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UNDERSTANDING THE IDEOLOGY OF ISLAM PART 2
Craig Bostian
1/11/16
1 Pet.5:7-9
Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for
you. 8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary
the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking
whom he may devour: 9 Whom resist stedfast in the
faith, knowing that the same afflictions are
accomplished in your brethren that are in the
world.
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2Cor.2:11
Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we
are not ignorant of his devices.
THE ADMONITION BEING: DO NOT BE IGNORANT
OF SATAN'S DEVICES, BE EDUCATED ABOUT HIS
LIES, DECEPTION, STEALTH AND HIS CUNNING
WAYS.
EPH.4:14
That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to
and fro, and carried about with every wind of
doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning
craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;
SOURCES
TOPICS OF DISCUSSION TONIGHT:
1. HOW DID ISLAM BEGIN?
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2. WHAT DO MUSLIMS BELIEVE?
3. WHAT ARE SOME FUNDAMENTAL TEXTS THAT
SUPPORT RADICALIZATION?
4. LET’S TALK ABOUT SHARIA LAW
5. WHAT DOES THE QURAN SAY ABOUT WOMEN?
6. HOW MANY MUSLIMS IN THE WORLD TODAY
AND WHAT PERCENT ARE RADICALIZED?
7. MUSLIM TAXICAB DRIVERS IN MINNEAPOLIS
I. HOW DID ISLAM BEGIN?
ISLAM IS A MONOTHEISTIC FAITH CENTERED
AROUND BELIEF IN THE ONE GOD (ALLAH). IN
THIS REGARD, IT SHARES SOME BELIEFS WITH
JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY BY TRACING ITS
HISTORY BACK TO THE PATRIARCH ABRAHAM, AND
ULTIMATELY TO THE FIRST PROPHET, ADAM. ALL
THE PROPHETS PREACHED THE SAME UNIVERSAL
MESSAGE OF BELIEF IN ONE GOD AND KINDNESS
TO HUMANITY. THE LAST IN THE SERIES OF
PROPHETS,
ACCORDING
TO
MUSLIMS,
WAS
MUHAMMAD. ACCORDING TO WRITTEN ACCOUNTS
IN THE BOOK OF GENESIS, MUHAMMAD WAS A
DECENDANT OF ABRAHAM WHOSE CONCUBINE
WAS HAGAR WHO TOGETHER HAD A SON NAMED
ISCHAMEL. MUHAMMAD IS A DECENDANT OF
ISCHAMEL
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MUHAMMAD WAS BORN IN MECCA, SAUDI ARABIA
AROUND 570 AD. HE WAS AN OPRPHAN AFTER AGE
SIX AND WAS RAISED BY HIS UNCLE. HE WORKED
FIRST AS A SHEPHERD AND THEN AS A MERCHANT.
OCCASIONALLY, HE WOULD RETREAT TO A CAVE
NAMED HIRA IN THE MOUNTAINS FOR SEVERAL
NIGHTS OF SECLUSION AND PRAYER. YOU MIGHT
ASK THE QUESTION WHO DID HE PRAY TO? TO
ANSWER THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT THE
TRADITIONAL AFRICAN RELIGIONS DURING THAT
PERIOD OF HISTORY. THE ARABS BEFORE
MUHAMMAD REGARDED CERTAIN SPRINGS, TREES
AND STONES, AS THE ABODE OF GOOD OR EVIL
SPIRITS.
THEIR
RELIGIOUS
PRACTICE
WAS
DIRECTED TOWARDS GAINING THE PROTECTION
AND SUPPORT OF THE GOOD SPIRITS AND
DEFENDING THEMSELVES FROM THE MISDEEDS OF
THE EVIL SPIRITS. SOME OF THE ARABS ALSO
STUDIED THE STARS. SO THERE WAS A MIX OF
PRE-ISLAMIC
RELIGIONS
OF
POLYTHEISM,
CHRISTIANITY, JUDAISM. POLYTHEISM WAS THE
DOMINANT RELIGION IN MECCA. AT THAT TIME
THEY
WORSHIPPED
GOD
AND
GODDESSES
INCLUDING HUBAL AND THE GODDESS OF ALLAT.
MANY OF THE PRE-ISLAMIST GODS ARE TRACED TO
IDOLS. MUHAMMAD MOST LIKELY PRAYED TO THE
IDOL, HUBAL
LATER, AT AGE 40, HE REPORTED BEING VISITED
BY GABRIEL IN THE CAVE OF HIRA AND RECEIVED
HIS FIRST REVELATION FROM GOD. HE WAS NOT
HAPPY WITH THE PEOPLE AROUND HIM BECAUSE
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OF ALL THE SUPERSTITIONS AND SOCIAL AND
ECONOMIC
INJUSTICES.
THE
PEOPLE
WERE
WORSHIPPING MANY GODS AND HAD FORGOTTEN
THE MESSAGE OF THE PROPHET ABRAHAM TO
WORSHIP ONE GOD. MUHAMMAD LOVED TO PRAY
AND
MEDITATE
IN
THE
MOUNTAINS.
HE
CONTINUED TO RECEIVE MESSAGES FROM GOD
THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE AND HE BEGAN PREACHING
TO OTHERS WHAT HE HAD LEARNED. HIS MAIN
MESSAGE IS THAT THERE WAS NO OTHER GOD BUT
ALLAH, AND MUHAMMAD WAS HIS PROPHET AND
THAT PEOPLE SHOULD LEAD THEIR LIVES IN A
WAY THAT WAS PLEASING TO ALLAH. MUHAMMAD
BEGAN TO PROCLAIM THAT THE DAY OF JUDGMENT
WAS NEAR, THAT EACH MAN MUST LIVE JUSTLY
AND
HONESTLY
IN
GRATITUDE
FOR
THE
GOODNESS OF GOD; EACH MUST RENDER AN
ACCOUNT OF HIS LIFE, AND WOE TO HIM WHO
DOES NOT PREPARE TO MEET HIS GOD.
MUSLIMS BELIEVE THAT THE INNER MESSAGE OF
ALL
THE
DIVINE
REVELATIONS
GIVEN
TO
MUHAMMAD ARE ESSENTIALLY THE SAME BUT
THERE HAD BEEN A "GRADUAL EVOLUTION
TOWARD A FINAL, PERFECT REVELATION" AND
SUSEQUENTLY INCLUDES THE WRITINGS OF THE
HADITH AND THE SURA. IT IS IN THIS CASE THAT
MUHAMMAD'S REVELATION EXCELS THE PREVIOUS
ONES
AS
MUHAMMAD’S
REVELATION
IS
CONSIDERED BY THE MUSLIMS TO BE "THE
COMPLETION,
THE CULMINATION,
AND
THE
PERFECTION
OF
ALL
THE
PREVIOUS
REVELATIONS".[133] CONSEQUENTLY, WHEN THE
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QURAN DECLARES THAT MUHAMMAD IS THE FINAL
PROPHET AFTER WHICH THERE WILL BE NO
FUTURE PROPHET (33:40), IT IS ALSO MEANT THAT
THE QURAN IS THE LAST REVEALED DIVINE BOOK,
CONSISTING OF THE MECAN QURAN, SURA AND
THE HADITH.
THE HADITH ARE A COMPILATION OF LITTLE
STORIES OR PARABLES that MUHAMMAD TAUGHT
AND THE SURAH WAS A 800 PAGE BIOGRAPHY OF
THE LIFE OF MOHAMMAD. THE SURAH WAS
IMPORTANT BECAUSE IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND
THE MEANING OF THE QURAN YOU NEEDED TO
KNOW EVERY DETAIL OF MUHAMMAD'S LIFE
BECAUSE YOU WERE COMMANDED TO "DO AS
MOHAMMAD DID." THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE
HE WAS THE FIRST RADICAL MUSLIM WHO
EVOLVED INTO A POLTICIAN AND A WARLORD
AND WAS MORE OF A GENERAL THAN A GURU WHO
WENT ON 26 MILITARY CAMPAIGNS TO PROMOTE
HIS RELIGION. MUHAMMAD WAS THE FIRST
MUSLIM TO PRACTICED MUCH OF THE VIOLECE
ASSOCIATED WITH RADICALS TODAY. SO IF YOU
WANT TO UNDERSTAND THE QURAN, READ IT AND
DO AS MUHAMMAD DID. THE QURAN IS 18%
ABOUT ALLAH AND 80% ABOUT MUHAMMAD. IBEENA-TI-HEMA SAYS THAT IN ORDER TO BE A TRUE
AND FAITHFUL MUSLIM YOU MUST READ THE BOOK
AND FOLLOW EXACTLY WHAT THE MAN DID.
WHILE MUHAMMAD WAS IN MECCA FOR 13 YEARS
HE PREACHED A MESSAGE OF NO COMPULSION IN
RELIGION. THE ACTUAL WORD ISLAM MEANS
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SUBMISSION AND PEACE OR SUBMISSION BY
PEACE AND THAT'S WHY MOST PEOPLE THINK
THAT ISLAM IS A PEACEFUL RELIGION. AFTER 13
YEARS THE RELIGION OF ISLAM BECAME RADICAL
AND A NEW RULE FOR INTERPRETATION OF THE
QURAN WAS ESTABLISHED. THAT RULE WAS
KNOWN AS ABROGATION. THIS RULE STATED THAN
ANY
NEW
REVELATION
THAT
MUHAMMAD
RECEIVED WOULD MAKE NULL AND VOID ANY
PREVIOUS REVELATION AND THAT IS THE BASIS
FOR RADICALIZATION THEN AND NOW.
II.
WHAT
DO
MUSLIMS
MUSLIMS HAVE SIX MAJOR BELIEFS.
BELIEVE?
•BELIEF IN ONE GOD (ALLAH).
•BELIEF IN THE ANGELS.
•BELIEF IN THE HOLY BOOKS SENT TO ALL THE
PROPHETS INCLUDING THE TORAH THAT WAS
REVEALED TO THE PROPHET MOSES, AND THE
BIBLE THAT WAS REVEALED TO THE PROPHET
JESUS, AND THE QUR'AN (KORAN) THAT WAS
REVEALED TO THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD.
•BELIEF IN ALL THE PROPHETS SENT BY GOD
INCLUDING NOAH, ABRAHAM, ISHMAEL, ISAAC,
JACOB,
MOSES,
JESUS
AND
MUHAMMAD.
ALTHOUGH MUSLIMS BELIEVE IN ISA OR JESUS
THEY DON'T THINK OF JESUS AS THE SON OF GOD
THE WAY CHRISTIANS DO.
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•BELIEF IN THE DAY OF JUDGMENT AND LIFE
AFTER
DEATH.
THE
BEST
REWARD
FOR
PERFORMING GOOD DEEDS IS GETTING CLOSER TO
GOD.
•BELIEF IN DIVINE DECREE. THIS MEANS THAT
GOD IS ALL-POWERFUL AND NOTHING CAN
HAPPEN WITHOUT HIS PERMISSION, HOWEVER,
HE HAS GIVEN HUMAN BEINGS FREEDOM TO
CHOOSE WHETHER TO BE GOOD OR BAD. IN THE
END, EVERYONE WILL BE QUESTIONED ABOUT
HOW THEY LIVED IN THIS LIFE.
III. HERE ARE SOME FUNDAMENTAL TEXT IN THE
QURAN THAT SUPPORTS RADICALIZATION:
QURAN (5:33) – “THE PUNISHMENT OF THOSE
WHO WAGE WAR AGAINST ALLAH AND HIS
MESSENGER AND STRIVE TO MAKE MISCHIEF IN
THE LAND IS ONLY THIS, THAT THEY SHOULD BE
MURDERED OR CRUCIFIED OR THEIR HANDS AND
THEIR FEET SHOULD BE CUT OFF ON OPPOSITE
SIDES OR THEY SHOULD BE IMPRISONED; THIS
SHALL BE AS A DISGRACE FOR THEM IN THIS
WORLD, AND IN THE HEREAFTER THEY SHALL HAVE
A GRIEVOUS CHASTISEMENT.”
QURAN (4:95) – “NOT EQUAL ARE THOSE
BELIEVERS WHO SIT (AT HOME) AND RECEIVE NO
HURT, AND THOSE WHO STRIVE AND FIGHT IN THE
CAUSE OF ALLAH WITH THEIR GOODS AND THEIR
PERSONS. ALLAH HATH GRANTED A GRADE HIGHER
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TO THOSE WHO STRIVE AND FIGHT WITH THEIR
GOODS AND PERSONS THAN TO THOSE WHO SIT
(AT HOME). UNTO ALL (IN FAITH) HATH ALLAH
PROMISED GOOD: BUT THOSE WHO STRIVE AND
FIGHT HATH HE DISTINGUISHED ABOVE THOSE
WHO SIT (AT HOME) BY A SPECIAL REWARD.”
QURAN (2:191-193) – “AND KILL THEM WHEREVER
YOU FIND THEM, AND TURN THEM OUT FROM
WHERE THEY HAVE TURNED YOU OUT. AND ALFITNAH [DISBELIEF]
IS
WORSE
THAN
KILLING…BUT IF THEY DESIST, THEN LO! ALLAH IS
FORGIVING AND MERCIFUL.
AND FIGHT THEM
UNTIL THERE IS NO MORE UNBELIEF AND IDOL
WORSHIP, AND WORSHIP IS FOR ALLAH ALONE.
BUT IF THEY CEASE, LET THERE BE NO
TRANSGRESSION
EXCEPT
AGAINST AZZALIMUN (THE POLYTHEISTS, AND WRONG-DOERS,
ETC.)”
QURAN (2:216) – “FIGHTING IS PRESCRIBED FOR
YOU, AND YE DISLIKE IT. BUT IT IS POSSIBLE
THAT YE DISLIKE A THING WHICH IS GOOD FOR
YOU, AND THAT YE LOVE A THING WHICH IS BAD
FOR YOU. BUT ALLAH KNOWETH, AND YE KNOW
NOT.” NOT ONLY DOES THIS VERSE ESTABLISH
THAT VIOLENCE CAN BE VIRTUOUS, BUT IT ALSO
CONTRADICTS THE MYTH THAT FIGHTING IS
INTENDED ONLY IN SELF-DEFENSE, SINCE THE
AUDIENCE WAS OBVIOUSLY NOT UNDER ATTACK
AT THE TIME. FROM THE HADITH, WE KNOW THAT
THIS VERSE WAS NARRATED AT A TIME THAT
MUHAMMAD WAS ACTUALLY TRYING TO MOTIVATE
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HIS PEOPLE INTO RAIDING MERCHANT CARAVANS
FOR LOOT.
QURAN (4:74) – “LET THOSE FIGHT IN THE WAY OF
ALLAH WHO SELL THE LIFE OF THIS WORLD FOR
THE OTHER. WHOSO FIGHTETH IN THE WAY OF
ALLAH, BE HE SLAIN OR BE HE VICTORIOUS, ON
HIM WE SHALL BESTOW A VAST REWARD.”
QURAN (4:76) – “THOSE WHO BELIEVE, FIGHT IN
THE CAUSE OF ALLAH…
IV. LET'S TALK ABOUT SHARIA LAW. SHARIA IS
THE BASIC ISLAMIC LEGAL SYSTEM DERIVED FROM
THE
RELIGIOUS
PRECEPTS
OF
ISLAM,
PARTICULARLY THE QURAN, SURRAH AND THE
HADITH. THE TERM SHARIA FROM THE ARABIC
LANGUAGE WORD MEANS A BODY OF MORAL AND
RELIGIOUS LAW DERIVED FROM RELIGIOUS
PROPHESY AS OPPOSED TO HUMAN LEGISLATION.
SHARIA DEALS WITH MANY TOPICS, INCLUDING
CRIME, POLITICS, MARRIAGE CONTRACTS, TRADE
REGULATIONS, RELIGIOUS PRESCRIPTIONS, AND
ECONOMICS, AS WELL AS PERSONAL MATTERS
SUCH AS SEXUAL INTERCOURSE, HYGIENE, DIET,
PRAYER, EVERYDAY ETIQUETTE AND FASTING.
HISTORICALLY, ADHERENCE TO SHARIA HAS
SERVED AS ONE OF THE DISTINGUISHING
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MUSLIM FAITH. IN ITS
STRICTEST DEFINITION, SHARIA IS CONSIDERED
IN ISLAM AS THE INFALLIBLE LAW OF GOD.
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LET'S LOOK AT SOME OF THE SPECIFIC SHARIA
FUNDAMENTAL LAWS TONIGHT:
FUNDAMENTALLY ALL MUSLIMS ARE COMMANDED
TO KEEP THE "FIVE PILLARS OF ISLAM," THEY ARE
THE SHAHADA, WHICH IS AN AFFIRMATION THAT
THERE IS NO DEITY EXCEPT ALLAH AND THAT
MUHAMMAD
IS
HIS
PROPHET
AND
HIS
MESSENGER. THAT CONSTITUTES THE FIRST
PILLAR, OR FUNDAMENTAL.
THE SECOND IS PRAYER, SALAT, AND THEN THE
FASTING, ACCORDING TO SOME, WHICH IS SAWM,
OR THE FAST OF RAMADAN; AND THE PAYMENT OF
WHAT I CALL A SOCIAL TAX, WHICH IS CALLED
ZAKAT. OTHERS CALL IT CHARITY; I CALL IT A
SOCIAL TAX. IT IS 2.5 PERCENT OF WHAT ONE HAS
EARNED, WHAT ONE HAS OWNED OF CERTAIN
KINDS OF WEALTH FOR A PERIOD OF ONE YEAR.
THE FIFTH IS THE PILGRIMAGE, THE HAJJ. THE
PILGRIMAGE TO THE KAABA -- NOT TO MECCA PER
SE -- BUT TO THE KAABA, WHICH IS IN MECCA.
THOSE ARE THE FIVE PILLARS OR THE FIVE
FUNDAMENTAL SHARIA LAWS.
THERE IS NOT ONE SET OF SHARIA LAWS THAT ARE
UNIVERSALLY
OBSERVED
BY
ALL
MUSLIMS
WORLDWIDE. FOR INSTANCE HOMOSEXUALITY IS
ACCEPTED IN 5 MUSLIM NATIONS BUT THE REST
HAVE VERY STRICT LAWS AND PUNSIHMENT FOR
OFFENDERS INCLUDING FLOGGINGS, BEATINGS
AND DEATH. IN THOSE NATIONS ISLAM IS CLEAR
IN ITS PROHIBITION OF HOMOSEXUAL ACTS.
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ISLAMIC SCHOLARS CITE THESE REASONS FOR
CONDEMNING
HOMOSEXUALITY,
BASED
ON
TEACHINGS OF THE QUR'AN AND SUNNAH:
IT CLASHES WITH THE "NATURAL" ORDER IN
WHICH GOD CREATED HUMAN BEINGS
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IT BRINGS DESTRUCTION OF THE FAMILY AND
THE INSTITUTIONS OF MARRIAGE
IT LEADS PEOPLE TO IGNORE GOD'S GUIDANCE
IN OTHER AREAS OF LIFE
IN ISLAMIC TERMINOLOGY, HOMOSEXUALITY IS
ALTERNATIVELY CALLED AL-FAHSHA' (AN OBSCENE
ACT), SHUDHUDH (ABNORMALITY), OR 'AMAL
QAWM LUT(BEHAVIOR OF THE PEOPLE OF LUT OR
LOT IN SODOM AND GOHMORAH).
V. WHAT DOES THE QURAN AND THE HADITH HAVE
TO SAY ABOUT WOMEN THAT IS ENFORCED BY
SHARIA LAW? WE ARE OFTEN TOLD THAT ISLAM IN
ITS PUREST FORM HONORS AND ELEVATES
WOMEN. BUT DOES IT? LET'S LOOK AT SOME
TEXTS.
1. SURA 2:223 SAYS" YOUR WOMEN ARE YOUR
FIELDS, SO GO INTO YOUR FIELDS WHICHEVER
WAY YOU LIKE IN OTHER WORDS A HUSBAND CAN
HAVE SEX WITH HIS WIFE, AS A PLOW GOES INTO
A FIELD. IF A MAN INVITES HIS WIFE TO SLEEP
WITH HIM AND SHE REFUSES TO COME TO HIM,
THEN THE ANGELS SEND THEIR CURSES ON HER
TILL MORNING.
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2. SURA 2:228 WIVES HAVE THE SAME RIGHTS AS
THE HUSBAND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
GENERALLY KNOWN PRINCIPLES OF ISLAM. OF
COURSE MEN ARE A DEGREE ABOVE THEM IN
STATUS.
3. HADITH: THE PROPHET SAID, 'I LOOKED AT
PARADISE AND FOUND POOR PEOPLE FORMING
THE MAJORITY OF ITS INHABITANTS; AND I
LOOKED AT HELL AND SAW THAT THE MAJORITY OF
ITS INHABITANTS WERE WOMEN WHO REFUSED TO
OBEY THEIR HUSBANDS AND ARE HARSH AND
RUDE TO THEIR HUSBANDS.
I HEARD THE PROPHET SAYING. EVIL IS IN THREE
THINGS, THE HORSE, THE WOMAN AND THE
HOUSE. THE HADITH SAYS THAT WOMEN ARE PART
OF AN EVIL OMEN.
THE QURAN IN SURA 4:11 SAYS: THE SHARE OF
THE MALE SHALL BE TWICE THAT OF A FEMALE . . . .
A MALE GETS A DOUBLE SHARE OF THE
INHERITANCE OVER THAT OF A FEMALE.
4. THE QURAN IN SURA 2:282 SAYS: AND LET TWO
MEN FROM AMONG YOU BEAR WITNESS TO ALL
SUCH
DOCUMENTS
[CONTRACTS
OF
LOANS
WITHOUT INTEREST]. BUT IF TWO MEN BE NOT
AVAILABLE, THERE SHOULD BE ONE MAN AND TWO
WOMEN TO BEAR WITNESS SO THAT IF ONE OF THE
WOMEN FORGETS (ANYTHING), THE OTHER MAY
REMIND HER. A WOMAN'S TESTIMONY COUNTS
HALF OF A MAN'S TESTIMONY. THE FOUNDATIONAL
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REASON FOR HAVING TWO WOMEN WITNESSES IS
THAT ONE OF THE WOMEN MAY 'FORGET'
SOMETHING. THIS VERSE GOES TO THE NATURE OF
WOMANKIND, AND IMPLIES THAT A WOMAN'S
MIND IS WEAK.
THIS HADITH REMOVES ANY AMBIGUITY ABOUT
WOMEN'S ABILITIES IN SURA 2:282: THE PROPHET
SAID, 'ISN'T THE WITNESS OF A WOMAN EQUAL TO
HALF OF THAT OF A MAN?' THE WOMEN SAID,
'YES.' HE SAID, 'THIS IS BECAUSE OF THE
DEFICIENCY OF A WOMAN'S MIND.'
5. THE QURAN IN SURA 4:24 SAYS: AND
FORBIDDEN TO YOU ARE WEDDED WIVES OF
OTHER PEOPLE EXCEPT THOSE WHO HAVE FALLEN
IN YOUR HANDS [AS PRISONERS OF WAR. SLAVE—
GIRLS ARE SEXUAL PROPERTY FOR THEIR MALE
OWNERS. ISLAM ALLOWS DEEP IMMORALITY WITH
WOMEN WHO ARE IN THEIR MOST HELPLESS
CONDITION. THIS CRIME IS REPREHENSIBLE, BUT
ALLAH WILLS IT NONETHELESS.
6. THE QURAN IN SURA 4:3 SAYS: AND IF YOU BE
APPREHENSIVE THAT YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO
DO JUSTICE TO THE ORPHANS, YOU MAY MARRY
TWO OR THREE OR FOUR WOMEN WHOM YOU
CHOOSE. BUT IF YOU APPREHEND THAT YOU
MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO DO JUSTICE TO THEM,
THEN MARRY ONLY ONE WIFE, OR MARRY THOSE
WHO HAVE FALLEN IN YOUR POSSESSION. A MAN
MAY BE POLYGAMOUS WITH UP TO FOUR WIVES.
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7. THE QURAN IN SURA 4:129 SAYS: IT IS NOT
WITHIN
YOUR
POWER
TO
BE
PERFECTLY
EQUITABLE IN YOUR TREATMENT WITH ALL YOUR
WIVES, EVEN IF YOU WISH TO BE SO; THEREFORE,
[IN ORDER TO SATISFY THE DICTATES OF DIVINE
LAW] DO NOT LEAN TOWARDS ONE WIFE SO AS TO
LEAVE THE OTHER IN A STATE OF SUSPENSE. A
HUSBAND MAY SIMPLY GET RID OF ONE OF HIS
UNDESIRABLE WIVES.
THE QURAN IN SURA 4:34 SAYS 4:34 . . . IF YOU
FEAR HIGHHANDEDNESS FROM YOUR WIVES,
REMIND THEM [OF THE TEACHING OF GOD], THEN
IGNORE THEM WHEN YOU GO TO BED, THEN HIT
THEM. IF THEY OBEY YOU, YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO
ACT AGAINST THEM. GOD IS MOST HIGH AND
GREAT. HUSBANDS MAY HIT THEIR WIVES EVEN IF
THE HUSBANDS MERELY FEAR HIGHHANDEDNESS
IN THEIR WIVES (QUITE APART FROM WHETHER
THEY ACTUALLY ARE HIGHHANDED).
THE QURAN IN SURA 65:1, 4 SAYS: 65:1 O
PROPHET, WHEN YOU [AND THE BELIEVERS]
DIVORCE WOMEN, DIVORCE THEM FOR THEIR
PRESCRIBED WAITING—PERIOD AND COUNT THE
WAITING—PERIOD ACCURATELY . . . 4 AND IF YOU
ARE IN DOUBT ABOUT THOSE OF YOUR WOMEN
WHO HAVE DESPAIRED OF MENSTRUATION, (YOU
SHOULD KNOW THAT) THEIR WAITING PERIOD IS
THREE MONTHS, AND THE SAME APPLIES TO THOSE
WHO HAVE NOT MENSTRUATED AS YET. AS FOR
PREGNANT WOMEN, THEIR PERIOD ENDS WHEN
THEY HAVE DELIVERED THEIR BURDEN.
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MATURE
MEN
ARE
ALLOWED
TO
MARRY
PREPUBESCENT GIRLS AND THEY STILL DO TODAY
AS SEEN IN THIS SLIDE. THE HADITH SAYS:. . .
AFTER MUHAMMAD'S FIRST WIFE DIED HE
MARRIED AISHAH WHEN SHE WAS 6 YEARS OLD.
THEN 3 YEARS LATER HE CONSUMATED THE
MARRIGE WHEH AISHAH WAS 9 YEARS OLD.
VI. HOW MANY MUSLIMS ARE IN THE WORLD
TODAY AND WHAT PERCENT ARE RADICALIZED"
WE ARE LIVING IN A DAY WHEN BEING
POLITICALLY CORRECT IS VERY IMPORTANT.
WHENEVER I BRING UP THE SUBJECT MATTER OF
THE QURAN OR RADICAL ISLAM I AM ALWAYS
COUNTERED BY SOMEONE WHO SAYS THAT
MUSLIMS AND THEIR RELIGION OF ISLAM IS
REALLY JUST ABOUT PEACE. MOST MUSLIM'S YOU
MEET ARE VERY POLITE, WELL MANNERED AND
PEACEFUL.
THESE ARE WELL MEANING PEOPLE
WHO ARE REALLY IGNORANT ABOUT WHAT THE
QURAN
REALLY
TEACHES
ABOUT
VIOLENT
EXTREEMISM. BILL MAER WAS HAVING SUCH A
CONVERSATION ON TV AND HE MADE THE
STATEMENT THAT JUST ABOUT EVERY OTHER PAGE
IN THE QURAN WAS ABOUT VIOLENCE IN ONE
FORM OR ANOTHER. SO THAT GOT ME ASKING
SOME QUESTIONS LIKE WHAT PERCENT OF THE
WORLD'S POPULATION IS MUSLIM AND WHAT
PERCENT OF MUSLIMS PRACTICE RADICAL ISLAM?
TO BEGIN WITH I WANT TO ANSWER THAT
QUESTION. THESE STATISTICS WERE DERIVED
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FROM A MESSAGE BY DR. MICHAEL BROWN AT THE
WEBSITE: askdrbrown.org
WE ARE TOLD ALMOST EVERY DAY THAT ISLAMIC
TERRORISM HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE REAL
ISLAM. HILLARY CLINTON HAS SAID, ABD I QUOTE
"THAT MUSLIMS ARE PEACEFUL AND TOLERANT
PEOPLE AND HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH
TERRORISM." PRESIDENT OBAMA BETTER KNOW
BY REPUBLICANS AS PRESIDENT OBUMMER HAS
SAID "THAT ALQUEDA'S CAUSE IS NOT ISLAM AND
ISIL
IS
NOT
ISLAMIC
AND
THAT
THE
OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF MUSLIMS REJECT
THAT RADICAL INTERPRETATION OF ISLAM. SO ITS
VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO ALIGN OURSELVES
WITH THE 99.9% OF MUSLIMS WHO ARE LOOKING
FOR THE SAME THING WE ARE LOOKING FOR."
WE NEED TO ASK THE QUESTION, IS IT TRUE THAT
99.9% OF MUSLIMS ARE NOT RADICAL AND DO
NOT SHARE THESES EXTREME VALUES AND IN FACT
REPUDIATE THEM. THAT WAS THE SAME GENERAL
STATEMENT MADE BY THE CLERIC FROM CAIR
(COUNCIL ON AMRICAN-ISLAMISC RELATIONS) AT
THE SAN BERNIDINO MASSACARE. HERE'S WHAT
HE SAID, " WE HAVE TO PUT THINGS IN
PERSPECTIVE, THERE'S 1.6 BILLION MUSLIMS IN
THE WORLD AND THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT
JOIN GROUPS LIKE ISIS OR ALQUEDA IS A
FRACTION OF A FRACTION OF A FRACTION OF
THAT WHOLE NUMBER. WHEN WE ALLOW THEM TO
HIJACK THE NAME OF ISLAM TO DO HORRIFIC
ACTS WE ARE DOING AN INJUSTICE TO ISLAM AND
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THE OTHER MUSLIMS WHO REJECT THAT KIND OF
BEHAVIOR
AND
WE'RE
ALLOWING
THESE
EXTREEMISTS TO CLAIM THEY ARE MUSLIM WHEN
THEY ARE NOT."
SO IS IT TRUE? LET'S LOOK AT SOME OF THE
FIGURES THAT RI-AL RAJAH WITH THE CLARION
PROJECT HAS PUT OUT BY THE NUMBERS THAT
BREAKS THIS DOWN:
RADICAL ISLAMIST: TO INCLUDE ISIS AND
ALQUAEDA, BOKERAHARAN THAT SLAUGHTER
INNOCENT PEOPLE AND BEHEADING PEOPLE AND
FLYING INTO THE WORLD TRADE CENTERS EQUAL
TENS OF THOUSANDS BUT PERHAPS SEVERAL
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS.
1.
THE
ISLAMIST:
LIKE
THE
MUSLIM
BROTHERHOOD THAT ARE LEADING IN EGYPT AND
HAVE THE SAME GOALS OF SHARIA LAW AND
ENFORCING THESE THINGS. ANOTHER GROUP
WOULD BE LIKE CAIR IN SAN BERNIDINO AND
NOW YOU'RE TALKING IN THE TENS OF MILLIONS
TO INCLUDE IRAN, AFGANISTAN, SAUDUA ARABIA.
2. FUNDAMENTALIST MUSLIMS: THAT CERTAINLY
NUMBER SEVERAL HUNDRED MILLION. THERE WAS
A MAJOR SURVEY DONE BY THE PEW FORUM
WHERE
THEY
INTERVIEWED
MUSLIMS
IN
SOUTHERN EASTERN EUROPE, IN CENTRAL ASIA
AND SOUTH EAST ASIA, IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND
NORTH AFRICA COUNTRIES LIKE AFGANASTAN,
EGYPT, BANGLEDESH, MALASIA AND COUNTRIES
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LIKE PAKISTAN, IRAQ, ALBANIA, KOSOVOL AND
TURKEY. THEY ASKED ABOUT THE PERCENTAGE OF
PEOPLE IN THESE AREAS THAT BELIEVED IN
SHARIA LAW AND THAT 79-86 PERCENT BELIEVED
THAT APOSTATES SHOULD BE EXECUTED.
WESTERN MUSLIMS AGE 18-29 WERE POLLED IN
FRANCE, BRITTAN AN AMERICA SAID THEY
BELIEVED THAT SUICIDE BOMBINGS AGAINST
CIVILIANS CAN BE JUSTIFIED AND FRENCH
MUSLIMS BY THEMSELVES IS 42% OR 4 OUT OF 10
MUSLIMS
BELIEVE
THAT
ABOUT
SUICIDE
BOMBINGS. I THOUGHT PRESIDENT OBAMA SAID
99.9% OF MUSLIMS WORLD WIDE DO NOT SHARE
THE VIEW OF RADICAL ISLAM, AND THE IMAN
FROM CARE SAID ITS JUST A FRACTION OF A
FRACTION OF A FRACTION.
35% OF BRITTISH MUSLIMS ARE RADICAL AND
26% OF AMRICAN MUSLIMS AGES 18-29 THINK
THAT SUICIDE BOMBS AGAINST CILILIANS CAN BE
ACCEPTABLE. THAT'S 1,820,000 MUSLIMS IN
AMRICA TODAY.
HERE'S
ANOTHER
SURVEY
OF
MUSLIMS
WORLDWIDE. THOSE WHO WANT SHARIA LAW TO
BE THE LAW OF THE LAND IS 53% OF THEM. 52%
OF MUSLIMS AGE 18-29 WORLDWIDE FAVOR
CORPERAL PUNISHMENT LIKE CUTTING OFF YOUR
HAND IF YOU HABITUALUALLY STEAL OR TO CUT
OF A HAND ON ONE SIDE OF THE BODY AND TO
CUT OFF A FOOT ON THE OTHER SIDE IF YOU
APOSTICIZE FROM THE FAITH AND OTHER
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STONNINGS
PENALTIES
FOR
ADULTERERS
AND
FLOGGING
OVER 281 MILLION MUSSLIMS FAVOR WHIPPINGS
AND APUTATIONS AND 345 MILLION MUSSLIMS
ACCEPT HONOR KILLINGS FOR A YOUNGER SISTER
WHO HAS SEX OUTSIDE OF MARRIAGE.
1. SO WE NEED TO ASK MUSLIMS LEADERS TODAY
HOW THEY CAN TELL US THAT ONLY A FRACTION
OF A FRACTION OF MUSLIMS WORLDWIDE ARE
EXTREMISTS WHEN IT CAN BE PROVED THAT A
SIZEABLE
MINIORTY
ARE
RADICALIZED
TRANSLATING TO A LEAST SERVERAL MILLION
FUNDALMENTALISTS MUSLIMS WORLD WIDE.
2. IF THERE IS NO TOLERANCE FOR VIOLENCE IN
ISLAM WHY DO SO MANY MUSLIM LEADERS TODAY
EMPAHSIZE JIHAD?
3. WHY DON'T GROUPS LIKE CAIR TRULY
REPUDIATE RADICAL ISLAM. WHERE IS THE
PUBLIC
CATEGORICAL
CONDEMNATION
OF
TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS LIKE HAMAS, ISIS
AND ALQIEDA?
4. HOW DO AMERICAN MUSLIMS FEEL ABOUT THE
DEATH PENALTY FOR MUSLIMS WHO CONVERT TO
OTHER RELIGIONS WHEN THIS IS THE LAW IN 20
ISLAMIC COUNTRIES TODAY?
VII. ISLAMIC TAXI DRIVERS AT MINNEAPOLIS-ST.
PAUL INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ARE REFUSING
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PASSENGERS CARRYING ALCOHOL AND BLIND
FOLKS WITH SEEING-EYE DOGS BECAUSE THE
ANIMALS' SALIVA IS SACRILEGE ACCORDING TO
SHARIA LAW. THESE MUSLIMS HAVE STRANDED
100 PASSENGERS A MONTH DURING THE PAST
YEAR, SOMETIMES FOR MORE THAN AN HOUR,
ACCORDING TO THE METROPOLITAN AIRPORTS
COMMISSION, SINCE THREE-FOURTHS OF THE 900
TAXI DRIVERS SERVICING THE AIRPORT ARE
SOMALI MUSLIMS WHO HAVE DECIDED TO
PARTICIPATE IN THE NEW DISCIPLINE.
TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE, A LOCAL OUTREACH
DIRECTOR OF THE EVER-OBLIGING COUNCIL ON
AMERICAN-ISLAMIC RELATIONS, DAMON DRAKE,
DISMISSED THE ISSUE, SAYING, "NOW THAT THE
MUSLIMS
ARE
HERE,
THEY
NEED
TO
BE
ACCOMMODATED."
WHAT IF ISLAMIC DRIVERS DENY THE RIGHT OF
TRANSPORTATION TO WOMEN WEARING SHORT
SKIRTS, ROBED PRIESTS AND RABBIS, OR
HOMOSEXUAL
COUPLES,
AS
INDEED
HAS
HAPPENED IN MINNEAPOLIS?
AND WHAT TO DO SHOULD CONDUCTORS, PILOTS,
AND STEWARDS ON TRAINS AND PLANES INSIST
THEY SHOULD NOT TRANSPORT UNVEILED WOMEN
OR SERVE ALCOHOL. HOW FAR OFF IS THE DAY
WHEN EMBOLDENED IMAMS IN NEIGHBORHOODS
WHERE
AMERICAN
MUSLIMS
ARE
IN
THE
MAJORITY, SUCH DEARBORN, MICH., DEMAND THE
BROADCASTING OF THE CALLS TO PRAYER OVER
LOUDSPEAKERS AT DAWN AND AT OTHER TIMES.
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FARFETCHED? NOT AT ALL. A FEW MONTHS AGO, A
NATURALIZED AUSTRALIAN IMAM, SHEIKH TAJ
DIN AL-HILALI, WHO CAME FROM EGYPT, RAISED A
STORM WHEN HE LIKENED UNVEILED AUSTRALIAN
WOMEN TO "UNCOVERED MEAT THAT DRAWS
PREDATORS."
THESE ARE NEITHER POLEMIC NOR FRIVOLOUS
QUESTIONS GIVEN A CULTURAL PROCESS THAT
ACCEPTS THAT ISLAMIC TAXI DRIVERS POSSESS
"RELIGIOUS
RIGHTS"
OVERRIDING
PUBLIC
SERVICE CODES AND AMERICA'S SEPARATION OF
CHURCH AND STATE.
INDEED, IN THE PAST DECADE, MUSLIMS IN
AMERICA, EUROPE, AND AUSTRALIA HAVE BECOME
CAUGHT UP IN A PROSELYTIZING FRENZY,
ATTEMPTING TO FORCE THE VERY WESTERN
SOCIETIES TO WHICH THEY MIGRATED FOR
BETTER PAY AND GREATER FREEDOM INTO NEW
SOCIAL COVENANTS. WHAT THEY OVERLOOK IS
THAT MUCH OF THE WEST SPENT MUCH BLOOD
AND SWEAT TO CONSTRUCT MODELS OF PERSONAL
FREEDOM AND SECULAR SPACE THAT SHOULD NOT
BE ABANDONED BY WESTERNERS FOR SOME
SAUDI-STYLE ISLAMIC KINGDOM OF DARKNESS.
IN THAT RESPECT, IT IS USEFUL TO RECALL
COMMENTS BY PRIME MINISTER HOWARD OF
AUSTRALIA, WHO ON THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF
RETAINING
HIS
ELECTED
FUNCTION
LAST
FEBRUARY, TOLD AUSTRALIAN MUSLIMS: "ALL
MIGRANTS HAVE TO INTEGRATE, AND THAT MEANS
SPEAKING ENGLISH AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. IT
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MEANS EMBRACING AUSTRALIAN VALUES, AND IT
ALSO MEANS MAKING SURE THAT NO MATTER
WHAT THE CULTURE OF THE COUNTRY FROM
WHICH THEY COME MIGHT HAVE BEEN, AUSTRALIA
REQUIRES WOMEN TO BE TREATED FAIRLY AND
EQUALLY AND IN THE SAME FASHION AS MEN. IF
ANY MIGRANTS THAT COME INTO THIS COUNTRY
HAVE A DIFFERENT VIEW, THEY BETTER GET RID
OF THAT VIEW VERY QUICKLY."
THIS IS NOT A MATTER OF THE AMERICAN WAY OR
THE HIGHWAY. IT IS NOT ABOUT BOOZE, DOGS,
VEILS, OR SOCIAL NORMS. IT IS ABOUT THE SUM
TOTAL OF CIVILIZED SOCIETIES AND THE RULE OF
SECULAR
LAWS.
INTRUSIONS
UPON
THESE
SYSTEMS IN THE NAME OF GOD, SHARIA LAW, OR
ISLAMIC JURISPRUDENCE IS A VERY BIG DEAL
INDEED AND MUST BE HANDLED AS SUCH. THIS IS
WHY THE MATTER OF TAXI DRIVERS IMPOSING
THEIR ISLAMIC RELIGIOUS FATWAS IS NOTHING
LESS THAN A CONTINUATION OF THAT THING WE
CALL THE "WAR OF CIVILIZATIONS."
VIII. TO SUMMERIZE THE NUMBER OF MUSLIMS
WORLDWIDE IS 1.6 BILLION AND THERE ARE
CLOSE TO 8 MILLION MUSLIMS IN AMERICA
TODAY. AFTER STUDYING THIS INFORMATION AND
PRESENTING IT TO YOU, YOU MUST DETERMINE
THE THREAT LEVEL IN OUR COUNTRY AND TAKE
THE NECESSARY STEPS TO ENSURE YOUR SAFETY
AND THAT BEGINS BY BEING EDUCATED
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These
2
messages
are
on
our
website:
www.zioncf.org under the "Sunday Messages" tab.
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