Unabashed

This article does a fine job of glossing over a problem for the benefit of not engendering any violent reprisals. Unfortunately, it’s also done a fine job of dodging the real problem, which it seems the world is well-prepared to do when it comes to the Nation of Islam. The article says that the real reason everyone’s in such a tiff is because of the potential for idolatry the cartoons threaten; the actual text:

“The drawings including one depicting the prophet wearing a turban shaped as a bomb have touched a raw nerve among Muslims. Islam is interpreted to forbid any illustrations of Muhammad for fear they could lead to idolatry.”

Now tell me, do you really, really believe that Muslims are threatened by a fear that these cartoons will be idolized? I hope not, because that is utter nonsense. This reporter is practicing a method I refer to as “Blind Sympathizer” reporting. They refuse to acknowledge the real problem.

Also from the article, this quote from Islamic senior cleric Mohammed Usman: “Islam says it’s all right to demonstrate but not to resort to violence… We condemn the cartoons but this does not justify violence. These rioters are defaming the name of Islam.” This statement has two important elements: 1) That Islam’s followers should not resort to violence. 2) That the Islamic rioters are defaming the name of Islam. I would like to retort that, in the modern era, violence defines Islam. The supposed reason for the riots being the defaming of Islam, it must now be neccessary for Muslims to begin killing those rioters. I know this statement is flippant; I use it only to illustrate the double-talk we’ve been getting from the Islamic leadership for years now. It’s bad and it’s getting worse, and Arafat was the master of it. Now we’ve got Iran doing the same things.

The proofs of this double-talk are so painfully obvious. For instance, how can a “peaceful Islam” account for the Nation of Islam’s constant reminder that their singular, primary goal is the utter destruction of the state of Israel. At a Teheran conference last October called “The World without Zionism,” the Iranian president called for Israel to be “wiped off the map”. He predicted: “very soon the stain of this disgrace will be purged from the centre of the Islamic world.” He warned peacemakers: “Anyone who recognizes Israel will burn in the fire of the Islamic nation’s fury.” And yet, the Islamic clerics continually preach peace. And don’t approach the argument that there are separate states of Islam and it’s only the radical sect that is preaching violence, if you do, then I believe you’ve bought into the double-speak I’m writing about. They want you to hear the message of peace while they slip in behind you with a scimitar and slice your bowels out through your back, before you have the chance to fight back.

Another quote:
“Aggression against life and property can only damage the image of a peaceful Islam”. I have to think the peacful image of Islam might also have been damaged by the hundreds upon hundreds of suicide bombers and mass murderings that have been perpetrated by this so-called “peaceful religion”. Like it or not, the most accurate representation of Islam’s evangelism today is in the vilifying cartoons that’s set their pants all afire.

Lastly, for anyone who believes I’m unfair or biased, I’ll object, because I believe that everything I’ve said in this article is based on fact. I didn’t write this to make enemies; I believe they’ve made enemies of me. I didn’t write this just to feed the fire of Islam’s righteous wrath; I don’t believe their wrath is righteous and I think the riots are a smokescreen, diverting attention away from other things, and, ultimately, their wrath doesn’t require feeding. It will burn until non-Muslims are all dead, or we kill them first. Finally, I’ll give you a lead to another blog whose intentions are to enrage. Beware, this is serious stuff.

written by Matt Mitchell \\ tags: , allah, Cartoon, islam, muslim