"A senior police official said the explosives used in the twin blasts on Saturday were similar to the one used by terrorists in the Mecca Masjid blasts in May this year."
"30 killed, 60 wounded as terror strikes Hyderabad," from PTI (thanks to all who sent this in):
HYDERABAD: In a major terror strike, at least 30 persons were killed and about 60 injured in two powerful near-simultaneous blasts at a crowded park and a popular eating joint in Hyderabad on Saturday evening.Twenty four people died when an explosion ripped through Gokul Chat Shop at Kothi locality at around 7.50 pm, Andhra Pradesh Home Minister K Jana Reddy told reporters.
In another blast five minutes earlier at a place five kilometres away, six persons perished in a blast in an auditorium in Lumbini Amusement Park near the state secretariat in the heart of the city when a laser show was on, he said.
Reddy said about 500 people were in the auditorium at the time of the incident.
The blast ripped through the middle row of the auditorium when the show had just begun.
So powerful was the blast that some of bodies were flung into the air and scattered over the area....
Reddy said that "according to preliminary reports, it was a terrorist act".
A senior police official said the explosives used in the twin blasts on Saturday were similar to the one used by terrorists in the Mecca Masjid blasts in May this year....
The Jihad continues in South Asia. They're targeting internet cafes and auditoriums, places where men, women, and children are gathering. It's almost sadistic how that bomb went off in the auditorium mentioned above. That's their tactics, but what's their strategy in play in South Asia? Most jihadist attacks lately have either been in South Asia or South-East Asia. Then there's that rally for the caliphate down in Indonesia a few weeks ago. What are they up to over there?
The religion of peace strikes again bringing destruction and misery to the infidels.Allah's blood thirst will not end until the last drop of infidel's blood has been sucked.As exsgtbrown says:
Ban muslim immigration now to save the lives of infidels from musalman.
As a young boy I remember reading that the Nizam of Hyderabad was the "richest man in the world." I did not read, but know now, that he was a Muslim, and that the court of the Nizam of Hyderabad was traditionally full of Arabs -- Hadramis (that is, from the Hadramaut) -- the same Hadramis who helped, as traders, to bring Islam to Java and Sumatra, and thence to the rest of the East Indies.
Hyderabad has not lost its Muslim population. Unlike the Hindus, the Sikhs, the Buddhists, the Christians who have been steadily driven out by the intolerable conditions placed on them, from Pakistan, from Bangladesh, from Kashmir, the Muslims are not driven out of anywhere in India, but are flourishing and multiplying, and making demands, and attacking -- with Pakistani support, and with Arab money, and also without it.
I think differently now about the supposed splendor of the Mughal princes. They don't impress me the way they once did. The luxury and romance of the Mughal princes -- the kind of thing that William Dalrymple finds so enchanting -- leave me cold. As cold as they must have left K. S. Lal, or Sita Ram Goel, or for that matter the late David Mccutchion, or the even more distantly late Sir William Jones, "Oriental" Jones
Families of the victims better not speak out either, they just might end up in prison for "hurting other Muslim's feelings" by condemning this glorious demonstration of Allah's mercy.
Damned Jews! Zionist Christians! Cursed Swedish Hindus who celebrate Mass and hand out Baptist Bible tracts!
What we need is more "hate crime" laws so that when those who raise questions about the child-molesting-rapist-murderer named mohammad (spit!) who founded islam, actually raise their voices; they are dragged before a court!
I have other comments about islam and CAIR in particular that will get me banned from JW; so dear reader, you may read my mind on these issues!
It is examples such as the one articulated in this instance that have made me a "hater" of all that is islam!
Since I am a guest here at JW, I will tread no heavier nor speak more harshly then this upon the matter -- only out of respect and gratitude to my hosts.
Damned Jews! Zionist Christians! Cursed Swedish Hindus who celebrate Mass and hand out Baptist Bible tracts!
What we need is more "hate crime" laws so that when those who raise questions about the child-molesting-rapist-murderer named mohammad (spit!) who founded islam, actually raise their voices; they are dragged before a court!
I have other comments about islam and CAIR in particular that will get me banned from JW; so dear reader, you may read my mind on these issues!
It is examples such as the one articulated in this instance that have made me a "hater" of all that is islam!
Since I am a guest here at JW, I will tread no heavier nor speak more harshly then this upon the matter -- only out of respect and gratitude to my hosts.
And I suppose the attack is all about the occupation of the land by the USA.
That is the contribution of Muslims to this world and India. Where is Ms Naseem, saying Indian Muslims the most peaceful one? Now the apologists will say that's a reaction to Gujarat riots or in reaction to Babri Musjid's destruction or America invading Iraq. No matter what, these people are known for their destructive activities. Ask them about their contribution to world of literature? music? dance? drama? films? medicine? science? economics? astrophysics? any good form of government? any fast moving trains or bikes or cycles? Any innovation for physically challenged people? No on every constructive front their contribution draws a HUGE blank. All they are capable of is D-E-S-T-R-U-C-T-I-O-N ! D-E-S-T-R-U-C-T-I-O-N! And more D-E-S-T-R-U-C-T-I-O-N!!! Even Islamic countries have not even a known world class school. Forget about colleges, universities and Research and Development. Even the arms they used are made by infidels. Losers. And I WILL not see any peaceful demonstration by "moderate" muslims.
Can we assume that this is good news for the republicans too? After all, it IS terror you know. Hillary, Hillary, oh Hillary, they're not listening to you. The republicans are just going to point to this as another example of how dangerous the world is and, as you know, Hillary, it's all in their mind. Scare tactics, that's all. Rove, Cheney, and Bush orchestrated the entire attack, and YOU gave them the idea!!!! BRILLIANT!!!! A terror attack that didn't kill Americans but still reminds us that the world is stil a dangerous place. Oh Rove you magificent bastard, I READ YOUR BOOK!!!!!!
So, laser shows are forbidden in islam? What next, the bombing of a puppet show.
I wonder why the BBC hasn't jumped all over this?
Mohammad himself gave equal privileges to women, such as the ability to transact in business, buy land, get married, etc. He actually stated that men and women are to be regarded on an equal footing! Just check historical records! If Islamic countries won't follow the Prophet's teachings in one thing or another, then they probably aren't following his teachings in other areas.
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He needs your help. :-)
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"I wonder why the BBC hasn't jumped all over this?"
I don't know about BBC, but it's up on the CNN.com now.
I am listening to the Fox Sports radio station and every hour at the top of the hour they brief with a Fox News Report.
They mentioned this here bombing, and said quote unquote:
"Officials are blaming terrorism."
I didn't realize that a tactic could be guilty of commiting death and destruction.
Way to go guys. :(
Religion of peace strikes again. Does anyone really still believe that crap about religion of peace?
Indian appologists for muslims need to take heed, as soon as the Indian masses have had enough, there will be no holding out. India need not to worry about hurting muslim feelings, but hit them where it hurts.. ban all mosques!
Hugh
Saw the Swords and Daggers.."Jewels of the Moguls" as it was displayed at the St. Louis Art Museum 2 years ago, on loan from Kuwait (al-sabah)...yes, it was resplendent..tho found out later that every right hand was cut off from the Hindu workers who created the Taj Mahal so they could never reproduce anything like it (by orders of the Grand Califph or Mufti who ordered the Taj built to honor his female significant other)....also found out later about the 70 million or so Hindus killed in west India by Muslims....so much for the Moguls..bona fide followers of the ROP...it, however, was not lost on me that the real craftsmen of these beautiful daggers, handles, etc etc were the Hindus...the Moguls were merely the sword-swingers..in fact, the St Louis Art Museum to their credit actually identified the Hindus as the craftsmen as well as the miners who found the jewels...I am very grateful to you and Mr. Spencer, Marisol and other board members for your efforts....to put it mildly...thanks so much.from a seldom poster but daily reader
from the Times of India link:
Searching for what? Copies of the Qur'an? Young males with dirty beards and Islamic dress, chanting Allahu Akbar?Pragmatic solution: The government needs to build more morgues in direct ratio to the number of new mosques being built.
This is all misleading here.
The bombing must be from either the Baptists, Lutherans (damn Germans) or Buddhists.
There is no such thing as islamic terrorism
I want to start something new here.
It was used during the Iranian-hostage crisis when the US embassy was overrun and its staff held hostage for over a year.
Starting today I will use a daily counter announcing every Christian attack, bombing, drivebyshooting, etc on all non-Christian nations and people.
Day 1--no Christian attack on muslims today.
These attacks are personally painful for me.
I was born and raised in Hyderabad. My ancestral home is hardly 1 km from the Lumbini park, the site of the laser show. Before marriage, Me and my wife used to go to this park frequently as well as the eatery which was attacked first.
I've read that the bomb in the park was timed to
coincide with the singing of the Indian national anthem to conclude the laser/musical fountain show. Islam is a cancer on this earth. Nobody anywhere can sit in complacency and imagine they would not be touched by jihad....
India: 30 killed, 60 wounded in major terror attack
And of course, a la Goebbels, it is essential in propaganda to position oneself, to position one's group as the "victim". Goebbels said (Sudetenland, e.g.) that logic-truth-fact was not important in such psychological warfare. Gobbles said all that mattered "is that it (propaganda) is effective". He counted on the "stupid masses" to not see the truth about who was the real victim.
Hugh wrote:
"Nizam of Hyderabad was traditionally full of Arabs -- Hadramis (that is, from the Hadramaut...".
I missed 'd' in Hadrami to read it like 'harami' (meaning bastard in Urdu and probably in Arabic also). Even in recent days too, Arab Sheikhs have been reported to travel India, marry female child and divorce them after 3-4 months and give them some money as 'mehar' (sort of payment for divorce) and head home. I thought for a moment, Hugh was meaning the children born out of such marriages and I found myself smiling, even in the face of this human loss.
This is kind of way off topic but have you checked out the photo on TROP (thereligionofpeace)?
Remember a story not too long ago here at JW where a saudi cleric blasted us filthy americans for our filth hiding dark colored underwear?
check out what the guy getting beat is wearing.And aren't those bikini briefs to boot?
Correction in my previous post: Instead of "marry female child" please read "marry female children".
Recently I saw a CNN (a Christiane-Amanpour-over-privileged-creep-documentary) re "God's Warriors" (as if Islam is not the real problem-but Jews and Christians are equally the problem-LOL) in which we could see Muslim-Sudetenland-Nazi-style "rage" (as per the overprivileged one). Goebbels was right that effective propaganda must begin by portraying oneself, one's group-cause as "victim". It's Nazi style propaganda with Amanpour and others being either apologists or "weaklings" in the matter.
Murderous scum. I suppose they blew themselves up? I hope police catch and punish anyone who was involved in any way.
Offtopic, but relevant to India, Hyderabad and Muslims in India - not long ago at this site there was discussion about the Muslim attack on the celebrated Bengali feminist author and critic of Islam, Taslima Nasreen - an attack which took place in HYDERABAD, on August 9th this year.
In light of the fact that this year the Sydney Writers' Festival had the guts to invite Ayaan Hirsi Ali and run her as star guest speaker, DESPITE a lot of flak from 'the Muslim community', I looked up the Festival people and sent them a short message congratulating them. I then suggested that they invite Taslima Nasreen to next year's Festival. They sent me back a very nice message thanking me for the suggestion - it sounded like they thought it was a good idea. After all - I looked her up and her curriculum vitae is amazing, we're talking about a world-class writer, and the recipient of the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought.
And so - my fellow Australians, those who post at this site and those who read - add your voice to mine. Even better if you can assure them that if Ms Nasreen were at the Festival you would be buying tickets, and that nothing, not even bomb threats, would stop you turning up to hear her speak.
Whenever India is attacked western media usually desist from announcing the terrorists to be "muslims" and even when say "alleged muslim terrorists", they would qualify it as "but no evidence or clue has been found". I do not say that this is delibrate act but their general impression is that Islamic terrorist would target only westerners, and if westerners are not the victims, they feel that it is not the handiwork of Islamists but some freedom fighters. If attack is on westerners anywhere, they would be quick to point out, 'and the attack bore all the hallmark of 'al qaeda'' or some similar assertions.
But generally they fail to realize that India is battling for 1000 years from the terrorist. The dream of Muslims of putting Islamic flag over 'White house' is heard of recently only and that too by 'some misguided Muslims'; but India is battling the state sponsored efforts of it's neghbours to put Islamic flag on Indian democracy for past 60 years and would have succeeded in slaughtering all the elected representative and blowing up parliament (the only symbol of democracy in South Asia and largest democracy in the world) in an attack a few years back, which saw the death of 13 brave soldiers.
Paksitan and Bangladesh which have bloody history of genocide, rape, torture and so on between themselves too, are totally unified in their dream of bringing "light of ISlam" to INdia and finish what those who tortured them to convert, or bought them or raped their foremothers (most Indian Muslims are converted, although almost every one will trace their lineage to Mohammad, making me believe that they are probably descedents of Hindu women raped by invaders)failed to do.
Although much is made of Gujrat riots but there are areas in INdia, where even police can not dare enter. Where ever Muslim majorty is there, such consequences are inevitable. Hyderabad has majority Muslim population. There are many such green islands in India. Aim of Bangla and Pakistani siblings is to cause large scale sectarian violence in these 'islands' on the line of Shia Sunni conflict of Iraq, and then with the aid of bbc/western media/UN to project this violence as genuine 'independence movement'.
While this is going on, INdian leaders, power hungry and trying to hold on to power and living in the illusion created by statistics about the economic growth would totally ignore that.
Anyone familiar with the status of law and order and security in India know that once big names like 'Jawahiri' or 'Osama' decide to concentrate exclusively on India, they can easily make India into a giant fire ball. If they have not done so till now, it is because they think that it can be managed easily, whenever they decide, and they are not wrong also. INstead they are engaging in harder task of bleeding west slowly just like they bleed helpless animals before slaughtering, and the same time taking advantage of liberal west to spread and establish themselves not only in Europe and North America but also in South America. India, they think is easy enough to be left for their weaker subordinates, their followers in subcontinent.
Looking at the pattern of bomb attacks in India, they can be classified as attacks on predominantly Hindu pilgrimage towns (varanasi) and cities with high economic/IT industrial activity(Bombay,Bangalore,Hyderabad).Madras is the fourth city with the higest concentration of IT based industries which has escaped any attack so far.I wonder if it's luck will run out anytime soon. It's not too difficult to suspect a jealous neighbouring country whose economy is basically down the tubes.
This is a non-sequiter to the above article - I apolgize - but I am seeking input from a Jihad Watch subscriber or Robert Himself - here is my question, the following article appeared in The American THinker - my qustion: Is it True? Here it is:
Return to the Article
August 23, 2007
Who Is Allah?
By Soeren Kern
Europeans love to mock the salience of religion in American society, but they won't be laughing for very long. The de-Christianization of Europe in the name of "tolerance" is rapidly driving the spiritually shiftless continent into the arms of Islam. And now, amidst the postmodern theological confusion that defines contemporary Europe, even Catholic clergy are jumping on the Islamomania bandwagon.
The latest post-Christian theological spectacle comes to us from the Netherlands (of Ayaan Hirsi Ali fame), where the Roman Catholic Bishop of Breda, Tiny Muskens, says he wants Christians to start calling God "Allah" because he believes such a gesture would promote "rapprochement between Christianity and Islam". Appearing on Dutch television, the 71-year-old cleric said:
"Allah is a very beautiful word for God. Shouldn't we all say that from now on we will name God Allah? ... What does God care what we call him?"
Inquiring minds want to know: If the bishop really thinks the names "God" and "Allah" are interchangeable, why doesn't he ask Muslims to start calling Allah "Yahweh", the biblical name for God? But he won't, because he knows they won't.
Indeed, just because Christianity, Judaism and Islam are called "monotheistic" faiths, it does not follow that Christians, Jews and Muslims pray to the same God. So for those pre-postmoderns who believe that words still mean something, a quick survey of archaeology, history and theology-accompanied by a dose of common sense-can answer the question of whether the Allah of Islam is really the God of the Bible.
What Archaeology Says about Allah
Muslims claim that in pre-Islamic times, "Allah" was the biblical God of the Patriarchs, prophets and apostles. Indeed, the credibility of Islam as a religion stands or falls on its core claim of historical continuity with Judaism and Christianity. No wonder, then, that many Muslims get uppity when the claims of Islam are subjected to the hard science of archaeology.
Because archaeology provides irrefutable evidence that Allah, far from being the biblical God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, was actually the pre-Islamic pagan moon-god. Indeed, it is an established archaeological fact that worship of the moon-god was the main religion of the ancient Middle East.
But what about the Arabian Peninsula, where Mohammed (570-632) launched Islam? During the last two centuries, prominent archaeologists have unearthed thousands of inscriptions which prove beyond any doubt that the dominant religion of Arabia during Mohammed's day was the cult of the moon-god.
In fact, for generations before Mohammed was born, the Arabs worshipped some 360 pagan gods housed at a stone temple in Mecca called the Kabah. According to archaeologists, the chief deity of Mecca was the moon-god called al-ilah (meaning the god or the idol), which was shortened to Allah in pre-Islamic times. Pagan Arabs even used Allah in the names they gave themselves: Mohammed's father (Abdallah), for example, had Allah as part of his name.
What History Says about Allah
Historians say that pre-Islamic Arabs worshipped the moon-god by bowing in prayer toward Mecca several times a day. They would also make a pilgrimage to Mecca, run around the Kabah seven times and throw stones at the devil. And they fasted for one month, which began with the appearance of the crescent moon and ended when the crescent moon reappeared.
These same rites form the core of Islam today: Muslims bow in prayer toward Mecca; they make a pilgrimage to Mecca and run around the Kabah seven times; and they still throw stones at the devil. They also observe the fast of Ramadan, which begins and ends with the crescent moon.
Moreover, the ancient symbol of the pagan moon-god, the crescent moon, is the official symbol of Islam; it appears on the flags of Muslim countries, as well as on the tops of mosques and minarets everywhere.
Historians say that Mohammed, who as a traveling trader was exposed to Judaism and Christianity during his visits to different parts of the Middle East, tried to mimic those monotheistic faiths by taking Allah, the main deity within the Arabian pantheon, and making it the only god. Indeed, the basic confession of Islam is not that "Allah is Great" but that "Allah is Greater". Greater than all the other idols, that is.
But Islam also draws from other pagan traditions. For example, the tale of Mohammed's night journey into heaven parallels the Zoroastrian story of Arta Viraf. Zoroastrianism also inspired the Islamic belief that dark-eyed virgins await every man who enters heaven. And the Islamic ritual of praying five times a day? That, historians say, originates with the Sabeans, Syrian pagans who practiced an ecumenical mixture of Babylonian and Hellenic religion.
No surprise, then, that some scholars refer to Islam as monotheistic heathenism.
What Theology Says about Allah
Muslims claim that Islam is Judaism and Christianity reformed. They say the Koran confirms the truth of the Torah and the Gospels. But since those texts did not jibe with Mohammad's beliefs, they accuse Jews and Christians of changing and distorting the original versions. Muslims therefore assert that the Koran "clarifies" the Bible.
Even if that were the case, the Koran and the Bible present ideas about God (especially about His character) that are so diametrically opposed that any reasonable observer would conclude that each book refers to a distinct deity.
The Koran, for example, states unequivocally that Allah is an unknowable and non-personal deity. By contrast, the God of the Bible allows Himself to be known and desires fellowship with human beings on a personal basis. Indeed, the Bible says that Abraham (the same Abraham whom Muslims say they venerate) was the "friend of God."
The Koran also portrays Allah as a vindictive deity who hates sinners and desires to afflict them. But the Bible says God is love.
Moreover, the New Testament teaches that God loved humanity so much that He came to earth to pay the debt for man's sin, and that that act of grace is available for free to anyone who believes Jesus Christ is their personal Savior. But Islam denies that Christ was God or that He died in order to save humanity. Indeed, Allah does not provide any way for man to be reconciled to God.
And the theological differences go on and on, so much so that the God of the Bible cannot possibly be the Allah worshipped in Islam. Unless, of course, a Dutch bishop says so.
Allah and Eurabia
Mohammed thought the Jews and Christians of his day would receive him as a prophet. But the Bible says that any new revelation must agree with what is already established in Scripture (Isaiah 8:20). So they rejected his Allah as a false god. And Mohammed replied by setting his Islam on a permanent warpath against Judaism and Christianity that continues to this day.
The Dutch bishop and other Muslim fellow travelers think they can buy a fake peace with Islam by playing relativistic word games as a part of an "inter-faith" dialogue. But Muslims understand much better than do post-modern Europeans that ecumenical appeasement is a symptom of a Judeo-Christian civilization that is weak and dying.
The irony is that the real danger from Islam stems not so much from ordinary Muslims as it does from sickly Europeans who have subverted their Judeo-Christian heritage in search of secular hedonism. Because they live only for the moment, they are willing submit to anything, including Islam, as long as it doesn't interfere with the pursuit of pleasure today.
It has been more than 50 years since the late Christian apologist C.S. Lewis first warned about Western Civilization's disastrous lurch into post-Christianity. But even he would be surprised to see how quickly Islam is filling the religious and cultural vacuum that is post-Christian Europe.
It's not that Europeans haven't been forewarned. It's that they couldn't care less.
Soeren Kern is Senior Analyst for Transatlantic Relations at the Madrid-based Grupo de Estudios Estratégicos / Strategic Studies Group.
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This is a non-sequiter to the above article - I apolgize - but I am seeking input from a Jihad Watch subscriber or Robert Himself - here is my question, the following article appeared in The American Thinker - my qustion: Is it True? Here it is:
Return to the Article
August 23, 2007
Who Is Allah?
By Soeren Kern
Europeans love to mock the salience of religion in American society, but they won't be laughing for very long. The de-Christianization of Europe in the name of "tolerance" is rapidly driving the spiritually shiftless continent into the arms of Islam. And now, amidst the postmodern theological confusion that defines contemporary Europe, even Catholic clergy are jumping on the Islamomania bandwagon.
The latest post-Christian theological spectacle comes to us from the Netherlands (of Ayaan Hirsi Ali fame), where the Roman Catholic Bishop of Breda, Tiny Muskens, says he wants Christians to start calling God "Allah" because he believes such a gesture would promote "rapprochement between Christianity and Islam". Appearing on Dutch television, the 71-year-old cleric said:
"Allah is a very beautiful word for God. Shouldn't we all say that from now on we will name God Allah? ... What does God care what we call him?"
Inquiring minds want to know: If the bishop really thinks the names "God" and "Allah" are interchangeable, why doesn't he ask Muslims to start calling Allah "Yahweh", the biblical name for God? But he won't, because he knows they won't.
Indeed, just because Christianity, Judaism and Islam are called "monotheistic" faiths, it does not follow that Christians, Jews and Muslims pray to the same God. So for those pre-postmoderns who believe that words still mean something, a quick survey of archaeology, history and theology-accompanied by a dose of common sense-can answer the question of whether the Allah of Islam is really the God of the Bible.
What Archaeology Says about Allah
Muslims claim that in pre-Islamic times, "Allah" was the biblical God of the Patriarchs, prophets and apostles. Indeed, the credibility of Islam as a religion stands or falls on its core claim of historical continuity with Judaism and Christianity. No wonder, then, that many Muslims get uppity when the claims of Islam are subjected to the hard science of archaeology.
Because archaeology provides irrefutable evidence that Allah, far from being the biblical God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, was actually the pre-Islamic pagan moon-god. Indeed, it is an established archaeological fact that worship of the moon-god was the main religion of the ancient Middle East.
But what about the Arabian Peninsula, where Mohammed (570-632) launched Islam? During the last two centuries, prominent archaeologists have unearthed thousands of inscriptions which prove beyond any doubt that the dominant religion of Arabia during Mohammed's day was the cult of the moon-god.
In fact, for generations before Mohammed was born, the Arabs worshipped some 360 pagan gods housed at a stone temple in Mecca called the Kabah. According to archaeologists, the chief deity of Mecca was the moon-god called al-ilah (meaning the god or the idol), which was shortened to Allah in pre-Islamic times. Pagan Arabs even used Allah in the names they gave themselves: Mohammed's father (Abdallah), for example, had Allah as part of his name.
What History Says about Allah
Historians say that pre-Islamic Arabs worshipped the moon-god by bowing in prayer toward Mecca several times a day. They would also make a pilgrimage to Mecca, run around the Kabah seven times and throw stones at the devil. And they fasted for one month, which began with the appearance of the crescent moon and ended when the crescent moon reappeared.
These same rites form the core of Islam today: Muslims bow in prayer toward Mecca; they make a pilgrimage to Mecca and run around the Kabah seven times; and they still throw stones at the devil. They also observe the fast of Ramadan, which begins and ends with the crescent moon.
Moreover, the ancient symbol of the pagan moon-god, the crescent moon, is the official symbol of Islam; it appears on the flags of Muslim countries, as well as on the tops of mosques and minarets everywhere.
Historians say that Mohammed, who as a traveling trader was exposed to Judaism and Christianity during his visits to different parts of the Middle East, tried to mimic those monotheistic faiths by taking Allah, the main deity within the Arabian pantheon, and making it the only god. Indeed, the basic confession of Islam is not that "Allah is Great" but that "Allah is Greater". Greater than all the other idols, that is.
But Islam also draws from other pagan traditions. For example, the tale of Mohammed's night journey into heaven parallels the Zoroastrian story of Arta Viraf. Zoroastrianism also inspired the Islamic belief that dark-eyed virgins await every man who enters heaven. And the Islamic ritual of praying five times a day? That, historians say, originates with the Sabeans, Syrian pagans who practiced an ecumenical mixture of Babylonian and Hellenic religion.
No surprise, then, that some scholars refer to Islam as monotheistic heathenism.
What Theology Says about Allah
Muslims claim that Islam is Judaism and Christianity reformed. They say the Koran confirms the truth of the Torah and the Gospels. But since those texts did not jibe with Mohammad's beliefs, they accuse Jews and Christians of changing and distorting the original versions. Muslims therefore assert that the Koran "clarifies" the Bible.
Even if that were the case, the Koran and the Bible present ideas about God (especially about His character) that are so diametrically opposed that any reasonable observer would conclude that each book refers to a distinct deity.
The Koran, for example, states unequivocally that Allah is an unknowable and non-personal deity. By contrast, the God of the Bible allows Himself to be known and desires fellowship with human beings on a personal basis. Indeed, the Bible says that Abraham (the same Abraham whom Muslims say they venerate) was the "friend of God."
The Koran also portrays Allah as a vindictive deity who hates sinners and desires to afflict them. But the Bible says God is love.
Moreover, the New Testament teaches that God loved humanity so much that He came to earth to pay the debt for man's sin, and that that act of grace is available for free to anyone who believes Jesus Christ is their personal Savior. But Islam denies that Christ was God or that He died in order to save humanity. Indeed, Allah does not provide any way for man to be reconciled to God.
And the theological differences go on and on, so much so that the God of the Bible cannot possibly be the Allah worshipped in Islam. Unless, of course, a Dutch bishop says so.
Allah and Eurabia
Mohammed thought the Jews and Christians of his day would receive him as a prophet. But the Bible says that any new revelation must agree with what is already established in Scripture (Isaiah 8:20). So they rejected his Allah as a false god. And Mohammed replied by setting his Islam on a permanent warpath against Judaism and Christianity that continues to this day.
The Dutch bishop and other Muslim fellow travelers think they can buy a fake peace with Islam by playing relativistic word games as a part of an "inter-faith" dialogue. But Muslims understand much better than do post-modern Europeans that ecumenical appeasement is a symptom of a Judeo-Christian civilization that is weak and dying.
The irony is that the real danger from Islam stems not so much from ordinary Muslims as it does from sickly Europeans who have subverted their Judeo-Christian heritage in search of secular hedonism. Because they live only for the moment, they are willing submit to anything, including Islam, as long as it doesn't interfere with the pursuit of pleasure today.
It has been more than 50 years since the late Christian apologist C.S. Lewis first warned about Western Civilization's disastrous lurch into post-Christianity. But even he would be surprised to see how quickly Islam is filling the religious and cultural vacuum that is post-Christian Europe.
It's not that Europeans haven't been forewarned. It's that they couldn't care less.
Soeren Kern is Senior Analyst for Transatlantic Relations at the Madrid-based Grupo de Estudios Estratégicos / Strategic Studies Group.
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This is a sickening atrocity.
Religious moslems have bombed two sites: an amusement park where families gather on the weekend and also a second weekend retreat where the murdered were watching a laser show. The murdering cretins will no doubt consider themselves doubly blessed by the demon god if they manged to kill moslems who were watching the forbidden laser. allah does not like it if you are if there is anyother god but allah. allah requires fresh sacrifices of infidel and moslem blood sacrificed in the sanctification of him. allah is a jealous god. How clever these adherents these helpers of the scourge of humanity and human decency and human morals to leave a bomb under the stadium seats.
Islam is despicable. How many atrocities will the infidel world suffer before it does something about this? Hindu Kush (more dead Hindus!) allah be praised as he establishes himself as the sickening god of evil incarnate. Who would pray to such a demon but a moslem? I see why a moslem must kill anyone who is critical of the prophet. The least inquiry about islam will lead the inquirer to the conclusion that allah is false and evil through and through.
Details of this one negligible islamic atrocity the murder of 30 or more human beings among incessant atrocities troubling infidels worldwide can be found at:
http://broadband.indiatimes.com/videoshow/2310669.cms
If Infidels were smart they would band together and just banish all moslems. Moslems must go! Send them to their beloved Pakistan, Arabia or Iran. I understand there is a mosque in islamabad that is seeking a whole new membership. It is painted in a colorful red and has fresh human sacrifices to Moloch!
Having just finished the Ramayana and most of the Mahabharata, I cannot understand why Indians do not rise up at last and say:
Jaya vijayi bhava! Jaya Bharatvarsha! (Victory! Victory to India!)
If 1 billion Indians join our coalition to stop militant Islam, that will be a mighty force indeed.
You have to hand it to the adherents of the religion of murder: they don't care how many enemies they make. Being able to rely on the pusillanimity of those they injure - their refusal to identify the real cause of all these atrocities, their refusal to unite forcefully and effectively against this aggressive and bloody religion, must confirm all the inbred contempt for the non-Muslim these Mohammedans feel.
Any comments, Ms. Naseem?
This is the consequence of leaving jobs unfinished. When India drove the Nizam out of Hyderabad, they should have driven out all his followers as well.
Seems like India is about to reap the whirlwind caused by its Dhimmi acceptance of Islamic thuggery.
The thought that the so called Gods of the world will solve this dire problem is emblematic of what I call the Great Hysteria. That forces outside of ourselves will solve this problem.
Only us, will solve this problem. Those that agree that we, of differing cultures and relegions, connect and identify, recognize the problem, and come to a common solution is what we need.
Forget our differences. Lets come together, without regard to PC idiocy...and just downright ignorance of the culture that desires to dominate.
We, who may be Sikh, Christian, Jewish, Hindu, Atheist, Agnostic, Amahdi...Naseem...Brahman, Zens, Shinto and all the great relegions of the world that I have forgotten or do not know of.
Lets come together and fight the blight that assails us. Communicate amongst the cultures and find a common bond. Which is to stop the terror that is thrust upon us.
It's not to late. Defiance begins here.
Realist,
you must be joking. India has been reaping the whirlwind for the past 1300 years caused by the pbuh's parents following the rhythm method.
"Realist,
you must be joking. India has been reaping the whirlwind for the past 1300 years caused by the pbuh's parents following the rhythm method.
Posted by: ik"
And we will continue to do so. Through the 14 centuries of jihad, only a handful of people understood the nature of the jihad and the one and only way to stop it. Guru Gobind Singh and Queen Isabella were among these people. Too few, too late.