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Robert Spencer in PJ Media: The Direct Connection Between Devoutness in Islam and Violence

Jul 18, 2018 12:18 pm By Robert Spencer

Virtually all jihad terrorists are devout Muslims. My latest in PJ Media:

It is commonplace for Leftists and Islamic apologists in the West to claim that jihadis are ignorant of Islam, and indifferent to it. “Terrorists don’t kill for their religion,” asserted an article published in the World Economic Forum last year, just one of many that claim the same thing. Yet again and again we see just the opposite: jihadis are devout, informed Muslims.

Here is yet another example: According to the Times Ledger, a Muslim named Ahmed Parveg “pleaded guilty in a Brooklyn federal court last month to helping the overseas terrorist organization ISIS.” Parveg “traveled to Saudi Arabia [in] June 2017 to celebrate the Islamic religious holiday Ramadan, then attempted to travel to Syria to join ISIS.”

Parveg was a fan of the now-dead jihad mastermind Anwar al-Awlaki, and had bookmarked on his computer a recording of a sermon in which al-Awlaki preached: “Jihad must continue and fighting must go on until the Final Hour comes. Fighting is only increasing as prescribed by Allah — now it is time to carry the battle to further lands outside of Arab countries.”

Was Parveg intending to kill for his religion? “He got religious in the last year. Not radical, just religious,” his brother said after Parveg was arrested.

Not only was Parveg religious, the group he wanted to join was — and is — as well.

The Islamic State (ISIS), in its heyday, quoted the Qur’an frequently — odd behavior if the group was actually ignorant of, indifferent to, or in violation of the book’s core tenets. ISIS quoted the Qur’an extensively in threats to blow up the White House and conquer Rome and Spain; in explaining its priorities in the nations it is targeting in jihad; in preaching to Christians after collecting the jizya (a Qur’an-based tax, cf. Qur’an 9:29); in justifying the execution of accused spies; and in its various videos.

ISIS also awarded $10,000 prizes and sex slaves in Qur’an memorization contests. One of its underground lairs was found littered with weapons and copies of the Qur’an. Children in the Islamic State study the Qur’an and get weapons training. One Malaysian Muslim said that the Qur’an led him to join the Islamic State. A Muslim woman in the U.S. promoted the Islamic State by quoting the Qur’an. An Islamic State propagandist’s parents said of him: “Our son is a devout Muslim. He had learnt the Quran by heart.” A Muslim politician from Jordan said that the Islamic State’s “doctrine stems from the Qur’an and Sunnah.”

All this and much more like it points to a fact that today’s political and media elites steadfastly refuse to recognize, and accuse anyone who notices it of “Islamophobia”: the Qur’an repeatedly calls upon believers to commit acts of violence against non-Muslims, and there is a direct connection between devoutness in Islam and violence.

Not all who are devout in Islam will ever become violent — but virtually all jihad terrorists are devout Muslims.

In fact, jihad groups such as ISIS and al-Qaeda make recruits among peaceful Muslims by appealing to them on Islamic grounds, and by presenting themselves as the quintessentially authentic Muslims.

A sane society with a rational public discourse would be having a public discussion of this and its implications, and would be calling upon Muslim organizations in the U.S. to renounce the aspects of the Qur’an and Sunnah that contradict Constitutional principles and freedoms. Instead of doing this, the Leftist elites condemn as “bigoted” and “Islamophobic” anyone who calls for such a course of action….

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  1. elee says

    Jul 18, 2018 at 12:28 pm

    Read up and wake up! Special recommendation for Fr. Schall’s collection of essays, “On Islam.” Dispassionate, measured, very readable. Despite all the taqiyyah they generate in most areas, Muslims are remarkably candid about what they aim to do with us and our world.

  2. gravenimage says

    Jul 18, 2018 at 12:47 pm

    Robert Spencer in PJ Media: The Direct Connection Between Devoutness in Islam and Violence
    ……………………..

    This should not surprise. Generally, the more devout a devotee, the more they adhere to the tenets of their creed. And with Islam, this means violence.

  3. Peter says

    Jul 18, 2018 at 1:16 pm

    Reality: ISLAM …………………. Jihad

    Contemporary Western Goverments ????????????? Jihad

    These clowns couldn’t find their arse with both hands

  4. infidel says

    Jul 18, 2018 at 1:24 pm

    A typical Jehaadi who acts very cool is none other than the mad Turk Edrogan. He would have no hesitation in plunging a knife in the back of the next unsuspecting infidel standing next to him with a wicked smile on his face and later boast about it to his friends as his good deed for Allah for the day. Most devout Muslims would kill non Muslims if given a chance to get away.. It is only the fear of the law that is stopping these creatures from actuating their vile desires for which their book gives them complete license..

  5. Rarely says

    Jul 18, 2018 at 1:34 pm

    It’s a shame that so much potential is lost by spending so much intellectual energy on studying one book. If it was spent productively they may have more prosperous societies and less to complain about. But that’s how religious leaders maintain their power and privilege. Too bad the religious leaders don’t care about their people. Perpetual motion rules.

  6. Walter Sieruk says

    Jul 18, 2018 at 1:36 pm

    This above article is related to the fact that the news media uses the terms “Radical Muslim” and “Islamic extremist” in contrast to the term “Moderate Muslim” are actually Western terms and not that well known in the Islamic Middle East. This is because what In the Islamic mindset in the Muslim Middle East as well as in Indonesia and other Muslim controlled country what the non-Muslims of the Western nations view as “radical and “extremist” the Muslims of those places in the world see as “Normal” and even Devout and committed to the Cause of Islam”. Likewise they view those who Westerns see as “Moderate Muslims” those of the Islamic worldview and non-devout and non –committed Muslims. The violent jihadists even see them as “hypocrites.” Therefore, this explains the jihadist chant of those jihad-minded Muslims in different Islamic terror organizations. When they chant out loud “Death to infidels and hypocrites.” Meaning Death to people who and not Muslims and people who are non- jihadist Muslims.

  7. Eur says

    Jul 18, 2018 at 1:53 pm

    You’re wrong. In the Spanish enclaves of North Africa there is a saying”el moro de joven cabrón y de mayor santón”. The Moor when he is young steals, drinks alcohol, rapes women … and when he is an adult and wants to form a family he becomes a religious fanatic (to purge his sins of youth and to be well considered in his society). Never trust a Moor, there are very few who are really reliable people.

  8. Lydia Church says

    Jul 18, 2018 at 2:56 pm

    All jihadists are terrorists, but not all terrorists are jihadists. Some are violent hindus, as the website Morning Star News reports often, some are brainwashed and programmed to do mass shootings for other agendas, some just ‘go postal,’ and so on. But all jihad terrorists murder for their religion.

  9. Ibrahim itace muhammed says

    Jul 18, 2018 at 6:30 pm

    Mr spencer, what do you mean by devout Muslims? you mean practicing muslims? No one is saying terrorists are not practicing muslims who pray and fast. we are saying they hold wrong and perverted interpretations of Islamic sources on jihad fighting, which they prosecute contrary to sharia rules of engagement governing jihad fighting by random killings of civilian population prohibited by Prophet Muhammad. As such they are not pious Muslims required for any jihad in the way of Allah. where they Kill or are killed they will be punished in hellfire for terminating life which Allah prohibited to be terminated or terminating their own lives by suicide missions.

    • don vito says

      Jul 19, 2018 at 1:28 pm

      itace, “Mr spencer, what do you mean by devout Muslims?”, What do you mean by pious? What life has allah prohibited to be terminated? Devout and pious are synonyms Sharia law allows hypocrites and apostate saracens. as well as kufrs, to be murdered. Martyrdom operations are suicide missions? itace, you are twisting yourself into an islamic pretzel, trying to make sense of islamic ideology.

  10. Lebel says

    Jul 18, 2018 at 6:36 pm

    “Not all who are devout in Islam will ever become violent — but virtually all jihad terrorists are devout Muslims.”

    Evidence is not conclusive:

    1. Most ISIS recruits were not very knowledgeable in religion

    Source: https://ctc.usma.edu/app/uploads/2016/11/Caliphates-Global-Workforce1.pdf

    One could make the case that a person can be very devout and lacking in knowledge but then more difficult to link directly with Islam.

    • don vito says

      Jul 19, 2018 at 1:30 pm

      It’s a conspiracy. s/

  11. Joe says

    Jul 19, 2018 at 8:03 am

    “Muslim organizations in the U.S. to renounce the aspects of the Qur’an and Sunnah that contradict Constitutional principles and freedoms.”

    I read a little of the Koran. It would seem to me that you would have to take your X-Acto knife to every page. For example, “do not associate with the unbeliever” is found often in the Koran (about every page). How does that work in a friendly neighborhood?

    On the spiritual side, Allah seems to be Satan. It is hard to hang your hat on anything that Satan commands and yet pursue that happiness mentioned in the preamble of the Constitution.

    • rooare says

      Jul 19, 2018 at 1:45 pm

      Joe,
      “Allah seems to be Satan”, well the Koran does say he’s the greatest deceiver in multiple places that one can find easily on the net.

  12. D3F1ANT says

    Jul 19, 2018 at 10:38 am

    “It is commonplace for Leftists and Islamic apologists in the West to claim that jihadis are ignorant of Islam, and indifferent to it.”

    Yeah…but NOBODY (even among the Leftists) actually BELIEVES that! LOL! Just ANOTHER one of those Liberal lies that we all know is fake and that we all know each other know is fake.

  13. Joe says

    Jul 19, 2018 at 10:43 am

    Please God, may Robert Spencer carry on and on in his noble and necessary effort to tell the truth about the religion of Islam. Many people (not just Leftists, intellectuals and politicians) don’t want to face the truth because it’s too scary. But face it we must, for our very security (now and for future generations) is under real threat from Islam.

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