Posted to YouTube March 21, 2013:
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To state that Islam can never change is to assert that the Koran and Hadith, which constitute the religion’s core, must always be understood in the same way. But to articulate this position is to reveal its error, for nothing human abides forever.
Pipes, Daniel. “Can Islam Be Reformed? History and human nature say yes.” Commentary, July 2013.
Islam is the religion of Allah3 and it needs no human defenses or justifications. No matter how we portray Islam, it will always remain a threat to the secular establishment. We should not be unnecessarily on the defensive and be ‘apologetic’ to justify to the West things that will be acceptable to them. This is especially relevant with the Islamic penal system which radically differs from all other Western and man-made legal systems- hence it attracts much hatred and jealousy.
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Al-Wala wal-Bara doctrine originated in the pre-Islamic Arab tribal system from which it was passed on to the umma (Islamic community). The constructs of love and loyalty were extended to the family and the hamula (clan) while suspicion and hatred was directed toward those outside the clan, the “other” who did not embrace Muhammad’s teachings. The Islamic umma has evolved into a super-tribe by way of religious linkage.
Bukay, David. “islam’s Hatred of the Non-Muslim.” The Middle East Quarterly, pp.11-20, Summer 2013.
As suggested by the atrocity recorded in the second and most recent video on this post, a callous and vicious loyalty (to something) would seem to trump any compassionate or reasoned arguments — as noted by the 12-year-old in the first video on this post) — believe by and firmly contained within . . . Muslims.
I could refer to my coin, “Shimmer”, but what is shimmering in numbers, potency, and scope would seem to approach an evolutionary divide.
Which human, visually recorded or represented by a paragraph here, would you prefer for a friend?
Or a son?
Or daughter?
Choose one model or the other because across the states in which activity within the Islamic Small Wars play out must choose and have been doing so.
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God’s work, according to some:
Thirty people have been killed in an attack on a northeastern Nigeria boarding school, after gunmen alleged to be affiliated with the extremist Boko Haram group stormed the campus, shooting some children and burning others alive.
The Afghan army and police, which took over security operations from NATO-led coalition forces this year, have lost 927 troops through June, according to an Associated Press count.
BEIRUT, LEBANON — Syria’s Islamist rebels say the downfall of Egypt’s popularly elected Muslim Brotherhood president has proven that Western nations pushing for democracy will never accept them, and reinforced the view of radicals that a violent power grab is their only resort.
Reuters. “Syria’s Islamists Disenchanted with Democracy After Morsi’s Fall.” VOA News, July 7, 2013.
A suicide bombing at a Pakistani religious centre killed 14 worshippers today, the third major attack to test the new government since the Taliban vowed revenge for a US drone strike that killed its deputy commander.
Ahmad, Jibran. “Taliban suicide bomb kills 14 in Pakistan.” Stuff NZ, June 22, 2013.
Some of these stories are indefinite as to “who done what” but all involve license or objectives associated with Islam.
The humanity of humanity knows this way of being soaked in disconnected cruelty and violence falls far from what is natural for humans and designed so with the inspiration or influence of God, nature, and the universe.
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Posted to YouTube April 23, 2013: “Who are Boko Haram?”
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