. Islamic unity did not last long. Soon after the death of Muhammad and after Muslims exterminated the Jews and the Christians from Hijaz they started to kill each other. The first battle took place between Ali the Caliph of Islam and Ayesha the favorite wife of Muhammad. In that battle many died. Then it was the Battle between the Khavarej, a hard line Muslim group and Ali. In this “battle” Ali lost about 8 men but when the Khavarej 4000. The truth is that these men were not ready for war, They had gone to protest with no arms at all, Otherwise it is impossible that in a battle 4000 men die while the other party give only 8 casualty. This senseless slaughter lasted only one or two hours. Both sides were Muslims and related to each other by blood. The ambition for power, the greed for booty and the lust for women captured in wars gave Muslims incentive to attack Iran, Syria and eventually other countries. Islam will only grow as long as there is an enemy to subdue and to hate. As soon as there is no one left, the Muslims will start fighting among each other as they are doing between the Shiites and the Sunnis in Pakistan. Islam is a religion that thrives on hate. Muslims need enemies to remain united. That is why they need “Zionism” and the “American Imperialism”. All Muslims are fighting with each other but in one thing they are united and that is in their hatred of Israel and America. If you take away these enemies from them, they will tear each other apart. Fascism drives from the Italian word fascia, which means a bundle of woods. This was an old Roman emblem. The idea is that a single stick of wood can be broken easily, but when you bundle many sticks together and fasten them with each other, they become strong and unbreakable. Fascism creates the concept of “we” versus “them”. It is divisive and the unity of “we” is sustained by keeping alive the hate of “them”. In fascism and all fascistic ideologies the unity is achieved by the fear and hatred of others. The political ideology of fascism is based on “a system of government characterized by rigid one-party dictatorship and forcible suppression of the opposition of minority groups” (Webster). Nazism and Islam are both inspired by fascistic ideas. In Islam, just as in Nazism the minorities are underdogs, their rights are denied and violated and the might is revered as right. The best description of fascism is given by the Prophet in this verse Muhammad is the messenger of Allah; and those who are with him are strong against Unbelievers, (but) compassionate amongst each other. (Q. 48:29) 1400 years ago a narcissistic megalomaniac demagogue could have fooled ignorant people around him. The same goes for Islam. Islam owes its success in inciting hate. Hate of the non-Muslims and superiority of the believers over non-believers. Quran not only condemns the non-believers and relegates them to the blazing fire of hell, (Q. 2:39,, 22:9, 69:36) it also instructs the Muslims to slay them wherever they find them (Q.2:191), do not befriend them (Q. 3:28), fight them and show them harshness (Q. 9:123), and smite their heads (Q. 47:4). Setting ourselves free from the mental bondage of Islam requires more than denouncing it. Many of who have walked away from Islam are still Muslims in our outlook. Islam teaches superiority of the believers over non-believers. We may think of ourselves superior by virtue of our race, nationality or anything else. That is not freedom. Islam also claims to have the monopoly of the truth and condemns any other thought as satanic. If we hold to our own way of thinking as the ONLY right way and look down at other people who think differently, call them superstitious and their thoughts unworthy of consideration, we are thinking like Muslims. Only a person can claim to be free from Islam who has no feelings of superiority in her heart, who has no thoughts of self-righteousness in her mind and who truly sees herself as the child of humanity and one with this Universe.
Posted on: Sat, 27 Sep 2014 14:25:49 +0000
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