Michael Coren, on whose Toronto TV show I once participated in a rollicking debate with Dr. Anis Shorrosh (author of Islam Revealed) and two Muslim scholars, again displays his courage and insight in daring to challenge the prevailing dhimmitude and woolly thinking. From the Toronto Sun, with thanks to Russell:
THERE ARE things you are not supposed to say. Things that people pretend are not true. Things that get you into all sorts of trouble because we live in a dishonest world. Here goes...Not supposed to say that the Crusades were not some vile Christian slaughter, but a response by Europe to the military expansion of Islam. Muslim armies had invaded Christian lands and would continue to do so for hundreds of years. They moved into Spain and reached the gates of Vienna.
The idea that Christians became Muslim with smiles on their faces is ludicrous. Countless people died and the very birthplace of Christianity was soaked in blood. The Crusaders did not always act morally -- though they often did -- but they were merely reacting to aggressive conquest.
Today the Roman Catholic Church condemns the Crusades as being wrong. Yet few if any Muslim leaders will condemn the rape of so many Christian countries by their own ancestors. On the contrary, some Muslims speak of these countries as being somehow Islamic by nature and sometimes refer to the re-conquest of Spain.
Muslim democracy?
Not supposed to say that the United States, Europe, Israel, Jews and Christians have little to do with the fact that there is no democracy in the Muslim world. Of course many of these countries were colonized and exploited, but then most of the world suffered such a fate.
India is composed of a billion people speaking various languages. The Hindu religion and culture of this magnificent nation has achieved the largest democracy in the world. People vote, honestly, fairly and peacefully. Violence is rare and political corruption isolated. All this in spite of poverty, partial rural illiteracy and centuries of imperial dominance.Not supposed to say that Israel has become the new international whipping boy. Its people are broadly divided into Ashkenazi and Sephardi. Ashkenazi Jews were perhaps the most persecuted people in history. The colonization of Arab nations by the West is nothing compared to the pogroms and Holocaust.
Sephardic Jews were mostly to be found in Muslim states, where they were always at the bottom of the social ladder. Sometimes they were treated fairly well, sometimes very badly. But never were they complete equals. Even in Ethiopia, with all of its problems, a way was found to treat Jews worse than anybody else.
Yet whatever one wants to say about Israel -- and people will say everything about Israel, whether it's true or not -- the country enjoys a flourishing democracy. The million Arab citizens of Israel are not always first-class citizens. But they have the vote. More democratic rights than their Arab relatives across the border in Egypt or Jordan.
Not supposed to say that although the war in Iraq was, in my opinion, wrong and foolish, many Iraqis are acting like brutal and irrational thugs. Saddam Hussein kept his country in order by ruling as a murderous tyrant yet faced very little opposition. Where were these brave Islamic militants then?
The Americans have often acted thoughtlessly and have caused much suffering. But this can't justify blowing up churches, killing innocent Iraqi people and beheading foreign truck drivers. I'm tired of various so-called "holy" cities, holy men and holy ideas. None seem very holy or capable of giving people a life of dignity and safety.
The frightening march of islamism has to be checked somehow, anyhow. "Kafirs of the world unite... and fight!" Thereion lies the only hope for mankind.
Reminds me of a movie I saw recently "The chronicles of Riddick". Cheesy movie but islamism is so perfectly represented by the parasitic ideology of the Necromangers in the movie... A fanatic cult bent on universdal domiination who will convert or kill everyone that stands in their way. Conversion is achieved through brainwashing and drug overdosing, killing is spearheaded by fresh converted zealots and do on... the parallels to islam are unmistakable. AMericans probably represent the furian race of Riddicks who are now to take the lead in confronting this cancer.
Islam will face not one but thousands of Riddicks who will rid-kick islamism out of existence if only because they're left with no other choice...
I'm tired of various so-called "holy" cities, holy men and holy ideas. None seem very holy or capable of giving people a life of dignity and safety.
These so called "Holy' sites are nothing but a refuge for the "Unholy".
Islam give little in the way of hope for the present life to their followers, this whole religion was borne in violence, lives and thrives in violence, and will die its death in violence.
Untill then nothing will change......it hasn't for the last 1400 years.
I actualy like this last sentence from him in this article.
Not supposed to -- but will
And this is where the "fascism" side of Islam is, and has been working to stop people from doing....albeit with some success....then again look inside a socialist you will find a communist, look inside a communist you will find a fascist, look inside a fascist you will find a Nazi, and we al know where Islam fits in here...."birds of a feather fly together"
The unhappy truth is that most people won't want to fight until they see their neighbor pointing a gun at them or until their rights have suddenly disappeared. Then they will look blankly and wonder what happened, or perhaps they will demand angrily why no one had done anything to prevent these outrages...
We have become too 'sensitive', even when fighting a war of survival. This is absurd. This must be the first PC war in history, and if we do not watch it, we will lose. That will make it also the last PC war in history.
This obeseince to the 'holy' shrine in Najaf business, is beginning to gall me. Muslim shrines and mosques are not just places of worship but really places of planning the Jihad. In a less PC world some hundred years ago, Lord Kitchner dealt a resounding defeat to the forces of the Mahdi. Having defeated the fanatic Derwishes, Kitchner entered the partially destroyed shrine of the Mahdi, had the mahdi dug up, his bones burnt and the ashes thrown in the Nile. The Mahdi's skull was retained by Kitcher as an ink well. The shrine was razed to the ground.
The result of this display of ruthless power was that Sudan settled down to an orderly society, with peace prevailing till the end of the colonial era. All Sudanese profited from it. For the first time, they were not at the mercy of mad mullahs.
To get out of this mess in Iraq, the USA has first to declare a war. This is important as it will lead to the defining the enemy clearly and to put a constraint on PC.
Volleti
We need to fight this war as individuals as the Jihad is being waged by all Muslims, in one way or other. So we have to fight back as well. No one can do this for us.
Tell everyone of the evil of Islam. As for Muslims you meet, try to take them away from Islam. It does not matter which religion, as long as it is away from Islam. Even if this does not work out, it checkmates the Muslim from trying to convert you. It also confuses the Muslim who does not expect anyone will try to convert him. Muslims believe that as Islam is so obviously 'right', it is must be apparant to all, that conversion to Islam is the only way.
Offence is the best way to defend.
Speaking out against islam is getting stronger.
It won't be long before this gentleman has to move to Secure Undisclosed Locationville. You can't speak truth about the Religion of Peace like this and just expect Muslims to swallow it.
/sarcasm