Post by iris89 on Apr 16, 2006 16:40:27 GMT -5
Facts On Hypocrisy Within Islam
INTRODUCTION:
We all desire true justice without hypocrisy, and we all intrinsically know that punishment should fit the crime. Yet in today's world, due to hypocrisy punishment often bears no relationship with respect the severity and/or level of the offense. Murder is one of the most heinous of crimes and should bear a very heavy penalty and the prosecution of those committing this terrible crime should be most vigorous, but often is NOT and this is especially true within areas and nations where Islam is in control. Some Muslim Imams even treat murder's as martyrs and urge some of their members to become murders. Yet the Quran shows murder is wrong. What gives?
Reality shows much of Islam gives only lip service to the Quran when what it says goes against their personal agendas, and the remainder of Islam usually goes along with this in reality by turning their backs on what they should intrinsically know is very wrong. Yet when someone commits what they consider an offense under Shariah Law that really is not based on the Quran, they desire to pronounce the maximum sentence against him/her of 'death.' We will now examine this situation based on current events and actual statements by members of Islam.
ACQUISANCE TO MURDER BY NONE PROSECUTION OF THE GUILTY -- DIRECT AND INDIRECT:
Now let's investigate how Islam gives only lip service to the Quran's prohibition against killing and murder using quotes from members of Islam. But first a little regression on the differences between Islamic religious divisions and divisions or different paths within so called Christianity.
--So Called Christianity and Islam Divided Differently-
Most religions of the world take a two part single path as they have some good and some bad. Islam divided, for example, along the lines of who was the legitimate successor to Muhammad. The two major divisions of Islam are the Muslim [Sunni] and the Shia [Shiite]. Of course there are many denominational differences within these two groups, but like most religions, both divisions of Islam have some good and some bad.
However, so called Christianity did NOT follow in the mold of other religions such as the Hindus, Islam, Buddhists, Zoroastrians, etc. Instead, so called Christianity took two different paths, one bad and one good. These two paths are as follows:
[1] In 325 AD the greater part of the so called Christian faith went apostate to when the good favor of a pagan emperor, a worshipper of the Unconquered Sun. And this branch of apostate Christians went on to commit many atrocities such as the rape of Goa, the Crusades, the Inquisitions, the burning of individuals at the stake for disagreeing with them including one Bruno for simply saying that the earth revolved around the sun; whereas, they said the sun revolved around the earth.
[2] A second and much smaller group of Christians that remained genuine Christians and did NOT go apostate, but followed in the footsteps of Christ their leader and savior. These did NOT commit any atrocities.
Thus, as can be readily seen, Christianity did not take the same path as most other religions that of having some good and some bad, but instead had a bad large group, and a much smaller good group. The colonial powers, however, brought the bad group to India, Pakistan, the New World [most of South America and North America], and many of the islands of the sea; and they went on committing atrocities in all of these places. This was because the apostate Christians were actually doing Satan the Devils' work per 2 Corinthians 4:4, "In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them." (Authorized King James Bible; AV); and John 5:19, "And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness." (AV).
But some members of other religions try to apply the Christian example to themselves to cover up or side step wrong doing. Saying that apostate, Hindus, Islamist, Buddhists, Zoroastrians, etc. are the wrong doers, but this can NOT be correctly applied to members of these groups as those religions did NOT follow the two separate paths of so called Christianity, previously discussed. Instead they followed the general practice of most religions by having a little good and a little bad.
--The Quran Prohibits Killing Per a Member of Islam-
Now let's look at what a member of Islam said with respect the Quran's prohibition on killing.
"When it is said to them; 'Make not mischief on the Earth', they say: ' We are only peace makers'. Indeed they are the ones who make mischief, but they perceive it not." (Al-Baqarah 2:11-12)
Not transgressing the limits means not to kill women and children, for the Messenger of Allaah "forbade the killing of women and children." (5)
Not transgressing the limits means that the elderly, the sick, monks, worshippers, and hired laborers are not attacked. Not transgressing the limits means not killing animals wantonly, burning crops and vegetation, polluting waters and destroying homes, monasteries, churches and synagogues. Allaah said (which means): "Allaah does not forbid you to deal justly and kindly with those who fought not against you on account of religion, nor dove you out of your homes. Indeed, Allaah loves those who deal with equity." (Al-Mumtahinah 60:8)
After reading such passages from the Qur'aan and knowing about what Islaam commands and prohibits in Jihaad, the rules of warfare are given a new meaning; a meaning of justice. How sad it is then, that while Islaam is condemned for striking terror into the hearts of the people, the likes of the Serbs, the Indian army in Kashmire and the Israeli soldiers in Palestine are left untarnished for the atrocities they have committed in the name of warfare.
So what about suicide bombing, is this too a part of Jihaad in Allaah's path? From what has already been stated above, it can be deduced that this is not part of the religion. However, unfortunately many Muslims have taken suicide bombing as being a virtuous act by which one receives reward. This could not be further from the truth. The Prophet said: " Those who go to extremes are destroyed" (6)
Suicide bombing is undoubtedly an extremity which has infiltrated the ranks of the Muslims. In the rules of warfare, we find no sanction for such an act from the behavior and utterances of the Prophet Muhammad or his blessed companions. Unfortunately, today some of the less-knowledgeable Muslims believe that such acts are paving the way for an Islaamic revival and a return to the rule of Islaam's glorious law. However, we fail to bear in mind that the Prophet said: "Do not be delighted by the actions of anyone, until see how he ends up." (7)
So, for example what is the end of a suicide bomber in Palestine? A leg here, an arm there. Massive retaliation by the Israeli's in the West Bank and Gaza. More Muslims killed and persecuted. How can we be delighted with such an end? What really hammers the final nail in the coffin of this act, is that it is suicide; something which is clearly forbidden in Islaam. The Messenger of Allaah said: "He who kills himself with anything, Allaah will torment him with that in the fire of Hell" (8).
Some are under the misconception that by killing oneself for an Islaamic cause, one commits an act which deserves Paradise. Once when a man killed himself, the Prophet said: "He is a dweller of the fire". When the people were suprised at this, the Prophet said: "A person performs the deeds which to the people appears to be the deeds befitting the dweller of Paradise, but he is in fact one of the dweller of the fire." (9)
The taking of one's life, which Allaah has given as a trust to the human, is a great sin. Likewise, the unwarranted taking of other lives (which is so often the case with suicide bombing) is also forbidden, as human life is indeed precious. Allaah clarifies (which means): "..If anyone killed a person not in retaliation for murder or for his spreading evil in the land, it would be as if he killed the whole of mankind. And (likewise) if anyone saved a life, it would be as if he saved the whole mankind." (Al-Maa'idah 5:32)
Thus, all other types of extremities such as hostage taking, hijacking and bombs in public places, are clearly forbidden in Islaam."
As can be seen, this member of Islam clearly and correctly showed killing and murder is wrong and proscribed by the Quran, but let's look at present day facts.
--Present Day Realities, NOT Related To Quranic Principles--
As previously stated in the Introduction, In today's world, due to hypocrisy punishment often bears no relationship with respect the severity and/or level of the offense. Murder is one of the most heinous of crimes and should bear a very heavy penalty and the prosecution of those committing this terrible crime should be most vigorous, but often is NOT and this is especially true within areas and nations where Islam is in control. Some Muslim Imams even treat murder's as martyrs and urge some of their members to become murders. Yet the Quran shows murder is wrong. What gives?
As we shall see later, Islam wants to melt out the extreme punishment of death to none criminals, yet even though the Quran condemns murder one of the most heroines of crimes, some Muslim Imams even encourage it, and declare those committing it are martyrs. What gives is simple, lip service only is being paid to the Quran by many members of Islam including their leaders such as Imams.
Now you would think this would cause a great outcry of indignation by right thinking people who are members of Islam, but this as NOT happened. They have simply turned their backs to these heroines crimes and have NOT sought punishment for the wrong doers. In fact, the situation is so bad that I have actually heard a taped recording secretly made by a Muslim (Sunni) in the tribal area of Pakistan of an Imam, a religious leader of the people, actually exhort young men to terrorism! A clear violation of principles set out in the Quran and other members of Islam did NOT call for his punishment, clearly showing their tacit approval by inaction to something they well know is wrong as clearly previously stated by a quotation of what one member of Islam said. Let's just look at a few examples:
3/14/06 Iraq Baghdad 87 0 Eighty-seven victims of sectarian violence are found in at least four separate locations around the city in a 24-hour period.
3/14/06 Indonesia Ambon 1 0 In a suspected Muslim attack, a 33-year-old Catholic nun is stabbed to death by an intruder.
3/13/06 Bangladesh Comilla 3 0 An Islamic militant sets off a suicide blast to avoid arrest. A mother and two children are blown apart as well.
3/13/06 Iraq Baghdad 3 7 Three civilians, including a child, are killed by two terrorist bombings.
3/13/06 Iraq Tikrit 5 18 At least five people are killed when Islamic radicals set off a bomb along a city street.
3/13/06 Afghanistan Kandahar 4 0 The Taliban execute four Albanian cleaning-company contractors that were abducted a day earlier.
3/13/06 India Ganderbal 1 0 After keeping him in captivity for two days under harsh conditions, the Hizb-ul-Mujahideen hang an abducted civilian.
3/13/06 Iraq Baghdad 1 0 Radicals gun down a journalist outside his home.
3/13/06 Afghanistan Miansheen 5 6 Religious extremists attack a police post, killing five officers.
3/12/06 Afghanistan Kunar 4 0 Four American soliders are killed by a remote-controlled blast while on security patrol to protect civilians from Taliban attacks.
3/12/06 Thailand Pattani 1 2 Islamic militants kill a 44-year-old Buddhist as he is riding his motorcycle. They also bomb a Buddhist temple, injuring a young girl and her mother.
3/12/06 Pakistan Madakhel 1 0 A civlian is abducted, tortured and killed by Muslim radicals.
3/12/06 Pakistan Anghar 1 0 Islamists kill a man and pin a note to his body.
3/12/06 India Kader 1 0 A boy is abducted and beheaded by the Mujahideen.
3/12/06 Iraq Baghdad 8 14 Jihadis kill six civilians with a remote-controlled bomb and shoot two policemen to death in a separate attack.
And we all know about the mass murder of 1,000 on 9/11, the London subway bombing, etc. Yet no attempt by Islam to punish its member, Osama bin Ladin, the wicked Muslim [Sunni] behind this egregious violation of the Quran on killing.
Now how do members of Islam excuse these killings when asked? They retort with distortions of truth, false accusations, and outright untruths. Let's look at an actual example by a member of Islam, "Ever stop to wonder why? You're the hypocrite, not me. You claim that no "true" christian has ever committed a murder. And you lie. You wont admit to your religions violent past but you feel justified to JUDGE Islam. Talk about double standards, hypocrite." Of course genuine (true) Christians have NOT been committing murder, do not have a violent past, I am not a hypocrit, and I am just making the true facts known and NOT judging anyone as I am NOT a judge and I do NOT have a double standard. My standard is murder is ALWAYS wrong no matter who the murderer is - period.
This self-same member of Islam went on to bring up the many violent acts committed by apostate (counterfeit) Christians, and the examples she mentioned were factual. Now what is wrong with this? Plenty, she is being deceptive any attempting to throw a pale on the innocent genuine (true) Christians, the foot step followers of Christ, and to justify wrong doing by members of Islam, i.e., side stepping pure and simple.
So as can readily be seen, Islam on the whole is turning their head on wrong doing by some members; whereas, they should be calling for their vigorous punishment. Of course, saying this is NOT hypocritical, but factual. Now we will look at how they try and make criminals out of NONE criminals and want to put them to death. Nothing short of murder in the name of their religion.
DESIRE TO IMPOSE THE MAXIMUM SENTENCE ON THE NONE CRIMINAL:
Now let's look at how members of Islam desire to condemn the none criminal to death due to an unjust law which is actually not based on the Quran, nor on the standard acceptable conduct of fairness and true justice. Let's first look at the unjust law's source.
--Source and Misuse of and Unjust Law--
We will now examine the source and unjust use of Shariah Law using Muslim sources. The first source reference is the Anti Terrorism Resources - Free Muslim coalition:
"As one Islamic source admitted, "This is how our Prophet is misused by countless similar examples recorded in core Islamic scriptures. In secondary or tertiary so-called Islamic sources, extremely objectionable words are mentioned in his name. Example: -. "If a woman offered one of her breasts to be cooked and the other to be roasted, she still will fall short of fulfilling her obligations to her husband. And besides that if she disobeys her husband even for a twinkling of an eye, she would be thrown in the lowest part of Hell, except she repents and turns back." - Tuffaha, Ahmad Zaky, Al-Mar'ah wal- Islam, Dar al-Kitab al-Lubnani, Beirut, first edition, 1985, p. 176. It is also quoted in Al-Musanaf by Abu Bakr Ahmad Ibn 'Abd Allah Ibn Mousa Al-Kanadi who lived 557H, vol. 1 part 2, p. 255." [reference from - Anti Terrorism Resources - Free Muslim coalition]
And as Imam Shafi'i and Imam Abu Hanifa noted with respect Shariah Law, "It is indeed man-made law because more than six thousand laws cannot be made based on only few Qura'anic verses relating legal instruction, which are indeed contextual. As other sources of Sharia are not divine, those cannot contribute to so called "Allah's Law".[source - Imam Shafi'i's and Imam Abu Hanifa's books as reported by Free Muslim Coalition Against Terrorism].
As we can readily see human history of injustice, hatred, and crimes against humanity as witnessed in the 'dark ages' under the Inquisition of the Roman Catholic Church is apparently now to be repeated under the new 'inquisition' and 'dark ages' of Islam as shown by the present case of Mr. Abdul Rahman. This is even noted my modern Muslim intellectuals that have no interest to returning to the barbaric times of the original 'dark ages.' One group, the Free Muslim Coalition, said, "It is strange that without taking the burden of the challenge Political Islam acts a copycat of the past, the original "dark ages,' and tries to impose Sharia without updating. Once updated, Sharia might be very similar to existing laws of secular democratic countries. Muslims are not alone regarding objection to few laws such as same-sex marriage or abortion; some non-Muslims share the same vision. It is indeed surprising that Political Islamists remain vague about explaining how to integrate "Islamic teaching" in universal legal matters. They never point out which Western Law is against Islamic teaching and why. Dr. Hisham Kamali showed the serious and huge work done in 7-8th centuries to build Islamic Jurisprudence. But at the end it does not meet justice to humanity in general and women rights in particular. It is like the huge fifty thousand pages research-paper of a medicine that has serious and malignant side effects." [source - Anti Terrorism Resources - Free Muslim coalition].
As noted also Imam Shafi'i and Imam Abu Hanifa "The very concept of Sharia as a tool of governance violates the Qura'an in Chapters Ahkwaf -9, Ahzab-45 & 48, Anam -48, 52, 66, 69 & 107, Araf -61, 62, 67, 68, 79 & 93, 188, Bakara 272, Gashiyah -21 & 22, Kwahf - 29 & 56, and Mayedah -92 & 99, Nisa 165, Kwaf 45, Yunus -108, As-Shura 48, Ra'ad 40 etc. In these verses, the Qura'an clearly declares that the only responsibility of Prophets was not to govern, but only to deliver God's message. Even the word "Poygamber" (Prophet) comes from the word "Poygam" (Message). Examples- "I send messengers only to deliver message", "Prophets' task is only to deliver", "Duty of My Prophets is nothing but to deliver the message", "You are not their administrator, you are only a messenger", "Do you want to force them?" etc. [reference source - Imam Shafi'i's and Imam Abu Hanifa's books as reported by Free Muslim Coalition Against Terrorism].
--Attempt to Implement Injustice Against A None Criminal To Further Personal Agendas --
Now we will look at an actual well publicized case that occurred in March of 2006, the case of Mr. Abdel Rahman. This case fits perfectly what was said in the introduction, "Reality shows much of Islam gives only lip service to the Quran when what it says goes against their personal agendas, and the remainder of Islam usually goes along with this in reality by turning their backs on what they should intrinsically know is very wrong. Yet when someone commits what they consider an offense under Shariah Law that really is not based on the Quran, they desire to pronounce the maximum sentence against him/her of 'death.' Now let's look at this case and what others have said.
First, a little foreword, some fail to grasp that I am speaking about basic human rights, not specifically granted rights which is a political thing. I am speaking of rights all individuals should have by the very nature of being human, and any state depriving one of these is denying basic human rights separate and apart from politics. Now consider the following statement by the UN that defines these basic human rights.
The United Nations defines this basic human right in Article 18 as follows:
" UN covenant on civil and political rights
Article 18
Everyone shall have the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion. This right shall include freedom to have or to adopt a religion or belief of his choice, and freedom, either individually or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in worship, observance, practice and teaching.
No one shall be subject to coercion which would impair his freedom to have or to adopt a religion or belief of his choice.
Freedom to manifest one's religion or beliefs may be subject only to such limitations as are prescribed by law and are necessary to protect public safety, order, health, or morals or the fundamental rights and freedoms of others.
The States Parties to the present Covenant undertake to have respect for the liberty of parents and, when applicable, legal guardians to ensure the religious and moral education of their children in conformity with their own convictions."[source - United Nations].
A egregious violation of basic human rights occurred in Afghanistan with respect Abdel Rahman where Imams of Islam wanted this man put to death for simply exercising a basic human right of freedom of worship as he pleases. And the Palm Beach Post - March 29, 2006 said the following in an article written by a Washington Post columnist, Richard Cohen whose e-mail address is cohenr@washpost.com, the following.
"Apostasy? And he's crazy? What strikes me about the threat to execute Abdul Rahman, the Afghan who converted to Christianity, is not that Afghanistan remains deeply medieval and not even remotely the democracy that George Bush would like it to be but that with the exception of the (largely) Christian West, the rest of the world has been mostly silent. ...But if there has been a holler of protest from anywhere in the Muslim world, it has not reached my ears. That is appalling.
The murder of a person for his religious belief ought to be inconceivable.
It is something we in the West stopped doing hundreds of years ago and,...the right of the government to take a life on account of religion has not even been argued in the longest time. We are way beyond that....
:The world is too much with us Wordsworth once wrote. This is the way I feel. To be confronted on almost a daily basis with the horrors of Iraq is profoundly disturbing. The torture and decapitation of huge numbers of people, the casual homicides, the constant suicide bombings - all of this makes you wonder about your fellow man. It no longer is possible to see the world only from your front porch, being disturbed only the ringing of the bell on some passing ice cream truck. Africa, Asia, too much of the world - it is Joseph Conrad much of the time: "The horror! The Horror!"
But you can say that these horrors are being inflicted by a minority. It is a few crazed terrorists in Iraw who are doing the killing. It is not most Iraqis. You can say the same about suicide bombers and torturers and rogue governments, like the one Saddam Hussein once headed. You can take solace in numbers. Most people are like us.
Then comes the Rahman case, and it is not a solitary crazy prosecutor who brings the charge of apostasy but an entire society. It is not a single judge who would condemn the man but a culture. The taliban are gone at gunpoint and their atrocities supposedly a thing of the past. In our boundless optimism, we consign them to the "too hard" file of horrors we cannot figure out: the Khmer Rouge, the Nazis, the communists of the Stalin period. Now, though, this awful thing returns and it is not just a single country that would kill a man for his beliefs but a huge swath of the world which would not protest. There can be only one conclusion: They were in agreement.
The groupthink of the Muslim world is appalling, frightening. I know there are exceptions - many exceptions. But still it seems that a man could be killed for his religious beliefs and no one will say anything in protest. It also is frightening to confront how differently we in the West think about such matters and why the word 'culture' is not always a mask for bigotry but an honest statement of how things are. It is sometimes a bridge too far - the leap that cannot be made.
I can embrace an Afghan for his children, his work, even his piety - all he shares with much of humanity. But when he insists that a convert must die, I am stunned into disbelief: Is this my fellow man?" [source - Palm Beach Post - March 29, 2006 article by Washington Post columnist, Richard Cohen].
Or as a cartoon in the Palm Beach Post put it,
"Praise Allah! Afghanistan is free. Religious persecution is over. Christians will be executed." [source - the Palm Beach Post].
CONCLUSION:
Now there is the evil of Islam in a nut shell, what else need be said. It is just plain WRONG, and an attempt to murder the NONE criminal in the name of religion.
And as said in the Introduction, Reality shows much of Islam gives only lip service to the Quran when what it says goes against their personal agendas, and the remainder of Islam usually goes along with this in reality by turning their backs on what they should intrinsically know is very wrong. Yet when someone commits what they consider an offense under Shariah Law that really is not based on the Quran, they desire to pronounce the maximum sentence against him/her of 'death.'
Your Friend in Christ Iris89
INTRODUCTION:
We all desire true justice without hypocrisy, and we all intrinsically know that punishment should fit the crime. Yet in today's world, due to hypocrisy punishment often bears no relationship with respect the severity and/or level of the offense. Murder is one of the most heinous of crimes and should bear a very heavy penalty and the prosecution of those committing this terrible crime should be most vigorous, but often is NOT and this is especially true within areas and nations where Islam is in control. Some Muslim Imams even treat murder's as martyrs and urge some of their members to become murders. Yet the Quran shows murder is wrong. What gives?
Reality shows much of Islam gives only lip service to the Quran when what it says goes against their personal agendas, and the remainder of Islam usually goes along with this in reality by turning their backs on what they should intrinsically know is very wrong. Yet when someone commits what they consider an offense under Shariah Law that really is not based on the Quran, they desire to pronounce the maximum sentence against him/her of 'death.' We will now examine this situation based on current events and actual statements by members of Islam.
ACQUISANCE TO MURDER BY NONE PROSECUTION OF THE GUILTY -- DIRECT AND INDIRECT:
Now let's investigate how Islam gives only lip service to the Quran's prohibition against killing and murder using quotes from members of Islam. But first a little regression on the differences between Islamic religious divisions and divisions or different paths within so called Christianity.
--So Called Christianity and Islam Divided Differently-
Most religions of the world take a two part single path as they have some good and some bad. Islam divided, for example, along the lines of who was the legitimate successor to Muhammad. The two major divisions of Islam are the Muslim [Sunni] and the Shia [Shiite]. Of course there are many denominational differences within these two groups, but like most religions, both divisions of Islam have some good and some bad.
However, so called Christianity did NOT follow in the mold of other religions such as the Hindus, Islam, Buddhists, Zoroastrians, etc. Instead, so called Christianity took two different paths, one bad and one good. These two paths are as follows:
[1] In 325 AD the greater part of the so called Christian faith went apostate to when the good favor of a pagan emperor, a worshipper of the Unconquered Sun. And this branch of apostate Christians went on to commit many atrocities such as the rape of Goa, the Crusades, the Inquisitions, the burning of individuals at the stake for disagreeing with them including one Bruno for simply saying that the earth revolved around the sun; whereas, they said the sun revolved around the earth.
[2] A second and much smaller group of Christians that remained genuine Christians and did NOT go apostate, but followed in the footsteps of Christ their leader and savior. These did NOT commit any atrocities.
Thus, as can be readily seen, Christianity did not take the same path as most other religions that of having some good and some bad, but instead had a bad large group, and a much smaller good group. The colonial powers, however, brought the bad group to India, Pakistan, the New World [most of South America and North America], and many of the islands of the sea; and they went on committing atrocities in all of these places. This was because the apostate Christians were actually doing Satan the Devils' work per 2 Corinthians 4:4, "In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them." (Authorized King James Bible; AV); and John 5:19, "And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness." (AV).
But some members of other religions try to apply the Christian example to themselves to cover up or side step wrong doing. Saying that apostate, Hindus, Islamist, Buddhists, Zoroastrians, etc. are the wrong doers, but this can NOT be correctly applied to members of these groups as those religions did NOT follow the two separate paths of so called Christianity, previously discussed. Instead they followed the general practice of most religions by having a little good and a little bad.
--The Quran Prohibits Killing Per a Member of Islam-
Now let's look at what a member of Islam said with respect the Quran's prohibition on killing.
"When it is said to them; 'Make not mischief on the Earth', they say: ' We are only peace makers'. Indeed they are the ones who make mischief, but they perceive it not." (Al-Baqarah 2:11-12)
Not transgressing the limits means not to kill women and children, for the Messenger of Allaah "forbade the killing of women and children." (5)
Not transgressing the limits means that the elderly, the sick, monks, worshippers, and hired laborers are not attacked. Not transgressing the limits means not killing animals wantonly, burning crops and vegetation, polluting waters and destroying homes, monasteries, churches and synagogues. Allaah said (which means): "Allaah does not forbid you to deal justly and kindly with those who fought not against you on account of religion, nor dove you out of your homes. Indeed, Allaah loves those who deal with equity." (Al-Mumtahinah 60:8)
After reading such passages from the Qur'aan and knowing about what Islaam commands and prohibits in Jihaad, the rules of warfare are given a new meaning; a meaning of justice. How sad it is then, that while Islaam is condemned for striking terror into the hearts of the people, the likes of the Serbs, the Indian army in Kashmire and the Israeli soldiers in Palestine are left untarnished for the atrocities they have committed in the name of warfare.
So what about suicide bombing, is this too a part of Jihaad in Allaah's path? From what has already been stated above, it can be deduced that this is not part of the religion. However, unfortunately many Muslims have taken suicide bombing as being a virtuous act by which one receives reward. This could not be further from the truth. The Prophet said: " Those who go to extremes are destroyed" (6)
Suicide bombing is undoubtedly an extremity which has infiltrated the ranks of the Muslims. In the rules of warfare, we find no sanction for such an act from the behavior and utterances of the Prophet Muhammad or his blessed companions. Unfortunately, today some of the less-knowledgeable Muslims believe that such acts are paving the way for an Islaamic revival and a return to the rule of Islaam's glorious law. However, we fail to bear in mind that the Prophet said: "Do not be delighted by the actions of anyone, until see how he ends up." (7)
So, for example what is the end of a suicide bomber in Palestine? A leg here, an arm there. Massive retaliation by the Israeli's in the West Bank and Gaza. More Muslims killed and persecuted. How can we be delighted with such an end? What really hammers the final nail in the coffin of this act, is that it is suicide; something which is clearly forbidden in Islaam. The Messenger of Allaah said: "He who kills himself with anything, Allaah will torment him with that in the fire of Hell" (8).
Some are under the misconception that by killing oneself for an Islaamic cause, one commits an act which deserves Paradise. Once when a man killed himself, the Prophet said: "He is a dweller of the fire". When the people were suprised at this, the Prophet said: "A person performs the deeds which to the people appears to be the deeds befitting the dweller of Paradise, but he is in fact one of the dweller of the fire." (9)
The taking of one's life, which Allaah has given as a trust to the human, is a great sin. Likewise, the unwarranted taking of other lives (which is so often the case with suicide bombing) is also forbidden, as human life is indeed precious. Allaah clarifies (which means): "..If anyone killed a person not in retaliation for murder or for his spreading evil in the land, it would be as if he killed the whole of mankind. And (likewise) if anyone saved a life, it would be as if he saved the whole mankind." (Al-Maa'idah 5:32)
Thus, all other types of extremities such as hostage taking, hijacking and bombs in public places, are clearly forbidden in Islaam."
As can be seen, this member of Islam clearly and correctly showed killing and murder is wrong and proscribed by the Quran, but let's look at present day facts.
--Present Day Realities, NOT Related To Quranic Principles--
As previously stated in the Introduction, In today's world, due to hypocrisy punishment often bears no relationship with respect the severity and/or level of the offense. Murder is one of the most heinous of crimes and should bear a very heavy penalty and the prosecution of those committing this terrible crime should be most vigorous, but often is NOT and this is especially true within areas and nations where Islam is in control. Some Muslim Imams even treat murder's as martyrs and urge some of their members to become murders. Yet the Quran shows murder is wrong. What gives?
As we shall see later, Islam wants to melt out the extreme punishment of death to none criminals, yet even though the Quran condemns murder one of the most heroines of crimes, some Muslim Imams even encourage it, and declare those committing it are martyrs. What gives is simple, lip service only is being paid to the Quran by many members of Islam including their leaders such as Imams.
Now you would think this would cause a great outcry of indignation by right thinking people who are members of Islam, but this as NOT happened. They have simply turned their backs to these heroines crimes and have NOT sought punishment for the wrong doers. In fact, the situation is so bad that I have actually heard a taped recording secretly made by a Muslim (Sunni) in the tribal area of Pakistan of an Imam, a religious leader of the people, actually exhort young men to terrorism! A clear violation of principles set out in the Quran and other members of Islam did NOT call for his punishment, clearly showing their tacit approval by inaction to something they well know is wrong as clearly previously stated by a quotation of what one member of Islam said. Let's just look at a few examples:
3/14/06 Iraq Baghdad 87 0 Eighty-seven victims of sectarian violence are found in at least four separate locations around the city in a 24-hour period.
3/14/06 Indonesia Ambon 1 0 In a suspected Muslim attack, a 33-year-old Catholic nun is stabbed to death by an intruder.
3/13/06 Bangladesh Comilla 3 0 An Islamic militant sets off a suicide blast to avoid arrest. A mother and two children are blown apart as well.
3/13/06 Iraq Baghdad 3 7 Three civilians, including a child, are killed by two terrorist bombings.
3/13/06 Iraq Tikrit 5 18 At least five people are killed when Islamic radicals set off a bomb along a city street.
3/13/06 Afghanistan Kandahar 4 0 The Taliban execute four Albanian cleaning-company contractors that were abducted a day earlier.
3/13/06 India Ganderbal 1 0 After keeping him in captivity for two days under harsh conditions, the Hizb-ul-Mujahideen hang an abducted civilian.
3/13/06 Iraq Baghdad 1 0 Radicals gun down a journalist outside his home.
3/13/06 Afghanistan Miansheen 5 6 Religious extremists attack a police post, killing five officers.
3/12/06 Afghanistan Kunar 4 0 Four American soliders are killed by a remote-controlled blast while on security patrol to protect civilians from Taliban attacks.
3/12/06 Thailand Pattani 1 2 Islamic militants kill a 44-year-old Buddhist as he is riding his motorcycle. They also bomb a Buddhist temple, injuring a young girl and her mother.
3/12/06 Pakistan Madakhel 1 0 A civlian is abducted, tortured and killed by Muslim radicals.
3/12/06 Pakistan Anghar 1 0 Islamists kill a man and pin a note to his body.
3/12/06 India Kader 1 0 A boy is abducted and beheaded by the Mujahideen.
3/12/06 Iraq Baghdad 8 14 Jihadis kill six civilians with a remote-controlled bomb and shoot two policemen to death in a separate attack.
And we all know about the mass murder of 1,000 on 9/11, the London subway bombing, etc. Yet no attempt by Islam to punish its member, Osama bin Ladin, the wicked Muslim [Sunni] behind this egregious violation of the Quran on killing.
Now how do members of Islam excuse these killings when asked? They retort with distortions of truth, false accusations, and outright untruths. Let's look at an actual example by a member of Islam, "Ever stop to wonder why? You're the hypocrite, not me. You claim that no "true" christian has ever committed a murder. And you lie. You wont admit to your religions violent past but you feel justified to JUDGE Islam. Talk about double standards, hypocrite." Of course genuine (true) Christians have NOT been committing murder, do not have a violent past, I am not a hypocrit, and I am just making the true facts known and NOT judging anyone as I am NOT a judge and I do NOT have a double standard. My standard is murder is ALWAYS wrong no matter who the murderer is - period.
This self-same member of Islam went on to bring up the many violent acts committed by apostate (counterfeit) Christians, and the examples she mentioned were factual. Now what is wrong with this? Plenty, she is being deceptive any attempting to throw a pale on the innocent genuine (true) Christians, the foot step followers of Christ, and to justify wrong doing by members of Islam, i.e., side stepping pure and simple.
So as can readily be seen, Islam on the whole is turning their head on wrong doing by some members; whereas, they should be calling for their vigorous punishment. Of course, saying this is NOT hypocritical, but factual. Now we will look at how they try and make criminals out of NONE criminals and want to put them to death. Nothing short of murder in the name of their religion.
DESIRE TO IMPOSE THE MAXIMUM SENTENCE ON THE NONE CRIMINAL:
Now let's look at how members of Islam desire to condemn the none criminal to death due to an unjust law which is actually not based on the Quran, nor on the standard acceptable conduct of fairness and true justice. Let's first look at the unjust law's source.
--Source and Misuse of and Unjust Law--
We will now examine the source and unjust use of Shariah Law using Muslim sources. The first source reference is the Anti Terrorism Resources - Free Muslim coalition:
"As one Islamic source admitted, "This is how our Prophet is misused by countless similar examples recorded in core Islamic scriptures. In secondary or tertiary so-called Islamic sources, extremely objectionable words are mentioned in his name. Example: -. "If a woman offered one of her breasts to be cooked and the other to be roasted, she still will fall short of fulfilling her obligations to her husband. And besides that if she disobeys her husband even for a twinkling of an eye, she would be thrown in the lowest part of Hell, except she repents and turns back." - Tuffaha, Ahmad Zaky, Al-Mar'ah wal- Islam, Dar al-Kitab al-Lubnani, Beirut, first edition, 1985, p. 176. It is also quoted in Al-Musanaf by Abu Bakr Ahmad Ibn 'Abd Allah Ibn Mousa Al-Kanadi who lived 557H, vol. 1 part 2, p. 255." [reference from - Anti Terrorism Resources - Free Muslim coalition]
And as Imam Shafi'i and Imam Abu Hanifa noted with respect Shariah Law, "It is indeed man-made law because more than six thousand laws cannot be made based on only few Qura'anic verses relating legal instruction, which are indeed contextual. As other sources of Sharia are not divine, those cannot contribute to so called "Allah's Law".[source - Imam Shafi'i's and Imam Abu Hanifa's books as reported by Free Muslim Coalition Against Terrorism].
As we can readily see human history of injustice, hatred, and crimes against humanity as witnessed in the 'dark ages' under the Inquisition of the Roman Catholic Church is apparently now to be repeated under the new 'inquisition' and 'dark ages' of Islam as shown by the present case of Mr. Abdul Rahman. This is even noted my modern Muslim intellectuals that have no interest to returning to the barbaric times of the original 'dark ages.' One group, the Free Muslim Coalition, said, "It is strange that without taking the burden of the challenge Political Islam acts a copycat of the past, the original "dark ages,' and tries to impose Sharia without updating. Once updated, Sharia might be very similar to existing laws of secular democratic countries. Muslims are not alone regarding objection to few laws such as same-sex marriage or abortion; some non-Muslims share the same vision. It is indeed surprising that Political Islamists remain vague about explaining how to integrate "Islamic teaching" in universal legal matters. They never point out which Western Law is against Islamic teaching and why. Dr. Hisham Kamali showed the serious and huge work done in 7-8th centuries to build Islamic Jurisprudence. But at the end it does not meet justice to humanity in general and women rights in particular. It is like the huge fifty thousand pages research-paper of a medicine that has serious and malignant side effects." [source - Anti Terrorism Resources - Free Muslim coalition].
As noted also Imam Shafi'i and Imam Abu Hanifa "The very concept of Sharia as a tool of governance violates the Qura'an in Chapters Ahkwaf -9, Ahzab-45 & 48, Anam -48, 52, 66, 69 & 107, Araf -61, 62, 67, 68, 79 & 93, 188, Bakara 272, Gashiyah -21 & 22, Kwahf - 29 & 56, and Mayedah -92 & 99, Nisa 165, Kwaf 45, Yunus -108, As-Shura 48, Ra'ad 40 etc. In these verses, the Qura'an clearly declares that the only responsibility of Prophets was not to govern, but only to deliver God's message. Even the word "Poygamber" (Prophet) comes from the word "Poygam" (Message). Examples- "I send messengers only to deliver message", "Prophets' task is only to deliver", "Duty of My Prophets is nothing but to deliver the message", "You are not their administrator, you are only a messenger", "Do you want to force them?" etc. [reference source - Imam Shafi'i's and Imam Abu Hanifa's books as reported by Free Muslim Coalition Against Terrorism].
--Attempt to Implement Injustice Against A None Criminal To Further Personal Agendas --
Now we will look at an actual well publicized case that occurred in March of 2006, the case of Mr. Abdel Rahman. This case fits perfectly what was said in the introduction, "Reality shows much of Islam gives only lip service to the Quran when what it says goes against their personal agendas, and the remainder of Islam usually goes along with this in reality by turning their backs on what they should intrinsically know is very wrong. Yet when someone commits what they consider an offense under Shariah Law that really is not based on the Quran, they desire to pronounce the maximum sentence against him/her of 'death.' Now let's look at this case and what others have said.
First, a little foreword, some fail to grasp that I am speaking about basic human rights, not specifically granted rights which is a political thing. I am speaking of rights all individuals should have by the very nature of being human, and any state depriving one of these is denying basic human rights separate and apart from politics. Now consider the following statement by the UN that defines these basic human rights.
The United Nations defines this basic human right in Article 18 as follows:
" UN covenant on civil and political rights
Article 18
Everyone shall have the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion. This right shall include freedom to have or to adopt a religion or belief of his choice, and freedom, either individually or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in worship, observance, practice and teaching.
No one shall be subject to coercion which would impair his freedom to have or to adopt a religion or belief of his choice.
Freedom to manifest one's religion or beliefs may be subject only to such limitations as are prescribed by law and are necessary to protect public safety, order, health, or morals or the fundamental rights and freedoms of others.
The States Parties to the present Covenant undertake to have respect for the liberty of parents and, when applicable, legal guardians to ensure the religious and moral education of their children in conformity with their own convictions."[source - United Nations].
A egregious violation of basic human rights occurred in Afghanistan with respect Abdel Rahman where Imams of Islam wanted this man put to death for simply exercising a basic human right of freedom of worship as he pleases. And the Palm Beach Post - March 29, 2006 said the following in an article written by a Washington Post columnist, Richard Cohen whose e-mail address is cohenr@washpost.com, the following.
"Apostasy? And he's crazy? What strikes me about the threat to execute Abdul Rahman, the Afghan who converted to Christianity, is not that Afghanistan remains deeply medieval and not even remotely the democracy that George Bush would like it to be but that with the exception of the (largely) Christian West, the rest of the world has been mostly silent. ...But if there has been a holler of protest from anywhere in the Muslim world, it has not reached my ears. That is appalling.
The murder of a person for his religious belief ought to be inconceivable.
It is something we in the West stopped doing hundreds of years ago and,...the right of the government to take a life on account of religion has not even been argued in the longest time. We are way beyond that....
:The world is too much with us Wordsworth once wrote. This is the way I feel. To be confronted on almost a daily basis with the horrors of Iraq is profoundly disturbing. The torture and decapitation of huge numbers of people, the casual homicides, the constant suicide bombings - all of this makes you wonder about your fellow man. It no longer is possible to see the world only from your front porch, being disturbed only the ringing of the bell on some passing ice cream truck. Africa, Asia, too much of the world - it is Joseph Conrad much of the time: "The horror! The Horror!"
But you can say that these horrors are being inflicted by a minority. It is a few crazed terrorists in Iraw who are doing the killing. It is not most Iraqis. You can say the same about suicide bombers and torturers and rogue governments, like the one Saddam Hussein once headed. You can take solace in numbers. Most people are like us.
Then comes the Rahman case, and it is not a solitary crazy prosecutor who brings the charge of apostasy but an entire society. It is not a single judge who would condemn the man but a culture. The taliban are gone at gunpoint and their atrocities supposedly a thing of the past. In our boundless optimism, we consign them to the "too hard" file of horrors we cannot figure out: the Khmer Rouge, the Nazis, the communists of the Stalin period. Now, though, this awful thing returns and it is not just a single country that would kill a man for his beliefs but a huge swath of the world which would not protest. There can be only one conclusion: They were in agreement.
The groupthink of the Muslim world is appalling, frightening. I know there are exceptions - many exceptions. But still it seems that a man could be killed for his religious beliefs and no one will say anything in protest. It also is frightening to confront how differently we in the West think about such matters and why the word 'culture' is not always a mask for bigotry but an honest statement of how things are. It is sometimes a bridge too far - the leap that cannot be made.
I can embrace an Afghan for his children, his work, even his piety - all he shares with much of humanity. But when he insists that a convert must die, I am stunned into disbelief: Is this my fellow man?" [source - Palm Beach Post - March 29, 2006 article by Washington Post columnist, Richard Cohen].
Or as a cartoon in the Palm Beach Post put it,
"Praise Allah! Afghanistan is free. Religious persecution is over. Christians will be executed." [source - the Palm Beach Post].
CONCLUSION:
Now there is the evil of Islam in a nut shell, what else need be said. It is just plain WRONG, and an attempt to murder the NONE criminal in the name of religion.
And as said in the Introduction, Reality shows much of Islam gives only lip service to the Quran when what it says goes against their personal agendas, and the remainder of Islam usually goes along with this in reality by turning their backs on what they should intrinsically know is very wrong. Yet when someone commits what they consider an offense under Shariah Law that really is not based on the Quran, they desire to pronounce the maximum sentence against him/her of 'death.'
Your Friend in Christ Iris89