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I am sorry Mr. Spencer but this post is off topic.

Here is a copy of a letter that I sent Mr. Jeffrey Simpson of Toronto's Globe and Mail yesterday. We all need to write similar letters in order to educate the media.

Via Regular Mail

28 April 2004

Mr. Jeffrey Simpson
The Globe and Mail
444 Front Street West
Toronto, Ontario
M5V 2S9

Re: “Brace yourselves: the peaceable kingdom isn’t immune”

Dear Mr. Simpson:

I was grateful to see you briefly touch on the issue of Islamic terrorism and immigration today in your column, “Brace yourselves….” However, you need to discuss this issue much more forcibly.

Ever since 9/11, I have been studying Islam in order to determine what motivated the attackers. Previous to that point, I had not even read the Koran. After reading the Koran, I was so shocked with what I read that I embarked on a complete Islamic education. The only thing that I have not undertaken yet is to learn Arabic.

What did I find out? Contrary to what Muslim apologists say, violent Jihad against non-Muslims is considered a religious obligation by Muslims. You don’t believe me? Islam is impossible to understand without reading the Islamic sacred law, the Shariah. What does the Shariah say about Jihad? I will let the Shariah speak for itself. I excerpt below passages on Jihad from the Reliance of the Traveller: A Classic Manual of Islamic Sacred Law (Shariah). The book is self-described as follows:

This work is the first translation of a standard Islamic legal reference in a European language to be certified by al-Azhar, the Muslim world’s oldest institution of higher learning. It presents an explanative interpretation of ‘Umdat as-salik, a classic Sunni manual of Sacred Law by Ahmad ibn Naqib al-Misri (d. 769/1368) that comprises the legal work of Imam Nawawi, the great thirteenth-century Shaf’I hadith scholar and jurisprudent. Ibn Naquib’s famous handbook carefully summarizes the conclusions of Nawawi’s legal encyclopedia al-Majmu’ on all aspects of practicing Islam, from prayer, marriage, jihad, and inheritance to the other facets of Islamic life. [from the rear cover of the book – letter writer’s note]

The above-mentioned book is a classic version of Shariah law. The information contained therein would be familiar to any Sunni Muslim. The following are excerpts from that book on the subject of Jihad:

pp. 599-603

O9.0 Jihad

(O [the following is an excerpt from the commentary of Sheikh ‘Umar Barakat]: Jihad means to war against non-Muslims, and is etymologically derived from the word mujahada, signifying warfare to establish the religion. And it is the lesser jihad. As for the greater jihad, it is spiritual warfare against the lower self (nafs), which is why the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) said as he was returning from jihad,

“We have returned from the lesser jihad to the greater jihad.”
The scriptural basis for jihad, prior to scholarly consensus is such Koranic verses as:

(1) “Fighting is prescribed for you” (Koran 2:216);

(2) “Slay them wherever you find them” (Koran 4:89);

(3) “Fight the idolaters utterly” (Koran 9:36);

and such hadiths as the one related by Bukhari and Muslim that the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) said:

“I have been commanded to fight people until they testify that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, and perform the prayer, and pay zakat. If they say it, they have saved their blood and possessions from me, except for the rights of Islam over them. And their final reckoning is with Allah”;

and the hadith reported by Muslim,

“To go forth in the morning or evening to fight in the path of Allah is better than the whole world and everything in it.”

Details concerning jihad are found in the accounts of the military expeditions of the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace), including his own martial forays and those on which he dispatched others. The former consist of the ones he personally attended, some twenty-seven (others say twenty-nine) of them. He fought in eight of them, and killed only one person with his noble hand, Ubayy ibn Khalaf, at the battle of Uhud. On the latter expeditions he sent others to fight, himself remaining at Medina, and these were forty-seven in number.)

THE OBLIGATORY CHARACTER OF JIHAD

09.1 Jihad is a communal obligation. When enough people perform it to successfully accomplish it, it is no longer obligatory upon others (O [the following is an excerpt from the commentary of Sheikh ‘Umar Barakat]: the evidence for which is the Prophet’s saying (Allah bless him and give him peace),

“He who provides the equipment for a soldier in jihad has himself performed jihad,”

and Allah Most High having said:

“Those of the believers who are unhurt but sit behind are not equal to those who fight in Allah’s path with their property and lives. Allah has preferred those who fight with their property and lives a whole degree above those who sit behind. And to each, Allah has promised great good” (Koran 4:95)

If none of those concerned perform jihad, and it does not happen at all, then everyone who is aware that it is obligatory is guilty of sin, if there was a possibility of having performed it. In the time of the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) jihad was a communal obligation after his emigration (hijra) to Medina. As for subsequent times, there are two possible states in respect to non-Muslims.

The first is when they [i.e. Muslims (letter writer’s note)] are in their own countries, in which case jihad is a communal obligation, and this is what our author is speaking of when he says, “Jihad is a communal obligation,” meaning upon the Muslims each year.

The second state is when non-Muslims invade a Muslim country or near to one, in which case jihad is personally obligatory upon the inhabitants of that country, who must repel the non-Muslims with whatever can.

0.9.2 Jihad is personally obligatory upon all those present in the battle lines (A[comment by Sheikh ‘Abd al-Wakil Durubi]: and to flee is an enormity) (O[the following is an excerpt from the commentary of Sheikh ‘Umar Barakat]: provided one is able to fight. If unable, because of illness or the death of one’s mount when not able to fight on foot, or because one no longer has a weapon, then one may leave. One may also leave if the opposing non-Muslim army is more than twice the size of the Muslim force).

0.9.3 Jihad is also (O[the following is an excerpt from the commentary of Sheikh ‘Umar Barakat]: personally) obligatory for everyone (O[the following is an excerpt from the commentary of Sheikh ‘Umar Barakat]: able to perform it, male or female, old or young) when the enemy has surrounded the Muslims (O[the following is an excerpt from the commentary of Sheikh ‘Umar Barakat]: on every side, having entered our territory, even if the land consists of ruins, wilderness, or mountains, for the non-Muslim forces entering Muslim lands is a weighty matter that cannot be ignored, but must be met with effort and struggle to repel them by every possible means. All of which is if conditions permit gathering (A[comment by Sheikh ‘Abd al-Wakil Durubi]: the above mentioned) people, provisioning them, and readying them for war, then whoever is found by a non-Muslim and knows he will be killed if captured is obliged to defend himself in whatever way is possible. But if not certain that he will be killed, meaning that he might or might not be, as when he might merely be taken captive, and he knows he will be killed if he does not surrender, then he may either surrender or fight. A woman too has a choice between fighting or surrendering if she is certain that she will not be subjected to an indecent act if captured. If uncertain that she will be safe from such an act, she is obliged to fight, and surrender is not permissible.

WHO IS OBLIGED TO FIGHT IN JIHAD

Those called upon (O[the following is an excerpt from the commentary of Sheikh ‘Umar Barakat]: to perform jihad when it is a communal obligation) are every able-bodied man who has reached puberty and is sane.

….

THE OBJECTIVES OF JIHAD

0.9.8 The caliph makes war upon Jews, Christians, and Zoroastrians (N[comment by Sheikh Nuh ‘Ali Salman]: provided he has first invited them to enter Islam in faith and practice, and if they will not, then invited them to enter the social order of Islam by paying the non-Muslim poll tax (jizya) – which is the significance of their paying it, not the money itself – while remaining in their ancestral religions) (O[the following is an excerpt from the commentary of Sheikh ‘Umar Barakat]: and the war continues) until they become Muslim or else pay the non-Muslim poll tax (O[the following is an excerpt from the commentary of Sheikh ‘Umar Barakat]: in accordance with the word of Allah Most High,

“Fight those who do not believe in Allah and the Last Day and who forbid not what Allah and His messenger have forbidden – who do not practice the religion of truth, being of those who have been given the Book – until they pay the poll tax out of hand and are humbled” (Koran 9:29),

the time and place for which is before the final descent of Jesus (upon whom be peace). After his final coming, nothing but Islam will be accepted from them, for taking the poll tax is only effective until Jesus’ descent (upon him and our Prophet be peace), which is the divinely revealed law of Muhammad. The coming of Jesus does not entail a separate divinely revealed law, for he will rule by the law of Muhammad. As for the Prophet’s saying (Allah bless him and give him peace),

“I am the last, there will be no prophet after me.”

this does not contradict the final coming of Jesus (upon whom be peace), since he will not rule according to the Evangel, but as a follower of our Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace)).

0.9.9 The caliph fights all other peoples until they become Muslim (O: [the following is an excerpt from the commentary of Sheikh ‘Umar Barakat]: because they are not a people with a Book, nor honored as such, and are not permitted to settle with paying the poll tax (jizya)) (n [remark of the translator]: though according to the Hanafi school, people of all other religions, even idol worshippers, are permitted to live under the protection of the Islamic state if they either become Muslim or agree to pay the poll tax, the sole exceptions to which are apostates from Islam and idol worshippers who are Arabs, neither of whom has any choice but becoming Muslim (al-Hidaya sharh Bidaya al-mubtadi (y21), 6.48-49)).

As you can see, violent jihad against non-Muslims is a communal religious obligation. If you do not actively participate in violent jihad yourself, you can contribute money towards the jihad via the Zakat (the charitable donations that Muslims are legally bound to contribute to the furtherance of their religion and charity towards other Muslims) to buy arms and equipment.

What we are faced with here in the West and around the world is simply a return of the violent jihad that we in the West fought off in 1683 at the gates of Vienna and so on (you can provide your own historical examples, I am sure). The jihad has returned because Muslims only recently again had access to money with which to promote jihad and buy arms. Where did this money come from? From fossil fuel sales of course! And now more money comes from the Muslim Diaspora. Why do you think we constantly have to shut down Islamic charities for funding terrorist activities? Because Muslims knowingly contribute to charities that fund violent jihad out of religious duty! They know what they are doing. The jihad went into a lull for a short time because of a lack of funds but now it has returned.

I urge you to visit the following website: http://jihadwatch.org/. This website documents daily the worldwide jihad that is occurring. The website simply collects and posts newstories concerning the global jihad. That the jihad is a worldwide phenomenon is alarming. What should we do?

I am going to suggest something that you will find shocking. I think all Muslim immigration should be banned. Not all Muslims will follow the course of violent jihad here in Canada but almost all Muslims will secretly sympathize with and support, morally and financially, those who, in their view, have the courage to commit those acts. And, of course, the jihad does not have to consist of violence. It also consists of propaganda and of proselytism. As well, you are seeing and you will see organized political action by single issue Muslim politicians who will work towards ensuring that there are no controls on Muslim immigration, that Muslims will have their own publicly funded law courts to administer Shariah law and, of course, that they will have their own publicly funded school systems to teach religious education.

Some Muslims are secular. Some Muslims are secret hypocrites who are against the violent tenets of their religion. But we cannot tell who those Muslims are. And the more Muslims we let in, the worse the situation will get. We will have to vastly increase the size of our security apparatus to constantly monitor our Muslim population. We could vastly decrease the amount of security that will be required by just not letting any more Muslims in the country. To repeat: we cannot tell which Muslims are dangerous and which are not. It is far better to not let any in.

If you want a good example of the direction that we will have to go, if we do not control our Muslim population levels, look at Singapore. Singapore has a large Muslim population but we never hear anything about how it is causing a problem. Why is that? I have the answer for you: Singapore’s Administration of Muslim Law Act. . Here is a link to it:

http://statutes.agc.gov.sg/non_version/cgi-bin/cgi_retrieve.pl?&actno=Reved-3&date=latest&method=part

You will note that the government appoints or approves all the Muslim hierarchy, decides where and if a mosque should be built, regulates Muslim schooling including curricula, regulates all aspects of the application of Muslim law and keeps track of Muslims so closely that it even requires every single, individual conversion to be reported to the state:
PART VIII
CONVERSIONS
Register of converts
126. The Majlis shall maintain a register of the names of all persons converted to the Muslim religion within Singapore, together with such particulars in respect of their conversion as may be prescribed by rule.
Control of conversion
127. No person shall be converted to the Muslim religion otherwise than in accordance with the Muslim law and the provisions of this Act or any rules made thereunder.
Report of conversion
128. Any Muslim who converts any person to the Muslim religion shall forthwith report such conversion to the Majlis with all necessary particulars.

A conversion that is not reported receives the following punishment:

Neglect or failure to report conversion
138. Whoever, being under a duty to report to the Majlis a conversion to the Muslim religion under the provisions of this Act, wilfully neglects or fails to do so shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $500 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both.

This legislation, of course, is the opposite of a separation of a church and state but it is, I think the direction that we will have to head to stave off catastrophe if we do not control the size of our Muslim population. It is especially fascinating to me that the state even decides, for the Muslims, what false doctrine is:

False doctrine
139. —(1) Whoever shall teach or publicly expound any doctrine or perform any ceremony or act relating to the Muslim religion in any manner contrary to the Muslim law shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.
[20/99]

(2) In any prosecution for an offence under this section, where evidence is given by the President that any doctrine, ceremony or act is contrary to the Muslim law, the court shall presume that such doctrine, ceremony or act is contrary to the Muslim law.

Please note, because this bears repeating: "where evidence is given by the President that any doctrine, ceremony or act is contrary to the Muslim law, the court shall presume that such doctrine, ceremony or act is contrary to the Muslim law." In other words, the Muslims don't have a choice in Singapore about what their doctrine is. The President decides what it is for them.

Do you not think that this legislation is highly instructive? This legislation is what has allowed Singapore to become a successful state. Can you not see the implications for Canada?

I beg you to make Canadians aware of these issues. Our government, our politicians, our journalists are all gingerly pussy-footing around these issues. If we do not do something soon, it will be too late. In the worst possible scenario, at the current level of immigration and Muslim birth rates, we will probably be faced in a few generations (I estimate that it will take about 100 years) with a civil war as Muslims attempt to carve out their own state inside Canada and/or the United States.

Yours sincerely,

A defender of Western civilization

Cc: Margaret Wente; Christie Blatchford and Rosie Dimanno

P.S. Other websites I would urge you to visit are:

http://www.memri.org, http://www.danielpipes.org, http://www.secularislam.org, http://www.anti-cair-net.org/.

Mentat:
Though you have put a lot of research into your comments on the Quran, and Sharia law and how they could effect the future of Canada.

I respectfully highly recommend, that you will be more effective if you could shorten and condense your points when trying to get the attention of legislatures. But keep up the good work.

In regards to a possible threat on a mall near the Federal building. The closest mall is but a stones throw away just east of the federal building and is called Westwood Village which is an area frequented by students from (UCLA) The University of California at Los Angeles.

Also across from the federal building which is located on Wilshire Blvd. is one of are large miltary cemetaries , the Los Angeles National Cemetary.

A unique court documentation as to the Muslim intent vis-a-vis Western democracies was accessed under dhimmiwatch or google

"mark john durie witness statement".......I forwarded it to a member of parliament. I beleive the Minister of Justice now has it...