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A Primer on Islam: Part Two by Patrick Wyett A Primer On Islam: Part Two By Patrick Wyett Warning: Some may find the content of this article offensive. Godly discretion and discernment is advised. “And he [Ishmael, father of the Arabs] will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren” (Genesis 16:11). In line with this prophecy and heritage, came Islam. It should be no surprise that Islam today functions exactly as Mohammed envisioned; a call for terrorism against non-Muslims. If you haven’t gotten it yet, understand it now, the words “Islamic” and “terrorist” are synonymous. You rarely find one without the other. “We will cast terror into the hearts of those who became infidels (non-Muslims) because they partner [other gods, specifically Jesus] with Allah which he did not send down with any sultan [authority]. And their abode is the fire, and evil is the place of the unjust” (Surah 3:151). According to Mohammed, all babies are born Muslim. If you’re not currently Muslim, then you became an infidel. Isn’t that convenient? At this early juncture, I want to familiarize you with some words and their meanings that will help you understand: “The great religion that preaches peace,” as President Bush shamefully described Islam. The first word is “taqiyya” which is the Islamic principle that allows for lying. Taqiyya is useful to keep the peace, as in lying to your wife, or to further Islam by lying to enemies. Since lying isn’t morally wrong for a Muslim, traditional lie detector tests can be ineffective against them. They simply have no conscience against lying. As a non-Muslim, Bush wasn’t talking taqiyya (stupidity or ignorance maybe but not taqiyya). The word “hudna” is an Islamic word meaning, a temporary peace treaty or truce for a specified period of time when Muslims are in an inferior military position and are being beaten. Strange, that this would ever happen as Mohammed assured Muslims that they will always prevail if Allah is with them. Yet since the rebirth of Israel in 1948, the numerically superior Muslims have been routinely trounced by the Israelis in every conflict. This is a very sore point of conversation amongst Muslims. Me, I find it humorous. Using Israeli experience as an example; Muslims attack, the Israelis respond and get the upper hand in battle, the Muslims beg for peace. A truce is declared and the Muslims, despite great losses, declare victory. Here’s the victory; they’ve survived to fight another day. They use the peace to reorganize, re- arm and plan the next attack. There is no lasting peace with Muslims, only vigilant military strength to keep them at bay. The word “hudna” originates from the Treaty of Hudaybiyyah which Mohammed signed with the defenders of Mecca. Being outnumbered and humiliated, Mohammed agreed to a ten year peace treaty with the Quraish tribe. He broke that treaty two years later when he had superior numbers and utterly conquered his enemies. Every peace treaty signed with infidels is hudna. Such treaties, truces and accords are not worth the paper they’re written on. As you can see, lying in various forms is a big part of Islam, which is not surprising as Jesus declared Satan to be “the father of all lies.” In that vein his “prophet” Mohammed is a worthy adopted son. But what about when Muslims are winning in battle? “So do not be weak and do not call for peace when you have the upper hand. And Allah is with you and he will not leave from you your work” (Surah 47:35). No mercy to the vanquished. “They (non-Muslims) are cursed wherever they are caught, seized and killed, slaughtering” (Surah 33:61). There is no way to overstate the inhumanity and barbarity of Islam. It is evil at a level most can’t fathom until they experience it firsthand. “So when you meet those who became infidels, so strike the necks (beheading) until you make a great slaughter among them. So firmly bind them” (Surah 47:4A). This sort of grisly admonition, as shown, is one of the few consistencies in the Quran and occurs throughout it. In staying with this theme, you’ve no doubt heard of “jihad.” Some taqiyya-practicing Muslim may have told you that jihad refers merely to a Muslim’s internal struggle. Sure it does. Perhaps the Quran can give us a more accurate definition of the word, you know, the one that Muslims abide by. “Those believers [Muslims] who stay [do not fight] other than those who are substantially injured are not equal to those who perform jihad for the sake of Allah with their money and their lives. Allah favors those who perform jihad with their money and lives above those who stay [do not fight] to a higher degree” (Surah 4:95a, emphasis mine). Performing jihad is obviously a call to wage holy war against infidels. A man physically unable to perform jihad must contribute money to jihad. We’re told elsewhere in the Quran that he who neither performs jihad nor contributes money to those that do will go to hell. Dying in jihad is the only sure way to get to the Garden; the Muslim paradise. In the Garden, Muslims will have their choice of perpetual virgin women and handsome young boys. Yes, I said young boys. I’ll get to that in more detail a bit later. Unless you’re a martyr in Islam, you have no assurance of getting to the Garden. For such a Muslim, Allah will lay out two scrolls, one of your good deeds and one of your sins. The longer list determines either the Garden or hell for you. Another word to be aware of is: fatwa. A fatwa is an Islamic religious ruling that can be issued by any recognized Islamic religious authority. Even your local Imam can issue a fatwa, which carries the weight of Islamic jurisprudence with it. An example of a fatwa, is a death sentence issued against those who insult Mohammed, Allah or Islam, such as the one issued against Salman Rushdie. A couple of disturbing fatwas have recently come out of Egypt. One allows a husband to have sex with his dead wife for up to six hours after her death. The other allows a man to have sex with animals as long as the animal is killed afterwards and the meat, if applicable, isn’t sold in his own village. Might I suggest a vegetarian dish if visiting a Muslim country? Sexual perversity is an integral part of Islam. This is going to be somewhat straightforward and graphic: You’ve probably heard that homosexuality is forbidden. Well, yes and no. The key here is defining who is homosexual. Pardon my bluntness but the man giving “it” is not the homosexual, according to Muslim theory, just the man taking it. Boys are another matter. Young boys epitomize the ultimate sexual object in Islam. In Afghanistan young boys are dressed up like women and made to dance in front of rich and powerful degenerates in a ceremony known as Bacha Bazi. The boys are then sold to these perverts for sex. Remember the choices a Muslim gets in the Garden? I was told of a Muslim saying while living in Kuwait, “Women are for babies, men (or boys) are for fun.” I was also told that many Middle Eastern Muslim men are bisexual. Now couple this demonic sexual appetite with a madrasa, or Muslim school of learning for boys. The pedophile clerics who run these madrasas routinely prey on the boys sent there, with nothing and no one to stop them. Don’t believe me? Look it up. What about girls and women in the Muslim world? Taking a child bride was legitimized by Mohammed himself. As a result, this debauchery is standard operating procedure in Islam. Recently an eight-year old in Yemen died on her wedding night from sexual trauma inflicted by her forty-year old husband. There had been a law passed to place the minimum age to marry at age 17. It was repealed because it was “un-Islamic.” Throughout the Quran, females are degraded, insulted and subjugated. Women are said to have only half the intelligence of men, and only get half the inheritance and it takes the testimony of two women to equal one man. Women must be covered. Their husbands can beat them. Women can be murdered in an honor killing for suspected infidelity, apostasy, disobedience and a variety of other things. A Pakistani girl recently ran away from home after years of being raped by her father. She was convinced to return by relatives, promising her no harm would come to her. She died two days later, poisoned to death by her brother for alleged “immoral and suspicious activities.” (In other words, an Islamic-sanctioned, honor killing on behalf of this incestuous, rapist father.) In yet another instance of Islamic justice for women, a thirteen-year old girl in Somalia was gang-raped by three men in 2008. She reported this to her Muslim tribal chief. The girl was charged with adultery and publicly stoned to death in a soccer stadium by 50 men. Her rapists were not charged. This is Islam. Mohammed was first married at age 25 to Khadija, a wealthy 40 year-old woman who also was his employer. I don’t know the details, but I’m guessing Mohammed didn’t like being in subjection to a woman.
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