Bari Weiss highlighted this insane guide from Amazon Studios telling its creative people what to think about the world, from calling feminists who support womens’ sports, TERFs to insisting that Jihad has nothing to do with terrorism.
Jihad/Jihadi: Jihad literally means “strive and struggle for god,” which encompasses an internal struggle towards personal betterment. A jihadi is one who strives and struggles for god. Jihad is not an order to murder and doesn’t mean “terrorism.”
Yes, we’ve seen this pitch before.
“This is but one life,” Faisal Shazad, the Times Square Bomber said. “If I am given a thousand lives, I will sacrifice them all for the sake of Allah, fighting this cause, defending our lands, making the word of Allah supreme over any religion or system.”
The Judge did her usual liberal shtick, foolishly lecturing Shahzad on how moderate Islam is. She suggested that Shahzad should “spend some of the time in prison thinking carefully about whether the Koran wants you to kill lots of people”.
But who knows better what Islam really represents, Faisal Shahzad or Judge Miriam Goldman Cedarbaum?
Koran 61 is titled, “Al-Saff” or “Ranks, Battle Array”. That title comes from verse 61:4 which proclaims, “Truly Allah loves those who fight in His Cause in battle array”
Two verses down from Faisal Shahzad’s quote, the Koran promises Muslims a way to save themselves from hell. What’s their “Get Out of Hell” free card? “That ye strive (your utmost) in the Cause of Allah, with your property and your persons.” The Arabic word used for “strive” is, “watujahidoona” or “You will make Jihad”.
Yes. It’s the Jihad, stupid.
The Amazon Studios sheet has the obvious fingerprints of Muslim Brotherhood Dawah all over it. Its message is theological, which is rather strange for an inclusion fact sheet. Take its definition of Allah, for example, the deity worshipped by Muslims.
Allah: Arabic word for god. Allah is the same god worshipped by adherents of Christian and Jewish faiths. In dialogue, Muslims speaking English and referring to god should say “god,” not “Allah.”
Allah is the god worshiped by Muslims. A different religion means a different idea of god. But Islamic Dawah insists on pushing this false claims because it makes it easier to convert Americans to Islam.
Should Amazon Studios really be in the business of trying to convert some kid from the midwest by telling him that Islam is the same as Christianity?
Jeff Bezos and Andy Jassy apparently think it should.
What about Sharia?
Sharia: Sharia literally means “the clear, well-trodden path to water.” It’s a code of conduct for all aspects of Muslim life, derived from the Quran and Hadiths (Islamic text about the Prophet Mohammed’s life). Sharia is not a set of laws to infiltrate America.
The latter is a matter of opinion. Sharia however is most certainly embodied in laws and the constitutions of most Muslim countries state that Sharia is the source of their legislation. That’s where things like the death penalty for homosexual behavior come from. Amazon Studios would prefer not to discuss that. It would like to do Jihad Month alongside Pride Month without ever addressing the contradictions.
But that’s the essence of the green-red coalition which ends with the greens beheading the reds. You won’t find that in the Amazon Studios fact sheets, just the facts of history.
Infidel says
I try to boycott Amazon whenever possible: the only things I use them for are really unique things that can’t normally be found in most stores – online or physical. The first few books that I bought were on Amazon before it became the woke monster it has evolved into, but since then, I opened a Nook account and now read my books there (I prefer ebooks to slaughtered trees)
I don’t normally root for a company’s demise, but that’s changing: the world would be better off w/o quite a few companies: Amazon, Google, Twitter, P&G, Coke, Delta and a few others. In the meantime, companies w/ chairmen or board members who think taking a loss is a worthwhile price to pay for diversity need to be put out of work, and then taxed according to the Haig-Simon model
maria says
I hate Amazon because it became completely nazi-muslims.
I don´t buy anything by them.
The world must get rid of the companies you mentioned
william says
Maria. While I am no great fan of Amazon and avoid them as far as possible. Your statement is quite ridiculous. If you look for Pamela Geller’s and Robert Spencer’s works on Amazon books they are easy to find. As they are prominent critics of Islamism you need to reconsider your comment and avoid making nonsense comments
mortimer says
Bari Weiss’s FANTASY definition of JIHAD has NOTHING TO DO with the authentic OFFICIAL DEFINITIONS of jihad in Sharia law. BARI SHOULD READ THE FOLLOWING !!
These are OFFICIAL LEGAL DEFINITIONS of the objectives of jihad from the ‘Reliance of the Traveller’ :
– “Jihad is a communal obligation,” meaning upon the Muslims each year. [Reliance of the Traveller, Book O9.1]
Jihad is something Muslims must do against non-Muslims every year.
– RoT – O9.0: Jihad : (O: Jihad means to war against non-Muslims, and is etymologically derived from the word mujahada signifying warfare to establish the religion.
– RoT – O9.8: The Objectives of Jihad : The caliph (o25) makes war upon Jews, Christians, and Zoroastrians…
– RoT – O9.9 : The caliph fights all other peoples until they become Muslim (O: because they are not a people with a Book …
-The caliph (RoT – o25) makes war upon Jews, Christians, and Zoroastrians
◦Make war upon such of those to whom the Scriptures have been given (Jews and Christians and Zoroastrians) such as believe not in Allah. (K.9:29)
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Official Definition of Jihad according to Saudi Arabia:
“Jihad is holy fighting in Allah’s Cause with full force of numbers and weaponry. It is given the utmost importance in Islam and is one of its pillars. By Jihad Islam is established, Allah’s Word is made superior (which means only Allah has the right to be worshiped), and Islam is propagated. By abandoning Jihad Islam is destroyed and Muslims fall into an inferior position; their honor is lost, their lands are stolen, their rule and authority vanish. Jihad is an obligatory duty in Islam on every Muslim. He who tries to escape from this duty, or does not fulfill this duty, dies as a hypocrite.” – footnotes on p.39, ‘The Noble Koran’, published by King Fahd Complex for Publication of the Quran, Madinah, KSA.
mortimer says
Correction: I redirect my comment to the AMAZON STUDIOS writers. I see that Bari Weiss was reporting on those ANONYMOUS fantasists, not agreeing with them. Apology to Weiss.
gravenimage says
+1
mortimer says
The Red-Green Axis of Evil is a temporary league of totalitarians who eventually plan to murder, deport or enslave their erstwhile allies. Of course, Islam prefers beheading as the way to murder political opponents.
The American Leftists are already planning gulags where they will incarcerate anyone who questions their absurd, untested theories.
PRCS says
From that insane guide: “Amazon’s Woke Smokescreen”:
“There I encountered entries on things like: acquired limb difference (otherwise known as “amputation”).”
An Islamic State favorite.
Trevor Morgan says
And the ghosts of the slaughtered victims of Jihad weep as they await the new ghosts who arrive daily.
Jim says
The left seems to be constantly disguising its true nature behind harmless language, euphemisms. Illegal immigrants are undocumented migrants, and hundreds of other such terms meant to mislead. But a rose by any other name is still a rose. Hiding behind word camouflage is just a ruse, a way to ambush unwary people. I once told someone about some practices of jihads, and she said, well she had a translation of the scriptures, and none of that was there. Of course, it was abridged to make it non-threatening and compatible with Western beliefs. Later, she experienced on her own that such societies produce people who are not harmless. My leftist professor once commented, people are much the same everywhere, except the Israelis, who he said were the worst terrorists in the world. So, of course, there was that double standard. Islam, a religion of peace, Jews the worst terrorists, and CRT to back it all up.
James Lincoln says
Jim,
A couple of years ago, I asked a Democrat this question about migrants:
If an “undocumented” migrant is finally fully vetted, and found to be in the country illegally, do they then become an “illegal” migrant?
The Democrat deflected and refused to directly answer the question…
tim gallagher says
Around 40,000 Muslim terrorist attacks all around the world seem to me to make it clear what jihad is all about. Islam is, and always has been, a bloodthirsty, vicious, murderous ideology and it never will be anything else. 1400 years of Islam polluting the human race has been far too long. It is all there, so clearly, in the Koran. All those calls to go out and kill non-believers in the Koran make things very clear. These people at Amazon and many other organisations who want to try to lie about Islam’s vicious nature are evil and cowardly people. They need to face the truth and find the courage to tell the unvarnished truth about Islam.
gravenimage says
Amazon: Jihad Doesn’t Mean Terrorism
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Repulsive whitewash of Jihad from Amazon.
Then, their *telling their employees how to think* would be deeply concerning even if the examples were not so grotesque. I never worked for a company that told me how I had to think on political matters.
OLD GUY says
It’s a little hard to whitewash jihad and islamic ideology around the world as peaceful and loving of non-islamic people. The hate speech from islamic scholars, the beheadings, honor killings, bombings, stoning, stabbings, child marriages, rapes and destruction of other societies culture and places of worship happens on a daily basis with millions of muslims cheering it on.
Jihad may have a dual meaning, but we all know what it truly means. KILLING!