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March of the Crescent – Thirteen hundred years of
violent Jihad!
Understanding militant Islam.
Some unpleasant facts we are facing in the West, which is why WE
MUST engage with Islam with the right questions, which our
leaders are failing to do.
At the moment we are engaged in a ruthless Holy War with Islam, in
Afghanistan, Syria, Iraq and elsewhere – this West fails to recognise. The
word ‘Islam’ means to submit and for fourteen hundred years Islam has
demanded countries submit, and they have.
Militant ISLAM – what people need to know, what you need to
know, what your family needs to know, what preachers need to
know!
Sir Winston Churchill wrote of Mohammedanism:
”How dreadful are the curses which Mohammedanism lays on its votaries!
Besides the fanatical frenzy, which is as dangerous in a man as
hydrophobia in a dog, there is this fearful fatalistic apathy. The effects
are apparent in many countries. Improvident habits, slovenly systems of
agriculture, sluggish methods of commerce, and insecurity of property
exist wherever the followers of the Prophet rule or live. A degraded
sensualism deprives this life of its grace and refinement; the next of its
dignity and sanctity. The fact that in Mohammedan law every woman
must belong to some man as his absolute property - either as a child, a
wife, or a concubine - must delay the final extinction of slavery until the
faith of Islam has ceased to be a great power among men. Thousands
become the brave and loyal soldiers of the Queen: all know how to die
but the influence of the religion paralyses the social development of those
who follow it. No stronger retrograde force exists in the world. Far from
being moribund, Mohammedanism is a militant and proselytizing faith. It
has already spread throughout Central Africa, raising fearless warriors at
every step; and were it not that Christianity is sheltered in the strong
arms of science, the science against which it had vainly struggled, the
civilisation of modern Europe might fall, as fell the civilisation of
ancient Rome.”
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, KG, OM, CH, TD, PC, FRS (30
November 1874 - 24 January 1965), The River War, First edition, Vol. II
(London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1899), pp. 248 ff.
This small book is not written against Muslims, or their religion, but
against the political ideology of violent Jihad rooted in Islam. This book is
though written to our western leaders who are silent against violent Jihad
and its origins in the sacred books of Islam – al-Qur’an and the Sunna,
made of the Hadith and al-Sira. Islam needs challenging, their theologians
and preachers must be held to account. We are told Islam is a religion of
peace, why then are so many of its adherents being so violent? Why are
these adherents able to turn to their sacred writings and defend their
actions? When ISIS makes a statement defending their butchery it is true
to their sacred writings. The apologists for Islam never refute through the
sacred writings why ISIS, al-Qaeda, Boko Haram, The Taliban, al
Shabaab, Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin, Jaish al-Islam, al-Nusra Front, Hamas,
Hezbolla, Riyad-us Saliheen Brigade of Martyrs, Fatah al-Islam and many
more are wrong. These groups are able to muster hundreds of thousands,
maybe millions of supporters who are prepared to die. If they are wrong
on their interpretation of Islam, why are they not being challenged?
Middle class Muslim families find their children going to Syria to fight for
ISIS, or stay at home becoming home bred terrorists – how is this
possible? Why are Mosques and their preachers not countering hard-line
Islamic preachers? These are valid questions which must be answered
honestly, because thousands are dying at the hands of these so called
radical groups.
Islam like other religions has its end times apocalypse and
eschatology. Some Muslims, in particular ISIS, believe we are living in
the last days. According to this belief the Imam al-Mahdi will most likely
appear in 2015 (or 2016) and Jesus as the Islamic Messiah will come
down from Heaven to Earth in 2022. ISIS on 29 June 2014, proclaimed
itself to be an Islamic state and worldwide caliphate, with Abu Bakr alBaghdadi being named its caliph.
Al-Mahdi or Imam Mahdi (Mahdi – the guided one), the caliph of al-Lah is
the prophesied redeemer of Islam, who will rule before the Day of
Judgment and will rid the world of evil. Some Muslims believe that the
Twelfth Imam will return from the Occultation as the Mahdi with a
company of his chosen ones, and his enemies will be led by
the Antichrist and the Sufyani. The two armies will fight one final
apocalyptic battle where the Mahdi and his forces will prevail over evil.
One major difference between ISIS and other Islamist groups, including
al-Qaeda, is ISIS’ emphasis on the end times. ISIS believes that it will
defeat the army of "Rome" at the town of Dabiq, in fulfilment of prophecy.
After the Mahdi has ruled Earth for a number of years, the Muslim
messiah will return. As noted, not all Muslims hold to this, and many
rightly regard this as nonsense, but a sufficient number do which helps to
explain why many Muslims are joining ISIS. Dabiq is a town in
northern Syria, about 28 miles northeast of Aleppo, and around six miles
south of Syria's border with Turkey. In Islamic eschatology, it is believed
that Dabiq is one of two possible locations for an epic battle between
invading Christians and the defending Muslims, which will result in a
Muslim victory and mark the beginning of the end of the world.
Political Islam teaches violent Jihad. I will now set out why my case
and questions, that cannot or won’t be answered; it is because political
Islam teaches violent Jihad which our Western Governments are refusing
to accept.
In September 2002, a year after 9/11, I visited the Finsbury Park Mosque
in London. The purpose was to meet Abu Hamza al-Masri, the Inman.
Hamza is also known as just plain Abu Hamza or Hook, for the reason he
lost both hands and an eye whilst playing with some explosives in
Afghanistan. He wears hooks where his hands should be, hence his
nickname (to the allusion of the fictional pirate, Captain Hook). He was
considered Al Qaeda’s top man in Europe, hence for me he was the ideal
person to discuss both Islam and Jesus Christ, during our brief discussion
he was handed a written debate proposal. He did not want to talk, he
actually ran from us and hid behind the metal railings of the mosque; the
discussion was more of a shouting match due to the distance. Despite the
brief conversation I learned much. Clearly there is no desire to integrate,
despite spending a fortune of taxpayers’ money there is segregation. The
area was filthy, and on lampposts were anti-western and anti-Christian
literature. Something which if the indigenous population did would be
classed as racist, being a police (criminal) matter.
On 19 May 2014, after extradition from the UK to the USA, Hamza was
found guilty of eleven terrorism charges by a federal jury in Manhattan.
On 9 January 2015 he was sentenced to life in prison without the
possibility of parole. This was for terrorist offences, including hostage
taking in the Yemen. Yet our leaders would have us believe Hamza is an
exception, that Islam is peaceful, are they correct? Atrocity after atrocity
we are told by our secular leaders, which are the actions of the Muslims,
is nothing to do with Islam, or it is a betrayal of Islam. Often such attacks
are called “lone wolf”, such as that of Richard Reid, known as the ‘shoe
bomber’. Reid was a member at the Finsbury Park Mosque, having studied
under Hamza. The Mosque was paid for in part by Saudi, Prince Charles
playing a part in the fund raising. He was at the opening ceremony, yet
our leaders seem to have no or little influence on what they call radical
Islam. Wahhabism is classed as a fundamental sect of Sunni Islam in
Saudi Arabia. Wahhabism lies behind ISIS and al-Qaeda, it is the official
form of the religion in Saudi Arabia. It is frightening that when we fill our
vehicles with fuel, if that fuel is from Saudi, we may well be funding
terrorism!
Muslim leaders rarely speak out; our prisons in the UK are full of Muslims,
imprisoned for theft, rape and murder. In 2015 it was revealed half of the
447 inmates of the remote Cambridgeshire jail, Whitemore, were Muslim,
up from forty percent a year earlier and twenty eight percent in 2008.
Nationally the figure is fifteen percent. Inmates inside the category A
prison are having to pay the "tax" – known as "Jizya" because they fear
being attacked by the extremists. Jizya has been found to be enforced by
some Islamist extremist prisoners inside four of Britain's largest
prisons. The terrifying findings were revealed by a team of Government
investigators, appointed by justice secretary Michael Gove, to establish
the threat Islamist extremists pose in Britain's prisons. In the UK nine
percent of our prison population are Muslims, yet they make up less than
three percent of the general population – something is very wrong!
The rape of England by Muslims gangs has been hidden, why? Nearly
four hundred British girls as young as eleven are believed to have been
sexually exploited by Muslim rape gangs in Oxfordshire, over the past
fifteen years. Highly paid local officials repeatedly ignored the abuse due
to a culture of denial. The scale of the abuse in Oxfordshire, a county in
southeast England, mirrors similarly shocking accounts of the sexual
exploitation of English girls by Muslim gangs in Bristol, Derby, Rochdale,
Rotherham and Telford, and implies that the problem is not isolated, but
endemic.
This seems to have been, or still is, ignored by both our leaders and the
Muslim community. The Telegraph reported that local authorities across
Britain are expending "considerable intellectual effort" into finding reasons
not to conduct mandatory public investigations into child sexual abuse out
of a fear of "negative publicity." It is so bad that under new plans,
teachers, social workers, police and elected officials would be required to
act on suspicions of child sexual abuse or face up to five years in prison,
but whether this can be proved in a court of law is another matter.
To speak out against Muslim sex-gangs and anti-British Islamic culture in
general is “Islamophobic” and some politicians want to bring in greater
punishments for those who are revealing the facts of this epidemic. A day
does not pass where the media is not reporting some atrocity, or crime,
committed by a follower of Islam.
I have engaged Muslims in debate, during 2013 on many occasions in
Cambridge where they had a stand, in the same location where we had
ours. After many discussions in their words “we cannot evangelise when
you are around” and that was that. We never saw them again. I have also
been involved in the conversion and baptism of Muslims. Islam cannot
withstand the beautiful gospel of Jesus Christ, yet our leaders denigrate
Christianity. They attack Christianity and its values whilst encouraging
Islam – why?
So what is the truth of Islam, their culture, in the UK, Europe and in the
world, in particular the Middle East? First we need to go back to basics,
that is, to their holy books, their sacred literature, al-Qur’an. The first
surprise for many will be they have three holy books, first is al-Qur’an,
normally called the Koran, but I will stay with al-Qur’an. The next two
books are the Hadith and al-Sira, together known as the Sunna.
A little known fact about Islam that all should be aware of. Muslims
are encouraged to deceive infidels and kafirs (that’s you and me unless
you are a Muslim), in order to advance the power of Islam. This deception
can take many forms, including outright lies, pretence of 'interfaith
cooperation', feigned moderation and condemnation of terrorist attacks to
infidels. This 'Holy Lying' is known as ‘taqiyya’ (sometimes spelled taqiya
or taquiya). It is holy because it is blessed by both al-Lah and
Mohammed. Al-Lah is “the best of schemers” (Qur’an 3.54), and
Muhammad said "War is Deceit" (Hadith 4:267, 268, 269); and Islam is
always at war with the infidel until the Jews are exterminated, Christians
enslaved, and all others converted or killed. Taqiyya is a very effective
weapon for spreading Islam because all other religions have a high regard
for telling the truth, and believe lying to be a sin. Consequently, gullible
infidels expect Muslim religious leaders to have the same respect for
truth. So when Mullahs and Imams tell them that Islam is the Religion of
Peace, they are predisposed to believe it!
Idolatry - Al-Qur’an in several passages refers to idolatry and idolaters.
Many westerners pass this of as irrelevant, believing it to refer to pagans.
This is not so. The Arabic word for idolaters found in al-Qur’an is ‘shirk’. It
means the deification or worship of anyone or anything other than al-Lah,
the strictly monotheistic god of Islam. This includes Almighty God of the
Bible who has “partners” (the triune God of Scripture), so includes
Christians who believe in the Godhead of three persons.
The Last Testament. Al-Qur’an is often referred to as “The Last
Testament”. Clearly this is an attack on the New Testament, a declaration
that al-Qur’an replaces the New Testament. In Islam good Jews and good
Christians are those who have submitted to Islam and hence are Muslims.
Context in quoting from the sacred writings. When quoting the so
called hate passages from al-Qur’an the excuse is made that the passages
quoted are out of context for modern use. The claim is that these are past
historical events that have no application today. Al-Qur’an whilst
containing history it is not a history book, it is a ‘holy’ book. In Islam
Muhammad was the sacred model to emulate, not only by all Muslims, but
entire mankind. In al-Qur’an it is stated that ninety one times that
Muslims must imitate Mohamed. Five of these commands were made in
Mecca when Islam was peaceful, in Medina when Mohamed was a
warlord, prophet and political leader, there are eighty six verses. AlQur’an 8:24, ‘O you who believe! Answer al-Lah (by obeying Him)
and As His Messenger (obeying him) when he calls you to that which
will give you life.’ Obeying him is done by following his example in alQur’an and the Sunna. Hard-line Islamic preachers are teaching Muslims
must follow the examples of Mohamed, when he was a warlord, prophet
and political leader – they have their scripture on their side. This explains
why second and third generation Muslims, whose parents are peaceful,
are turning to violent Jihad. Al-Qur’an 9:63 ‘Do they not know that
whoever opposes al-Lah and His Messenger will abide in the Fire of Hell,
where they will remain forever? This is the great shame.’
Cruelty of Mohammed. The last Jewish tribe in Medina was dealt with
by beheading the males and making the women and children captives.
After fighting (ethnic cleansing?), the Jews surrendered, were taken to
Medina where the men were made to dig trenches in the Market Place,
which were to be their graves. Eight hundred Jewish males were
beheaded. Mohammed and his twelve year old wife, Aisha, sat and
watched the slaughter through the day and into the night. Only one of the
Jewish female captives was slain. It is known as the Battle of the Trench.
On another occasion towards the end of Mohammed’s life some people
had stolen camels belonging to him and they killed a shepherd. They were
taken prisoner, their hands and feet were cut off and their eyes pierced
with red hot pokers. They were left to die in that state on the rocks of
Harra (Arabic for burnt stone), a desert area.
Both these accounts are taken from the Sunna of Mohammed, the sacred
writings of Islam. Mohammed and his fellow Muslims had slaves, sold
slaves, and had sex slaves. This helps to explain the extraordinary cruelty
of ISIS and other violent Islamic groups and the humiliation shown to
captives and their public executions. They are following the example of
Mohammed, as recorded in al-Qur’an and the Sunna.
Salvation in Islam is based on hope and luck, Islam is a fatalistic
religion (as al-Lah wills). Living a good life as dictated by Islam’s sacred
books may get one into paradise; it is al-Lah’s decision. There is one
exception, if you die fighting for al-Lah (Surah 47:4-6) when the
individual is guaranteed salvation. This helps explain the willingness for
adherents of Islam dying for their religion as martyrs. The seventy two
virgins promised to martyrs is a myth based on Surah 78, ayahs 31 – 36.
Using M.A.S. Abdel Haleem’s translation of al-Qur’an ‘For those who were
aware of al-Lah there is supreme fulfilment: gardens, vineyard, maidens
of matching age, and an overflowing cup. They will hear no vain or lying
talk, a reward from your Lord, a fitting gift.’ Ayah 33 reads “maidens of
matching age” it is better translated as ‘Companions of Equal Age’
(Abdullah Yusuf Ali’s translation of al-Qur’an). There is in the Arabic no
mention of virginity or gender in ayah 33. There is in al-Qur’an no
promise of one, let alone seventy two, virgins! So where does this myth
come from? It comes from a description of paradise from Imam atTirmidhi in the 9th Century. But that doesn't stop Muslim Imams from
preaching it today as if it were true to al-Qur’an.
It has been said that in Islam Muslims die for their god, whereas
in Christianity God died for all mankind, In Christianity mankind
individually chooses whether to accept His sacrifice or not. 1 John 2:2
‘And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for
the sins of the whole world.’ Propitiation is the action taken by God to pay
for our sins, He dying on the cross in our place. Romans 5:8 says ‘But
God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners,
Christ died for us.’ In Mark 16:15,16 we are guaranteed salvation
(providing we live a godly life after baptism) ‘And he said unto them, Go
ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. He that
believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be
damned.’ 1Peter 2:24 ‘Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on
the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by
whose stripes ye were healed.’ This was prophesied by Isaiah in the Old
Testament, Isaiah 53:4,5 ‘Surely he took up our pain and bore our
suffering, yet we considered him punished by God, stricken by him, and
afflicted. But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for
our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by
his wounds we are healed.’
Al-Qur’an can be quite confusing and contradictory, it has been
estimated there are two hundred and twenty fives verses (ayahs) that
conflict. To deal with this is the doctrine of abrogation. Abrogation in
Islam is the repeal or abolition of a scripture which is replaced by a later.
Two ayahs used for this are 2:106 “Any revelation We cause to be
superseded or forgotten, we replace with something better or similar. Do
you (Prophet) not know that al-Lah has power over everything?” and
16:101 “When We substitute one revelation for another – and al-Lah
knows best what He reveals – they say, ‘you are just making it up,’ but
most of them have no knowledge.” The same doctrine exists in the Bible,
the New Testament abrogates the Old Testament. But in al-Qur’an it is
not that easy. Al-Qur’an is not in chronological order, it’s all mixed up!
Apart from the first chapter (surah) which is the introduction, the
following chapters are in order of size, starting with the longest. Simply
put, later written verses trump earlier written verses. Early verses we are
told were revealed to Muhammad in Mecca, when his community of
followers was weak and more inclined to compromise. The later verses
are those revealed in Medina, where Muhammad's strength grew. AlQur’an starts in Mecca as peaceful and gradually becomes violent,
especially when Mohammed moved to Medina. At the end of this book is a
table revealing what chapters are Medinan or Meccan and their order of
revelation.
Mohammad spent thirteen years in Mecca in that time gaining only one
hundred and fifty converts. These were mainly from his family. During
this time the religion was peaceful as reflected in al-Qur’an. When he was
forced to move to Medina, being thrown out of Mecca, he became
Jihadist, at first in self defence then later he became a War Lord and
within ten years had thousands of converts, and the entire Arabian Gulf
was his.
Regarding ‘Jihad’, it is an Islamic term referring to the religious duty of
Muslims to maintain their religion. In Arabic, the word is a noun meaning
"to strive, to apply oneself, to struggle, to persevere". Muslims do not all
agree how this should be applied, but many use this to defend their right
to wage war on the infidel.
In the early al-Qur’an Meccan chapters there is no mention made of Jihad,
in al-Qur’an Medinan chapters it is twenty four percent. The Islam’s other
sacred books in the Hadith it is twenty one percent and in the Sira sixty
seven percent. Of the sacred writings of Islam over thirty one percent is
devoted to Jihad. This will surprise many who believe Islam has only one
sacred book al-Qur’an, there are three; al-Qur’an, the Hadith and al-Sira.
Islam is defined by the words of al-Lah in al-Qur’an and the words and
actions of Mohammed, this is called the Sunna. The Sunna is found in two
collections of text, al-Sira and the Hadith. The term ‘Hadith’ comes from
the Arabic meaning "report", "account" or "narrative". The Hadiths are
second only to al-Qur’an in developing Islamic law, Sharia. The last of the
three holy texts is al-Sira, the prophetic biography of Mohammed. Whilst
many people believe al-Qur’an to be the Bible of Islam, it is only about
fourteen percent of total Islamic doctrine. In order of size the Hadith is
sixty percent, al-Sira is twenty six percent and lastly, al-Qur’an is
fourteen percent.
Ninety one verses (ayahs) of al-Qur’an Muslims are told to emulate
Mohamed, they do this by going to the Hadith and al-Sira (the Sunna).
What everyone needs to know is of the three sacred books of Islam, alQur’an, the Hadith and al-Sira, sixty percent of the writings are devoted
to you and me – the infidel or kafir (unless you are a Muslim). In al-Quran
it is sixty four percent, in the Hadith it is thirty seven percent and the
Sira, eighty one percent.
Misquotations from al-Qur’an. The first misquotation is from ‘The
Feast’, Surah (chapter) five, ayahs (verses) 32 & 33. One example is
from Barack Obama (at the time of writing President of the USA) who is
quoted as saying “The Holy Koran teaches that whoever kills an innocent,
it is as if he has killed all mankind; and whoever saves a person, it is as if
he has saved all mankind.” The same misquotation of al-Qur’an was
reported in the Daily Express on the 10th December, 2015.
Mohammed Ehsan Raza Khan, a Muslim leader, deplored the
atrocious Paris acts recently committed by ISIS - also known as Daesh in which 130 people lost their lives. He said: "It is written in the Quran
that killing one innocent person is equivalent to killing all humanity.”
This is a gross misquotation of al-Qur’an by Mr Obama and Mr Khan.
Ayahs 32 and 33 read ‘On account of (his deed), we decreed to the
Children of Israel that if anyone kills a person – in retribution for murder
or spreading corruption in the land – it is as if he kills all mankind, while if
any saves a life it is as if he saves the lives of all mankind. Our
messengers came to them with clear signs, but many of them continued
to commit excesses in the land. 33/ Those who wage war against al-Lah
and His messenger and strive to spread corruption in the land should be
punished by death, crucifixion, the amputation of an alternate hand and
foot, or banishment from the land: a disgrace for them in this world, and
then a terrible punishment in the Hereafter.’ The translation of al-Qur’an I
have used is that of M.A.S. Abdel Haleem, Oxford World’s Classics, 2010,
this paperback edition is approved by Muslims.
After the execution of forty seven men executed by Saudi Arabia in
January 2016, Saudi Arabia claimed Shiite cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr and
the other executed prisoners, which include three other Shiite dissidents
and a number of al-Qaeda supporters, were all convicted 'terrorists'. In
defence of this, quoting al-Qur’an correctly (Surah 5 Ayah 33), the Saudi
Arabian Interior Ministry statement said: 'The recompense of those who
wage war against Allah and His Messenger and do mischief in the land is
only that they shall be killed or crucified or their hands and their feet be
cut off from opposite sides, or be exiled from the land.' From this we learn
that Surah 5 Ayah 33 does apply today to those who ‘wage war against
Allah and His Messenger.’ Saudi, friend of the West, should know how to
quote their holy book correctly – al-Qur’an!
So who does the misquoted passage (Surah 5 Ayah 32) apply? Shockingly
the passage which is often quoted is not for Muslims, but for the ‘Children
of Israel’. Who are the ‘we decreed’ to? These are the Jewish writers of
the Mishnah, and presumably the Old and New Testament inspired writers
(though they say no such thing). So where does the idea for this passage
originate? This passage is from the Mishnah, it taken from, The
Sanhedrin, 4:5. If you want to look it up it can be found in, The Mishnah,
translated by Herbert Danby, Oxford University Press, 1933, page 388.
The Mishnah is the oral laws codified and written down. One example
from the New Testament is Matthew 15:1,2 ‘Then came to Jesus scribes
and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying, Why do thy disciples
transgress the tradition of the elders? For they wash not their hands when
they eat bread.’ In time the ‘tradition of the elders’ which was oral
became known as the ‘Oral Torah’. Later it was written down by
Rabbi Yehudah HaNasi before his death around 217 AD, it is known to us
as the Mishnah. Therefore the uninspired Mishnah predates al-Qur’an by
centuries. Here the Qur’an writer quotes from the Mishnah, which is not
scripture, which are the rules pertaining to the Jews (Children of Israel).
Then to make matters worse, apologists for Islam falsely claim the
passage is for Muslims. Are there not other passages they can quote?
So where did the Mishnah writers get the idea from? Amazingly the idea
can be found in the Gospel of John, it is in the New Testament! Where alQur’an says ‘while if any saves a life it is as if he saves the lives of all
mankind’ The “he” here is no other than the Lord Jesus Christ! John
11:46-53 ‘But some of them went their ways to the Pharisees, and told
them what things Jesus had done. Then gathered the chief priests and the
Pharisees a council, and said, What do we? for this man doeth many
miracles. If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him: and the
Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation. And one of
them, named Caiaphas, being the high priest that same year, said unto
them, Ye know nothing at all, Nor consider that it is expedient for
us, that one man should die for the people, and that the whole
nation perish not. And this spake he not of himself: but being high
priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for that nation; And
not for that nation only, but that also he should gather together in one
the children of God that were scattered abroad. Then from that day forth
they took counsel together for to put him to death.’
To recount, al-Qur’an is quite clear, in Surah 5, ayah 32 the people
addressed are the ‘Children of Israel’. This is taken from the Mishnah (The
Sanhedrin, 4:5). The Mishnah is taken from the oral traditions of the
Jews, this can be found in the saying of the High Priest Caiaphas as
recorded in the Gospel according to John (11:46-53). Thus al-Qur’an is
addressing quite inadvertently salvation in Christ, but is directly in ayah
33 saying ‘Those who wage war against al-Lah and His messenger and
strive to spread corruption in the land should be punished by death,
crucifixion, the amputation of an alternate hand and foot, or banishment
from the land: a disgrace for them in this world, and then a terrible
punishment in the Hereafter.’ If nothing else it proves al-Qur’an is not
inspired ‘For God is not the author of confusion….’ (1Co 14:33).
The quotation is a proverbial saying among the Jews (see several
instances of it in Schoettgen). ‘That one man should die for the
people’ - In saying these remarkable words, Caiaphas had no other
intention than merely to state that it was better to put Jesus to death
than to expose the whole nation to ruin on his account. His maxim was, it
is better to sacrifice one man than a whole nation.
So when our leaders claim “The Holy Koran teaches that whoever kills an
innocent, it is as if he has killed all mankind; and whoever saves a
person, it is as if he has saved all mankind” what al-Qur’an actually says
about non-Muslims (karfirs) and apostates is ‘Those who wage war
against al-Lah and His messenger and strive to spread corruption in the
land should be punished by death, crucifixion, the amputation of an
alternate hand and foot, or banishment from the land: a disgrace for
them in this world, and then a terrible punishment in the Hereafter.’ All
of mankind can be saved by faith and obedience in Jesus Christ, who died
for all, which is it would seem is the origin of this saying! Salvation is in
Christ and no other!
Another very popular misquotation is ‘there is no compulsion in religion.’
This is from 2.256 (The Cow) it reads “There is no compulsion in religion:
true guidance has become distinct from error, so whoever rejects false
gods and believes in al-Lah has grasped the firmest hand-hold, one that
will never break. Al-Lah is all hearing and all knowing. 257/ Al-Lah is the
ally of those who believe: He brings them out of the depths of darkness
and into the light. But will rise up in the Day of Resurrection like someone
tormented Satan’s touch. That is because they say, trade and usury are
the same.” Clearly those who choose not al-Lah will condemned to Hell.
But that is irrelevant, these early Medinan verses are abrogated by later
Medinan verse in Surah 9:5, written after Mohammed had begun to
prepare his new Muslim empire for Jihad against the non-Muslim world:
‘When the (four) forbidden months are over, wherever you encounter the
idolaters, kill them, seize them, besiege them, wait for them at every
lookout post...’ This verse of the sword not only abrogates 2.256, but also
abrogates well over a hundred earlier verses that formerly taught peace
and tolerance toward non-believers. The only exception is for those who
convert to Islam.
Some Qur’anic verses that abrogate earlier verses.
5.51 You who believe, do not take the Jews and Christian as allies: they
are allies only to each other. Anyone who takes them as an ally becomes
one of them – al-Lah does not guide such wrongdoers.
8.12-15 Your Lord revealed to the angels: I am with you: give the
believers firmness; I shall put fear into the hearts of the disbelievers –
strike above their necks and strike all their fingers. 13/ That was because
they opposed al-Lah and His Messenger, and if anyone opposes al-Lah
and His Messenger, al-Lah punishes them severely. 14/ That is what you
get! Taste that! – and the torment of the Fire awaits the disbelievers. 15/
Believers, when you meet the disbelievers in battle, never turn your backs
on them.
9.28,29 Believers, those who ascribe partners to God are truly unclean:
do not let them come near the Sacred Mosque after this year. If you are
afraid you may become poor, (bear in mind that) al-Lah will enrich you
out of his bounty if He pleases: al-Lah is all knowing and wise. 29/ Fight
those of the people of the Book who do not (truly) believe in al-Lah and
the Last Day, who do not forbid what al-Lah and His Messenger have
forbidden, who do not obey the rules of justice. Until they pay the tax
promptly and agree to submit.
9.39 If you do not go out and fight, al-Lah will punish you severely and
put others in your place, but you cannot harm Him in any way: al-Lah has
power over all things.
9.73 Prophet, strive against the disbelievers and the hypocrites, and be
tough with them. Hell is their final home – an evil destination!
9.123 You who believe, fight the disbelievers near you and let them find
you standing firm: be aware that al-Lah is with those who are mindful of
Him.
47.4-6 When you meet the disbelievers in battle, strike them in the neck,
and once they are defeated, bind any captives firmly – later you can
release them as a grace or for ransom – until the toils of war have ended.
That (is the way)! Al-Lah could have defeated them Himself if He had
willed, but his purpose is to test some of you by means of others. He will
not let the deeds of those who are killed for His cause come to nothing. 5/
He will guide them and put their hearts at rest. 6/ He will admit them into
the Garden He has already made known to them.
109, The Disbelievers, the complete surah. In the name of al-Lah, the
Lord of Mercy, the giver of Mercy. 1/ Say (Prophet) Disbelievers 2/ I do
not worship what you worship, 3/ you do not worship what I worship, 4/ I
will never worship what you worship, 5/ you will never worship what I
worship: 5/ you have your religion and I have mine.
In Islam the Kafir, the disbeliever (that’s you and me unless you
are a Muslim) are despised. Here are some verses that make the
point.
Kafirs can be mocked 83:34 ‘so today the believers are laughing at the
disbelievers.’
Kafirs can be beheaded 47:4 ‘When you meet the disbelievers in battle
strike them in the neck.’
Kafirs can be plotted against 86:15 ‘They plot and scheme, but so do I..’
Kafirs can be terrorized 8:12 ‘Your Lord revealed to the angels: I am with
you: give the believers firmness; I shall put terror into the hearts of the
disbelievers – strike above their necks and strike all their fingers.’
Kafirs cannot be friends of Muslims 3:28 ‘The believers should not make
the disbelievers their allies…’ 5:51 ‘Muslims, do not make friends with any
but your own people.’
Below I have produced a time-line of Islamic induced events that
have influenced the West, such events that led to the Renaissance,
Charles 1 losing his head, the discovery of America and the formation of
the American Navy. Islam to this day continues to influence the West.
This short track is not opposed to Muslims but to Islam, the word itself
means submission.
It has been estimated that during one thousand four hundred years there
has been sixty million Christians, ten million Buddhists, eighty Million
Hindus and one hundred and twenty million Africans killed in the name of
Jihad. Over five hundred and forty eight major battles fought. What
followers is a brief summary of this:
632, the split between the two main branches of Islam is nearly 1,400
years old, and started with a fight over who should lead the faithful after
the Muhammad's death in 632. One side believed that direct descendants
of the prophet should take up the mantle of the caliph – the leader of the
world's faithful. They were known as the Shiat-Ali, or "partisans of Ali,"
after the prophet's cousin and son-in-law Ali, whom they favored to
become caliph. In time, they came simply to be known as Shiites.
The other side, the Sunnis, thought that any worthy man could lead the
faithful, regardless of lineage, and favored Abu Bakr, an early convert to
Islam who had married into Muhammad's family. "Sunni" is derived from
the Arab word for "followers" and is shorthand for "followers of the
prophet." The Shiites were the eventual losers in a violent struggle for
mastery that lasted decades, a fact now reflected in their minority status
within global Islam.
637, the armies of Islam lead by the Caliph Omar conquer Jerusalem.
700s, In the eighth century 26,000 Hindus were killed in India, in
Ephesus 7000 Greeks were enslaved.
711, Muslims known as Moors (a name they never used) start to invade
what is now Portugal and Spain. The last of these Muslims were forced to
leave in 1492, or convert to Catholicism.
827, The Muslim conquest of Sicily and parts of Southern Italy, which
lasted 75 years.
846, Muslim raiders sacked Rome and damaged the Vatican. Muslim
pirate havens were established along the coast of southern France and
northern Italy. With the decline of the Eastern Roman Empire and the rise
of Islamic power in the eastern Mediterranean, piracy spread further, with
Muslim pirates occupying Cyprus, Crete, and Sicily in the 9th century, and
entering southern Italy. Muslim pirates operated out of the Balearic
Islands in the 10th century. From 824 to 961 Arab pirates in Crete raided
the entire Mediterranean and into the Atlantic attacking England.
Eventually raiding parties would reach as far as Iceland.
900s, in Thessalonica 22,000 people were enslaved to Islam and thirty
thousand churches destroyed in Egypt and Syria.
911, the bishop of Narbonne was unable to return to France from Rome
because the Muslims controlled all the passes in the Alps.
1000s, 6000 Jews in Morocco killed, 4000 Jews in Granada killed. In
Hindustan 15,000 killed and 500,000 enslaved.
England under attack by Algerine Corsairs (pirates) who attacked
merchant ships and on occasion landed in England.
1066, the Norman Conquest of England. Prior to the Conquest Muslim
raiders were causing major concerns in northern Europe and England. The
French kings (dukes) on occasion ate the Muslims captives, who were
boiled, on occasion forcing the captives to eat their fellow prisoners as in
the case of Roger de Toesny (990-1038). Richard Coeur de Lion (Richard
1 of England) went a step further; he ate freely and declared “no other
meat was so strengthening for an Englishman.” He died in 1199 aged 41.
In folklore Richard is famous for his friendship with Robin Hood, but his
eating Muslims is not folklore. In that time cannibalism did take place in
northern Europe This helps to explain why Islam uses the term “Crusader”
in a such derogatory manner – they have a point, but it is limited. The
Crusaders were invited by the lawful occupants of those lands that were
being invaded by Muslims.
1076, Seljuk Turks conquered Jerusalem.
1098, The Crusaders take Edessa and then Antioch, and triumph over a
Muslim rescue army commanded by Karbuqa, ruler of Mosul. The incident
of cannibalism by the Crusaders in Maarra has never been forgotten by
Muslims. "For three days they put people to the sword, killing more than a
hundred thousand people and taking many prisoners." (Ibn al-Athir,
Muslim historian writing after the events, dying 1233) "In Maarra our
troops boiled pagan adults in cooking pots; they impaled children on spits
and devoured them grilled." (Radulph of Caen, historian and chaplain to
Bohemond of Taranto in the First Crusade, died about 1130)
Despite these atrocities by the crusaders taking place over eight hundred
years ago, they are still remembered by Muslims today to where
‘cannibal’ and ‘crusader’ can almost be used interchangeably. It must be
remembered the crusades were a response to Islamic aggression, which
was no less barbaric in cruelty.
1200s, the Byzantine Empire (the Eastern Roman Empire of the Middle
Ages) started to collapse to Islam, piracy and pirate raids increased. In
India at first 50,000 were forced to convert to Islam, then later 400,000.
1299, The reign of Osman I, founder of the Ottoman Empire, begins.
1331, The Ottoman Turks capture Nicaea and rename it İznik.
1334, Crusader ships defeats a group of Turkish pirates operating in the
Gulf of Edremit.
1389, Most of Serbia comes under Turkish control. For seventy years or
so, Serbia retained a semblance of independence, under vassal princes to
the Turkish Sultan. A few thousands, rather than submit to a foreign
yoke, took refuge in the mountains above Cattaro, and forming the little
principality of Montenegro, maintained their independence throughout the
long centuries of the “Turkish Night." Others fled to Bosnia, and many
thousands settled in Southern Hungary.
1394, Turkish raiders crossed the Danube into Wallachia, invoking the
wrath of Sigismund I, king of Hungary. As Bayezid’s chief rival in the
area, Sigismund’s fight against the Turkish ambitions turned into a
lifelong obsession. The Hungarian king had ample reason for concern.
King Ivan Shishman, Tsar (Emperor) of Bulgaria had been defeated by
Murad in 1388, and had been permitted to rule as an Ottoman vassal.
However, in 1395 Bayezid retook Nicopolis in Bulgaria. Worried that the
Bulgarian king might ally himself with Sigismund, Bayezid executed King
Shishman by beheading and absorbing Bulgaria fully into the Ottoman
Empire.
1396, The Battle of Nicopolis took place and resulted in the rout of an
allied army of Hungarian, Wallachian, French, Burgundian, German and
assorted troops (assisted by the Venetian navy) at the hands of an
Ottoman force, raising of the siege of the Danubian fortress of Nicopolis
and leading to the end of the Second Bulgarian Empire in 1422. It is often
referred to as the ‘Crusade of Nicopolis’ and was the last large-scale
crusade of the Middle-Ages.
1402, Battle of Ankara, Timur defeated Ottoman army. The battle
between the forces of the Ottoman sultan Bayezid I and the Turko-Mongol
forces of Timur, ruler of the Timurid Empire. The battle was a major
victory for Timur, and it led to a period of crisis for the Ottoman Empire
(the Ottoman Interregnum). However the Timurid Empire went into
terminal decline following Timur's death just three years after the battle,
while the Ottoman Empire made a full recovery, and continued to increase
in power for another two to three centuries. Timur was the most powerful
Central Asian ruler since Genghis Khan. By long and relentless fighting, he
sought to rebuild the Mongol Empire of his predecessors.
1422, Tsar Constantine II, descended from Ivan Shishman, was the last
emperor of Bulgaria, and his dispossession and death in 1422 marks the
end of the Second Bulgarian Empire. The Ottoman conquest had begun in
earnest half a century earlier, in 1369, and Islamic Ottoman domination
would last until 1878.
1453, The Fall of Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire
(modern-day Istanbul). This battle marked the end of the Byzantine
Empire, an empire which had lasted for over 1,100 years. The Fall of
Constantinople is seen by some scholars as being one of the key events
leading to the end of the Middle Ages and the start of the Renaissance
period, with Byzantine scholars fleeing to Europe.
1492, due to Muslim pirates a new safe route is needed to the Spice
Islands. Seeking an alternative route, by mistake, Christopher Columbus
discovers what is now America.
1530, Barbary corsairs continue to loot the cargo of ships they capture,
but their primary goal was to capture prisoners on land or at sea and turn
them into slaves. Once captured, the slaves were often sold or put to
work in various ways in North Africa. It has been estimated that between
1530 and 1780 one million, or one and a quarter million Europeans were
captured and made slaves in North Africa, principally in Algiers, Tunis,
and Tripoli, with further captives in Istanbul and Sallee. The high point of
slave trade was between 1605 and 1634, when there were 35,000 captive
slaves at any given time in Algiers, Tunis, and Tripoli. Furthermore,
because of the high mortality rate in slaves, there was always a constant
demand for more. The clever corsairs would raid ships or coastal areas
and grab as many people as they possibly could. Then, they would come
back a few days later and sell the villagers their own people back. If the
families of the captives could not afford their family member back,
merciless financiers would come and offer the families the extra cash they
needed in exchange for their houses and land. If the families could not
meet the deadline to get their family member back, it was of little concern
to the corsairs, who knew they could sell the captives for even more
money in the North African slave markets. However, they benefited from
getting the family's ransom because it meant instant cash for them and
not having to transport slaves, who required food, water etc..
1571, The Battle of Lepanto, which marked the end of the Crusades and
was a turning point in the history of the West.
The five-hour battle was fought at the northern edge of the Gulf of Patras,
off western Greece (the modern day Gulf of Corinth), where the Ottoman
forces sailing westwards from their naval station in Lepanto met the Holy
League forces, which had come from Messina. Victory gave the Holy
League temporary control over the Mediterranean, protected Rome from
invasion, and prevented the Ottomans from advancing further into
Europe. This last major naval battle fought largely between rowing
vessels has been assigned great symbolic importance since then. Two
previous battles had been fought in 1499 and 1500 where victory was
won by the Ottomans. Samuel Huntington a Harvard professor and author
of a 1993 article "Clash of Civilizations" and subsequent book of the same
title. He wrote, "Conflict along the fault line between Western and Islamic
civilizations has been going on for 1,300 years." Islam advanced under
the sword conquering North Africa, Sicily, Spain, Portugal and parts of
France. “Twice the forces of Islam laid siege to Vienna. For 1,000 years,
Islam advanced and Christendom retreated,"…. But at Lepanto,
‘Christendom’ did not retreat.
1607, in the European states were fighting back, capturing along with
forty-five pirate galleys, the city of Bona in Algeria.
1609, to 1616, England lost 466 merchant ships to Barbary pirates.
1625, The Plymouth Colony (what is now the USA) filled two ships with
dried fish and beaver skins and sent them back to England to trade for
much needed supplies. Within sight of England in the Channel the smaller
of the two vessels was taken by a Turkish man-of-war and carried off to
Saller (Morocco), where the captain and crew were made slaves.
Even London was not safe. In 1625, Muslim corsair pirates sailed up the
Thames River and raided England.
European maritime trade and commerce was greatly affected by Barbary
pirates and privateers in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. After
years of having ships raided, cargoes seized, and crews captured by the
Barbary corsairs, European states took action. These countries were
forced to negotiate individual treaties with the sultan of Morocco and the
governors (deys) of the Ottoman regencies of Algiers, Tunis, and Tripoli.
The treaties consisted primarily of a yearly tribute to be paid to the North
African rulers in exchange for safe passage of crews and goods.
Some historians have argued that Barbary slavery between 1625-1640
was one of the reasons for the outbreak of civil war in England. King
Charles I succeeded to the throne in 1625, and immediately faced tension
with the English sailors, ship owners, and other coastal inhabitants. At
this time, there were already hundreds of captives in the Barbary States.
Merchants would not only lose their employees to the Barbary corsairs,
but also their vessels and goods. They were furious that King Charles I
was not putting enough of the money that was earned from taxes and
other forms of revenue toward security along the coastline. Furthermore,
many of the captives were members of distraught families, who thought
that anything that could be done to have their family members returned
should be done. The King attempted to appease the masses and pay
ransoms for the captives, but his efforts were thwarted by corruption in
his government. King Charles I proposed having members of his
government collect ransom money from townspeople, but often, the
government official would claim to have freed many captives but instead
keep the collected money to himself. By 1640, there were thousands of
English captives in North Africa. As a result, King Charles I was very
unpopular around the coast of England, this helped in part to lead to the
Civil War in 1642 and in 1646, King Charles 1 of England having lost his
head!
1627, Iceland was subject to raids known as the ‘Turkish abductions.’ Jan
Janszoon, (Murat Reis the Younger) is said to have taken 400 prisoners;
242 of the captives later were sold into slavery on the Barbary Coast. The
pirates took only young people and those in good physical condition. All
those offering resistance were killed, and the old people were gathered
into a church which was set on fire. Among those captured was Ólafur
Egilsson, who was ransomed the next year and, upon returning to
Iceland, wrote a slave narrative about his experience. Another famous
captive from that raid was Guðríður Símonardóttir. The sack of
Vestmannaeyjar is known in the history of Iceland as Tyrkjaránið and is
arguably the most horrible event in the history of Vestmannaeyjar.
1631, pirates from Algiers and armed troops of the Ottoman Empire,
stormed ashore at the little harbour village of Baltimore, County Cork.
They captured almost all the villagers and took them away to a life of
slavery in North Africa. The prisoners were destined for a variety of
fates — some lived out their days chained to the oars as galley slaves,
while others would spend long years in the scented seclusion of the
harem or within the walls of the sultan's palace. Only two of them saw
Ireland again.
1640, hundreds of English ships and over 1,500 British subjects were
enslaved in Tunis and in 3,000 Algiers.
1655, The British admiral Robert Blake was sent to punish the Tunisians,
and he gave them a severe beating. During the reign of Charles II, the
British fleet made many expeditions, sometimes together with the Dutch.
In 1682 and 1683, the French bombarded Algiers.
1656, Oliver Cromwell readmitted the Jews to England. They had been
banished in 1290. Of course wealthy Jewish traders from Europe helped
the English economy, but it also allowed Jews who were being persecuted
in the Holy Land find a place to flee too. At the same time Churches of
Christ in England and Scotland raised money which was sent to Jerusalem
to assist the Jews there, who were under heavy Muslim taxation called
“Jaziyeh". Jaziyeh is a prejudicial "ransom" or "heavy infidel" taxation
placed on non-Moslems for protection. With their financial support the
Churches of Christ sent information on how to become a Christian using
this opportunity to evangelize. The conflict in the Holy Land between the
Jews and Muslims continues to this day having started in 637, when the
armies of Islam lead by the Caliph Omar conquered the city of Jerusalem.
1662, Anglican Book of Common Prayer had and still has a prayer for the
“Turk”, which was another name for the Muslims who were causing so
many problems in England.
1677 to 1680, 160 British ships were captured by Algerians pirates.
For the next hundred years the problems continue.
1777, Algiers, Tunis, and Tripoli, although nominally governed by the
Ottoman Empire, had been largely independent Muslim states since the
17th century. The monarchy of Morocco, which had been under its current
government since 1666, was well known by the time of the Barbary Wars
for supporting piracy. But since it had signed and recognized a treaty with
the United States in 1777, never harassed American ships, Morocco was
not involved in the Barbary Wars like the other North African states.
Britain and France had come to uneasy ententes with the pirates; a
combination of military might, diplomacy, and extorted payments had
kept ships flying the Union Jack or French tricolor more or less safe from
attack. As British colonists before 1776, American merchant vessels had
enjoyed the protection of the Royal Navy. By 1783 America became solely
responsible for the safety of its own commerce and citizens with the end
of the Revolution. Without the means or the authority to field a naval
force necessary to protect their ships in the Mediterranean, the new U.S.
government took a pragmatic, but ultimately self-destructive route. In
1784, the United States Congress allocated money for payment of tribute
to the Barbary pirates and instructed her British and French ambassadors
(John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, respectively) to look for opportunities
to negotiate peace treaties with the Barbary nations. Unfortunately, the
price demanded for these treaties far exceeded the amount that Congress
had budgeted.
In March 1785, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams went to negotiate with
Tripoli's envoy in London, Ambassador Sidi Haji Abdrahaman (or Sidi Haji
Abdul Rahman Adja). Upon inquiring "concerning the ground of the
pretensions to make war upon nations who had done them no injury", the
ambassador replied:
“It was written in al-Qur’an, that all nations which had not acknowledged
the Prophet were sinners, whom it was the right and duty of the faithful
to plunder and enslave; and that every Muslim who was slain in this
warfare was sure to go to paradise. He said, also, that the man who was
the first to board a vessel had one slave over and above his share, and
that when they sprang to the deck of an enemy's ship, every sailor held a
dagger in each hand and a third in his mouth; which usually struck such
terror into the foe that they cried out for quarter at once.”
Jefferson reported the conversation to Secretary of State John Jay, who
submitted the Ambassador's comments and offer to Congress. Jefferson
argued that paying tribute would encourage more attacks. Although John
Adams agreed with Jefferson, he believed that circumstances forced the
U.S. to pay tribute until an adequate navy could be built. Federalist and
anti-federalist forces argued over the needs of the country and the
burden of taxation. Jefferson's own Democratic-Republicans and antinavalists believed that the future of the country lay in westward
expansion, with Atlantic trade threatening to siphon money and energy
away from the new nation on useless wars in the Old World. The U.S. paid
Algiers the ransom, and continued to pay up to $1 million per year over
the next 15 years for the safe passage of American ships or the return of
American hostages. Payments in ransom and tribute to the privateering
states amounted to 20 percent of United States government annual
revenues in 1800.
Jefferson continued to argue for cessation of the tribute, with rising
support from George Washington and others. With the recommissioning of
the American navy in 1794 and the resulting increased firepower on the
seas, it became increasingly possible for America to refuse paying tribute,
although by now the long-standing habit was hard to overturn.
After the passage of the Naval Act of 1794, work began on the
construction of the six frigates: USS United States, USS President, USS
Constellation, USS Chesapeake, USS Congress, and USS Constitution.
USS Constitution, launched in 1797 and the most famous of the six, was
nicknamed "Old Ironsides" and, thanks to the efforts of Oliver Wendell
Holmes, Sr., is still in existence today, anchored in Boston harbor. Soon
after the bill was passed, Congress authorized $800,000 to obtain a treaty
with the Algerians and ransom the captives, triggering an amendment of
the Act which would halt the construction of ships if peace was declared.
After considerable debate, three of the six frigates were authorized to be
completed.
1801, the first Barbary War (1801-05) also known as the ‘Barbary Coast
War’ or the ‘Tripolitan War’, was the first of two wars fought between the
United States of America (briefly joined by a small Swedish fleet) and the
North African states known collectively as the Barbary States. These were
the independent Sultanate of Morocco, and the three Regencies of Algiers,
Tunis, and Tripoli, which were quasi-independent entities nominally
belonging to the Ottoman Empire. The problems with the Barbary pirates
had never gone away, and on 10 May 1801 the Tripolitans declared war
on the United States by chopping down the flag in front of the American
Embassy, which began the First Barbary War. The Philadelphia was lost to
the Moors, but then blown up by an American ruse led by Stephen
Decatur. The Marines invaded the "shores of Tripoli" in 1805, capturing
the city of Derna (the first time the US flag ever flew over a foreign
conquest), which was enough to induce the Barbary rulers to sign peace
treaty.
The United States Marine Corps actions in these wars led to the line "to
the shores of Tripoli" in the opening of the Marine Hymn. Because of the
hazards of boarding hostile ships, Marines' uniforms had a leather high
collar to protect against cutlass slashes. This led to the nickname
‘Leatherneck’ for U.S. Marines.
1815, The ‘Second Barbary War’ also known as the ‘Algerine’ or ‘Algerian’
War, was the second of two wars fought between the United States and
the Ottoman Empire's North African regencies of Algiers, Tripoli, and
Tunis, known collectively as the Barbary States. The war would effectively
be ended the following year, but then not by the United States, rather
Great Britain and the Netherlands. The war brought to an end to the
American practice of paying tribute to the pirate states and was one of
the events marking the beginning of the end of the age of Islamic piracy
in that region. Within decades, European powers built more sophisticated
and expensive ships which the Barbary pirates could not begin to match
in numbers or technology.
1816, Great Britain commissioned Sir Edward Pellew to negotiate a treaty
with the Barbary States. Sir Edward was able to negotiate with many of
the Barbary States such as Tunis and Tripoli, to whom he paid large
tributes and was able to free over 1700 slaves. He was also able to
convince these states to treat ‘Christian’ captives as prisoners of war
rather than slaves. Algiers however was less co-operative. While
attempting to negotiate with the Algerian Dey, a misunderstanding
resulted in the death of 200 Sardinian fishermen that were under British
protection. After this, it was clear that war with Algiers was inevitable. On
August 27, Sir Edward and his fleet attacked Algiers with full force, and
after nine hours of fighting, 51,356 rounds shot, and 118 tons of powder
spent, the Dey of Algiers was finally ready to negotiate. The Algiers
casualties totalled around 7,000 men, while the British and Dutch losses
were only about 900. The Dey agreed to all of Britain's demands, and a
total of 1,211 slaves were released. Piracy declined substantially after the
bombardment of Algiers but it was not until fourteen years later, in 1830,
that the French annexed Algiers and piracy was ended temporally in North
Africa.
1824, another British fleet again bombarded Algiers after problems with
piracy.
1830, the French invaded Algiers. The thoroughness with which the
French conquered and colonized Algeria put an effective end to Islamic
piracy from the Barbary Coast. A piracy that had been continuous from
the ninth century, leading to over a million Europeans being forced into
slavery, the discovery of America, Charles the First losing his head and
the formation of the modern American navy!
From the 1830s Islamic militancy was held back by western military
action in the Middle East through to the Philippines.
1889, the Battle of Omdurman (2 September 1898), an army
commanded by the British Gen. Sir Herbert Kitchener defeated the army
of Abdullah al-Taashi, the successor to the self-proclaimed Mahdi
Muhammad Ahmad who led a vastly larger force. It was not until the
1899 Battle of Umm Diwaykarat that the final Mahdist forces were
defeated.
1912, The Ottomans were easily defeated by Italy in a short war, with
the Italians gaining Libya and ending the 340-year Ottoman presence in
North Africa.
1914, The Ottoman Empire entered into World War I on the side of the
Central Powers (Germany). Cyprus was annexed outright by Britain.
1915, The Armenian genocide takes place during World War 1, it is
estimated one and a half million Armenians were massacred by the
Ottoman Turks. Turkey, the successor state of the Ottoman Empire
continues to deny ‘genocide’ as an accurate term for the mass killings of
the Armenians.
1917, Amin Al-Husseini swears allegiance to the Ottoman Empire during
the Armenian genocide. He is an officer stationed in Smyrna and
participates first-hand in the genocide. One and a half million Armenians
are slaughtered under the sword of Islamic Jihad by the Ottoman Army.
Remember this man, Amin Al-Husseini, he appears often later and his
influence remains to this very day.
1918, The First World War comes to a close with the humiliating defeat of
the Germans and the Turkish Ottoman Empire. England and France
redesign the map of the Middle East and create new artificial borders
creating new boundaries for Iraq, Jordan, Syria, Iran, Kuwait and
Lebanon.
1931, The World Islamic Congress convened in Jerusalem. It was
attended by 130 delegates from 22 Muslim countries. The Congress called
on Muslim states to avoid trade with the Jewish community in Palestine.
The Congress was called at the behest of Mohammad Amin al-Husayni,
from 1921-1948 he was Grand Mufti of Jerusalem. He met Adolph Hitler
in 1941. He asked Hitler to back Arab independence and requested that
Nazi Germany oppose, as part of the Pan-Arab struggle, the
establishment of a Jewish national home in Palestine (the future creation
of Israel). In 1947, he requested funds, on humanitarian grounds, from
Ahmed Belbachir Haskouri, the right-hand man of the caliph of Spanish
Morocco; the latter, in turn, did not hesitate to raise and send those
funds. During the 1948 Palestine War he represented the Arab Higher
Committee and opposed both the 1947 UN Partition Plan and King
Abdullah's ambitions for expanding Jordan by capturing parts of Palestine.
His granddaughter married Ali Hassan Salameh the founder of PLO's
"Black September".
1933, Nazi Parties form in Middle East: Young Egypt (led by Nasser) and
Social Nationalist Party of Syria (led by Anton Sa’ada).
1937, Amin Al-Husseini visits the Jerusalem German Consul and seeks
cooperation with the Nazis. Amin al Husseini subsequently receives
financial and military aid from Nazi Germany.
1937, Saddam Hussein born.
1938, The first Arabic translation of Mein Kampf appears. Hitler himself
tactfully proposed to omit from it his "racial ladder" theory. Of all the
Arabs convinced of Hitler's coming triumph, none was so eager as Amin
al-Husseini, the grand mufti of Jerusalem and leader of the Palestinian
Arabs in the Hitler years. Amin al-Husseini converted the Palestinian
cause into a local branch of Hitler's worldwide anti-Jewish persecution.
Fleeing from the British, he spent the war in Berlin. A friend and admirer
of Himmler's, he raised a division of Bosnian Muslims for the SS. Hitler
made grandiose promises to him, but was cautious enough to add that
they could be met only after victory.
1941, Germany sends weapons and aircrafts to Husseini. In May 1941,
The British re-take control and the coup fails. Amin Al-Husseini flees to
Teheran, Iran.
1946, In Palestine, Egyptian-born Yasser Arafat meets Amin Al-Husseini
at age 17 and becomes one of his fervent admirers and followers.
Husseini enrolls Arafat to his service. Amin Al-Husseini allegedly greatuncle of Arafat, whose real name is Mohammed Abder Rauf Arafat AlKudwa Al-Husseini. Amin Al-Husseini places Yasser Arafat in charge of
arms procurement and shipment for the Mufti’s Irregular Forces: “The
Holy Strugglers.”
1947, Young Saddam Hussein was raised from age 10 on by his uncle
Kharaillah Tulfah, close friend of Amin Al-Husseini and his main partner
during the pro-Nazi coup in 1941 in Baghdad. Later, Saddam Hussein
will marry his daughter.
1959, Saddam Hussein finds refuge in Egypt, where he is granted
protection and resources. Since 1952, Egypt is run by former head of
Young Egypt (Nazi) party Gamal Abdul Nasser. Egyptian government has
incorporated thousands of Nazis through the Odessa Network (19491952).
1963, The Arabic translation of Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf is being
distributed by Al-Shurouq, a Ramallah based book distributor, to East
Jerusalem and territories controlled by the Palestinian Authority.
1972, Munich Olympic massacre. Palestinian Muslim terrorists killed
eleven Israeli Olympians at the Games. They beat and tortured their
victims and even castrated one of the hostages, while his teammates
were made to watch. During torture other hostages were beaten and
sustained serious injuries, including broken bones.
The terrorists demanded the release of over 200 Palestinians jailed in
Israel, along with two renowned German terrorists. After a day of
unsuccessful negotiations, the terrorists collected the hostages and
headed for the military airport in Munich for a flight back to the Middle
East. At the airport, German sharpshooters opened fire, killing three of
the terrorists. During the gun battle ensued which claimed the lives of all
nine of the hostages and two terrorists, on board a helicopter. The three
surviving assassins were captured, but later released by West Germany
following the hijacking a Lufthansa airliner by Black September.
Golda Meir, Israel's fourth Prime Minister, secretly authorized the national
intelligence agency the Mossad to track down and kill those allegedly
responsible. They set up a number of teams to track down the fedayeen,
the name they gave to Palestinian terrorists, with the help of their
European substations. Once a list of targets was compiled, a wave of
Black September members were assassinated across Europe. It was later
became known as Operation Wrath of God or Mivtza Za'am Ha'El.
1979, Saddam Hussein takes over leadership of Ba’ath Party. Becoming
Iraqi President. He instantly orders the execution of over twenty top
leaders of his own Ba’ath Party and assumes total unconditional control of
Iraq.
1990, August 2nd, 1990. Saddam Hussein breaks ties with America and
launches invasion of Kuwait, claiming pre-1918 Iraqi borders.
1991, The Arabic translation of Hitler's Mein Kampf has become a
bestseller in the Palestinian territories.
1993, First World Trade Center Attack, linked to Yasser Arafat and
backed by Iraqi government. Masterminded by Ramzi Youssef and Sheikh
Omar Abdel Rahman leader of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt. (now
serving a life sentence). Youssef was quoted to say that his wish was to
have killed 250,000 American civilians.
1995, The Arabic translation of Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf remains a best
seller. Bisan publishers in Lebanon first published this edition in 1963 and
again in 1995. The book costs about $10. The cover, shows a picture of
Hitler, a swastika, and the title in both German and Arabic.
2001, United States, September 11, 2001. On that morning, 19 al-Qaeda
members hijacked four commercial passenger jet airliners. The hijackers
intentionally crashed two of the airliners into the Twin Towers of the
World Trade Center in New York City, killing everyone on board and many
others working in the buildings. Both buildings collapsed within two hours,
destroying nearby buildings and damaging others. The hijackers crashed
a third airliner into the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, just outside
Washington, D.C. The fourth plane crashed into a field near Shanksville in
rural Pennsylvania after some of its passengers and flight crew attempted
to retake control of the plane, which the hijackers had redirected toward
Washington, D.C. There were no survivors from any of the flights. 2,973
victims and the 19 hijackers died as a result of the attacks. Since 9/11
over 19,000 attacks have taken place.
2001, President George Bush, September 16, “We need to go back to
work tomorrow and we will. But we need to be alert to the fact that these
evil-doers still exist. We haven't seen this kind of barbarism in a long
period of time. No one could have conceivably imagined suicide bombers
burrowing into our society and then emerging all in the same day to fly
their aircraft — fly U.S. aircraft into buildings full of innocent people —
and show no remorse. This is a new kind of — a new kind of evil. And we
understand. And the American people are beginning to understand. This
crusade, this war on terrorism is going to take a while. And the American
people must be patient. I'm going to be patient. But I can assure the
American people I am determined, I'm not going to be distracted, I will
keep my focus to make sure that not only are these brought to justice,
but anybody who's been associated will be brought to justice. Those who
harbor terrorists will be brought to justice. It is time for us to win the first
war of the 21st century decisively, so that our children and our
grandchildren can live peacefully into the 21st century."
2001, the use of the word “crusade” offends Muslims, on Tuesday, 25
September the White House issued a statement saying it “regretted if
President Bush had offended anyone.” Muslims point to 800 years early
and the barbaric behaviour of the crusaders on the first crusade.
2002, An Arabic translation of Hitler's Mein Kampf which has become a
bestseller in the Palestinian territories is now on sale in Britain. The book,
Hitler's account of his life and anti-Semitic ideology written while he was
in prison in the 1920s, is normally found in Britain in academic or political
bookshops. The Telegraph found it on sale in three newsagents on
Edgware Road, central London, an area with a large Arab population. The
book, originally translated in the 1960s and revived by Bisan, a Lebanese
publisher in the 1990s, has a picture of Hitler and a swastika on the cover
and is selling for £10.
2005, Booksellers in Turkey are reporting soaring sales figures for "Mein
Kampf," or "Kavgam" in Turkish. Hitler's political manifesto has been a
top 10 bestseller in the past two months...and at least two new Turkish
language versions of "Mein Kampf" are now out in paperback. After
getting a lot of press attention in Europe, Turkey banned the second
printing of the Turkish translation.
2005, The 7 July 2005 London bombings, also known as 7/7, were a
series of coordinated suicide attacks on London's public transport system
during the morning rush hour. The bombings were carried out by four
British Muslim men, three of Pakistani and one of Jamaican descent. At
08:50, three bombs exploded within fifty seconds of each other on three
London Underground trains, a fourth exploding an hour later at 09:47 on
a double-decker bus in Tavistock Square. The explosions appear to have
been caused by home-made organic peroxide-based devices, packed into
rucksacks and detonated by the bombers themselves, all of whom died.
Fifty-two people were killed and around 700 were injured.
2005, The Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy began after
twelve editorial cartoons, most of which depicted the Islamic prophet
Muhammad, were published in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten on
30 September 2005. The newspaper announced that this publication was
an attempt to contribute to the debate regarding criticism of Islam and
self-censorship.
Danish Muslim organizations, who objected to the depictions, responded
by holding public protests attempting to raise awareness of JyllandsPosten's publication. Further examples of the cartoons were soon
reprinted in newspapers in more than fifty other countries, further
deepening the controversy. This led to protests across the Muslim world,
some of which escalated into violence with police firing on the crowds
(resulting in more than 100 deaths, all together), including setting fire to
the Danish Embassies in Syria, Lebanon and Iran, storming European
buildings, and desecrating the Danish, Dutch, Norwegian and German
flags in Gaza City.
The most offensive cartoons were not though produced by Jyllands-Posten
but probably the work of Muslims extremists seeking to further their war
against the west.
2008, A former city mayor has been jailed for nine months after being
convicted of vote-rigging. Labour's Mohammed Choudhary, 49, former
mayor of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, was jailed at King's Lynn Crown
Court. Party candidate Maqbool Hussein, 52, was jailed for three months
and Tariq Mahmood, 40, received a 15-month term. All three from
Peterborough, were convicted of forgery over a scheme to fabricate votes
for the Peterborough city council election in June 2004. The four-month
case cost the taxpayer £850,000 and all three defendants were granted
legal aid (that means the honest taxpayer pays). The judge ordered
Choudhary to pay £20,000 towards his costs and Mahmood to pay
£15,000. He did not make an order relating to Hussein.
2009, it is announced that Islamic terrorists and other Muslim prisoners
at one of Britain's highest security jails have almost doubled in number in
the past two years, according to new figures. The population of Muslim
inmates at Whitemoor prison in Cambridgeshire has risen from 73 in 2006
to 140 last year - representing around a third of all prisoners. The
statistics are revealed after reports that Muslim gangs were being left by
staff to "police themselves" at the jail. Staff did not know how to
"challenge inappropriate behaviour", prison inspectors said. By 2015 the
number of Muslims in the jail would incread to 50%!
It must be asked, are these peace loving fellow British citizens in jail for
their religion? No! They are in jail for committing crimes such as theft,
rape and murder in addition to terrorism.
2010, England’s top Muslim cop, Ali Dizaei, Metropolitan police
commander, jailed for four years. Dizaei had contacts with Iranian
president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, while suspended from his job. He
addressed a pre-election rally in support of Ahmadinejad. He was
subsidised to the tune of £590 by the Metropolitan Police (the taxpayer).
It is likely Dizaei rose through the ranks of the Met, not through merit but
by fear, anyone standing in his way it seems was accused of being racist.
By the medium of fear he climbed the ranks. Dizaei was former president
of the National Black Police Officers Association, despite his reputation of
dishonesty going back to the early 2000s.
2012, The Olympics, London British soldiers were advised to travel
around in groups and not to display their recognisable military daysacks
when in civilian clothing. The Telegraph reported that there had been a
spate of attacks on soldiers who are on duty providing additional security
during the Olympic Games and Paralympics in London. Naval personnel
were subjected to abuse and extremist leafleting around HMS Ocean at
Greenwich Pier, South London. On Monday, 6 August, one soldier was left
with two black eyes after allegedly being attacked by four ‘Asian’ men, all
aged between 18-20 years old. No one has been arrested. The London
Borough of Tower Hamlets where the attack took place has a significant
Muslim population.
2012, September, a film denigrating Muslims hits You Tube, the film a
fake causes major problems world-wide. Is this a repeat of the JyllandsPosten Muhammad cartoons controversy, which began after 12 editorial
cartoons, most of which depicted Muhammad, were published in the
Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten on 30 September 2005. The
newspaper announced that this publication was an attempt to contribute
to the debate regarding criticism of Islam and self-censorship. Danish
Muslim organizations that objected to the depictions responded by holding
public protests attempting to raise awareness of Jyllands-Posten's
publication. Further examples of the cartoons were soon reprinted in
newspapers in more than 50 other countries, further deepening the
controversy.
Four months later, Muslims protested across the Islamic world, some of
which escalated into violence with instances of police firing on crowds of
protestors resulting in a total of more than 100 reported deaths, including
the bombing of the Danish embassy in Pakistan and setting fire to the
Danish Embassies in Syria, Lebanon and Iran, storming European
buildings, and burning the Danish, Dutch, Norwegian, French and German
flags in Gaza City. The cartoons which were spread across Islamic
countries were supplemented with degrading and disgusting depictions of
Mohamed (the name has various spellings). Who produced these extra
cartoons has never been revealed!
2012, September, Ansar al-Sharia (Protectors of the Islamic Law),
perpetrate an attack on the poorly defended US diplomatic compound in
Benghazi where Ambassador Christopher Stevens was killed. Marines
were not posted because it was “an interim facility”. Ambassador Stevens
it has been alleged was sodomised before being executed.
2015, (7 December) German vice-chancellor accuses Saudi Arabia of
funding Islamic extremism in the West. In a highly unusual moment of a
Western politician attacking a critical Arab ally, Sigmar Gabriel says the
time has come to make it clear to Riyadh the time of looking away is
over.
The German vice-chancellor has publicly accused Saudi Arabia of
financing Islamic extremism in the West and warned that it must stop.
Sigmar Gabriel said that the Saudi regime is funding extremist mosques
and communities that pose a danger to public security. “We have to make
clear to the Saudis that the time of looking away is over,” Mr Gabriel told
Bild am Sonntag newspaper in an interview. “Wahhabi mosques all over
the world are financed by Saudi Arabia. Many Islamists who are a threat
to public safety come from these communities in Germany.” The
allegation that Saudi Arabia has funded mosques with links to Islamist
terrorism in the West is not new. But it is highly unusual for a Western
leader to speak out so directly against the West’s key Arab ally.
King Salman of Saudi has already been widely criticised in the German
media for offering to build two hundred mosques for Syrian refugees
arriving in Germany, even as Saudi Arabia refuses to take in any refugees
itself.
There have also been persistent allegations the Saudis supplied arms and
funding to ISIS and other jihadist groups in the Syrian civil war.
Saudi, an ally of the West practises beheading, amputation and floggings.
The sentence for apostasy is death (beheading) and stoning for adultery.
Yet western leaders criticise ISIS when it carries out the same
punishments!
Quoted from the Daily Telegraph, 07 December 2015.
Al Qur’an, the main Muslim holy book.
Muslims through time have turned to their main holy book, al Qur’an, to
defend their actions. Moderate or liberal Muslims do practice a religion of
peace, though they do not always fully integrate. But when their children
who may be second or third generation come into contact with what is
called “radical” preachers they can be converted to Jihad. This problem
has to be sorted. Why are the authorities not dealing with this, being in
denial is not good enough, they are doing the opposite to what is
required, they are importing more and more Jihadists as fast as they can!
“Everything Those Infidels Have Everywhere In the World Already Belongs
to the Muslims.” Qur’an 33.27 and 21:44.
Qur’an 33.27 And He made you heirs to their land and their dwellings and
their property, and (to) a land which you have not yet trodden, and alLah has power over all things.
Qur’an 21:44 Do they see Us advancing, gradually reducing the land (in
their control), curtailing its borders on all sides? It is they who will be
overcome.
Political Correctness and Multiculturalism has proven to be the most
powerful weapon for the advancement of Dar al-Islam since 1945.
“About Those Annoying Non-Believers (Infidels, kafirs, Pagans, Jews,
Christians, etc.)”
Qur’an 9:123 “murder them and treat them harshly”
Qur’an 3.28 Let not the believers take the unbelievers for friends rather
than believers; and whoever does this, he shall have nothing of (the
guardianship of) al-Lah, but you should guard yourselves against them,
guarding carefully; and al-Lah makes you cautious of (retribution from)
Himself; and to al-Lah is the eventual coming.
By ‘guarding carefully’, a Muslim should deceive the infidel. Acting as a
friend is fine as long as it is to benefit the Muslim and protect Islam.
Qur’an 3:56 “As for those disbelieving infidels, I will punish them with a
terrible agony in this world and the next. They have no one to help or
save them.”
Qur’an 4.89 They desire that you should disbelieve as they have
disbelieved, so that you might be (all) alike; therefore take not from
among them friends until they fly (their homes) in al-Lah’s way; but if
they turn back, then seize them and kill them wherever you find them,
and take not from among them a friend or a helper.
Qur’an 5:51 “Muslims, do not make friends with any but your own
people.”
Qur’an 5:72 “They are surely infidels who say; ‘God is the Christ, the
Messiah, the son of Mary.”
Qur’an 8:12 cp. 8:60 “Instil terror into the hearts of the unbelievers”;
“smite above their necks and smite all their finger-tips off them”
Qur’an 2:191 “...kill the disbelievers wherever we find them”
Qur’an 9.33 He it is Who sent His Apostle with guidance and the religion
of truth, that He might cause it to prevail over all religions.
Qur’an 2:193 “And fight with them until there is no persecution, and
religion should be only for al-Lah”
Qur’an 8:71 And if they intend to act unfaithfully towards you, so indeed
they acted unfaithfully towards al-Lah before, but He GAVE YOU MASTERY
OVER THEM
Qur’an 8:55 Surely the vilest of animals in al-Lah’s sight are those who
disbelieve.
Qur’an 22:19-22 “fight and slay the Pagans, seize them, beleaguer them,
and lie in wait for them in every stratagem” “for them (the unbelievers)
garments of fire shall be cut and there shall be poured over their heads
boiling water whereby whatever is in their bowels and skin shall be
dissolved and they will be punished with hooked iron rods”
Qur’an 48:13 Those who “believe not in al-Lah and His Messenger, He has
prepared, for those who reject al-Lah, a Blazing Fire!”
Qur’an 3:54 “‘Lord, we believe in Your revelations (the Torah and
Gospels) and follow this Apostle (Jesus). Enroll us among the witnesses.’
But the Christians contrived a plot and al-Lah did the same; but al-Lah’s
plot was the best.”
Qur’an 8:12 “Your Lord inspired the angels with the message: ‘I will
terrorize the unbelievers. Therefore smite them on their necks and every
joint and incapacitate them. Strike off their heads and cut off each of their
fingers and toes.”
Qur’an 8:58 “If you apprehend treachery from any group on the part of a
people (with whom you have a treaty), retaliate by breaking off
(relations) with them. The infidels should not think they can bypass
(Islamic law or the punishment of al-Lah). Surely they cannot escape.”
Qur’an 8:7 “al-Lah wished to confirm the truth by His words: ‘Wipe the
infidels (non-Muslims) out to the last.’”
Qur’an 8:39 “So, fight them till all opposition ends and the only religion is
Islam.”
Qur’an 8:59 “The infidels should not think that they can get away from
us. Prepare against them whatever arms and weaponry you can muster
so that you may terrorize them. They are your enemy and al-Lah’s
enemy.”
Qur’an 8:60 “Prepare against them (non-Muslims) whatever arms and
cavalry you can muster that you may strike terror in the enemies of alLah (non-Muslims), and others besides them not known to you. Whatever
you spend in al-Lah’s Cause will be repaid in full, and no wrong will be
done to you.”
Qur’an 8:7 “al-Lah wished to confirm the truth by His words: ‘Wipe the
infidels (non-Muslims) out to the last.’”
Qur’an 4:101 “The unbelievers (non-Muslims) are your inveterate foe.”
Qur’an 8:60 “Prepare against them (non-Muslims) whatever arms and
cavalry you can muster that you may strike terror in the enemies of alLah (non-Muslims), and others besides them not known to you. Whatever
you spend in al-Lah’s Cause will be repaid in full, and no wrong will be
done to you.”
Qur’an 9.28 O you who believe! the idolaters are nothing but unclean, so
they shall not approach the Sacred Mosque (Mecca) after this year; and if
you fear poverty then al-Lah will enrich you out of His grace if He please;
surely al-Lah is Knowing Wise.
In 631 A.D. (less than one year before his death, Muhammad had a
revelation. No infidels allowed into Mecca (9:28). This also included the
idolaters, i.e., the original rock worshippers of the Kabaa who had not
submitted to Islam. They were history, what few were left by this time.
Qur’an 9.29 Fight those who do not believe in al-Lah, nor in the latter
day, nor do they prohibit what al-Lah and His Apostle have prohibited, nor
follow the religion of truth, out of those who have been given the Book,
until they pay the tax in acknowledgment of superiority and they are in a
state of subjection.
Qur’an 9.30 And the Jews say: Uzair (Ezra) is the son of al-Lah; and the
Christians say: The Messiah is the son of al-Lah; these are the words of
their mouths; they imitate the saying of those who disbelieved before;
may al-Lah destroy them; how they are turned away!
Qur’an 47:4 “Strike off the heads of the disbelievers”; and after making a
“wide slaughter among them, carefully tie up the remaining captives.”
Bukhari: (page 83) Hadith 1:387 “al-Lah’s Apostle said, ‘I have been
ordered to fight the people till they say: “None has the right to be
worshipped but al-Lah.” Whoever says this will save his property and his
life from me.’”
Jihad –
Qur’an 47:4 So when you meet in battle those who disbelieve, then smite
the necks until when you have overcome them, then make (them)
prisoners, and afterwards either set them free as a favour or let them
ransom (themselves) until the war terminates. That (shall be so); and if
al-Lah had pleased He would certainly have exacted what is due from
them, but that He may try some of you by means of others; and (as for)
those who are slain in the way of al-Lah, He will by no means allow their
deeds to perish.
Qur’an 21:44 Do they not see Us advancing, gradually reducing the land
(in their control), curtailing its borders on all sides? It is they who will be
overcome.
Qur’an 47.35 And be not slack so as to cry for peace and you have the
upper hand, and al-Lah is with you, and He will not bring your deeds to
naught.
Bukhari: (page 646) Hadith 4:412 “al-Lah’s Apostle said on the day of the
conquest of Mecca, ‘There is no migration now, only Jihad, holy
battle. And when you are called for Jihad, you should come out at once.’”
Dar al-Islam and Dar al-Harb
Islam’s House of Islam (Dar al-Islam) and the House of War (Dar al-Harb)
In Islam the world is divided into the House of Islam and the House of
War, the Dar al-Islam and the Dar al-Harb. The Dar al-Islam are all those
lands in which a Muslim government rules and the Holy Law of Islam
prevails. Non-Muslims may live there on Muslim sufferance. The outside
world, which has not yet been subjugated, is called the "House of War,"
and strictly speaking a perpetual state of jihad, or holy war, is imposed by
the law (Sharia). The law also provided that the jihad might be
interrupted by truces as and when appropriate. In fact, the periods of
peace and war were not vastly different from those which existed
between the Christian states of Europe for most of European history as
seen above.
The law (Sharia) thus divides unbelievers theologically into those who
have a book and profess what Islam recognizes as a divine religion and
those who do not; politically into dhimmis, those who have accepted the
supremacy of the Muslim state and the primacy of the Muslims, and
harbis, the denizens of the Dar al-harb, the House of War, who remain
outside the Islamic frontier, and with whom therefore there is in principle,
a canonically obligatory perpetual state of war until the whole world is
either converted or subjugated. The word ‘Islam’ means to submit, a
‘Muslim’ is one who has submitted.
A traditional Arabic saying attributed to Muhammad goes: "Unbelief is one
community", or in other words, "infidels are of one nation", can be taken
as expressing the view that distinctions between different types of nonMuslims are insignificant in relation to the overriding distinction between
Muslim and non-Muslim. A more sound interpretation of this statement
bases itself on the fact that al-Qur'an and the Prophet himself treated the
polythiests of Arabia, the People of the Book, and the rest of the religions
differently. The first group did not enjoy the right to live in Arabia after
the Qur'an claimed that the truth was made clear to them and they
rejected it only due to arrogance. The second group and also the third
were allowed the right to live but as subjugated humble people, paying a
tax called jizyah. This means that not all the religions are equal. They are
equal only being non-Muslims. The Prophetic statement should therefore
be taken to refer only to the obvious fact that being non-Muslims all are
another party.
So, who is Allah? The name should be written al-Lah, al being the
Arabic definitive article (the God). Lah is one of the pagan Egyptian
names for the Moon God, his symbol being the crested moon as seen on
mosques and Islamic flags. Al-Lah is not the same God as that found in
the Bible, despite many translators using ‘God’ in al-Qur’an, it should be
translated either Allah or al’Lah.
Assassin, martyrdom and suicide bombings.
Assassin, a name for any member of a sub-sect of Isma'ili Shi'ite Muslims
who operated in parts of Iran and Syria from the 11th to the 13th
century. The order takes its name from the purported use of hashish to
induce ecstatic visions of paradise among its devotees (hashshashun,
"hashish smokers" — whence is derived the English term) before they set
out to face martyrdom. The Assassins operated out of series of mountain
fortresses and, seeing assassination as a religious duty, engaged in a long
campaign of murder against members of the Sunnite community,
including numerous officials of the 'Abbasid and Seljuq dynasties, and
others. The Assassins' power was finally broken by the Mongols, who
captured the great Assassin stronghold of 'Alamut in Iran in 1256. The
word remains in use in the English language to this day. The principle is
the same as a suicide bomber, who are often on drugs. Of course,
Muslims will protest that suicide bombing is not Islamic, but martyrdom is
and is defended from al-Qur’an.
Something is wrong with the history of Islam. Some historians
expert in this field are doubting the historical facts of early Islam. An
internet search for Jay Smith (who I have met) will be useful for those
wishing to research this further. According to the traditional Islamic view,
al-Qur'an began with revelations to Muhammad by the angel Gabriel in
610. Mohamed died in 632, Islam having been fully established at this
time.
Some secular historians are placing the historical start of Islam to the
time of Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan (646 – 8 October 705), who was the fifth
Umayyad caliph. He was born in Medina. Abd al-Malik was a welleducated man, during his reign, all important records were translated
into Arabic, and for the first time, a special currency for the Muslim world
was minted. Historically it is from this time Mohamed appears in history,
the word Islam comes into use along with al-Qur’an. So far Islamic
historians have been unable to refute the evidence.
It was Malik who had the Dome of the Rock built, is not a mosque but a
shrine. It is one of the most important sites for Muslims, it was initially
completed in 691. The Al-Aqsa Mosque is nearby. Both are located on the
Temple Mount, the site of Solomon’s Temple and its successors, an area
known to Muslims as Al-Ḥaram al-Sharif.
Another historical problem is early Mosques were oriented towards Petra
in South Jordan, it was from the 720s Mosques were oriented towards
Mecca. So far Islamic historians have failed to explain why this is. Some
secular historians are suggesting with the evidence both from archaeology
and documentation is that Islam, along with al-Quran and Mohammed
were invented to create a new religion for those Arabs who were invading
Christian and Jewish countries.
My conclusion:
Islam has been, still is and will be an all inclusive political, religious, legal
and military totalitarian system incompatible with western secular society
and values.
Islamic piracy has been in the headlines with Muslim pirates operating out
of Somalia. Islamic aggression towards the West, an aggression that has
been continuous since the seventh century remains in our headlines
almost every day. Cannibalism, the Vikings and other events are now long
past, some forgotten, but not Islamic aggression. Islam has influenced
through its destructive hate of the West, leading to over a million
Europeans being forced into slavery, the Renaissance, the discovery of
America, Charles the First losing his head and the formation of the
modern American navy! It has had and still has close ties to Nazism.
Much more of the information presented here can be found in internet
searches and put together from there, yet the majority of our politicians
seem oblivious to this continued threat. When Muslims first raided
England, the country was still pagan, since then it has evolved
considerably, so has Islam, the Iranians are likely to produce the first
Islamic atomic weapon shortly.
From the 1830s Islamic aggression in Europe diminished and
subsequently, forgotten. This was solely due to Western military
superiority. From the First World War it has restarted, but initially not
enough to be noticed, since the 1990s the Crescent indeed has returned,
marching relentlessly onwards. According to a poll, quoted by Tom
Holland, a secular historian in the Daily Mail, “some two-thirds of Muslims
worldwide want to see the restoration of a Caliphate. It is not empires per
se they are opposed to — just non-Islamic empires.” This is not to say
two-thirds of Muslims world-wide are violent, but these Muslims are not
happy with Western secular societies and many would wish to see them
overthrown by the ballot box and replaced by a caliphate. Whilst they live
in the West, many are opposed to our way of life despite being invited to
live here.
It is time our leaders sit down with leaders from the Islamic world
and have a full and frank discussion. Whilst most Muslims are
peaceful, this should not be allowed to detract. The idea they can
come to the West, by invitation, then segregate with the idea that
they will one day, through the ballot box take the West using the
democratic system needs to be dealt with. They need to be told to
integrate, demand less but add to our society and any idea that
they will force any or rule on the West needs to be quashed.
Muammar Gaddafi told his followers not to fight them, take them
by the ballot box. This must not be allowed. This ideology that
says Islam must rule the world, whether peacefully of violently,
has to be confronted. Millions have died, it must be made to stop
and that cannot be done until the problem is recognised.
IT IS TIME THE MARCH OF THE CRESCENT IS STOPPED! OUR
LEADERS MUST ACT ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE WHO VOTE THEM
INTO POWER.
This article did not cost millions in research grants, just an internet
connection, basic background knowledge of Islam and history, a few
spare hours, some books, mainstream newspaper articles, and access to
a PC. What could be produced in a month or more with serious research?
It is frightening…
My primary question to our leaders is, why is the above not being
discussed, thousands are dying each year in the name of Islam,
who adherents can go to their sacred texts to defend their cruelty,
murder, slavery, rape, theft and torture.
Now to two verses found in the New Testament, but not in al-Qur’an or
the Sunna:
Matthew 7:12 “Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should
do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.”
Galatians 6:10 “As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all
men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.”
Sources:
I have used many mainstream newspaper articles; these can be checked
by using Google.
The nine Qur’ans I use to check various translations, all are in the English
language. These are in my library. One is American, four are English, one
is from Beirut, Lebanon, two are from Saudi Arabia, one from Riyadh and
the other from Jeddah, a country where owning a Bible is illegal despite
al-Qur’an calling the Old and New Testament scripture (Qur’an 2:135/6).
The last is from India. The Qur’an is one of the bestselling books in the
world.
The Qur’ans are:
The Holy Qur’an, The Final Testament, Arabic Text, with English
Translation and Commentary, translated by S.V. Mir Ahmed Ali. Published
by Tahrike Tarsile Qur’an, Inc. New York, sixth US Edition 2009. This
Qur’an reads correctly in the Arabic tradition, back to front.
The Holy Qur’an, Text, Translation and Commentary, Abdullah Yusuf Ali,
publishers Islamic Education Centre, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 1946.
The Holy Qur’an, Translation and Commentary by Abdullah Yusuf Ali,
publishers IPCI: Islamic Vision, Birmingham England, 1999.
The Meaning of The Holy Qur’an, translation by Abdullah Yusuf Ali, New
Modern English Edition, (first print 2004, third 2010), Published by Islamic
Dawah Centre International, Birmingham, England.
The Qur’an, a new translation by M.A.S. Abdel Haleem, Oxford World’s
Classics, 2010, this paperback edition is handed out free by Muslims.
The Meaning of the Glorious Qur’an, A Explanatory Translation by
Muhammad Marmaduke Pickhall, New English Edition. First print 2044,
seventh 2011. Islamic Dawah Centre International, Birmingham, England.
The Meaning of the Glorious Qur’ān, Translation by Muhammad
Marmaduke Pickhall, publishers Dar Al-Kitab Allubnani, Beirut, Lebanon.
This Qur’an reads correctly in the Arabic tradition, back to front
(undated).
The Qur’ān, English meanings and notes by Saheeh International.
Published by Al-Muntada Al-Isami Trust, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. June 2012
edition.
The Quran, translated by Maulana Wahiduddin Khan, Goodword Books,
New Delhi, printed in India by Thomson Press (India) Ltd.
Other sources:
Muhammad (peace be upon him) A to Z by Sheikh Yusuf Estes, Islamic
Dawah Centre International, Birmingham, England.
Hadith of Bukhari, volumes I, II, III & IV. Publisher, Forgotten Books, no
date.
The Mishnah, Herbert Danby, Oxford University Press, 1933.
The Life of Mohammed, The Sira, Bill Warner, 2010.
The Life of Mohammed, A Translation of Ibn Ishaq’s Sirat (Sira) Rasul
Allah, A. Guillaume, Oxford University Press (Printed in Pakistan), first
published 1955, my edition 2003. Many consider this as the best version
of the Sira.
Muhammad, His Life Based on the Earliest Sources, Martin Lings, 2006.
List of Surahs (chapters) in al-Qur’an, I’m using the English rather than
Arabic names. The first column is the Surah number as found in alQur’an. Second is the name of the surah in English, this can vary
depending on the translator. Column three is the location where the surah
was supposedly revealed (Mecca early and Medina late) and the last
column is the order of the revelation.
Surah Number
Name
1
The Opening
City of origin,
Mecca (early) or
Medina (Late)
Mecca
Revelation order
7
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
The Cow
The Family of
Imran
The Women
The Feast
The Cattle
The Heights
The Spoils of War
The Repentance
The Prophet
[Jonah]
The Prophet Hood
Medina
Medina
87
89
Medina
Medina
Mecca
Mecca
Medina
Medina
Mecca
92
112
55
39
88
113
51
Mecca
52
The Prophet
[Joseph]
The Thunder
The Prophet
[Abraham]
The Rocky Tract
The Bee
The Night Journey
The Cave
Mary (Mother of
Jesus)
Ta Ha
The Prophets
The Pilgrimage
The Believers
The Light
The Criterion
The Poets
The Ants
The Narration
The Spider
The Romans or
Byzantines
Luqman (A wise
Man)
The Prostration
The Confederates
Sheba (The
Queen)
The Originator of
Creation
One of the Names
of Prophet
Mecca
53
Medina
Mecca
96
72
Mecca
Mecca
Mecca
Mecca
Mecca
54
70
50
69
44
Mecca
Mecca
Medina
Mecca
Medina
Mecca
Mecca
Mecca
Mecca
Mecca
Mecca
45
73
103
74
102
42
47
48
49
85
84
Mecca
57
Mecca
Medina
Mecca
75
90
58
Mecca
43
Mecca
41
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
Muhammad
Those Ranged in
Ranks
Saad or Arabic
Alphabet
The Groups
The Forgiver/The
Believer
In Detail
The Consultations
The Gold
Adornment
The Smoke
The Kneeling
The Curved-Sand
Hills/dunes
The Prophet
Muhammad
The Victory
The Dwellings
Arabic Alphabet
The wind that
Scatters
The Name of
Mountain
The Star
The Moon
The Most Gracious
or lord of mercy
Moon
The Event
Iron
The Disputation
The Gathering
The Woman to be
Examined
The Row or The
Rank
Friday
The Hypocrites
Mutual Loss or
Gain
The Divorce
The Prohibition
Dominion
The Pen
Mecca
56
Mecca
38
Mecca
Mecca
59
60
Mecca
Mecca
Mecca
61
62
63
Mecca
Mecca
Mecca
64
65
66
Medina
95
Medina
Medina
Mecca
Mecca
111
106
34
67
Mecca
76
Mecca
Mecca
Mecca
23
37
97
Mecca
Mecca
Medina
Medina
Medina
46
94
105
101
91
Medina
109
Medina
Medina
Medina
110
104
108
Medina
Medina
Mecca
Mecca
99
107
77
88
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
The Inevitable
The Way of Ascent
The Prophet Noah
Genie or The Jinn
The One wrapped
in Garment
The One
Enveloped
The Resurrection
The Man
Those sent Forth
The Great News
Those Who Pull
Out
The Frowned
Wound Round and
Lost its Light
The Cleaving
Those Who Deal in
Fraud
The Splitting
Asunder
The Big Stars
The Night-Comer
The Most High
The Overwhelming
The Break of the
Day/The Dawn
The City
The Sun
The Night
The Forenoon after
Sunrise
The Opening Forth
The Fig
The Clot
The Night of
Decree (A blessed
night)
The Clear Evidence
The Earthquake
Those Who Runs
The Striking Hour
The Pilling up of
Emulous Desire or
Mecca
Mecca
Mecca
Mecca
Mecca
78
79
71
40
3
Mecca
4
Mecca
Medina
Mecca
Mecca
Mecca
31
98
33
80
81
Mecca
Mecca
24
7
Mecca
Mecca
82
86
Mecca
83
Mecca
Mecca
Mecca
Medina
Mecca
27
36
8
68
10
Mecca
Mecca
Mecca
Mecca
35
26
9
11
Mecca
Mecca
Mecca
Mecca
12
28
1
25
Medina
Mecca
Mecca
Mecca
Mecca
100
93
14
13
16
108
109
competing for
more
The Time
The Slanderer
The Elephant
A Famous Arab
Tribe, Quraysh
The Small
Kindnesses
A River in Paradise
The Disbelievers
110
111
112
113
114
The Help
The Palm Rope
The Purity
The Day Break
The People
103
104
105
106
107
Mecca
Mecca
Mecca
Mecca
13
32
19
29
Mecca
17
Mecca
Mecca
15
18
Medina
Mecca
Mecca
Mecca
Mecca
114
6
22
20
21
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A short glossary of Islamic words:
Allah – The God of the Muslims, it would be better spelt al’Lah, who was
the pre-Muslim Arabian Moon God - Lah.
Allahu akbar – God is Greatest. It is called Takbir in Arabic, meaning "God
is greater" or "God is [the] greatest.” If you hear this shouted, run, run
very fast, it is the last thing most suicide bombers say before exploding!
Al-Qur’an – the correct spelling in English of the Koran – al-Qur’an.
Ayah – verse in al-Qur’an.
Dar al-Harb - "House of War," and strictly speaking a perpetual state of
jihad, or holy war, is imposed by the law (Sharia) on countries that are
not Islamic. Please see chapter on this in this book.
Dar al-Islam - are all those lands in which a Muslim government rules and
the Holy Law of Islam prevails (Sharia). Please see chapter on this in this
book.
Dhimmi - Jews and Christians living under early Muslim rule were
considered dhimmis, a status that was later also extended to other nonMuslims like Hindus. Dhimmitude is the Islamic system of governing
populations under Islamic law –Sharia. See also Jizya.
Fatalism – see Mashallah.
Fatwa - A fatwa is any religious decision made by a mufti (Islamic scholar
who is an interpreter or expounder of Islamic law), it can be served on
non-Muslims in non-Islamic countries such as the Salman Rushdie affair.
Five
Pillars
of
Islam
are
five
basic
acts
in Islam,
considered mandatory by believers and are the foundation of Muslim life.
They are summarized in the famous Hadith of Gabriel. Faith, Prayer,
Charity, Fasting and Hajj: Pilgrimage to Mecca, to be undertaken once in
the life of a Muslim.
Jihad – is an Islamic term referring to the religious duty of Muslims to
maintain their religion. In Arabic, the word is a noun meaning "to strive,
to apply oneself, to struggle, to persevere". Muslims do not all agree how
this should be applied, but many use this to defend their right to wage
war on the infidel.
Jizya – a tax payable by non-Muslims in an area under Islamic
domination. In return those paying the tax are given protection. The idea
is that those paying the Jizya will in time convert to Islam.
Kafir – an unbeliever.
Kuffar – plural of kafir.
Hadith – see Sunna.
Halal – (also spelled hallal or halaal) is any object or an action which is
permissible to use or engage in, according to Islamic law (Sharia). The
term covers and designates not only food and drink but also all matters of
daily life. In regarding meat it includes the barbaric slaughter of animals
by cutting their throats, which is illegal for non-Muslims in Western
countries such as the UK.
Idolatry and Idolaters – This refers to more than pagans, the Arabic word
for idolaters found in al-Qur’an is ‘shirk’. It means the deification or
worship of anyone or anything other than al-Lah, the strictly monotheistic
god of Islam. This includes Almighty God of the Bible who has “partners”
(the triune God of Scripture), so includes Christians who believe in the
Godhead of three persons.
Imam - a worship leader of a mosque.
Inshallah, see Mashallah.
Islam – submission or surrender to al-Lah, one who has submitted is a
Muslim.
Islamophobia – A word used by Muslims and Muslim appeasers to stop
informed debate over the problem of Islam.
Mahdi - guided one also known al- Mahdi.
Mashallah (same as Inshallah). Islam is fatalistic, as al-Lah wills.
Superstition is part of the culture which is demonstrated in the helpless
fatalism, particularly in Turkey. Every truck seems to have either
Inshallah or Mashallah above the cab and an evil eye (talisman) dangling
from the mirror. Every shop has an evil eye somewhere. Every newborn
child had one pinned to it clothes so evil goes into the eye instead of the
child.
Mohammad (570 CE – 8 June 632) is the last prophet in Islam, al-Lah’s
messenger. There is no standard spelling of his name i.e. Muhammad,
Mohamed, Mohammad etc.
Mufti - an Islamic scholar who is an interpreter or expounder of Islamic
law (Sharia).
Muslim - is an Arabic word meaning "one who submits to al-Lah ".
Nikah – Islamic marriage.
Shahada - the Muslim profession of faith (‘there is no god but Allah, and
Muhammad is the messenger of Allah’), one of the Five Pillars of Islam.
Sharia – Islamic Law, see Sunna.
Surah – chapter in al-Qur’an.
Sira, more properly al-Sira, see Sunna.
Sunna – The Sunna is found in two collections of text, al-Sira and the
Hadith. The term ‘Hadith’ comes from the Arabic meaning "report",
"account" or "narrative". The Hadiths are second only to al-Qur’an in
developing Islamic law, Sharia. The last of the three holy texts is al-Sira,
the prophetic biography of Mohammed.
Taharrus gamea – An Arabic term, 'taharrush gamea' roughly translates
to 'collective harassment'. It refers to sexual assaults carried out by
groups of Islamic men in public places. Surrounded by dozens of
attackers, lone women (or men, this is not gender specific) are groped or
raped. This should not be confused with sex slaves or grooming, which is
another Islamic issue.
Talaq – Islamic religious divorce.
Wahhabism - it is the official form of the religion in Saudi Arabia. It lies
behind ISIS and al-Qaeda.
Ummah - an Arabic word meaning "nation" or "community". Ummah is a
synonym for ummat al-Islamiyah (the Islamic Nation), and it is commonly
used to mean the collective community of Islamic peoples. In the Quran
the ummah typically refers to a single group that shares common
religious beliefs, specifically those that are the objects of a divine plan of
salvation.
In the context of Pan-Islamism and politics, the word Ummah can be used
to mean the concept of a Commonwealth of the Believers.