Islam in the West: A Trojan horse?
Submitted by slowtrain, Feb 8, 2006 at 13:08
The apparent inability of the West to understand the motivation of Islamic
extremism and terrorism, the lack of will, and the absence of any coherent
and effective idea for dealing with the intrinsic problem of the diametrical
nature of Islam to the Western ideals, is baffling. What is even more
troubling is the doctrine of appeasement (excuses on behalf of Islam by
western leaders) that is emerging in response to Islamic terrorist attacks,
threats, and apparent intimidation of the West, whereby European leaders
have elected to appease Muslims rather than engage them in honest and
constructive dialog to transform the fundamental ideology that breeds hatred
and inspires unspeakable acts of cruelty. This response is eerily
reminiscent of the tepid response to the rise of Nazism, not too long ago.
To most Islamic leaders, perhaps, many Muslims, Islam is still at war with
the Christian Europe, "crusaders", as the Islamic extremists and terrorists
like to portray the West. Hence, efforts by the West to establish democracy
in the Middle East are viewed as Christians invading Islam. To the West,
this is a paradox, but to many Muslims, this is clearly an attack on Islam.
After all, democracy being another ideology is invariably in competition
with Islam. Moreover, democracy originated in the West, the land of the
"crusaders", all the more reason for jihad. Hence, the mind bugling and most
gruesome killing of innocent Iraqis by Islamic extremists and terrorists to
stop democracy from taking root.
The incredulity that is at display over the fact that the London suicide
bombers were home grown terrorist, is at best, naïveté and at worst, acute
denial. The idea that assimilation is politically incorrect has led to the
self-isolation of Muslims in European society and has encouraged the
hostility towards the West that has emerged. Moreover, the added notion that
life in the West is too good an alternative, and will inevitably dissuade
and change the mindset of fundamental Islamists and terrorists, weaken their
resolve to carryout the biddings of "Islamic holy edicts" ("fatwas") issued
by clerics and regarded as the very word of Allah, is a perilous feel good
notion.
Contrary to the expectations of the West, surveys continue to show that many
western educated Muslims and Muslims dwelling in Western societies,
including naturalized citizens and their descendants, are very resentful of
the West. Their diatribes and incendiary comments are clear signs of danger
that have gone unheeded. In the name of Islam, many of them have indeed
taken up arms against their adopted Western countries and actively seek
their destruction.
As they have shown, there is no question that Islam does not allow ijtihad
(free play of the intellect - independent or innovative thinking) and qiyyas
(analogical reasoning). After all, what is the need for those, if the only
thing that matters is taqlid (imitation) of an act that took place in A.D
622 and A.D. 630. In Islam, the fundamental duty of each member is to submit
to Allah and whatever Allah demands of him or her. Frequently, the "demands"
that Allah makes of Muslims seem to be the unquestioned demands that Islamic
clerics have presented, by way of fatwas (or holy edicts), which they issue
to Muslims. Many of these fatwas are essentially calls to one "religious
war" (jihad) or another, such as has been with Israel, and now is in Europe
and America.
According to an article in the New York Times, about a year ago, by a
visiting fellow at the Brookings Institute, who happen to be of the Islamic
persuasion, "Many religious and community leaders were convinced that Islam
would manifest itself in its truest form in this country. Some even
proclaimed that one day America would be an Islamic state." In 1983, in a
speech marking the dedication of an Islamic Center in Stockholm, Sweden, an
Islamic leader declared, "In the next fifty years, we will capture the
Western world for Islam. We have the men to do it, we have the money to do
it, and above all, we are already doing it."
Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, both regarded as American allies, have committed to
fund the spread of Islam in America. Saudi Arabia has for decades funded the
Madrasas in Pakistan and Afghanistan that have been the breeding ground for
most Islamic extremists and every Islamic terrorist that has attacked the
West, from 9/11 to 7/7. This perilous and borderless new army, primed on
unbelievably warped ideology, has taken aim on the West and has committed to
destroy its essence. They have all come to the belief that the greatest
weakness the West has is its civil liberties, hence they have committed to
employ the same to carryout their agenda. Is any one truly surprised at what
is happening? As the prophet Mohammed said, "There are only two houses in
the world, the house of Islam and the house of war." The admonition in this
is for Muslims to take the sword to non Muslims as he did in A.D 622 and
A.D. 630. In Islam tolerance of any view that does not stem from Islam, is
an oxymoron.
Denmark, France, and all over Europe -countries where freedom of expression
and tolerance have been the hallmarks of the society, and on account of
which, Muslims from all over the world, in spite of their intolerance and
propensity for violence, have been welcomed into these societies. Now, these
values that are the essence of these societies are increasingly on the run,
essentially being exterminated. A situation where Europeans would lose their
ability to speak freely in their own country, for fear of being assassinated
by Muslims, is no longer a thing to be imagined, it is now a stark reality.
Consider the fact that any citizen, even leaders in these societies, who
says anything that Muslims don't like, is marked for death. In the
Netherlands, Members of parliament who have been marked for death for their
speech, fearing for their lives and the lives of members of their families,
in light of the murder of Theo Van Gogh and terrorist attacks, are now
practically living under house arrest and in exile in their own country for
fear of their guests. What an irony, an irony that is eerily reminiscent of
the Trojan horse.
As Muslims showed today in London and all over Europe, in the manner in
which they are protesting the publication of cartoons about Prophet
Mohammed, their value for freedom is only exploitative, only when it serves
their purposes. They are destroying the freedom that enabled them to become
part of these societies and they are using the freedom they seek to destroy,
to achieve that end. Their expression of free speech is in incendiary
statements like "Behead the one who insults the prophet," "Butcher those who
mock Islam," "Be Prepared for the Real Holocaust," and the sporting of
suicide vests, yet they are unwilling to respect the right of others whose
expressions are totally innocuous. These are not "Islamic extremists"
voicing these terrorist threats in the name of free speech on the streets of
London and all over Europe, or are they?
The very fact that they are able to express these extreme views nullifies
the grievance they have over the expressions of others which they protest.
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