In Australia, as you may know, the Islamic Council of Victoria has brought suit against two Christian preachers — simply for teaching the facts about Islam. So far this seens to have backfired on the Muslim group in a big way, as now Islamic witnesses have been compelled to read passages from Qur'an and Hadith and acknowledge that, well, yes, that is Islamic teaching.
In this pdf is the witness statement of Mark Durie, an Anglican priest and professor of linguistics. Durie has provided an outstanding summation of the Islamic sources of jihad ideology, dhimmitude, and related topics. If you are looking for a concise guide to these matters, here it is.
Ex oriente lux.
Now let us pray
For Botany Bay.
I pray God that you put a copy of this into President Bush's hands, Robert. Pass it on the Daniel Pipes, who has his ear.
On the basis of this, the Aussies would be justified in banning Islam and deporting Muslims wholesale. This text indicates that these people will never be anything but a fifth column in any Western or Christian society. Religion of peace? Not by any stretch of the imagination. They cry peace, but murder is within their hearts.
The wonderful joke of this whole trial is that Muslims thought they could bring Christian pastors to court and that the courts would function as summarily as any Shari'ah court. Instead, the court proceeded in the fashion of Western modes of inquiry. When subject to that, even Muslims want to recoil from what Islam says, not because they disagree with it, but because they wish to continue to perpetrate the great Western myth that Islam is a religion of peace. Now, that veil is ripped from them. Now, all they can say is the process and its findings are a sin against Islam. Islam is a sin against itself.
All that remains is for the judge to find for the defendants and reaffirm Christianity as THE faith enshrined in the Constitution of Australia.
Thanks for following this up, Robert.
Thanks for keeping us informed on this issue. Mark Durie's witness statement is clear, concise and damning. I wish that the US mainstream media was following this court case and its implications for all western countries.
In case you are wondering where the ape and pig quote came from, I found it here:
The Qadi [judge], Ahmed b. Talib (9th Century), compelled the Dhimmis to wear upon their shoulder a patch of white cloth (Riqa’) that bore the image of an ape (for the Jews [K 002:065]) and a pig (for the Christians [K 005:065]), and to nail onto their doors a board bearing the sign of a monkey [according to 11th Century Tunisian historian al-Maliki.
Ye’or. Dhimmi, pp. 186-187, 420, and also see in the Index “Custume (distinctive),” p. 440.
Oops! The book for the above post is:
Ye’or, Bat. The Dhimmi: Jews and Christians Under Islam. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, Toronto, 1985.
Yoel - Thanks for that bit of info. Apes and Pigs, hmmm. Let's see then, Muslims are snakes such as the one found in the Garden of Eden that tempted Eve. Too bad that this ideology has sunk to the level of calling people names, sort of like their facist Nazi counterparts that called Jews vermin. First you dehumanize your victims and then you exterminate them. Considering that they compare us to apes and pigs, we are well aware of their proposed program of extermination. LOL. (For you snakes and trolls out there, that means lots of luck.)
The veil (of ignorance) has been torn off. We recognize you for what you are and we anticipate your intentions toward us. They aren't peaceful nor friendly.
I have e-mailed the link to this story to all my contacts. Understanding Islam and educating ourselves as to the real goal of Islam are the most powerful antidotes to the poison being spread by its adherents.
At last ! The Aussies have it out in the open. Do not close your eyes. Australia is a great country, do not let it get destroyed by the 'Religion of Peace'.
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