The Myth of Radical Islam

The fact is, there is no such thing as radical Islam

by: rick eichhorn | published: 07 07, 2008

Whenever we hear reports of terrorist attacks, the responsibility is almost always ascribed to "radical Muslims", "Muslim fundamentalists", "Muslim extremists", or something similar. The inference is that these Muslims have misinterpreted the Qur'an and that they are taking actions that are not condoned in the Qur'an. Such an inference could be made only by those who are ignorant of the truth, or by those wishing to distort or hide the truth.

The fact is, there is no such thing as radical Islam. There are no "radical Muslims", "Muslim extremists", or "Muslim fundamentalists".

If any Muslims are outside of Islam's mainstream, it is the peaceful Muslims-the ones who do not participate in terrorist activities. The quiet, peaceful Muslims are the ones who have not properly interpreted Muhammad's message in the Qur'an.

The ultimate message in Muhammad's Qur'an is a manifesto urging every Muslim to eliminate all other religions by any means, with the ultimate objective of establishing Islam as the only "religion" on Earth.

Sura (8:39) - So fight them until there is no more Fitnah (disbelief) and all (all the peoples of the world) submit to the religion of Allah alone.

In truth, peaceful Muslims are likely construed by "real" Muslims as apostates-unbelievers who have renounced Islam and Allah's Apostle (GMWAS). If Islam's ascendancy is not curtailed, these soft Muslims will no doubt find themselves faced with the hard choice between becoming "real" Muslims, or death, since apostasy is an offense punishable by death under Sharia, Islam's body of law. Many will take the easy road and forswear forbearance of infidels, hoping that they will not be called upon personally to commit acts that will lead directly to the deaths of infidels-those who will not believe. But as the hardcore followers of Muhammad's true message gain further ground, it will become easier and easier to view these infidels as less than human, making it less and less of a moral repugnancy to see them summarily executed by beheading in the streets of Europe and the United States.

Extreme? Islam is the religion of peace, after all. Right? The video we have all seen of Muslims rioting in the streets in France, Denmark, Great Britain and the United States (to mention just a few) is only because they are feeling left out of the mainstream... isn't it?

Let's review the source of the problem: the Qur'an. Sura, Al-Anfal, 8:13, 15:
"I (Allah) will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieve. O ye who believe, strike at their necks (behead them) and strike at every pore and tip (fingers), because they have pitted themselves against Allah and His Messenger. Whoever sets himself up in opposition to Allah and His Messenger must know that Allah is surely Severe in exacting retribution. That is so; then taste ye His chastisement; for such disbelievers there is the torment of the Fire."

This is not a call to arms to a singular event 1,400 years ago, and it is by no means the only verse that calls for the killing of infidels.

Sura, Al-Tuaba, 9: 5: (verse of the sword)
"Kill them wherever you find them and make them prisoners and beleaguer them, and lie in wait for them at every place of ambush."

Apologists will claim that there are also many verses in the Qur'an regarding peace. However, these verses are abrogated by later verses calling for jihad. Apologists will claim that abrogation doesn't exist. "Lie in wait for them at every place of ambush" applies equally well to both of these objections. Any action that furthers the cause of Islam is allowed and encouraged by Allah, as evidenced by Muhammad.

Narrated Jabir bin 'Abdullah, (al-Bukhari 5.369):
Allah's Apostle (Muhammad) said, "Who is willing to kill Ka'b bin Al-Ashraf who has hurt Allah and His Apostle?" Thereupon Muhammad bin Maslama (a follower) got up saying, "O Allah's Apostle! Would you like that I kill him?" The Prophet said, "Yes," Muhammad bin Maslama said, "Then allow me to say a (false) thing (to deceive Kab)." The Prophet said, "You may say it."

Deceit and dissemination are two of Islam's most powerful weapons, especially when used against the Kumbaya crowd-passive Christians and Jews who earnestly believe that real Muslims play by the same rules that they do. They forget that Islam has no "Golden Rule."

Stories of Muhammad by his contemporaries are collected in what are called the Hadith. The Hadith are considered almost as sacred as the Qur'an. One story in the Hadith, known as "The Promise of the Stone and the Tree" relates how Muhammad told a follower named Abu Hurayra:

"The hour (day of Judgment) will not come until the Muslims fight the Jews and kill them. A Jew will hide behind a rock or a tree, and the rock or tree will call upon the Muslim: "O Muslim, O slave of Allah! There is a Jew behind me, come and kill him!-except for the gharqad tree, for it is one of the trees of the Jews"

Apologists will say this is taken out of context, or that it is a prophecy, not a directive. A couple of quotes from the Hadith may help clarify:

Volume 4, Book 52, Number 269:
Narrated Jabir bin 'Abdullah:
The Prophet said, "War is deceit."

Volume 4, Book 52, Number 73:
Narrated 'Abdullah bin Abi Aufa:
Allah's Apostle said, "Know that Paradise is under the shades of swords."

Islam offers one path to salvation and only one path: to die in jihad. So, if you want to go to heaven, you have to die while in furtherance of Islam. Apologists will say that jihad means struggle-mostly an internal struggle to follow the commandments of Allah. When pushed, they will admit the jihad also means holy war, but of course that was in the past...

To truly understand Islam, to see behind the curtain, you have only to trust your own eyes as you read the Qur'an.

Sura, Al-Imran, 3:33:
"Allah loves not the disbelievers."

After the Muslim Massacre of Infidels on September 11th, 2001, the world's Muslim community was resoundingly silent on its condemnation of the atrocity. That date was not arbitrary.

In 732 AD, Charles Martel stopped the first wave of Islamic expansionism at the Battle of Tours. In 1683, a coalition of Polish, Austrian, Franconian, Swabian, and Bavarian troops defeated an Ottoman army twice its size and stopped the second wave of Islamic expansionism at the Battle of Vienna. The date was September 11, 1683. September 11 was chosen by Osama bin Laden to signify the beginning of the third wave of Islamic expansionism.

On January 13, 2008, President George W. Bush gave a speech in Abu Dhabi, in the United Arab Emirates, in which he stated: "extremists have hijacked the noble religion of Islam." In truth, Mr. Bush, Islam has not been hijacked, and there has never been anything even remotely "noble" about Islam. It is the most despicable and malevolent lie in the history... of history.

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