The hard thing for America to deal with is the lack of logic and reason of a large segment of the populus. There is no interest in being peaceful, civilized or democratic to them. They are blinded by their own rantings.
These hard-line Neo-Muslims are not willing to allow anyone else to live who does not worship God the way they do (even though ironically Muslims, Christians, Mandeans, Jews, and many others, all profess to worship 'the God of Abraham.' Abraham only worshiped one God.) Muslims believe anyone who does not profess Muhammad as the greatest prophet of God is an “Unbeliever” – Muhammad was a bloody conqueror who killed those who would not convert to Islam or submit to his Islamic State.
According to the eighth century biographical writings of Ibn Ishaq, the men were to be put to death, the women and children sold into slavery, the spoils to be divided among the Muslims. He provides us this example, “Thus some 600 to 900 men from the Qurayza were lead [sic] on Muhammad's order to the Market of Medina. Trenches were dug and the men were beheaded, and their decapitated corpses buried in the trenches while Muhammad watched in attendance. Women and children were sold into slavery, a number of them being distributed as gifts among Muhammad's companions, and Muhammad chose one of the Qurayza women (Rayhana) for himself.” Muhammad described this as “a decree of God pronounced from above the Seven Heavens.”
Most Muslims today believe that the days of such imperialist expansion are over, but not all. His methods are still embraced today by these Neo-Muslims. One leaflet recently distributed to homes in Baghdad gives this warning to Iraq's minorities:
"Either you embrace Islam and enjoy safety and coexist amongst us, or leave our land and stop toying with our principles. Otherwise, the sword will be the judge between belief and blasphemy."
"They don't accept us," said Madeha Miran Daftah, who fled to Syria after her son was murdered and his corpse mutilated by people claiming to have killed an unbeliever. (For reference, see: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world...st/4260170.stm)
The Neo-Muslims do not need to look back to distant history of the Middle East for inspiration, but the Qur’an. When it comes to non-muslims, the Qur’an instructs, “Therefore, when ye meet the Unbelievers, smite at their necks” (Sura 47.004). Mainstream Muslims explain that this verse refers only to battle during Muhammad’s time: Opposing soldiers most likely wore helmets and armor. Thus, they were most vulnerable at the seam between the two at their necks. The hardline Neo-Muslims, however, interpret this verse as God commanding them to cut off our heads; resulting in predominance of terrorist kidnappings ending in the decapitation of the victim. Muslims fighting against the west, read admonishes in the Qur’an to "slay them wherever you catch them…Such is the reward of those who reject faith" (2.191); “Smite ye above their necks and smite all their fingertips off them" (8.012); “So when the sacred months have passed away, then slay the idolaters wherever you find them, and take them captives and besiege them and lie in wait for them in every ambush…” (9.005); “Fight those who believe not in Allah…” (9.029). The civilized world was outranged at the humiliation of Muslim POWs at the hands of our Spc. England, and she was hence punished for her actions against them according to our values and laws. But if the tables were turned and the Qur’an been our guide for their treatment, what could they have expected? "The punishment of those who wage war against Allah and His Messenger…is: execution, or crucifixion, or the cutting off of hands and feet from opposite sides,…" (5.033);
Unlike the Ten Commandments of the Christians and Jews, and other ‘absolute’ moral codes, the Qur’an contains many exceptions to their societal laws. In the Islamic State, Muslims are prohibited from doing the same kinds of things as other moral codes, except only against other Muslims. It is ‘OK’ to victimize a non-believer in their way of thinking.
Continuing the example from Iraq: Another woman, Shada Hanal, said her brother-in-law was attacked in his shop. "His attackers beat him up and stole everything," said Shada. "When we went to seek justice, the judge said the Muslims had the right to steal from us. He said we were a sin in the world."
Values of equality and freedom are so intrinsic in Western society that we often assume they are the norm for all. We tend to assume that those who do not have equality and freedom would certainly want it for all their citizenry if they had the chance. That is not the case. If given the chance, many of the oppressed Muslim sub-sects we are trying to free would value another totalitarian Islamic State – theirs - over a free society. To them, ‘freedom’ and ‘equality’ for people who do not subscribe to their strict set of beliefs is negligently allowing evil and rebellion against God to flourish.
The common value set in Western society originated from Christianity, which teaches, “The meek shall inherit the Earth” and “Blessed are the Peacemakers…” This is in direct conflict with the sanctified ideal of dominance and oppression are inherent in the Qur’an: “So do not falter and cry out for peace when ye (will be) the uppermost…” (047.035)
It will be very difficult for Iraq to establish and enforce a constitution that allows the peaceful coexistence of all the faiths of their populace. There is good news: Despite the violence and attacks from some Muslims, the moderates are still forging ahead toward that end.
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As long as there are organized groups of Muslims who adhere legalistically to the totalitarian ideals of Islam, these efforts toward freedom and equality will have to be closely guarded and defended by the use of force.
This article defies so many well-known facts and obvious logic it makes a mockery of truth and the Iraqi people! If terrorist acts were staged by the US/UK, why do the terrorist groups threaten them before, and take credit for them after? Has the body of a suicide bomber ever been a blue-eyed blond UK soldier?
One of the biggest deterrents to truth and peace is that too many average Muslims do not take responsibility for the members of their own faith that are calling for acts of evil in the name of good. It is far easier to cast blame on someone unknown than to admit that there is a problem within one's own family.
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Interesting comment you left here--I'm not exactly sure what you're getting at, though. Certainly, Islam has a wide variety of problems, as is exemplified by the Qu'ran passages cited, but I can dig up a bunch of Old Testament passages that would have a similar vein.
Similarly, I must take exception to the notion that the egalitarian society we take for granted stems from Christianity. For over 1500 years Christian Europe was dominated by religious persecution, sectarian warfare, inquisitions, burning heretics and witches alive, bloody crusades, poverty, inequality, and discrimination. The notion of a society in which all men are created equal is not a product of the Christian tradition--regardless of what Jesus may have actually said, his followers certainly didn't put it into practice--but rather, a tradition of humanist enlightenment thinkers. Islam has had its fair share of enlightenment periods as well--just take a look at Jerusalem between the crusades, or the reign of the Moghul emperor Akbar in India.
The morality of government depends on the mentality of the people who are responsible with discharging its duties, not on which religious tradition, if any, the government is founded upon. The Christian and Muslim holy books are so rife with material that a moderate and a fundamentalist can both find and interpret passages and construct theologies that justify their pre-existing weltanschauung, all in the same book.
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