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Showing posts with label Muslim. Show all posts
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Monday, September 25, 2006
The Exchange - Threat and Victim
The Exchange - Threat and Victim
A friend sent me this article. I thought it so well written with such a great counterintuitive point that I decided to post it here.
The Real Islamic Threat
Friday, September 22, 2006
By James Jay Carafano
The greatest danger in the world today is not the threat from Islam, but the threat to Islam.
In the long war against terror, nations with primarily Muslim populations have suffered the most loses -- murder, instability, economic malaise and the degradation of religious faith. And it is all the fault of the terrorists who claim to be their champions.
On 9/11 and many times since, terrorists have tried attacking the West. But they’ve found the West isn’t an easy target. Britain foiled a major plot this past summer. The United States and its allies have struck back, adopting unprecedented security measures to stop further attacks.
In turn, the terrorists did what they have historically done: attacked the weak and avoided the strong. And the weak are in the terrorists’ own back yard.
Hezbollah’s adventurism offers only the latest example. Having finally emerged from decades of civil war and foreign occupation, the people of Lebanon enjoyed a brief false dawn of peace before terrorists sparked a war that killed hundreds of Muslim Arabs in Lebanon and Israel, displaced thousands more and dragged Lebanon to the brink of chaos.
The story in Iraq is much the same.
The Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism in Oklahoma City estimates that, to date, Iraq has suffered 5,771 terrorist attacks, totaling 14,680 deaths and thousands more in casualties. The country holds the current world record by a large margin. And it’s violence launched by Muslims, against Muslims.
Since 9/11, the institute has recorded 8,491 terrorist attacks in the Middle East and 16,269 fatalities -- numbers that by far exceed the losses in any other part of the planet.
In the last year alone, the government’s National Counterterrorism Center counted 8,223 victims of terrorism, including 2,627 deaths. South Asia, another region with large Islamic populations, runs second on the list with 5,401 total victims. In contrast, Western Europe suffered 339 victims and North America eight.
And it is not just the physical losses.
By virtually every index, many countries that are losing ground in the march to peace, prosperity and justice are Muslim. Terrorism is a key reason why. In The Heritage Foundation’s Index of Economic Freedom, for example, Lebanon and Malaysia scored lower in 2005 than they did in 2004. Countries such as Afghanistan and Somalia were so chaotic they couldn’t even be scored.
According to the rankings of the non-partisan group Freedom House, in 2005 only one country out of 18 in the Middle East was graded as “free” (Israel). The region trails all others in the Freedom House rankings, and although modest gains were recorded last year (most notably in Lebanon), even that’s probably wiped out now.
Even Muslim charities are suffering from all the chaos, particularly in the United States. According to The Washington Post, charitable donations are way down. Religious organizations have been able to send only a paltry amount of aid for humanitarian relief in Lebanon. That’s because people know terrorists have used some Islamic charities as cash cows, so all charities are now suspect.
Terrorist propaganda argues that all the murder and mayhem is justified by religious sanction. That is simply a perversion of the Islamic faith. The use of “jihad” for what is essentially a political agenda is not part of Islamic tradition. In fact, when it has been used that way before, the results have usually been disastrous -- for Muslims.
The followers of al-Mahdi tried it in the Sudan in 1885; the result was 10 million dead Sudanese and a failed revolution. And the Muslim world learned a lesson. For almost a century, until the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, armed jihad was virtually unknown. Now it’s back.
After expelling the Soviets, the Taliban used the excuse of jihad to turn the country into a wasteland, and Osama bin Laden tried to unleash this brand of armed fascism on the world. Not surprisingly, where it has worked, its worse effects were on the followers of Islam -- the easy victims.
The real victors when the long war is won will be the Muslim world. Its people will be saved from the suffering terrorism causes, and their religion will be saved from a secular perversion that tries to turn an act of faith into a justification for naked aggression.
The great common cause in this war would be for all of us to battle those who would intentionally murder innocents for political gain.
Groups like al Qaeda, Hamas, Hezbollah and state sponsors of terrorism such as the governments in Syria and Iran are on the wrong side of history and religion, and they should be treated as the common enemy of all peoples.
James Jay Carafano, Ph.D., is Senior Research Fellow for National Security and Homeland Security at The Heritage Foundation (heritage.org), and author of the new book “G.I. Ingenuity.”
A friend sent me this article. I thought it so well written with such a great counterintuitive point that I decided to post it here.
The Real Islamic Threat
Friday, September 22, 2006
By James Jay Carafano
The greatest danger in the world today is not the threat from Islam, but the threat to Islam.
In the long war against terror, nations with primarily Muslim populations have suffered the most loses -- murder, instability, economic malaise and the degradation of religious faith. And it is all the fault of the terrorists who claim to be their champions.
On 9/11 and many times since, terrorists have tried attacking the West. But they’ve found the West isn’t an easy target. Britain foiled a major plot this past summer. The United States and its allies have struck back, adopting unprecedented security measures to stop further attacks.
In turn, the terrorists did what they have historically done: attacked the weak and avoided the strong. And the weak are in the terrorists’ own back yard.
Hezbollah’s adventurism offers only the latest example. Having finally emerged from decades of civil war and foreign occupation, the people of Lebanon enjoyed a brief false dawn of peace before terrorists sparked a war that killed hundreds of Muslim Arabs in Lebanon and Israel, displaced thousands more and dragged Lebanon to the brink of chaos.
The story in Iraq is much the same.
The Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism in Oklahoma City estimates that, to date, Iraq has suffered 5,771 terrorist attacks, totaling 14,680 deaths and thousands more in casualties. The country holds the current world record by a large margin. And it’s violence launched by Muslims, against Muslims.
Since 9/11, the institute has recorded 8,491 terrorist attacks in the Middle East and 16,269 fatalities -- numbers that by far exceed the losses in any other part of the planet.
In the last year alone, the government’s National Counterterrorism Center counted 8,223 victims of terrorism, including 2,627 deaths. South Asia, another region with large Islamic populations, runs second on the list with 5,401 total victims. In contrast, Western Europe suffered 339 victims and North America eight.
And it is not just the physical losses.
By virtually every index, many countries that are losing ground in the march to peace, prosperity and justice are Muslim. Terrorism is a key reason why. In The Heritage Foundation’s Index of Economic Freedom, for example, Lebanon and Malaysia scored lower in 2005 than they did in 2004. Countries such as Afghanistan and Somalia were so chaotic they couldn’t even be scored.
According to the rankings of the non-partisan group Freedom House, in 2005 only one country out of 18 in the Middle East was graded as “free” (Israel). The region trails all others in the Freedom House rankings, and although modest gains were recorded last year (most notably in Lebanon), even that’s probably wiped out now.
Even Muslim charities are suffering from all the chaos, particularly in the United States. According to The Washington Post, charitable donations are way down. Religious organizations have been able to send only a paltry amount of aid for humanitarian relief in Lebanon. That’s because people know terrorists have used some Islamic charities as cash cows, so all charities are now suspect.
Terrorist propaganda argues that all the murder and mayhem is justified by religious sanction. That is simply a perversion of the Islamic faith. The use of “jihad” for what is essentially a political agenda is not part of Islamic tradition. In fact, when it has been used that way before, the results have usually been disastrous -- for Muslims.
The followers of al-Mahdi tried it in the Sudan in 1885; the result was 10 million dead Sudanese and a failed revolution. And the Muslim world learned a lesson. For almost a century, until the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, armed jihad was virtually unknown. Now it’s back.
After expelling the Soviets, the Taliban used the excuse of jihad to turn the country into a wasteland, and Osama bin Laden tried to unleash this brand of armed fascism on the world. Not surprisingly, where it has worked, its worse effects were on the followers of Islam -- the easy victims.
The real victors when the long war is won will be the Muslim world. Its people will be saved from the suffering terrorism causes, and their religion will be saved from a secular perversion that tries to turn an act of faith into a justification for naked aggression.
The great common cause in this war would be for all of us to battle those who would intentionally murder innocents for political gain.
Groups like al Qaeda, Hamas, Hezbollah and state sponsors of terrorism such as the governments in Syria and Iran are on the wrong side of history and religion, and they should be treated as the common enemy of all peoples.
James Jay Carafano, Ph.D., is Senior Research Fellow for National Security and Homeland Security at The Heritage Foundation (heritage.org), and author of the new book “G.I. Ingenuity.”
Monday, September 18, 2006
The Glair - Imagine the World without a Pope
The Glair - Imagine the World without a Pope
Imagine the World without a Pope
By Johnson Willy Geeter for Missive News
Last updated: 7:20 PM
Monday, September 18, 2006
Recently this reporter was privileged to attend a pro-Islamic rally at an undisclosed Mosque in the center of a major urban area in the heart of Europe.
“Imagine a world without the Pope!” These striking words, shouted in reaction to the pope’s critical condemnation of the supposed violent tendencies of Islam by the Ayatotal Jihadallalah, sparked a chorus of approval. Young Muslims immediately burned the pope in effigy, as if on cue. The Ayatotal (a.k.a. the Grand Muffititi) an outspoken proponent of world Islam continued with his fiery diatribe.
“Islam, that most reasonable of all religions, cannot tolerate such criticism and unreasonableness! Words kill us in our heart, make us bleed with fear and sensitivity, and saying bad things about us makes us feel really bad inside. Deep down inside. To correct this feeling of shame and bitterness we will all feel better when we have killed the pope!” Another roar of approval followed.
“When you criticize Islam it is like criticizing an unclean woman on her menstrual flow. You cannot do this and not expect the Wrath of Allah!”
“Our prophet said, ‘Kill all the Infidels’ and I say yes, kill everyone as the prophet says, peace be upon him. And the quickest way to peace is through killing!” At this point thousands of Muslims in attendance began to shout, “Yes, kill for peace! Kill for peace! Peace be upon them! Let them die.”
“We call the curse of Allah down upon the head of the infidel. Only then will the infidel understand that we kill him for his own good, so that he may burn in hell in the name of Islam. Peace be upon them! Peace be upon them!”
Allah was unavailable for comment, but speaking through his spokesman, the Grand Muffititi, it is apparent that Allah would naturally approve of the sentiment.
“Reason tells us that there is no way but our way. Reason tells us that we must blindly ignore all criticism and look away from the evidence. The evidence is a trick of the Great Satan. The Great Satan is the Father of Truth that lies. We must be children of lies that speak the truth. It is not up to us to reform, it is up to the infidels to die. There’s nothing wrong with us that a little mass killing can’t fix.”
“You tell em Titi!” A voice could be heard to shout in the background. Another roar of chants went up. “Titis for all Muslims, Titis for all Muslims!” At this the Ayatotal Jihadallalah smiled knowingly and nodded his approval.
“Yes, all Muslims should have Titis,” said the Ayatotal. “This is the way we are and the way we act. True Muslims have Titis and need their Titis to lead them!”
“Allah be praised,” was the natural reaction.
“We are like the American gansta rappers, we must be merciless and grab our crotches whenever we hear devilish criticisms of the true faith. We must frown and seek our revenge, we must be hard, street hard, and put on our game face, we must bust a move for Allah! We must pop a cap in any bitch who opens their mouth to backtalk us. Backtalk us bitch and get the prophetical beat-down!” The crowd erupted once more in pleasure.
“But, but, but…” continued the Ayatotal Titi, “deep inside we are like a delicate, little, vulnerable buttercup of a flower, full of peace and sunshine like the prophet, peace be upon him. We only cap bitches because they need a cappin. If we had our preference then we’d just beat out bitches till they was black and blue, wrap em up in bed sheets, knock em up, and keep em down on the old plantation. Bitches ain’t no trouble down on the plantation! Specially whens they can’t read nor write.”
“The pope is an old bitch! America is a good-looking bitch! Israel is a hot bitch!!” the crowd screamed fanatically with desire.
“That’s right,” shouted the Ayatotal in return. “And Islam knows how to treat her bitches. We enslave them! And if they backtalk us then set them on fire with petrol. And brothers, do we have plenty of petrol.”
“Yeah, plenty of petrol, plenty of petrol!” The young Muslim men shouted in loud cadence.
“But not so much we don’t need nuclear energy!”
“We need nuclear energy! We need nuclear energy!” came the determined reply.
“Burn the pope with uranium!”
“Burn the pope with uranium!”
“Peace through Jihad!”
“Peace through Jihad”
“Reason through murder!”
“Reason through murder!”
“Now imagine a world without a pope. How we gonna get there?”
“Kill that bitch!”
“Now you understand Islam,” said the Ayatotal Jihadallalah. “So go forth into all the world and spread the Good News!”
© JWG 2006
Imagine the World without a Pope
By Johnson Willy Geeter for Missive News
Last updated: 7:20 PM
Monday, September 18, 2006
Recently this reporter was privileged to attend a pro-Islamic rally at an undisclosed Mosque in the center of a major urban area in the heart of Europe.
“Imagine a world without the Pope!” These striking words, shouted in reaction to the pope’s critical condemnation of the supposed violent tendencies of Islam by the Ayatotal Jihadallalah, sparked a chorus of approval. Young Muslims immediately burned the pope in effigy, as if on cue. The Ayatotal (a.k.a. the Grand Muffititi) an outspoken proponent of world Islam continued with his fiery diatribe.
“Islam, that most reasonable of all religions, cannot tolerate such criticism and unreasonableness! Words kill us in our heart, make us bleed with fear and sensitivity, and saying bad things about us makes us feel really bad inside. Deep down inside. To correct this feeling of shame and bitterness we will all feel better when we have killed the pope!” Another roar of approval followed.
“When you criticize Islam it is like criticizing an unclean woman on her menstrual flow. You cannot do this and not expect the Wrath of Allah!”
“Our prophet said, ‘Kill all the Infidels’ and I say yes, kill everyone as the prophet says, peace be upon him. And the quickest way to peace is through killing!” At this point thousands of Muslims in attendance began to shout, “Yes, kill for peace! Kill for peace! Peace be upon them! Let them die.”
“We call the curse of Allah down upon the head of the infidel. Only then will the infidel understand that we kill him for his own good, so that he may burn in hell in the name of Islam. Peace be upon them! Peace be upon them!”
Allah was unavailable for comment, but speaking through his spokesman, the Grand Muffititi, it is apparent that Allah would naturally approve of the sentiment.
“Reason tells us that there is no way but our way. Reason tells us that we must blindly ignore all criticism and look away from the evidence. The evidence is a trick of the Great Satan. The Great Satan is the Father of Truth that lies. We must be children of lies that speak the truth. It is not up to us to reform, it is up to the infidels to die. There’s nothing wrong with us that a little mass killing can’t fix.”
“You tell em Titi!” A voice could be heard to shout in the background. Another roar of chants went up. “Titis for all Muslims, Titis for all Muslims!” At this the Ayatotal Jihadallalah smiled knowingly and nodded his approval.
“Yes, all Muslims should have Titis,” said the Ayatotal. “This is the way we are and the way we act. True Muslims have Titis and need their Titis to lead them!”
“Allah be praised,” was the natural reaction.
“We are like the American gansta rappers, we must be merciless and grab our crotches whenever we hear devilish criticisms of the true faith. We must frown and seek our revenge, we must be hard, street hard, and put on our game face, we must bust a move for Allah! We must pop a cap in any bitch who opens their mouth to backtalk us. Backtalk us bitch and get the prophetical beat-down!” The crowd erupted once more in pleasure.
“But, but, but…” continued the Ayatotal Titi, “deep inside we are like a delicate, little, vulnerable buttercup of a flower, full of peace and sunshine like the prophet, peace be upon him. We only cap bitches because they need a cappin. If we had our preference then we’d just beat out bitches till they was black and blue, wrap em up in bed sheets, knock em up, and keep em down on the old plantation. Bitches ain’t no trouble down on the plantation! Specially whens they can’t read nor write.”
“The pope is an old bitch! America is a good-looking bitch! Israel is a hot bitch!!” the crowd screamed fanatically with desire.
“That’s right,” shouted the Ayatotal in return. “And Islam knows how to treat her bitches. We enslave them! And if they backtalk us then set them on fire with petrol. And brothers, do we have plenty of petrol.”
“Yeah, plenty of petrol, plenty of petrol!” The young Muslim men shouted in loud cadence.
“But not so much we don’t need nuclear energy!”
“We need nuclear energy! We need nuclear energy!” came the determined reply.
“Burn the pope with uranium!”
“Burn the pope with uranium!”
“Peace through Jihad!”
“Peace through Jihad”
“Reason through murder!”
“Reason through murder!”
“Now imagine a world without a pope. How we gonna get there?”
“Kill that bitch!”
“Now you understand Islam,” said the Ayatotal Jihadallalah. “So go forth into all the world and spread the Good News!”
© JWG 2006
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