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OK, so this is from Glenn Beck's site. David "Anyone
who thinks he has a better idea of what's good for
people than people do is a swine."--P. J. O’Rourke
This is a very interesting article that I found on Glenn Beck’s website today. Do
you know your Shari'ah? You've heard a lot
of talk about it - get
the facts in this exclusive op-ed for GlennBeck.com: “Shari’ah
Law:
What’s Old is New” by Frank Wuco, a retired Naval
Intelligence Officer and former Chief of the U.S. Central
Command Red Team Shari’ah Law: What’s Old is New
November 4, 2010 - 23:27 ET
When sentenced in a federal court earlier this month for his
failed attempt
to detonate a powerful car bomb in New York City’s Times Square,
Pakistani immigrant and Muslim militant, Faisal Shazad made a
statement that
many found disturbing in its matter-of-fact delivery. Given
opportunities
to speak at various times during his sentencing hearing, Shazad
made clear his
low regard for civil and criminal law, particularly U.S. civil
and criminal
law. In his estimation, U.S. law should be regarded as a
man-made
construct that lacks any authority to direct the behavior and
conduct of
Muslims. In his own words, Shazad said, “How can I be judged by a court that does not understand the
suffering of my people?” And then, “We do not accept your democracy or you freedom because we
already
have Shari’ah and freedom.” Shari’ah and freedom. To varying degrees, perhaps less as we
go
on, Americans understand the concept of freedom and in fact may
be comfortable
with it to the degree that they take for granted how much of it
they possess
and how much of it they may be losing. What about Shari’ah, the
other object of his statement? What do we really know of
Shari’ah? Even more incredible to our sensibilities and
concepts of
law and religion, was Faizal Shazad right? Should, in the mind
of
right-thinking Muslims, Shari’ah stand separate and above any
other form
or concept of civil or criminal law? The simple answer, from an
Islamic
perspective is, yes. Let us first answer the question, “What is Shari’ah
law?” While the simple answer is, “It’s Islamic sacred,
or Muslim, law,” that is the answer as it might be written on a
200
question multiple-choice test on world religions. It’s a bit
more
complex that, but not much. Shari’ah law, or Sacred Islamic Law, is derived from two basic,
in
fact the two basic, Islamic sacred texts, the Qur’an
and
the Hadith. By now, most of us understand the Qur’an
as the holy book of Islam. During my presentations on jihad, I
ask my
audiences if they know what the Qur’an is, they often
reply,
“It’s the Muslim Bible.” Well, sort of, but only.
In Islam, the Qur’an is differentiated from the sacred
texts of
Judaism and Christianity in several key areas. First, unlike the Jewish and Christian scriptures, the Qur’an
is not a collection of books, traditions, historical accounts,
and revelations
collected over 30+ centuries. It is a single series of
revelations handed
down by God (Allah) Himself, directly to he whom Muslims claim
is the final
prophet of all history, Muhammad. These revelations were told
to Muhammad
by the Archangel Gabriel and serve as the final prescription for
the salvation
of all humanity until the end of times. They do not complement
or
complete the prior revelations of the Old and New Testaments of
the Bible, they
abrogate them; correct and erase the corruption of the Jews and
the
fabrications of the Christians. The Qur’an renders
null-and-void all scriptures that came before, just as Islam
renders all prior
faiths untrue. Thus, there is no reconciling Islam to Judaism
and
Christianity, or the scriptures of the Jews and Christians to
the Qur’an. Next, there is the hadith. These are the customs,
habits,
sayings, and traditions of the prophet of Islam, Muhammad;
believed by Muslims
as the only true apostle of God and the final (or “Seal of”) all
prophets before Moses, Isaac, Abraham, and Jesus, too (to the
Muslims, Jesus is
just another prophet; not the Son of God). Simply put, the hadith
are records of what Muhammad’s companions recalled of the things
he said
about all host of issues, from using the bathroom, to praying,
to washing,
eating, marrying, bequeathing inheritance, and to fighting
unbelief through jihad.
Many American Christians wear leather bracelets that read,
“WWJD?”
What Would Jesus Do? In Islam, the question “What Would
Muhammad
Do?” is answered by referring to the hadith, not
necessarily the Qur’an.
Among the strongest collections of hadith, those with
the greatest
veracity and authority are the Hadith Sahih of Imam Muslim
and of
al-Bukhari. The 9th Century Islamic jurists, Imam
Muslim and al-Bukhari are regarded as the two most
authoritative
collectors of hadith. They collected, sorted, and
compiled the
traditions of Muhammad according to interviews with relatives
and followers of
Muhammad’s closest companions. The word “sahih”
implies that these are the strongest and most reliable
collections of hadith.
In fact, the Hadith Sahih of al-Bukhari is, after the Qur’an,
considered the most sacred collection of texts in Islam and it
is used almost
exclusively, together with the Qur’an for formulating shari’ah
law. So, from these two sources, the Qur’an and the Hadith,
are drawn the instructions and prescriptions for all facets of
life, conduct,
and law, for both individuals and the community as a whole in
Islam. To
the Muslim, having been drawn from the Qur’an (the
direct,
undiluted “Word of God”) and the Hadith (the customs,
habits, and sayings of God’s final prophet, Muhammad, the most
perfect
man ever created), shari’ah is the law of God
(Allah),
delivered to all of humanity 1,400 years ago! It is complete
and
addresses all issues personal, spiritual, communal, criminal and
civil.
It is final. It abrogates all law that came before and trumps
all
attempts at man-made law that came after. For how can laws
created by men
and women be superior to the laws for all of humanity, until the
end of time,
given by God (Allah) Himself? So, in the mind and heart of a right thinking Muslim, when
criminals like
Faizal Shazad say things like, “If I am given a thousand lives, I will sacrifice them all
for the
sake of Allah fighting this cause, defending our lands, making
the word of
Allah supreme over any religion or system,” he is right,
according
the laws of God, undiluted and pure. When his brothers and sisters in jihad kill in defense
of Islam and
shari’ah, their victims have not only gotten what they deserved,
by the
will of God, they will then suffer an eternity of pain
unimaginable in
hellfire. To Shazad, his sufferings in the Supermax Federal
Prison in
Colorado will be only temporary and rewarded with an eternity of
delight and
pleasure in heaven. Such is the belief system that proponents
of shari’ah
desire to see spread the world over, America being no exception. Frank Wuco is a retired Naval Intelligence Officer and
former Chief of
the U.S. Central Command Red Team. He is President of the
consulting firm Red
Mind Solutions. For more information, visit Frank at www.redmindsolutions.com
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