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Blood, Blood, and More Blood, the Story of Islam:
INTRODUCTION:
Islam has spilled blood since its foundation in the Seventh Century. Let's look at its very beginnings, a raid on a camel caravan with spilling of blood.
<<<" Raid on B. Qudah at Dhat al-Salasil by Amr b. al-As - September, 629CE
Having suffered a terrible defeat in the hands of B. Qudah at Dhat Atlah, coupled with the ignoble retreat of the Muslim army from Mu'tah, Muhammad's prestige was greatly affected. It is said that he also received intelligence that a number of tribes, including B. Qudah were now preparing to attack Medina. To salvage his reputation he now empowered Amr b. al-As, the new convert of Islam, to push for a decisive raid on the stubborn B. Qudah tribe. Amr b. al-As was very furious that some of these tribes had taken the side of the Byzantine party during the Mu'tah battle. It was time to punish them-Muhammad determined.
So with three hundred (300) men and thirty horses, Amr b. al-As set out to decimate the rebellious B. Qudah who were settled at Dhat al-Salasil. It was at a distance of ten days march from Medina. Amr b. al-As' grandmother (i.e., the mother of al-As b. Wail, the father of Amr b. al-As) was a woman from Qudah or Bali tribe and Muhammad sent Amr b. al-As to convert her and her people to Islam by force. When Amr arrived at Dhat al-Salasil he found that the enemy had heavily outnumbered the Muslims.
Because of the feeble Islamic forces at his disposal Amr b. al-As sought reinforcement from Muhammad. The messenger of Allah quickly sent Abu Bakr b. Quhafa with an additional two hundred (200) men to assist Amr b. al-As. Thus, the total number of men now numbered five hundred (500)." [source - "Islam Under Scrutiny by Ex-Muslims," The Root of Terrorism a la Islamic style Chapter 15, by Abul Kasem ]
So as we can see, Islam started out with the spilling of innocent blood of those running the peaceful caravan of commerce, and it continued that way until the present. Yet members of this sham religion claim it is a religion of peace. This false claim makes one think of what Adolph Hitler said, <<<" 'The broad mass of a nation -..will more easily fall victim to a big lie than to a small one'---Adolf Hitler (1889-1945)">>>.
EARLY BLOOD SPILLING BY ISLAM:
Next, came the <<<"Raid on B. Juhayna at al-Khabat (the expedition of fish) by Abu Ubaydah ibn Jarrah - October, 629CE
In the next month, Muhammad sent Abu Ubaydah b. Jarrah along with three hundred (300) men to attack and punish the tribe of Juhaynah at al-Khabat, on the seacoast, five nights journey from Medina. This was a very difficult expedition and the Muslims suffered from intense hunger-so much so, that they had to divide the dates by number. They even ate the leaves of trees for a month. However, there was no fighting as the enemy had fled when they heard of the arrival of the Muslims.
In the end, the Muslims caught a dead-sea creature (a whale) that came ashore and ate it for half a month (or twenty days, according to Ibn Ishak). This is why this raid is also known as the 'expedition of fish.' They brought some of that stale meat to Muhammad and he ate it too.">>>.
<<<"Sahih Bukhari records that the Muslims ate the mountain like fish for eighteen days. Here is the Hadith:
Volume 3, Book 44, Number 663:
Narrated Jabir bin 'Abdullah:
"Allah's Apostle sent an army towards the east coast and appointed Abu 'Ubaida bin Al-Jarrah as their chief, and the army consisted of three-hundred men including myself. We marched on till we reached a place where our food was about to finish. Abu- 'Ubaida ordered us to collect all the journey food and it was collected. My (our) journey food was dates. Abu 'Ubaida kept on giving us our daily ration in small amounts from it, till it was exhausted. The share of everyone of us used to be one date only." I said, "How could one date benefit you?" Jabir replied, "We came to know its value when even that too finished." Jabir added, "When we reached the sea-shore, we saw a huge fish which was like a small mountain. The army ate from it for eighteen days. Then Abu 'Ubaida ordered that two of its ribs be fixed and they were fixed in the ground. Then he ordered that a she-camel be ridden and it passed under the two ribs (forming an arch) without touching them.">>>.
This practice of spilling blood of the innocents continued right on in early Islam. Here is a short list of some of these blood spilling afairs:
[1] Beheading the leader of B. Jusham at al Ghabah by Abd Allah ibn Hadrad - November, 629CE [still being practiced today by members of Islam.]
[2] Raid on a passing caravan at Batn al-Idam by Abd Allah b. Abi Hadrad - November, 629CE [An example of desert piracy and blood spilling.]
[3] Raid on B. Khudra at Suria by Abu Qatadah - December, 629CE [An example of blood spilling of the innocent.]
[4] The Occupation of Mecca by Muhammad - January, 630CE [Yet another example of blood spilling of the innocent.]
Footnotes, <<<"Hadith from Sahhi Bukhari on Muhammad's exclusive right to shed blood at the holy sanctuary:
Volume 3, Book 34, Number 303:
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:
Allah's Apostle said, "Allah made Mecca a sanctuary and it was neither permitted for anyone before, nor will it be permitted for anyone after me (to fight in it). And fighting in it was made legal for me for a few hours of a day only. None is allowed to uproot its thorny shrubs or to cut down its trees or to chase its game or to pick up its Luqata (fallen things) except by a person who would announce it publicly." 'Abbas bin 'Abdul-Muttlib requested the Prophet, "Except Al-Idhkhir, for our goldsmiths and for the roofs of our houses." The Prophet said, "Except Al-Idhkhir." 'Ikrima said, "Do you know what is meant by chasing its game? It is to drive it out of the shade and sit in its place." Khalid said, "('Abbas said: Al-Idhkhir) for our goldsmiths and our graves.">>>.
<<<"On the killing of the singing girl, Sunaan Abu Dawud records:
Sunaan Abu Dawud: Book 14, Number 2678:
Narrated Sa'id ibn Yarbu' al-Makhzumi:
The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: on the day of the conquest of Mecca: There are four persons whom I shall not give protection in the sacred and non-sacred territory. He then named them. There were two singing girls of al-Maqis; one of them was killed and the other escaped and embraced Islam.">>>.
<<<"Those killings of the Meccan women smacks in the face of Islam's claim that the religion forbids the killing of women in a war. In fact, we can cite Sahih (authentic) Ahadith to demonstrate that the killings of polytheist women and children and old men are definitely sanctioned by Muhammad. Here are a few samples:
Sahih Muslim: Book 019, Number 4321:
It is reported on the authority of Sa'b b. Jaththama that the Prophet of Allah (may peace be upon him), when asked about the women and children of the polytheists being killed during the night raid, said: They are from them.
Sunaan Abu Dawud: Book 14, Number 2664:
Narrated Samurah ibn Jundub:
The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: Kill the old men who are polytheists, but spare their children." [source - [source - "Islam Under Scrutiny by Ex-Muslims," The Root of Terrorism a la Islamic style Chapter 16, by Abul Kasem, email address on 05/24/2007 = nirribilli@gmail.com ]
[5] The Destruction of al-Uzza at Nakhla by Khalid b. al-Walid - January, 630CE [Yet another example of blood spilling of the innocent.]
[6] The Destruction of Suwa at Ruhat by Amr b. al-As - January, 630CE [Yet another example of blood spilling of the innocent.]
[7] The Destruction of al-Manat at al-Kadid by Sa'd b. Zayd al-Ashhali - January, 630CE [Yet another example of blood spilling of the innocent, one being a poor black lady.]
[8] Plunder of B. Jadhimah at Tihamah by Khalid b. al-Walid - January, 630CE [Yet another example of blood spilling of the innocent.]
footnote, <<<"Here is Sahi Hadith from Sahih Bukhari on the level of atrocity and cruelty perpetrated on B. Jadhimah by the Muslims:
Volume 5, Book 59, Number 628:
Narrated Salim's father:
The Prophet sent Khalid bin Al-Walid to the tribe of Jadhima and Khalid invited them to Islam but they could not express themselves by saying, "Aslamna (i.e. we have embraced Islam)," but they started saying "Saba'na! Saba'na (i.e. we have come out of one religion to another)." Khalid kept on killing (some of) them and taking (some of) them as captives and gave every one of us his Captive. When there came the day then Khalid ordered that each man (i.e. Muslim soldier) should kill his captive, I said, "By Allah, I will not kill my captive, and none of my companions will kill his captive." When we reached the Prophet, we mentioned to him the whole story. On that, the Prophet raised both his hands and said twice, "O Allah! I am free from what Khalid has done.">>>.
[9] Second Raid on B. Hawazin or the Battle of Hunayn by Muhammad - January, 630CE 630CE [Yet another example of blood spilling of the innocent.]
[10] The Destruction of the idol Yaghuth at Dhu al-Kaffyan by Tufayl ibn 'Amr al-Dawsi - January, 630 [Yet another example of blood spilling of the innocent.]
[11] The Siege of Taif by Muhammad - January, 630CE [Yet another example of blood spilling of the innocent.]
Footnote, <<<"Hadith from Sahih Bukhari on the release of the captives of B. Hawazin:
Volume 3, Book 46, Number 716: Narrated Marwan and Al-Miswar bin Makhrama:
When the delegates of the tribe of Hawazin came to the Prophet and they requested him to return their properties and captives. The Prophet stood up and said to them, "I have other people with me in this matter (as you see) and the most beloved statement to me is the true one; you may choose either the properties or the prisoners as I have delayed their distribution." The Prophet had waited for them for more than ten days since his arrival from Ta'if. So, when it became evident to them that the Prophet was not going to return them except one of the two, they said, "We choose our prisoners." The Prophet got up amongst the people and glorified and praised Allah as He deserved and said, "Then after, these brethren of yours have come to us with repentance, and I see it logical to return them the captives. So, whoever amongst you likes to do that as a favor, then he can do it, and whoever of you likes to stick to his share till we recompense him from the very first war booty which Allah will give us, then he can do so (i.e. give up the present captives)." The people unanimously said, "We do that (return the captives) willingly." The Prophet said, "We do not know which of you has agreed to it and which have not, so go back and let your leaders forward us your decision." So, all the people then went back and discussed the matter with their leaders who returned and informed the Prophet that all the people had willingly given their consent to return the captives. This is what has reached us about the captives of Hawazin. Narrated Anas that 'Abbas said to the Prophet, "I paid for my ransom and Aqil's ransom.">>>.
[12] The Raid on B. Tamim by Uyana b. Hisn - July, 630CE [Yet another example of blood spilling of the innocent.]
And the list of early blood lettings of the innocent by Islam could go on for many pages, but it is being stopped here as enough have been listed to establish the fact that early Islam was guilty of much blood letting per the name of this article, "Blood, Blood, and More Blood, the Story of Islam:"
CONTINUED EARLY BLOOD SPILLING BY ISLAM IN THE MIDDLE AGES:
A few salient examples will be given to illustrate how Islam, the sham religion, never stopped its evil and wicked blood spilling hate, greed, and lust for violence during the middle ages:
[1] <<<" Malik Kafur, the general of Alauddin Khalji, gave the Raja of Dwarsamudra a choice between Islam, death or payment of a huge idemnity.25 But under Muhammad bin Tughlaq there is greater insistence on the vanquished Hindu princes to embrace Islam. The most glaring example of this is that during the Warangal campaign all the eleven sons of the Raja of Kampila were made Muslims. Muhammad bin Tughlaq converted many people in this fashion. When Firoz Tughlaq invaded Jajnagar (Orissa), he captured the son of the Rai of Sikhar, converted him to Islam, and gave him the name of Shakr Khan.
The process of enslavement during war went on under the Khaljis and the Tughlaqs. Alauddin had 50,000 slaves37 some of whom were mere boys,38 and surely many captured during war. Firoz Tughlaq had issued an order that whichever places were sacked, in them the captives should be sorted out and the best ones (fit for service with the Sultan) should be forwarded to the court.39 Soon he was enabled to collect 180,000 slaves.40 Ziyauddin Barani's description of the Slave Market in Delhi (such markets were there in other places also) during the reign of Alauddin Khalji, shows that fresh batches of slaves were constantly replenishing them.41>
[ Indian Muslims:Who Are They-K.S. Lal Chapter 3-Proselytization in Provincial-Muslim Kingdoms -http://www.voiceofdharma.org/books/imwat/ch3.htm]>>>.
[2] <<<" Starting with Al-Bilãdhurî who wrote in Arabic in the second half of the ninth century, and coming down to Syed Mahmudul Hasan who wrote in English in the fourth decade of the twentieth, we have cited from eighty histories spanning a period of more than twelve hundred years. Our citations mention sixty-one kings, sixty-three military commanders and fourteen sufis who destroyed Hindu temples in one hundred and fifty-four localities, big and small, spread from Khurasan in the West to Tripura in the East, and from Transoxiana in the North to Tamil Nadu in the South, over a period of eleven hundred years. In most cases the destruction of temples was followed by erection of mosques, madrasas and khãnqãhs, etc., on the temple sites and, frequently, with temple materials. Allãh was thanked every time for enabling the iconoclast concerned to render service to the religion of Muhammad by means of this pious performance.
Mahmûd of Ghazni robbed and burnt down 1,000 temples at Mathura, and 10,000 in and around Kanauj. One of his successors, Ibrãhîm, demolished 1,000 temples each in Hindustan (Ganga-Yamuna Doab) and Malwa. Muhammad Ghûrî destroyed another 1,000 at Varanasi. Qutbu'd-Dîn Aibak employed elephants for pulling down 1,000 temples in Delhi. "Alî I 'Ãdil Shãh of Bijapur destroyed 200 to 300 temples in Karnataka. A sufi, Qãyim Shãh, destroyed 12 temples at Tiruchirapalli. Such exact or approximate counts, however, are available only in a few cases. Most of the time we are informed that "many strong temples which would have remained unshaken even by the trumpets blown on the Day of Judgment, were levelled with the ground when swept by the wind of Islãm".>
[HINDU TEMPLES :WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM -Volume II :The Islamic Evidence- SITA RAM GOEL -Section III FROM THE HORSE'S MOUTH-8. Summing up- http://www.voiceofdharma.org/books/htemples2/ch8.htm]>>>.
[3] << <Islamic imperialism knew no code of honor. The only rule of war they observed without fail was to fall down the helpless civil population after a decisive victory had been won on the battlefield. They sacked and burnt down villages and towns after the defenders had died fighting or had fled. The cows, the Brahmins and Buddhist Bhikshus invited their special attention in a mass murder of non-combatants. Their temples and shrines were their special targets in an orgy of pillage and destruction. Those that they did not kill, they captured and sold as slaves. The scene was described by Kanhadde Prabandha (1456 A.D) in the following words: "The conquering army burnt villages, devastated the land, plundered people's wealth, took Brahmins and children and women of all classes captive, flogged with thongs of raw hide, carried a moving prison with it, and converted the prisoners into obsequious Turks." [source: Story of Islamic Imperialism in India - By Sita Ram Goel ASIN 8185990239 p. 41-42-, http://www.hinduwisdom.info/Islamic_Onslaught.htm ]>>>.
[4] <<<" These conquerors justified their deeds by claiming it was their religious duty to smite non-believers. Cloaking themselves in the banner of Islam, they claimed they were fighting for their faith when, in reality, they were indulging in straightforward slaughter and pillage. When these warriors settled in India, they ruled as absolute despots over a cowed Hindu populace. For generations, their descendants took their martial superiority over their subjects for granted. "... And a substantial number of Pakistani Muslims are secretly convinced that they are inherently superior to the Hindus. One irony, of course, is that contrary to their wishful thinking, the vast majority of Muslims in the subcontinent have more Hindu blood in their veins than there is Arab, Afghan, Turkish or Persian blood. Many of the invaders took Hindu wives and concubines." [source: Demons from the past - By Ifran Husain - dailytimes.com.pk- http://www.hinduwisdom.info/index_new.htm ]>>>.
[5] <<<" "From the time Muslims started arriving, around 632 AD, the history of India becomes a long, monotonous series of murders, massacres, spoliation's, and destruction's. It is, as usual, in the name of 'a holy war' of their faith, of their sole God, that the barbarians have destroyed civilizations, wiped out entire races." Mahmoud Ghazni, continues Danielou, "was an early example of Muslim ruthlessness, burning in 1018 of the temples of Mathura, razing Kanauj to the ground and destroying the famous temple of Somnath, sacred to all Hindus. His successors were as ruthless as Ghazni: 103 temples in the holy city of Benaras were razed to the ground, its marvelous temples destroyed, its magnificent palaces wrecked." Indeed, the Muslim policy vis a vis India, concludes Danielou, seems to have been a conscious systematic destruction of everything that was beautiful, holy, refined." [source - Histoire de l' Inde - By Alain Danielou p. 222 or A Brief History of India-, http://www.hinduwisdom.info/Islamic_Onslaught.htm#Slaughter%20of%20the%20Hindu s]>>>.
[6] <<<" It is significant that one of the very few place-names on earth that reminds us not of the victory of the winners but rather of the slaughter of the losers, concerns a genocide of Hindus by the Muslims.
A few known historical figures can be used to justify this estimate. The Encyclopaedia Britannica recalls that in December 1398 AD, Taimurlane ordered the execution of at least 50,000 captives before the battle for Delhi; likewise, the number of captives butchered by Taimurlane's army was about 100,000.
The Britannica again mentions that Mughal emperor Akbar ordered the massacre of about 30,000 captured Rajput Hindus on February 24, 1568 AD, after the battle for Chitod, a number confirmed by Abul Fazl, Akbar's court historian. Afghan historian Khondamir notes that during one of the many repeated invasions on the city of Herat in western Afghanistan, which used to be part of the Hindu Shahiya kingdoms '1,500,000 residents perished.' 'Thus, 'it is evident that the mountain range was named as Hindu Kush as a reminder to the future Hindu generations of the slaughter and slavery of Hindus during the Moslem conquests.' "[source: Where's India's holocaust museum? - By Francois Gautier - rediff.com-ttp://www.hinduwisdom.info/Islamic_Onslaught.htm#Slaughter%20of%20the%20Hindu s ]>>>.
[7] The contemporary French writer François Gautier has said, <<<"The massacres perpetuated by Muslims in India are unparalleled in history, bigger than the Holocaust of the Jews by the Nazis; or the massacre of the Armenians by the Turks; more extensive even than the slaughter of the South American native populations by the invading Spanish and Portuguese."[http://www.hinduholocaust.com/HinduHolocaustMuseum.htm]>>>.
[8] K. S. Lai, the greatest of all historians in India said, <<<"Islam received a definite check in India. In other words, while countries like Arabia, Persia, Mesopotamia and Syria succumbed to the onslaught of Islam and converted en masse, the sword of Islam was blunted in India. This check provided provocation and enthusiasm to some Muslim conquerors and rulers to take to the task of proselytization with great zeal and earnestness. Their exertions and achievements find repeated mention in official and non-official chronicles and similar other works. Sometimes, besides broad facts, actual data and figures in this regard are also available. All this information is very helpful in estimating Muslim numbers as they grew from almost a cipher. "[source - comparable account of terror-tactics of the Muslim army as described by Persian chroniclers and Vidyapati in Kirtilata in K.S.Lal]>>>.
[9] Genocide and massacres and stealing of others lands and forced conversions continued as Islam's SOP <<<"Ikhtiyaruddin Bakhtiyar Khalji's military exploits in the east also resulted in conversions to Islam. About the end of the twelfth or the beginning of the thirteenth century," [source & comments - by S.K. Lal - The exact date of the raid is difficult to determine. Ishwari Prasad, Medieval India (Allahabad, Fourth Impression, 1940), p.138] places it" probably in 1197", [source - Wolseley Haig (C.H.I., III,pp.45-46] a little earlier than this, and [source - Habibullah, op. cit., pp.70 and 84, n. 78 in 1202-03.]>>; <<"he marched into Bihar and attacked the University centres of Nalanda, Vikramshila and Uddandapur, erecting a fortress at the site of Uddandapur or Odantapuri." [source - Indian Antiquary, IV, pp.366-67.]>>; <<"The Buddhist monks in these places were massacred and the common people, deprived of their priests and teachers, turned some to Brahmanism and some to Islam. Buddhism did not die out immediately or completely in Bihar." [source - Fuhrer, The Sharqi Architecture of Jaunpur, pp.70-73.]>>; <<"But Bakhtiyar's raid on Bihar did deliver a shattering blow to Buddhism and its lost followers were gained mainly by Islam. Muslim sway extended from Varanasi through the strip of Shahabad, Patna, Monghyr and Bhagalpur district," [source - Habibullah, op. cit., p.147]>>>.
[10] Islam continued with its same standard operating procedure, (SOP), <<<" With this conceptual framework let us examine the structure and organization of Muslim community in Hindustan in the eleventh and twelfth centuries. Punjab saw the emergence of Muslims as a local community consequent to the invasions of Mahmud of Ghazni. But for a few immigrants in the shape of Ghaznavid officers and soldiers, the bulk of Muslims were converts from the indigenous Hindu population. Similar was the case in "pockets" of Sind, Gujarat, Bihar and Malabar. The process of their conversion was hurried. All of a sudden the invader appeared in a city or a region, and in the midst of loot and murder, a dazed, shocked and enslaved people were given the choice between Islam and death. Those who were converted were deprived of their scalp-lock or choti and, if they happened to be caste people, also their sacred thread." [source - Indian Muslims, Who Are They by K.S. Lal and his footnote comments were, "The exact date of the raid is difficult to determine. Ishwari Prasad, Medieval India [source - Allahabad, Fourth Impression, 1940), p.138] places it" probably in 1197", [source - Wolseley Haig (C.H.I., III,pp.45-46)] a little earlier than this, and [source - Habibullah, op. cit., pp.70 and 84, n. 78 in 1202-03."]>>>.
[11] Now here are the facts, the reality, of the murder, genocide of over 80 million endividuals in India by Muslims, <<<"With the invasion of India by Mahmud Ghazni about 1000 A.D., began the Muslim invasions into the Indian subcontinent and they lasted for several centuries. The Muslim invasions continued even when the Muslims were ruling India, like the invasion of the Mongols during the reign of the Khiljis or the invasion of the Mughals in the early sixteenth Century when the Lodis were ruling Delhi. The last notable invasion of the Muslims from outside was the invasion of Nadir Shah in 1739, during which he unleashed a great horror on the native population.
During these seven hundred years of Muslim invasions and their conquest and rule of India, the Hindus were the greatest sufferers. It is difficult to estimate the number of Hindus who lost their lives during these campaigns, the number of Hindus who lost their lives in the religious persecution perpetrated on the native population by the Muslim rulers or the number of Hindus who were forcibly converted to Islam.
According to Prof. K.S. Lal, the author of the Growth of Muslim population in India, the Hindu population decreased by 80 million between 1000 AD, the year Mahmud Ghazni invaded India and 1525 AD, a year before the battle of Panipat.
One can safely add another 20 million Hindus to this list to account for the number that were killed during the Mughal rule or the rule of the Muslim rulers in the Deccan plateau. By all known accounts of world history, as pointed out by Koenard Elst in his book the Negationism in India, destruction of about 100 million hindus is perhaps the biggest holocaust in the whole world history." [source - The biggest holocaust in world history by Jayaram V]>>>.
This clearly showing that the Muslims were responsible for the greatest genocide in all of human history, but let's look at more facts with respect this crime against humanity.
Let's look at a quote from Chapter 5 of a history book by India's greatest historian, K.S. Lal, see information about him in the footnote at end of quote, <<<"Factors Contributing to the Growth of Muslim Population, Conversions -
Islam has spread in many parts of the world through wars and campaigns[[Its spread was not peaceful but by the proverbial sword]]. In the medieval Indian chronicles the sovereign is always mentioned as 'the king of Islam', the territories of his empire are referred to as the 'land of Islam', its armies as 'soldiers of Islam', and its religious and Judicial head as 'Shaikh-ul-Islam'. The monarch was committed to make Islam the true basis of private and public life through the enforcement of the Shariat and to convert the people to the "true faith". In India the Muslim rulers' keenness to obtain converts in war is vouched by many chroniclers. The Tarikh-i-Muhammadi gives a clear idea of the psychology of the rulers in this regard. Its author was a contemporary of Sultan Nasiruddin Mahmud, the son of Firoz Tughlaq. He says that while fighting Rai Subir (Sumer) in the vicinity of Iraj, the Sultan thought: 'If I will give orders to the army to fight (outright), they will not leave even a trace of the Kafirs [[none Muslims]] in the region, but if I shall advance slowly, then probably these people will agree to embrace Islam."3
What professor Mohammad Habib writes concerning the Mongol applies equally to Turkish expeditions. "In 1330 the country was invaded by the Mongols who indulged in arson, rape and murder throughout the Valley (of Kashmir). The king and the Brahmans fled away but among the inhabitants who remained... Muslim ways of life were gradually adopted by the people as the only alternative..."4 Thus warfare brought captives, and captives were made Musalmans. Such was not the situation only in the North; in South also such methods of conversion prevailed, especially during wars between Bahmani and Vijayanagar kingdoms. Throughout the medieval period such wars were common, and forcible conversions [[Conversions by the proverbial sword.]] helped in the rapid growth of Muslim population.
The rulers used force and persuasion in equal measure. Their resources were great. They could give jobs, honours, and titles and many other economic concessions and status benefits as inducements to conversion, and many people would have taken advantage of these facilities. We have referred to Mubarak Khalji's encouragement to Hindus to accept Islam by presenting the convert with a robe and a gold ornament. People used to be converted in this fashion right up to the reign of Aurangzeb and perhaps even thereafter. There were other methods too.
The Banshasmriti of Satya Krishna Biswas states that in Bengal the Rajas and Zamindars who could not deposit land revenue by a certain date had to convert to Muhammadanism. The Banshasmriti narrates an isolated incident, but as this regulation of the thirteenth century had been revived by Murshid Quli Khan, or had continued right up to his times, many local Rajas and Zamindars would have been converted in the course of four centuries, for full payment of land tax by due date was not always possible. Firoz Tughlaq (1351-88) instructed his revenue collectors to convert Hindus to Islam.5 He rescinded the Jiziyah to lure people to become Muhammadans, and this measure brought large additions to Muslim population. In his Fatuhat-i-Firoz Shahi, Sultan Firoz Tughlaq candidly writes: "I encouraged my infidel subjects to embrace the religion of the prophet and I proclaimed that everyone who repeated the Kalima of tauhid and became Musalman should be exempt from Jiziyah... Information of this came to the ears of the people at large, and great number of Hindus presented themselves, and were admitted to the honour of Islam. Thus they came forward day by day from every quarter, go on coming to this day, and adopting the faith, are exonerated from the Jiziyah, and are favoured with Khilats and presents."6 [[Taxed enslaved subjects that would NOT convert to try and force their conversion; i.e., no affording of the basic human right of freedom of conscience]]. [source - Studies in Medieval Indian History, pp.171-172 by K.S. Lal]>>>.
Now let's look at what others had to say about this greatest of all genocides:
Historian Will Durant wrote his book The Story of Civilization:, <<<"The Mohammadan conquest of India is probably the bloodiest story in history. It is a discouraging tale, for its evident moral is that civilization is a precarious thing, whose delicate complex of order and liberty, culture and peace may at any time be overthrown by barbarians invading from without or multiplying within." [source - "The Story of Civilization, " by Will Durant the great American historian]>>>.
French historian Alain Danielou wrote in his book Histoire de l'Inde:, <<<"From the moment when the Muslims arrive in India, the history of India does not have any more great interest. It is long and monotonous series of murder, massacres, spoilations, destruction." [source - "Histoire de l'Inde," by Alain Danielou, great French historian]>>>.
Hindu sage Padmanabha described in his KanhaDade Prabandha in 1456 AD the story of the Islamic invasion of Gujarat of 1298 AD:, <<<"The conquering army burnt villages, devastated the land, plundered people's wealth, took Brahmins ( priestly hindu class ) and children and women of all classes captive, flogged with thongs of raw hide, carried a moving prison with it, and converted the prisoners into obsequious slaves.">>>.
Tarikh-i-Yamini of Utbi the sultan's secretary wrote in the 11th century: <<<"The blood of the infidels flowed so copiously at Thanesar that the stream was discoloured, notwithstanding its purity, and people were unable to drink it. The Sultan returned with plunder which is impossible to count." [source - "the story of the Islamic invasion of Gujarat of 1298 AD:, " [source - English translation), by Padmanabha, a famous Hindu of the 15 th. Century].
[12] Also, hateful, greedy, and lustful for violence members of Islam set out in the Eighth Century to steal all of Spain and to kill all that resisted, <<<" In 711 AD, the non-White Muslim invasion finally reached Spain, having swept up out of the Saudi Arabian peninsula, conquered Egypt, Libya, Tunisia and North Africa to the Gibraltar Strait.
Launching a ferocious assault across the narrow strait, the Muslims defeated the Gothic kingdom in stages and managed to establish what became known as Moorish rule over the greatest part of Spain and Portugal, with only the very northern parts remaining in Gothic hands." [source - MARCH OF THE TITANS - A HISTORY OF THE WHITE RACE, Chapter 22: Lessons in Decline: Spain and Portugal]
ISLAM CONTINUES WITH THEIR VIOLENT WAYS AS SHOWN IN THAILAND TODAY:
Let's look at how Islam is using its usual SOP in three provinces of Thailand today, 2006. An article in the New York Times clearly shows that Islam has remained violent until today, <<"In Thailand, a New Model for Militants? ...
October 1, 2006
HAT YAI, Thailand - The bomb that exploded outside New Cherry Ancient Massage was among the most sinister kinds - a lethal sucker punch timed to detonate moments after two other blasts had lured onlookers into the streets of this tourist town.
The homemade device, hidden in a motorcycle parked outside the busy parlor, killed five people, including a Canadian teacher and three masseuses. All 30 surviving massage workers quit on the spot. Within days, the parents of the three dead women came to take their daughters' bodies home.
"One father asked, 'Why my child? She was a good girl,' " said New Cherry owner Boonchai Sangmankung. "And I couldn't answer him. I don't know myself. Why do the attacks continue? Why are more innocent people killed every day?"
Since 2004, militants in Thailand's predominantly Muslim south have waged a bloody separatist insurgency against the cultural elite of this largely Buddhist nation, targeting teachers, monks, community leaders and government officials. So far, 1,700 people have been killed, yet the campaign of almost-daily bombings, arson attacks, kidnappings and assassinations has gone largely unnoticed in a Western world fixated on higher-profile Islamic terrorism campaigns in Iraq and elsewhere.
"The violence in southern Thailand is quite significant compared to many other world conflicts today," said Panitan Wattanayagorn, a political scientist at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok. "The U.S. lost 3,000 soldiers in three years in Iraq. This death toll is not far behind." ...
Many Muslim residents still chafe over what they consider a century of abusive rule. But experts differ over the roots of the insurgency. Some say it's a battle over religious freedom, others say it's a fight for territory and self-rule. Still others say it's both...
In the first six months of 2006, two people died every day, on average: A Buddhist teacher was gunned down in front of his fourth-grade class by men dressed as students. A salesman was beheaded outside a crowded teashop. The owner of an elephant troupe was shot seven times by assailants who had lined up with children to buy tickets for a show.
In August, 22 small bombs exploded nearly simultaneously in banks throughout southern Yala province, killing one person and bringing commerce to a standstill. Two months earlier, 50 bombs went off in a single day at government offices and police stations.
Last year, 15 militants stormed a Buddhist temple and hacked two monks to death before setting fire to their bodies. Thai officials believe that 30,000 Buddhists have fled the south since the attack. Insurgents also have targeted fellow Muslims suspected of conspiring with a military known for its brutality in dealing with the Islamic militants...[source - By John M. Glionna, Times Staff Writer on 10/01/2006]>>.
First, before detail, let's look at Swami Vivekananda said which is as true today as when he said it in 1893.
<<"Sectarianism, bigotry, and its horrible descendant, fanaticism, have long possessed this beautiful earth. They have filled the earth with violence, drenched it often and often with human blood, destroyed civilization, and sent whole nations to despair. Had it not been for these horrible demons, human society would be far more advanced than it is now." [source - Swami Vivekananda (1893)]>>.
Swami Vivekananda clearly saw the damage being done by false religion and stated it in a few well used words.
PRESENT DAY BLOOD SPILLING BY ISLAM:
At present members of Islam are still in their SOP - spilling blood of innocent people all over the world, and especially so in Iraq, Pakistan, Thailand, the United States, India, etc. We shall look at a few salient cases of this modern day blood spilling by Islam:
[1] Let's look at how Islam is using its usual SOP in three provinces of Thailand today, 2006. An article in the New York Times clearly shows that Islam has remained violent until today, <<<"In Thailand, a New Model for Militants? ...
October 1, 2006
HAT YAI, Thailand - The bomb that exploded outside New Cherry Ancient Massage was among the most sinister kinds - a lethal sucker punch timed to detonate moments after two other blasts had lured onlookers into the streets of this tourist town.
The homemade device, hidden in a motorcycle parked outside the busy parlor, killed five people, including a Canadian teacher and three masseuses. All 30 surviving massage workers quit on the spot. Within days, the parents of the three dead women came to take their daughters' bodies home.
"One father asked, 'Why my child? She was a good girl,' " said New Cherry owner Boonchai Sangmankung. "And I couldn't answer him. I don't know myself. Why do the attacks continue? Why are more innocent people killed every day?"
Since 2004, militants in Thailand's predominantly Muslim south have waged a bloody separatist insurgency against the cultural elite of this largely Buddhist nation, targeting teachers, monks, community leaders and government officials. So far, 1,700 people have been killed, yet the campaign of almost-daily bombings, arson attacks, kidnappings and assassinations has gone largely unnoticed in a Western world fixated on higher-profile Islamic terrorism campaigns in Iraq and elsewhere.
"The violence in southern Thailand is quite significant compared to many other world conflicts today," said Panitan Wattanayagorn, a political scientist at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok. "The U.S. lost 3,000 soldiers in three years in Iraq. This death toll is not far behind." ...
Many Muslim residents still chafe over what they consider a century of abusive rule. But experts differ over the roots of the insurgency. Some say it's a battle over religious freedom, others say it's a fight for territory and self-rule. Still others say it's both...
In the first six months of 2006, two people died every day, on average: A Buddhist teacher was gunned down in front of his fourth-grade class by men dressed as students. A salesman was beheaded outside a crowded teashop. The owner of an elephant troupe was shot seven times by assailants who had lined up with children to buy tickets for a show.
In August, 22 small bombs exploded nearly simultaneously in banks throughout southern Yala province, killing one person and bringing commerce to a standstill. Two months earlier, 50 bombs went off in a single day at government offices and police stations.
Last year, 15 militants stormed a Buddhist temple and hacked two monks to death before setting fire to their bodies. Thai officials believe that 30,000 Buddhists have fled the south since the attack. Insurgents also have targeted fellow Muslims suspected of conspiring with a military known for its brutality in dealing with the Islamic militants...[source - By John M. Glionna, Times Staff Writer on 10/01/2006]>>>.
[2] In the United States and elsewhere, an Australian newspaper did a summary of the violence and were quite conservative in their findings as the percentage should probably be higher than they gave in their summary. <<<" The Newspaper article is but a summary of evidence from around the world some of which was presented immediately below it, all from reliable world news sources. I presented a newspaper with a summary of it as it would take a many volume book to present it all. Apparently you fail to read the news daily with regard to how many murders are being committed daily in Iraq, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iraq, Thailand, Indonesia, Egypt, etc. by members of Islam. Also, you show you fail to listen to Al Jazzera and BBC to hear the proof of what the newspaper summarized - do you dig it? The world would be a much more tranquil and peaceful place without Islam, and even more so without apostate (counterfeit) so called Christianity. Let's look once more at what I posted in the past:
The Weekend Australian (newspaper) had this to say on the matter,
<<"Did you know that 90-95% of the conflicts in the world today are Muslims fighting non-muslims or each other?
Islam is intolerant of other religions, so much so that Christians in Nigeria, Sudan and middle eastern countries are killed for practicing their religion. Muslims are also responsible for burning down their churches. Sydney has recently seen an attack on four churches for similar reasons. (December 16, 2005) How can we tolerate such intolerance?">>.[7]
Says it all, so clearly Islam should be redefined as something other than a religion. So it is very necessary that this greed and hate be addressed. Remember, Matthew 5:9, "Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God." (AV).
Let's consider the facts as continually revealed in the world news that shows if any thing that the newspaper editor may have been a little low when he said 95 percent of the violence in the world was caused by Muslims. Here are some instances of terrorism by members of Islam:[7]
(1) World Trade Center - 9/11 - unprovoked attack and mass murder by Muslims.[8]
(2) London Subway Bombing by Muslims [9]
(3) Continued mosque bombings in Iraq by Muslims.[10]
(4) Suicide bombings in Israel by Muslims.[11]
(5) Suicide bombing of a wedding reception in Jordan by Muslims.[12]
(6) Daily roadside bombings in Iraq by Muslims.[13]
(7) Train bombings in Spain my Muslims.[14]
(8) Riots and car burnings and murders in France by Muslims.[15]
(9) Suicide bombings in Iraq by Muslims.[16]
(10) Car and truck bombings in Iraq by Muslims.[17]
(11) Unprovoked murder of 8 Israelis and the kidnapping of 2 by Muslims to provoke turmoil and violence in Lebanon and Israel by Muslims.[18]
(12) Unprovoked murder of 2 Israelis and the kidnapping of 1 by Muslims to provoke turmoil and violence in Gaza by Muslims.[19]
(13) Bombing of restaurants and cafes in Bali, Indonesia by Muslims.[20]
(14) Bombing of a trains in India by Muslims.[21]
(15) Take over of a grammar school in Russia resulting in the deaths of many students by Muslims.[22]
(16) Attempted shoebombing of a plain by a Muslim.[23]
(17) Conspiracy to bomb about 10 planes going from UK by Muslims.[24]
(18) Attempted murder of several Indian politicians in Kashmir by Muslims.[25]
(19) Many violent acts by Muslims in Afghanistan.[26]
(20) Murder of a girl by Shiite Muslims in Iran.[27]
(21) Conspiracy to bomb trains in Germany - as previously posted for you.[28]
(22) And the list could go on and on, get it?
References:
[7] The Weekend Australian, November 26-27, 2005 AD
[8] World Trade Center bombing, by Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
[9] Explosions Hit Three Tube Stations, One Bus, Thursday, July 21, 2005, Fox News
[10] By Ellen Knickmeyer and K.I. Ibrahim, Washington Post Foreign Service
Thursday, February 23, 2006; Page A01
[11] Suicide attack, From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
[12] Zarqawi Calls for Jordan King's Head, Friday, November 18, 2005
[13] The Daily Star, 03/21/2006, Vol. 5 #644
[14] CBS News, WASHINGTON, March 12, 2004
[15] Free Republic, News/Activism 05/30/2006 5:46:30 PM PDT, and, The Telegraph, By Colin Randall in Paris (Filed: 31/05/2006)
[16] Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
[17] CNN, Thursday, March 18, 2004 Posted: 4:59 PM EST (2159 GMT)
[18] Telegraph (UK), Israeli crisis is a smoke screen for Iran's nuclear ambitions, By Con Coughlin(Filed: 14/07/2006)
[19] Associated Press
[20] aljazeera.net, Bali a soft target, experts say, By Marianne Kearney in Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday 03 October 2005, 20:20 Makka Time, 17:20 GMT
[21] MSNBC, Associated Press, Updated: 6:26 p.m. ET July 12, 2006
[22] Beslan school hostage crisis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
[23] CNN, CNN NEWSNIGHT AARON BROWN, Debate Over Guantanamo Detainees Continues, Aired January 21, 2002 - 22:00 ET
[24] TIME, The Daily Dish, by Andrew Sullivan, The Alleged UK Terror Plot, 16 Aug 2006 09:58 am
[25] The New Yorker, BETWEEN THE MOUNTAINS - India and Pakistan are caught in a dangerous struggle over Kashmir. But what do its people want? by Isabel Hilton , Issue of 2002-03-11
[26] USA Today, USA's Muslims under a cloud, Updated 8/10/2006 9:13 AM ET
[27] NITV Satellite TV station located in Los Angeles, on Masjed Soleymaani Hastam, and [FREE IRAN Project] In The Spirit Of Cyrus The Great, and (in German) Iran/forum/viewtopic.php of Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia' and http://sosiran97.home.comcast.net/MasjedSoleymaaniHastam.mp3, and
[28] AOL NEWS, War on Terror, and Netscape.com, Third Lebanese Arrested in German Train Terror Plot , (via dailystar.com.lb)
[source - Large Religions are False Religions - Their Fruitage, which can be read in its entirety and which covers also the wrongs of apostate (counterfeit) Christians at,
It is obvious that you do not know the difference between a summary of proof and the individual proofs that support it, some of salient examples of proof which, as previously mentioned appeared immediately below it in my post.
[3] Violence by members of Islam never let's up as a very recent world news item shows, <<<" by Ramzi Haidar 1 hour, 40 minutes ago [05/21/2007]
NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon (AFP) - The Lebanese government offered late Monday a truce in its confrontation with Islamists in north Lebanon that cost 58 lives, as a bomb exploded in Beirut for the second straight night.
"The Lebanese army is ready to stop firing if the other side does the same. It will not open fire if it is not attacked," a government source in Beirut said, on condition of anonymity. The offer followed indirect negotiations between the army and the splinter group Fatah al-Islam through the mediation of Jamaa Islamiya, a Sunni organisation, participants in the contacts told AFP. The fighting had eased off by late Monday, but three soldiers were killed in an attack on an army post outside the Nahr al-Bared camp, raising the overall toll to 58 dead. Hospital and security sources gave a breakdown of the deaths: 30 soldiers, 17 Islamist fighters, 10 Palestinian civilians and a Lebanese civilian.
Lebanese troops bombarded the Islamist militiamen, accused of links to Al-Qaeda and Syrian intelligence, with tanks and heavy artillery earlier on Monday, the second day of the bloodiest internal fighting since the 1975-1990 civil war.
"The army is not only opening fire on us. It is shelling blindly. If this continues, we will carry the battle outside the (nearby port) city of Tripoli," spokesman Abu Salim Taha told AFP. After the threat to expand the confrontation from around their camp in north Lebanon, 10 people were wounded in the second unclaimed bomb blast to target Beirut in as many nights, hospital sources said. Police said the bomb in the upmarket residential district of Verdun in mainly Muslim west Beirut was placed under a car, setting ablaze several vehicles and damaging buildings. A 63-year-old woman was killed and 10 people were wounded in an explosion in a Christian district of the Lebanese capital on Sunday night.
Verdun is home to Information Minister Ghazi al-Aridi, who at the time was giving a press briefing at the premier's office on an emergency cabinet meeting to discuss the deadly clashes around Nahr al-Bared...>>>.
CONCLUSION:
Islam has never changed its SOP and is continuing to spill innocent blood just as it did in its beginning back in 628 CE. Yet this religion that has the distinction of spilling more blood, blood, blood, than any other entity has the nerve to claim it is a peaceful religion. They must define peaceful quite different than anyone else including the dictionary.
Whereas, the founder of Christianity, the Son of the true God (YHWH) of Abraham, Isaac, Ishmael, and Jacob, creator of all there is, Jesus (Yeshua), was the "Prince of Peace" and never committed violence against anyone, but preached per Matthew 22:37-40, "Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. 38 This is the first and great commandment. 39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets. " (Authorized King James Bible; AV). Quite a contrast between the blood letting SOP of Islam, as preached by Muhammad (pbuh), compared to genuine (true) Christianity preached by Jesus (Yeshua) Christ. Really shows which group is truly peaceful.
Footnote, Much blood shed was committed by apostate (counterfeit) so called Christians who to some degree emulated Islam, but of this group, Jesus (Yeshua) said at Matthew 7:23, "And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity. " (Authorized King James Bible; AV).
Swami Vivekananda said which is as true today as when he said it in 1893.
<<<"Sectarianism, bigotry, and its horrible descendant, fanaticism, have long possessed this beautiful earth. They have filled the earth with violence, drenched it often and often with human blood, destroyed civilization, and sent whole nations to despair. Had it not been for these horrible demons, human society would be far more advanced than it is now." [source - Swami Vivekananda (1893)]>>>.
Swami Vivekananda clearly saw the damage being done by false religion and stated it in a few well used words. This is clear when you examine the saying by one well known Muslim of the present day, <<<"'God knows, if we did possess (a chemical bomb), we wouldn't hesitate one second to use it'---Abu Musab al-Zarqawi">>>.
But as Isaac Asimov noted, <<<"'Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent'---Isaac Asimov (1920-1992)">>>, which proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that Islam is a sham religion of violence and incompetence.
Francis David said it long ago, "Neither the sword of popes...nor the image of death will halt the march of truth."Francis David, 1579, written on the wall of his prison cell." Read the book, "What Does The Bible Really Teach" and the Bible today!
Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2012 10:00 pm Post subject: More Facts
Learn reality, the Qur’an recommends violence against non-believers as do many of the Hadiths such as the much respected Sahih Bukhari Hadith by M. Muhsin Khan. It positively recommends none friendship with none members of Islam. So exact passages from the Quran and Hadiths are given below for all to learn reality from before reading world news items that describe crimes and persecutions of others including a 2011 investigation of Islamic violence over a 60 day period. Do not think most Muslims are your friends as they are not; the goal of Islam is world conquest – be NOT mislead.
Pertinent quotes from the Quran and the Sahih Bukhari Hadith by M. Muhsin follow to enlighten all to reality before giving current reality:
Friends with Jews, Christians...
Sura 5.51: O you who believe! do not take the Jews and the Christians for friends; they are friends of each other; and whoever amongst you takes them for a friend, then surely he is one of them; surely Allah does not guide the unjust people.
Sura 5:51 from three (3) different standard versions of the Quran in English: [AL-MAEDA (THE TABLE, THE TABLE SPREAD)]
YUSUFALI: O ye who believe! take not the Jews and the Christians for your friends and protectors: They are but friends and protectors to each other. And he amongst you that turns to them (for friendship) is of them. Verily Allah guideth not a people unjust.
PICKTHAL: O ye who believe! Take not the Jews and the Christians for friends. They are friends one to another. He among you who taketh them for friends is (one) of them. Lo! Allah guideth not wrongdoing folk.
SHAKIR: O you who believe! do not take the Jews and the Christians for friends; they are friends of each other; and whoever amongst you takes them for a friend, then surely he is one of them; surely Allah does not guide the unjust people.
Sura 58:22 [AL-MUJADILA (SHE THAT DISPUTETH, THE PLEADING WOMAN)]
YUSUFALI: Thou wilt not find any people who believe in Allah and the Last Day, loving those who resist Allah and His Messenger, even though they were their fathers or their sons, or their brothers, or their kindred. For such He has written Faith in their hearts, and strengthened them with a spirit from Himself. And He will admit them to Gardens beneath which Rivers flow, to dwell therein (for ever). Allah will be well pleased with them, and they with Him. They are the Party of Allah. Truly it is the Party of Allah that will achieve Felicity.
PICKTHAL: Thou wilt not find folk who believe in Allah and the Last Day loving those who oppose Allah and His messenger, even though they be their fathers or their sons or their brethren or their clan. As for such, He hath written faith upon their hearts and hath strengthened them with a Spirit from Him, and He will bring them into Gardens underneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide. Allah is well pleased with them, and they are well pleased with Him. They are Allah's party. Lo! is it not Allah's party who are the successful?
SHAKIR: You shall not find a people who believe in Allah and the latter day befriending those who act in opposition to Allah and His Messenger, even though they were their (own) fathers, or their sons, or their brothers, or their kinsfolk; these are they into whose hearts He has impressed faith, and whom He has strengthened with an inspiration from Him: and He will cause them to enter gardens beneath which rivers flow, abiding therein; Allah is well-pleased with them and they are well-pleased with Him these are Allah's party: now surely the party of Allah are the successful ones.
Sura 3:28 [AAL-E-IMRAN (THE FAMILY OF 'IMRAN, THE HOUSE OF 'IMRAN)]
YUSUFALI: Let not the believers Take for friends or helpers Unbelievers rather than believers: if any do that, in nothing will there be help from Allah: except by way of precaution, that ye may Guard yourselves from them. But Allah cautions you (To remember) Himself; for the final goal is to Allah.
PICKTHAL: Let not the believers take disbelievers for their friends in preference to believers. Whoso doeth that hath no connection with Allah unless (it be) that ye but guard yourselves against them, taking (as it were) security. Allah biddeth you beware (only) of Himself. Unto Allah is the journeying.
SHAKIR: Let not the believers take the unbelievers for friends rather than believers; and whoever does this, he shall have nothing of (the guardianship of) Allah, but you should guard yourselves against them, guarding carefully; and Allah makes you cautious of (retribution from) Himself; and to Allah is the eventual coming.
Islam uses Jihad ["Holy war"] to force their religion upon others. In Hadith vol.1, no. 25, [Translation of Sahih Bukhari Hadith by M. Muhsin Khan ],it states that Jihad, or holy war, is the second best thing to believing in Allah and his apostle [Muhammed]. When Allah's Apostle was asked, "What is the best deed?" He replied. "To believe in Allah and his Apostle." The questioner then asked, "What is the next?" He replied, "To participate in Jihad [holy war] in Allah's cause."
In Sura 9:5, the Quaran requires violence, when it states, "Fight and slay the pagans wherever ye find them, and seize them, beleaguer them, and lie in wait for them in every strategem of war."
Sura 9:5 [AT-TAWBA (REPENTANCE, DISPENSATION) ]
YUSUFALI: But when the forbidden months are past, then fight and slay the Pagans wherever ye find them, an seize them, beleaguer them, and lie in wait for them in every stratagem (of war); but if they repent, and establish regular prayers and practise regular charity, then open the way for them: for Allah is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful.
PICKTHAL: Then, when the sacred months have passed, slay the idolaters wherever ye find them, and take them (captive), and besiege them, and prepare for them each ambush. But if they repent and establish worship and pay the poor-due, then leave their way free. Lo! Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
SHAKIR: So when the sacred months have passed away, then slay the idolaters wherever you find them, and take them captives and besiege them and lie in wait for them in every ambush, then if they repent and keep up prayer and pay the poor-rate, leave their way free to them; surely Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
Sura 5:33 records what is done to infidels who resist Islam, "Their punishment is...execution, or crucifixion, or the cutting off of hands and feet from the opposite sides, or exile from the land." Muhammed also burned out eyes with hot irons in Hadith vol.1 no. 234, [Translation of Sahih Bukhari Hadith by M. Muhsin Khan ] and deprived people of water until they died, vol.8 no. 796, [Translation of Sahih Bukhari Hadith by M. Muhsin Khan ].
Sura 5:33 [AL-MAEDA (THE TABLE, THE TABLE SPREAD)]
YUSUFALI: The punishment of those who wage war against Allah and His Messenger, and strive with might and main for mischief through the land is: execution, or crucifixion, or the cutting off of hands and feet from opposite sides, or exile from the land: that is their disgrace in this world, and a heavy punishment is theirs in the Hereafter;
PICKTHAL: The only reward of those who make war upon Allah and His messenger and strive after corruption in the land will be that they will be killed or crucified, or have their hands and feet on alternate sides cut off, or will be expelled out of the land. Such will be their degradation in the world, and in the Hereafter theirs will be an awful doom;
SHAKIR: The punishment of those who wage war against Allah and His messenger and strive to make mischief in the land is only this, that they should be murdered or crucified or their hands and their feet should be cut off on opposite sides or they should be imprisoned; this shall be as a disgrace for them in this world, and in the hereafter they shall have a grievous chastisement,
News Reality # 1, A Wake-up:
To anyone familiar with Muslim doctrine, Pfc. Naser Jason Abdo's actions — from refusing to deploy to Afghanistan lest he kill fellow Muslims to plotting a terror attack to kill fellow Americans — make perfect sense and accord well with Islam's dichotomous doctrine of wala wa bara, often translated as "loyalty and enmity."
Built atop numerous Koran verses and backed by Sharia, wala requires Muslims to be loyal to fellow Muslims, and explains why Abdo refused to deploy to Muslim nations.
While loyalty may appear admirable, it has a flipside, bara, which requires Muslims to disassociate themselves from non-Muslims — to be disloyal to them (see al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri's 60 page treatise titled "Loyalty and Enmity" in The Al Qaeda Reader for details).
For example, Koran 5:51 literally warns Muslims against "taking the Jews and Christians as friends and allies … whoever among you takes them for friends and allies, he is surely one of them," i.e., he becomes an infidel; 58:22 states that true Muslims do not befriend non-Muslims — "even if they be their fathers, sons, brothers, or kin."
Now consider the progress of Abdo and how his actions reveal great doctrinal consistency:
First, he objected to participating in any war in any Muslim country, claiming "conscientious objector" status:
I don't believe I can involve myself in an army that wages war against Muslims. I don't believe I could sleep at night if I take part, in any way, in the killing of a Muslim. … I can't deploy with my unit to Afghanistan and participate in the war — I can't both deploy and be a Muslim.
He would not be the first to object to combating fellow Muslims: Major Nidal Hasan, who went on a shooting spree in Fort Hood in 2009, killing thirteen —and who Abdo heroizes — considered himself to be "a Muslim first and an American second"; the idea of deploying to a Muslim nation, his "worst nightmare," threw him "over the edge." Then there was Sergeant Hasan Akbar, who killed two American soldiers and wounded fourteen in Kuwait "because he was concerned U.S. troops would kill fellow Muslims in Iraq."
Next, though Abdo had no problem openly evincing loyalty to Muslims, trusting that tolerant or sentimental Americans would indulge him, he hid his enmity and disloyalty for those same Americans, in accordance to taqiyya — a doctrine that permits Muslims to deceive infidels. In fact, the Koran's primary justification for deception is in the context of "loyalty and enmity":
Let believers not take for friends and allies infidels [non-Muslims] instead of believers. Whoever does this shall have no relationship left with Allah — unless you but guard yourselves against them, taking precautions (3:28).
Mainstream Muslim reference Tabari interprets this verse thusly:
Only when you are in their [non-Muslims'] power, fearing for yourselves, are you to demonstrate friendship for them with your tongues, while harboring hostility toward them. But do not join them in the particulars of their infidelities, and do not aid them through any action against a Muslim.
Accordingly, while Abdo did not aid Americans against Muslims, he certainly made use of his tongue: to support his "conscientious objector" status, he pointed to "the peace that Islam preaches"; he claimed that he wanted to fight "Islamophobia" and "put a good positive spin out there that Islam is a good, peaceful religion"; and though he tried to murder Americans by emulating the Fort Hood massacre, Abdo originally condemned it, calling it "an act of aggression by a man and not by Islam," insisting that it ran against his beliefs as a Muslim.
Even so, anyone reading between the lines should have noticed his enmity: like Hasan before him, who made no secret of his hatred for infidels in statements in front of classmates, Abdo also made anti-American remarks in class.
Unfortunately, few Americans are aware of doctrines like wala wa bara and taqiyya; worse, they often project their own beliefs and values — from Christianity to secular humanism—onto Islam and Muslims.
For instance, Western people associate piety and religious observance with peace and goodwill: as with Hasan before him — who was described as an "observant Muslim who prayed daily" and "very serious about his religion" — acquaintances shocked at Abdo's terror plot argue that he was "very devoutly religious."
Yet, the fact is there is no inconsistency between piety and prayer on the one hand, and jihad and deceit on the other: all are equally codified in Sharia. Moreover, upholding one doctrine often leads to upholding another: thus loyalty to fellow Muslims is a sure sign of disloyalty to non-Muslims.
Raymond Ibrahim, a widely published author on Islam, is a Shillman Journalism Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center and an Associate Fellow at the Middle East Forum. To receive all his writings, sign up to his free mailing list.
News Reality # 2, A Wake-up that many members of Islam have a lust for violence, greed, and hate and will even direct it against their own, members of Islam, if others are not readily available, see an example of this below:
A suicide bomber has hit a crowded Pakistan mosque, killing 48 people and wounding more than 100 during Ramadan prayers, in the country's deadliest attack for three months.
Blood was splattered across the mosque's main hall and walls, while the building's doors and windows were destroyed and its ceiling fans mangled by the blast on Friday, according to an AFP reporter at the site.
Ball bearings used in the suicide vest were also scattered across the mosque in Jamrud town, 25km from Peshawar, the main city in the Khyber tribal district where much of the violence in Pakistan is concentrated.
The attack took place as a US drone strike killed four militants in the northwestern tribal area of Pakistan, which is awash with Taliban and Al-Qaeda-linked networks and where US special forces killed Osama bin Laden on May 2.
More than 500 people had packed into the mosque and a senior official from the Khyber tribal district administration, Sayed Ahmed Jan, told AFP the bomb exploded seconds after the main prayer ended.
'The death toll has now risen to 48,' top administration official Mutahar Zeb told AFP.
He said the injured had been taken to nearby hospitals while a bomb disposal squad was at the scene, adding that those killed in the attack included four young boys of less than nine years of age.
Earlier, deputy chief of the semi-autonomous administration Khalid Mumtaz Kundi had said 117 people were also wounded in the attack.
'It was a suicide attack. The bomber was wearing about 8-10 kg of explosives and was on foot. He detonated in the main prayer hall.'
Witness Gul Jamal Afridi, 46, a local truck driver, told AFP he had been thrown to the ground in the intensity of the blast.
'I saw smoke and fire. People were dying and crying for help, some were running in panic. I saw body parts and human flesh, it was horrible,' he said.
Student Saqib Ullah, 24, said he had tried to help those lying near him after the bomb went off, but found most were already dead.
'I saw my uncle lying in a pool of blood. I ran towards him and picked him up to carry on my back, but he had already died,' he said.
Like the rest of the Muslim world, Pakistan is observing the holy month of Ramadan in which faithful fast from dawn to dusk.
Iftikhar Khan, an official at the Hayatabad Medical Complex in Peshawar told AFP that 40 wounded people had been rushed there alone.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack but bombings blamed on Taliban and Al-Qaeda-linked networks have killed more than 4,550 people since 2007, destabilising the nuclear-armed state.
Friday's bomb was the deadliest since May 13 when two suicide bombers blew themselves up outside a police training centre in a town about 30 kilometres north of Peshawar killing 98 people.
Meanwhile, a US drone fired two missiles, hitting a house in the Shin Warsak area of South Waziristan, part of the notorious tribal badlands Washington calls a global headquarters of al-Qaeda, the Pakistani officials told AFP.
'Two missiles were fired at the house of a tribal elder where local militants were present,' one security official told AFP on the condition of anonymity as he is not authorised to speak to media.
'Four dead bodies have been recovered and two are injured,' the official added.
Shin Warsak is 15km west of Wana, the main town of the district of South Waziristan, considered a militant stronghold.
The security official said initial reports suggested a group of local militants linked to Taliban commander Mullah Nazir were present in the house at the time of the attack.
Two other Pakistani intelligence officials confirmed the drone strike and death toll.
The attacks come as Pakistan's biggest city, Karachi, is undergoing a fresh wave of ethnic, criminal and politically linked unrest that has left at least 52 people dead in the past 48 hours.
News Reality # 3, A Wake-up that many members of Islam have a lust for violence, greed, and hate and will even direct it against their own, members of Islam, if others are not readily available, see the violence committed by members of Islam in a 60 day period studied in 2011:
Date Country City Killed Injured Description
2011.07.26 Thailand Yala 1 0 Muslim 'insurgents' shoot a civilian to death in front of his 6-year-old daughter.
2011.07.25 Iraq Muqdadiya 3 13 Terrorists plant a bomb near a hospital which leaves three dead.
2011.07.25 Iraq Kirkuk 2 22 Two people bleed to death following a Mujahideen bomb blast at a restaurant.
2011.07.25 Afghanistan Helmand 2 0 Two young boys, ages 9 and 13, are taken out by a Taliban landmine.
2011.07.25 Thailand Yala 0 7 Teachers are the targets of a bomb attack by Muslim 'insurgents'.
2011.07.24 Yemen Aden 9 21 An al-Qaeda suicide car bomber sends nine local security personnel to Allah.
2011.07.24 Pakistan Naushki 5 0 Sectarian Jihadis open fire outside a mosque, taking down five laborers.
2011.07.24 Jordan Zarqa 1 0 A 35-year-old woman is murdered by her brother for having sex outside of marriage.
2011.07.23 Nigeria Maiduguri 8 28 At least eight people are blown to bits by Boko Haram bombers at a market.
2011.07.23 Pakistan Kohat 1 2 An 8-year-old girl is taken apart by a mortar fired by Islamic militants at a village hosting a peace committee.
2011.07.22 Afghanistan Greshk 1 0 Religious fundamentalists kidnap and hang the 8-year-old son of a local policeman.
2011.07.22 Iraq Baghdad 2 8 Two people are killed by shrapnel when fundamentalists bomb a liquor store.
2011.07.22 Pakistan Surjani 1 0 A Shiite doctor is shot to death by Sipah-e-Sahaba Wahhabis.
2011.07.22 Dagestan Makhachkala 2 0 Islamic radicals murder two "non-believers" in a shooting attack.
2011.07.20 Yemen Aden 1 0 A British businessman is killed in a targeted car bombing.
2011.07.20 Afghanistan Kandahar 3 0 Mujahideen attack a government building, killing at least three guards.
2011.07.19 Thailand Pattani 2 2 Islamists bomb a group of men trying to protect teachers, killing two of the guards.
2011.07.19 Pakistan Karachi 1 0 A shopkeeper is killed when two religious groups shoot at each other following a funeral.
2011.07.19 Thailand Yala 1 15 Sixteen Thais are injured when terrorists set off a motorcycle bomb next to a school. One later dies of injuries.
2011.07.19 Ghana Yamata 1 0 Calling the child "haram", a devout Muslim woman strangles a baby to death after finding out that it is illegitimate
2011.07.19 Pakistan Landi Kotal 0 9 Islamic militants lob mortars into a town, injuring nine children playing cricket.
2011.07.19 Pakistan Charkhel 2 0 Religious radicals kill two hostages, burning a student and shooting the other civilian to death.
2011.07.18 Pakistan Upper Dir 16 0 Video surfaces of sixteen police hostages brutally executed for "having left Islam."
2011.07.18 China Xingjian 4 1 Muslim separatists, chanting 'Allah is the only god', attack a police station, hack two officers to death and two murder two others, including a woman and a teenage girl.
2011.07.18 Afghanistan Farah 2 0 The Taliban send the beheaded bodies of two hostages to their families.
2011.07.17 Pakistan Mann Talab 1 0 A peace committee volunteer is tied to the back of a car and dragged to death by Lashkar-e-Islam.
2011.07.17 Iraq Mosul 3 0 Mujahideen murder a man, his wife, and their child with grenade shrapnel.
2011.07.17 Iraq Mosul 3 0 A woman is among three people machine-gunned to death at a police checkpoint.
2011.07.17 Thailand Yala 3 0 'Insurgents' pull up in a truck and open fire at point blank range on three vendors waiting to buy materials, killing all three.
2011.07.17 Afghanistan Kabul 2 0 Taliban terrorists break into a home and shoot two people to death.
2011.07.17 Afghanistan Baghlani Jadid 2 7 Islamic militants open fire on a wedding party, killing two guests.
2011.07.16 Iraq Karbalah 2 26 Sunni motorcycle bombers murder two Shia pilgrims.
2011.07.16 Pakistan Boshehra 11 0 Three women and a baby are among ten Sunnis shot at point blank range while sitting in a family van by suspected Shias.
2011.07.16 Afghanistan Sangin 5 1 Two children are blown to bits in their mini-bus along with three members of the family by religious hardliners.
2011.07.16 Afghanistan Lashkar Gah 1 0 A NATO soldier is shot in the back by a terrorist in an Afghan uniform.
2011.07.16 Algeria Bordi Menaiel 4 15 A pair of al-Qaeda suicide bombers kill four people, including rescue personnel rushing to help victims of the first blast.
2011.07.16 Iraq Baghdad 2 8 Mujahid bombers take out two Iraqis riding a bus.
2011.07.16 Dagestan Gedzhukh 1 0 A village head dies from injuries suffered from a Muslim shooting attack.
2011.07.15 Iraq Karbalah 6 20 Women are among six Shiite pilgrims sent to Allah by Sunni bombers.
2011.07.15 Thailand Pattani 1 2 'Insurgents' shoot a Buddhist teen to death in front of his mother at a supermarket.
2011.07.15 Iran Tehran 1 0 A prominent athlete is stabbed to death after 'insulting' the country's religious leader.
2011.07.14 Iraq Kirkuk 1 0 Sunni gunmen murder a civilian outside his home.
2011.07.14 Pakistan Chaman 4 9 Three children are among four killed when a hidden chache of terrorist explosives detonates near their home.
2011.07.14 Afghanistan Kandahar 6 15 A suicide bomber detonates at a memorial service at a mosque, killing six mourners, including a child.
2011.07.14 Pakistan Zengara 3 3 Islamists execute a person for stealing and blow up two security personnel in a separate attack.
2011.07.13 Thailand Pattani 2 0 Two Buddhist brothers working as construction workers are brutally murdered by Muslim gunmen.
2011.07.13 Afghanistan Tagab 6 7 Five French soldiers guarding a local council meeting are among six killed by a Shahid suicide bomber.
2011.07.13 India Mumbai 20 131 An opera house and two other commercial areas are targeted by Religion of Peace bombers. Twenty are killed and over a hundred more maimed.
2011.07.13 Iraq Mosul 3 1 A woman and taxi driver are killed in separate bomb attacks while Mujahideen also gun down a farmer.
2011.07.12 Iraq Abu Ghraib 2 4 A Fedayeen suicide bomber takes out two Iraqis.
2011.07.12 Iraq Karbalah 2 19 Terror blasts at two gas stations leaves two dead.
2011.07.12 Pakistan Bajaur 2 9 Women and children are among the casualties when radicals send a shell into a family home.
2011.07.12 Afghanistan Kandahar 1 0 The Taliban take credit for the assassination of the president's brother by a trusted bodyguard.
2011.07.11 Nigeria Maiduguri 3 0 Hardliners detonate a bomb under a van, killing three occupants.
2011.07.11 Thailand Narathiwat 2 0 Husband and wife laborers are brutally shot to death in their car by Muslim 'insurgents.'
2011.07.11 Pakistan Khyber 2 0 Two men are killed when Islamists riddle their car with bullets.
2011.07.11 Pakistan Bara 1 2 Muslim militants roll a hand grenade into a house, killing at least one occupant.
2011.07.11 Pakistan Quetta 2 0 Two truck drivers are murdered by Taliban snipers.
2011.07.11 Pakistan Battagram 7 19 Children are among seven people disassembled by a Shahid suicide bomber at a political rally.
2011.07.11 Iraq Rutba 3 0 A Sunni imam and his two brothers are beheaded by Religion of Peace rivals.
2011.07.11 Thailand Pattani 1 0 A 62-year-old man is murdered by Muslim terrorists while on a cigarette run.
2011.07.11 Thailand Pattani 1 0 A teacher is gunned down by Islamic 'insurgents' while drinking tea at a shop.
2011.07.11 Indonesia West Nusa Tenggara 0 0 A bomb explodes at an Islamic boarding school, apparently killing the trainer.
2011.07.10 Pakistan Peshawar 2 4 Two policemen are killed by Taliban bombers.
2011.07.10 Pakistan Karachi 2 0 A youth and woman are kidnapped and tortured to death by suspected sectarian rivals.
2011.07.10 Nigeria Suleija 3 0 At least two women are among three Christians killed by a Boko Haram bomb detonated outside a church.
2011.07.10 Pakistan Quetta 3 0 Three Shias are gunned down by Sunni extremists.
2011.07.09 Dagestan Karamakhi 1 0 A moderate cleric is gunned down during evening prayer by radicals.
2011.07.09 Dagestan Sovetskoye 1 0 A school principal is labeled an "adversary of Islam" and murdered for opposing hijabs in school.
2011.07.09 Pakistan Mastung 1 0 A truck driver is murdered by Talibanis.
2011.07.09 Pakistan Jawakai 5 11 Islamic militants fire on civilian vehicles, killing five passengers including a father and son.
2011.07.09 Iraq Baqubah 2 17 Planted bombs leave two Iraqis dead.
2011.07.09 Thailand Yala 1 0 A 47-year-old schoolteacher is shot to death by Islamic 'insurgents'.
2011.07.08 Iraq Jurf al-Sakhar 2 0 Two civilians are killed by suspected al-Qaeda gunmen.
2011.07.07 Iraq Baqubah 1 1 An Islamic drive-by shooting in front of their house leaves a woman dead and her husband injured.
2011.07.07 Iraq Fallujah 3 6 Mujahideen take down three civilians with a car bomb.
2011.07.06 Iraq Baqubah 2 19 A Shahid suicide bomber takes out two Iraqis.
2011.07.06 Pakistan Karachi 10 20 Sectarian Jihadis pump machine-gun fire into a couple of buses, ending the lives of ten innocents.
2011.07.06 Afghanistan Kamdesh 38 7 Women are among three dozen Afghans who lose their lives to a vicious Taliban assault on two police posts.
2011.07.06 Yemen Loder 10 0 al-Qaeda militants ambush and execute ten local soldiers in cold blood.
2011.07.06 India Sopore 1 6 Islamists set off a bomb outside a police station, killing an officer.
2011.07.06 Dagestan Makhachkala 3 6 Two civilians are among three killed when Islamic snipers fire on a police vehicle.
2011.07.05 Pakistan Quetta 9 20 The Taliban is suspected of staging three attacks on local security personnel that leaves nine dead.
2011.07.05 Nigeria Maiduguri 2 0 Two local cops are shot to death by Boko Haram cadres.
2011.07.05 Pakistan Mamond 1 0 Hardliners send a peace committee member to Allah by planting a bomb outside his house.
2011.07.05 Pakistan Miranshah 3 14 Islamists kill three security personnel with a landmine attack.
2011.07.05 Pakistan Karachi 2 0 Two people are kidnapped and beheaded by sectarian rivals.
2011.07.05 Iraq Kirkuk 3 0 Three Iraqis are gunned down by al-Qaeda.
2011.07.05 Iraq Taji 35 54 Two Fedayeen suicide bombers blast three dozen Iraqis to bits as the victims are waiting in line for ID cards.
2011.07.04 Afghanistan Helmand 1 0 A British soldier is snatched by the Taliban and murdered in captivity.
2011.07.04 Pakistan Mamond 1 1 Sunni militants attack a checkpoint, killing a local soldier.
2011.07.04 Iraq Baghdad 26 9 Over two dozen Iraqis are taken down by Mujahid in various attacks around the country.
2011.07.04 Algeria Kabylie 1 1 Armed fundamentalists fire on two traffic cops, killing one.
2011.07.03 India Mubarikpur 1 1 A young couple is dragged out of a mosque and beaten by their enraged families. The woman dies.
2011.07.03 Afghanistan Zabul 13 33 Four women and two children are among thirteen cut to shreds by a Taliban bomb blast.
2011.07.03 Nigeria Maiduguri 10 13 Thirteen people at a tavern are sent to Allah by Islamist bombers.
2011.07.03 Pakistan Shangla 3 1 Three defenders are killed when Muslim radicals attack a police post.
2011.07.03 Pakistan Lindhi 1 13 One person is killed during a violent dispute between two group of members over control of a mosque.
2011.07.03 Yemen Zinjibar 10 24 Ten local soldiers are killed during an al-Qaeda ambush.
2011.07.03 India Saharanpur 2 0 Two sisters are shot to death by their brother on suspicion of immoral activities.
2011.07.03 Afghanistan Maimana 0 17 A terrorist on a motorbike tosses a grenade at a school, injuring seventeen children.
2011.07.03 Pakistan Pakhtunkhwa 1 3 One person is killed in two attacks by fundamentalists, one on the house of a faith healer.
2011.07.03 Pakistan Sindh 1 0 An imam is murdered in a sectarian attack.
2011.07.03 Afghanistan Logar 19 0 Nineteen road construction laborers are machine-gunned by the Taliban.
2011.07.03 Iraq Rutba 10 1 Ten Iraqi cops are killed in separate terror attacks.
2011.07.03 Algeria Chebilia 0 24 Dozens of innocent people, including children, choke on smoke or are beaten by fundamentalists who attack an apartment building suspected of housing prostitutes.
2011.07.02 Nigeria Maiduguri 9 0 Boko Haram go house to house, shooting victims. At least nine die.
2011.07.02 Sudan Pariang 3 17 The Islamic Republic bombs a village in the south, killing three civilians.
2011.07.01 Algeria Nacira 1 2 Fundamentalists kill one Algerian with a planted bomb.
2011.07.01 Pakistan Peshawar 2 0 Two civilians are abducted and executed by Islamic militants.
2011.07.01 Pakistan Karachi 7 7 A second day of clashes between two religious groups leaves seven more dead.
2011.07.01 Philippines Maguindanao 1 0 Muslim rebels are suspected of aerating a local mosque caretaker with shrapnel.
2011.07.01 Afghanistan Maruf 6 6 Islamists blow up two people riding a donkey and then two more rushing to their aid.
2011.06.30 Afghanistan Lashkar Gah 6 0 A mother, father and four children are torn to pieces by a bomb planted by Islamic extremists.
2011.06.30 Pakistan Peshawar 2 13 Two people bleed to death after Islamists detonate a car bomb outside a hotel.
2011.06.30 Yemen Abyan 6 17 A half-dozen civilians are killed during an al-Qaeda assault.
2011.06.30 Afghanistan Nimroz 20 36 Twenty civilians riding on a passenger bus are ripped to shreds by a Taliban bomb.
2011.06.30 Indonesia Bima 1 1 A madrassah student stabs a police officer to death for being an "enemy of Islam."
2011.06.30 Pakistan Karachi 3 12 Three people, including a woman, are killed when religious groups clash over a sectarian issue.
2011.06.29 India Srinagar 1 0 Mujahideen gun down a local cop.
2011.06.29 Pakistan Rawalpindi 2 0 Two abductees are executed in captivity by al-Qaeda.
2011.06.29 Yemen Zinjibar 26 16 al-Qaeda fighters assault a stadium, killing at least twenty-six guards.
2011.06.28 Pakistan Peshawar 1 2 Islamists shoot a rival as he is on his way to a funeral.
2011.06.28 Afghanistan Panjwai 2 1 Two women are killed, and a child injured, by Taliban roadside bombers.
2011.06.28 Afghanistan Kabul 11 50 At least eleven innocents lose their lives to a coordinated Fedayeen attack on their luxury hotel.
2011.06.28 Somalia Mogadishu 2 4 Two Somalis die from shrapnel injuries following an al-Shabaab bomb blast.
2011.06.28 Iraq Mosul 1 0 Sunnis gun down a young student for belonging to the Shabak religious minority.
2011.06.28 Pakistan Upper Dir 1 3 Hardliners fire a shell into a family home, killing a boy and seriously injuring a woman.
2011.06.28 Tunisia Tunis 0 2 Islamic fundamentalists attack a group of lawyers over a film festival showing unIslamic material.
2011.06.28 Iraq Mosul 3 2 Terrorists kill two Iraqis with a bomb attack.
2011.06.27 Pakistan Darra Adamkhel 2 0 A woman is among two killed when Islamic militants send a shell into a home.
2011.06.27 Afghanistan Ghazni 7 0 Two children and a woman are among seven civilians torn apart by two Taliban roadside blasts.
2011.06.27 Nigeria Maiduguri 2 3 Two young girls are blown to bits by Islamic bombers.
2011.06.27 Iraq Bazawia 3 4 Three Iraqis are murdered by an 'insurgent' bomb blast.
2011.06.27 Iraq Jabalah 1 7 Sunni bombers take out one mourner at a Shia funeral.
2011.06.27 Pakistan Dera Ismail Khan 12 20 A dozen police are taken hostage and then slaughtered by a husband and wife suicide team.
2011.06.27 India Ganderbal 1 0 A civilian is gunned down by Mujahideen.
2011.06.26 Iraq Tarmiya 3 18 A suicide bomber hides his weapon in a wheelchair. Three others are killed.
2011.06.26 Algeria Legata 2 5 Islamists hide a bomb in a phone book that kills two people.
2011.06.26 Italy Padua 1 0 A Moroccan immigrant kills his wife for becoming 'too Western'. Others support his right to 'stone the adulteress'.
2011.06.26 Egypt Awlad Khalaf 0 3 Three Christians are injured when a Muslim mob torches eight homes on a rumor that one was to become a church.
2011.06.26 Sudan Meiram 1 4 Arab militiamen attack a train carrying Southerners, killing one.
2011.06.26 Nigeria Maiduguri 30 25 Islamists massacre about thirty patrons at a tavern serving alcohol by tossing in bombs and firing into the building.
2011.06.26 Afghanistan Char Chino 1 0 The Taliban denotate an 8-year-old girl near a checkpoint.
2011.06.26 Iraq Riyadh 2 5 Two people are taken out by Islamic bombers.
2011.06.26 Senegal Dakar 0 24 About two dozen Christians are severely injured when a Muslim mob sets fire to their church during a service under orders from a local imam.
2011.06.26 Iraq Mosul 6 4 Mujahid car bombers successfully kill six Iraqis.
2011.06.25 Pakistan Kolachi 10 5 Ten defenders are killed when two suicide bombers attack a police station.
2011.06.25 Afghanistan Logar 38 53 A huge car bomb at a hospital ends the lives of at least three dozen innocents and de-limbs many others.
2011.06.25 Philippines Isabela City 2 8 Muslim militants are suspected of detonating a bomb outside a Catholic church that leaves two people dead.
2011.06.25 Iraq Abu Ghraib 2 0 Islamists shoot a councilman and his nephew to death in their home.
2011.06.24 Yemen Aden 3 10 Three security personnel are killed by an al-Qaeda car bomb blast.
2011.06.24 Sri Lanka Kattankudi 0 2 A group of radical Islamists severely beat two teen girls for hours over allegations that they watched pornography.
2011.06.24 Thailand Yala 1 0 A 35-year-old man is shot in the head by Religion of Peace gunmen.
2011.06.24 Thailand Narathiwat 2 13 Two Buddhist road construction workers are blown to bits by Muslim 'insurgents'.
2011.06.24 Afghanistan Kunduz 6 22 Islamists detonate a bicycle bomb at a market, killing six patrons.
2011.06.24 Iraq Tikrit 2 0 A police officer and his wife are murdered in their home by 'insurgents'.
2011.06.23 Iraq Baghdad 6 6 Six Iraqis are torn to shreds by a Mujahideen bomb blast.
2011.06.23 Iraq Baghdad 35 95 Almost three dozen shoppers are massacred by a brutal triple bombing at a Baghdad market.
2011.06.23 Pakistan Mastung 3 4 Suspected fundamentalists toss a grenade into a drug den, killing three.
2011.06.23 Algeria Kabylie 1 1 Fundamentalists kill a local soldier with a bomb.
2011.06.23 Afghanistan Dhaddar 2 0 Two civilians are shot to death by religious hardliners.
2011.06.22 Pakistan Hangu 2 5 Two people riding in a van are shot to death in a suspected sectarian attack.
2011.06.22 Iraq Baghdad 13 43 Thirteen Iraqis are brought down by a series of Mujahideen attacks.
2011.06.22 Thailand Yala 1 0 A 37-year-old Buddhist is shot in the head by Muslim militants while riding to work.
2011.06.22 Afghanistan Ghazni 8 0 Eight police officers are slain in an ambush after being betrayed by a fundamentalist in uniform.
2011.06.22 Pakistan Quetta 4 11 Sunni gunmen fire into a bus carrying Shia pilgrims, killing four.
2011.06.22 Afghanistan Ghazni 4 0 Four local cops are blown up by a Taliban roadside bomb while rushing to help their own caught in an ambush.
2011.06.21 Somalia Mogadishu 4 6 Four civilians in a minivan are pulverized by a Religion of Peace bomb blast.
2011.06.21 Afghanistan Charikar 2 2 A woman is among two people who bleed to death from shrapnel injuries following a Shahid suicide blast.
2011.06.21 Iraq Mansouriya 1 0 Terrorists bomb a bus, killing a passenger.
2011.06.21 Iraq Diwaniya 27 57 A Holy Warrior earns his spot in heaven with a suicide attack that leaves over two dozen Iraqis dead.
2011.06.21 Thailand Narathiwat 1 0 Muslims lay out a 48-year-old cook with a pair of shotgun blasts.
2011.06.21 Pakistan Lahore 1 0 A Christian father of four who worked as a garbage collector is stabbed to death by an angry Muslim.
2011.06.21 Iraq Mussayab 5 9 A coffee shop is the target of a Sunni bomb blast that sends five souls to Allah.
2011.06.20 Thailand Yala 1 1 Islamists murder a 55-year-old Buddhist outside a wedding reception - also severely injuring his wife.
2011.06.20 Pakistan Masood 6 4 A child is among six people killed when religious extremists roll hand grenades into two family homes.
2011.06.20 Pakistan Matni 4 5 Four people are cut to pieces by a suicide bomb attack on a house hosting a peace committee.
2011.06.20 Dagestan Makhachkala 2 0 Two men are shot to death by Islamic militants.
2011.06.20 Nigeria Maiduguri 1 0 A local cop is stalked and murdered by Boko Haram gunmen.
2011.06.20 Thailand Pattani 2 0 A Buddhist is among two killed in separate Muslim sniper attacks.
2011.06.20 Iraq Baghdad 2 8 A terrorist blast takes down two civilians.
2011.06.20 Iraq Mosul 2 3 Two boys are blown to bits in a bombing attack on their family vehicle.
2011.06.20 Nigeria Kankara 7 0 Seven people are gunned down at a local bank by 'robbers' chanting Islamic slogans.
2011.06.20 Thailand Pattani 2 0 Two off-duty cops are murdered on their way to work by Islamic militants.
2011.06.19 Iraq Mosul 1 0 Mujahideen gun down a teenager outside his home.
2011.06.19 Pakistan Hayatabad 2 4 A 12-year-old girl and a woman are murdered in their home by Islamic militants.
2011.06.19 Iraq Kirkuk 1 0 al-Qaeda gunmen murder an Iraqi.
2011.06.19 Yemen Zinjibar 7 21 A group calling itself 'Supporters of Sharia' kills seven government soldiers over the course of two days.
2011.06.19 Nigeria Maiduguri 2 5 Boko Haram Islamists fire indiscriminately into a group of poker players, killing two.
2011.06.19 Afghanistan Kunduz 3 11 A Shahid suicide bomber sends three Afghan civilians to Allah.
2011.06.18 Somalia Daynile 2 0 Two young men are publicly executed by al-Shabaab Islamists.
2011.06.18 Afghanistan Kabul 9 12 Five civilans are among nine dead when several suicide bombers attack a police station.
2011.06.18 Afghanistan Ander 4 2 Four private security guards are blown to bits by Taliban bombers.
2011.06.18 Pakistan Quetta 4 28 Two children are among four dismantled by Lashkar bombers.
2011.06.18 Iraq Baghdad 2 0 A grocer and a city worker are gunned down in separate terror attacks.
2011.06.18 Iraq Baqubah 3 2 Three Iraqis are taken apart by Jihadi bombers.
2011.06.17 Pakistan Bara 1 0 Islamists abduct and slit the throat of a telephone company employee.
2011.06.17 Pakistan Tirah 3 2 Three women are killed, and two children injured, when Islamic militants shell their home.
2011.06.17 Pakistan Quetta 1 0 Talibanis open fire on a fuel tanker, killing the driver.
2011.06.17 Afghanistan Sirkanay 4 0 Four children are killed when Pakistani militants fire a rocket across the border.
2011.06.17 Iraq Baghdad 3 8 Jihadis set off a blast in a Shiite neighborhood, ending the lives of three residents.
2011.06.16 Afghanistan Maruf 4 0 Three women are among four members of a family murdered by Taliban bombers.
2011.06.16 Iraq Hilla 3 0 A suspected al-Qaeda home invasion leaves three people dead.
2011.06.16 Thailand Pattani 4 2 Four local soldiers are slain by an Islamist ambush near a market.
2011.06.16 Pakistan Quetta 1 0 Sunnis shoot a Shia to death as he is riding a motorcycle.
2011.06.16 Nigeria Damboa 4 1 Four children leaving a church are brutally taken out by a Boko Haram blast.
2011.06.16 Nigeria Abuja 2 0 A suicide bomber at a police station kills two officers.
2011.06.16 Pakistan Bajaur 6 27 Two women are among six people murdered when the Taliban storm a village.
2011.06.15 Yemen Houta 3 2 al-Qadea militants assault a village, killing at least three defenders.
2011.06.15 Afghanistan Mahmud Raqi 7 4 A Shahid car bomber detonates himself along a city street, leaving seven innocents dead.
2011.06.15 India Shopian 1 0 Mujahideen gunmen take out a local youth.
2011.06.15 Afghanistan Paktia 3 0 A 13-year-old boy is among three others sent to Allah by a suicide bomber.
2011.06.15 Somalia Mataban 15 24 Fifteen people are killed in a sectarian clash between Sufis and Sunnis.
2011.06.15 Iraq Mussayab 1 6 Terrorists plant a bomb at a marketplace, killing a patron.
2011.06.14 Sudan South Kordofan 2 5 At least two church workers are killed when the Islamic republic bombs a village.
2011.06.14 Iraq Dujail 4 1 Four family members are killed in their own home by sectarian Jihadis.
2011.06.14 Iraq Baqubah 8 27 Eight people are killed in a multi-pronged Fedayeen assault on government office building.
2011.06.14 Dagestan Mikheyevka 1 0 Islamic extremists shoot dead a rival imam at his mosque.
2011.06.13 Pakistan Islamabad 1 3 A suicide bomber kills a guard at a bank.
2011.06.13 Nigeria Bulunkutu 4 0 Four drinkers at a beer garden are taken out by religious radicals.
2011.06.13 Iraq Baaj 2 0 Two people are kidnapped and beheaded by sectarian terrorists.
2011.06.13 Iraq Basra 5 29 Five Iraqis are ripped to pieces by a suicide bomber.
2011.06.13 Pakistan South Waziristan 4 8 Four local cops are cut down in separate attacks by radical Sunnis.
2011.06.12 India Chikkaballapur 2 0 Two young Hindu students are kidnapped and brutally stabbed to death by the Student Islamic Movement of India.
2011.06.12 Yemen Zinjibar 3 5 al-Qaeda militants attack a checkpoint and kill four defenders.
2011.06.12 Iraq Hillah 2 0 A man and his wife are shot to death by Religion of Peace terrorists.
2011.06.12 Iraq Baqubah 3 4 Three Iraqis are taken out by Jihadi gunmen at a checkpoint.
2011.06.12 Iraq Baghdad 3 14 Jihaids take out three soccer-playing youth with two roadside bombs.
2011.06.11 Afghanistan Khost 3 8 A 12-year-old boy is among three people murdered by a Fedayeen suicide bomber.
2011.06.11 Iraq Samarra 4 0 Four brothers are executed in cold blood by al-Qaeda.
2011.06.11 Iraq Mosul 18 47 Eighteen innocents lose their lives to two Mujahid car bombers.
2011.06.11 Afghanistan Kandahar 15 1 Eight children and four women are among those ripped apart by a Taliban bombing of their minivan.
2011.06.11 Iraq Abu Ghraib 2 0 Sunni militants shoot one civilian to death and behead another.
2011.06.11 Iraq Al-Dour 5 0 A teacher's family of five, including three children, are brutally slain in an overnight sectarian home invasion.
2011.06.11 Indonesia East Java 0 1 A young woman is kidnapped by Islamic hardliners on her way home from church, beaten, slashed, and held for two days.
2011.06.11 Pakistan Khyber 39 88 Nearly forty shoppers and vendors are obliterated by two terror blasts at a market.
2011.06.10 Somalia Mogadishu 1 1 al-Shabaab gunmen shoot vendors at a market who ignore their orders to stop selling khat.
2011.06.10 Afghanistan Kunduz 4 18 A Shahid suicide bomber takes down four police officers saying prayers at a mosque.
2011.06.10 Pakistan Balochistan 1 0 An oil tanker driver dies of bullet wounds from a Mujahideen attack.
2011.06.10 Iraq Salman Pak 10 15 Ten Iraqis are taken out by a roadside bomb.
2011.06.10 Sudan Kadugli 0 1 Islamists kidnap a pastor and torture him for two days.
2011.06.10 Somalia Mogadishu 1 2 A local official is murdered by a suicide bomber who was his niece.
2011.06.09 Thailand Yala 1 1 Islamic terrorists shoot a 27-year-old man to death in his car.
2011.06.09 Somalia Mogadishu 2 3 Suicide bombers kill two people at a harbor.
2011.06.09 Nigeria Maiduguri 2 0 A pastor at a Church of Christ and his secretary are brutally gunned down by Religion of Peace loyalists.
2011.06.09 Iraq Baghdad 3 2 A judge is among three Iraqis killed in a series of shooting attacks and a bombing at a liquor store.
2011.06.09 Pakistan Darawar 4 3 Islamic militants blow up a van carrying members of a peace committee, killing four.
2011.06.09 Afghanistan Dur Baba 9 5 Sunni terrorists shoot nine members of a wedding party to death, including the groom and his father.
2011.06.09 Iraq Hatra 1 0 A taxi driver is kidnapped and shot in the head and chest by 'insurgents'.
2011.06.09 Pakistan Landhi 1 0 A Christian civilian is shot to death by Muslim gunmen.
2011.06.08 India Sopore 1 0 A guard at a market is executed in cold blood by Muslim gunmen.
2011.06.08 Somalia Mogadishu 3 0 Three civilians are kidnapped and shot to death by suspected al-Shabaab.
2011.06.08 Thailand Pattani 4 12 Four Buddhist policemen bleed to death following an 'insurgent' bombing at a friendly soccer game.
2011.06.08 Yemen Lahj 4 2 al-Qaeda militants fire heavy weapons into a security checkpoint, killing four officers.
2011.06.08 Thailand Yala 3 2 Three local soldiers are killed in their vehicle by Islamic bombers.
2011.06.08 Thailand Narathiwat 1 0 A man is murdered by Mujahid gunmen while sitting in his pickup truck.
2011.06.08 Afghanistan Uruzgan 2 0 A man and his son are murdered by Taliban militants as they leave a party.
2011.06.08 Sudan al Shaeer 1 0 A Christian seminary student is shot to death in front of bystanders by agents of the Islamic government.
2011.06.08 Thailand Narathiwat 2 0 Two elderly grocers are brought down in their stores by Muslim gunmen in separate attacks.
2011.06.08 Sudan Kadugli 1 0 A young Christian man is dragged to a market and slaughtered by the sword by men yelling 'Allah Akbar'.
2011.06.08 Nigeria Bauchi 1 0 A man is lured out of his home and then murdered by Boko Haram gunmen.
2011.06.07 Nigeria Borno 5 5 Boko Haram Islamists assault two police stations with bombs and bullets, killing five officers.
2011.06.07 Dagestan Makhachkala 2 1 A religious teacher and his nephew are brutally murdered in their own backyard by radicals.
2011.06.07 Nigeria Maiduguri 2 14 Two innocents bleed to death after Islamists detonate a bomb outside a church.
2011.06.07 Iraq Baghdad 3 3 A family of three is among several Iraqis targeted by gunmen in two attacks.
2011.06.07 Iraq Mosul 2 0 Muslim extremists successfully take out two shepherds with a roadside bomb.
2011.06.06 Iraq Tikrit 12 20 A suicide car bomber screams 'Allah Akbar' before ending the lives of a dozen others.
2011.06.06 India Srinagar 1 0 Islamic terrorists gun down a civilian outside his home.
2011.06.06 Pakistan Bannu 1 2 Fundamentalists shoot a security officer to death.
2011.06.06 Iraq Hamdhiyah 4 1 Four family members are murdered when Mujahideen bomb their home.
2011.06.06 Iraq Baghdad 5 26 Five Iraqis are taken down by militant Muslims in two attacks.
2011.06.06 Iraq Baghdad 5 8 Iranian-backed Shiites fire several rockets into a compound, killing five Americans.
2011.06.06 Algeria Sidi Abdelaziz 3 2 Jihadis murder a soldier with a shotgun, then booby-trap his body with a bomb that kills two comrades.
2011.06.06 Nigeria Biu 1 0 A cleric is shot to death by Religion of Peace rivals at his home.
2011.06.05 Chechnya Alkhazurovo 1 2 Islamic militants detonate a bomb next to a passing police patrol, killing at least one.
2011.06.05 Pakistan Nowshera 19 45 Nineteen innocents at a bakery are massacred by Mujahideen bombers.
2011.06.05 Iraq Baghdad 5 18 Holy Warriors take down five Iraqis in various attacks.
2011.06.05 Pakistan Kohat 1 0 Islamic militants slay an off-duty cop shopping at a market.
2011.06.05 Afghanistan Logar 13 0 A tailor and a beheaded soldier are among thirteen Taliban kidnap victims discovered in a mass grave.
2011.06.05 Afghanistan Maydan Shahr 2 5 Two security guards are killed by a Taliban bombing at a bank.
2011.06.05 Afghanistan Nimroz 2 5 Two Afghan cops are ambushed and killed by religious hardliners.
2011.06.04 Philippines Sulu 1 0 A 42-year-old police officer is killed by Abu Sayyaf militants while searching for a kidnap victim.
2011.06.04 Afghanistan Kandahar 2 0 Fundamentalist bombers take down two university students on campus.
2011.06.04 Pakistan Peshawar 6 11 Three women and a child are among six passengers ripped apart by an Islamist bomb blast on their bus.
2011.06.04 Iraq Baghdad 2 0 A pharmacist is among two people shot to death by terrorists.
2011.06.04 Afghanistan Kunar 3 0 Three Afghans bleed to death following a detonation by a female suicide bomber.
2011.06.04 Algeria Bordj Menaiel 4 1 Fundamentalists murder four police officers with a roadside bomb.
2011.06.03 Iraq Tikrit 17 24 Suicide bombers attack a hospital treating victims of an earlier attack. Seventeen innocents are slaughtered.
2011.06.03 Iraq Tikrit 19 52 Nineteen people leaving Friday prayers are shredded by a bomb place outside their mosque.
2011.06.03 Pakistan Karachi 6 31 Six people are killed and thirty-one injured when Islamic militants target security personnel and a hotel hosting a casino.
2011.06.02 Iraq Ramadi 10 21 A series of well-place bombs take the lives of ten Iraqis.
2011.06.02 Afghanistan Uruzgan 3 1 Three guards are slain when the Taliban attack a road construction crew.
2011.06.02 Somalia Mogadishu 17 46 Seventeen civilians are killed in the crossfire when al-Shabaab stages an attack from a market.
2011.06.02 Pakistan Shaltalo 20 80 The second day of a sustained Taliban assault leaves twenty more dead.
2011.06.02 Pakistan Orangi 1 0 A Shia is shot to death by sectarian Jihadis.
2011.06.01 Pakistan Shaltalo 8 3 At least eight innocents are killed when Taliban militants blow up two girls' schools and attack a police post.
2011.06.01 Thailand Yala 2 4 Two Thais are blown up by Islamic 'separatists'.
2011.06.01 Iraq Mussayab 7 12 Militants plant a bomb at a wedding, killing seven celebrants.
2011.06.01 Iraq Tikrit 3 0 Three brothers are executed by al-Qaeda gunmen.
2011.05.31 Yemen Zinjibar 13 21 Thirteen local soldiers are slain by al-Qaeda militants.
2011.05.31 Thailand Narathiwat 0 0 Two Muslims accidently blow themselves up trying to exterminate a passing convoy of teachers.
2011.05.31 Thailand Pattani 1 0 A 48-year-old Buddhist woman is shot to death by Muslim terrorists.
2011.05.31 Thailand Pattani 1 0 A 27-year-old man is murdered by Muslim gunmen.
2011.05.30 Thailand Yala 0 7 Two civilians and five members of a Buddhist monk protection patrol are wounded during a Muslim drive-by.
2011.05.30 Iraq Mosul 2 1 A Christian father of four is murdered by Jihadi gunmen along with a bystander.
2011.05.30 Somalia Mogadishu 2 4 Two African peacekeepers are killed by a Shahid suicide bomber.
2011.05.30 Afghanistan Heart 5 45 At least five Afghans lose their lives to a series of suicide bombers.
2011.05.30 Nigeria Bauchi 10 13 Ten people are torn to shreds by an Islamist bomb planted in a bar.
2011.05.30 Iraq Abu Ghraib 2 6 Two Iraqis are wiped out by a Mujahideen bomb blast.
2011.05.30 Iraq Saqlawaiya 2 0 Islamists are thought to be behind the shooting death of two civilians.
2011.05.30 Iraq Baghdad 1 5 Terrorists bomb a minibus, killing at least one passenger.
2011.05.30 Pakistan Miranshah 1 11 A young girl dies of injuries suffered from a Religion of Peace bomb blast at a hotel.
2011.05.29 Nigeria Maiduguri 1 0 A civilian is killed in the crossfire when Boko Haram Islamists shoot at police.
2011.05.29 Pakistan Quetta 2 3 Lashkar-e-Jhangvi terrorists assassinate two Shia policemen.
2011.05.29 Iraq Abu Ghraib 2 11 Fundamentalists blow up a liquor store, killing two inside.
2011.05.28 Pakistan Bajour 8 12 Sunni fundamentalists send a suicide bomber into a restaurant, slaughtering eight innocents.
2011.05.28 India Kupwara 2 0 Mujahideen barge into a home and shoot a father and son to death.
2011.05.28 Switzerland Einsiedeln 1 0 A 24-year-old woman is shot to death by her strict Muslim father for leading an 'independent life'.
As can readily be seen, Islam is an evil violent religion. Of course NOT all members of Islam are evil and wicked individuals to be sure, but ALL jihadist are members of Islam.
Islam is completely guilty for all their wicked acts because they have failed to clean house of these wicked ones and because they have failed to change the Quran to eliminate passages okaying violence against none members of Islam.
Reality # 4, I herewith challenge any member of Islam or anyone else to show that my facts are in error as they are NOT. I also recommend that all change their ways and become genuine followers of the Prince of Peace, Jesus (Yeshua) Christ who instead of exposing violence as the false prophet Muhammad did, exposes love of fellow man as clearly shown in Matthew 22:37-40, “Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. 38 This is the first and great commandment. 39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets”; Sequel1 to Many Muslims Lust To Persecute Others, Especially So Called Christians and Jews:
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Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2012 10:03 pm Post subject: Female Genital Mutilation A Wicked Practice of Some Muslims
Female Genital Mutilation A Wicked Practice of Some Muslims and Coptics:
INTRODUCTION:
What is female genital mutilation? Let's consider the facts starting with whether there is any need for such.
FIRST [[1]], There is no medical need for this procedure. The following article from an encyclopedia will clearly show this and the fact that it is bad for a women's health. Saying there are medical reasons for same is nothing but AN OUTRIGHT LIE.
SECOND [[2]], Some say,
<<<"in very hot climates like Africa, experience swelling in that area, making this type of operation necessary for them to live a normal life?">>>
Is AN OUTRIGHT LIE in no way backed by medical knowledge, see article below.
THIRD [[3]], Some refuse to accept that many members of Islam and the Coptic Church practice this heathen horrible sex crime against young girls.
Is AN OUTRIGHT REJECTION OF REALITY which goes completely against the principles of education, learning, and the truth.
FOURTH [[4]], Genuine (true) followers of Jesus (Yeshua) Christ do not practice this heathen horrible sex crime against young girls. The statement,
<<<" How do you know true christians don't do this? Is there anything in your bible that forbids this practice?">>>
Is nothing but a deceptive question similar to the one used by Satan the Devil in the Garden of Eden, AN OUTRIGHT LIE in the form of a question.
FIFTH, LIES LIKE THIS ARE UN-EXCUSABLE, and show that any religion whose members resort to same are being controlled by Satan the Devil per John 8:44, "Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father it is your will to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and standeth not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father thereof." (American Standard Version; ASV).
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Members of Islam Practice Horrible Heathen Crime Against Nature. Now let's look at just what this horrible crime against nature is:
<<<"Female genital cutting (FGC) refers to the excision or tissue removal of any part of the female genitalia for cultural, religious or other non-medical reasons. It is more frequently referred to as female genital mutilation (FGM) or female circumcision (FC).
The term FGC does not refer to gender reassignment surgery or the genital modification of intersexuals.
Different terms are used to describe the act of female genital cutting, but regardless of the terminology the same practice is being referred to. Opponents of these practices tend to use the term Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), whereas groups who support and practice this ritual tend to use the term Female Circumcision (FC), which is also considered an euphemism. Advocates of male circumcision argue that the term "female circumcision" results in unwanted associations between the two practices, while genital integrity advocates might refer to all child genital cutting as mutilation.
The expression Female Genital Mutilation gained growing support in the late 1970s. The word mutilation not only established clear linguistic distinction from male circumcision, but it also emphasized the gravity of the act. In 1990, this term was adopted at the third conference of the Inter African Committee on Traditional Practices Affecting the Health of Women and Children (IAC) in Addis Ababa. In 1991, the World Health Organization recommended that the United Nations adopt this terminology and subsequently, it has been widely used in UN documents.
Amnesty International and the World Health Organization most often refer to the practice as 'Female Genital Mutilation'.[1][2][3][4]
The use of the word mutilation reinforces the idea that this practice is a violation of the human rights of girls and women, and thereby helps promote national and international advocacy towards its abandonment. At the community level, however, the term can be problematic. Local languages generally use the less judgmental "cutting" to describe the practice; parents understandably resent the suggestion that they are "mutilating" their daughters. In this spirit, in 1999, the UN called for tact and patience regarding activities in this area and drew attention to the risk of "demonizing" certain cultures, religions and communities. As a result, the term "cutting" has increasingly come to be used to avoid alienating communities.[5]
In 1996 the UNFPA-sponsored Reproductive, Educative, And Community Health program coined the term 'Female Genital Cutting', observing that 'Female Genital Mutilation' may "imply excessive judgment by outsiders as well as insensitivity toward individuals who have undergone some form of genital excision.[6]
There are several distinct practices of FGC that range in severity, depending on how much genital tissue is cut away. Four major types have been categorized (see Diagram 1), although there is some debate as to whether all common forms of FGC fit into these four categories, as well as issues with the reliability of reported data.[7]
Clitoridectomy involves the removal or splitting of the clitoral hood, termed "hoodectomy" (or "clitorodotomy"), with or without excision of the clitoris, see Diagram 1B. The clitoral hood is the female prepuce, homologous to the foreskin of the male. This term was devised in The Sudan by the Anglo-Sudanese administration in 1946 in an attempt to promote this "milder" form of FGC instead of the more severe Type III, infibulation or pharaonic circumcision, that was widely practiced.[8] Although labeled Sunna by Islamic advocates of the practice, most MusliType III is the most severe form of FGC and is called infibulation or pharaonic circumcision (referring to the Pharaohs who were thought to practice this form). Infibulation involves extensive tissue removal of the external genitalia, including all of the labia minora and the inside of the labia majora, leaving a raw open wound. The labia majora are then held together using thorns or stitching and the girl's legs are tied together for two - six weeks, to prevent her from moving and allow the healing of the two sides of the vulva. Nothing remains of the normal anatomy of the genitalia, except for a wall of flesh from the pubis down to the anus, with the exception of a pencil-size opening at the inferior portion of the vulva to allow urine and menstrual blood to pass through, see Diagram 1D. This type of FGC is often carried out by an elderly matron or midwife of the village on girls between the ages of two and six, without anaesthetic and under unhygienic conditions.[11]
A reverse infibulation can be performed to allow for sexual intercourse (often by the husband using a knife on the wedding night) or when undergoing labor, or by female relatives, whose responsibility it is to inspect the wound every few weeks and open it some more if necessary. During childbirth, the enlargement is too small to allow girl thingyl delivery, and so the infibulation must be opened completely and restored after delivery. Once again, the legs are tied together to allow the wound to heal, and the procedure is repeated for each subsequent act of intercourse or childbirth. When childbirth takes place in a hospital, the surgeons may preserve the infibulation by enlarging the girl thingy with deep episiotomies. Afterwards, the patient may insist that her vulva be closed again so that her husband does not reject her.[11]
This practice is reported to cause the disappearance of sexual pleasure for the women affected, as well as major medical complications. Most advocates of the practice continue to perform the procedure in adherence to standards of beauty that are very different from those in the west. Many infibulated women will contend that the pleasure their partners receive due to this procedure is a definitive part of a successful marriage.
m clergy oppose all forms of female genital cutting as it is viewed as a social custom, rather than a religious practice. According to Dr. Sami A. Aldeeb Abu-Salieh at the Swiss Institute of Comparative Law:
Excision refers to clitoridectomy (removal of the prepuce and the clitoris) plus the partial or total removal of the labia minora, the inner lips of the vulva, see Diagram 1C. Type II circumcision is a more extensive form of FGC compared to Type I and due to the sewing together of the leftover labia minora epidermis, which contains sweat glands, a buildup of sweat and urine in the closed off space beneath this closure can lead to local or urinary infection, septicemia, hemorrhaging and cyst formation.[10] This type of FGC is also called khafd, meaning reduction in Arabic.
Female genital cutting is today [[Today is NOT pre-Islamic times.]] mainly practiced in African countries. It is common in a band that stretches from Senegal in West Africa to Somalia on the East coast, as well as from Egypt (Who have just banned FGC[12]) in the north to Tanzania in the south, see Map. In these regions, it is estimated that more than 95% of all women have undergone this procedure. It is also practiced by some groups in the Arabian peninsula, especially among a minority (20%) in Yemen.[13]
The countries that practice FGC the most are Somalia, followed by Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia, and Mali. Among ethnic Somali women, infibulation is traditional and nearly universal. In the Arab peninsula, Sunna circumcision is usually performed, especially among Arabs (ethnic groups of African descent are more likely to prefer infibulation).
Whilst FGC is widely practiced out in the open by African Muslims [[This is today, NOT PRE-iSLAMIC times as some members of Islam try to claim rather than deal with reality as will later be shown.]], it is practiced in secrecy in some parts of the Middle East. The practice occurs particularly in northern Saudi Arabia, southern Jordan, and Iraq, and there is also circumstantial evidence to suggest it is present in Syria, western Iran and southern Turkey.[14] In Oman a few communities still practice FGC; however, experts believed that the number of such cases was small and declining annually. In the United Arab Emirates and also Saudi Arabia, it is practiced mainly among foreign workers from East Africa and the Nile Valley.
The practice can also be found among a few ethnic groups in South America and India. In Indonesia[15] the practice is fairly common among the country's Muslim women; however, in contrast to Africa, almost all are Type I or Type IV, the latter usually involving the symbolic pricking of blood release.
Due to immigration, the practice has also spread to Europe, Australia and the United States. Some tradition-minded families have their daughters undergo FGC whilst on vacation in their home countries. As Western governments become more aware of FGC, legislation has come into effect in many countries to make the practice of FGC a criminal offense. In 2006 [[NOT a pre-Islamic time]], Khalid Adem became the first man in the United States to be prosecuted for mutilating his daughter.
Medical consequences:
Among practicing cultures, FGC is most commonly performed between the ages of four and eight, but can take place at any age from infancy to adolescence. Prohibition has led to FGC going underground, at times with people who have had no medical training performing the cutting without anesthetic, sterilization, or the use of proper medical instruments. The procedure, when performed without any anesthetic, can lead to death through shock from immense pain or excessive bleeding. The failure to use sterile medical instruments may lead to infections and the spread of disease, such as HIV, especially when the same instruments are used to perform procedures on multiple women.[10]
Other serious long term health effects are also common. These include urinary and reproductive tract infections, caused by obstructed flow of urine and menstrual blood, various forms of scarring and infertility. The first time having sexual intercourse will often be extremely painful, and infibulated women will need the labia majora to be opened, to allow their husband access to the girl thingy. This second cut, sometimes performed by the husband with a knife, can cause other complications to arise.
The health consequences of FGC vary from region to region and from researcher to researcher. An in-depth analysis by Carla Obermeyer (2003) shows that past studies, plagued by "incomplete analysis" and "inconsistent numbers", have greatly overestimated the likelihood of serious medical complications resulting from FGC procedures (401). She notes that there is no significant statistically represented relationship between FGC and sexually transmitted diseases/infections, infertility or birth complications (402). Her study illustrates how the opposers of FGC may be relying on inadequate health data to justify their opposition, and instead more meaningful and relevant medical research needs to be conducted in order to help support the cessation of this practice.
A June 2006 study by the WHO has cast doubt on the safety of genital cutting of any kind.[29] This study was conducted on a cohort of 28,393 women attending delivery wards at 28 obstetric centers in areas of Burkina Faso, Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, Senegal and The Sudan. A high proportion of these mothers had undergone FGC. According to the WHO criteria, all types of FGC were found to pose an increased risk of death to the baby (15% for Type I, 32% for Type II, and 55% for Type III). Mothers with FGC Type III were also found to be 30% more at risk for cesarean sections and had a 70% increase in postpartum hemorrhage compared to women without FGC. Estimating from these results, and doing a rough population estimate of mothers in Africa with FGC, an additional 10 to 20 per thousand babies in Africa die during delivery as a result of the mothers having undergone genital cutting.
In cases of repairing the damage resulting from FGC, called de-infibulation when reversing Type III FGC, this is usually carried out by a gynecologist. See also Pierre Foldes, French surgeon, who developed modern surgical corrective techniques.
A 12 year-old Egyptian girl, Badour Shaker, died in June, 2007 during or soon after a circumcision. She died from an overdose of anesthesia. The girl's mother, Zeniab Abdel Ghani, paid $9.00 [or 5 British pounds] to a female doctor, in an illegal clinic in the southern town of Maghagh, for the operation. The doctor tried to give her $3,000 to withdraw a lawsuit, but the mother refused.[source - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia]>>>.
WRONGFUL ATTEMPTS TO JUSTIFY THIS WICKED PRACTICE AND TO DENY THE TRUTH:
Well let's first look at how one member of Islam tried to justify it by denying reality and falsely claiming it was ONLY done in pre-Islamic times:
<<<" Bro [[name removed]], I had a long long discussion with [[A genuine true follower of Jesus (Yeshua) Christ]] in WhyIslam Forum about FGM (Female Genital Mutilation), which basically [[is]] a pre-islamic practice, which was stopped after the inception of Islam.
Few tribes in North Africa do however practice this shameful act - Again this dates back to Pre-islamic ear." [source - member of Islam]>>>.
My reply to this denier of reality was as follows:
<<<" REALITY CHECK NEEDED:
Modern Egypt is NOT some pre-islamic tribe, therefore, your statement is an outright untruth," [source - A genuine true follower of Jesus (Yeshua) Christ.]>>>.
Now the reality with respect it being a modern Twentieth and Twenty-First practice in modern countries that are mostly all Islamic from the world news:
<<<" Egypt outlaws all female circumcision 2 hours, 17 minutes ago, AP, [6/28/2007][[Now is 2007 a pre-Islamic time - get real]]
CAIRO (AFP) - Egypt on Thursday finally banned all female circumcision, the
widely-practised removal of the clitoris which just days ago cost the life of a
12-year-old girl.
Officially the practice, which affects Muslim women in Egypt and goes back to the time of the pharoahs, [[Moslems adapted a horrible practice of pagans yet untruthfully claim they are not heathens, strange]] was banned in 1997 but doctors were allowed to operate "in exceptional cases".
On Thursday, Health Minister Hatem al-Gabali decided to ban every doctor and
member of the medical profession, in public or private establishments, from
carrying out a clitoridectomy, a ministry press official told AFP.
Any circumcision "will be viewed as a violation of the law and all
contraventions will be punished," said the official, adding that it was a
"permanent ban".
A survey in 2000 said the practice was carried out on 97 percent of the
country's women. [[Now is 2,000 AD a pre-Islamic time?]]
In the latest fatality, 12-year-old Bedur Ahmed Shaker was taken by her mother
to a private clinic in Minya, a town on the Nile south of Cairo, for the
operation. She died before she could be transferred to hospital. Her mother accused the woman doctor of negligence, charging that her daughter's
death was linked to the anaesthetic and not the removal of the clitoris, for
which she had paid 50 pounds (nearly nine dollars). Police have arrested both
women." [source - world news report on Yahoo News on 6/28/2007]>>>.
Other members of Islam try to justify it on the basis that some so called Christians also practice it, and say:
<<<" it's practised by christians as well in ethiopia and and qoptic christians in egypt etc.."
but the fact is that its neither a christian or islamic it's just an ugly tradition and i believe whoever does it to a woman is a terrorist." [source - A female member of Islam]>>>.
Yes, it is true that some so called Christians practice it. Yes, counterfeit Christians in Ethiopia practice it, but NO genuine true followers of Jesus (Yeshua) practice it. One article clearly showed the reality of this in line with John 8:32, "And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." (Authorized King James Bible, AV), as follows:
<<<"Some view gaining salvation as and easy task and feel that belonging to any old religion is acceptable to Almighty God (YHWH), but is it? Let's look at some facts, realities in keeping with John 8:32, "And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free" (Authorized King James Bible; AV).
Because I have clearly shown that actions and belief set the two groups apart so now I shall summarize the differences.
Group 1 - the genuine (true) followers of Jesus (Yeshua) Christ do NOT involve themselves with war and violence or meddle in politics, and try to follow to the 'letter' the words and commandments of Christ. Also, they have NO creedal doctrines and/or traditions.
Group 2 - the false claimants of being followers of Jesus (Yeshua) Christ involve themselves with war and violence and meddle in politics while falsely claiming to be followers of Christ, the Prince of Peace. The give 'lip' service with respect following to the 'letter' the words and commandments of Christ - the term Sunday Christian aptly fits them. They have their creedal doctrines and/or traditions and assign more importance to these than the Inspired Word of Almighty God (YHWH), the Bible.
So it is NOT my taxonomy but reality that sets the two groups clearly apart as separate classifications. Also, it is not my opinion that sets the two separate groups that are called "Christians" apart, but clearly the diametrically opposed actions of the two groups.
In fact, the Inspired Word of Almighty God (YHWH), the Bible, clearly demonstrates how difficult it really is not to be mislead by the Devil and the religious leaders of evil false religions under control of the god of this system of things. This was clearly shown by Almighty God's (YHWH's) Son, Jesus (Yeshua), in answering a question asked of him at Luke 13:23-30, "And one said unto him, Lord, are they few that are saved? And he said unto them, 24 Strive to enter in by the narrow door: for many, I say unto you, shall seek to enter in, and shall not be able. 25 When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, open to us; and he shall answer and say to you, I know you not whence ye are; 26 then shall ye begin to say, We did eat and drink in thy presence, and thou didst teach in our streets; 27 and he shall say, I tell you, I know not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity. 28 There shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and yourselves cast forth without. 29 And they shall come from the east and west, and from the north and south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God. 30 And behold, there are last who shall be first, and there are first who shall be last." (American Standard Version; ASV).
Also, Jesus (Yeshua) clearly showed his genuine (true) followers would be few in number compared to the total number of mankind. Let's consider both Luke 13:24 and Matthew 7:13-14, it is in both of these that the road followed by true believers would be narrow and cramped, Luke 13:24, "Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able." (Authorized King James Bible: AV); And Matthew 7:13-14, "Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, abroad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: 14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it." (AV); thereby, clearly showing few would be entering the narrow gate "which leadeth unto life." In reality, it will be difficult for even true Christians to enter as testified to at 1 Peter 4:18, "And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear." (AV). In order to enter, we must have the right sort of guide, Luke 1:79, "To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace." (AV). Now, if one picks the wrong group, just because it is popular or the so called 'one to belong to in a community' and not because of Bible Truths, there is an important warning given at Matthew 15:14, "Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch." (AV). In fact, being with the wrong group can mean you are NOT having fellowship with the Son of God, Jesus (Yeshua) as testified to at 1 John 1:6, "If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not [have] the truth." (AV). This danger is made abundantly clear at Luke 12:32 when Jesus (Yeshua) spoke of his true followers as a little flock and not a large one, "Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom." (AV). Simply stated, his true followers will be relatively few in number which should cause all sincere individuals to question whether mainstream religion with its vast membership is heading for the narrow gate!
Now being this is the case, it behooves all genuine (true) followers of Jesus (Yeshua) to show neighbor love and warn their neighbors of the need to seek genuine salvation and to get OUT OF EVIL FALSE RELIGION regardless of what it is called or how long their families and friends have been members of it. This would be required by what Jesus (Yeshua) said at Matthew 22:37-40, "And he said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. 38 This is the great and first commandment. 39 And a second like unto it is this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. 40 On these two commandments the whole law hangeth, and the prophets." (ASV).
We will consider how this love of neighbor requires all genuine (true) followers to warn their neighbors of evil false religion by exposing it for what it is.
SHOWING NEIGHBOR LOVE REQUIRES EXPOSING EVIL FALSE RELIGION:
Now all need to be showing love to their neighbors including Jews and telling them of the first step toward salvation given at John 14:6, "Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me." (AV). Messages of hate assist no one in learning the truth per John 8:32, "And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free" (Authorized King James Bible; AV).
Take my articles, for example, they have a worthy objective; to wit, exposing false doctrine so individuals can correct their wrong path. My articles are NOT ones of hate, as are many of others, but ones that expose false doctrine and wrong practice. All should read them instead of posting false accusations, as you will find not one word of hate or bashing in my articles, only truth. They are posted to assist all in knowing the truth, per John 8:32, and to assist all in making a change in their lives by getting out of groups and/or religions that practice false doctrine and wrong practices.
All need to learn about love and that includes warning others with respect false doctrine and wrong practices instead of thinking of hate and being bigots as many are. As 1 Corinthians 13:1-8 shows, "If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal. 2 And if I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 3 And if I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profiteth me nothing. 4 Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, 5 doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not its own, is not provoked, taketh not account of evil; 6 rejoiceth not in unrighteousness, but rejoiceth with the truth; 7 beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. 8 Love never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall be done away; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall be done away." (ASV).
Love is the power of faith as shown in 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 as quoted above. Faith actually needs love to function because perfect faith results in faithfulness and faithfulness is the outcome of love; therefore faith and love go hand in hand because faith wants to believe, just as love trust, faith will see its possessors through the darkness and weathers of the storms of life, just as love endures all things, and faith seeks to put Almighty God (YHWH) first just as love always give.
Our faith is not just knowledge about Almighty God (YHWH), but a personal relationship with Him as our Lord, and any relationship requires love to succeed, to endure trials and to grow, including our relationships with one another because we are called to be family in the Lord and to love one another.
The perfect example of faith powered by love is seen in the life of Jesus Christ, who manifests Gods love to perfection. As Leviticus 6:27 states,
"Whatsoever shall touch the flesh thereof, shall be sanctified. If a garment be sprinkled with the blood thereof, it shall be washed in a holy place." (Douay-Rheims Catholic Bible; DRCB). Thus, whatever touches what is holy shall become holy. And love is of Almighty God's (YHWH's) Holy Spirit, his active force and/or power. In fact, the Hebrew word here rendered Holy Ghost, Holy Spirit, or Spirit which is translated from 'ru'ach' meaning "breath; wind; spirit." "The Catholic Encyclopedia:" states, "Nowhere in the Old Testament do we find any clear indication of a Third Person." And Catholic theologian Fortman states, "The Jews never regarded the spirit as a person; nor is there any solid evidence that any Old Testament writer held this view. . . . The Holy Spirit is usually presented in the Synoptics [Gospels] and in Acts as a divine force or power." Whereas, "The New Catholic Encyclopedia" states, "The O[ld] T[estament] clearly does not envisage God's spirit as a person . . . God's spirit is simply God's power. If it is sometimes represented as being distinct from God, it is because the breath of Yahweh acts exteriorly." It also states, "The majority of N[ew] T[estament] texts reveal God's spirit as something, not someone; this is especially seen in the parallelism between the spirit and the power of God." And "A Catholic Dictionary," states, "On the whole, the New Testament, like the Old, speaks of the spirit as a divine energy or power."
By faith we draw near to God through sincere prayer, entering into His presence, because when Jesus died on the cross, the temple curtain separating God and man was torn in two from top to bottom, per Matthew 27:51, "And behold, the veil of the temple was rent in two from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake; and the rocks were rent;" (ASV). At James 4:8, "Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye doubleminded." (ASV), clearly showing that Almighty God (YHWH) will draw near to us if we draw near to him. This point is also emphasized at Galatians 5:22-26, "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 meekness, self-control; against such there is no law. 24 And they that are of Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with the passions and the lusts thereof. 25 If we live by the Spirit, by the Spirit let us also walk. Let us not become vainglorious, provoking one another, envying one another." (ASV). Remember that Almighty God (YHWH) is the source of our love.
When we submit to the love of God we have combined faith with love and have the power to fulfill the royal law, which is to love the Lord with all our heart, mind and soul per Matthew 22:37-40, "And he said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. 38 This is the great and first commandment. 39 And a second like unto it is this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. 40 On these two commandments the whole law hangeth, and the prophets." (ASV); and James 2:22, "Thou seest that faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect;" (ASV). If we love Almighty God (YHWH), we will seek to please Him and keep the royal law because the royal law embraces Gods will and all of His commandments. Without love we can't fulfill the royal law because we can't love the Lord unless we have love. To manifest the love of God is to overcome sin, whereas to not manifest the love of God is to sin. For the royal law is not to know about the Almighty God (YHWH) , but to love the Almighty God (YHWH), and to love one another as ourselves. We can't do one without the other, because we can't truly love God whom we can't see if we don't love mankind who is made in the image of God. When we love one another we are manifesting our love for God whom we can't see by loving His image. John 14:21 clearly shows "He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself unto him." (ASV); therefore, If we love one another then we also love God because we can't love the reflection without loving its source. And if we love God we will love Jesus Christ and allow Him to reign in our hearts, keepings all of His commandments, and we do this by subduing the will and power of the flesh through the power of the Holy Spirit, so that faith working through love does the will of God by turning the thought into reality which pleases Him and fulfills the royal law.
Faith without love is incomplete, residing only in the mind as knowledge, and knowledge of Almighty God (YHWH) alone can not perfect us by saving us from sin. This can only be accomplished by allowing Jesus Christ to reign supreme in our hearts. If knowledge of Almighty God's (YHWH's) will alone could save us then salvation would have been through the law of Moses, and there would not have been any need for Christ to die for our sins per Galatians 2:21, previously quoted. If Jesus reigns in our hearts then the love of Christ also reigns because He is the manifestation of Almighty God's (YHWH's)love. As Romand 8:9 so amply shows, "But ye are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you. But if any man hath not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his." (ASV) ; therefore, The heart without the love of God does not have Jesus Christ and the soul without the Spirit of Christ is not born again. As the Apostle Paul so clearly stated at Romans 15:16, "that I should be a minister of Christ Jesus unto the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be made acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Spirit." (ASV). Last, as shown at 1 John 4:8-13, "He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. 9 Herein was the love of God manifested in us, that God hath sent his only begotten Son into the world that we might live through him. 10 Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. 11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 12 No man hath beheld God at any time: if we love one another, God abideth in us, and his love is perfected in us: 13 hereby we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit." (ASV).
[source - Good People Can Be In Evil False Religions:]>>>.
But that does not answer a simple question.
EVIL PRACTICE WITHIN ISLAM THAT IT DOES NOT STAMP OUT:
Some maintain that female circumcisem is against the principles of Islam, but the reality is that many in Islam practice this evil act against women and are NOT punished or thrown out of Islam for practicing it. Why? Makes you wonder.
Nor does it answer why Group 2 - the false claimants of being followers of Jesus (Yeshua) Christ involve themselves with war and violence and meddle in politics while falsely claiming to be followers of Christ, the Prince of Peace. The give 'lip' service with respect following to the 'letter' the words and commandments of Christ - the term Sunday Christian aptly fits them. They have their creedal doctrines and/or traditions and assign more importance to these than the Inspired Word of Almighty God (YHWH), the Bible. Permit it and do not punish or throw out their members who practice it.
All should be against female circumcism and be looking for answer at to why Islam and the Coptic Church continue to permit this wicked practice.
One member of Islam tried to justify it another way as follows:
<<<"all so-called muslims who preach this are fake muslims not true muslims
i showed above the view of one of the greatest shia religious authority against
this kind of crime against women
yes this ugly practice is wide spread in egypt and other sunni country but to be fair even sunnis are repulsed by these practices
only a minority of fake scholars who dont fear allah are preaching this terrorism against women"[source - a Shia Muslim member of Islam]>>>.
Now this raises a serious question, If this be so, then why are these evil ones tolerated within Islam and not excommunicated or thrown out? Any organization or religion that permits open wrongs is by definition a false religion. Take a look at the example set by the false religion of Roman Catholic Church:
<<<" [Item one] "The History and Practices of the Catholic church
and her Christian daughter Protestant Churches ( a brief history)
Standard Number One: Commandment Nine, "Thou Shalt Not Bear False Witness," and Commandment Six, "Thou Shalt Not Murder." According to Hebrews 4:12, This not only includes actual murder, but the desire to murder or have murdered. In other words, a person or a Church (group of people) can have murder committed for them, and they don't actually have to get their hands bloody. All they have to do is desire for a murder to occur (murder is the "Intent of Their Hearts")!
The written history of the "Inquisition" is specific in its' details; and some of those details are as follows:
The Inquisition was a medieval Catholic church court instituted to seek out and prosecute heretics (heretics, by Catholic definition, were almost always Sabbath Keeping Sabbatarians). The Church worked in conjunction with the military powers of the land (Kings & Queens) to accomplish their misdeeds. Papal documents as well as the Second, Third, and Fourth Lateran councils (1139, 1179, 1215) prescribed imprisonment (with torture), and confiscation of property as punishment for heresy and threatened to excommunicate princes (Kings & Queens) who failed to punish heretics. They were notoriously harsh, and their procedures resulted in unbelievable tortures, most often resulting in excruciating death; "The Crusaders" were the soldiers used by the inquisition to round up the so called Sabbatarian heretics. The Sabbatarians (Any and All Seventh Day Sabbath Keepers) were burned at the stake, buried alive, had their feet burned off, and were hacked into pieces by the Crusaders. The Inquisition was defended during the Middle Ages by appeal to biblical practices and to the Catholic church father (the "So Called") saint Augustine (354-430AD.), who chose to interpret Luke 14:23 as endorsing the use of physical force against so called heretics.
Luke 14:23 (a physical to Spiritual parallel or anthropomorphism)
23 The lord said to the servant, 'Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my (Spiritual) house may (ultimately) be filled.
Note: The word Compel, as used in Luke cannot go against Yahweh's Laws of Love. Therefore, the wicked saint Augustine used physical force, when Matthew intended for them to use Moral argument to convince people to come into G_d's house. A True Saint would have known this, but a True Power Hungry Heretic would not care. So here we have an example of a True Heretic (saint Augustine) pretending to be a Saint, and torturing True Saints (Sabbath Keepers) and calling them heretics. One last thought on this standard: Sabbatarians, as a group, never murdered, tortured or persecuted anyone; but, whenever they try to make the Truth Known, they are quickly called "Catholic Bashers." What will Yahweh be called, when He destroys the True Heretical Catholic-christians (Christopagans) from off the face of the Earth?
King Louis IX of France (1229 AD) called Sabbath Keepers heretics.
Catholic canon (Law) #3 (1229 AD) (The Council of Toulouse) Quote: The Lords of the different districts shall search the villas and woods for the hiding places of the Sabbath Keeping heretics.
Standard Number Two: Commandment Four, "Keep The Seventh Day Sabbath Holy." True Believing Sabbatarian Congregations are Overt and not Covert. Why? Mainly, because True Believers have nothing to hide, they are not deceptive, use secret codes or hide behind clever semantics. Additionally, True Believers are humble and obedient to the Words of Yahweh. True Believers are not heretics, who at first pretend to be True Believers, and then over a period of time change their beliefs. The Seventh Day Sabbath was observed as a Holy Day of Convocation, even by the Catholic church, and it wasn't until the Catholic church imagined that they had the power to change the Laws of Yahweh that those "In Power" re-invented "The Lord's Day," and started enforcing Sunday as their "Day of Rest." Revelation 1:10, Acts 2:20, 1 Corinthians 5:5, 1 Thess. 5:2, and 2 Peter 3:10 are the only places in the Bible that the "Lord's Day" is even mentioned, and those who are Spiritually enlightened know that this is always referring to the (future) Day of "The First Resurrection" when "The Last Trumpet" will sound, and the kingdoms of this Earth become the kingdom(s) of The Son(s) of Yahweh.
Revelation 1:10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and I heard behind me a loud voice, as of a trumpet
So when and how did the Catholic-Christian (Christopagan) church begin to reveal its' true identity? History records that the Catholic-Christian church began to show her true colors about the late third or early fourth century.
However, the Catholic-Christian church in Scotland remained loyal to The Saturday Sabbath well into the tenth century, according to: "Ad**nan Life of St. Columbs" 1874, p.96 by W.T. Skene; "History of The Catholic church in Scotland," Vol. 1, p.86, by Bellesheim (a Catholic Historian); "The Rise of The Mediaeval Church," p.237, by Flick; "History of Scotland From The Roman occupation," Vol. 1, p.96, by Andrew Lang; and "Celtic Scotland" Vol. 2, pp.330-349.
The Seventh Day Sabbath prevailed in the Catholic church in Wales until 1115AD. when St. David's Cathedral seated its very first Roman Catholic indoctrinated bishop.
Roman Catholic canon (Law) #26 (305 AD) of The Council of Elvira, Spain, reveals that the church in Spain observed the Seventh Day Sabbath, but were at odds with the church in Rome, because the Rome church had already imposed a Sabbath Fasting Period (to make the True Sabbath unpopular with the masses).
Catholic canon (Law) #16: On Saturday the Gospels and Scripture shall be read aloud.
Catholic canon (Law) #29: Catholic-Christians shall not JUDAIZE (a Jew Hater statement) and be idle on the Sabbath, but shall work on that day, but shall not work on the (re-invented) "Lord's Day."
Pope Sylvester (314-335AD.) was the first to order that the Catholic church "Fast" (go hungry and thirsty) each and every Sabbath (Friday at sunset to Saturday at sunset). This was a major change in the Sabbath (and not according to Holy Scripture), and was done to make the Sabbath less appealing than Sunday. Of course, this only psychologically affected the members of The Catholic church, as True Believers (Sabbatarians) continued to keep the True Sabbath according to G_d's Word.
Pope Innocent (402-417) made fasting on The Sabbath a binding law for all in subjugation (psychological and legal slavery) to the Catholic church.
Pope Gregory I (590-604 AD.), according to epistles #1 and #B 13:1, called all those within the Catholic church who forbid working on the Saturday Sabbath, "Antichrists."
Catholic canon (Law) #13: "Council of Friaul," Italy, 791AD., Sunday, the so called "Lord's Day," became a commanded observance (purely CULT tactics).
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Conclusion: I could continue for days on this subject, but I doubt that very many people would take the time to read it all. Kind of like owning a Bible, which you don't even read. Did you know that having a Bible is a privilege, that not many people have had through the centuries.
Catholic canon Law #14 (of the thirteenth century in France) "Lay members are not allowed to possess the books of the Old or the New Testaments."
Now why would a so called Christian church prohibit their members from having access to the word of YHWH? Could it be because ignorant members are easier for cults to lie to and control, and because control is power, and power relates to profit and vanity? Yes! But more importantly, it relates to "The Will of Satan."
My friends, this Roman Government sponsored church and its' christian harlot daughter churches have not only failed to represent the True Children of G_d, but have murdered them. Has this church group changed its' spots or truly repented of their sins? No! For even now they are trying to regroup and regain the powers that they once had. Have you not heard of Ecumenism? If not click here. The Catholic church is a threat to all True Sabbatarian Believers everywhere. Will we wait in disbelief as the Jews did in World War II? I pray not!
Finally, can any True Believer, follow any of the holiday traditions or ritual practices belonging to or coming out of The Catholic church? Absolutely Not! Why? Because this church is the original "Cult Church" and The Mother of Christian (Christopagan) harlots as mentioned in Revelation 17:4-6. They have perverted every Holy Tradition of Yahweh, mistranslated scripture, replaced Yahweh's Weekly Sabbath with Sunday and Yahweh's Annual Sabbath Holy Days with pagan holidays (Xmas & Easter/Ishtar, etc...), suppressed the study of scripture, murdered True Believers and Jews, assisted Hitler in World War II, perverted the "Breaking of Unleavened Bread" at Passover to the unbroken Sun Wafer of the "Eucharist" at Ishtar/Easter Time and other non-Holy days, and the list goes on. How can any brain conscious human being ever place even an ounce of faith in this perverted religious system.
Revelation 17:4-6
4 The woman (spiritual harlot / false church) was dressed in purple and scarlet, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having in her hand a golden cup full of (Spiritual) abominations (read Ezekiel & Jeremiah), even the unclean things of her (Spiritual) sexual immorality (with pagan gods and goddesses),
5 and on her forehead a name written, "MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF THE (Spiritual) PROSTITUTES (Christianity & others) AND OF THE (Spiritual) ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH."
6 I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the (TRUE) saints (Sabbatarians), and with the blood of the martyrs of Yahshua (The TRUE Messiah). When I saw her, I wondered with great amazement.
NOTE: This woman is Spiritual Babylon, which was pure paganism (false religions) prior to The Messiah, but was covertly transferred to The Catholic church (Mother of Christianity) even before The Messiah's Sacrifice.[source - The Mother of All Cults
by Dan J. Love, Minister, SCY- www.sabbatarian.com/Spotl...rCult.html ]
Now let's look at some more evidence of the atrocity committing path taken by apostate (Counterfeit) Christians who did NOT follow in the footsteps of him whom they falsely claim is their leader, Jesus (Yeshua) Christ, the Prince of Peace.
[item two] "Persecution of the Waldenses in France
Popery having brought various innovations into the Church, and overspread the Christian world with darkness and superstition, some few, who plainly perceived the pernicious tendency of such errors, determined to show the light of the Gospel in its real purity, and to disperse those clouds which artful priests had raised about it, in order to blind the people, and obscure its real brightness.
The principal among these was Berengarius, who, about the year 1000, boldly preached Gospel truths, according to their primitive purity. Many, from conviction, assented to his doctrine, and were, on that account, called Berengarians. To Berengarius succeeded Peer Bruis, who preached at Toulouse, under the protection of an earl, named Hildephonsus; and the whole tenets of the reformers, with the reasons of their separation from the Church of Rome, were published in a book written by Bruis, under the title of "Antichrist."
By the year of Christ 1140, the number of the reformed was very great, and the probability of its increasing alarmed the pope, who wrote to several princes to banish them from their dominions, and employed many learned men to write against their doctrines.
In A.D. 1147, because of Henry of Toulouse, deemed their most eminent preacher, they were called Henericians; and as they would not admit of any proofs relative to religion, but what could be deduced from the Scriptures themselves, the popish party gave them the name of apostolics. At length, Peter Waldo, or Valdo, a native of Lyons, eminent for his piety and learning, became a strenuous opposer of popery; and from him the reformed, at that time, received the appellation of Waldenses or Waldoys.
Pope Alexander III being informed by the bishop of Lyons of these transactions, excommunicated Waldo and his adherents, and commanded the bishop to exterminate them, if possible, from the face of the earth; hence began the papal persecutions against the Waldenses.
The proceedings of Waldo and the reformed, occasioned the first rise of the inquisitors; for Pope Innocent III authorized certain monks as inquisitors, to inquire for, and deliver over, the reformed to the secular power. The process was short, as an accusation was deemed adequate to guilt, and a candid trial was never granted to the accused.
The pope, finding that these cruel means had not the intended effect, sent several learned monks to preach among the Waldenses, and to endeavor to argue them out of their opinions. Among these monks was one Dominic, who appeared extremely zealous in the cause of popery. This Dominic instituted an order, which, from him, was called the order of Dominican friars; and the members of this order have ever since been the principal inquisitors in the various inquisitions in the world. The power of the inquisitors was unlimited; they proceeded against whom they pleased, without any consideration of age, sex, or rank. Let the accusers be ever so infamous, the accusation was deemed valid; and even anonymous informations, sent by letter, were thought sufficient evidence. To be rich was a crime equal to heresy; therefore many who had money were accused of heresy, or of being favorers of heretics, that they might be obliged to pay for their opinions. The dearest friends or nearest kindred could not, without danger, serve any one who was imprisoned on account of religion. To convey to those who were confined, a little straw, or give them a cup of water, was called favoring of the heretics, and they were prosecuted accordingly. No lawyer dared to plead for his own brother, and their malice even extended beyond the grave; hence the bones of many were dug up and burnt, as examples to the living. If a man on his deathbed was accused of being a follower of Waldo, his estates were confiscated, and the heir to them defrauded of his inheritance; and some were sent to the Holy Land, while the Dominicans took possession of their houses and properties, and, when the owners returned, would often pretend not to know them. These persecutions were continued for several centuries under different popes and other great dignitaries of the Catholic Church.
Persecutions of the Albigenses
The Albigenses were a people of the reformed religion, who inhabited the country of Albi. They were condemned on the score of religion in the Council of Lateran, by order of Pope Alexander III. Nevertheless, they increased so prodigiously, that many cities were inhabited by persons only of their persuasion, and several eminent noblemen embraced their doctrines. Among the latter were Raymond, earl of Toulouse, Raymond, earl of Foix, the earl of Beziers, etc.
A friar, named Peter, having been murdered in the dominions of the earl of Toulouse, the pope made the murder a pretense to persecute that nobleman and his subjects. To effect this, he sent persons throughout all Europe, in order to raise forces to act coercively against the Albigenses, and promised paradise to all that would come to this war, which he termed a Holy War, and bear arms for forty days. The same indulgences were likewise held out to all who entered themselves for the purpose as to such as engaged in crusades to the Holy Land. The brave earl defended Toulouse and other places with the most heroic bravery and various success against the pope's legates and Simon, earl of Montfort, a bigoted Catholic nobleman. Unable to subdue the earl of Toulouse openly, the king of France, and the queen mother, and three archbishops raised another formidable army, and had the art to persuade the earl of Toulouse to come to a conference, when he was treacherously seized upon, made a prisoner, forced to appear barefooted and bareheaded before his enemies, and compelled to subscribe an abject recantation. This was followed by a severe persecution against the Albigenses; and express orders that the laity should not be permitted to read the sacred Scriptures. In the year 1620 also, the persecution against the Albigenses was very severe. In 1648 a heavy persecution raged throughout Lithuania and Poland. The cruelty of the Cossacks was so excessive that the Tartars themselves were ashamed of their barbarities. Among others who suffered was the Rev. Adrian Chalinski, who was roasted alive by a slow fire, and whose sufferings and mode of death may depict the horrors which the professors of Christianity have endured from the enemies of the Redeemer.
The reformation of papistical error very early was projected in France; for in the third century a learned man, named Almericus, and six of his disciples, were ordered to be burnt at Paris for asserting that God was no otherwise present in the sacramental bread than in any other bread; that it was idolatry to build altars or shrines to saints and that it was ridiculous to offer incense to them.
The martyrdom of Almericus and his pupils did not, however, prevent many from acknowledging the justness of his notions, and seeing the purity of the reformed religion, so that the faith of Christ continually increased, and in time not only spread itself over many parts of France, but diffused the light of the Gospel over various other countries.
In the year 1524, at a town in France, called Melden, one John Clark set up a bill on the church door, wherein he called the pope Antichrist. For this offence he was repeatedly whipped, and then branded on the forehead. Going afterward to Mentz, in Lorraine, he demolished some images, for which he had his right hand and nose cut off, and his arms and breast torn with pincers. He sustained these cruelties with amazing fortitude, and was even sufficiently cool to sing the One hundredth and fifteenth Psalm, which expressly forbids idolatry; after which he was thrown into the fire, and burnt to ashes.
Many persons of the reformed persuasion were, about this time, beaten, racked, scourged, and burnt to death, in several parts of France, but more particularly at Paris, Malda, and Limosin.
A native of Malda was burnt by a slow fire, for saying that Mass was a plain denial of the death and passion of Christ. At Limosin, John de Cadurco, a clergyman of the reformed religion, was apprehended and ordered to be burnt.
Francis Bribard, secretary to cardinal de Pellay, for speaking in favor of the reformed, had his tongue cut out, and was then burnt, A.D. 1545. James Cobard, a schoolmaster in the city of St. Michael, was burnt, A.D. 1545, for saying 'That Mass was useless and absurd'; and about the same time, fourteen men were burnt at Malda, their wives being compelled to stand by and behold the execution.
A.D. 1546, Peter Chapot brought a number of Bibles in the French tongue to France, and publicly sold them there; for which he was brought to trial, sentenced, and executed a few days afterward. Soon after, a cripple of Meaux, a schoolmaster of Fera, named Stephen Poliot, and a man named John English, were burnt for the faith.
Monsieur Blondel, a rich jeweler, was, in A.D. 1548, apprehended at Lyons, and sent to Paris; there he was burnt for the faith by order of the court, A.D. 1549. Herbert, a youth of nineteen years of age, was committed to the flames at Dijon; as was also Florent Venote in the same year.
In the year 1554, two men of the reformed religion, with the son and daughter of one of them, were apprehended and committed to the castle of Niverne. On examination, they confessed their faith, and were ordered to execution; being smeared with grease, brimstone, and gunpowder, they cried, "Salt on, salt on this sinful and rotten flesh." Their tongues were then cut out, and they were afterward committed to the flames, which soon consumed them, by means of the combustible matter with which they were besmeared. [source - Foxe's Book of Martyrs by John Fox (or Foxe) was born at Boston, in Lincolnshire, in 1517 and edited by William Byron Forbush]"
Now let's look yet another time at some more evidence of the atrocity committing path taken by apostate (Counterfeit) Christians who did NOT follow in the footsteps of him whom they falsely claim is their leader, Jesus (Yeshua) Christ, the Prince of Peace.
[item three] "This is where the theologian Michael Servitus comes in. In 1546 he wrote a book on spiritual regeneration. He attacked the doctrine of the Trinity. He thought the Nicene Creed dishonored the idea of redemption. That was dangerous thinking during the Protestant Reformation.
Servitus -- almost incidentally -- described the regeneration of blood in the lungs. It was part of his theology of regeneration. But it was quite accurate. Servitus told us just what Harvey did, 85 years later.
Servitus sent a copy of his book to Calvin. Calvin took it very badly. He ordered Servitus's arrest and trial as a heretic. A tribunal sentenced Servitus to burn in a fire fueled by slow-burning green wood and his own books. [source - MICHAEL SERVITUS, by John H. Li]"
Now of course these are only representative examples of atrocities and genocide's committed by apostate (counterfeit) Christians. However, it must also be recognized that both World Wars, 1 and 2, were both started by so called Christian nations and backed by the clergy of apostate (counterfeit) Christians, but not by genuine Christians, the real footstep followers of the Prince of Peace, Jesus (Yeshua), the Son of God (YHWH).
APOSTATE CHRISTIANITY ADOPTED PAGAN FESTIVALS AS THEIR OWN:
Interestingly in the way of festivals and holidays the two distinct paths of so called Christianity also were very different. The apostate (counterfeit) Christians adopted pagan festivals and holidays and gave them a so called Christian facade; whereas, the genuine footstep followers had nothing to do with them.
Let's look at an example of this so called Christian façade being put on a pagan festival and holiday.
"The Two Babylons, by Alexander Hislop
Chapter III
Festivals
Section I. Christmas and Lady-day
If Rome be indeed the Babylon of the Apocalypse, and the Madonna enshrined in her sanctuaries be the very queen of heaven, for the worshipping of whom the fierce anger of God was provoked against the Jews in the days of Jeremiah, it is of the last consequence that the fact should be established beyond all possibility of doubt; for that being once established, every one who trembles at the Word of God must shudder at the very thought of giving such a system, either individually or nationally, the least countenance or support. Something has been said already that goes far to prove the identity of the Roman and Babylonian systems; but at every step the evidence becomes still more overwhelming. That which arises from comparing the different festivals is peculiarly so.
The festivals of Rome are innumerable; but five of the most important may be singled out for elucidation--viz., Christmas-day, Lady-day, Easter, the Nativity of St. John, and the Feast of the Assumption. Each and all of these can be proved to be Babylonian. And first, as to the festival in honour of the birth of Christ, or Christmas. How comes it that that festival was connected with the 25th of December? There is not a word in the Scriptures about the precise day of His birth, or the time of the year when He was born. What is recorded there, implies that at what time soever His birth took place, it could not have been on the 25th of December. At the time that the angel announced His birth to the shepherds of Bethlehem, they were feeding their flocks by night in the open fields. Now, no doubt, the climate of Palestine is not so severe as the climate of this country; but even there, though the heat of the day be considerable, the cold of the night, from December to February, is very piercing, and it was not the custom for the shepherds of Judea to watch their flocks in the open fields later than about the end of October. *
* GILL, in his Commentary on Luke 2:8, has the following: "There are two sorts of cattle with the Jews...there are the cattle of the house that lie in the city; the cattle of the wilderness are they that lie in the pastures. On which one of the commentators (MAIMONIDES, in Misn. Betza), observes, 'These lie in the pastures, which are in the villages, all the days of the cold and heat, and do not go into the cities until the rains descend.' The first rain falls in the month Marchesvan, which answers to the latter part of our October and the former part of November...From whence it appears that Christ must be born before the middle of October, since the first rain was not yet come." KITTO, on Deuteronomy 11:14 (Illustrated Commentary), says that the "first rain," is in "autumn," "that is, in September or October." This would make the time of the removal of the flocks from the fields somewhat earlier than I have stated in the text; but there is no doubt that it could not be later than there stated, according to the testimony of Maimonides, whose acquaintance with all that concerns Jewish customs is well known.
It is in the last degree incredible, then, that the birth of Christ could have taken place at the end of December. There is great unanimity among commentators on this point. Besides Barnes, Doddridge, Lightfoot, Joseph Scaliger, and Jennings, in his "Jewish Antiquities," who are all of opinion that December 25th could not be the right time of our Lord's nativity, the celebrated Joseph Mede pronounces a very decisive opinion to the same effect. After a long and careful disquisition on the subject, among other arguments he adduces the following;--"At the birth of Christ every woman and child was to go to be taxed at the city whereto they belonged, whither some had long journeys; but the middle of winter was not fitting for such a business, especially for women with child, and children to travel in. Therefore, Christ could not be born in the depth of winter. Again, at the time of Christ's birth, the shepherds lay abroad watching with their flocks in the night time; but this was not likely to be in the middle of winter. And if any shall think the winter wind was not so extreme in these parts, let him remember the words of Christ in the gospel, 'Pray that your flight be not in the winter.' If the winter was so bad a time to flee in, it seems no fit time for shepherds to lie in the fields in, and women and children to travel in." Indeed, it is admitted by the most learned and candid writers of all parties * that the day of our Lord's birth cannot be determined, ** and that within the Christian Church no such festival as Christmas was ever heard of till the third century, and that not till the fourth century was far advanced did it gain much observance.
* Archdeacon WOOD, in Christian Annotator, LORIMER's Manual of Presbytery. Lorimer quotes Sir Peter King, who, in his Enquiry into the Worship of the Primitive Church, &c., infers that no such festival was observed in that Church, and adds--"It seems improbably that they should celebrate Christ's nativity when they disagreed about the month and the day when Christ was born." See also Rev. J. RYLE, in his Commentary on Luke, who admits that the time of Christ's birth is uncertain, although he opposes the idea that the flocks could not have been in the open fields in December, by an appeal to Jacob's complaint to Laban, "By day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night." Now the whole force of Jacob's complaint against his churlish kinsman lay in this, that Laban made him do what no other man would have done, and, therefore, if he refers to the cold nights of winter (which, however, is not the common understanding of the expr
As usual, Islam wants blood of others, here is news on their latest plot:
London police arrest six terrorism suspects
Reuters – 1 hr 18 mins ago
LONDON (Reuters) - Five men and one woman suspected of preparing terrorist attacks were arrested during early morning police raids across London on Thursday, the capital's Metropolitan Police said.
Police said the operation was not linked to the Olympics, which start in London on July 27, but was part of a planned intelligence-led operation.
In a separate and apparently unrelated incident, armed police closed both carriageways of a motorway near Britain's second biggest city, Birmingham, after reports of a man acting suspiciously on a coach heading for London.
A security source said the London arrests were related to international Islamist terrorism and were made at an early stage of plotting. It was not clear if any targets were identified.
During the raids, a 29-year-old man was arrested on a street in west London while the others, aged between 18 and 30, were detained at residential addresses in east and west London.
A 24-year-old man was tasered during the operation by armed police but did not require hospital treatment.
Police said the six were arrested on suspicion of the "commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism" and were taken to a police station in southeast London.
Detectives were searching eight homes in east, west and north London, and one business address in east London.
British security forces are on high alert for any signs of trouble ahead of the Olympics. Seven years ago suicide bombers killed 52 people in a string of coordinated attacks in London.
In the Birmingham incident, coach operator Megabus confirmed police were investigating an allegation against a passenger on the coach which had been travelling from Preston in north England to London.
All the passengers were taken off the coach and lined up on the tarmac of the M6 toll motorway just north of Birmingham.
Live helicopter television footage showed about 30 people sitting or standing inside a large rectangular police cordon.
Emergency vehicles and a bomb disposal unit were at the scene, the BBC reported.
(Reporting by Tim Castle and Phil Noble; Editing by Belinda Goldsmith)
[source - retrieved from http://news.yahoo.com/london-police-arrest-six-terrorism-suspects-084346123.html on 7/5/2012] _________________ Francis David said it long ago, "Neither the sword of popes...nor the image of death will halt the march of truth."Francis David, 1579, written on the wall of his prison cell." Read the book, "What Does The Bible Really Teach" and the Bible today!
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