The Myths of Islam, Part 1

Islam Means ‘Peace’

The Myth:
Lesser educated Muslims sometimes claim that the root word of Islam is “al-Salaam,” which is “peace” in Arabic.

The Truth:
The root word for Islam is “al-Silm,” which means “submission” or “surrender.” There is no controversy about this among Islamic scholars.

Submission and peace can be very different concepts, even if a form of peace is often brought about through forcing others into submission.

In truth, the Qur’an not only calls Muslims to submit to Allah, it also commands them to subdue people of other religions until they are in a full state of submission to Islamic rule. This has inspired the aggressive history of Islam and its success in conquering other cultures.

Islam Respects Women as Equals

The Myth:
The Qur’an places men and women on equal foundation before Allah. Each person is judged according to his or her own deeds. Women have equal rights under Islamic law.

The Truth:
Merely stating that individuals will be judged as such by Allah does not mean that they have equal rights and roles, or that they are judged by the same standards. In fact, Sura 37:22-23 implies that women will be punished on Judgment Day for sins committed by their husbands.

There is no ambiguity in the Qur’an, the life of Muhammad, or Islamic law as to the inferiority of women to men, despite the efforts of modern-day apologists to salvage Western-style feminism from scraps and fragments of verses that have historically held no such progressive interpretation.

After military conquests, Muhammad would dole out captured women as war prizes to his men. In at least one case, he advocated that they be raped in front of their husbands. Captured women were made into sex slaves by the very men who killed their husbands and brothers.

There are at least three Qur’anic verses in which Allah makes it clear that a Muslim master has full sexual access to his female slaves, yet there is not one that prohibits rape.

The Qur’an gives Muslim men permission to beat their wives for disobedience. It plainly says that husbands are “a degree above” wives. The Hadith says that women are intellectually inferior, and that they comprise the majority of Hell’s occupants.

Under Islamic law, a man may divorce his wife at the drop of a hat. If he wishes to remarry her, then she must first have sex with another man. Men are exempt from such degradations.Muslim women are not free to marry whomever they please, as are Muslim men. Their husband may bring other wives into the marriage bed. She must be sexually available to him at all times (as a field ready to be “tilled,” according to the holy book of Islam).

Muslim women do not inherit property in equal portions to males. Their testimony in court is considered to be worth only half that of a man’s. Unlike a man, she must cover her head and often her face.

If a woman wants to prove that she was raped, then there must be four male witnesses to corroborate her account. Otherwise she will be jailed or stoned to death for confessing to “adultery.”

Given all of this, it is quite a stretch to say that men and women have “equality under Islam” based on obscure theological analogies or comparisons. This is an entirely new stratagem that is designed to appeal to modern tastes, but is in sharp disagreement with the reality of Islamic law and history.

Jihad Means ‘Inner Struggle’

The Myth:
Islam’s Western apologists sometimes claim that since the Arabic word, Jihad, literally means “fight” or “struggle,” it refers to an “inner struggle” rather than holy war.

The Truth:
This is extremely difficult to reconcile with the Qur’an, which, for example, exempted the disabled and elderly from Jihad (4:95). This would make no sense if the word is being used merely within the context of spiritual struggle. It is also unclear why Muhammad would use graphic language, such as smiting fingers and heads from the hands and necks of unbelievers if he were speaking merely of personal development.

With this in mind, Muslims themselves usually admit that there are two meanings to the word, but insist that “inner struggle” is the “greater Jihad,” whereas “holy war” is the “lesser.” In fact, this misconception is based only on a tiny handful of extremely weak and unreliable Hadith.

By contrast, the most reliable of all Hadith is that of Bukhari. The word, Jihad, is mentioned over 200 times in reference to the words of Muhammad and each one is a clear connotation to holy war. By contrast, Bukhari does not contain a single reference to Jihad within the context of “personal struggle.”

Islam is a Religion of Peace

The Myth:
Muhammad was a peaceful man who taught his followers to be the same. Muslims lived peacefully for centuries, only fighting in self-defense when it was necessary. True Muslims would never act aggressively.

The Truth:
Muhammad organized 65 military campaigns in the last ten years of his life and personally led 27 of them. The more power that he attained, the smaller the excuse needed to go to battle, until finally he began attacking tribes merely because they were not part of his growing empire.

After Muhammad’s death, his most faithful followers and even his own family turned on each other almost immediately. There were four Caliphs (leaders) in the first twenty-five years. Three of the four were murdered. The third Caliph was murdered by the son of the first. The fourth Caliph was murdered by the fifth, who left a 100-year dynasty that was ended in a gruesome, widespread bloodbath by descendants of Muhammad’s uncle.

Muhammad’s own daughter, Fatima, and his son-in-law, Ali, who both survived the pagan hardship during the Meccan years safe and sound, did not survive Islam after the death of Muhammad. Fatima died of stress from persecution within three months, and Ali was later assassinated. Their son (Muhammad’s grandson) was killed in battle with the faction that became today’s Sunnis. His people became Shias. The relatives and personal friends of Muhammad were mixed into both warring groups, which then fractured further into hostile sub-divisions as Islam grew.

Muhammad left his men with instructions to take the battle against the Christians, Persians and Jews. For the next four centuries, Muslim armies steamrolled over unsuspecting neighbors, plundering them of loot and slaves, and forcing the survivors to either convert or pay tribute at the point of a sword.

Companions of Muhammad lived to see Islam declare war on every major religion in the world in just the first few decades following his death – pressing the Jihad against Hindus, Christians, Jews, Zoroastrians, and Buddhists.

By the time of the Crusades (when the Europeans began fighting back), Muslims had conquered two-thirds of the Christian world by the sword, from Spain to Syria, and across North Africa. The Arab slave-trading routes would stay open for another 1300 years, until pressure from Christian-based countries forced Islamic nations to declare the practice illegal (in theory).

Today, there is not another religion in the world that consistently produces terrorism in the name of religion as does Islam. The most dangerous Muslims are nearly always those who interpret the Qur’an most transparently. They are the fundamentalists or purists of the faith, and believe in Muhammad’s mandate to spread Islamic rule by the sword, putting to death those who will not submit.

The holy texts of Islam are saturated with verses of violence and hatred toward those outside the faith. In sharp contrast to the Bible, which generally moves from relatively violent passages to far more peaceful ones, the Qur’an travels the exact opposite path. The handful of earlier verses that speak of tolerance are overwhelmed by an avalanche of later ones that carry a much different message. While Old Testament verses of blood and guts are generally bound by historical context within the text itself, Qur’anic imperatives to violence usually appear open-ended.

By any objective measure, the “Religion of Peace” has been the harshest, bloodiest religion the world has ever known.

The Myths of Islam, Part 1

Islam Means ‘Peace’

The Myth:
Lesser educated Muslims sometimes claim that the root word of Islam is “al-Salaam,” which is “peace” in Arabic.

The Truth:
The root word for Islam is “al-Silm,” which means “submission” or “surrender.” There is no controversy about this among Islamic scholars.

Submission and peace can be very different concepts, even if a form of peace is often brought about through forcing others into submission.

In truth, the Qur’an not only calls Muslims to submit to Allah, it also commands them to subdue people of other religions until they are in a full state of submission to Islamic rule. This has inspired the aggressive history of Islam and its success in conquering other cultures.

Islam Respects Women as Equals

The Myth:
The Qur’an places men and women on equal foundation before Allah. Each person is judged according to his or her own deeds. Women have equal rights under Islamic law.

The Truth:
Merely stating that individuals will be judged as such by Allah does not mean that they have equal rights and roles, or that they are judged by the same standards. In fact, Sura 37:22-23 implies that women will be punished on Judgment Day for sins committed by their husbands.

There is no ambiguity in the Qur’an, the life of Muhammad, or Islamic law as to the inferiority of women to men, despite the efforts of modern-day apologists to salvage Western-style feminism from scraps and fragments of verses that have historically held no such progressive interpretation.

After military conquests, Muhammad would dole out captured women as war prizes to his men. In at least one case, he advocated that they be raped in front of their husbands. Captured women were made into sex slaves by the very men who killed their husbands and brothers.

There are at least three Qur’anic verses in which Allah makes it clear that a Muslim master has full sexual access to his female slaves, yet there is not one that prohibits rape.

The Qur’an gives Muslim men permission to beat their wives for disobedience. It plainly says that husbands are “a degree above” wives. The Hadith says that women are intellectually inferior, and that they comprise the majority of Hell’s occupants.

Under Islamic law, a man may divorce his wife at the drop of a hat. If he wishes to remarry her, then she must first have sex with another man. Men are exempt from such degradations.Muslim women are not free to marry whomever they please, as are Muslim men. Their husband may bring other wives into the marriage bed. She must be sexually available to him at all times (as a field ready to be “tilled,” according to the holy book of Islam).

Muslim women do not inherit property in equal portions to males. Their testimony in court is considered to be worth only half that of a man’s. Unlike a man, she must cover her head and often her face.

If a woman wants to prove that she was raped, then there must be four male witnesses to corroborate her account. Otherwise she will be jailed or stoned to death for confessing to “adultery.”

Given all of this, it is quite a stretch to say that men and women have “equality under Islam” based on obscure theological analogies or comparisons. This is an entirely new stratagem that is designed to appeal to modern tastes, but is in sharp disagreement with the reality of Islamic law and history.

Jihad Means ‘Inner Struggle’

The Myth:
Islam’s Western apologists sometimes claim that since the Arabic word, Jihad, literally means “fight” or “struggle,” it refers to an “inner struggle” rather than holy war.

The Truth:
This is extremely difficult to reconcile with the Qur’an, which, for example, exempted the disabled and elderly from Jihad (4:95). This would make no sense if the word is being used merely within the context of spiritual struggle. It is also unclear why Muhammad would use graphic language, such as smiting fingers and heads from the hands and necks of unbelievers if he were speaking merely of personal development.

With this in mind, Muslims themselves usually admit that there are two meanings to the word, but insist that “inner struggle” is the “greater Jihad,” whereas “holy war” is the “lesser.” In fact, this misconception is based only on a tiny handful of extremely weak and unreliable Hadith.

By contrast, the most reliable of all Hadith is that of Bukhari. The word, Jihad, is mentioned over 200 times in reference to the words of Muhammad and each one is a clear connotation to holy war. By contrast, Bukhari does not contain a single reference to Jihad within the context of “personal struggle.”

Islam is a Religion of Peace

The Myth:
Muhammad was a peaceful man who taught his followers to be the same. Muslims lived peacefully for centuries, only fighting in self-defense when it was necessary. True Muslims would never act aggressively.

The Truth:
Muhammad organized 65 military campaigns in the last ten years of his life and personally led 27 of them. The more power that he attained, the smaller the excuse needed to go to battle, until finally he began attacking tribes merely because they were not part of his growing empire.

After Muhammad’s death, his most faithful followers and even his own family turned on each other almost immediately. There were four Caliphs (leaders) in the first twenty-five years. Three of the four were murdered. The third Caliph was murdered by the son of the first. The fourth Caliph was murdered by the fifth, who left a 100-year dynasty that was ended in a gruesome, widespread bloodbath by descendants of Muhammad’s uncle.

Muhammad’s own daughter, Fatima, and his son-in-law, Ali, who both survived the pagan hardship during the Meccan years safe and sound, did not survive Islam after the death of Muhammad. Fatima died of stress from persecution within three months, and Ali was later assassinated. Their son (Muhammad’s grandson) was killed in battle with the faction that became today’s Sunnis. His people became Shias. The relatives and personal friends of Muhammad were mixed into both warring groups, which then fractured further into hostile sub-divisions as Islam grew.

Muhammad left his men with instructions to take the battle against the Christians, Persians and Jews. For the next four centuries, Muslim armies steamrolled over unsuspecting neighbors, plundering them of loot and slaves, and forcing the survivors to either convert or pay tribute at the point of a sword.

Companions of Muhammad lived to see Islam declare war on every major religion in the world in just the first few decades following his death – pressing the Jihad against Hindus, Christians, Jews, Zoroastrians, and Buddhists.

By the time of the Crusades (when the Europeans began fighting back), Muslims had conquered two-thirds of the Christian world by the sword, from Spain to Syria, and across North Africa. The Arab slave-trading routes would stay open for another 1300 years, until pressure from Christian-based countries forced Islamic nations to declare the practice illegal (in theory).

Today, there is not another religion in the world that consistently produces terrorism in the name of religion as does Islam. The most dangerous Muslims are nearly always those who interpret the Qur’an most transparently. They are the fundamentalists or purists of the faith, and believe in Muhammad’s mandate to spread Islamic rule by the sword, putting to death those who will not submit.

The holy texts of Islam are saturated with verses of violence and hatred toward those outside the faith. In sharp contrast to the Bible, which generally moves from relatively violent passages to far more peaceful ones, the Qur’an travels the exact opposite path. The handful of earlier verses that speak of tolerance are overwhelmed by an avalanche of later ones that carry a much different message. While Old Testament verses of blood and guts are generally bound by historical context within the text itself, Qur’anic imperatives to violence usually appear open-ended.

By any objective measure, the “Religion of Peace” has been the harshest, bloodiest religion the world has ever known.

Refutation of Idiocy-Part 2

The above pictures should ring a bell. The one on the left is what the lame stream media allowed us to see before Nick Berg was beheaded. The one on the right was after his head had been sawed off, essentially with a kitchen butter knife, while he screamed in pain and terror. A total innocent. And, if you think it can’t, WON’T happen to YOU, freakin’ think again. THIS is what the media doesn’t WANT you to know about, what all the appeasers, surrender monkeys and idiots in congress don’t want you to see or realize. This is what the talk of “religion of peace” is meant to cover up; what the terms such as “radical” or “extremist” are meant to convey, when in fact, it is what ALL good muslims believe and will do.

Notice the lack of “moderate”, “peaceful” muslims stepping up to the plate and denouncing these so-called “radicals” and “extremists”? THAT’S BECAUSE THERE AREN’T ANY—THEY DON’T EXIST!!!

Well, it’s time to WAKE UP AND SMELL THE COFFEE!

This is Part 2 of the guest blogger’s Refutation of Idiocy from Snooper’s; the characters are all the same.

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This is a response to comments on my previous post. I have annotated the comments with superscripts. My responses follow in an ordered list referring to the superscripts.

Barack in ’08 writes: Tuesday, June, 12, 2007 1:07 PM
Ignorant to Islam

“Should we wait impatiently for the next beltway sniping, mall shooting or vehicular homicide?”

Of course not. All murderers should be pursued regardless of race or religion.1

“Should we wait until a school bus is seized or a school taken over?”Of course not. I disagree with your notion that the religion of Islam in itself kills people2. People kill people. Just like the Catholic church didn’t molest children… The priests themselves within the Catholic church molested children. Handguns don’t go off by themselves either and so on so forth. Murderers come in all religions… Christians, Muslims, Buddhists, White-supremacist religions, Black-supremacist religions etc etc it doesn’t matter. Just because a terrorist or murderer is religious, doesn’t mean that religion promotes terrorists.3

I’ll make sure to check out and study the links your provided when I have a little more time to burn. I’m very busy today. Feel free to call me ignorant to Islam until then.”

Is there some reason why we should give Islam a lever, fulcrum and place to stand?”

I don’t believe all 1.some billion Muslims are radical extremists4. Just like I don’t think all Christians are radical extremists.5 Yes, there are radical Christians and Muslims that pervert religion to fit their radical and murderous agendas6. You shouldn’t broad brush the entire religion just because a few murderers choose to slit throats while chanting “Allah Akbar”.7
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solo writes: Tuesday, June, 12, 2007 1:31 PM
Barrack

Please do drop the references to Christianity or Buddhism when talking about Islam.

Islam is not a religion as we understand it in the west.8

Christians don’t go around cutting heads off and making a video of it. Neither do they strap bombs to children to blow up and kill people.

Islam is not a religion of peace. The teachings of Muhammed specifically call for all manner of violence against the infidel.

When was the last time you recall a Christian pastor exhorting his congregation to go out and kill people?9 Or a Buddhist chanting death to America and then strapping a bomb around himself with the intent of killing people indiscriminatly…men, women and children?

I sincerely do hope you take the time to educate yourself.

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Barack in ’08 writes: Tuesday, June, 12, 2007 2:52 PM
Robertson and others promote murder

“Christians don’t go around cutting heads off and making a video of it. Neither do they strap bombs to children to blow up and kill people.”

Neither do 99.99% of peaceful Muslims.10

When was the last time you recall a Christian pastor exhorting his congregation to go out and kill people?”

Pat Robertson – “You know, I don’t know about this doctrine of assassination, but if he thinks we’re trying to assassinate him, I think that we really ought to go ahead and do it,”… “We have the ability to take him (Chavez) out, and I think the time has come that we exercise that ability”… “We don’t need another $200 billion war to get rid of one, you know, strong-arm dictator,”… “It’s a whole lot easier to have some of the covert operatives do the job and then get it over with.”11

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1. Irrelevant. Islam is subornation of murder. “kill them wherever you find them”; “fight them until”; “I am commanded to fight”; “so that they kill others and are killed”. Exactly what part of this do you not comprehend?

2. Islam motivates Muslims to murder; that is its purpose: to enrich Muhammad through conquest. Islam has no other function. This is why Al-Anfal & At-Taubah are entirely dedicated and devoted to warmongering.

3. The Conquistadors acted in contravention of Christ’s teaching and example. Priests who molest children do so in contravention of Christ’s teaching and example. Muslims who engage in terrorism & genocide do so in obedience to Allah and in emulation of Muhammad. Only damn fools ignore this critical difference.

4. ‘Radical’, ‘extremist’ & ‘fundamentalist’ are diversionary fabulisms. Islam is literalist, absolutist, supremacist & triumphalism. Allah set the standard; Muhammad exemplified it; that is Islam: conquest, genocide & terror.

5. Show me the New Testament Book, Chapter & Verse in which Jesus Christ sanctified & exemplified conquest, genocide & terrorism! Exceptions are not the rule; deviation does not establish doctrine, scripture does.

6. Islam is Muhammad’s agenda: obtaining wealth, income, power and sex slaves through the professional practice of piracy and extortion. Christians who murder contravene Christ’s teaching & example. Muslims who conquer, terrorize, rape, pillage & plunder obey Allah & emulate Muhammad.
7. Allah commanded & Muhammad exemplified the conduct described. They define Islam, I don’t! Its what Muslims do because its what Islam is!

8. Islam is a continuing criminal enterprise with a fabulistic, plagiarized faith component. The false faith component has two functions: to camouflage Islam’s true purpose and to motivate men to enrich Muhammad through piracy.

9. Irrelevant: such an act would be in contravention of orthodox Christian doctrine.

10. Offensive Jihad is fard kifaya; defensive Jihad is fard ayn. Learn the difference.
11. Islam requires its believers to kill and be killed. Islam is all about making war for Muhammad’s enrichment & empowerment. Christianity is about God’s plan of salvation through repentance & forgiveness. You have proved nothing of value.

BCP

Refutation of Idiocy-Part 2

The above pictures should ring a bell. The one on the left is what the lame stream media allowed us to see before Nick Berg was beheaded. The one on the right was after his head had been sawed off, essentially with a kitchen butter knife, while he screamed in pain and terror. A total innocent. And, if you think it can’t, WON’T happen to YOU, freakin’ think again. THIS is what the media doesn’t WANT you to know about, what all the appeasers, surrender monkeys and idiots in congress don’t want you to see or realize. This is what the talk of “religion of peace” is meant to cover up; what the terms such as “radical” or “extremist” are meant to convey, when in fact, it is what ALL good muslims believe and will do.

Notice the lack of “moderate”, “peaceful” muslims stepping up to the plate and denouncing these so-called “radicals” and “extremists”? THAT’S BECAUSE THERE AREN’T ANY—THEY DON’T EXIST!!!

Well, it’s time to WAKE UP AND SMELL THE COFFEE!

This is Part 2 of the guest blogger’s Refutation of Idiocy from Snooper’s; the characters are all the same.

********************

This is a response to comments on my previous post. I have annotated the comments with superscripts. My responses follow in an ordered list referring to the superscripts.

Barack in ’08 writes: Tuesday, June, 12, 2007 1:07 PM
Ignorant to Islam

“Should we wait impatiently for the next beltway sniping, mall shooting or vehicular homicide?”

Of course not. All murderers should be pursued regardless of race or religion.1

“Should we wait until a school bus is seized or a school taken over?”Of course not. I disagree with your notion that the religion of Islam in itself kills people2. People kill people. Just like the Catholic church didn’t molest children… The priests themselves within the Catholic church molested children. Handguns don’t go off by themselves either and so on so forth. Murderers come in all religions… Christians, Muslims, Buddhists, White-supremacist religions, Black-supremacist religions etc etc it doesn’t matter. Just because a terrorist or murderer is religious, doesn’t mean that religion promotes terrorists.3

I’ll make sure to check out and study the links your provided when I have a little more time to burn. I’m very busy today. Feel free to call me ignorant to Islam until then.”

Is there some reason why we should give Islam a lever, fulcrum and place to stand?”

I don’t believe all 1.some billion Muslims are radical extremists4. Just like I don’t think all Christians are radical extremists.5 Yes, there are radical Christians and Muslims that pervert religion to fit their radical and murderous agendas6. You shouldn’t broad brush the entire religion just because a few murderers choose to slit throats while chanting “Allah Akbar”.7
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solo writes: Tuesday, June, 12, 2007 1:31 PM
Barrack

Please do drop the references to Christianity or Buddhism when talking about Islam.

Islam is not a religion as we understand it in the west.8

Christians don’t go around cutting heads off and making a video of it. Neither do they strap bombs to children to blow up and kill people.

Islam is not a religion of peace. The teachings of Muhammed specifically call for all manner of violence against the infidel.

When was the last time you recall a Christian pastor exhorting his congregation to go out and kill people?9 Or a Buddhist chanting death to America and then strapping a bomb around himself with the intent of killing people indiscriminatly…men, women and children?

I sincerely do hope you take the time to educate yourself.

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Barack in ’08 writes: Tuesday, June, 12, 2007 2:52 PM
Robertson and others promote murder

“Christians don’t go around cutting heads off and making a video of it. Neither do they strap bombs to children to blow up and kill people.”

Neither do 99.99% of peaceful Muslims.10

When was the last time you recall a Christian pastor exhorting his congregation to go out and kill people?”

Pat Robertson – “You know, I don’t know about this doctrine of assassination, but if he thinks we’re trying to assassinate him, I think that we really ought to go ahead and do it,”… “We have the ability to take him (Chavez) out, and I think the time has come that we exercise that ability”… “We don’t need another $200 billion war to get rid of one, you know, strong-arm dictator,”… “It’s a whole lot easier to have some of the covert operatives do the job and then get it over with.”11

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1. Irrelevant. Islam is subornation of murder. “kill them wherever you find them”; “fight them until”; “I am commanded to fight”; “so that they kill others and are killed”. Exactly what part of this do you not comprehend?

2. Islam motivates Muslims to murder; that is its purpose: to enrich Muhammad through conquest. Islam has no other function. This is why Al-Anfal & At-Taubah are entirely dedicated and devoted to warmongering.

3. The Conquistadors acted in contravention of Christ’s teaching and example. Priests who molest children do so in contravention of Christ’s teaching and example. Muslims who engage in terrorism & genocide do so in obedience to Allah and in emulation of Muhammad. Only damn fools ignore this critical difference.

4. ‘Radical’, ‘extremist’ & ‘fundamentalist’ are diversionary fabulisms. Islam is literalist, absolutist, supremacist & triumphalism. Allah set the standard; Muhammad exemplified it; that is Islam: conquest, genocide & terror.
5. Show me the New Testament Book, Chapter & Verse in which Jesus Christ sanctified & exemplified conquest, genocide & terrorism! Exceptions are not the rule; deviation does not establish doctrine, scripture does.
6. Islam is Muhammad’s agenda: obtaining wealth, income, power and sex slaves through the professional practice of piracy and extortion. Christians who murder contravene Christ’s teaching & example. Muslims who conquer, terrorize, rape, pillage & plunder obey Allah & emulate Muhammad.
7. Allah commanded & Muhammad exemplified the conduct described. They define Islam, I don’t! Its what Muslims do because its what Islam is!

8. Islam is a continuing criminal enterprise with a fabulistic, plagiarized faith component. The false faith component has two functions: to camouflage Islam’s true purpose and to motivate men to enrich Muhammad through piracy.

9. Irrelevant: such an act would be in contravention of orthodox Christian doctrine.

10. Offensive Jihad is fard kifaya; defensive Jihad is fard ayn. Learn the difference.

11. Islam requires its believers to kill and be killed. Islam is all about making war for Muhammad’s enrichment & empowerment. Christianity is about God’s plan of salvation through repentance & forgiveness. You have proved nothing of value.

BCP

Refutation of Idiocy-Part 1

This post comes from Snooper’s place here and here. It came about through a comment thread going on over there and a particular commenter just wasn’t getting the message.

Normally, this commenter is extremely antagonistic, but through this thread he seemed to genuinely want to understand and just wasn’t getting it. So, our wonderful guest poster put this and Part 2 together for him.

The Myth vs Fact series has drawn blood from Barack in ’08 . In order to deal adequately with several points raised in the comments, I reproduced them here in a block quote, inserting superscripts at the end of each significant point.

My responses are in an ordered list, keyed to the superscripts.

Keep it real…. Should we shut down mosques across the country and
deport all non-citizen Muslims here in America?1 What about internment camps for Muslims here in America2 until the end of the so-called “war on terror”? Is this “war on terror” a war against the terrorists that want to harm us or a war against Islam itself?3 […]

You call the Islam “peaceful” slogan a “myth”4. How will
that kind of talk win hearts and minds5 of “peaceful” 6Muslims in that region that may want to help us?7 […]

If terrorist are using the name of Islam, Christianity, Budhism etc etc, it doesn’t mean that Islam, Christianity, Budhism etc etc promotes terrorists.8 […]

Muslims (approx 1 billion) in general don’t preach hate and death to
America. If one does do that, he/she must be doing that for his own
interests.9 […]

1. Barack has jumped ahead, assuming a conclusion which does not automatically flow from the fact presented. The fact: Islam is not peaceful, does not imply Barack’s reductio ad absurdum.
In reality, Islam’s founder declared perpetual war & open season on all Kuffar. Pursuant to declaration of war contained in At-Taubah 29, Usama bin Ladin and others have carried out attacks on our soil and declared an intent to carry out further attacks. Al-Qaeda is simply “the base”, another name for the Ummah al-Islamiyya: the Nation of Islam.
The bottom line is this: Islam has declared and is prosecuting a genocidal war against us. Islam does not give up. Islam does not quit. When it loses a battle, Islam regroups, rearms and resumes fighting.
Islam does not fight by sword alone, but by heart, tongue and pen; it also fights demographically, by reproducing like rats.
There is an Islamic fifth column on our soil, segments of which have been detected plotting to perpetrate mass casualty attacks. They don’t advertise; they do not wear uniforms. They are identified only when they attack or when they blunder. Should we wait impatiently for the next beltway sniping, mall shooting or vehicular homicide? Should we wait until a school bus is seized or a school taken over? Is there some reason why we should give Islam a lever, fulcrum and place to stand?
2. Given two alternatives: deportation and internment camps, the choice is obvious, on humanitarian grounds as well as cost and security. deportation is the best choice.
3. Terror is a tactic, not an enemy. Terror neither declared nor prosecuted war against us; Islam did. The war is one of Islam against us.
Every Muslim wants to harm us. Every Muslim wants Dar Ul-Harb reduced to nothing; entirely supplanted by Dar Ul-Islam.
Muslims are those who submit to Allah’s will; who believe in Allah, obey his commands and emulate his Apostle. In Part 1 (“Know Thine Enemy Series”) I gave you links to Muhammad’s Sunnah as well as what Allah commanded. Read the definition of believers given in 33:23. Read of the relationship between Allah and the believers in 9:111. None but a damn fool or a traitor can read those verses without cursing Islam!
4. Islam is neither a religion nor peaceful. Those are facts, not assertions. Islam’s purpose is Muhammad’s enrichment and empowerment through the profession of piracy and extortion. Those facts are proven in the “Know Thine Enemy Series”.
5. “Winning the hearts and minds” of Muslims is the mindless babble of an AssIdiot! Muslims are Allah’s slaves; essentially zombies. Follow the link to 9:111 and read it carefully.
Allah has purchased of the believers their lives… so that they kill others and are killed. They believe that only Allah has the right to rule; the right to be worshiped.
Rebellion against Allah is, to them, the worst offense: an injustice to be punished by death in this world and fire in the next.
6. If they are peaceful, they are hypocrites or apostates, not Muslims. Islam is not peaceful, it is violent, terrorist & genocidal.
7. No Muslims want to help us. If they want to help us, they are hypocrites or apostates, Muslim in name only.
8. Islam sanctifies terrorism. I refer you to its accursed canon of scripture: 3:151, 8:12, 33:26-27, 59:2, Bukhari1.7.331 and Bukhari4.52.220.
All of those citations were quoted in the “Know Thine Enemy Series”. You should read it!! That is original text, not hijacking, perversion nor distortion. Islam is piracy!!! Terrorism is an Islamic sacrament!!! Click the links; read the proof, the ample testimony of Allah and his Apostle.
9. Preaching hatred of all Kuffar was in Muhammad’s interest: to persuade Muslims that their eternal destiny; admission to the celestial bordello and avoidance of Hellfire is dependent on killing and subjugating us so that our property would accrue to Muhammad.
That is exactly what the Qur’an is all about. Any Imam who preaches what Allah commanded and Muhammad exemplified in his Sunnah preaches hatred, piracy, rape, pillage, plunder, terror and genocide. That’s what Islam is; what Muslims do in obedience to Allah; in emulation of Muhammad.

The hyperlinks in this article give you access to the entire Qur’an, as translated by Yusuf Ali, Shakir & Pickthall, and to Sahih Bukhari as translated by Kahn. From there, you can easily access three other collections of hadith. Read them and curse Islam!!! Don’t take my word for it. Don’t take anyone’s word for it! Follow those links and the other links contained in the “Know Thine Enemy Series”. Read and learn. Then share your knowledge with others as I am doing.

Refutation of Idiocy-Part 1

This post comes from Snooper’s place here and here. It came about through a comment thread going on over there and a particular commenter just wasn’t getting the message.

Normally, this commenter is extremely antagonistic, but through this thread he seemed to genuinely want to understand and just wasn’t getting it. So, our wonderful guest poster put this and Part 2 together for him.

The Myth vs Fact series has drawn blood from Barack in ’08 . In order to deal adequately with several points raised in the comments, I reproduced them here in a block quote, inserting superscripts at the end of each significant point.

My responses are in an ordered list, keyed to the superscripts.

Keep it real…. Should we shut down mosques across the country and
deport all non-citizen Muslims here in America?1 What about internment camps for Muslims here in America2 until the end of the so-called “war on terror”? Is this “war on terror” a war against the terrorists that want to harm us or a war against Islam itself?3 […]

You call the Islam “peaceful” slogan a “myth”4. How will
that kind of talk win hearts and minds5 of “peaceful” 6Muslims in that region that may want to help us?7 […]

If terrorist are using the name of Islam, Christianity, Budhism etc etc, it doesn’t mean that Islam, Christianity, Budhism etc etc promotes terrorists.8 […]

Muslims (approx 1 billion) in general don’t preach hate and death to
America. If one does do that, he/she must be doing that for his own
interests.9 […]

1. Barack has jumped ahead, assuming a conclusion which does not automatically flow from the fact presented. The fact: Islam is not peaceful, does not imply Barack’s reductio ad absurdum.
In reality, Islam’s founder declared perpetual war & open season on all Kuffar. Pursuant to declaration of war contained in At-Taubah 29, Usama bin Ladin and others have carried out attacks on our soil and declared an intent to carry out further attacks. Al-Qaeda is simply “the base”, another name for the Ummah al-Islamiyya: the Nation of Islam.
The bottom line is this: Islam has declared and is prosecuting a genocidal war against us. Islam does not give up. Islam does not quit. When it loses a battle, Islam regroups, rearms and resumes fighting.
Islam does not fight by sword alone, but by heart, tongue and pen; it also fights demographically, by reproducing like rats.
There is an Islamic fifth column on our soil, segments of which have been detected plotting to perpetrate mass casualty attacks. They don’t advertise; they do not wear uniforms. They are identified only when they attack or when they blunder. Should we wait impatiently for the next beltway sniping, mall shooting or vehicular homicide? Should we wait until a school bus is seized or a school taken over? Is there some reason why we should give Islam a lever, fulcrum and place to stand?
2. Given two alternatives: deportation and internment camps, the choice is obvious, on humanitarian grounds as well as cost and security. deportation is the best choice.
3. Terror is a tactic, not an enemy. Terror neither declared nor prosecuted war against us; Islam did. The war is one of Islam against us.
Every Muslim wants to harm us. Every Muslim wants Dar Ul-Harb reduced to nothing; entirely supplanted by Dar Ul-Islam.
Muslims are those who submit to Allah’s will; who believe in Allah, obey his commands and emulate his Apostle. In Part 1 (“Know Thine Enemy Series”) I gave you links to Muhammad’s Sunnah as well as what Allah commanded. Read the definition of believers given in 33:23. Read of the relationship between Allah and the believers in 9:111. None but a damn fool or a traitor can read those verses without cursing Islam!
4. Islam is neither a religion nor peaceful. Those are facts, not assertions. Islam’s purpose is Muhammad’s enrichment and empowerment through the profession of piracy and extortion. Those facts are proven in the “Know Thine Enemy Series”.
5. “Winning the hearts and minds” of Muslims is the mindless babble of an AssIdiot! Muslims are Allah’s slaves; essentially zombies. Follow the link to 9:111 and read it carefully.
Allah has purchased of the believers their lives… so that they kill others and are killed. They believe that only Allah has the right to rule; the right to be worshiped.
Rebellion against Allah is, to them, the worst offense: an injustice to be punished by death in this world and fire in the next.
6. If they are peaceful, they are hypocrites or apostates, not Muslims. Islam is not peaceful, it is violent, terrorist & genocidal.
7. No Muslims want to help us. If they want to help us, they are hypocrites or apostates, Muslim in name only.
8. Islam sanctifies terrorism. I refer you to its accursed canon of scripture: 3:151, 8:12, 33:26-27, 59:2, Bukhari1.7.331 and Bukhari4.52.220.
All of those citations were quoted in the “Know Thine Enemy Series”. You should read it!! That is original text, not hijacking, perversion nor distortion. Islam is piracy!!! Terrorism is an Islamic sacrament!!! Click the links; read the proof, the ample testimony of Allah and his Apostle.
9. Preaching hatred of all Kuffar was in Muhammad’s interest: to persuade Muslims that their eternal destiny; admission to the celestial bordello and avoidance of Hellfire is dependent on killing and subjugating us so that our property would accrue to Muhammad.
That is exactly what the Qur’an is all about. Any Imam who preaches what Allah commanded and Muhammad exemplified in his Sunnah preaches hatred, piracy, rape, pillage, plunder, terror and genocide. That’s what Islam is; what Muslims do in obedience to Allah; in emulation of Muhammad.

The hyperlinks in this article give you access to the entire Qur’an, as translated by Yusuf Ali, Shakir & Pickthall, and to Sahih Bukhari as translated by Kahn. From there, you can easily access three other collections of hadith. Read them and curse Islam!!! Don’t take my word for it. Don’t take anyone’s word for it! Follow those links and the other links contained in the “Know Thine Enemy Series”. Read and learn. Then share your knowledge with others as I am doing.

Know Thine Enemy-Part 13

Know Thine Enemy

[# Thirtteen in a series.]

Inquisition

The answers are concealed at the end of each question. Sweep them with your mouse to reveal them. If you have questions or disagreements, please raise them in a comment. #s 2, 5 & 6 are unfair, the rest are directly related to the content of the articles.

  1. New York City, Washington D.C., Madrid & London were attacked by _____. Islam
  2. Al-Qaeda, HAMAS & Hizbullah are subsets of _____. Islam
  3. Islam is a great religion of peace. False
  4. Islam is tolerant. False
  5. Islam is fully compatible with liberty. False
  6. Islam is fully compatible with Democracy. False
  7. Terrorism is forbidden in Islam because attacking innocent people is forbidden. False
  8. Genocide is forbidden in Islam for the same reason. False
  9. Muhammad’s income was dependent on his spear. True
  10. Which Surah & verse commands Muslims to fight Pagans until only Allah is worshiped? 8:39
  11. Which Surah & verse commands Muslims to fight Jews & Christians until they submit and pay extortion? 9:29
  12. Muhammad was made victorious by ______ cast into the hearts of his victims. terror
  13. You save your life and property from Muslims by __________ that only Allah has the right to be worshiped. testifying
  14. Which Surah & verse makes genocide a prerequisite for ransoming prisoners of war? 8:67
  15. A male Muslim inherits the portion of two _______. females
  16. Muslim women are deficient in ________ and ____________. religion intelligence
  17. Seeing his humility and destitution, Allah made ______ lawful for Muhammad. spoils
  18. Allah purchased of the believers their _____ and their ________ , so they kill and are killed. lives property
  19. In return, the believers receive admission to ________. Paradise
  20. While he was sleeping, the keys to the _________ of the world were placed in Muhammad’s hand. treasures

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Know Thine Enemy-Part 13

Know Thine Enemy

[# Thirtteen in a series.]

Inquisition

The answers are concealed at the end of each question. Sweep them with your mouse to reveal them. If you have questions or disagreements, please raise them in a comment. #s 2, 5 & 6 are unfair, the rest are directly related to the content of the articles.

  1. New York City, Washington D.C., Madrid & London were attacked by _____. Islam
  2. Al-Qaeda, HAMAS & Hizbullah are subsets of _____. Islam
  3. Islam is a great religion of peace. False
  4. Islam is tolerant. False
  5. Islam is fully compatible with liberty. False
  6. Islam is fully compatible with Democracy. False
  7. Terrorism is forbidden in Islam because attacking innocent people is forbidden. False
  8. Genocide is forbidden in Islam for the same reason. False
  9. Muhammad’s income was dependent on his spear. True
  10. Which Surah & verse commands Muslims to fight Pagans until only Allah is worshiped? 8:39
  11. Which Surah & verse commands Muslims to fight Jews & Christians until they submit and pay extortion? 9:29
  12. Muhammad was made victorious by ______ cast into the hearts of his victims. terror
  13. You save your life and property from Muslims by __________ that only Allah has the right to be worshiped. testifying
  14. Which Surah & verse makes genocide a prerequisite for ransoming prisoners of war? 8:67
  15. A male Muslim inherits the portion of two _______. females
  16. Muslim women are deficient in ________ and ____________. religion intelligence
  17. Seeing his humility and destitution, Allah made ______ lawful for Muhammad. spoils
  18. Allah purchased of the believers their _____ and their ________ , so they kill and are killed. lives property
  19. In return, the believers receive admission to ________. Paradise
  20. While he was sleeping, the keys to the _________ of the world were placed in Muhammad’s hand. treasures

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Know Thine Enemy-Part 12

Know Thine Enemy

[# Twelve in a series.]

Carrot & Stick

Islam’s false faith component serves two purposes:

  1. camouflage
  2. troop motivator.

Externally, projecting the false religion image protects Islam from criticism. It has immunity so long as it appears to be a religion. Internally, the false faith component is a control mechanism. It projects a carrot in front of each Muslim and a stick behind him.

Paradise

  • 9:111. Verily, Allâh has purchased of the believers their lives and their properties; for the price that theirs shall be the Paradise. … It is a promise in truth which is binding on Him in the Taurât (Torah) and the Injeel (Gospel) and the Qur’ân. And who is truer to his covenant than Allâh? Then rejoice in the bargain which you have concluded. That is the supreme success .

The supreme success: admission to Paradise. And what is Paradise? A search for gardens turns up matches in 50 surahs.

  • 2:25. And give glad tidings to those who believe and do righteous good deeds, that for them will be Gardens under which rivers flow (Paradise). Every time they will be provided with a fruit therefrom, they will say: “This is what we were provided with before,” and they will be given things in resemblance (i.e. in the same form but different in taste) and they shall have therein Azwâjun Mutahharatun (purified mates or wives), (having no menses, stools, urine, etc.) and they will abide therein forever.

A little more about those virgins:

  • 78:33. And young full-breasted (mature) maidens of equal age;
  • 37:48. …chaste females, … with wide and beautiful eyes.

  • 37:49. (Delicate and pure) as if they were (hidden) eggs (well) preserved.

Who is receives these rewards?

  • 3:195. …so those who emigrated and were driven out from their homes, and suffered harm in My Cause, and who fought, and were killed (in My Cause), verily, I will remit from them their evil deeds and admit them into Gardens under which rivers flow (in Paradise); a reward from Allâh, and with Allâh is the best of rewards.”

The Muslims lived in the deserts of Arabia, with sparse water and great heat. Imagine what their women must have smelled like with no deodorant and perfume imported at great cost. Allah has promised them perpetual virgins who don’t stink. No headaches, no bathroom breaks. On top of that, he promised them underground rivers! We need a little more detail about those promised rivers.

  • 47:15. The description of Paradise which the Muttaqûn (pious – see V.2:2) have been promised is that in it are rivers of water the taste and smell of which are not changed; rivers of milk of which the taste never changes; rivers of wine delicious to those who drink; and rivers of clarified honey

Allah has promised those who fight in his cause and are martyred guaranteed admission to the best seats in the gardens; gardens with rivers of fresh water, honey, wine and milk. And they won’t get drunk; no headache; no gut ache. Did I mention the fruit?

  • 52:22. And We shall provide them with fruit and meat, such as they desire.
  • 78:32. Gardens and grapeyards;

  • 56:32. And fruit in plenty,

    56:33. Whose season is not limited, and their supply will not be cut off,

Hell

So, what happens to Muslims who do not join the Jihad?

  • 9:39. If you march not forth, He will punish you with a painful torment and will replace you by another people, and you cannot harm Him at all, and Allâh is Able to do all things.

  • 9:68. Allâh has promised the hypocrites; men and women, and the disbelievers, the Fire of Hell, therein shall they abide. It will suffice them. Allâh has cursed them and for them is the lasting torment.

  • 9:73. O Prophet (Muhammad)! Strive hard against the disbelievers and the hypocrites, and be harsh against them, their abode is Hell, – and worst indeed is that destination.
  • 9:81. Those who stayed away (from Tabuk expedition) rejoiced in their staying behind the Messenger of Allâh; they hated to strive and fight with their properties and their lives in the Cause of Allâh, and they said: “March not forth in the heat.” Say: “The Fire of Hell is more intense in heat“, if only they could understand!
  • 9:90. And those who made excuses from the bedouins came (to you, O Prophet) asking your permission to exempt them (from the battle), and those who had lied to Allâh and His Messenger sat at home (without asking the permission for it); a painful torment will seize those of them who disbelieve.

  • 9:95. … and Hell is their dwelling place, – a recompense for that which they used to earn.

  • 9:101. … We shall punish them twice, and thereafter they shall be brought back to a great (horrible) torment.

Can we find more detail about the torment which will punish those who do not fight in Allah’s cause?

  • 4:56. …We shall burn them in Fire. As often as their skins are roasted through, We shall change them for other skins that they may taste the punishment. …

  • 14:49. And you will see the Mujrimûn (criminals, disbelievers in the Oneness of Allâh Islâmic Monotheism, polytheists, disobedient to Allâh, etc.) that Day bound together in fetters; [Muqarranûn in fetters; mean:- with their hands and feet tied to their necks with chains.]

    14:50. Their garments will be of pitch, and fire will cover their faces.

  • 18:29…. a Fire whose walls will be surrounding them (disbelievers in the Oneness of Allâh). And if they ask for help (relief, water, etc.) they will be granted water like boiling oil, that will scald their faces. …

  • 78:24. Nothing cool shall they taste therein, nor any drink.

    78:25. Except boiling water, and dirty wound discharges.

  • 88:4. They will enter in the hot blazing Fire,

    88:5. They will be given to drink from a boiling spring,

    88:6. No food will there be for them but a poisonous thorny plant,

    88:7. Which will neither nourish nor avail against hunger.

What determines where a Muslim spends eternity?

  • 21:47. And We shall set up balances of justice on the Day of Resurrection, then none will be dealt with unjustly in anything. And if there be the weight of a mustard seed, We will bring it. And Sufficient are We as Reckoners.

  • 101:6. Then as for him whose balance (of good deeds) will be heavy,

    101:7. He will live a pleasant life (in Paradise).

    101:8. But as for him whose balance (of good deeds) will be light,

    101:9. He will have his home in Hawiyah (pit, i.e. Hell).

Allah will weigh your sins against your good deeds. Heavy sin; go to Hell. Martyrdom is the Muslim’s Get Out Of Hell Free card.

  • 47:4. … But (He lets you fight), in order to test you, some with others. But those who are killed in the Way of Allâh, He will never let their deeds be lost,

    47:6. And admit them to Paradise which He has made known to them (i.e. they will know their places in Paradise more than they used to know their houses in the world).

  • Abu Dawud Book 14, Number 2493:

    Narrated AbuMalik al-Ash’ari:

    AbuMalik heard the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) say: He who goes forth in Allah’s path and dies or is killed is a martyr , or has his neck broken through being thrown by his horse or by his camel, or is stung by a poisonous creature, or dies on his bed by any kind of death Allah wishes is a martyr and will go to Paradise.

Now do you understand why they say they love death more than we love life? If they believe that crap they will die trying to torment us.

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Know Thine Enemy

Know Thine Enemy

[Eleventh in a series.]

Triumphalism

  • 2:137. So if they believe in the like of that which you believe, then they are rightly guided, but if they turn away, then they are only in opposition. So Allâh will suffice you against them. And He is the All-Hearer, the All-Knower.
  • 3:123. And Allâh has already made you victorious at Badr, when you were a weak little force. So fear Allâh much [abstain from all kinds of sins and evil deeds which He has forbidden and love Allâh much, perform all kinds of good deeds which He has ordained] that you may be grateful.

  • 3:125. “Yes, if you hold on to patience and piety, and the enemy comes rushing at you; your Lord will help you with five thousand angels having marks (of distinction).”

    3:126. Allâh made it not but as a message of good news for you and as an assurance to your hearts. And there is no victory except from Allâh, the All-Mighty, the All-Wise.

    3:127. That He might cut off a part of those who disbelieve, or expose them to infamy, so that they retire frustrated.

  • 3:160. If Allâh helps you, none can overcome you; and if He forsakes you, who is there after Him that can help you? And in Allâh (Alone) let believers put their trust.

  • 5:52. And you see those in whose hearts there is a disease (of hypocrisy), they hurry to their friendship, saying: “We fear lest some misfortune of a disaster may befall us.” Perhaps Allâh may bring a victory or a decision according to His Will. Then they will become regretful for what they have been keeping as a secret in themselves.
  • 13:41. See they not that We gradually reduce the land (of disbelievers, by giving it to the believers, in war victories) from its outlying borders. And Allâh judges, there is none to put back His Judgement and He is Swift at reckoning.
  • 14:15. But they (the Messengers) sought victory and help [from their Lord (Allâh)], and every obstinate, arrogant dictator (who refuses to believe in the Oneness of Allâh) was brought to a complete loss and destruction.

  • 17:6. Then We gave you once again, a return of victory over them. And We helped you with wealth and children and made you more numerous in man power.

  • 40:51. Verily, We will indeed make victorious Our Messengers and those who believe (in the Oneness of Allâh Islâmic Monotheism) in this world’s life and on the Day when the witnesses will stand forth, (i.e. Day of Resurrection),
  • 61:9. He it is Who has sent His Messenger (Muhammad) with guidance and the religion of truth (Islâmic Monotheism) to make it victorious over all (other) religions even though the Mushrikûn (polytheists, pagans, idolaters, and disbelievers in the Oneness of Allâh and in His Messenger Muhammed) hate (it).

When the chaff is removed, the core of Islam lies exposed to our view; let us view it in the full light of truth:
So Allâh will suffice you against them…. Allâh has already made you victorious… your Lord will help you with five thousand angels… And there is no victory except from Allâh … That He might cut off a part of those who disbelieve… If Allâh helps you, none can overcome you… Perhaps Allâh may bring a victory or a decision according to His Will… every obstinate, arrogant dictator …was brought to a complete loss and destruction … We gave you once again, a return of victory over them … We will indeed make victorious Our Messengers … to make it victorious.

Believing Muslims know that eventual victory is preordained. Allah has promised them. Lest you doubt my word, look at Allah’s!

  • 8:65. O Prophet (Muhammad)! Urge the believers to fight. If there are twenty steadfast persons amongst you, they will overcome two hundred, and if there be a hundred steadfast persons they will overcome a thousand of those who disbelieve, because they (the disbelievers) are people who do not understand.
  • 48:1. Verily, We have given you (O Muhammad) a manifest victory.
  • 48:19. And abundant spoils that they will capture. And Allâh is Ever All-Mighty, All-Wise.

    48:20. Allâh has promised you abundant spoils that you will capture, and He has hastened for you this, and He has restrained the hands of men from you, that it may be a sign for the believers, and that He may guide you to a Straight Path.

The object of Islam is not spirituality. It is not brotherly love. It is not compassion. It is rape, pillage & plunder!!! Why do I keep driving this point home? Because it is the core of a matter of life and death; to save your life and that of your progeny, you need to get off yer fat arse and take action!!! To drive this point home, I shall now present a few relevant topic titles from Ibn Kathir’s Tafsir. Click them; read and be disgusted.

If reading those tafsir titles does not bring you to the brink of incontinence, and a desire to stand on the rim of Hell directing the little yellow river toward Muhammad’s burning embers, then you should fall over; you are dead already.

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