Out at Amherst, where hope is the thing with feathers, a panel discussion about Islam at the college on September 25 included Michael Graham, a radio host who has, in the past, suffered for his outspokenness about Islam.
After the event, Muslim students wrote an “Open Letter,” claiming that Graham had made them “afraid” and that he ought to “apologize” for what he said. In their complaint they quoted briefly from his remarks the other day, but concentrated mainly on what he said 12 years ago on his Washington radio show. And what he said in 2005 was this: “Islam is a terrorist organization,” “moderate Muslims are those who only want to kill Jews,” and finally, that “the problem is not extremism. The problem is Islam.” CAIR protested at the time, and Graham was fired as a result. These remarks do not appear to be threats, but attempts at characterization which may or may not be true. They hardly qualify as “hate speech” that threatened Muslims then, much less threatens them today.
Did Graham, at Amherst College in September 2017, physically threaten Muslims or suggest that others should harm them? Did he attempt to whip up hatred toward all Muslims? Apparently not, for if he had, we can be sure that in their letter of complaint the Muslim students would have included such remarks. Here is what he said: “Every rational person should acknowledge that Islam is the only major world religion with terror committed in its name.” When the KKK was brought up as an example of Christian terrorism he replied that the KKK was a “minority group” within Christianity; he might also have added that the KKK is not following Christian doctrine at all. Graham claimed that “there is a civil war going on in Islam right now,” which the Muslims who wrote the Open Letter bizarrely insisted was a way of implying that Islam is limited to a war-torn geographical region. Graham did not say, however, that this “civil war” has engulfed the entire Muslim world. The complaining Muslims claimed Graham said that “all Afghans are wired differently from the rest of the world.” Graham explained that what he meant by that was simply this: having been invaded so often in their history, the Afghans have come to deeply distrust all foreigners.
The only thing we know for certain about the writers of the “Open Letter” is that they wish, through their demand for an “apology,” to limit the freedom of speech when it comes to Islam and Muslims. It’s an attempt at censorship. For if an apology could indeed be elicited (as of this writing, it has not been forthcoming), that would be a warning to others not to dare in the future to criticise Islam as Graham had done.
The “Open Letter” of the Muslim Student Association (which was also signed by members of the South Asian Student Association) included this astonishing remark:
“No student should ever have to feel afraid for their safety or have to wake up in the morning knowing that there are other students on this campus who hate them for an integral part of their identity and are willing and able to voice these hurtful ideas on a public platform.”
As there is no evidence — no direct quote from Graham — provided to show why it would be reasonable for Muslims “to feel afraid for their safety or have to wake up in the morning knowing that there are other students on this campus who hate them for an integral part of their identity and are willing and able to voice these hurtful ideas on a public platform,” we can only take on faith that Muslims “feel afraid” because of something Graham said. In the letter of protest, there was ample room to quote any threats he might have made, but there were none; since his remarks 12 years ago were stronger than those he made two weeks ago, and we were being asked to believe that those “Islamophobic” comments still hung in the air and, presumably, were right now making Muslims “afraid.” And if there was such fear, why did only nine people, out of the entire membership of both the Muslim Student Association and the South Asian Student Association, sign the letter of protest? In fact, judging by their names, at most four of the nine were Muslims; the other five simply went along as a gesture of solidarity. So, out of a student body of nearly 2,000, with — we can reasonably assume — about 50-100 Muslims among them, only four Muslims bothered even to sign a letter about their supposedly feeling “afraid” for their “safety.” This handful of protesters against Graham does not suggest that, as the protest letter insists, Graham’s “presence on campus was extremely unsettling and disturbing for students who identify as Muslim.” If it were, surely more than four of Amherst’s Muslims would have signed. And since we know that there have been many cases of manufactured “victimization” by Muslims across the country — see Robert Spencer’s “It Has Been A Big Week For Fake Hate” — why should we not believe, rather, that the fear that handful claim to feel is entirely made-up, designed to support the suppression of anti-Islamic speech, no matter how fact-based that speech may be. Furthermore, the letter of protest was not just a protest about past speech, but was in effect a demand for prior approval, by Muslims, of any speakers coming to the Amherst campus to talk about Islam. Here is how this extraordinary demand for prior censorship was worded:
“We feel that a dialogue prior to the event with the relevant student groups — especially the Muslim Students Association (MSA), but also other groups such as South Asian Students Association (SASA), Middle East Studies and Student Association (MESSA) and International Students Association (ISA) — would have been conducive to finding a productive and appropriate speaker qualified to speak on this topic while still keeping the perspective that ACR wanted to share through this event.”
In other words, the Amherst Conservative Review ought to have consulted — that is, established a “dialogue” — with the Middle East Studies and Student Association (and other groups representing foreign students) so as to find “a productive and appropriate speaker qualified to speak on this topic” (Islam). That means censorship by Muslims.
All of this talk about being “afraid for their safety” puts one in mind, of course, of the truly hair-raising remarks about Unbelievers in the Qur’an itself, that is the immutable and uncreated word of God. At Qur’an 98:6, Muslims learn that non-Muslims are “the most vile of creatures,” while Muslims themselves are — see Qur’an 3:110 — “the best of peoples.” Muslims are commanded to attack non-Muslims, not for anything they have done, but because they are Unbelievers. If you were aware of even a handful of the 109 verses about Jihad, wouldn’t that be cause for real, and not feigned, alarm?
Consider this handful:
9:5: “(The Verse of the Sword): And when the sacred months have passed, then kill the polytheists wherever you find them and capture them and besiege them and sit in wait for them at every place of ambush. But if they should repent, establish prayer, and give zakah, let them [go] on their way. Indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.”
9:29: “Fight those who do not believe in Allah or in the Last Day and who do not consider unlawful what Allah and His Messenger have made unlawful and who do not adopt the religion of truth from those who were given the Scripture – [fight] until they give the jizyah willingly while they are humbled.’
2:191-193: “And slay them wherever you come upon them, and expel them from where they expelled you; persecution is more grievous than slaying. But fight them not by the Holy Mosque until they should fight you there; then, if they fight you, slay them — such is the recompense of unbelievers, but if they give over, surely Allah is All-forgiving, All-compassionate. Fight them, till there is no persecution and the religion is Allah’s; then if they give over, there shall be no enmity save for evildoers.”
8:12 (A famous “strike terror” verse featuring dismemberment and beheading): “[Remember] when your Lord inspired to the angels, ‘I am with you, so strengthen those who have believed. I will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieved, so strike [them] upon the necks and strike from them every fingertip.’”
47:4: “So when you meet those who disbelieve [in battle], strike [their] necks until, when you have inflicted slaughter upon them, then secure their bonds, and either [confer] favor afterwards or ransom [them] until the war lays down its burdens. That [is the command]. And if Allah had willed, He could have taken vengeance upon them [Himself], but [He ordered armed struggle] to test some of you by means of others. And those who are killed in the cause of Allah – never will He waste their deeds.”
Imagine the more than 100 other verses in the Qur’an similar to these in significance. Think, too, of the nearly 31,884 attacks by Muslims since 9/11/2001. Think of the news brought each day, about the slaughter of a Coptic priest, and then a day or two later, of a Coptic bishop in Egypt, of jailed Christians awaiting to be put to death for “blasphemy” in Pakistan, of the killing of Christians by Muslims, for the crime of being Christians, in Iraq, Syria, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Indonesia. Think of the Sunni attacks on the Shi’a as well — for let’s not forget that for many Sunnis, the Shi’a are no better than Infidels.
It would not be ridiculous for you, if a non-Muslim, to be “afraid for your safety” in much of the world, including now parts of Europe where Muslims are now a considerable and aggressive presence, not because of a single speaker, such as Michael Graham, but because of 1.5 billion people who are taught to, and most do, believe, that the Qur’an is the Word of God, the Qur’an which includes so many murderous imprecations against the Infidels.
Or suppose you are not just non-Muslim but, specifically, Jewish, and you are aware of what is written about Jews both in the Qur’an and by the most respected Qur’anic commentators.
Robert Spencer’s compilation is hair-raising:
The Qur’an depicts the Jews as inveterately evil and bent on destroying the wellbeing of the Muslims. They are the strongest of all people in enmity toward the Muslims (5:82); as fabricating things and falsely ascribing them to Allah (2:79; 3:75, 3:181); claiming that Allah’s power is limited (5:64); loving to listen to lies (5:41); disobeying Allah and never observing his commands (5:13); disputing and quarreling (2:247); hiding the truth and misleading people (3:78); staging rebellion against the prophets and rejecting their guidance (2:55); being hypocritical (2:14, 2:44); giving preference to their own interests over the teachings of Muhammad (2:87); wishing evil for people and trying to mislead them (2:109); feeling pain when others are happy or fortunate (3:120); being arrogant about their being Allah’s beloved people (5:18); devouring people’s wealth by subterfuge (4:161); slandering the true religion and being cursed by Allah (4:46); killing the prophets (2:61); being merciless and heartless (2:74); never keeping their promises or fulfilling their words (2:100); being unrestrained in committing sins (5:79); being cowardly (59:13-14); being miserly (4:53); being transformed into apes and pigs for breaking the Sabbath (2:63-65; 5:59-60; 7:166); and more.
The classic Qur’anic commentators do not mitigate the Qur’an’s words against Jews, but only add fuel to the fire. Ibn Kathir explained Qur’an 2:61 (“They were covered with humiliation and misery; they drew on themselves the wrath of Allah”) this way: “This Ayah [verse] indicates that the Children of Israel were plagued with humiliation, and that this will continue, meaning that it will never cease. They will continue to suffer humiliation at the hands of all who interact with them, along with the disgrace that they feel inwardly.” Another Middle Ages commentator of lingering influence, Abdallah ibn Umar al-Baidawi, explains the same verse this way: “The Jews are mostly humiliated and wretched either of their own accord, or out of coercion of the fear of having their jizya [punitive tax] doubled.”
Ibn Kathir notes Islamic traditions that predict that at the end of the world, when “the Jews will support the Dajjal (False Messiah), and the Muslims, along with ‘Isa [Jesus], son of Mary, will kill the Jews.” The idea in Islam that the end times will be marked by Muslims killing Jews comes from the prophet Muhammad himself, who said, “The Hour will not be established until you fight with the Jews, and the stone behind which a Jew will be hiding will say. ‘O Muslim! There is a Jew hiding behind me, so kill him.’” This is, not unexpectedly, a favorite motif among contemporary jihadists.
Not just contemporary jihadists, but modern-day mainstream Islamic authorities take these passages seriously. The former Grand Sheikh of Al-Azhar, Muhammad Sayyid Tantawi, who was the most respected cleric in the world among Sunni Muslims, called Jews “the enemies of Allah, descendants of apes and pigs.” The late Saudi sheikh Abd al-Rahman al-Sudayyis, imam of the principal mosque in the holiest city in Islam, Mecca, said in a sermon that Jews are “the scum of the human race, the rats of the world, the violators of pacts and agreements, the murderers of the prophets, and the offspring of apes and pigs.”
Another Saudi sheikh, Ba’d bin Abdallah al-Ajameh al-Ghamidi, made the connection explicit: “The current behavior of the brothers of apes and pigs, their treachery, violation of agreements, and defiling of holy places … is connected with the deeds of their forefathers during the early period of Islam–which proves the great similarity between all the Jews living today and the Jews who lived at the dawn of Islam.”
Shouldn’t Jews, that it those that become aware of these Qur’anic verses and the commentary on them right up to today, have much greater reason to be “afraid for their safety” than Muslims who claim that a handful of remarks uttered twelve years ago by one Michael Graham, whose words, unlike the Qur’an, are not taken by anyone to be the Word of God but indeed got him promptly fired — have made them “afraid”? Don’t Christians, who are denounced, not quite as frequently as Jews, but still often enough in the Qur’an, and of course they are included in all of the 109 Jihad verses directed at Infidels, also have real reason to be afraid “for their personal safety”? Do we see, as we look around the world, murders of Muslims by Christians, or only the reverse? Look at the Coptic priest, and the bishop, both stabbed to death in recent days in Egypt. Think of all the Assyrians and Chaldeans killed in Iraq and Syria in the last decade, the churches blown up, the more than a million Christians who have fled Iraq since 2003 alone. Think of the Christians in Pakistan killed by mobs for supposed “blasphemy” (even now several sit in prison awaiting their death sentence to be carried out in more formal fashion), of the martyrdom of Bishop John Joseph in Pakistan in 1998, who committed suicide to protest the mistreatment of Christians in that country. Think of the Christian schoolgirls beheaded in Indonesia, the Christian villages razed, the churches torched, by Muslim mobs, sometimes on the direct orders of imams. Think of the Christian villages destroyed, and the Christian girls kidnapped, by Boko Haram, in northern Nigeria. With all of these attacks by Muslims, against Christians, now as in the past, who should really be “afraid”?
It would be salutary if, by way of reply to the “Open Letter” of protest signed by four Muslims, the Amherst Conservative Review were to offer not the apology demanded, but rather, to produce for public consumption the verses in the Qur’an that command Jihad warfare against the Infidels, an enormous and unanswerable list of terrifying commands to “strike terror,” to “smite at their necks,” to “slay them wherever you find them,’” and so on, letting those grim quotes be submitted to a candid world, and asking rhetorically, if anyone has good reason to be afraid, is it not the those against whom these verses are directed? Then let everyone judge for himself which remarks — those of one Michael Graham, speaking only for himself, and threatening no one — or the more than 100 Jihad verses in the Qur’an, are more likely to make someone “afraid…for his own safety.”
The protesting Muslim students — all four of them — insist that “No student should ever have to feel afraid for their safety or have to wake up in the morning knowing that there are other students on this campus who hate them for an integral part of their identity and are willing and able to voice these hurtful ideas on a public platform.” True enough: but anyone familiar with the Qur’an will want to redirect these words at Muslims themselves. Which Amherst students have good reason to “feel afraid for their safety” because “other students…hate them for an integral part of their identity”? Don’t the Qur’an’s many Jihad verses command murderous hatred and killing of non-Muslims not because of what they do, but only because of an “integral part of their identity” — that is, the very fact of their being non-Muslims? Haven’t we non-Muslims, when we see what has happened to other non-Muslims, conquered and subjugated by Muslims during the past 1400 years, earned the melancholy right to feel afraid? I’m — afraid — so.
Tom says
I wake each morning fearful that today may be the day that I am walking alongside a road and will be mowed down by some radical Islamist using a vehicle as a weapon and then while I lay there injured that the radical Islamist screaming Allahu Akbah will take out a very sharp knife and begin my slow agonizing decapitation.
Is this fear illogical ? NO, not given the number of times that such terror tactics have been employed by Radical Islamists, who in almost every instance, are Muslim.
Therefore, it is more logical for me to expect an apology and absolute assurances, from those who are Muslim, that I do not have to fear that my demise will be the result of a radical muslim Islamist taking Jihad to be a religious obligation.
Can I expect such an apology and assurance any time soon, no of course not, because I am a rational person who knows that, even though the chance of me being attacked and killed by a radical Islamist is much higher than any of those muslim students being attacked by a Christian, I would not demand that a majority of muslims apologize for the actions of a minority of radicals.
These students need to grow up and act like reasonable people and let the victim image go.
Maranatha says
They need to grow up indeed .I feel like Michael Graham or the Amherst Conservative review should turn this around and demand that the students apologyze for trying to shut down any critical view on Islam by claiming to be afraid .In all of the Christian countries where jihady attacks took place , from the US and Canada troughout Europe and all the way to Australia , I have never witnessd or heard of a mass retaliation by locals towards muslims . That basically means that your claim to feel unsafe by what Michael Graham said lately or in the past , is completely unfounded.
Dale Netherton says
An aplology form those who accept it is okay to lie is worthless.
Save Europe says
Tom, I genuinely agree with you, but allow me to correct you on one thing – your second paragraph – ‘in almost every instance….are Muslim.’ ALL Radical Islamists are Muslim!
Ruth says
Well said,…
Lydia says
Funny how whiny they get when the shoe is on the other foot!
Greyhound Fancier says
Typical bullies.
mortimer says
Lydia wrote: “SHOE IS ON THE OTHER FOOT!”
Yes, it is called PSYCHOLOGICAL PROJECTION.
Muslims PROJECT THEIR VERY OWN RAGE AND FURY AND DESTRUCTIVENESS …what THEY FEEL AGAINST THE KUFAAR…. they project ONTO the Kufaar!
Muslims disavow their own rage and hatred directed towards the DIRTY KUFAAR ‘for the sake of Allah’.
gravenimage says
+1
eduardo odraude says
Mr. Fitzgerald is right on target.
Islam’s core texts are the greatest source of terror, yet the Muslim students have the blazing chutzpah to blame non-Muslims for the dynamic that results from that?
Qur’an Chapter 8, Verse 12:
Muhammad affirms that those who do not follow him will be slaughtered
On page 222 (326 in the Arabic) of the earliest Muslim biography of Muhammad:
eduardo odraude says
For more key quotes from the core Islamic texts (including reference links), see Quoting Islam
Babu Bajrangi says
The South Asian Students is an unholy alliance of Pakistani, Bangladeshi, and foolish Hindu liberals and Hindu communists
gravenimage says
True.
Vic says
Spot on, Hugh Fitzgerald.
I wish Mr. Graham would have pulled out his Quran, a la Robert Spencer, and read several verses directly out of it as references to his points. Discussion and debate is the appropriate format to clearly expound on different points of view or belief systems, not hiding behind claims of victimhood and name-calling. That is cowardly and dishonest.
fbijihadidefender says
“solidarity” was created by leftiest, where leftiest give support blindly and against those who reason to leftiest.
Westman says
Oh, I do believe the Muslimas are afraid, most of the time, about the Quran and Hadith supported attitude of Muslim men who limit what Muslimas can do and say before the threats and criticism begin.
None of these men are frightened by some campus speaker – they are only worried about losing control of the narative while pushing dawah and physical control of women. They probably are all smiles every time the fabricated “fear” makes officials cave. Then it’s time to push again.
Gwendolyn E Mugliston says
I am sickened by these students. I think their professors are being lax by not giving them enough to think about and not teaching them deductive reasoning. Anyone reading about the talk at Amherst, anyone with an ounce of sense would recognize by the words that no unfounded accusations were made. It is easy to talk about Islam when the Quo’ran is quoted. The problem is the students are not familiar enough to understand the words and their meaning. Ignorance is not a pleasant place.
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I think everyone in the USA who thinks the Muslims are dangerous and members of a cult (read the definition of “cult”) should be very clear about the dangers associated with free ranging male Muslims in our society. The Qur’an is read quite easily in less than 4 hours. It’s verses should be made clear to all Americans.
I have done that and received outraged comments about “hating Muslims”. Actually, I don’t want Muslims to live in the USA because they will not give up the Qur’an and pledge allegiance to the US Constitution, Bill of Rights and our democratic republication form of government. They, the Muslims, cannot give up Sharia Law. They just can not.
Benedict says
Another Saudi sheikh, Ba’d bin Abdallah al-Ajameh al-Ghamidi, made the connection explicit: “The current behavior of the brothers of apes and pigs, their treachery, violation of agreements, and defiling of holy places … is connected with the deeds of their forefathers during the early period of Islam–which proves the great similarity between all the Jews living today and the Jews who lived at the dawn of Islam.” – – –
How strikingly apt are these words when read as a projection:
“The current behavior of the brothers of apes and pigs, their treachery, violation of agreements, and defiling of holy places … is connected with the deeds of their forefathers during the early period of Islam–which proves the great similarity between all the *Muslims* living today and the *Muslims* who lived at the dawn of Islam.”
gravenimage says
Yes–this is all *projection*.
Emilie Green says
Some adult, a real adult, on the Amherst campus might ask the Muslim students, “Given the various jihad exhortations in Islam’s holy book, and given the violence that non-Muslims witness frequently on the internet, do you understand why non-Muslims might look at Muslims with some circumspection?”
The answers will be not what you might expect.
gravenimage says
They would just scream more loudly about “racists” and “Islamophobes”.
Save Europe says
Tried it SO many times, here in the UK, in a relaxed, polite manner. You’ll get this form of rhetoric – 1) ‘ISIS etc aren’t real Muslims.’ Response? Yes they are – they are merely orthodox Muslims who follow the Koran to the very letter, and wouldn’t consider ‘you’ to be a proper Muslim. Plus, Catholic Priests don’t cease to be Catholic if they’re caught molesting kids. 2) yes, as above I’ve had the KKK analogy put to me – the answer above is correct. 3) the ‘racism’ card to which…..yes, indeed, one retorts with a ‘ you’re not a race of people,’ response. The irony is the responses to their comments actually DO then bamboozle them. If they continue with the racism card, then just point out to them that an Egyptian Muslim is exactly the same ethnicity as a Coptic Christian Egyptian.
gravenimage says
Hugh Fitzgerald: Just How “Afraid” are Muslims at Amherst College?
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The only thing Muslims are afraid of there is that Infidels may begin to learn how much of a threat Islam is…
Linde Barrera says
To gravenimage- Hi dear graven, I always enjoy reading your comments, as well as many others here. (It seems to me that most of the trolls have stopped posting at JW, thank God, hope I am accurate about that.)
Last week I wrote an email to the Amherst Muslim Student Association citing 4 verses about killing infidels: 2:191, 4:89, 8:12, and 9:5 and asked how anyone could believe in a religion that endorses murder. I also asked why music and dancing are Haram in Islam IF the god of Islam, Allah, created all humans with free will and some of those humans were given the musical intelligence to create and interpret music as well as be excellent in singing and dancing. Is it any wonder that I have not yet received a reply?! ?
gravenimage says
Good for you for sending a message, Linde.
Hope you are well. 🙂
Sarah says
An open letter where they feel afraid and want an apology? Oh please.
I feel afraid, thanks to Muslims and Islam. I feel afraid because my fellow Westerners are dying in our streets, thanks to Muslims and Islam.
I don’t want an apology, I want blood for blood. Buggar an apology. We’re a bit beyond an apology at this point.
We’re getting awfully close to 32,000 terror attacks committed around the world, since 9/11 by Muslims for Islam, against other human beings.
And these dipshits want an apology, because they feel afraid after someone else decided to stand up and just speak honestly? Take your lice ridden beards and hijabs and kiss my backside. Your self entitlement and self-made victim-hood is sickening.
Save Europe says
Isn’t it strange how Hindus and Sikhs seem to integrate very well. They never complain, and yet Muslims do. Why? It’s because they actually know their religion is violent and repulsively problematic – so what they’re actually admitting is – don’t take it out on me, because our religion is vile.
mortimer says
DO KAFIRS FEAR ISLAMISTS WHO MURDER BLASPHEMERS? THEY HAVE REASON TO”
Punishment for Whoever Mentions Something Impermissible about Islam or Insults the Prophet= Blasphemy= Death Sentence
Sharia permits the murder of anyone who verbally opposes Islam, since they are at war with Islam:
“There is no indemnity obligatory for killing a non-Muslim (harbi) at war with Muslims.” -Reliance of the Traveller, o4.17, p.593
Alarmed Pig Farmer says
Fitzgerald wrote a few years ago about so-called Moslem refugees: refugees from who, other Moslems? Refugees from what, Islam? The need for Moslem refuge from other Moslems is manufactured. So is purported Moslem fear of Islamophobia on campus: manufactured. But it works.
lucretia says
Why not ask these muslim students how Jewish students feel on campus, especially during one of their BDS or other Palestine inspired hate fests?
MFritz says
The truth is the worst enemy of all totalitarian ideologies.
mortimer says
ISLAM HAS AN ESSENTIAL DOCTRINE OF HATE: ‘AL BARAA’ = Islamic Apartheid, Shunning
Al Bughoud = Hatred directed towards Kafirs ‘for the sake of Allah’ or Al Mu’adaat (hatred) is the opposite of Al Muwalaat (love of Muslims), it is:
– To Hate
– To keep distance from
– To be enemy to
– To desert
– To decline to help
– To disrespect
– To put down
– Not to ally with
– Not to support
– Allah ordered Muslims to have Baraa (to be cleansed) from the kufaar and from kufr and shirk.
-Imam Abdul-Latif ibn Abdur-Rahman Rahimullah said, “It is not possible for someone to realize Tawheed and act upon it, and yet not be HOSTILE against the mushrikeen. So anyone who isn’t HOSTILE against the mushrikeen, then it cannot be said that he acts upon Tawheed nor that he realizes it.” [ad-Durar as-Saniyyah 8/167]
-“The doctrine of al Walaa wal Baraa is the REAL IMAGE for the actual practice of this faith.” – source “Al Walaa wal Baraa According to the Aqeedah of the Salaf”, by Sheikh Muhammad Saeed al Qatani, authoritative Saudi Sharia lawyer and imam at the Abu Bakr and Al Furqan Mosques in Mecca.
– from Sufi scholar Ahmad Sirhindi (1564-1624): “The honour of Islam lies in INSULTING kufr and kafirs. One who respects the kafirs dishonours the Muslims… The real purpose of levying jiziya on them is to HUMILIATE them to such an extent that they may not be able to dress well and to live in grandeur. They should constantly remain TERRIFIED and TREMBLING. It is intended to hold them under CONTEMPT and to uphold the honour and might of Islam.”
– from ibn Taymiyya, “Book of Emaan”: “… true believers show ANIMOSITY and HATRED towards disbelievers and NEVER support them.”
– from Umar Sulayman ‘Abd-Allaah al-Ashqar, “Belief in Allah”: “The Muslim should regard the Kuffaar as ENEMIES and HATE them because of their kufr, just as he hates their kufr (disbelief) itself.”
– HATING dirty KAFIRS ‘FOR THE SAKE OF ALLAH’ is a compulsory, obligatory duty of ALL Muslims …
John Forbes says
MORE VICTIMHOOD FROM THE FOLLOWERS OF THIS NASTY IDEOLOGY THAT MASQUERADES AS A RELIGION WITH A FOUNDER WHO WAS A CHILD RAPIST & KILLER OF ANYONE WHO DOES NOT BELIEVE !
THIS IDEOLOGY IS THE REAL NEW FASCISM & IT CALLS FOR THE KILLING OF ANYONE WHO DOES NOT BELIEVE !
FAR MORE DANGEROUS THAT THE FASCISTS OF THE 1930;S BECAUSE THEY ARE FIRMLY ENTRENCHED IN ALL OF OUR HOMES & HAVE ALLIANCES WITH SELF SERVING POLITICAL PARTIES & POLITICIANS !!
Michael Copeland says
“…excellent pattern …between us and you enmity and hatred forever…”
Koran 60:4
Michael Copeland says
Intended to be added to mortimer’s comment above.
Michael Copeland says
“When you meet the unbelievers….strike the neck”.
It is worth noting that the words “in battle” (Koran 47:4 above) are ADDED by the translators, as rightly shown by the square brackets.
Translators, or artful mistranslators employing taqiyya?
BC says
When was the last time Muslims were lined up and shot for not being able to recite the Lord’s prayer or just murdered for not being Muslim? Yes there may be some name calling and an occasional hijab pulling, usually dealt with by the police if reported
and in fact real. The tolerance extended to Muslims in western countries is in stark contrast to the intolerance of non Muslims in most Muslim states, I believe in Saudi Arabia (our ally) one is not even allowed to carry a bible into the country. I am sure if Qurans were confiscated at our borders the outrage from Muslims and also the liberals and left would be deafening.
I am sure that most Muslims are ignorant of the murders and rapes of non Muslims in other non Western countries, and they certainly will not hear of them in MSM. They would most likely dismiss it as propaganda anyway. I am sure they do not hear of the honour killings either unless they read about a court case, it is of course sanctioned by the clerics.
Then of course there is the intolerance we get from the Muslims we have welcomed into our societies. The Muslims’ problem is that the vast majority will not own up to anything bad about Islam and Muslim behaviour. It is all covered by the very useful label islamofauxbia (sic)
gravenimage says
BC wrote:
I am sure that most Muslims are ignorant of the murders and rapes of non Muslims in other non Western countries…
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BC, given how many Muslims are raping and murdering Infidels here in the West, I’m not sure this is the case.
Mirit says
HUGH FITZGERALD,
You are simply the best. You have said all that needs to be said. What you wrote here should be used for speeches in the UN, EU, UNESCO, and all the international bodies that give the Muslims all the rights and take away non-Muslim rights.
gravenimage says
+1
Denny says
Muslims are whiners and masters of playing the victimcard. It must be difficult to defend such a hateful ideology as islam so they want to forbid all critisism. As they have no honest counterarguments thy must use lies and deciet.
Bob says
Just as a matter of interest, do actual practising muslims read these columns?
Save Europe says
I can well believe some must do.
waterdog says
If Muslims in this country truly live in fear, it is because they are afraid we will treat them the way they treat non-Muslims in their countries. You can take the Muslim out of the 6th Century Hell-Hole they live in, but you can’t take that mentality out of the Muslim. Behavior and world view are established by age 12. They are the Kudzu of the human race.
UNCLE VLADDI says
Re: “No student should ever have to feel afraid for their safety or have to wake up in the morning knowing that there are other students on this campus who hate them for an integral part of their identity and are willing and able to voice these hurtful ideas on a public platform.”
Let’s re-phrase that a little bit more accurately, shall we?
“No criminal should ever have to feel afraid for their safety or have to wake up in the morning knowing that there are other people in this world who hate them for that integral part of their identity and are willing and able to voice these hurtful ideas on a public platform.”
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