I support you, Ali

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By David David

Dear Ali Sina

How are you, Ali? I came across your website about two weeks ago and have already read quite a number of articles. In particular I was deeply moved by your conversion story from Islam to non-Islam (Why I left Islam; From Belief to Enlightenment) with all the painful steps you had to go through such as shock, denial, confusion, guilt, disillusionment, depression and anger. I agree with all your points about the cruel nature of Islam and the dark spiritual force behind it. Because you quote several different beliefs in your arguments, you sound like an atheist. It this is the case, it is an amazing fact that you have found the truth only from a humanistic point of view instead of from another faith, indicating that the fight is really between humanity and Islam rather than between different beliefs and Islam! As you see, I have to use a fake name for fear that I could be the target of death sentence and beheading because of my potentially offensive comments on Islam. I am not the exception and many of those who post here their opinions about Islam presumably use fake names to avoid the target of death sentence and beheading. Why do the whole world live in fear of this particular group of people eager to kill and behead according to their holiest scripture anyone who offends their religion? I agree with Ali that this is not a problem of only a few fanatics but a problem of Islam itself. I have several Muslim friends, and I have already noticed that the more devout they are, the greater their hatred is toward Jews, Christians and Westerns in general because the Koran teaches and encourages it.. I agree with Ali that Islam can be destroyed even easier and faster than most of us think. We have seen several dramatic events in recent history, in particular the sudden collapse of Soviet Union in 1991. Nobody in the world including renowned historians, sociologists and politicians expected the collapse of communism even just before its breakup. This is not the only example. The list goes on, for instance, the unexpected meltdown of the world financial market and the accompanied collapse of oil price, which were not in the minds of the world even just before it happened. Yes, Islam can be destroyed not by sword but by the light of truth and love shinning in the pitch darkness of Islam. Let us learn a lesson from history and let not history be wasted. As Ali also pointed out, even a small candle light would be enough to expose its true nature wide open because its darkness is great. Here I want to point out a close parallel between Islam and communism. I remember an interview of a small boy (early elementary school age) in North Korea. When he was asked "What is your dream?", his immediate and unhesitant answer was "My dream is to kill as many Americans as possible, because they are our enemy!". If you ask the same question to a devout Muslim boy, his answer is most likely to be "My dream is to kill as many Jews, Christians and Westerners as possible, because they do not believe in Allah!". I also remember a famous statement of a North Korean athlete who won a gold medal in shooting with the world record. When he was asked "How did you practice to make this great accomplishment?", his hate-driven answer was "I shoot the target as if it were the heart of Americans!" This is the mentality of all devout Muslims regarded a good model for other Muslims to follow. From the eyes of devout Muslims who follow Koran faithfully, moderate Muslims are not real Muslims and are often the objects of persecution by the same Muslims. Do not be fooled by what they say. Just watch what they do in public and in secret. "A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit (Matthew 7:18)". But we must remember that Muslims are the same human beings just like us, and that they are just victims of the dark spiritual force of ruthless traditions and cruelty. They are completely brainwashed, deceived and tricked by the whole religious system, but are not aware of it. I remember a funny request made to their government by Soviet diplomats who had worked in Paris for a few months "Please return us back to Moscow. We cannot live here in Paris because there is no freedom and liberty!". There are numerous other examples of this kind of brainwashing in communist countries. For instance, in North Korea, most people believe (more precisely, are forced to believe) that they are still much better than Americans and South Koreans, because they were told that beggars cover every street of these counties. When their dire situation is exposed to the outside world, their explanation is a familiar blame game "This misery has been all caused by Americans and South Koreans, and that is why we should kill them all". Does it sound familiar to you? Even this kind of brutal regimes such as North Korea and Soviet Union did not execute their "criminals" by stoning or cutting their necks, but instead shoot them in public by guns which was still considered as barbaric. As far as I know, there has not been any regime in the entire human history where stoning and beheading are a routine way of punishing people who do not agree with them. Furthermore stoning and beheading is exercised in the heart of Islam, Saudi Arabia, the model country of all Muslims, not only in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran. In communism and Islam people are taught to hate other people who do not follow their ideology. They are constantly fed on hatred to divert their attention away from any refection or doubt on their own ideology. Entirely inspired by Ali, I have already started to shed the light of truth and love to all of my Muslim friends, by talking to them directly and by sending them emails. I will do it again and again, ten times, hundred times, and thousand times if necessary. But my approach is a little different from humanistic approaches Ali takes. As a Christian, I take less offensive ways in liberating Muslims from the grip of the dark spiritual force. Instead of pointing out explicitly the dark nature of Islam to Muslims, I shine the light of truth again and again until they see it with their own eyes. But I do understand why you have to take the ways you do because you yourself have experienced the danger and cruelty of Islam. As a Christian, firstly I pray to God to give me a heart of love and compassion for fellow human beings who were made by the same gracious Creator. In spite of my fight against the dark spiritual force behind Muslims who are simply brainwashed, deceived and tricked by it even without being aware of it, I still love and care them no matter what their response to my witnessing. Secondly, I show them who I really am, namely, a life of honesty, transparency and integrity without lie, hatred and hypocrisy. Thirdly, I emphasize the unconditional love of God for all human beings. "But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us (Romans 5:8)". As I read the stories written by Ali, I learned that Allah is quite different from our God, namely, Allah's love is very conditional. He loves only those who accept and obey him as God, while he is not hesitant to kill those who do not. But our God of love and compassion is just like a loving mother jumps into the water to save her drowning child regardless of the fact that he is obedient or disobedient to her. Her loving heart for the child is far from the petty conditional love (If you will obey me, then I will save and love you. Otherwise I will not save you). This unconditional love is possible because she shed her own blood with pain when delivering the child. The love of a mother for her child is just a shadow of the love of God for all human beings. Fourthly, I emphasize the salvation by faith, not by works. "For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith - and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God - not by works, so that no one can boast (Ephesians 2:8-9)". As I heard from some other sources and perhaps Ali's articles as well, Muslims are unsure about their salvation and live in a constant fear of punishment by Allah for breaking just one of their duties. Even after selling all their possessions to give them to the poor (I do not know how many Muslims actually have done this, but any good work is not sufficient enough to earn salvation), they are still uncertain about going to heaven. Because salvation comes from faith only in Jesus Christ who died to pay the penalty of our sins in our place, we Christians are 100% sure of our eternity in heaven. It gives us complete freedom from the fear of our uncertain eternal fate. Fifthly, I share with my Muslim friends my personal story about how I met my God again through my own struggle with doubt on my own belief "Do I have my current belief, just because I blindly believe what I was taught by others or in the worst case scenario because I am brainwashed by the whole religious system in my belief?" This thought had bothered me for a while. But I did not tell others about my struggle for fear that I would be considered as a man of no faith. I really wanted to find the answer myself and started to read the whole Bible without using any reference materials which often tend to obscure the original meanings by the authors' own opinions. Because all the teachings and doctrines originate from the Bible, the Bible is the most ideal source which might answer my doubt although it is advised not to question its validity. Thus my journey of investigation started. I read the whole Bible with the mind that I might have been educated to believe what I was told by others or that I might have been brainwashed by the whole religious system in my belief. During my own investigation to find the truth, I met again my personal God, who is so gracious that the Creator Himself died by shedding His own blood to save me. By sharing with them my own personal stories, I encourage them to do the same, namely, reading the whole Koran with a critical mind without using any reference materials which usually glorify the dark nature of Islam by hiding the truth. I gladly join Ali in the grand campaign to destroy Islam in the world once and for all by liberating all fellow human beings, Muslims, from the grip of fear and cruelty . I encourage all the readers to join us no matter who you are, either a humanist or a believer. But we need to remember that we fight against Islam only, not against Muslims our fellow human beings. We also need to remember that we embark on the massive campaign only with love, compassion, patience, respect and most importantly God's Words. Please NO hatred, sword, death sentence, killing, stoning, beheading. Let us rise up all human beings to free our suffering fellow human beings. Sociologists and psychologists! Prepare the coming collapse of Islam in order to make a smooth change and heal the broken hearts of Muslims after 1400 years of slavery. Do not make the same mistake as you did, when communism suddenly collapsed in 1991. Psychologists should be prepared to deal with 1.2 billions of another Ali, who will inevitably go through shock, denial, confusion, guilt, disillusionment, depression and anger. After all, Muslims are our brothers and sisters who were created by the same God of grace, and whom we need to love and care with unconditional love and compassion.