Quick — we’re going to need a few more handwringing articles about “Islamophobia” in the Washington Post and CNN to deflect attention away from this.
“‘Muslim Hardline’ Gunmen Open Fire on Catholic School in Pakistan; Injured Christian Student Taken to Hospital,” by Samuel Smith, Christian Post, April 17, 2015:
Two masked gunmen on motorcycles, believed to be Muslim, open fired on the campus of a Pakistani Catholic school in Lahore Friday morning, injuring one Christian student and two security guards.
The two gunmen began firing at the campus of St. Franciscan High School in the Behar colony of Lahore, the second largest Christian residential area in Pakistan, around 10:30 a.m. The masked perpetrators were able to race away on their motorcycles and were not identified.
Police have begun an investigation into the attack on the school, according to prominent Pakistani human rights attorney Sardar Mushtaq Gill, who told The Christian Post that the school shooting is yet another attack on the Lahore Christian community following the Youhanabad lynchings of two Muslims thought to be involved in the mid-march Taliban bombings of two Christian churches.
“They were [two] masked men, armed on motorcycles. They were masked with their faces covered,” Gill explained. “It was in front of school. When they started firing, the guard intercepted. After making them injured, they fled away.”…
Richie says
ill bet the Muslims will cry victim and blame the Christians for bring this on themselves
Brian says
I am never surprised by the evil and horror of the followers of that fascist, murderous, supremacist ideology of Islam. I detest Islam, NOT Muslims, just like I detest Nazism, NOT Germans and I detest Stalinism, NOT Russians.
In Islam, ALL non-Muslims are called unbelievers, *infidels or kafir (derogatory).
The world is divided into the House of Islam and the House of War, the *Dar al-Islam* and the *Dar al-harb*. The Dar al-Islam is all those lands in which a Muslim government rules and the Holy Law of Islam prevails. Non-Muslims may live there on Muslim sufferance. *The outside world (non-Muslim), which has not yet been subjugated, is called the “House of War,” and strictly speaking a perpetual state of “jihad”, or holy war, is imposed by the law*.
The treatment of the infidels in Islam is divided into two categories. The polytheists, pagans, idolaters and heathens have the choice of converting to Islam or suffer death. The Jews and Christians, whom the Koran calls people of the book, can retain their religion but on the sufferance of accepting humiliation and subjugation to Islam and payment of *Jizyah* (poll-tax/extortion) to the Islamic rulers [For more detail read this article: _Unfettered Religious Freedom in Islam – A Fact or Fiction? – by Alamgir Hussain_].
Now, let us have a closer look at what the Koran says about the infidels:-
_Slay the unbelievers wherever you find them_ (2:191)
_Make war on the infidels living in your neighboorhood_ (9:123)
_When opportunity arises, kill the infidels wherever you catch them_ (9:5)
_Kill the Jews and the Christians if they do not convert to Islam or refuse to pay Jizya tax_ (9:29)
_Any religion other than Islam is not acceptable_ (3:85)
_The Jews and the Christians are perverts; fight them_ (9:30)
_Maim and crucify the infidels if they criticise Islam._ (5:33)
_The infidels are unclean; do not let them into a mosque_ (9:28)
_Punish the unbelievers with garments of fire, hooked iron rods, boiling water; melt their skin and bellies_ (22:19)
_Do not hanker for peace with the infidels; behead them when you catch them_ (47:4)
_The unbelievers are stupid; urge the Muslims to fight them_ (8:65)
_Muslims must not take the infidels as friends_ (3:28)
_Terrorise and behead those who believe in scriptures other than the Qur’an_ (8:12)
_Muslims must muster all weapons to terrorise the infidels_ (8:60)
The Qur’an certainly proclaims that when the time is appropriate, Muslims must use force to convert the unbelievers to Islam. For the non-Muslims, the alternative to this is to pay the humiliating protection money (Jizya tax) or be killed (by beheading, of course). A militarily dominant Islam, without doubt, precludes the peaceful co-existence with the unbelievers if the Muslims have to abide strictly by the unalterable stipulations of the Qur’an.
When will Western lawmakers understand this fascist ideology for what it is and ban it????
Linde Barrera says
To Brian- I am missing something or not understanding something from what you posted at 3:49 pm on 4/19/15. And my issue is not with you. But if Christians and Jews DO NOT want to convert to Islam, but they agree to pay the tax, then why are those wicked, evil, barbarian savages calling themselves “Muslim” AND killing the Christians and Jews? Is it possible that this jiyza (tax) thing is just a delayed diversion and that the Jews and Christians will be targeted and killed anyway? I would appreciate your input as I am having trouble drawing a conclusion here. Thank you Brian.
Davegreybeard says
@Linde Barrera
“Is it possible that this jiyza (tax) thing is just a delayed diversion and that the Jews and Christians will be targeted and killed anyway?”
Yes, it is quite possible.
Paying the jizyah and being humiliated, is no guarantee of anything. It depends on the whim of the Muslim in charge.
If that Muslim feels it is MORE BENIFICIAL TO ISLAM for the Kuffar to be killed, then they will be killed. Reasons for killing Kuffar may be to “strike terror into the hearts of the unbeliever” or to “make Allah’s religion manifest.”
Follow this logic for a moment; after the battle at Badr, Muhammad killed some captives but agreed to ransom some others. Later, when Allah found out, he was not pleased and spoke sharply to our sensitive Prophet and actually caused him to cry.
You see by “making a great slaughter in the land” Muhammad would be “making Allah’s religion manifest” and thereby cause more Unbelievers to enter the fold. So, you are actually doing the Infidels a service when you kill A LOT of them, because it will provide a stronger incentive for the rest of them to join Allah’s deen.
Linde Barrera says
To Davegreybeard- Thank you very much for answering my question about non- Muslims paying the tax and getting killed anyway. I truly did wonder about it, but now that you confirmed my suspicion, I no longer have to wonder! On a different but related note, I have another question, open to anyone who cares to consider an answer. 1 billion people worldwide call themselves “Muslim” or “Followers of Islam” but 99.9% of those people do not hurt anyone and do not pay attention to the passages in the Quran that mandate as a doctrine “to kill the infidels (non- Muslims)”. World leaders refuse to name Islam as the root cause of most terrorist acts and the evil being perpetrated upon people. Is this because the world leaders don’t want to offend the 1 billion, or because they don’t want to challenge the soundness of the doctrines of Islam? In other words, if you call yourself a believer in ???? but you don’t adhere to its doctrines, are you really a believer in ???? (I am a Christian lady and I will never convert to Islam.) Thank you to all who might answer.
Michael Copeland says
For Linde Barrera
As Islam expert I.Q. al Rassooli explains: “Ninety per cent of Muslims have absolutely no idea about the Koran”. Most muslims do not speak Arabic: they are, in any case made to RECITE the Koran’s text without any knowledge of what it means. They are discouraged from seeing translations as these are “less pure”. Numerous accounts from ex-muslims express their shock at seeing for the first time how violent and hateful the Koran is (See Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain website).
As Robert Spencer affirms, there is a spectrum of belief – and obedience – amongst individuals (of all faiths). Many muslims are easy-going and not that interested. Their views, however, make no difference to Islam itself, which is defined by its core texts, not by the feelings of the members on the shop floor.
Many muslims would be willing to leave Islam, but in doing so they face the death penalty, which anyone can carry out, free of repercussion, “since it is killing someone who deserves to die”. Yusuf al Qaradawi, spiritual leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, publicly said in an interview that Islam would never have survived without its death penalty for leaving.
Many muslims might not carry out the commands in the Koran, but the commands are there, and form part of Islamic law, with the death penalty for denying any verse. When the hard-liners come knocking on the door and demanding why they have not attended the mosque they have not a leg to stand on. Choice is not available: “It is not fitting for a Believer, man or woman, when a matter has been decided by Allah and His Messenger to have any option about their decision”, says Koran 33:36.
World leaders are (a) being lied to by muslim advisers, (b) looking over their shoulder at votes, (c) understandably afraid of being assassinated like Theo van Gogh, Pym Fortuyn, the ex-muslim critic of Islam hacked to death in Bangladesh, and others.
Linde Barrera says
To Michael Copeland- Thank you for your authentic, truthful answer. I am not at all surprised that the death penalty part for Muslims who want to leave Islam is the biggest deterrent. To recap: The Muslim leadership without a doubt must lie to politicians. Also, the core texts in the Quran are what define it, not what Muslims practice or believe. Ironic isn’t it, that the Creator made humans with free will, yet this thing called Islam doesn’t allow it. That, to me, is more than bizarre, it’s satanic. As I have stated before, I have nothing against any human, but I hate Islam and I would never convert. Thank you for giving me your time to provide a conclusive response. I am grateful, and will save this response.
JuanColina says
Wherever there are muslims there are atrocities and claims of victimisation.
No more proof is needed – they are mentally disturbed from exposure to the warlord MO and his Allah.
This has nothing to do with religion and God but all to do with an evil political cult.
Davegreybeard says
@JuanColina
“This has nothing to do with religion and God but all to do with an evil political cult.”
No and yes Juan.
This has EVERYTHING to do with the religion of Islam, Muhammad and its God, Allah.
But Islam has law (politics) built into it. It is a complete system of religion, law, social behavior and personal hygiene rules all in one package.
Joseph says
@ Davegreybeard
Not to be nit-picky, but Islam’s god is Satan……that should always be spelled with a small “g”.
The Holy Trinity is the only true GOD in existence. All others are below Him.
By giving Islam’s god a capital you give him credibility.
Davegreybeard says
@Joseph
“By giving Islam’s god a capital you give him credibility”
Ridiculous.
Back off Christian. It is people like you that give Christians a bad name.
It is not your place to tell me what to believe..
Joseph says
My My aren’t we nasty. I said not to be nit-picky.
I know where you stand.
I didn’t tell you what to believe I stated grammar facts.
NO, you give other people a bad name.
Back off Christian??? That is uncalled for. I didn’t ATTACK you.
particolor says
Well that HOT Desert Sun certainly doesn’t do anything for SANITY !!
abad says
Christians want to convert you.
Muslims want to kill you (and usually do)
Davegreybeard says
@Joseph
“The Holy Trinity is the only true GOD in existence. All others are below Him.”
Is certainly telling me what to believe, AND how to spell it.
“I said not to be nit-picky.”
And here you are, at your nit-picky finest. Do you even consider the meaning of what you write, or is it just a one way conversation with you?
“I didn’t tell you what to believe I stated grammar facts.”
No facts at all in your nit-picky comments, just your opinion based on your myopic Christian world view.
And to be clear, I find most Christians quite pleasant, it’s just the ones that try to cram it down other people’s throats, like you, that I find obnoxious.
Joseph says
You definitely have issues.
Heather says
Steady on!!