The H-bomb
Everyone is legitimately afraid of Iran achieving an atomic bomb, or a dirty bomb. But, the worse bomb in history is the H-bomb, no not the hydrogen bomb, but the hate-bomb. Hate is the most powerful force of destruction in the world, based on the belief that you (as a group) are superior to any other and it is your right and duty to kill others. This is the motivation that leads to the use of suicide bombings and missiles against civilian populations. The Holocaust was a clear example of the human destructiveness of such hatred.
What motivates people to have this hatred is ideology. In the case of Islam, while it is true that the majority of Muslims don't want to kill Christians and Jews, there are enough of a minority of extremists to take this threat seriously. Maybe its only 1% or 5% or 10% or more, but its enough, as 9/11 and 7/7 testify to be very effective.
Recently there have been a spate of reports about Muslim hatred and instigation to violence. Christiane Amanpour (she's married to a Jew) has a series on CNN about Islam in the UK. She is showing that the minority of hate-filled jihadists are speaking and shouting openly in Britain, proclaiming that they are against democracy, and support the replacement of the current legal system with Sharia law. They cannot be ignored, but why can't they be arrested and deported for instigation to racial violence?
There is a series of videos (available on U-tube) taken secretly in British mosques. Outwardly these mosques proclaim their support for peaceful coexistence between religions, but actually inside their preachers preach an astonishing level of intolerance, referring to all non-Muslims as "kaffars" or infidels, and asserting the right of Muslims to kill them to stop the "suppression" of Islam (in Iraq, Afghanistan and Palestine!). They also propose to replace the legal system in the UK with Sharia law. This is a level of deception that is both unacceptable and dangerous.
If you compare the reaction of Muslims and Jews as minorities in England or elsewhere, they are diametrically opposite. Jews were intent on assimilating, of fitting in, and certainly not trying to overthrow the system (as Jews), while Muslims have the reverse reaction, they want to remain separate and to replace the system. Maybe some will say that these are biased views, that Islam is a "peaceful" religion. There was recently a debate between extremist, jihadist Muslims and moderate Muslims in Trinity College, Dublin. As it showed any religion is only what its adherents make of it. The preachers on both sides of the debate used selective quotation from the Koran, and the Bible or any other holy book can similarly be used to justify any course of action. It is the supreme irony that Christians used their interpretation of the Jewish Bible to justify killing Jews.
I leave you with this thought. There are estimated to be ca. 200 British Muslims fighting against the coalition forces in Iraq. Some of them are returning to Britain to take the war home with them, to strike against their enemy in London not in Baghdad. This is a world wide phenomenon, and these battle-hardened Muslims are coming to a neighborhood near you soon.
What motivates people to have this hatred is ideology. In the case of Islam, while it is true that the majority of Muslims don't want to kill Christians and Jews, there are enough of a minority of extremists to take this threat seriously. Maybe its only 1% or 5% or 10% or more, but its enough, as 9/11 and 7/7 testify to be very effective.
Recently there have been a spate of reports about Muslim hatred and instigation to violence. Christiane Amanpour (she's married to a Jew) has a series on CNN about Islam in the UK. She is showing that the minority of hate-filled jihadists are speaking and shouting openly in Britain, proclaiming that they are against democracy, and support the replacement of the current legal system with Sharia law. They cannot be ignored, but why can't they be arrested and deported for instigation to racial violence?
There is a series of videos (available on U-tube) taken secretly in British mosques. Outwardly these mosques proclaim their support for peaceful coexistence between religions, but actually inside their preachers preach an astonishing level of intolerance, referring to all non-Muslims as "kaffars" or infidels, and asserting the right of Muslims to kill them to stop the "suppression" of Islam (in Iraq, Afghanistan and Palestine!). They also propose to replace the legal system in the UK with Sharia law. This is a level of deception that is both unacceptable and dangerous.
If you compare the reaction of Muslims and Jews as minorities in England or elsewhere, they are diametrically opposite. Jews were intent on assimilating, of fitting in, and certainly not trying to overthrow the system (as Jews), while Muslims have the reverse reaction, they want to remain separate and to replace the system. Maybe some will say that these are biased views, that Islam is a "peaceful" religion. There was recently a debate between extremist, jihadist Muslims and moderate Muslims in Trinity College, Dublin. As it showed any religion is only what its adherents make of it. The preachers on both sides of the debate used selective quotation from the Koran, and the Bible or any other holy book can similarly be used to justify any course of action. It is the supreme irony that Christians used their interpretation of the Jewish Bible to justify killing Jews.
I leave you with this thought. There are estimated to be ca. 200 British Muslims fighting against the coalition forces in Iraq. Some of them are returning to Britain to take the war home with them, to strike against their enemy in London not in Baghdad. This is a world wide phenomenon, and these battle-hardened Muslims are coming to a neighborhood near you soon.
posted by Jack Cohen at 8:57 AM
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