the globe. Many of these acts, committed under the banner of Islam, have become so commonplace that the world has come to view them as part and parcel of a troubled humanity. And, from time to time, the world is shocked into a passing and momentary realization of the evil deeds these Islamist robots commit. However, people quickly get over it, and they do nothing to seriously address this affliction.

The recent and dastardly mass murder at Fort Hood, committed by Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, will be forgotten by the public before long. Life will continue on its deadly course, pushed along in a variety of ways by Islamists, the agents of death. Only the families who lost their loved ones and those who survived the bullets have to live the rest of their lives with incapacitating injuries. They likely won't be able to put the episode behind them.

The mass-murderer Hasan did not riddle people with bullets under the pressure of momentary insanity. The insanity -- ironic in a man who was trained to help people with sanity -- was introduced in him from the moment of birth and from the very early years when he prostrated himself five times daily toward Mecca in expression of total submission to the dogma of hate called Islam.

A true Muslim does not and cannot believe in freedom of choice. In the religion of Islam -- "submission" -- everything is up to Allah, as clearly and repeatedly stipulated in the Quran. The raison d'être for the Muslim is unconditional submission to the will and dictates of Allah. Everything that a "good" Muslim does is contingent upon the will and decree of Allah, in which the Muslim is indoctrinated to believe.

Humanity is facing a deeply troubling dilemma. On the one hand is the desire of enlightened people to forge a diverse world into one society ruled by peace and justice, while on the other hand, Islamists are hellbent on imposing their stone-age system on everyone. Tellingly, the Muslims themselves are at one another's throats regarding which of dozens of Islamic sects' dogma should rule.

For now, Islam is busy with what it did from the time of its birth: fighting the non-Muslims, and infighting.

Truth be told, violence is the animating force of Islam. Islam is a religion born through violence, raised by violence, which thrives on violence, and which dies without violence.


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1 posted on 11/12/2009 4:55:10 AM PST by Travis McGee
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To: Travis McGee
HELL YES!
2 posted on 11/12/2009 4:56:42 AM PST by ROCKLOBSTER (RATs, nothing more than bald haired hippies.)
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To: Eaker; AK2KX; Ancesthntr; An Old Man; ApesForEvolution; aragorn; archy; ArmedSkeptic; backhoe; ...
CW2 Ping

I'm pinging the CW2 list to this essay, because I believe this discussion and it's outcome will be a factor in any future CW2.

3 posted on 11/12/2009 4:56:50 AM PST by Travis McGee (---www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com---)
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To: Travis McGee
Does Islam Breed Violence?

If you submit, no. If you choose to resist, most assuredly yes!

4 posted on 11/12/2009 4:56:59 AM PST by xkaydet65
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To: Travis McGee

> Does Islam Breed Violence?

Somebody please post the pic of Captain Obvious.

Thank you.


5 posted on 11/12/2009 4:57:38 AM PST by Westbrook (Having more children does not divide your love, it multiplies it.)
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To: Travis McGee

Do bears sh*t in the woods?


6 posted on 11/12/2009 4:57:41 AM PST by commish (Freedom tastes sweetest to those who have fought to preserve it.)
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To: Travis McGee

Islam is a violent political ideology with its own set of laws(Sharia Laws) that require strict adherence or face severe punishment. Religion is only one component and is used to impose Islam on non muslim societies.


7 posted on 11/12/2009 4:59:25 AM PST by Man50D (Fair Tax, you earn it, you keep it! www.FairTaxNation.com)
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To: Travis McGee
Does Islam Breed Violence?

islam IS violence.

8 posted on 11/12/2009 5:00:17 AM PST by Roccus (My anger is manufactured.......................................in the WHITE HOUSE and CONGRESS!!)
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To: Travis McGee

Islam is violence!


9 posted on 11/12/2009 5:02:55 AM PST by ImpBill ("America ... where are you now?" signed, a little "r" republican!)
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To: xkaydet65
Islam is violence. My readings in the Quran and the Hadiths tell me that Allah, thru his prophet and subsequent followers, demands my ai-lai-lai-lai-lai-lai devotion, or my contrite, humble, passive, feeble dhimmi submission, or my infidel death.
10 posted on 11/12/2009 5:04:25 AM PST by flowerplough ( Pennsylvania today - New New Jersey meets North West Virginia.)
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To: xkaydet65

Soviet Communism had the same definition of “peace” (as does the “American” left) -

Peace is the absence of opposition.


11 posted on 11/12/2009 5:05:56 AM PST by MrB (The difference between a humanist and a Satanist is that the latter knows who he's working for.)
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To: Travis McGee

” Quran 9:5 “Fight and kill the disbelievers wherever you find them, take them captive, harass them, lie in wait and ambush them using every stratagem of war.”

9:112 “The Believers fight in Allah’s cause; they slay and are slain, kill and are killed.” “

SJB 2: 4-6 “ Jail all muslims not born here, the deport them, for they are here to destroy our way of life”


12 posted on 11/12/2009 5:06:03 AM PST by stephenjohnbanker (Support our troops, and vote out the RINO's!)
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To: Travis McGee

1968 Bobby Kennedy was shot and killed by
a. Superman
b. Jay Lenno
c. Harry Potter
d. Muslim male extremist between the ages of 17 and 40

1. In 1972 at the Munich Olympics, athletes were kidnapped and massacred by
a. Olga Corbett
b. Sitting Bull
c Arnold Schwarzenegger
d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40

2. In 1979, the US embassy in Iran was taken over by:
a. Lost Norwegians
b. Elvis
c. A tour bus full of 80-year-old women
d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40

3. During the 1980’s a number of Americans were kidnapped in Lebanon by:
a. John Dillinger
b. The King of Sweden
c. The Boy Scouts
d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40

4. In 1983, the US Marine barracks in Beirut was blown up by:
a. A pizza delivery boy
b. Pee Wee Herman
c. Geraldo Rivera
d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40

5. In 1985 the cruise ship Achille Lauro was hijacked and a 70 year old American passenger was murdered and thrown overboard in his wheelchair by:
a. The Smurfs
b. Davy Jones
c. The Little Mermaid
d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40

6.In 1985 TWA flight 847 was hijacked at Athens, and a US Navy diver trying to rescue passengers was murdered by:
a. Captain Kidd
b. Charles Lindberg
c. Mother Teresa
d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40

7.In 1988, Pan Am Flight 103 was bombed by:
a. Scooby Doo
b. The Tooth Fairy
c. Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid
d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40

8. In 1993 the World Trade Center was bombed the first time by:
a. Richard Simmons
b. Grandma Moses
c. Michael Jordan
d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40

9.In 1998, the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania were bombed by:
a. Mr. Rogers
b. Hillary Clinton, to distract attention from Wild Bill’ s women problems
c. The World Wrestling Federation
d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40

10. On 9/11/01, four airliners were hijacked; two were used as missiles to take out the World Trade Centers and of the remaining two, one crashed into the US Pentagon and the other was diverted and crashed by the
passengers.Thousands of people were killed by:
a. Bugs Bunny, Wiley E. Coyote, Daffy Duck and Elmer Fudd
b. The Supreme Court of Florida
c. Mr. Bean
d Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40

11. In 2002 reporter Daniel Pearl was kidnapped and murdered by:
a Bonnie and Clyde
b. Captain Kangaroo
c. Billy Graham
d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40

12. In 2009 13 Ft. Hood soldiers were murdered by:
a Rush Limbaugh
b. Sean Hannity
c. Mark Levin
d. A Muslim male extremist between the age of 17 and 40

Nope, .....I really don’t see a pattern here, do you?


13 posted on 11/12/2009 5:10:57 AM PST by libertylover (The problem with Obama is not that his skin is too black, it's that his ideas are too RED.)
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To: Travis McGee

Ideas for a new book?


14 posted on 11/12/2009 5:11:38 AM PST by wolfcreek (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lsd7DGqVSIc)
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To: Travis McGee

IRS regs do no allow churches and religious organizations to maintain a tax free status when they become a political organization.

Therefore when an inman encourages as part of his religious teachings, the overthrow of our government, his mosque is no longer eligible under the IRS regs to maintain tax free status.

One of the quickest ways to get these people out of our country is to take their money.


15 posted on 11/12/2009 5:12:21 AM PST by old curmudgeon
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To: Travis McGee
“individual anomalies and Islam is not responsible for what they do.”

They're all on the same page, following the template. No doubt promised their own glory for their absolute complicity.

16 posted on 11/12/2009 5:16:01 AM PST by wolfcreek (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lsd7DGqVSIc)
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To: Travis McGee
re: Does Islam Breed Violence?

Not only does it breed it, it teaches it, it encourages it, it applauds it post-terrorist attack and it rewards it, sometimes with cold hard cash.

Here's a simple exercise. Make a worksheet with two columns, one for violent attacks and the other for the religion of the attackers. Fill it out based on attacks of the last 30 years, around the world, and you have your answer.

17 posted on 11/12/2009 5:20:32 AM PST by jwparkerjr (Sara Palin Must Go! to the white house!)
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To: Travis McGee
Does Islam Breed Violence?

A fair question. A muslim colleague and I were discussing all of this and he raised a valid point - there are approximately 1.5 billion muslims in the world and approximately 1.4 billion of them are not involved in terrorism.

We often lose sight of this fact (yes, including me) and tar all of them with the same brush. Our disingenuous media feeds us only the stories about Islam that they know will inflame us.

Don't misunderstand my points, here, I'm not necessarily arguing either way about the question the article raises. I do think that some balance needs to be introduced into the discussion and an awareness that, for most muslims, their daily lives are little different from ours - going to work, being able to provide for their families, etc. Most of them don't wake up in the morning wondering who they will murder today.

Just something to think about.

18 posted on 11/12/2009 5:23:03 AM PST by DustyMoment (FloriDUH - proud inventors of pregnant/hanging chads and judicide!!)
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To: Travis McGee
Truth be told, violence is the animating force of Islam. Islam is a religion born through violence, raised by violence, which thrives on violence, and which dies without violence.

Sad to say, it can only be killed through violence, too. There is no reasoning with Islam, no middle ground, no treaty you can reach, no place for tolerance. The only times Islam has been driven back - at the Gates of Vienna, for example - this has been done militarily at the cost of many lives.

It will have to be so again. But who will fight?

19 posted on 11/12/2009 5:28:13 AM PST by livius
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To: wolfcreek
I think Hasans family knew what he was up to.

I think Hussein Obama needs to be pressed on this. We need a commission, like the 911 commission.

20 posted on 11/12/2009 5:28:34 AM PST by PA-RIVER (Don't blame me. I voted for the American guy.)
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