Sense
and Sensitivity
Sher
Khan
2005/11/24
Whenever
Islam is criticized or Muhammad is ridiculed, some Muslim brothers vow to kill
the critic. Some feel menstrual cramps--complaining that their right to
practice their religion has been violated. Muslims are free to hate
non-believers as directed by Allah, but non-believers are not allowed to point
the finger towards the cruelty and inhumanity of Islam.
Muslims
are extremely sensitive to any motion that may relate to Islam. In the
UK
, Burger King created a design on the lid of ice cream cups that barely
resembled the word ‘Allah’. Muslims felt extremely offended with this
unintentional gesture and Burger King was forced to withdraw the cups, which
caused financial loss. Ironically, Muslims find ‘Allah’ written in the
clouds, inside of a tomato and on a fish--soon to be found written on a sexy
mermaid’s body. So, what’s the big deal if Burger King sells
‘Allah’-flavored ice cream? Muslims should appreciate this form of free
advertisement of Allah.
Michael
Graham, a radio talk show host, was courageous enough to say “Islam is a
terrorist organization” 23 times during his program that aired on
July 25, 2005
, by
Washington
radio station WMAL-AM. He pointed out the actual problem and bluntly declared,
“The problem is not extremism. The problem is Islam." Immediately, the American-Muslim
association known as CAIR (Captain Allah’s Infamous Rugrats)
prompted a huge protest. Michael Graham was asked to apologize but he refused.
The chickenhearted management did not hesitate to fire him due to the Islamic
pressure of CAIR.
Usually,
Buddhists are peaceful people. They don’t shout ‘Buddha is great’ and go
for a killing spree. Their religion also demands its followers to seek the
truth, inspired by their conviction. Rev. Kosho Mizushima compared Buddhism with
Christianity and Islam. While explaining the distinction, he commented,
“Religions that force people to believe in gods who do not exist are, indeed,
arrogant faiths that lack compassion.” He continued, “The constant fighting
in the
Middle East
, where many precious lives are lost every day, is a direct manifestation of the
tragic harm that is brought about by Islam.”
Oh
boy! What a mistake! Churches did not pay much attention to his statements but
the soldiers of Islam immediately jumped in. Mr. Khankan, a NY spokesperson of
CAIR, demanded an apology and asked for all commentaries to be removed from the
web site. It would be worth mentioning that in June 2001, a director of CAIR,
Ali Ramadan Abu Zakouk, claimed suicide bombers have a “God-given right” to
kill civilians but no Muslim gave any objection to his disparaging remark.
What
would be the impact if the
US
called for wiping the ‘Islamic world’ off the map? Pious Muslims would
explode with the help of dynamite, killing themselves and millions of ‘Kafirs’.
Moderate Muslims would make a massive flood with their tears; some would even
join those pious Muslims to expedite the process of explosion. However, when the
Iranian president declares that
Israel
must be destroyed and ‘wiped off the map’, nothing happens. The European
Union condemned the statement with flowery diplomatic language and the Islamic
world giggled.
Followers
of all religions sense superiority, which is good. It brings competition and
competition always yields better products. Most of the religions compete with
each other to make their religion more humane and progressive. However, Islam
does not believe in competition; they want a monopoly. Like other religions,
vendors of Islam try to sell it with a peaceful coating but they also threaten
non-believers with Quranic verses--“If you don’t submit to Islam, Allah will
barbecue the non-believers”. This is the fundamental difference with other
religions.
The
threat is not limited to eternal life; it also applies in worldly life. When
religious auction is in progress, a Buddhist may want to become a Christian and
six months later he may want to try Hinduism. No one would care whether he
changed his belief. Now if he decides to join Islam, his fate is sealed. He
cannot leave Islam because Muhammad has a standing order: “Kill whoever leaves
Islam”. This kind of ‘gang member’ mentality makes Islam a cult and not a
religion.
Islam
has clearly divided the world in two groups, Muslims and non-Muslims. The Muslim
community, known as ‘Ummah’, keeps a clear distance from the people of other
faiths or no faith. This notion derives from Islamic scriptures that recomm end,
Dar ul Islam or Darus salam, meaning the
land
of
Islam
or peace must be separated from the
land
of
Dar
ul Harb or Darul Kufr, meaning the land of war or Kafirs. Dar ul Islam is ruled
by Muslims and the law of the land is purely Islamic, which means a person
should be whipped if he/she misses any prayer, i.e., doing the body caricature
five times a day, head down-rear up. What is the significance of calling Dar ul
Harb or the land of war? According to Quaranic verses 2.193; 9.29; 9.73; 25.52;
48.13; 48.29 and several ahadith, Muslims are duty-bound to fight until Islam
becomes the religion for everyone. Naturally, Muslims consider any country that
is not Islamic is an open land for war; hence, Dar ul Harb is the land of war
for all Muslims.
The
threat works for many Muslims; they are scared of Allah’s vengeance and feel
the heat of Allah’s nuclear furnace. The description of unprecedented
afterlife stops Muslims from thinking rationally; their brains are trapped
between hell and heaven. Also, a false sense of superiority is more prominent
than with any other religion. All Muslims are taught from their childhood that
they belong to the best group of people and people of other faiths are simply
inferior.
While
Muslims are bragging about their sensitivity, people of other faiths and
non-believers have failed to sense the motive of Islam. Often they bend to
Islamic protest and apologize for telling the truth. Yes, that’s another
Islamic miracle; it only happens when Islam is in action – one has to
apologize for telling the truth. Until the non-Muslim world stops appeasing
Islam and gains the courage to call a spade a spade, no chemotherapy will stop
Islamic cancer.
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