Leave Elegance to the Tailor
by Michael Devolin
Albert Einstein wrote, “If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor.” It is never easy to look the harsh and bloody reality of Islam full in the face these days. Not only do you have a barbaric, tribal-driven, 7th century religious ideology, but also—and even more obtrusive for Western democracies—you have about 1.6 billion followers prohibited from even contemplating the very idea of dissent. How do you acquaint such an ugly truth to those Muslims whose far away, religious upbringing has beforehand rendered them impervious to feeling even a little bit gauche in the middle of the modern age?
And acquaint them with the truth we must, because the survival of all Western democracies depends on it. Regardless how unwanted this same truth is, regardless how despised its report, the truth must be told. Because, as Aldous Huxley once wrote, “Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.” And the violence the religion of Islam advocates against anyone or any sovereign state opposing its imperialistic designs seems to be manifest to everyone but those who claim to be an “expert on Islam” or whose “anti-Zionist” political agenda is coalesced by its ancient anti-Jewish sentiment.
How long can the Western world go on pretending that atrocities like the kidnapping and murder of three Jewish teenagers in Israel by Palestinian Muslim Arabs have no connection to the religion of Islam? No one can tell me that the attempted assassination of Rabbi Glick in Jerusalem several days ago happened merely because Rabbi Glick is a “right-wing Jew” and not because his assassin was a Muslim Arab Palestinian who hated all Jews only because they’re Jewish. The truth about Islam is there to see for all who are courageous enough to see it, even though this truth is best defined by its incongruous and violent enemies. And even though incongruous, as Muslims (and Jew-haters), as Efraim Karsh pointed out about Abbas and Arafat, these enemies are “warp and woof of the same fabric.”
Muslims appear to be unified only in their hatred of the Jews. In all other matters, especially religious doctrine or geo-political aims, they would rather kill each other than offer compromises or concessions. And if they feel no self-reproach about murdering their fellow Muslims, how unreflective should it be for them to maintain, even publicly, their genocidal desires for the Jewish people and the State of Israel? In his book Palestine Betrayed, Efraim Karsh relates that “Musa Alami, one of the foremost Palestinian Arab moderates during the mandate era, told Ben-Gurion, ‘He would prefer the land to remain poor and desolate even for another hundred years’ if the alternative was its rapid development in collaboration with the Zionists.” The BDS movement, who seem also to have no qualms about the destruction of Israel and the extermination of its Jewish population, has continually obfuscated or side-stepped this repulsive truth about the majority Muslim mindset in the Middle East and the fact that most of Islam’s followers around the world seem to have no problem with it. They seem to think that jihad is not quite as bad as we make it out to be.
Someone in President Obama’s administration recently referred to Israel’s Prime Minister Netanyahu as “chicken shit,” an insinuation that Netanyahu is timid in his application of the “peace process” the American government and much of the non-Jewish world has dictated the government of Israel should accept and conform to. However, the non-Jewish world has never looked Islam full in the face, does not understand that sacrificing the Jewish claim to Israel as an ancient homeland would be equivalent to making a holocaust of the very essence of the Jewish existence. This is a sacrifice Binyamin Netanyahu is not willing to make. The nameless American official surely does not care to understand or comprehend the mindset of Netanyahu’s Islamic enemies; he cannot fathom the fact that Iran will certainly launch a nuclear weapon against the Jewish people (and not so much against the State of Israel) on the very day they become capable of doing so. This is an ugly truth the non-Jewish world either refuses to acknowledge or really isn’t concerned about, so long as Jews are being vaporized in their beds as they sleep and not gentiles. As for this American official, those who choose to remain nameless are “chicken shit” in my neck of the woods.
PM Netanyahu has looked Islam full in the face. Like many other Israeli politicians before him, he has described its unattractive truth (Hamas, Hizballah, and Fatah) to the world, and the world has turned its collective face away. This world believes truth to be elegant, even poetic. But from a Jewish perspective, an Israeli perspective, the truth of Islam is dangerous, expressly because of its terrorists and their imperialistic designs. There is no elegance to be found in that truth. For elegance you must see your tailor.
Michael Devolin has been a member of JDL Canada since the 1980s, and has served as the personal bodyguard to Meir Weinstein, National Director of JDL Canada, at several high-profile trials, including the Jim Keegstra hate crimes trial and the Imra Finta war crimes trial.
mortimer says
Well expressed argument.
Netanyahu called Islam ‘this Death Cult’.
How long can the Western world go on pretending that atrocities are aberrant, rather than the normative Islam of Mohammed in the hadiths and Sira?
Western Leftists avoid the fact that Islam’s basic doctrines mandate violence against all disbelievers.
King says
The West is scared stiff of Islam. They have eyes but cannot see. They have ears but cannot perceive. Stiff-necked fools. By the time Islam finishes with the West, It would be too late to cry. A word is enough for the wise.Those who have eye let them see. Those who have ears let them hear. A fool does not value his worth until he looses it.
Bonzo says
It’s important to understand the signs of our time.
The Caliphate will be restored, one way or the other.
http://wp.me/p3tGFm-aq
Already in 1973 the Club of Rome divided the world into 10 regions. Region 7 is the old Caliphate. Jerusalem is going to be the capital of this region 7.
gravenimage says
Why are you chortling over the specter of Israel’s falling to this savagery?
Perhaps “Bonzo” is a fitting username…
Howard says
Absolutely right.
In essence, what we call Muslim moderates are in reality the radicals [tho nonviolent at the moment] as they have departed from the standard interpretation of Koran and Sunna, as specified by Islam’s four main schools of jurisprudence. The so-called ‘radicals’ are simply following the viciousness inherent in the unchangeable, unabrogated commands of Islam’s scriptures regarding all ‘non-believers.’
UnEasyOne says
We Americans collectively, don’t seem to understand one basic thing. Whether we love the Jews or hate them, one second after they have been wiped out, WE’RE NEXT. The other “people of the book.” Us.
Might be worth thinking about.
Greyhound Fancier says
First the Little Satan, then the Great Satan.
dumbledoresarmy says
Or, as the old slogan in the bazaars goes: “First the Saturday people, then the Sunday people”.
Laura says
“Whether we love the Jews or hate them, ”
Why would you ‘hate’ Jews, do you see them as the enemy?
gravenimage says
UnEasyOne isn’t antisemitic, Laura—I believe he meant that even is someone in the West *did* hate Jewish people and didn’t care what happened to them or to Israel, that he would have to understand that he will still be next in line to be targeted by ravening Mohammedans.
Pathfinder0100 says
UnEasyOne–You hit the nail rigjht on the head!!! Well done!!
Dave J says
Provided that a Muslim person is not actively threatening me I mostly feel sorry for them. The majority were born into this cult and are now prisoners of it, on pain of death. They are not free to object to any Muslim’s action or to dissent in any way.
However, on the evidence, I don’t trust them either. Even so called moderate Muslims are instructed to make no non-Muslim friends and to practice deceit. All must put their allegiance to Allah above any other cause, be it democracy, world peace or even the lives of their own children.
So this makes the prospects for a Muslim reformation slim indeed. The most likely scenario is a future full on attack with nuclear weapons on Israel and/or the United States that polarizes the Muslim world into accepting or finally rejecting the death cult that is today’s Islam.
Greyhound Fancier says
Well said. I also pity them in a way because they are trapped in the death cult. I do pray daily for Muslims to hear and respond to the Gospel.
Jesus: His yoke is easy, and His burden is light. No need to blow yourself and others up to appease Him.
Porkistan says
I pity them the same way I pity a rabid dog driven insane and doomed to death by it’s illness.
But that pity won’t keep me from shooting it in the head if it gets near me.
Dave L says
Islam is as dangerous in a man as hydrophobia (rabies) in a dog.
–Winston Churchill, The River Wars.
Bezelel says
DeRadicalized
jihad3tracker says
Here is a link to other writing by Mr. Devolin — well worth a visit, IMHO.
http://www.magic-city-news.com/Michael_Devolin/index.shtml
And, of course, if you have a spare couple of minutes, an emailed note of thanks would be appreciated . . .
Salah says
As much as I love Muslims, I hate Islam. (Father Zakaria Botros)
We should educate Muslims about their religion, even if it hurts. That’s charity.
http://crossmuslims.blogspot.com/2010/12/perfect-man-arabic.html
Jen says
Salah, you better go tomorrow, direct to the Muslim world and evangelize within their communities. Not from a safe distance but right in the thick of it! Your charity might result in mixed outcomes…..
Salah says
It’s impossible, and you know it. That’s why Islam managed to survive for 14 centuries.
Today things are changing PRECISELY because we can evangelize Muslims from a safe distance.
That’s why I keep saying: the information superhighway (especially the intenet) is paving over the ignorance that has for centuries been the stronghold of Islamic dogma.
The sword of Islam is getting shorter by the day thanks to the internet.
Jen says
And in the meantime Salah, while teaching them about Christianity from a safe distance- we are supposed to do *what* with the ones who won’t listen or who only half-listen or those who pretend to listen? What about the safety and security of everyone else who has to live among these people? That’s not as important as saving the ‘poor’ Muslims right. Even though it is a haphazard way of going about things; as you’re suggesting.
It is revolting that you think Muslims are “excused” or bear no social responsibility for the behaviour of other Muslims. You’re dreaming. I know that much! Your emphasis is all in the wrong place. You constantly comment as though Muslims are largely ‘victims.’
How about you ask the people whose family members died the other day after Muslims did their ‘drop and go’ explosives between public transport routine?
Very easy for you to say all this sh*t because it isn’t happening to you. It’s happening to them and countless others like them. And my family. Get off your sanctimonious horse. Absolutely vile.
Salah says
@jen,
You probably haven’t read enough of my comments. Here’s what I’ve been advocating for the last few years on JW:
1- Declassify Islam as a religion.
2- Muslims must accept profiling – a small price to pay for being Muslim.
3- They should not ask for any special treatment.
4- Ban the Qur’an; it’s a hate book.
5- Muslims must collaborate with authorities – Deportation/jail in case of refusal.
6- Islam must be openly discussed on MSM – Fully implement free speech.
7- Stop Islamic immigration – Allow non-Islamic.
8- Stop aid until human rights are respected – e.g Churches in Saudi Arabia, blasphemy laws, etc.
9- No more mosques – Allow only private worshipping.
10- Deportation/jail for threats against Muslims wanting to leave Islam.
Just to name a few.
Needless to say all of the above need a political non-PC will that simply isn’t there.
Needless to say that unless you remove your PC leaders you yourselves, as well as your children, will have to pay a heavy price for your inaction.
Needless to say that if (a big *if*) all of the above is fully implemented, it only represent a short term solution.
The long term one is precisely what I’m focusing upon: Unveiling Muhammad using their “holy” books, the books most Muslims don’t read.
There’s nothing wrong working on short term and long term solutions in the same time. Problem is, the long term one is already bearing fruits while the short term one seems a little too slow, if not stalled altogether.
Jen says
If you believe this then stop saying Muslims are “excused”! They are absolutely not “excused.” You said to ignore the polls which said that most don’t want Sharia because you said most don’t! *How* does it make any difference when there are still plenty who don’t have a problem with it? The lukewarm ones don’t necessarily engage in violence but they help in others ways. Including through funding terrorism with donations. It really does come down to basic ideas of right and wrong and apparently, far too many can’t discern the difference. Some might like it in full capacity and some might like it in parts. Regardless, they are not *excused.* They deserve the humiliation and name-calling associated with calling themselves the ‘believers’ of an evil ideology which is responsible for *so* much suffering. Especially the ones who are educated enough to defend it. That’s virtually all western Muslims. Most are literate. They’ll never be excused from my perspective. If you can excuse them from your perspective, then fine.
Jen says
And profiling which I think I mentioned last time…how??! You said “accept” profiling. Do you realise that Muslims don’t like to have anything imposed upon them when they have the strength not to “accept” something? They will out-breed the local people of any place, anyway. This all assumes ‘cooperation’ on their part. Even the one with authorities. They are sly for goodness sake. Put your hand and out and it might get chopped off. What about getting rid of them instead- as many as possible? I don’t think countries should have to police/monitor them like they are ‘special’ people in their own category. Drain on govt resources also. They may or may not decide to do what they usually do- every country they move to and where they are in a sizable minority.
awake says
“This is an ugly truth the non-Jewish world either refuses to acknowledge or really isn’t concerned about, so long as Jews are being vaporized in their beds as they sleep and not gentiles.”
This is an offensive statement in my estimation. Gentiles do not condone anti-Semitism as a matter of course. Islam discriminates and Jew and “gentile” equivocally, (emphasis mine). Islam discriminates against non-Muslims with consistent regularity. The Boko Haram captives, (now jihadi sex-slave brides), immediately springs to mind.
ALL non-Muslims need to ally, not just Jews, and Christian “gentiles” are not inherently anti-Semitic. This article also fails to mention that prominent western Jews supported, and continue to do so, this administration in it’s anti-Israel stance. Bill Maher is an outlier, not the rule, and some self inventory might be in order for the multitude of American Jews, and liberals in general, who have said absolutely nothing about jihad, or Islam for that matter.
profitsbeard says
Islam is like a beautifully-penned death threat.
Its curlicue script and sing-song sonics and suppressed hieroglyphic art may be entertaining or inspiring or [mainly] mesmerizing , but are ultimately meaningless.
A distraction from what they represent: `a Death Cult.
As crocheting the word Ebola into a fine lace tapestry would not make the actual thing any less a hemorrhagic plague, trimming Islam with irrelevant attributes (“It was scientific,… compassionate … liberal-minded, … peaceful, …medically advanced… a thousand years ago.” , etc.) merely attempts to hide Islam’s black heart.
Which ishomicidal.
No Death Cult can have any redeeming qualities.
Period.
Dave L says
Profitsbeard, I admire how well you state the situation.
. . . a beautifully penned death-threat.
Indeed.
profitsbeard says
I like the Kufic script aesthetically but that doesn’t make a plot to murder me- written in this graphically appealing form -any less grim.
The fixation on the externals of Mohammadism has paralyzed the West for half a century and it’s time to remember the meaning of Charles Martel and Jan Sobieski and to re-expose the horrific history of imperialistic Islam.
Being silenced by bribes or terror ~or some Utopian ideology~ are no longer excusable.
Fight -or move aside.
gravenimage says
We all need to speak out, loudly and consistently—and not worry about either elegance or “political correctness”.
prman says
We are in the next Crusade, only the West does not yet know it.
Champ says
As for this American official, those who choose to remain nameless are “chicken shit” in my neck of the woods. — Michael Devolin
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Mine, too. Only a coward won’t come forward and admit to this egregious remark and then apologize for making it.
citycat says
Muslims are unified
west leaders speak with forked tongue
truth ain’t gonna happen till it’s on top
cooperation is compromised
Edison says
learning the truth about Islam is the first step in combating it. A serious look at Islam is enough to make anyone see it’s evil, it cannot stand under open scrutiny, only deceit.
On another note though, within the western Christian Church, the doctrine of the rapture produces a mindset of apathy toward the events of the Middle East.
ie; it won’t happen to me because I won’t be here mentality.
Who's next... says
The only way to combat this EVIL (first for cultural survival then physical survival) is for the GOOD people to UNITE under one clear vision/goal and work together to achieve this. We need to work together cause unfortunately we face 1.6+billion people united in a cause…
Jae M says
Netanyahu speaks the truth in the face of lying politicians with no sense of morality only a greed for power and money. God bless him. He stands surrounded by raving wolves.
Doc says
The term ‘master faith’ used by Netanyahu at the UNGA put into perfect perspective the danger of the Islam’s mindset.
Jimbo San Diego says
Michael your articles have always been right on spot. This is another great one my friend. I’m proud and honored to have you as my friend.