Does Islam itself promote hostility for and violence against non-Muslims, or are all the difficulties between the West and Islam based on secondary factors—from “radical” interpretations of Islam, to economics and grievances?
This is the fundamental question.
Obviously, if “anti-infidel” hostility is inherent to Islam itself, then the conflict becomes existential—a true clash of civilizations, with no easy fixes and lots of ugly implications along the horizon.
Because of this truism, those whose job it is to whitewash Islam’s image in the West insist on the opposite—that all difficulties are temporal and not rooted to innate Islamic teachings.
Enter Shariah: What Everyone Needs to Know, co-authored by John Esposito and Natana J. Delong-Bas. The authors’ goal is to exonerate Shariah, which they portray as enshrining “the common good (maslahah), human dignity, social justice, and the centrality of the community” from Western criticism or fear, which they say is based solely on “myth” and “sensationalism.”
In their introductory chapters they define Shariah as being built upon the words of the Koran and the Sunna (or example) of the Muslim prophet Muhammad as contained in sahih (canonical) hadiths. They add: “Shariah and Islamic law are not the same thing. The distinction between divine law (Shariah) and its human interpretation, application, and development (Islamic law) is important to keep in mind throughout this book…. Whereas Shariah is immutable and infallible, Islamic law (fiqh) is fallible and changeable.”
Next the authors highlight how important Shariah is to a majority of Muslims. They cite a 2013 Pew Poll which found that 69% of Muslims in the Middle East and North Africa, 73% in South Asia, and 55% in Central Asia believe that “Shariah is God’s [Allah’s] divine revelation.”
Even larger numbers “favored the establishment of Shariah as official law”: 99% in Afghanistan, 84% in South Asia, 74% in the Middle East and North Africa, and 64% in sub-Saharan Africa.
So far so good. The authors’ introductory claims (that Shariah is fundamental to Islam) and statistics (that hundreds of millions of Muslims revere and wish to see it implemented) are correct.
But they also beg the aforementioned question: is Shariah itself behind the intolerance, misogyny, violence, and terrorism committed in the name of Islam?
Here, the hitherto objective authors shift gears and take on the mantle of apologists. Their thesis is simple: Any and all negative activities Muslims engage in are to be pinned on anything and everything—so long as it’s not Shariah.
In order to support this otherwise unsupportable position, and as might be expected, the remainder of the book consists of obfuscation, dissembling, and lots and lots of contextual omissions and historical distortions.
A small sampling follows:
Shariah on Women
The authors quote and discuss at length many Koran verses about women that seem positive (Koran 30:21, 3:195, and 2:187), without alluding to counter verses that permit husbands to beat their wives (4:34) and treat them as “fields” to be “plowed however you wish” (2:223). Nor do they deal with Muhammad’s assertions that women are “lacking in intelligence” and will form the bulk of hell’s denizens, as recounted in a canonical hadith.
They partially quote Koran 4:3: “…marry those that please you of other women, two or three or four. But if you fear that you will not be just, then marry only one.” This suits the authors’ purpose, which is to present the Koran as implicitly recommending only one wife, since it acknowledges the near impossibility for a man to treat all wives equally. Yet the authors deliberately cut off the continuation of that verse—which permits Muslim men to copulate with an unlimited amount of sex slaves (ma malakat aymanukum) even if they are married.
They also dissemble about child marriage, saying “classical Islamic law” permits it, but only when “the child reaches a mature age.” Yet they make no mention that, based on Muhammad’s marriage to Aisha—that is, based on his Sunna, which is immutable and part of Shariah—nine is considered a “mature age.”
Freedom of Religion and Non-Muslims
The authors claim that “There are more than 100 Quranic verses that … affirm freedom of religion and conscience.” They quote many at length and assert that “The guiding Shariah principle … underscored by Quran 3:28, 29:46, and 60:89, is that believers should treat unbelievers decently and equitably as long as the unbelievers do not behave aggressively.”
Yet they fail to mention or sideline the many contradictory verses that call for relentless war on non-Muslims—who are further likened to dumb cattle in Koran 25:44 —until they surrender, one way or another, to Islam (e.g., 8:39, 9:5, 9:29).
They fail to quote the verses that form the highly divisive doctrine of al-wala’ w’al bara’ (“Loyalty and Enmity”), including Koran 5:51, which forbids Muslims from befriending Jews and Christians, and Koran 60:4, which commands Muslims to harbor only “hate” for non-Muslims, until they “believe in Allah alone.”
Needless to say, they ignore Koran 3:28, which permits Muslims to feign friendship for non-Muslims, whenever the former are under the latter’s authority (such is the doctrine of taqiyya; see here, here, here, here, and here for examples).
It is, incidentally, because of all these divisive Koran verses—because of Shariah—that the Islamic State forthrightly explained, “We hate you, first and foremost, because you are disbelievers.”
The closest the authors get to address these issues is in a section titled, “Can Muslims in the West be Loyal Citizens.” They respond with a yes—but the evidence they cite are polls (based on wishful interpretations), which of course tells the reader little about the topic they purport to “de-mythologize”: Shariah.
Jihad
As might be expected, when the authors reach the topic of jihad, their dissembling reaches a new level. They repeatedly insist that jihad, as enshrined in Shariah, is simply the Muslim counterpart of Western Just War theory, which teaches that war and aggression are permissible, but only in defense or to recover one’s territory from occupiers: “The lesser or outer jihad involves defending Islam and the Muslim community.” As usual, they spend much time quoting and elaborating on Koran verses that comport with this position, while ignoring or sidelining the many contradictory verses. In reality, mainstream Islam holds that the Koran’s “Sword Verses” (especially 9:5 and 9:29) have abrogated all the peaceful ones, thereby making warfare on non-Muslims—for no less a reason than that they are non-Muslims—obligatory.
Consider Koran 9:29: “Fight those who do not believe in Allah nor the Last Day, nor forbid what Allah and his Messenger have forbidden, nor embrace the religion of truth [Islam] from the People of the Book [Jews and Christians], until they pay the jizya with willing submission and feel themselves subdued.”
What, exactly, is “defensive” about this verse?
Similarly, they claim that dar al-harb, or “abode of war”—Islam’s designation for all those non-Muslim territories (such as Europe) that Muslims were historically in a permanent state of war with—“applied to other parties with whom Muslims were in conflict.” Again, they fail to mention that the primary reason Muslims were “in conflict” with them was because they were non-Muslim, and that all non-Muslim territories were by default part of the “abode of war,” except when treaties advantageous to Islam were drawn.
Instead, the authors say, “The territories classified as the abode of war were those that refused to provide such protection to Muslims and their clients”—thereby implying Muslims were hostile to, say, Europe, because Europe was first hostile to Muslims. (Reality, as chronicled in my new book, Sword and Scimitar: Fourteen Centuries of War between Islam and the West, was the exact opposite.)
Miscellaneous Subterfuge
One can go on and on; the authors engage in other forms of subterfuge to exonerate Shariah. They frequently project a Western veneer to Islamic terms and concepts, saying for example that Shariah is ultimately about “promoting good and preventing evil”—which sounds admirable—without pointing out that, based on the Koran and Sunna (that is, Shariah), conquering non-Muslim territories is about “promoting good” and keeping women under wraps and indoors, beating them as required, is about “preventing vice.”
While admitting that Christians and other non-Muslim minorities are currently being persecuted, not only do the authors insist that this has nothing to do with Shariah, but they invoke relativistic thinking: “Just as Muslims living in non-Muslim countries are often concerned with their rights and civil liberties as minorities,” they say, “so some consider the rights and status of non-Muslim minorities living in Muslim countries to be a parallel issue.” In other words, because some Americans view Muslims in their midst with suspicion, the ongoing enslavement and slaughter of Christians—more than 6,000 in Nigeria alone since January 2018—and ban on or destruction of churches is a sort of tit for tat, a “parallel issue” that can only be solved when the West becomes less critical about Islam.
Relativism is also invoked during the authors’ brief treatment of apostasy in Islam: “Historically, apostasy was sometimes punishable by death in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.” They claim that apostasy is still a major issue in Islam due to “radical” interpretations or politics—bolstering their position by again quoting the same Koran verses that seem to support freedom of religion—without mentioning, say, the canonical hadith (meaning part of Shariah) where Muhammad said, “Whoever leaves his religion [Islam], kill him.”
Such is how Islam’s skilled apologists dupe the West: they admit to some of the more controversial aspects that many other apologists shy away from—namely that Shariah is indeed foundational to Islam and that hundreds of millions of Muslims revere and wish to see it implemented—but then, having established trust with the reader, they slip back into the “game,” portraying all the intolerance, misogyny, violence, and terrorism daily committed in the name of Islam as products of anything and everything—fallible Muslim interpretations, self-serving clerics and terrorists, socio-economic pressures, Western criticism or encroachments—never Shariah itself.
Contrary to its subtitle, then, John Esposito’s and Natana J. Delong-Bas’s Shariah is not “what everyone needs to know”; rather, it is what non-Muslims need to believe in order to give Shariah—which is fundamentally hostile to all persons and things un-Islamic—a free pass.
Another necessary post to keep public discussion about the sharia honest. Thank you, Raymond. It will be interesting to see how news agencies relate to this book. Will they accept it and quote it naively? Or will they cite reviews like Raymond’s above that point out the apparent dishonesty in the book by Esposito and Delong-Bas?
It would probably be better if people paid attention to the real inciters, you know the ones who have the babylonian talmud and the zohar as their holy books, The ones who Christ called Serpents and vipers and that they were of their father the devil, the ones who killed him.
this was for the pharisees, you know, the religious people in the time of Jesus, filled with hate.
very similar to your post.
Jesus rebuked them as well, because they knew He was the Messiah, the Christ but they would not repent.
30 percent of all Jews were converted and believed in the 1st century
read your bible
esp. starting with Romans 11
The whole book of Romans is good as well.
The Bible was written by Jewish men inspired by the precious Holy Spirit over a period of 1400 years.
Jesus was a Jew, born of Jewish parents.
He fulfilled His Father’s will who lived in Heaven
In other words He was the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.
All the apostles were Jews
Apostle Paul (who was Saul of Tarsus) was on his way to Damascus.
Amazing how Damascus is in the news again
In the Book of Zechariah the Jewish prophet warns of Jerusalem being a cup of trembling for the whole earth.
Read a psalm a day
Psalm 29 for today.
King David wrote them, Sons of Korah, Ezra
all Jews
I could go on like God identifying Himself as the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
Maranatha!
In Christ
Mellany
actually I have read the Script 10 times from cover to cover and the New Testatment 20 times without the aid of Ungodly teachers. So I guess Christ was full of hate when he Called the leaders of the people serpents and vipers and said they were of their father the devil, He even took the Kingdom from them and said they would bear no fruit forever. I also dispute your 30% figure as in Acts it states that a few thousand were saved here and there which is not even close to 30% as josephus concludes that there were over a million jews killed by the Romans in 70 a.d. There was a remnant saved as God said He would save a remnant. The Jerusalem which is a Cup of trembling is the New Jerusalem made WITHOUT hands with Christ as the chief cornerstone whose builder and maker is GOD. and Christ said whomever falls on it shall be broken, and whomever it falls on shall be ground to dust. there is a scripture that talks about dividing God’s word properly between the things of the Spirit and the things of the flesh. There is an Israel of God(talked about in Romans) and an Israel of the flesh which covenant fades away, read Hebrews. Maybe read Galations 3:16 where it states Christ was the seed of promise(singular) not the many. Don’t worship the jews, they are the enemies of God. worship Christ the true new man, the last Adam of the quickening Spirit, and the Chief cornerstone of the new Jerusalem and God’s Heavenly Kingdom, MADE WITHOUT HANDS as you were
Yes, those same evil haters and inciters who said, “Beloved is man who was created in G-d’s image.” And “man” in this case refers to all men, because the next line is “Beloved are the Jews, who are called sons of the Creator … Beloved are the Jews, who were given a precious vessel (the Torah)” (Ethics of the Fathers 3:14)
Check your facts, please.
Naturally I have shared this article with the majority of brain dead followers of my FB page. I am simply astonished at theo lack of knowledge with regard to this savage and satanic force in the world today. Turkey in its new role of Ottoman Empire II currently has caged in a glass box – a Lion pacing up and down while moronic muslims with their brats sit in the bar eating and presumably drinking. There is no ANIMAL protection law under Islamic law thus this illustrates the savagery of Islamic peoples. I long for the day when Islam will be totally annihilated as I hope it will – however it won’t be in my lifetime.
Hopefully the US, CA, AU will follow the lead of European countries fighting back and wake up. The willfull blindness of the EU elite is perplexing, as well as vexing. Ireland getting ready to import as much as 20+ % increase in population size number of immigrants. Many in Catholic church in hardy approval.
I am deeply disturbed at the thought of the tsunami of sexual assaults that will fall upon thier girls and women.
Worked with some Irish guys on a construction project in Newton MA some years ago. Great bunch, rugged, cheerful, soccer players and some of the younger guys working here just for the summer.
Can’t picture this bunch being in favor of this policy.
I think the Antioch battle blog could be material for a docudrama. What a story. Even a story of the intrigue of the current jihad and coverup by EU elites of the horrific crimes against women and girls in reccent decades. Docudrama interspersed with osme narative from a female voice.
There is nothing “perplexing” about the elites in western countries. One great big fat hint revolves around the very powerful people who enslaved the US via the Federal Reserve and Federal Income Tax scams put into place about a century ago. Same folks started up the Brookings Institute in 1916 and CFR in 1921. Colonel Mandrel House, Paul Warburg (sent to the US in 1902 by the Rothschild banking empire in Europe), a US senator, and some other key players including some of our biggest bankers were all critical parts of the process.
Colonel House was a powerfully charismatic man who initiated the process of recruiting, manipulating, and controlling American presidents from Woodrow Wilson and on to the present day. Donald Trump is one big exception and the reason the national Progressive left is livid as hell. 2016 was supposed to be the year that the globalists took total control of our nation. Obama had already weakened our nation in many sectors. It only remained for Her Grand Hilaraneousness to mop up, plunder into oblivion, and destroy the last shards of our sovereignty – the supreme goal of the globalists everywhere.
These elitists control most of Europe and are using and facilitating the Muslim invasions to grease the skids so to speak.
Most European nations have their own version of our CFR, Britain’s was founded in 1920. Their international puppet masters – Bilderbergers and Tri-Lateral Commission pull the strings.
The Catholic hierarchy has always been heavily involved in the whole globalist venture. Proof positive is the current Pope’s public pronouncement that Islam and Christianity along with each of their holy scriptures are basically the same about two years ago. A man of his stature and education cannot possibly be that ignorant or obtuse. What Pope Francis – the first Jesuit Pope (hint – hint), knows more than anything is the insane ignorance and even indifference of his own flock. But the Pope is deep into the elitist game himself.
PS BBC did a 3 hour docudrame called Three Girls, on the Rochdale child abuse scandal. I saw it on YouTube but has been taken down. Then got an email account on BBC and watched it there, but no longer able to stream it there either, maybe download. It was quite powerful.
Islam is all based on fraud and lies by a founder.
Dear Mr. Esposito, and Ms.Delong-Bas,
In the words of comedian Ron White, “You can’y fix stupid”..
To Mr. Esposito and his co-author: I suppose those madcap boys and girls with ISIS are a bunch of misunderstood and swell boy scouts and girl scouts..
Special Forces Staff Sgt. Alexander Conrad, age 26, was KIA by Somali terrorists, in the terrorist stronghold in Somalia, on June 8, 2018… Unfortunately, is is more likely than not, that it was the Hundreds of Millions of stolen Minnesota Taxpayer Dollars; stolen (suitcases full of Minnesota cash & money laundering wire transfers) by the Minnesota Somali “community” scammers and “grifters”, ANNUALLY, that paid for the ordinance, which ended his life over there…
…stolen right from under the noses, and in plain sight of fools just like the two of you, in authority in Minnesota..
Good luck with your theory..
judeo-christian is an oxymoron …… judeo-ISLAMIC would be accurate
Jews and Arabs are Semites. The old expression ‘scratch a jew and you get an arab’ is true
SUNNIsemite, JEWISHsemite, SHIITTEsemite, they are kissing cousins.
Sharia law is copied from Halacha law.
Halal is copied from Kosher in slaughtering of animals in kosher and halal, Though the slaughtering is the same, Jews, who follow kosher, do not pronounce the name of God on each animal they slaughter. http://www.differencebetween.net/miscellaneous/difference-between-kosher-and-halal/#ixzz4QIwe7Mx2
“As for Christianity, there is a dispute among Halachic authorities, but the vast majority consider it idolatry as well. Islam, on the other hand, is not considered idolatry.”
Read that last bit again, very slowly, so the christianzionists can keep up: “Islam, on the other hand, is not considered idolatry.”
Islam is Judaism for DUMMIES. Islam is Judaism LITE. But they are both fundamentally Tribal and both believe the old Us against You …………
Muhammed lived among/with Jews and just rewrote/reworded their beliefs.
Muhammmed is a pedophile? read this: https://revisionistreview.blogspot.com/2017/11/the-silent-partner-in-americas.html?m=1
Orthodox islamists & Orthodox Jews ……. same beliefs.
BOTH follow Tribal WAR gods ….. Who BRAGS that they are behind this Invasion. NOTE how they call the muslums their ALLIES & BROTHERS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wk25AeFWMNs
Doubt me??? here: https://www.buzzfeed.com/rossalynwarren/jewish-and-arab-people-are-posing-together-in-inspiring-phot?utm_term=.ul8Qjr964#.fyvDgG5zJ
CHRISTianity follows Enlightenment through attaining the Universal Conciousness .
Christians cannot relate with those who do not COME TO CHRIST.
Kaba(stone) + allah = Kabala
The whole bible was written over 1400 years by Jewish men inspired by the precious Holy Spirit.
Luke was probably a Jewish convert.
There are more Jews coming to Christ Jesus since the 1st century.
Jesus was born of Jewish parents according to the scriptures.
He fulfilled all the law without sinning
He died on the cross for our sins
He rose again and He is coming back again.
Jesus was the 2nd Adam who fulfilled His Father’s request.
If you have seen me (this is Jesus is speaking) you have seen the Father.
Anti-semitism is on the rise as reading your statements can attest to.
We are living in the age of grace but soon the tribulation will be upon us.
I pray you repent of your sin of anti-semitism before then.
God will be dealing directly with the nation of Israel, and when Jesus returns He will rule and reign from Jerusalem.
Then there will be 1 thousand years of peace.
Eschatology is a good thing for u to look into.
Recommend Friends of Israel, BeholdIsrael.org; Jan Markel; Pastor JD Farag on you tube; Hischannel.com;
but mostly read the Book of Zechariah where it states that Jerusalem will be a cup of trembling in the last days.
we are in them.
soon and very soon we are going to see the king.
I hope and pray u get your heart ready before then
Blessings in Christ
Maranatha!
PROsemitism ——- what is it?
If there is an “antisemitism” you must ask: “What is PROsemitism?”
PROsemitism must be a supporter of “semitism”, which really means Judaism (though most Moslems are SEMITIC and most JEWS are NOT). So what are you supporting if you are a PROsemite? Well first of all we must define Judaism:
Judaism is neither a race or a religion, it is Xenophobic Tribalism.
XENOPHOBIC: n.
A person unduly fearful or contemptuous of that which is foreign, especially of strangers or foreign peoples.
TRIBALISM: n.
1. The organization, culture, or beliefs of a tribe.
2. A strong feeling of identity with and loyalty to one’s tribe or group.
So right off the get-go you hate all NON-Jews, NON-members of YOUR group(TRIBE).
You “bundle together” for support and safety, the very definition of Fascism
THAT means, that if I am not one of the TRIBE, you do not like me.
Since Jews BRAND all NON-Jews “gentile” automatically denigrating them, to be PROsemitic one must by definition be ANTI-GENTILE.
They hate all NON-Jews so fundamentally, that they have to SPECIFICALLY name “RIGHTEOUS GENTILES”.
Those are NON-Jewish HUMANS that went so far out of their way to help/save Jews that the Jews were FORCED to ACKNOWLEDGE the humanity of that specific ‘gentile”. You see, PROsemites do not acknowledge the EQUALITY of spirituality and humanity of “gentiles”
What the Jewish Rabbis think of JESUS “As for Christianity, there is a dispute among Halachic authorities, but the vast majority consider it idolatry as well. Islam, on the other hand, is not considered idolatry.” Read that last bit again VERY SLOWLY so the “christianzionists” can follow: “ISLAM, on the other hand, is NOT considered idolatry.” ………..
According to the SPLC & ADL an organization is a “HATE GROUP” if it has
“beliefs or practices that attack or malign an entire class of people”.
Jews have HATED Egypt for 3,500 years.
Jews have HATED Babylon for 2,500 years.
Jews have HATED CHRIST and his followers for 2,000 years.
David Ben-Gurion, one of the father founders of Israel, described Zionist aims in 1948: “A Christian state should be established [in Lebanon], with its southern border on the Litani river. We will make an alliance with it. When we smash the Arab Legion’s strength and bomb Amman, we will eliminate Transjordan too, and then Syria will fall. If Egypt still dares to fight on, we shall bomb Port Said, Alexandria and Cairo… And in this fashion, we will end the war and settle our forefathers’ account with Egypt, Assyria, and Aram “………….. read that again
“and settle our forefathers’ account with Egypt, Assyria, and Aram”
They are STILL HATING and planning deadly attacks after 3,500+ YEARS .
How do you think they feel about JESUS CHRIST whom they HATE most of ALL.
Israel’s MOTTOES:
(1) NEVER forgive & NEVER forget.
(2) By Way of Deception you will Do War.
Their ONLY(monotheistic) “god” is a WAR god
PROsemitism is antiGENTILEism
DO NOT believe one word of a Mr. Esposito. One only needs to go to PG’s site to see the HORROR of Moslems and what they brought from THEIR world to YOURS.
Every Mosque is YOUR TOMBSTONE. Moslems will RELISH your death and beheadings. They will gladly slaughter you in the name of their pagan god – Allah.
And you will deserve every drop of your blood if you do not reform your lives and return to your GOD who is sending these demon men to you as a warning now and your slaughter later.
Folks, this is NOT HATE, THIS IS FACT AND TRUTH!!! Muslims are commanded to do Jihad!!!
Any Muslim can devise his own mischief!!! Craig Winn in his
thoroughly researched and documented book, “Muhammad Prophet of
Doom” wrote on page 293, “Jihad is an obligatory duty in
Islam on every Muslim. He who tries to escape this duty dies as a
hypocrite.” President Thomas Jefferson learned there was no
negotiating with Muslim Pirates, so when his Marines repulsed an
attack, they went to the village and killed every one there. Very
soon attacks on US flagged vessels stopped and ships flying other
flags sought US flags to fly through troubled waters for their safety
too!!! FINALLY THERE WAS PEACE, FREEDOM AND SAFETY ON THE HIGH SEAS
AND IN CERTAIN VILLAGES!!! We can learn from President Jefferson’s
experience!!!
They can take their damn sharia and stick it. We will NOT be a slave to any islam. not now or ever.!!!!
Excellent article! A simple review of the life of Muhammad is enough to dispel the myths propagated by Esposito. As Muhammad goes, so goes Islam. Everyone should see this documentary, “Through the Lens of Muhammad’s Life: How the Life and Teachings of Muhammad Shape Islam Today” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtKJpahyC10
Every Muslim must be deported back if not we will loose anglo based countries and no country will be safe to live in, this immigration is their Islam Caliphate a wolf in sheep clothing. God created boarders with oceans to keep evil at bay ironically the Zionist cabal jews are funding and organized Muslim transportation to the E U and western states…..muslims most hated enemy ! In short it comes down to this it is either us or them.
Apologies accepted … Islam, like all religions, is a LIE.
Sharia is a control mechanism ….
islam must be attacked at every level and at every opportunity….
As Sun Tzu noted more than 2000 years ago, all warfare is based on deception:
“All warfare is based on deception. Hence, when we are able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must appear inactive; when we are near, we must make the enemy believe we are far away; when far away, we must make him believe we are near.”
― Sun Tzu, The Art of War
From my perspective, the Islamic prophet Muhammad is probably the greatest warlord in the history of the world. What other warlord in history can claim that his followers are still making war in his name more than 1400 years after their death? And it is impossible to imagine that the teachings of Sun Tzu were not at least within the frame of reference of the historians, scholars, and intellectuals of his day. The conclusion is simple. War requires deception and peace requires transparency. If Islamic theology teaches that all Muslims must maintain a perpetual state of war against non-Muslims until the entire world submits to Islam, it should not be surprising if Muslims feel inclined to maintain a perpetual state of deception toward non-Muslims for as long as the warfare continues.
I would use the word warmonger instead. The word “lord” is reserved in my thinking for those with some shred of honor and respect for his foe. Muhammad was a self-serving pig who forced one of the women whose husband he had decapitated to “marry” him. The man was one of 600 to 900 (age twelve and up) who surrendered their community and everything in it when your “lord” attacked it and refused any terms at all of surrender.
It was the peaceful community of Medina that had refused his attempts to bring them into Islam. They were given a sham trial judged by a man Muhammad had strategically picked – wounded in a short battle with the inhabitants trying to protect what was theirs. All of these men had their hands tied behind their backs throughout the whole ordeal and were summarily decapitated – some personally by his putridness himself.
This was typical of Muhammad who attacked defenseless caravans, villages, and cities wherever loot and sex slaves could be promised. They delighted in the fine are of humiliating their captives during rape, decapitation, and torture.
Today, Muslims tell all kinds of lies to gullible westerners eager to fawn, bow, and scrape to whoever the popularity polls say is currently the fashion phenomenon of the time – about how Medina was acquired and became their second most holy site.
Not “apologist” “propagandist”
Thousands of Christians die, babies are raped, and women are slaves …
v.
Some ‘White’ people are pro-civilization …
Yeah, that’s fair and balanced alright … in a Leftist’s eye.
To the Jew Haters …
Equating Judaism to Islam is not only ignorant, but …
it can get you sent to h.e.double hockey sticks.
You might want to rethink that.
I have often encountered Muslims in various forums discussing a variety of topics who step in and are very good at deceit all around. A favored tactic for those well acquainted with history, as increasingly most westerners including many avowed Christians, are not, is to twist, exaggerate, and distort truths so as to have a familiar ring and therefore give authenticity to their claimed narratives.
One very clever guy was adept at taking a very tiny segment of some Christian group that practiced for example FGM and applying it wholesale as an attribute of common Christian practice throughout an entire segment of the African or Middle Eastern continents. He used many similar tactics that made it difficult to nail down just how he was justifying practices of Islam with deceptive interpretations of words like “peace” as the author of the above article pointed out and then taking the alternative with Christians who were violent all across the board – proven again, by exaggerating the behavior of a tiny segment of a Christian region and hyperinflating it to be representative of much larger areas of Christianity.
Some very educated Muslims are buying a lot of favor and respect via tactical deceit.