Non-Believers Open the Door to Islamic Fundamentalism
Iranian President Ahmadinejad, whom many have dismissed as a ‘lunatic,’ is followed by millions of Muslims whom these same disbelievers must also be dismissing as ‘fanatics.’ Then there are some disbelievers who continue to be blind or ignorant to the Islamic campaign now being conducted by ‘moderate’ Muslims as they attempt to counter the voices that are exposing Islamic global aspirations of ‘Sharia Law.’ And most dangerous of all are those people who want to delegitimize the very voices that are speaking out exposing these dangers to western democracy. All of these citizens are making a monumental mistake.
Ahmadinejad can be heard rallying his followers as he tells them that Americans, like Europeans, will wake up when it is too late. These disbelieving Americans with their ‘head in the sand’ attitude or publicly correct perception of ‘religious tolerance’ are paving the way for the spread of Islam into the US thru our democratic process. And all Islamic leaders around the world are taking advantage of it.
Suhail Khan, a rising GOP figure who sits on the Board of the American Conservative Union, claims to speak as a moderate Muslim and therefore has the ears of both conservatives and liberals. Here is part of a speech he gave in early September, four days before 9/11, at the Islamic Society of North America’s convention as he wiped away his impassioned tears: “The early Muslims loved death, dying for the sake of almighty Allah, more than the oppressors loved life… This must be the case when we are fighting.” He added: “What are our oppressors going to do with a people like us? We are prepared to give our lives for the cause of Islam.”
Islam is a faith overflowing with believers willing to die for Allah. The Koran glorifies death with its concept of martyrdom and the virgins waiting in heaven for its followers. Generations of Muslim children are indoctrinated with this concept from the early days of their childhood and they can be heard singing the praises of dying for their cause. (Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=illF1vt5g1Q&feature=player_embedded) In contrast, Western civilization which has its core beliefs stemming from Judeo-Christian principles does not emphasize this concept.
Therefore, one must recognize that Islamic Fundamentalism is a movement that can’t be overthrown by the threat of violence or death to its followers. Unlike other enemies we have had in the past, Islamic Fundamentalists and their terrorist supporters cannot be stopped with the same weaponry. The history of the nuclear standoff during the cold war years shows that the shared view of death successfully prevented Russia and the US from war. The fact was that the Russians loved their children the same way Americans loved theirs, instinctively protecting them from death. In direct contrast, Muslims use their women and children as willing shields and young men and women as martyrs who welcome death.
Americans do not often talk about “What is worth dying for?” This conversation can be heard in military families, but it is not a subject commonly discussed at the dinner table. We read of it in our history books, and see it in movies or TV. For many it brings to the surface feelings of patriotism and the pride of belonging to a nation with a great history, one worth fighting and dying for. It is what true heroism is about and the necessary ingredient to motivate masses of people. History has shown that one individual, committed to his beliefs to his death, can rally the millions to the same point. So, imagine the power of millions of Muslims who feel this way.
One can see this most recently in the Middle East where the civil uprising in Tunisia began with one desperate soul who doused himself with flammable liquid and set himself afire just to show the depth of his despair. His suffering was felt by his fellow citizens and his actions copied by some. This one man ignited what is now being seen as the civil ‘revolution’ spreading in the Middle East.
Americans must develop the same fervor for our principles as Muslims display for Islam. But, a recent poll shows that we are a nation with a growing population that is moving away from faith, away from religious affiliations, and away from any religious symbolism in the public arena (except for the Social Conservatives and Muslims). It is critical that each of us, irrelevant of our religious, political or economic differences, recognizes how the collective strength of the Islamic faith can easily overpower a nation whose citizens do not have a strong faith in their principles. It is the power of faith that our country was founded on and it is the power of faith that is needed to stop the spread of Islam in America.
For those who do not look towards a religion, nor have a belief in something greater than oneself for spiritual guidance, or don’t perceive and therefore dismiss the real dangers of Islamic law (Sharia) spreading into America, I offer the following list of truths about Islam and the Koran which might open your eyes to what is really worth fighting and dying for, our common love of freedom and democracy.
- Muslims are ordered in the Koran to spread the word of Allah to all people, but it is blasphemy and punishable by death for others to try to convert a Muslim to their faith.
- The Koran preaches hatred and killing of Jews, Christians and Infidels who do not worship Allah.
- Homosexuality is punishable by death.
- Women’s rights are subservient to men’s. Islamic societies are male dominated and a man may kill his wife if he believes she has shamed him just to protect his honor.
- Women are stoned to death on accusations of adultery or pre-marital sex, not to mention marrying outside of their Islamic faith.
- Thieves have their right hands cut off.
- Alcoholism and drug abuse are punishable offenses.
- The Koran teaches Muslims to lie and deceive others in order to achieve the goal of Islamic Jihad.
- Beheading people is a common punishment and befitting for Infidels.
- Muslims want everyone to be Muslim, to enact Sharia Law as international law.
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There should be a borderless Islamic world…whether it comes as a result of conversion, birthrates, immigration, intimidation or murder.
I offer this partial list as reason to believe that America’s freedoms are worth fighting and dying for. Our freedoms are what continues to bring people to our shores and must be the unifying principles for all to believe in. Our freedoms are not to be taken for granted and the battle to destroy them must not be dismissed. There are many who want to kill us and end western civilization as we know it.
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On SJP and the ‘stealth jihad’ hitting college campuses near you
October 10, 2011 By Sami Kishawi Leave a Comment
American Thinker published a distorted article about the upcoming National Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) Conference, claiming SJP represents the student arm of the “stealth jihad” movement and criticizing Columbia University and Jewish students for giving pro-Palestinians a platform to express their views.
There are two ways this response can go. I can either focus on the article’s many contextual, grammatical, and typographical errors (the author, Jan Suzanne Krasner, very noticeably confuses SJP with SPJ), or I can simply show how the author contradicts and subsequently discredits herself. Both routes will suggest that Krasner and the ideological views presented in her article represent the extremism and intolerance SJP and other pro-justice organizations work against, but I will choose the latter route and deal solely with the article’s slanderous content.
Krasner, who genuinely believes several neighborhoods in the United Kingdom are “Shariah Controlled Zones” run by Muslims fantasizing about victorious battles against the Crusaders, vaguely argues that the SJP Conference to be held at Columbia University serves to delegitimize Israel through direct yet stealthy jihad. In her own words, “[t]he Muslim Brotherhood actively supports and finances student organizations like SJP”. To Krasner, the conference, which she repeatedly calls a “training event”, is just another example of the “true mission of Islamists” being forced upon the American youth, and she feels compelled to put an end to it.
From the start, Krasner’s idea of SJP and campus solidarity is flawed by her obsession with the far-fetched idea that everything represents creeping Shariah unless it fully abides by and supports American and Israeli policy. By asserting that SJP serves to promote ‘radical Islam’, a term copped from the FOX network, Krasner reveals her misunderstanding of what it means to stand against Israel’s sustained abuse of Palestinian rights. The article mentions “SJP’s demands” but instead links to an unrelated article about the Palestinian Authority’s recent bid for statehood. What the article purposefully leaves out is that SJP’s real demands involve an end to the illegal occupation of Palestine and a restoration of human rights, equality, and self-sovereignty to all.
By framing the SJP Conference as tool to Islamicize the United States, Krasner attempts to shift attention away from the facts that exist on the ground in Palestine-Israel towards her Islamophobic fetishes. Her article makes no mention of the proposed objectives of the conference nor does it even recognize the existence of Israel’s occupation — which, in and of itself, is a cause for concern.
Krasner also goes on to accuse SJP of willfully accepting financial assistance from the Muslim Brotherhood. I challenge her and anyone that agrees with her article to prove this allegation. I guarantee no success. It is likely that she is referring to the funds the SJP National Committee has been collecting to offset the costs of putting together this convention, but such an allegation is baseless and only reflects the extent to which she will go to dirty the name and reputation of a movement committed to bringing down the prejudiced establishments she herself supports.
On the issue of money, the article states that the “[o]rganizers hope to raise $30,000 in preparation for the upcoming 2012 national campus event called ‘Israel Apartheid Week’”. Had Krasner bothered to read and understand the program for the conference, she would know that only one of the many planned workshops is centered on Israel Apartheid Week (IAW). The conference is indeed about confronting and overcoming apartheid, but IAW is just one of many strategies of doing so. The funds raised by SJP will be used to plant the seeds of nonviolent, skillful, and effective campus activism against injustice and apartheid.
In a last ditch attempt to undermine the imminent success of the SJP Conference, Krasner attempts to make the point that the conference violates Columbia University’s code of Civil Behavior and Community Standards. The article cites the following:
It is expected that in and out of the classroom, on and off campus, each student in the School of General Studies will act in an honest way and will respect the rights of others. Freedom of expression is an essential part of University life, but it does not include intimidation, threats of violence, or the inducement of others to engage in violence or in conduct which harasses others.
Krasner then goes on to applaud the following response by the National Conference on Jewish Affairs (NCJA):
Of course we will not be surprised to hear from President Bollinger and the Board that this is just a “student group” and the university is “not involved” and that this is “the free expression of ideas,” intellectual freedom” or even “art.” But we can no longer accept these excuses for what appears to be pure hatred and efforts to intimidate pro-Israel Jewish students and others who do not agree with SPJ’s views.
Again, the organization being referred to is SJP not SPJ. But looking beyond this blatant display of irresponsibility reveals even more irresponsibility. Here is an already-discredited contingency calling on Columbia University to shut down the conference and to deny students their right to free speech and expression even though the conference violates in no way any of the standards set forth by Columbia University’s behavioral codes. What makes this even more disturbing is that Krasner and NCJA have the nerve to make these statements just after ten students were prosecuted for merely interrupting an inherently offensive speech by Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren for a total of less than one minute.
But more importantly, neither Krasner or NCJA provide any evidence as to how this conference intimidates pro-Israel Jewish students. The conference is not anti-Israel and, thus, it is not an anti-pro-Israel-Jewish-student conference. Rather, the conference is pro-justice, and it just so happens that the concept of justice — which includes equality, accountability, human rights, and more — does not align at all with conventional Israeli policy. It is not SJP’s fault that Israel occupies Palestine, but the students involved with SJP have taken on the responsibility of combating the hatred and intolerance that allows the occupation to exist. If Kramer truly considers this unethical, intimidating, or threatening, then the only segment of the global population she seeks to defend are the ones who already violate Columbia University’s behavioral and community codes. (At this time, I invite you to read the comments following the article, one of which implicitly commends Anders Breivik’s Islamophobic and murderous ideology.)
Krasner’s article serves as both an Islamophobic and dramatically deceitful libel against a large union of Muslim, Jewish, Christian, religious, and irreligious students who have dedicated themselves to resisting injustice with ambition, intellect, and the rule of law. There is no jihad at play and the SJP Conference, with its public records and all, is definitely not a breeding ground for fundamentalism of any sort. Immortal Technique is not “seducing” students to the event and the Muslim Brotherhood does not exist within Columbia University’s walls. The first ever National SJP Conference itself is proof that apartheid and occupation will soon come to an end, and Krasner’s attempt to defame this planned gathering of student activists will not in any way hinder the manifestation of this outcome.