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Reza Aslan hypes “Islamophobia”

Apr 29, 2015 4:59 pm By Cinnamon Stillwell

Reza AslanAt an April 13 lecture at the University of California, Riverside, UCR creative writing professor and self-styled expert on Islam and the Middle East Reza Aslan employed biased sources, isolated statistics, and ad hominem attacks to blame critics of radical Islam for the alleged rise in “Islamophobia” in post-9/11 America.

“Islamophobia: The Real Enemy” was delivered before a student-dominated audience of some three hundred who laughed heartily at Aslan’s fashionably anti-American jokes, clearly responding to his personable, hip demeanor. Dressed casually in jeans, no tie, and an untucked shirt, he was, effectively, one of them.

Aslan explained that, “as a Middle Easterner, as a Muslim,” Islamophobia was “a personal issue” that had been “brought home on a personal level.” The child of Iranian immigrants who came to California in the early 1980s at the height of the hostage crisis—or, as Aslan put it, “an era in which Iran, the Middle East, and Muslims were being demonized”—he described how “tough” it was to be “Iranian/Muslim.” Consequently, he tried to “separate himself from his heritage, culture, [and] religion,” by “pretending to be a Mexican,” which, he joked, “tells you how little I understood America . . . they don’t like Mexicans, either.” The audience responded with knowing laughter.

Praising America as “a unique . . . country of immigrants” united by “adherence to a set of values,” Aslan claimed this unity is tested “in times of societal stress,” particularly after 9/11, when, he alleged, there was an “unprecedented surge of Islamophobia” and “every passing year, the numbers” got “higher and higher.” Citing alarming figures depicting a country awash in “mosque burnings” and anti-Muslim violence, he alluded to FBI statistics without acknowledging that, in 2013, sixty percent of religiously motivated hate crimes targeted Jews, while only eleven percent were directed at Muslims.

The visual aids projected onto the large screen behind him revealed the bias of at least one of his sources. Relying primarily upon the left-wing Center for American Progress (CAP)’s inaccurate 2011 report, “Fear, Inc. The Roots of the Islamophobia Network in America,” Aslan sought to blame the supposed rise in “Islamophobia” on:

[A] well-planned, well-executed deliberate attempt to turn Muslims into an internal enemy by a very small cabal of individuals and organizations that have been funded to the tune of nearly 46 million dollars.

CAP’s report explained, Aslan noted, why “after 9/11, there was a rallying around Muslims,” but “the further away we got from 9/11, the higher the anti-Muslim sentiment” grew. He contended that it was “not a naturally evolving process” based on Americans’ reaction to real world events, but the work of handful of “misinformation experts,” “pseudo-scholars,” and “hate groups.” He bemoaned that their “reports are cited” by the media, politicians, and the “average American” as “actual studies,” even as he quoted the vacuous CAP report to a university audience.

One of the report’s targets, Middle East Forum president Daniel Pipes—whom Aslan dubbed, “the intellectual Islamophobe”—has pointed out that, in addition to CAP’s “predictable leftist-Islamist alarmism about those of us trying to warn the world of lawful Islamism,” its financial allegations are faulty, it has “a budget many times larger than all of the organizations it attacks,” and “its secret Business Alliance has a host of corporate donors.” Presumably, Aslan did no research into the four-year-old CAP report, nor into its second, equally tendentious iteration, before largely basing his lecture on its findings.

Rather than rigorous critique, Aslan insulted those named in the report (Islam scholar Robert Spencer is a “moron,” blogger and activist Pamela Geller is the “screeching queen of Islamophobia”), took quotes out of context, and belittled such dissidents from the Muslim world as Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Brigitte Gabriel. Referring to the anti-Catholicism and anti-Semitism of 1920s America, Aslan made an asinine comparison to two anti-Semitic figures of that period, Fr. Charles Coughlin and Henry Ford:

The Charles Coughlins of today never tire of preaching about the Judeo-Christian values upon which this country was founded. . . . A generation from now, they will look back at this time the same way people look at the 20s—with disgust. They will be as disgusted with Pamela Geller and Robert Spencer as Coughlin and Ford.

He then asked the audience:

What kind of America do you want to live in? The divisive America that the anti-Muslim ideologues preach or the one that finds unity in diversity and celebrates differences?

Aslan never defined “Islamophobia” beyond calling it “bigotry towards Muslims.” Avoiding reference to the authoritarianism, sectarian conflict, misogyny, persecution of religious minorities, and other human rights abuses emanating from the Muslim world, he provided no context for this purported fear. As for Islamic terrorism, he blithely declared, “None of you are going to die by a terrorist; you have more to fear from a Lazy Boy [recliner].

To the obvious fact that it’s erroneous to accuse “anyone who criticizes Islam of being Islamophobic,” Aslan responded in typical profanity-laden style: “That’s bulls**t!” Asserting that criticizing Islam is tantamount to attacking all Muslims, he added, “If it involves an entire group of people, you’re a bigot.” He eventually chalked up such prejudice to a “problem with America . . . a crisis of identity,” concluding, “The problem isn’t with Islam, it’s not with Muslims.”

By peddling this view to a broad audience, Aslan inoculates radical Islam from criticism. He claimed that, “Ninety percent of my efforts now are in the fields of film, pop culture, [and] fiction” and that, “the reason I teach creative writing . . . is that nothing I do will have as much influence as a sitcom.” Referencing the influence of the television show “Will & Grace” on Americans’ views of homosexuality, Aslan observed, correctly, that popular culture has the power to change the public’s beliefs on core issues.

No doubt, Aslan will continue lecturing receptive young audiences on the perils of “Islamophobia,” and he won’t be alone. The 2015 annual conference of the Islamophobia Research & Documentation Project at the University of California, Berkeley focused on developing a field of “Islamophobia studies.” The subject is all the rage in Middle East studies and throughout academe, which is doing its utmost to distract attention from the backdrop of supremacism, dysfunction, and bellicosity in the region. Americans should beware the protestations of Aslan and his fellow travelers, for they intend not to educate, but to mislead.

Cinnamon Stillwell is the West Coast Representative for Campus Watch, a project of the Middle East Forum. She can be reached at stillwell@meforum.org.

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  1. Champ says

    Apr 29, 2015 at 5:02 pm

    “Islamophobia: The Real Enemy”

    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    Reza Aslan, a creative writing professor who writes *fiction* …

    • Champ says

      Apr 29, 2015 at 8:27 pm

      islam: the Real Enemy!

      • Eternal Vigilance says

        Apr 30, 2015 at 8:42 pm

        Middle-easterner and Muslim Reza Islan:

        it is a shame that a University publically supported by USA citizenry and taxpayers should find itself playing host to a propagandist who wittingly lends support to Islamic terrorism around the world. Given the bestialities and excesses practiced by the likes of ISIS, Boko Haram, Al Quaeda, etc. it is not surprising or unjustied that American citizenry would find Islam a hateful, detestable religion. In spite of the violent history of Islam, Americans have been tolerant of Islam rantings and crimes committed in and against the USA, hoping that indeed Islam is a religion of peace.

        Purposely driven otherwise, Islam continues to demonstrate that peace can only be found when Islam is imposed on all nations of the world. I, for one, have been phobic against the likes of Hitler, Stalin, Pol Pot and all those dark criminal creatures of the past who have slaughtered their way to power. I am proudly phobic against Islam which also seeks, through its terrorist agents, to slaughter its way to power.

        I, too, am proud to be labeled, along with every other American, by Islam as an infidel. Islam teaches the so-called virtue of lieing to the infidel. As such you are carrying out the will of the Islamic leadership! Your lies and distortions published in “Islamophobia: The Real Enemy!” is a farcical effort to mislead the gullible to believe that there is such a thing as a peaceful Islamist.

        You claim that, “as a Middle Easterner, as a Muslim,” Islamophobia was “a personal issue” that had been “brought home on a personal level.” Wanton bestiality is the only truth that applies to Islam. You well deserve the shame associated with Islam’s worldwide and continuing murders, beheadings, enslavements, rape, etc. that have been commonly practiced in the name of Islam since 1900.

        You claim that the USA is tested “in times of societal stress,” particularly after 9/11, when, you allege, there was an “unprecedented surge of Islamophobia” and “every passing year, the numbers” got “higher and higher.” Well, you and your cohorts of the Jihad well deserve such castigations and mor!.

        You claim to be a “middle-easterner and a Muslim!” That would be in keeping with your actions and claims which are detestable to any thinking American. Take your islamaphobic allegations to your Muslim homeland with supporting photographs of Islamists burning Christian churches, beheading surrendered and captured prisoners, murder of homosexuals, destroying historical memorabilia and priceless works of the past, etc. Such presentations on your part will assuredly receive a proud acknowledgement from the perpetrators of endless bestialities.

        Go and do not forget to close the door behind you!

      • John Stefan Obeda says

        Apr 30, 2015 at 9:30 pm

        Also the devil the real enemy!

    • jihad3tracker says

      Apr 29, 2015 at 9:31 pm

      Hello Champ —

      Please pardon my parachuting in here, but it is important to let newer commenters know about Reza Poofy-poof Aslan (middle name “I-Always-Carry-A-Mirror”) and his narcissistic personality disorder.

      Judging by something he wrote to Robert Spencer several years ago, this 30-something juvenile seems to be a closeted organism, who lets his personal cat out of the bag when under the influence of alcohol.

      Use the Jihad Watch search box to find pathetically hilarious examples, including an email to Spencer with a revealing lie : ” I am into women, not walruses.”

      As Sigmund Freud would have told us commenters here, sipping cognac after a five course dinner in Vienna Austria about one hundred years ago, Reza’s panicked subconscious inverts the truth.

  2. mortimer says

    Apr 29, 2015 at 5:21 pm

    Reza Aslan is a creative writer who cannot debate FACTS. He is a coward who has run away from debating Robert Spencer because he knows he’d be beaten like a drum!

    Aslan’s claims are empty, because there is no disease called Islamophobia. Study of Islam is learning, not an illness. When we find problems in Islam, it’s criticism, not a mental illness. The ability to do scientific research is a sign of sanity.

    Islamophobia is a smokescreen or red herring so people like Aslan needn’t answer tough questions or participate in a DEBATE with someone who is more knowledgeable about Islam than he is.

  3. john in cheshire says

    Apr 29, 2015 at 5:35 pm

    There is no such thing as islamophobia; it’s a made-up word, by muslims, with no actual meaning and whose sole purpose is to conjure up intangible negative thoughts every time it is used.

    • mortimer says

      Apr 29, 2015 at 5:47 pm

      Muslims use ‘Islamophobia’ to avoid debate, because in debate they always lose. Facts and ethics are not on the side of Islam.

      • Huck Folder says

        May 2, 2015 at 1:08 am

        “Facts and ethics are not on the side of Islam.”

        “NONE of you are going to die by a terrorist; you have more to fear from a Lazy Boy” [recliner].

        Tell that to the 3,000 plus victims of ISLAMIST TERRORISM, or their relatives.

        Why was there no one there to challenge that egregious lie?

        Let me put it another way: You know that bookies will take bets on anything where they can make a buck. How about betting there won’t be another MURDER in the US by ISLAMIST TERRORISTS in 2015, or in the next ten years… I don’t think you’ll get any takers.

        And all those professional WANKERS in his audience who lapped up his taqiyya and every lie of commission or omission, or every half truth, won’t get it even if it does happen to ‘one of theirs’, even if a hundred were vaporized.

  4. Jay Airahs says

    Apr 29, 2015 at 6:11 pm

    The Muzzies are Krankin.

    Go on Krank it up.
    Islam is still going down.

  5. Jay Airahs says

    Apr 29, 2015 at 6:15 pm

    Muslim compared to Mexican
    Religion — equated to a nationality (with implied ethnicity)

    Self-serving Muslim logic

  6. Abraham says

    Apr 29, 2015 at 6:17 pm

    The real issue is not Islamophobia, but rather Judeophobia and Cristophobia. Reza Aslan is nothing more but a wannabe intellectual. He would not dare to debate Spencer, Zacharias or Wood.

    • EYESOPEN says

      Apr 29, 2015 at 11:37 pm

      Right you are there Honest Abe! {;o)

  7. mortimer says

    Apr 29, 2015 at 6:17 pm

    “The problem isn’t with Islam, it’s not with Muslims.” – Aslan

    So, we understand by this that Islam is perfect and Muslims can’t be criticized.

    When you’re perfect you don’t have the slightest fault.

    Is anyone really buying that?

    Aslan can’t find a single critique of Islam that is valid. Is such breathtaking dishonesty believed by anyone in his audience … or are they just being polite?

    • Keith says

      Apr 30, 2015 at 2:47 am

      Unfortunately a lot of them believe it. It has already been drummed into them during the primary and secondary education through out the western world.

  8. crossfitisdumb says

    Apr 29, 2015 at 6:26 pm

    Aslan never addresses the Qur’an or the Sunna, and this is why his presentation is useless. His whole argument is based on false assumptions and opinions.

  9. Wellington says

    Apr 29, 2015 at 6:31 pm

    I’ve said it before and I will say it again and that is that anyone who uses the term “Islamophobia” as though the term is is to be taken seriously is one who cannot be taken seriously. This wretched term is used to silence legitimate criticism of man’s most intolerant and violence-prone religon. And it’s no surprise that an apologist for Islam, for covering up its heinous and freedom-destroying doctrines, would in this instance be Reza Aslan, a rather reptilian figure to say the least.

    Aslan could function as the poster boy for obfuscation and lying about Islam. Robert Spencer would destroy him in debate and that is the real reason why this coward won’t debate Spencer. Yes, all Aslan can do with Spencer (Geller too) is call them names but what he won’t do is debate them. Mark of the coward.

    Meanwhile, Muslims aplenty in the name of their faith continue to kill aplenty, to maim apenty, to disallow true freedom aplenty. But remember, this has nothing to do with Islam. Those asserting such must, of course, be an Islamophobe. Right, Aslan?

  10. Angemon says

    Apr 29, 2015 at 7:00 pm

    To the obvious fact that it’s erroneous to accuse “anyone who criticizes Islam of being Islamophobic,” Aslan responded in typical profanity-laden style: “That’s bulls**t!” Asserting that criticizing Islam is tantamount to attacking all Muslims, he added, “If it involves an entire group of people, you’re a bigot.”

    Using Reza’s “logic”, if I criticize fascism I’m criticizing an entire group of people therefore I’m a bigot. And besides the faulty logic, it’s implicit that he considers personal attacks on specific individuals fair game.

    The child of Iranian immigrants who came to California in the early 1980s at the height of the hostage crisis—or, as Aslan put it, “an era in which Iran, the Middle East, and Muslims were being demonized”—

    Because what’s wrong with totalitarian theocracy and savagery, and the kidnapping of American citizens, right?

    he described how “tough” it was to be “Iranian/Muslim.”

    Couldn’t be tougher than being Iranian/Muslim in Iran. I really can’t imagine Reza Aslan surviving for long in the mullahcracy.

    Consequently, he tried to “separate himself from his heritage, culture, [and] religion,” by “pretending to be a Mexican,” which, he joked, “tells you how little I understood America . . . they don’t like Mexicans, either.”

    Callback:

    “That’s bulls**t! If it involves an entire group of people, you’re a bigot.”

    He eventually chalked up such prejudice to a “problem with America . . .

    Callback:

    “That’s bulls**t! If it involves an entire group of people, you’re a bigot

    “The problem isn’t with Islam, it’s not with Muslims.”

    Of course not. It’s not like Americans are seeing muslims acting like savages not only in America but also in the rest of the world and draw their own conclusions. 9/11, 7/7, the Fort Hood massacre, the Boston Bombing, the scores of foiled jihad attacks mean nothing. The problem lies in people like Robert Spencer or Pamela Geller, who courageously speak against the ideology behind those attacks and refuse to stand down. Or, as Reza Aslan’s ilk would put it, “peddle in islamophobia”.

    Aslan never defined “Islamophobia” beyond calling it “bigotry towards Muslims.”

    I don’t think anyone here is ok with bigotry. But exactly what Reza’s definition of bigotry? If the manager of a supermarket interviewing a muslim candidate for the position of cashier if he/she is ok handling pork and alcohol, is he being a bigot?

  11. Fritz Kohlhaas says

    Apr 29, 2015 at 7:17 pm

    The term “Islamophobia” was invented by radical Muslims and their benefactors – the leftists/prggressives/Marxists/PCmorons. As to Aslan: Aslan is vermin!

    • EYESOPEN says

      Apr 29, 2015 at 11:39 pm

      And that’s an insult to the vermin!

  12. abad says

    Apr 29, 2015 at 7:42 pm

    I’ll buy him a one-way ticket to Tehran

  13. Georg says

    Apr 29, 2015 at 8:06 pm

    What a disgusting and insidious malcontent who personifies the matrix of thinly-veiled Islamist entryism.

    Think of the sacrifice and bravery of our forefathers and the fear of resisting turns to dust.

    • Huck Folder says

      May 2, 2015 at 1:17 am

      “…the matrix of thinly-veiled Islamist entryism.”

      Camelus dromedarius rhino-insinuism?

  14. livingengine says

    Apr 29, 2015 at 8:17 pm

    The best profile of “Fear, Inc.” and its authors.
    http://www.frontpagemag.com/2011/dgreenfield/silencing-critics-of-islamic-extremism/

  15. R Cole says

    Apr 29, 2015 at 9:17 pm

    Reza Aslan hopes for his personal religious views be made into law.

    Reza is the guy in the clown suit – acting as the distraction – for the raging bull that is Islam.

    To make his point he has to deny the Islam of Iran, the Islam of Saudi Arabia – the Islam of the Islamic State – and make it about the cool guy in a pair of jeans — to personalize the criticism – thereby make any criticism of Islam – [his vehicle to the hereafter] about him.

    But how relevant is Reza – in the Islamic State they behead Shias.

    And the readiness of Muslim spokespersons to include ex-Muslims in their ‘Islamophobe’ bag – is undoubtedly one of the foremost reasons why they would be so reluctant to define the term. How can you accuse an ex-Muslim – someone who grew up in the faith – of unfounded fear or a lack of knowledge of the faith – they now warn others about.

    There is clearly a deeper driving force behind the stop the ‘Islamophobia’ effort.

    You have western leaders and others buying into the ‘Islamophobia’ idea – because they think this problem with Islam will just go away.

    Putting aside the wishful thinkers – there are the Muslims themselves – if you clear the anti-racist4Islam noise makers out of the way – you have the Muslim groups – using ‘Islamophobia’ to bring about laws which are very closely aligned with the sharia.

    With ex-Muslims saying – yes! what you are seeing is the real religion – people would rather believe Reza’s creative writing stories – and if it were not for the US Constitution – would possibly go along with the suggestion that these renegade-Islamophobes be arrested and criminalized for speaking openly about their former faiths.

    Reza’s best non-Muslim buddy [Reza would not be so stupid] – openly suggested in several articles that the US Constitution be changed to protect Islam from criticism – the one obstacle many US Muslims whine stands in the way of implementing the Sharia – in their view the perfect system for living – for all.

    Reza is the Islamist – in western clothing.

  16. Westman says

    Apr 29, 2015 at 10:17 pm

    Reza feels safe because he doesn’t live in Muslim society. He isn’t teaching his dishonesty in Saudi Arabia where he would be in danger from Sunni Muslims. If Sunni populations ever get in the 10% range in the US, he won’t be quite so vocal.

    The OIC is an oxymoron – it should be called the Organization of Islamic wars and Corruption.

  17. Karen says

    Apr 29, 2015 at 11:34 pm

    To quote a great man, “there is no Reza, but Reza.”

    • Karen says

      Apr 29, 2015 at 11:52 pm

      “Reza Aslan – Whitewashing Jihad” – a great episode of ABN’s ‘Jihad Watch’.

  18. William Lucas Harvey Jr. says

    Apr 30, 2015 at 2:35 am

    The false “Islamophobia” probably SHOULD be criminalized in the Civilized, non 7th Century World of Islam, just the SAME as Islam’s Muslims want World Wide CRIMINALIZATION of ANY “Blaspheming” of Islam and their so called Butchering “Prophet” Mohammed, which is essentially telling the TRUTH about Islam and it’s Bloody Butchery “Death to the Infidel” cult.

    Islam, which isn’t really a “Religion”, If it can be proven that Islam does NOT qualify as a religion according to our laws, then Islam will lose its religious designation, it’s very wanted but misguided protection under the guise of our First Amendment along with its tax exempt status, and thus its foothold in America.

    *Islam IS “The ‘Religion’ of Conquest” , Islam isn’t a race, Islam IS a movement to take over the world by force.

    *Islam IS A global caliphate with an objective that advances the cause of Islam by gaining the trust of the Infidel non-believers in order to draw out their vulnerability and defeat them.

    *Islam requires the Subjugation of Christianity and America to the Muslim Brotherhood and Allah.

    *Islam’s goal IS Islam versus Unbelievers to Convert, Subjugate or Die.

    *Islam IS a ‘Religion’ Based on Terrorism, a target of opportunity, and Islam IS Is a Violent Form of ‘Faith’.

    *Islam IS is a rigid political and cultural system with a mandate to conquer and govern the lives of others via necessary force “until religion is only for Allah.”

    *In Islam Violence is sanctioned by the Qur’an, a book which NOT ONCE tells Muslims to love those outside the faith.

    *Islam is NOT a “Religion of Peace” Islam teaches that you’re to kill Jews and you’re to kill Christians.

    *Islam uses Taqiyya and Kitman Lying and Deception : The Islamic doctrine of the “Grand Deception” of deceit to defend and promote Islam.

    *Islam Permits Lying to Deceive Unbelievers and Bring World Domination!.

    *Islam subordinates everything to itself. Islam is not the answer – Islam is the problem.

    *Islam is an amalgam of social, political and judicial systems as well as a belief system. It is neither one thing nor the other – Islam is unique

    *The Philosophically Islam is as far from other religions as it is possible to be. It lies beyond nihilism and its morality is inverted.

    *In society Islam functions in the opposite manner from all other religions. Rather than producing peace and social harmony, it sows violence and social disruption.

    *”Islamophobia” is a made-up word, a term for self deception used by Islamic apologists. It isn’t tenable, plausible, or convincing once you really look at it. Using the term is merely a way to slander those who have legitimate concerns about implications and consequences of the teachings of Islam. It is a way to prevent legitimate criticism and debate about an important global problem..

    *Islam which itself wants to “Blaspheme and Degrade” ANY Religion other than Islam, with expected Impunity, using a Country’s “Religious Freedom” Laws to Persecute anyone who “Defames” Islam and Muslims, with the TRUTH.

    *Islam which is a totally “Death to the Infidel, Death to the Jews, Death to America” cult, always crying and whining “Persecution” as an excuse, for THEIR OWN actions.

    *In Islam the Qur’an not only calls Muslims to submit to Allah, it also commands them to subdue people of other religions until they are in a full state of submission to Islamic rule.

    A few of Many Article Links:
    http://www.https://civilusdefendus.wordpress.com/2010/01/10/4-stages-of-islamic-conquest/nowtheendbegins.com/pages/iran/muslims_plan_for_world_dominance.htm “Islamic Conquest”.
    https://civilusdefendus.wordpress.com/2010/01/10/4-stages-of-islamic-conquest/ “”The 4 stages of Islamic Conquest”.
    http://historyscoper-islamwatch.blogspot.com/2013/10/video-definition-of-islamophobia-is.html “Islamophobia”.
    http://www.barenakedislam.com/2009/04/09/muslim-lies-learn-how-to-recognize-taqiyya-islamic-art-of-deception/ “Islamic accepted lying and deception”.
    http://www.thereligionofpeace.com/pages/top-10-reasons.htm “Ten Obvious Reasons Why Islam is NOT a Religion of Peace”
    http://www.thereligionofpeace.com/pages/aboutsite.htm “About TheReligionofPeace.com”
    http://www.wnd.com/2003/08/20098/ “Islam’s 20-year plan for U.S.”
    http://newenglishreview.org/Rebecca_Bynum/Why_Islam_is_Not_a_Religion/ “Why Islam is Not a Religion”.
    http://www.vexen.co.uk/religion/islam_unbelievers.html “Convert, Subjugate or Die”.
    http://www.answering-islam.org/Authors/Arlandson/ultimate_goal.htm “The Ultimate Goal of Islam”.
    https://sites.google.com/site/muslimdeception/taqiyya “Taqiyya (lying,deceiving,illusion) Islam’s most important ideological wartool as muslims are allowed to show friendship outwardly, but never inwardly)”.
    http://www.targetofopportunity.com/islam.htm ” A Religion’ Based on Terrorism, a target of opportunity”.
    http://www.thereligionofpeace.com/pages/myths-of-islam.htm “In truth, the Quran not only calls Muslims to submit to Allah , it also commands them to subdue people of other religions “.
    http://www.jihadwatch.org/islam-101 “The fundamentals of Islam”.
    http://www.jihadwatch.org/2006/07/islamic-dictionary-for-infidels “The fundamentals of Islam Dictionary”.
    http://www.muslimfact.com/bm/terror-in-the-name-of-islam/islam-permits-lying-to-deceive-unbelievers-and-bri~print.shtml “Islam Permits Lying to Deceive Unbelievers and Bring World Domination!”.
    http://www.counterextremism.com/ “CEP- The Counter Extremism Project – ISIS, et. al.”.

    • Gordon Miller says

      Apr 30, 2015 at 9:29 am

      Wonderful, inspiring post. Thank You.

  19. William Lucas Harvey Jr. says

    Apr 30, 2015 at 2:41 am

    The false “Islamophobia” probably SHOULD be criminalized in the Civilized, non 7th Century World of Islam, just the SAME as Islam’s Muslims want World Wide CRIMINALIZATION of ANY “Blaspheming” of The false “Islamophobia” probably SHOULD be criminalized in the Civilized, non 7th Century World of Islam, just the SAME as Islam’s Muslims want World Wide CRIMINALIZATION of ANY “Blaspheming” of Islam and their so called Butchering “Prophet” Mohammed, which is essentially telling the TRUTH about Islam and it’s Bloody Butchery “Death to the Infidel” cult.

    Islam, which isn’t really a “Religion”, If it can be proven that Islam does NOT qualify as a religion according to our laws, then Islam will lose its religious designation, it’s very wanted but misguided protection under the guise of our First Amendment along with its tax exempt status, and thus its foothold in America.

    *Islam IS “The ‘Religion’ of Conquest” , Islam isn’t a race, Islam IS a movement to take over the world by force.

    *Islam IS A global caliphate with an objective that advances the cause of Islam by gaining the trust of the Infidel non-believers in order to draw out their vulnerability and defeat them.

    *Islam requires the Subjugation of Christianity and America to the Muslim Brotherhood and Allah.
    *Islam’s goal IS Islam versus Unbelievers to Convert, Subjugate or Die.

    *Islam IS a ‘Religion’ Based on Terrorism, a target of opportunity, and Islam IS Is a Violent Form of ‘Faith’.

    *Islam IS is a rigid political and cultural system with a mandate to conquer and govern the lives of others via necessary force “until religion is only for Allah.”

    *In Islam Violence is sanctioned by the Qur’an, a book which NOT ONCE tells Muslims to love those outside the faith.

    *Islam is NOT a “Religion of Peace” Islam teaches that you’re to kill Jews and you’re to kill Christians.

    *Islam uses Taqiyya and Kitman Lying and Deception : The Islamic doctrine of the “Grand Deception” of deceit to defend and promote Islam.

    *Islam Permits Lying to Deceive Unbelievers and Bring World Domination!.

    *Islam subordinates everything to itself. Islam is not the answer – Islam is the problem.

    *Islam is an amalgam of social, political and judicial systems as well as a belief system. It is neither one thing nor the other – Islam is unique

    *The Philosophically Islam is as far from other religions as it is possible to be. It lies beyond nihilism and its morality is inverted.

    *In society Islam functions in the opposite manner from all other religions. Rather than producing peace and social harmony, it sows violence and social disruption.

    *”Islamophobia” is a made-up word, a term for self deception used by Islamic apologists. It isn’t tenable, plausible, or convincing once you really look at it. Using the term is merely a way to slander those who have legitimate concerns about implications and consequences of the teachings of Islam. It is a way to prevent legitimate criticism and debate about an important global problem..

    *Islam which itself wants to “Blaspheme and Degrade” ANY Religion other than Islam, with expected Impunity, using a Country’s “Religious Freedom” Laws to Persecute anyone who “Defames” Islam and Muslims, with the TRUTH.

    *Islam which is a totally “Death to the Infidel, Death to the Jews, Death to America” cult, always crying and whining “Persecution” as an excuse, for THEIR OWN actions.

    *In Islam the Qur’an not only calls Muslims to submit to Allah, it also commands them to subdue people of other religions until they are in a full state of submission to Islamic rule.

    A few of Many Article Links:
    http://www.https://civilusdefendus.wordpress.com/2010/01/10/4-stages-of-islamic-conquest/nowtheendbegins.com/pages/iran/muslims_plan_for_world_dominance.htm “Islamic Conquest”.
    https://civilusdefendus.wordpress.com/2010/01/10/4-stages-of-islamic-conquest/ “”The 4 stages of Islamic Conquest”.
    http://historyscoper-islamwatch.blogspot.com/2013/10/video-definition-of-islamophobia-is.html “Islamophobia”.
    http://www.barenakedislam.com/2009/04/09/muslim-lies-learn-how-to-recognize-taqiyya-islamic-art-of-deception/ “Islamic accepted lying and deception”.
    http://www.thereligionofpeace.com/pages/top-10-reasons.htm “Ten Obvious Reasons Why Islam is NOT a Religion of Peace”
    http://www.thereligionofpeace.com/pages/aboutsite.htm “About TheReligionofPeace.com”
    http://www.wnd.com/2003/08/20098/ “Islam’s 20-year plan for U.S.”
    http://newenglishreview.org/Rebecca_Bynum/Why_Islam_is_Not_a_Religion/ “Why Islam is Not a Religion”.
    http://www.vexen.co.uk/religion/islam_unbelievers.html “Convert, Subjugate or Die”.
    http://www.answering-islam.org/Authors/Arlandson/ultimate_goal.htm “The Ultimate Goal of Islam”.
    https://sites.google.com/site/muslimdeception/taqiyya “Taqiyya (lying,deceiving,illusion) Islam’s most important ideological wartool as muslims are allowed to show friendship outwardly, but never inwardly)”.
    http://www.targetofopportunity.com/islam.htm ” A Religion’ Based on Terrorism, a target of opportunity”.
    http://www.thereligionofpeace.com/pages/myths-of-islam.htm “In truth, the Quran not only calls Muslims to submit to Allah , it also commands them to subdue people of other religions “.
    http://www.jihadwatch.org/islam-101 “The fundamentals of Islam”.
    http://www.jihadwatch.org/2006/07/islamic-dictionary-for-infidels “The fundamentals of Islam Dictionary”.
    http://www.muslimfact.com/bm/terror-in-the-name-of-islam/islam-permits-lying-to-deceive-unbelievers-and-bri~print.shtml “Islam Permits Lying to Deceive Unbelievers and Bring World Domination!”.
    http://www.counterextremism.com/ “CEP- The Counter Extremism Project – ISIS, et. al.”.

  20. katarzyna says

    Apr 30, 2015 at 4:10 am

    ”Islamophobia. A word created by fascists, & used by cowards, to manipulate morons.”(Andrew Cummins)

    “America is like a healthy body and its resistance is threefold:
    its patriotism, its morality, and its spiritual life.
    If we can undermine these three areas,
    America will collapse from within.”(Joseph Stalin)
    “The victor will never be asked if he told the truth.”(Adolf Hitler)

  21. duh_swami says

    Apr 30, 2015 at 5:10 am

    I have met the enemy, and it is him…Islamophobia is a fake term, used only by lunar-tic moon worshippers, and unhinged infidel useful idiots…More of a school yard taunt than an actual description of anything. Since it’s only purpose is to demean, disparage and insult, it should be classified as ‘hate speech’…
    How do you like those apples Reza?

  22. shabeer_hassan says

    Apr 30, 2015 at 5:51 am

    @William Lucas Harvey Jr
    millions of lies never /ever go to the truth :
    JUST TWO EXAMPLE:
    # Islam Violence is sanctioned by the Qur’an
    Muslim :: Book 17 : Hadith 4238
    Ubida b. as-Samit repnrted: I was one of those headmen who swore allegiance to Allah’s Messenger (may peace be upon him) that we will not associate anything with Allah, and will not commit adultery, and will not steal, and will not kill any soul which Allah has forbidden, but with justice nor plunder, nor disobey (Allah and His Apostle), then Paradise (will be the reward) in case we do these (acts) ; and if we commit any outrage(bad, violence) (and that goes unpunished in the world), it is Allah Who would decide about it. Ibn Rumh said: Its judgment lies with Allah.
    Muslim :: Book 30 : Hadith 5756
    ‘A’isha reported that Allah’s Messenger (may peace be upon him) never beat anyone with his hand, neither a woman nor a servant, but only, in the case when he had been fighting in the cause of Allah and he never took revenge for anything unless the things made inviolable by Allah were made violable; he then took revenge for Allah, the Exalted and Glorious.
    Muslim :: Book 19 : Hadith 4399
    It has been narrated on the authority of Abdullah b. Muti’ who heard from his father and said: I heard the Holy Prophet (may peace be upon him) say on the day of the Conquest of Mecca: No Quraishite will be killed hound hand and foot from this day until the Day of judgment.
    WHO R NOT?
    Deuteronomy 13:6-9 “If your very own brother, or your son or daughter, or the wife you love, or your closest friend secretly entices you, saying: Let us go and worship other gods (gods that neither you nor your fathers have known, gods of the peoples around you, whether near or far, from one end of the land to the other, or gods of other religions), do not yield to him or listen to him. Show him no pity. Do not spare him or shield him. You must certainly put him to death. Your hand must be the first in putting him to death, and then the hands of all the people.”

    Also let us look at Deuteronomy 17:3-5 “And he should go and worship other gods and bow down to them or to the sun or the moon or all the army of the heavens, …..and you must stone such one with stones and such one must die.”

    This verse was sent to me by Yusif 65; may Allah Almighty always be pleased with him: 2 Chronicles 15:13 “All who would not seek the LORD, the God of Israel, were to be put to death, whether small or great, man or woman.”

    #Islam Permits Lying to Deceive

    7: 29. Say (O Muhammad SAW): My Lord has commanded justice and (said) that you should face Him only (i.e. worship none but Allâh and face the Qiblah, i.e. the Ka’bah at Makkah during prayers) in each and every place of worship, in prayers (and not to face other false deities and idols), and invoke Him only making your religion sincere to Him by not joining in worship any partner to Him and with the intention that you are doing your deeds for Allâh’s sake only
    33: 70. O you who believe! Keep your duty to Allâh and fear Him, and speak (always) the truth.
    Muslim :: Book 32 : Hadith 6307,6308,6309
    It is obligatory for you to tell the truth, for truth leads to virtue and virtue leads to Paradise, and the man who continues to speak the truth and endeavours to tell the truth is eventually recorded as truthful with Allah, and beware of telling of a lie for telling of a lie leads to obscenity and obscenity leads to Hell-Fire
    Malik :: Book 56 : Hadith 56.7.16
    Malik related to me that he heard that Abdullah ibn Masud used to say, “You must tell the truth. Truthfulness leads to right action. Right action leads to the Garden. Beware of lying. Lying leads to corruption, and corruption leads to the Fire. Don’t you see that it is said, ‘He speaks the truth and acts rightly,’ and, ‘He lies and is corrupt.’
    Malik :: Book 56 : Hadith 56.7.19
    Malik related to me that Safwan ibn Sulaym said, “The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was asked, ‘Can the mumin be a coward?’ He said, ‘Yes.’ He was asked, ‘Can the mumin be a miser?’ He said, ‘Yes.’ He was asked, ‘Can the mumin be a liar?’ He said, ‘No.’ ”
    1 Kings 22:20-22

    20 And the LORD said, ‘Who will entice Ahab into attacking Ramoth Gilead and going to his death there?’
    “One suggested this, and another that. 21 Finally, a spirit came forward, stood before the LORD and said, ‘I will entice him.’

    22 ” ‘By what means?’ the LORD asked.
    ” ‘I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouths of all his prophets,’ he said.
    ” ‘You will succeed in enticing him,’ said the LORD. ‘Go and do it.’
    AND WHO WAS NOT?
    Ezekiel 14:9-11

    9 ” ‘And if the prophet is enticed to utter a prophecy, I the LORD have enticed that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand against him and destroy him from among my people Israel. 10 They will bear their guilt?the prophet will be as guilty as the one who consults him. 11 Then the people of Israel will no longer stray from me, nor will they defile themselves anymore with all their sins. They will be my people, and I will be their God, declares the Sovereign LORD.’ ”
    Isaiah 37:6-7

    Isaiah said to them, “Tell your master, ‘This is what the LORD says: Do not be afraid of what you have heard?those words with which the underlings of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me. Listen! I am going to put a spirit in him so that when he hears a certain report, he will return to his own country, and there I will have him cut down with the sword.’ “

    • RG says

      Apr 30, 2015 at 2:01 pm

      @shabeer_hassan.

      What?!? YOU’RE DEMENTED AND YOU’RE LIVING IN THE DARK AGES!

      First of all, no Jews or Christians still adhere to the Old Testament commands to “put to death” those who worship false gods. There is One Who has paid that penalty for us. His Immaculate Blood is the answer for all time and eternity to pay for the sins of all mankind! No further blood is required, and what’s more, it’s a proven fact that islamic jihadists randomly select their victims with absolutely no foreknowledge of guilt or innocence! I suppose you wholeheartedly support the Boston bombers who blew that little kid to kingdom come! If not, then why are you throwing all kinds of Bible quotes around about KILLING and deceiving???

      The Holy Scriptures of the Old Testament that you deliberately misuse and quote out of context were written for a good reason – the false cults of the day were committing all kinds of debauchery and vile butchery and immorality, i.e., the false Baal cult tortured their live newborn infants on altars of blood and fire! I think the LORD GOD JEHOVAH had a good reason to command an end to that kind of IDOLATRY AND BLOODSHED!! And you have the ever-impudent sadistic gall to compare your present-day islamic BLOOD-CULT to God Almighty’s commands!!!

      ISLAM IS NOT GOD’S PURGE ON EARTH AGAINST IMMORALITY AND SIN – IT’S SATAN’S VILE SUBSTITUTE FOR THE LORD GOD’S ONLY BEGOTTEN SON, WHO ALREADY HAS BORNE OUR SINS ON HIS OWN SINLESS BODY!!!! You cannot be saved by following islam, because SALVATION IS OF THE JEWS – JESUS CHRIST WAS A JEW!!!!! Read John 4.22 – better yet, read the entire Book of John!

  23. duh_swami says

    Apr 30, 2015 at 6:25 am

    Islam Violence is sanctioned by the Qur’an…

    Why yes Shabeer, it certainly is…Of course, if you think the Quran has an expiration date, you might not agree. Does the Quran, or any part of it, have an expiration date?

    • shabeer_hassan says

      Apr 30, 2015 at 11:12 am

      The greatest proof for the Qur’an being a practicable book is
      the very revolution that has been wrought by it. If we examine the
      condition of Arabia before and after the revelation of the Qur’an, we
      will be convinced of the practicable nature of the Qur’an.
      It was a society which was steeped in the darkness of blind superstitions; which was enslaved to the addiction to wine and
      intoxicants; which showed not the least hesitation in the spilling of
      blood over senseless conflicts to assert tribal superiority; which was
      nowhere in the matter of knowledge and learning; which was ignorant
      in the field of health care; which remained backward in the field of
      agriculture; which lacked cohesiveness as a political and military bloc.
      This was the state of Arabia before the revelation of the Qur’an.
      When we look upon the Arabia after the revelation of the Qur’an,
      however, it is the picture of the standard bearers of a civilization that
      challenged, in its greatness, all the other civilizations of the day, which
      we witness. Indeed, they had attained such prominence as to stand
      higher that the Greeks who were the masters of the day in the fields
      of science and arts. Alexandria was soon replaced by Baghdad as the
      greatest centre of learning and culture. Furthermore, they now caused
      to tremble even the empires of Rome and Persia both of which had
      enjoyed the legacy of political leadership that were centuries old. The
      Arabs, who engaged in unjustifiable tribal warfare and the wanton
      spilling of blood, had now emerged as the flag bearers of unity and
      cohesiveness. Not having known what morality and immorality were,
      they now became the chief propagators of a moral code. The Holy
      Qur’an had truly succeeded in remoulding Arabian society into one
      which would prove to be a model for the whole world; and that too
      within the span of only 23 years.
      The Qur’an has, thus, been a book that enabled an entire race,
      which had been nowhere in the fields of culture and civilization, to
      attain the very pinnacle of human development within the short span
      of twenty- three years. In fact, there has not been another book that
      equals it in so transforming a whole race. The fact becomes abundantly
      clear here that there has not been any other writing like the Qur’an
      which has proved to be as practicable in guiding humanity to the path
      of righteousness.
      In reality, none of the critics of the Qur’an has been able to
      prove the non-practicability of any of the laws enshrined in it, in an
      impartial and truthful manner.

      • Georg says

        Apr 30, 2015 at 10:09 pm

        “there has not been another book that
        equals it in so transforming a whole race”

        Not true, traveler.

        http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophi%C3%A6_Naturalis_Principia_Mathematica> Koran

        The nature of your biases preclude you from understanding why it’s so… but I’ll inject reality, nonetheless.

        • Georg says

          Apr 30, 2015 at 10:13 pm

          http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophi%C3%A6_Naturalis_Principia_Mathematica

          *

      • Huck Folder says

        May 2, 2015 at 1:36 am

        “…a society which WAS steeped in the darkness of blind superstitions…”

        Yet which produced the Antikythera Computer, proved the world was round, calculated its size quite accurately, showed that our neighborhood is heliocentric, constructed pyramids…

        ………………………………..versus……………………………….

        The earth is flat, the sun sets in a muddy pool, black dogs scare away angels, everyone has a good djinn on their right shoulder, and a bad one on their left shoulder, mo rode to heaven on a man-faced ass (or was it an ass-faced man?) …

        “the darkness of blind superstitions”?

        Anyone?

        Watch for the moslem scumbag to studiously refrain from comment on the above; that would require logic, which would sear his brain like daylight to a vampire.

        Shabeer
        Hassan
        Islamic
        Taqiyya

  24. gary fouse says

    Apr 30, 2015 at 4:44 pm

    The only difference between then and now is no more wine and intoxicants.

  25. traci94 says

    Apr 30, 2015 at 8:56 pm

    What gets me about people like Reza is they really just can not even admit that there is a very real problem within Islam. Terrorists are very real, acts of terror are being committed every day around the world and they are committed by people claiming to be Muslims, and they can site chapter and verse justifying those acts of violence. Additionally, it seems to be very rare for a Muslim to stand up and condemn these acts of violence that are happening around the world. I would give people like Reza a little more credibility if they could be honest and say something like, “hey, I am a Muslim, I don’t condone acts of terror and yes, there is a genuine problem within the Islamic faith.” Instead they start throwing around terms like Islamophobe, and I hate that term because people who use it first want to squash real discussion, and second, a phobe is someone who has an irrational fear, and I think it is perfectly rational to have a fear of Islam – it’s not Christians and Jews who are sawing heads off of people, strapping themselves with explosives, raping women and selling them off as sex slaves, etc. The people doing these things are doing them in the name of Islam and are following the example of their prophet.

  26. Sam says

    Apr 30, 2015 at 11:05 pm

    Anyone who claims to be a Moslem is either ignorant or evil. Either case stay away!

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