Moro!

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These are alarming headlines.

"Philippine marines 'beheaded by Islamists'"

"Filipino marines killed, some beheaded, in clash with rebels"

"Muslim insurgents ambushed a Philippine marine convoy searching for a kidnapped Italian priest, killing at least 14 soldiers and beheading at least 10 of them"

"The chaotic seven-hour firefight took place in dense jungle on the southern island of Basilan. The government has touted Basilan as a success story in the war on terrorism after American troops carried out yearlong counterterror training exercises in 2001-02 that were aimed at ousting the al-Qaida-linked Abu Sayyaf group."

This is an example of a success story??!! About eighty Filipino marines versus a band of around three hundred guerrillas. Sounds as if the Filipinos did not fare so well against the Moro Muslim.

Part of a continuing pattern that has gone on for centuries now.

* First the Spanish had no success for centuries against the "Moor".

* Then the Americans had limited success [??] against the Moro. Think General "Black Jack" Pershing.

* Now the Filipinos themselves face the same determined foe that others have before them. And without success either??!!

[I do so love the picture accompanying this blog entry. That is Moro Datu Abdul. From way back when [over 100 years ago now??]. Carrying the Krag, the pearl-handled .38 revolver [ACP], and the sword. Today, the Moro will come at you with an AK, a RPG, but still probably wearing the obligatory sword. A sword used for you know what!!]

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Convictions V. [Conclusion]

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"Where is the front? The front is where ever there is one White Guard counter-revolutionary, where ever there is one foreign interventionist, where ever there is one sentimental bourgeois poet!! That is where the front is!!" - - The Red Bolshevik commissar Barsky from the movie - - "Dr. Zhivago."

"When one has to pick between a strong horse and a weak horse, one will naturally pick the strong horse." - - Osama bin Laden.

"If someone says they mean to kill you, BELIEVE THEM!!" - - Holocaust survivor.

"What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the dog." - - Eisenhower.

It is generally recognized that the first step in solving any problem is to recognize that the problem exists in the first place.

Secondly it is also recognized that the effort to try to "understand" a problem seems to suggest a willingness to SOLVE the problem, what ever the nature of the problem may be. This is as true with regard to the problem of the jihadi enemy as it would be for any other run-of-the-mill problem.

A problem [jihadi violence] that most folks in the "western world" have yet to properly comprehend. At least in my own estimation. My own perception of the jihadi threat is that the "west" faces an enemy much more potent than we realize. Has a potential capacity for placing our society and entire civilization in real mortal danger.

Those in the "west" must NOT perceive this current war against Al Qaeda as being a "war" that will be fought and won in the sense that say the two World Wars were fought and won. There WILL NOT BE a period of hostilities, followed by a defeat of a prostrate enemy, with the "west" dictating terms to the vanquished, followed by a long and protracted period of "peace". This will not be and should not be expected.

Expect rather a level of hostilities to last for decades, perhaps for the remainder of the century!!! A generations long war!! NOT something persons in the "west" are accustomed to!!

In this type of Fourth Generational Warfare [4GW], it is not so much physical strength that counts as does mental wherewithal.

The jihadi knows they will never have at their disposal long-range jet bombers, missiles, aircraft carriers, battalions of heavy armor and artillery, etc.

[don't however, preclude the use of weapons of mass destruction [WMD] at some time in the future by jihadists of some stripe.]

Rather, the jihadi will have to resort to and rely upon methods of warfare that maximize their strength. Strengths that the jihadis will allow them to win in the LONG-RUN.

Methods that are multi-faceted and indicative of the 4GW warriors and their fighting groups. And, if not Al Qaeda, some other group will take up where the former leaves off. Multi-faceted methods to include but not limited to:

* Terrorism in all it's manifestations, across all boundaries of the nation-state system. Including the use of WMD or the threat thereof.

* Illegal and legal mass immigration with an intention to change the character of a target society.

* Smuggling of illegal drugs and other contraband. Saps the will and strength of a target society while funding jihadi warfare all at the same time.

* Psychological warfare with the intention of intimidating the target society to the point where resistance is deemed futile.

A type of warfare, 4GW, where the "front" is present in many places, in many forms, and all at once!

Especially important to the jihadi in this struggle against the "west" is their perception that most of all this 4GW represents more than anything else a battle of "strength of wills". It is here that the jihadi believes they possess an overwhelming advantage.

Which brings us back to the incident involving the two journalists.

In the eyes of the Islamic ummah [nation], the "west" breeds weak horses, while the ummah breeds strong horses. NOT necessarily strength in the physical sense, but strength in the moral and mental sense. The jihadi is confident of his beliefs and dedicated to his religion and it's precepts. Has mental certitude while at the same time he PERCEIVES those in the "west" as lacking in this regard.

"Until we non-Muslims are willing to refuse to be cowed by these Muslim terrorists......until we are willing to give our lives (as they are) for what we believe in (our faith)...we will lose this 'war on terror'!"

"While the concept of forced conversion might seem to many an artifact of another millennia it should instead serve as a warning to those who seek to minimize the danger represented by militant Islam and the fanatical nature of those who seek to advance this theology of totalitarian hate by force of terror."

"They [the jihadis] didn't make it [a video of the forced conversions] for face value. They made it to show the whole Muslim world, via satellite television, what wimps these Westerners are. That they'll do anything at all to save their lives, that they don't think twice about it. That is the substance of most Islamo-fascist propaganda: that the West consists of straw men, of men without chests, of men easily pushed over."

And with the case of the two journalists, lacking in a shameful and to the jihadi, a disgraceful manner. The "west" is chaff, without backbone, and will be an easy mark in the long run, for the resourceful, flexible, resilient and persistent jihadi movement. Time is ON THEIR SIDE, SAYS THE JIHADI [time here measured in generations and many decades!!]

The front? Where is the front?? Where ever there are two journalists willing to convert! That is where the front is!!

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Convictions IV.

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It has NOT always been the case that persons, when faced with the choice of either death or converting to another religion, chose "conversion". When faced with coercion, death to these persons was preferable over accepting another God.

The Jewish people in particular have been victims of such intolerant behavior for milleniums!!

From the "Jewish War" by Josephus, we read how Jews, captured by the Romans, were put to hideouos torture and eventual death by burning ALIVE!! Even children. The object was to get the captives to convert and recognize Caesar as a god.

To the amazement and probably grudging respect of the Romans, NOT A SINGLE JEW WOULD RECOGNIZE CAESAR AS GOD!! NO MATTER WHAT WAS DONE TO THEM. EVEN SMALL CHILDREN RESISTED UNTO DEATH!! A CRUEL AND HORRIBLE DEATH!!

"VICTORY WILL BE THEIRS!!

Here from CHAPTER 10. of the "Jewish War" by Josephus.

"it came to pass that many Jews were slain at
Alexandria in Egypt; for as many of the Sicarii
[Zealots] as were able to fly thither . . . and to look
upon God as their only Lord and Master . . .
and ran with great violence upon the Sicarii,
and seized upon them; and indeed six hundred of them
were caught immediately . . . whose courage,or whether
we ought to call it madness, or hardiness in their opinions,
every body was amazed at. For when all sorts of torments
and vexations of their bodies that could be
devised were made use of to them, they could not get
any one of them to comply so far
as to confess, or seem to confess, that Caesar was their lord;
but they preserved their own opinion, in spite of all
the distress they were brought to, as if they received
these torments and the fire itself with bodies insensible
of pain, and with a soul that in a manner rejoiced under
them. But what was most of all astonishing to the beholders
was the courage of the children;
for not one of these children was so
far overcome by these torments,as to name Caesar for
their lord. So far does the strength of the courage
[of the soul] prevail over the weakness of the body."

["torments and vexations=torture of the most horrible kind!!"]

["they could not get any one of them . . . to confess"]

["that Caesar was their lord"]

["the fire itself=burned alive"]

["most of all astonishing was the courage of the children"]

["not one of these children was so far overcome by these torments"]

["as to name Caesar for their lord"]

Let us get this straight now. After the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem by the Romans, some of the Zealots fled to Alexandria in Egypt. The local Jews apprehended them and turned them over to the Romans. These Zealots were slowly tortured to death while the Romans attempted them to deny their Jewish GOD and accept Caesar as God. EVEN CHILDREN WERE SUBJECTED TO TORTURE AND DEATH BY BURNING. NOT A ONE WOULD DENY THEIR FAITH. DEATH ITSELF WAS PREFERABLE!!!

And do not think that this is just an ancient thing.

In his book, "Passage to Ararat", Michael Arlen speaks of a massacre perpetrated by Turkish Muslims on the Armenian population of Istanbul in the late 1800's. Thousands of Armenian men, Christians, were clubbed to death by Islamic mobs. Mobs that first offered these unfortunates the option of converting to Islam. To accept Islam would mean you would live. To not accept would mean death by clubbing. NOT ONE ARMENIAN COVERTED TO SAVE THEIR LIFE!! THEY ALL DIED TO A MAN RATHER THAN ACCEPT CONVERSION.

What are moderns in the "western world" to make of this? Who of us has our convictions to behave as the ancient Jews did or the even the not so ancient Armenians??

I cannot say.

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Convictions III.

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[for those of you that are interested, the photo accompanying this blog entry is of the flag of Saudi Arabia. "green, a traditional color in Islamic flags, with the Shahada or Muslim creed in large white Arabic script (translated as "There is no god but God; Muhammad is the Messenger of God") above a white horizontal saber"]

Here are extracts from a very recent article that seems to suggest that FORCED CONVERSION is not exactly against the teachings of Islam.

[thanks here to the JihadWatch web site for the tip!!]

"there shall be no compulsion in religion" - - Muhammad.

Is this so? Islam does not tolerate compulsion regarding their religion. Forcible conversions are invalid?

"It is self-evident that some Koranic verses encourage violence."

"On the other hand, it is equally clear that there are peaceful verses as well, including the famous "no compulsion in religion" (2:256)."

"Resolving apparently contradictory messages presents one of the central interpretative challenges of the Koran."

"Nevertheless, a consensus developed very early in the history of Islam about this problem. This method relies on a theory of stages in the development of Mohammed's prophetic career. It also appeals to a doctrine known as abrogation, which states that verses revealed later can cancel out or qualify verses revealed earlier."

"So at first 'the fighting' was forbidden, then it was permitted and after that it was made obligatory"

"At the beginning, in Mohammed's Meccan period, when he was weaker and his followers few, passages of the Koran encouraged peaceful relations and avoidance of conflict"

"Later, after persecution and emigration to Medina in the first year of the Islamic calendar, authority was given to engage in warfare for defensive purposes only"

"further revelations expanded the licence for waging war, until in Sura 9, regarded as one of the last chapters to be revealed, it is concluded that war against non-Muslims could be waged more or less at any time and in any place to extend the dominance of Islam."

Muhammad made his pronouncement of "no compulsion" in the early stage of his career. Later Koranic pronouncements seem to contradict the original and early statements of Muhammad. Abrogation becomes critical here. Later statements invalidate the earlier ones!!??

So!!?? Is the use of forced conversions legal under Islamic law. As what happened to the two journalists??

"There is no consensus that the earlier, more peaceful verses of the Koran take priority over the later, more violent ones."

Like I said, the jury is still out.

But, in the minds of some, the verdict has already been reached, of this I am sure. If I was one of those two journalists, I would be watching my backs, changing my name, keeping low profile.

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Convictions II.

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[originally I wanted this to one blog entry. But it grew and grew, and other topics were found to be germane. So "Convictions" comes in parts.]

You the reader decide.

"There shall be no compulsion in religion" - - Muhammad.

"If one must pick between a weak horse and a strong horse, one will naturally choose the strong horse" - - Osama bin Laden.

"It isn't so much the reality that counts, it is the perception of reality that counts" - - Jesse Jackson.

"Kill me O' brother, kill me" - - unarmed Iranian "students" as they advanced on armed U.S. Marines guarding the U.S. embassy in Tehran, 1979.

Most folks by now have heard about or seen the video of the forced "conversion" of the two "western" journalists.

Journalists kidnapped by Hamas or Hamas wannabees in the Gaza Strip. Were forced to "convert" to Islam at gunpoint.

Went through the ritual, videotaped, of the wearing of an Islamic robe, reading portions of the Koran, index finger of right hand pointing upward as they recited the Islamic testament of faith, the shahada.

Subsequent to the "conversion", these two men were released and returned to a much more peaceful world. Interviewed and related how they were "forced" to convert. Had a real fear of being executed if they did not.

Said that what they HAD NOT really converted. "Conversion" was only done to appease and placate the kidnappers. Journalists doing what they did to survive. They affirmed that THEY HAD NOT ACTUALLY CONVERTED TO ISLAM!!

Seeing the video, I had some doubts about this whole thing. These two men said they were forced, and that the "conversion" was invalid. And Muhammad himself seems to say that this IS SO. "no compulsion in religion".

Of this, I am not sure! There are four Islamic schools of jurisprudence. Each has their own take on Islamic law. I was wondering if under one of the four schools, this WAS A VALID CONVERSION. VALID TO A MUSLIM! TO THE JOURNALISTS, NOT REAL!! BUT PERHAPS, TO SOME MUSLIMS, REAL!!

Of this I am not sure. If valid in any degree, these two men could be in big trouble. Will have to watch their backs for the rest of their lives. Apostates from Islam are subject to death!! To say, "I converted, but it was not real", could be considered to be apostasy!! Punishable by death.

By accepting conversion, even if false, and then renouncing the "conversion" these two men may have become apostate in the eyes of Muslims and thusly signed their own death warrants!! Jumping from the frying pan to the fire, so to speak!!

The jury is still out on this one.

The cynic will respond, "well, what did you expect them to do? They wanted to live! When in the hands of murderous men, with guns pointed to your head, you would do the same!! These guys wanted to survive, and would do whatever was necessary to do so! You would do the same!!"

I had thought that the whole mess would disappear a few days after the video was aired. I was wrong. This has become a contentious issue in the minds of other folks. But not an issue in the same sense as I saw it.

Other commentators are citing the performance of the two journalists as an indication of the weak mental state of persons living in the west as compared to those persons living in the ummah [Islamic nation]. Keep in mind that Islam is both religion and culture at the same time, forming what is ordinarily called a nation!!

A commentator on the Bruce Du Mont TV show, "Beyond the Beltway" says that this video will be shown over and over on al-Jazeera, Arabic TV. Only will solidify in the minds of Muslim viewers the belief that "westerners" are weak people with malleable minds and totally devoid of resolve. Don't have the strength of their convictions, if THEY EVEN HAVE ANY CONVICTIONS IN THE FIRST PLACE!!!

This commentator further goes on to say that he cannot even begin to imagine that all those suspected Islamic terrorists imprisoned at Gitmo for even a moment would ever consider accepting conversion to Christianity, IF EVEN AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO DO SO, EVEN IF FORCE WAS APPLIED!! With this I would whole heartedly agree.

[on this particular "Beyond the Beltway" program, there were three commentators, one of which was from all outward appearances a "westernized" Muslim woman. She said that forced conversions would not be accepted in the Islamic world as Muhammad himself spoke that "there shall be no compulsion in religion". She did downplay the whole video and the "conversions"!!]

Other folks see the "performance" of the journalists as being pathetic:

http://www.suntimes.com/output/steyn/cst-edt-steyn03.html

"what's the big deal? Wear robes, change your name to Khaled, go on camera and drop Allah's name hither and yon: If that's your ticket out, seize it. Everyone'll know it's just a sham."

"But that's not how the al-Jazeera audience sees it. If you're a Muslim, the video is anything but meaningless. Not even the dumbest jihadist believes these infidels are suddenly true believers. Rather, it confirms the central truth Osama and the mullahs have been peddling -- that the West is weak, that there's nothing -- no core, no bedrock -- nothing it's not willing to trade."

" . . . In the Muslim world, they watch the Centanni/Wiig video and see men so in love with the present, the now, that they will do or say anything to live in the moment. And they draw their own conclusions . . . It doesn't matter how 'understandable' Centanni and Wiig's actions are to us, what the target audience understands is quite different: that there is nothing we're willing to die for. And, to the Islamist mind, a society with nothing to die for is already dead."

My impression is that devout members of the Islam nation [ummah] world wide would never convert, even with a gun placed to their head. THEY HAVE RESOLVE AND THE STRENGTH OF THEIR CONVICTIONS, AND WE DO NOT!!

[maybe that is not true, BUT THAT IS WHAT I PERCEIVE!!]

As simple as that.

This does not bode well for the future. We in the "west" face an implacable enemy who is strong and resolute in their beliefs. THEY REALLY DO BELIEVE THEIR BELIEFS. They also see the "west" as weak, lacking in will power, character, and again, devoid of convictions.

WHETHER THE WEST IS AS WEAK AS THE JIHADI BELIEVES IS NOT IMPORTANT. WHAT IS IMPORTANT IS THE JIHADIS PERCEPTION OF WEAKNESS. THE "CONVERSION" OF THE JOURNALISTS ONLY CONFIRMS WHAT THE JIHADI PERCEIVES TO BE TRUE!!

The jihadi ALSO DOES believe that time and their strength of will and character and convictions will overcome in the end the military and technological edge the west has over the ummah.

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Convictions I.

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Read this entire article by the English Professor ["Don"] David Selbourne.

"Can the West defeat the Islamist threat? Here are ten reasons why not."

Here are the ten reasons:

1) The first is the extent of political division in the non-Muslim world about what is afoot.

2) The second reason why, as things stand, Islam will not be defeated is that the strengths of the world community of Muslims are being underestimated, and the nature of Islam misunderstood.

3) Indeed, the third reason why Islam will not be defeated, as things stand, is the low level of Western leadership, in particular in the United States.

4) Next is the contribution to the disarray of Western policy-making being made by the egotistical competitiveness, and in some cases hysterics, of “experts” and commentators on Islam.

5) The fifth disablement is to be found in the confusion of “progressives” about the Islamic advance.

6) The sixth reason for Islam’s growing strength is the vicarious satisfaction felt by many non-Muslims at America’s reverses.

7) The seventh reason lies in the moral poverty of the West’s, and especially America’s, own value system.

8) The next indication that Islam’s advance will continue lies in the skilful use being made of the media and of the world wide web in the service both of the “electronic jihad” and the bamboozling of Western opinion by Muslim spokesmen.

9) The ninth factor guaranteeing Islam’s onward march is the West’s dependency on the material resources of Arab and Muslim countries.

10) Finally, the West is convinced that its notions of technology-driven modernity and market-driven prog- ress are innately superior to the ideals of “backward” Islam.

More on all this later.

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Motifs.

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Here is a very well done web site that shows the various imagery and motifs used on jihadi web sites.

"The Internet is a critical means of communication for the newest generation of terrorist groups. The salafi jihadi movement in particular has used the Internet to pass strategic, operational, and tactical instruction to its followers, becoming adept at utilizing the anonymity and global reach of online communications to promote its message. Visual imagery provides a key aspect of the terroristsÂ’ message in that it allows these groups to paint a picture of their objectives, their enemies, and their strategy through graphics, photographs, and symbols."

Jihadi web sites have just proliferated in the most stupendous numbers. Thousands of them exist??

And are being monitored by western intelligence agencies. The latest round of arrests in Canada of home grown Canadian jihadi terrorists or want-to-be terrorists was as the result of monitoring a web site that led to a chat room, etc. And investigation spurred by comments on the chat room led to the eventual arrests.

Most of these web sites appear to be very well done. The persons creating and running these sites AREknowledgeable in the internet, software, graphics, etc. They DO a good job. NO doubt about it.

Imagery and motifs contained within these web sites are very evocative for Islamic peoples and jihadis the world over. The umma [Muslims the world over, the nation] easily understand this stuff. It has strong emotional value for them.

I have extracted as usual the most pertinent points: [my comments in bold]

"In jihadi images, the sun is generally used to evoke notions of regional identity and the divine, and it may be used literally or figuratively."




This particular graphic is mostinterestingg. Shows the new weapon [AK], the old weapon [sword], the holy book [Koran], and the sun [Divine presence??]. Weapons, book, GOD??, all in harmony.

"The moon is a very important and complex symbol in Islamic culture."



The man shown in the graphic image is probably a "martyr". The moon is one symbol, the horse of course being another important item in Arabic culture. The horse to the Arab is the most revered of all animals ["your name is 'wind'"]. Again, the old ways are evoked. The Muslim warrior on horseback and the great conquests in the time of Muhammad and after the death of same.

"The crescent moon is an important symbol of Islamic identity and may be used either as an abstract symbol or as a realistic representation of an actual moon."



The crescent moon of course is included in the flags of many Islamic nations. An IMPORTANT symbol.

"The green crescent, like the white crescent, carries the meaning of Islamic identity, purity, and religious piety as the white crescent; however, it is a more politicized reference to Islam."



GREEN of course is the color most favored by the Muslim. Since they come from desert lands, you can understand this!! Notice the AK. They so love the AK. Also, the Saudi flag is green with the sword and writings from the Koran on it. They love green

"Jihadi visual propagandists generally employ water in order to evoke notions of purity, the divine, heavenly paradise, and religious piety."



Water gardens and fountains are a major part of the world-famous Alhambra in Spain. The last palace of the last Moorish king of Spain. The Muslims, again, coming from desert lands, love water, gardens, etc. Of course they would!!



Here is another image showing water, horse, swords, all together. All the things the desert dweller is fond of.

"Generally, flowers evoke a sense of both martyrdom and paradise."



Flowers, gardens, etc. Just as it is in the Alhambra. That is Muslim heaven. [where are the black eyed virgins!!!???]

"Palm trees, particularly date palms, are inextricably linked to Mediterranean, Middle Eastern, and Islamic cultures."



The dead martyr, the AK, the palm tree, all in one. Is that called a collage??

"Figurative depictions of mountains are most commonly used in a manner similar to the images provided, which evokes the grandeur of the divine and aspects of heavenly paradise. They are thus implicitly linked to notions of martyrdom and sacrifice."



The dead jihadi has mountains in the background and water in the foreground. This guy has it all!!

"There is perhaps no landscape in Islamic culture and tradition more evocative and recognizable than the desert."



These folks are desert dwellers that worship a religion that began in a desert land, is this not so!!??

"The lion is an important symbol in Islamic culture. As in Western cultures, the lion evokes qualities of bravery, strength, and valor for Muslim audiences."



A whole host of jihadi leaders here, super-imposed over the picture of the lion.

"The horse is a very important symbol in both Arabic and Islamic culture."



Your name is "wind" and you are exalted above all other animals.

Islamic warriors spread their faith all over the known
world by riding their beloved horses into battle. Always a love of
the old ways among the jihadi.

Osama makes constant references to horses. Says, "the day will come when I mount my steed for the last time". Or, "when one is given the choice of a strong horse, or a weak horse, one will naturally pick the strong horse."

"The Falcon is an important symbol in Islamic culture."



Wealthy Muslims, primarily Arabs, TO THIS DAY scour the world for the rarest, most expensive falcons, engage in falcon hunts the WORLD OVER, and spend stupendous sums of money just in keeping and maintaining menageries of the hunting birds.

Read about falconry and the relationship to jihad.

[I highly recommend reading the above. You will not believe what you read. Or will you!!]

"The snake is a common symbol in the Islamic tradition. It suggests treachery, tyranny, and general evil. The snake is often employed by jihadists to describe their enemies."



That snake looks more like a fish to me. Meaning is not clear.

"There are an endless number of possible meanings for camels in both Islamic and Arab cultures, but the camel has particular importance to Arab culture."



The perfect life on earth for the jihadi would be wandering in the desert with camels for the proverbial forty days and forty dates, subsisting on dates and water. And NO women around either!!

"The weather, particularly natural storms, is commonly understood as an act of God in Muslim cultures."



Look closely at that photo. Is taken in all likelihood from some photo of a tornado in the U.S. Tornadoes are almost exclusively an American phenomenon, NOT found in other parts of the world, and certainly NOT in lands where the jihadi are from. It HAS been suggested on jihadi web sites that storms such as Katrina are ARE REPRISAL FROM GOD UPON AMERICA BECAUSE OF OUR EVIL WAYS!!!

Readers!! I have just extracted the images and described the motifs that deal ONLY WITH nature. There are whole sections more of this stuff. Please look at. Interesting. And I must say, well done too. I think the Muslim and the jihadi like this stuff a lot.

Enjoy!!

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Kufr.

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In a previous blog entry I quoted from an e-mail sent in to a web site in the aftermath of the London bombings.

Obviously sent in by a Muslim. Let me comment on passages of that e-mail. This post is indicative of the current jihadist Muslim thought regarding the western world.

The MUCH hated western world.

And it demonstrates such a mis-understanding of current events and in actuality describes events in a manner that is the OPPOSITE of what is happening in the real world. It is important to remember that the author BELIEVES with his heart that he DOES possess the truth and DOES have a true rendering of what is happening.

That so much of what this Muslim says is absurd is not relevant. That he DOES believe it to be the TRUTH is relevant.

My comments, as usual in bold:

Also, please forgive my sarcasm here. I just cannot refrain.

"Asslamualikum,

Problem is not the kaffirs of America understanding
true Islam. It is the Muslims not
understanding true Islam."

This is the common refrain of the jihadist. Abdul is saying here that the problem with Muslims is that we are not true to our faith and our ways. To be strong and powerful and defeat the west we MUST be true to our faith and it's ways.

"War is deception. Some of the best techniques used by the west
thought history is say we have come in peace, Same happened during
the evil British and French empires. They said they came as
peaceful traders and the people believed them both Muslims and
kaffirs. After which the countries were they went in peace were
devoured. Their wealth taken away, 100 of thousands of their
religious people massacred. Fault lies not just with the kaffirs
of the west but with the Muslims. Muslims ignored
the Quran and the Hadith. Which told them that the Christians
and Jews would never be happy until the Muslims left Islam.
Today the same thing is happening America and Britain and
other European nations say we have come in peace.
And at the same time they are chopping the
heads of Muslim babies, raping Muslim women and Torturing Muslim
men and women and even children. Shaving the beards of male prisoners,
removing the cloths of female prisoners even those who are as
young as 13 and raping them."

Abdul, chopping the heads of Muslim babies!! Well, Abdul, we KNOW who is chopping heads, don't we Abdul?? Just tune into Al-whatever it's name is, that Arabic TV station, and you can see on TV some head chopping Abdul. And rape Abdul. Well, go to the Darfur region of the Sudan Abdul. You will see Islamic black African women who have been raped on the orders of the central Islamic government in the Sudan, Abdul!! And Abdul, please note that after being raped, those Muslim women are being branded. Branded, Abdul!!!

"Spreading Music and pornography in Afghanistan and Iraq which they
know isharam. Bombing Masjids.

And still millions of Muslims think that west has come in peace
and are not Anti-Islam. So fault lies with Muslims because
they do not want to believe in some parts
of the Quran and hadith. As I mentioned many times before
that we learn from hadith that the west will remain fighting Islam
until the day of judgement."

Abdul, perhaps you do NOT remember that it was Islam that invaded the west, occupied parts of Europe, and did so for four hundred years prior to the Crusades. Abdul, it is you that will be fighting the west until the day of judgement.

"If we say we are Muslim then we cant pick and choose
what we want to believe. What the Allah or His Prophet
(peace be upon him ) have said will happen and no one
can change the future."

Abdul, of course, you have the truth from the Koran, the hadith and the sura, don't you. NO ONE else does, but you do, right?

"If the world was to last for another million years then the west
will be against Islam and fighting Islam for another million years. "

Again, Abdul, remember what went on for four hundred years prior to the Crusades. If the European colonial powers of the nineteenth century had NO RIGHT in Arabic and Islamic countries, why do Muslims want to invade, occupy and convert the indigenous populations of say Europe, or India, or other spots in the world??? Abdul???

"And it will be trying to convert your children and grandchild to
Christianity or secularism or other types of kufr [unbelief] with
brain washing via media and educational intuitions, charities and
at gun point...."

Islamic schools, mosques, madrassas are all over the Islamic world and in the west too. Trying very hard to convert "westerners" to Islam. Trying in a manner that westerners would NOT EVEN BE ALLOWED TO DO IN "ISLAMIC" COUNTRIES. ABDUL, WHO IS TRYING TO CONVERT WHO???

And Abdul, I have even heard your own Hezbollah say that they will not attack America in America NOW as they are allowed to practice their religion unmolested. You hate the west and America so much, and yet, the one place where you are most allowed to practice your religion as it was intended to be practiced is the place that you hate most. Go figure that one out Abdul??

"In Africa Christian Aid agencies have converted many starving African
Muslims. In other parts of Muslim world though food Aid and Loans
they haven't got Muslims to become Christians but they have had
some Muslims to start to leave Shariah law."

In the southern Sudan, about 3 million Christians and animists were forced to convert to Islam so they could eat. The Islamic central government of Sudan withheld food from all but "believers". To live, Christians and animists DID convert. Abdul, as usual, you have it ASS-BACKWARDS!!!

Also, Abdul, right now, as we speak, that same central government of the Sudan is starving your brother and sister Muslims into submission by a planned famine and genocide of black Africans. Darfur is a case of genocide committed against your OWN people by other Muslims Abdul!!!

"When this happens then the punishment of Allah comes on the
Muslims. We saw the devastation that happened in seconds.
It is said that just this one earthquake was equivalent to
a million Atom bombs.

And Imagine if Allah was to punish the Muslims for fearing
American 100, 000 Atom bombs instead of fearing Allah.

Imagine if Allah was to say you fear America and the west more
than me and sent 100 000 of these Earthquakes on the Muslims.

And Imagine if the Muslims pleased Allah , feared him and loved
him. And asked His help against the west and Allah answered their
Duas. What could America do to save themselves?

They would be easily defeated."

And then, man's moral perfection will be realized. Yeah, right, sure!!!!!

coolbert.