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Ground Rooted in Common Sense
The
recent tragic terrorist attacks on Paris have triggered a firestorm of
commentary and conflicting viewpoints.
The controversy is dividing our country, once again into a confused
babble. When we are divided, we will be
conquered. This is not a Republican
issue; it is not a Democratic issue, or a conservative or liberal one; nor is
it a Christian, Catholic, Jewish or even an atheist issue. We need more rational thinking and less
emotion.
It
seems that Americans, with good intentions, can often be so concerned with
others’ human rights that they forget to guard and protect their own. We need to defend our country, our homes, our faith.
The
ability to empathize with other people is an important part of any good
person’s conscience. However, we can
only imagine and project our own feelings and viewpoints on others. Other people may have a completely different
mindset than what we imagine. They may
play by different rules. They may have
different motivations and beliefs than ours.
The
recent terrorist attack – and all those before it – did not happen in a
vacuum. Constant conflict in war torn
Middle Eastern countries has reaped contempt and hatred for the United
States. They consider us a Christian
nation and so they have retaliated in brutal violence against Christians who
live in these lands.
None
of us can fully comprehend living in war ravaged lands for years on end. The loss of family and friends; the
heartbreak, the hell of war and bloodshed all take their toll on a culture’s
psyche. Continual war changes nations
and their peoples. They watch their
children suffer and die. Their children
are recruited to be soldiers for Allah.
They are recruited to be suicide bombers and sacrifice their lives in
the “holy war.” How can we understand such grief,
powerlessness and hatred?
Do
we in the U.S. think that these people will be grateful and
thankful for the aid we give them? Do we
think that they will respond to our charity - in loyalty and obedience to the
laws of our land? Why do you think they
have disrespected and trashed so many other nations that, out of the goodness
of their hearts, reached out to help them and bring them into their own
countries?
Their
game plan is simple and effective. Migrate and relocate into your enemy’s lands.
Repopulate. Assimilate and infiltrate their neighborhoods and institutions by
whatever means possible. Set up sleeper cells. Call for jihad.
Once you have the majority control, use the diya to tax the
non-believers into submission.
Jihad is the force behind Islam. It
is the deepest expression of faith. Allah means submission and Muslims
have an obligation to conquer and subjugate the rest of the world. It is a religion for oppressors. They will kill anyone that is not a Muslim
and even Muslims that choose to leave the faith. Failure to do so is considered an act of
blasphemy to their god Allah. Even
co-existing with non-Muslims is considered an act of blasphemy.
Who
is Mohammad?
Ironically, the “prophet” Mohammad was illiterate
and historical evidence supports the fact that he may have been epileptic
because he experienced seizures, fits and visions. Most people of that day who witnessed such a
person would agree they were demon possessed. He claimed to receive messages from the angel
Gabriel. Ironically, it was his wife
that wrote down all of Mohammed’s ravings.
In reality, she was the true founder of Islam though women were given a
status between that of a donkey and camel – a beast to be used, controlled and regarded as property.
The fourth Caliph, who was Muhammad's son-in-law
and cousin, said just a few years after the prophet's death that "The
entire woman is an evil. And what is worse is that it is a necessary
evil."
A traditional Islamic saying is that, "A
woman's heaven is beneath her husband's feet." One of the
world's most respected Quran commentaries explains that, "Women are
like cows, horses, and camels, for all are ridden." (Tafsir
al-Qurtubi)
Bukhari
(2:29) - Women comprise the majority of Hell's occupants. This is
important because the only women in heaven mentioned explicitly by Muhammad are
the virgins who serve the sexual desires of men.
Bukhari
(62:81) - "The Prophet said: "'The stipulations most entitled
to be abided by are those with which you are given the right to enjoy the
(women's) private parts (i.e. the stipulations of the marriage
contract).'" In other words, the most important thing a woman
brings to marriage is between her legs.
Bukhari
(62:58) - A woman presents herself in marriage to Muhammad, but he does not
find her attractive, so he "donates" her on the spot to another man.
Ishaq 593 - "As for Ali, he said,
'Women are plentiful, and you can easily change one for another.'"
Ibn Ishaq (693) - "Then the apostle
sent Sa-d b. Zayd al-Ansari, brother of Abdu'l-Ashal with some of the captive
women of Banu Qurayza to Najd and he sold them for horses and
weapons." Muhammad traded captured women for horses.
IT IS WRITTEN
Islam began in the year
610 where Mohammad and his followers spread “his teachings” throughout the
Arabian Peninsula. Since the cult of
Islam is a world religion, let us examine and compare it to Christian
scriptures. Though Islam is the second
largest religion in the world with over a million followers, it IS NOT a sister
religion to Christianity or any other established religion. There are many commentators out there, who
have never read, studied or known the Christian scriptures, trying to tell
people what Christianity is or is not.
Mohammad claims to have
revelations by the angel Gabriel during a neurological seizure. It is interesting to note that seizure can also mean an attack or confiscation.
Satan or the anti-christ can appear as an
angel of light:
2 Corinthians 11 (Douay-Rheims
Bible)
Paul and the False
Apostles
"3 But I fear lest,
as the serpent seduced Eve by his subtlety, so your minds should be corrupted,
and fall from the simplicity that is in Christ. 4 For if he that
cometh preacheth another Christ, whom we have not preached; or if you
receive another Spirit, whom you have not received; or another gospel which
you have not received; 13 For such false
apostles are deceitful workmen, transforming themselves into the apostles
of Christ. 14 And
no wonder: for Satan himself transformeth himself into an angel of light."
Test the Spirits
1 John 4 (New
International Version)
"1 Dear friends, do not believe
every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because
many false prophets have gone out into the world. 2 This is how you can recognize
the Spirit of God: Every spirit that acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come in
the flesh is from God, 3 but
every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus is not from God. This is the
spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming and even now is
already in the world. 4You, dear children, are from God
and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the
world listens to them. 6 We are from God, and whoever
knows God listens to us; but whoever is not from God does not listen to us.
This is how we recognize the Spirit of truth and the spirit of falsehood."
Biblical Tests of a
Prophet
Matthew 7-15-20 (New
International Version)
True and False Prophets
15 “Watch out for false
prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious
wolves. 16 By their
fruit you will recognize them. Do people pick grapes from thorn bushes, or figs
from thistles? 17 Likewise,
every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. 18 A good tree cannot
bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit. 19 Every tree that does
not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 20 Thus, by their fruit
you will recognize them."
Jeremiah 28:9
"The prophet which
prophesieth of peace, when the word of the prophet shall come to pass, then
shall the prophet be known, that the Lord hath truly sent him."
2 Peter 1:20
"Knowing this first,
that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation."
A true prophet does not
give his own interpretation of scripture. Every prophecy he or she
proclaims will agree with already established truth. If they receive new
light, it must agree with the old light God has already given.
2 Peter 1:21
"For the prophecy
came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as
they were moved by the Holy Ghost." A true prophet prophesies
in the name of the Lord, not in his own name.
Isaiah 8:19-20
"And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto
them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that
mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to
the dead? To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to
this word, it is because there is no light in them."
Compare the above teachings
based on ancient Judaism and divinely inspired, Christian revelation - to those
of Islam which arose from man’s vilest nature. Islam
grew out of the code of tribes and clans that fought one another for revenge and from greed. Islam combined all the warring clans under one banner and now they fight against the rest of the world.
Who is Allah?
From Muhammad's Quran
(Koran)
They call it the Surah
Al-Ma-idah (the Noble Quar’an)
There are more than 100
verses in the Quran advocating the use of violence to spread Islam. There are
123 verses in the Quran about killing and fighting.
Sahih International Chapter 5, verse 51
O you who have believed,
do not take the Jews and the Christians as allies. They are [in fact] allies of
one another. And whoever is an ally to them among you - then indeed, he is
[one] of them. Indeed, Allah guides not the wrongdoing people.
Sahih International
Chapter 9 verse 29 http://quran.com/9/29
Fight those who do not
believe in Allah or in the Last Day and who do not consider unlawful what Allah
and His Messenger have made unlawful and who do not adopt the religion of truth
from those who were given the Scripture - [fight] until they give the jizyah*
willingly while they are humbled. *(or diya – the tax of non-Muslims into
poverty and submission)
Surah
9:5 “Kill the disbelievers wherever you find them.” This verse, often called
“the verse of the sword”
Surah
9:29 "Fight Those Who Do Not Believe"
Quran 3:151 - "Soon shall We cast
terror into the hearts of the Unbelievers, for that they joined companions with
Allah, for which He had sent no authority". This speaks directly of polytheists, yet it also includes
Christians, since they believe in the Trinity
Quran (4:104)
- "And be not weak hearted in pursuit of the enemy; if you suffer pain,
then surely they (too) suffer pain as you suffer pain..."
Quran (5:33)
- "The punishment of those who wage war against Allah and His messenger
and strive to make mischief in the land is only this, that they should be murdered
or crucified or their hands and their feet should be cut off on opposite sides
or they should be imprisoned; this shall be as a disgrace for them in this
world, and in the hereafter they shall have a grievous chastisement"
Quran (8:12)
- "I will cast terror into the
hearts of those who disbelieve. Therefore strike off their heads and strike off
every fingertip of them"
Quran (9:73)
- "O Prophet! strive hard
against the unbelievers and the hypocrites and be unyielding to them; and their
abode is hell, and evil is the destination
Quran (48:29)
- "Muhammad is the messenger of
Allah. And those with him are hard (ruthless) against the disbelievers and
merciful among themselves.” Islam gives
no quarter. The world is divided into
Muslims and non-Muslims.
Quran (61:4)
- "Surely Allah loves those who
fight in His way." Followed
by (61:9): "He it is who has
sent His Messenger (Mohammed) with guidance and the religion of truth (Islam)
to make it victorious over all religions even though the infidels may
resist."
From
the Hadith:
Bukhari
(52:177) - Allah's Apostle said, "The Hour will not be
established until you fight with the Jews, and the stone behind which a Jew
will be hiding will say. "O Muslim! There is a Jew hiding behind me, so
kill him."
Bukhari
(52:256) - The Prophet... was asked whether it was permissible to
attack the pagan (i.e. Christian) warriors at night with the probability of
exposing their women and children to danger. The Prophet replied, "They
(i.e. women and children) are from them (i.e. pagans and all non-believers of
Islam)."
Bukhari
(52:220) - Allah's Apostle said... 'I have been made victorious with
terror.'
Bukhari
(8:387) - Allah's Apostle
said, "I have been ordered to fight the people till they say: 'None has
the right to be worshiped but Allah'. And if they say so, pray like our
prayers, face our Qibla and slaughter as we slaughter, then their blood and
property will be sacred to us and we will not interfere with them except
legally."
Bukhari
(52:73) - "Allah's
Apostle said, 'Know that Paradise is under the shades of swords'."
Bukhari
(11:626) - [Muhammad
said:] "I decided to order a man
to lead the prayer and then take a flame to burn all those, who had not left their
houses for the prayer, burning them alive inside their homes."
The
Book of Jihad and Expedition (Kitab Al-Jihad wa'l-Siyar)
Muslim (1:30)
- "The Messenger of Allah said:
I have been commanded to fight against people so long as they do not declare
that there is no god but Allah."
Muslim
(1:149) - "Abu Dharr reported: I said: Messenger of Allah,
which of the deeds is the best? He (the Holy Prophet) replied: Belief in Allah
and Jihad in His cause..."
Muslim
(19:4321-4323) - Three separate hadith in which Muhammad shrugs over
the news that innocent children were killed in a raid by his men against
unbelievers. His response: "They are of them (meaning the
enemy)."
Tabari
9:69 "Killing Unbelievers
is a small matter to us" The
words of Muhammad, prophet of Islam.
There are many more. Do any of these sound peaceful? or Divine?
Those
who do not know history are doomed to repeat it
The violent verses of the Quran have played a key
role in many massacres and genocides. This includes the brutal
slaughter of tens of millions of Hindus for five centuries beginning around
1000 AD with Mahmud of Ghazni's bloody conquest. Both he and the later Tamerlane
(Islam's Genghis Khan)
slaughtered an untold number merely for defending their temples from
destruction.
Buddhism was very nearly wiped off the Indian
subcontinent. Judaism and Christianity met the same fate (albeit more
slowly) in areas conquered by Muslim armies, including the Middle East, North
Africa and parts of Europe, including today's Turkey. Zoroastrianism, the
ancient religion of a proud Persian people is despised by Muslims and barely
survives in modern Iran.
Muhammad was a military leader, laying siege to
towns, massacring
the men, raping
their women, enslaving their children, and taking the property of others as his
own. On several occasions he rejected offers of surrender from the
besieged inhabitants and even butchered captives.
He inspired his followers to battle when they did not feel it was right to
fight, promising them slaves and booty if they did and threatening them with
Hell if they did not. Muhammad allowed his men to rape traumatized women
captured in battle, usually on the very day their husbands and family members
were slaughtered. See http://www.thereligionofpeace.com/Muhammad/myths-mu-qurayza.htm
Islamic violence is nothing new. This religious,
fanatical dictatorship has existed in the world for fourteen centuries. Research the subject and gain true knowledge about Islam. Study its history for yourself. Knowledge will lead you to the truth. And while you are learning about Muhammad, compare his life to that of Jesus.
The Life and Work of
Jesus
Matthew 16 (New International
Version)
Jesus Predicts His Death
21From that time on
Jesus began to explain to his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer
many things at the hands of the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of
the law, and that he must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.
22 Peter took him aside
and began to rebuke him. “Never, Lord!” he said. “This shall never happen to
you!”
23 Jesus turned and said
to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me; you do not
have in mind the concerns of God, but merely human concerns.”
Think about it. Choose your beliefs wisely.
Further
reading:
Remember,
Jesus was killed for his ministry of Truth.
For an excellent history of Jesus and his times, I recommend the book,
Killing Jesus
by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard. (I
confess, I was never a big fan of Bill O’Reilly but after reading his well-written
book, I had a new respect for him.)
Here
is the “big list” of American terrorist attacks by Muslims. There are many more that have been covered up
by our government and media.
Islam is a Religion of War
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