Posts Tagged ‘islam’
No mosque at Ground Zero
Wednesday, June 9th, 2010The Barbaric Nightmare of Sharia Law
Monday, May 24th, 2010This simple description does not do the video justice. The scene shown, where three supposed spies are savagely butchered by the Taliban in Pakistan in early April of this year, show the utter, despicable horror which is Islamic Sharia law in practice. The brutality is nearly immeasurable and almost impossible to watch. Like the video of the vile murder of Danial Pearl, it will stay with you forever. It is the stuff of nightmares!
I view all religion as dangerous to rational, humane thought, but fundamentalist Islamic tradition rivals the Inquisition and witch hunts of the mediaeval Christian church in its poisonous attack against decency itself. The major difference is not in the brutality it conjures, for all middle eastern religions have their fair share of horrid behavior in the past. The difference is that fundamentalist Islamic Sharia law is alive and well in the otherwise enlightened 21st century and there are many who push the Islamic goal of world conquest under its barbaric rule!
Not as a Westerner, nor as a citizen of the United States, but as a human who believes in true justice, liberty and peaceful coexistence as the ultimate goal of the human species; this cannot be allowed to continue, or to grow. We have to stop avoiding the issue and see it for what it is.
There is a concerted effort on the part of the European Union and to a lesser extent in the United States, to side-step facing the issue. Islamic groups in Europe, especially Britain and Denmark, have been making great strides in receiving special status in the law. Britain, in a move of inexplicable insanity, has already embraced official Sharia courts, and there are some areas in Europe which are quite literally becoming Islamic sub-states, where the local authorities do not tread. The United Nations even had such gall as to allow Islamic nations to attempt to pressure for a world law against blasphemy!
It would seem there are those in western governments who are willing to concede parts of their law and custom, in order to appease the Islamic curate, as if such action will remove or lesson the chance of terrorist activity or other civic violence.
Such thinking is stupid. It allows fear to rule over us.
The West practiced the same kind of horrific violence and torture through its embrace of Christianity and there is no excuse for it. Similarly, there is no excuse not to recognize the dangers of a religion which has not transcended these blatantly evil practices. We have been there and we should know better.
We can no more allow the vile workings of Sharia law to pollute the cultural progress of the enlightenment, than we can allow the Catholic Church to reinstate the witch hunts and the Inquisition.
There is no place in a free world for Sharia law. It is the modern epitome of religious evil and cannot be allowed to gain any further footing in the world. In fact, if the goal of the human race is to achieve true peace and liberty, Sharia law must be completely eliminated from the face of the planet.
To handle Sharia law with kid gloves, only enables its foul grip on the world to grow.
It’s Draw Muhammad Day
Thursday, May 20th, 2010
Rejoice in the western world’s glory, oh unenlightened ones. As the west has embraced (led by the British Empire and the United States) the ideal of Freedom of Speech! This is an uncompromising view, that the human species should be able to say anything, to express themselves in any way, whether that offends someone or not. It is the cornerstone of the very concept of liberty.
It is unfortunate that Molly Norris, a Seattle cartoonist, has felt the need to distance herself from her own viral creation, but when a good idea catches hold of the imagination, personal comfort often flies off with it.
In this case, it came in the form of a cartoon she drew, proclaiming May 20th as “Everybody Draw Mohammed Day”. It took off like wildfire.
And why wouldn’t it? The very idea that the “religion of peace”, as Islam claims it is, would even threaten to kill people for creating images of their prophet, spits in the face of liberty! As we in the west hold freedom of speech as dear to our hearts as the Muslim people hold their prophet – you’re asking for a fight.
Search engines will certainly lead you to many depictions of the Islamic prophet, but zombietime.com has the most extensive collection I could find. Check them out.
Islamic Insanity and Lars Vilks
Wednesday, May 12th, 2010
One of Vilks' drawings of Muhammed
Lars Vilks is no stranger to controversy involving Islamic imagery. His images portraying the prophet Muhammad as a “roundabout dog” earned everything from international condemnation (read as Islamic nations whining like little girls) to the Islamic State of Iraq (a terrorist organization) issuing a $150,000 reward for his assassination. (One of Vilks’ original drawings is shown at left. If there was any doubt that religion is insanity, realize that this image alone is motivation for the faithful to kill!)
Mr. Vilks was giving a lecture at Uppsala University in Sweden, when images in his lecture display set off the Islamic nut cases in the audience to attack him. He was head-butted in the chest and punched in the face, but did not suffer serious injury.
I have to applaud the Swedish police in this incident, for showing a remarkable level of restraint when dealing with these delusional, violent nuts. Even the one individual who had to be taken to the floor, was not abused in the process. Once he was down and immobile, there were no further actions taken against him. I wish our police could hold the same level of professionalism, but that breed of officer seems few and far between in the US these days.
I also feel that this video shows that at least a portion of the Islamic faithful simply cannot be reasoned with and when even slightly offended, they behave worse than animals in thrashing out at the ones they feel have “attacked their dignity”.
I have news for these people, you have no dignity. You are hollow and worthless and your actions demonstrate it.
Blasphemy is insanity at its worst. The very thought that a god or even a prophet cannot stand up for himself, but that he requires his followers to commit violent acts to defend his honor, is the epitome of delusional thinking. If such a god or saint does exist, he doesn’t need you to defend him.
Just to keep the record clear, there are Christians and Jews who will behave the same way, “protecting” their faith. This isn’t just a Muslim expression. The Muslims simply have the lion’s share of public violent lunacy, as the advent of science has tamed the monster that the Christian movement once was in the west and Jewish lunacy has mutated into Zionist lunacy, with Israel promoting their ire in military focus against Islamic nations, rather than mob violence to scattered events.
However, no matter how you look at it, the equation is pretty obvious: Middle Eastern religions are religions of violence. Read the Koran. Read the Bible. The gods portrayed there are selfish, petty, tyrannical, murderous monsters – and they command, right within the pages of their holy books, that their followers behave the same way.
Religion is insanity and it is very difficult to negotiate or reason with the insane.
Free Speech is Sacred
Sunday, March 29th, 2009Pat Condell has had more than his share of inspiring speeches, but this one is his best so far. This biting commentary is well worth the time.
The Islamic Verses
Monday, June 18th, 2007Islam is the religion of peace, we are told.
Salman Rushdie has been knighted in Great Britain, and the response from Muslim leaders has been predictable.
From the Guardian, “This is an occasion for the 1.5 billion Muslims to look at the seriousness of this decision,” Mohammed Ijaz ul-Haq, religious affairs minister, told the Pakistani parliament in Islamabad. “The west is accusing Muslims of extremism and terrorism. If someone exploded a bomb on his body he would be right to do so unless the British government apologises and withdraws the ‘sir’ title.”
Can’t you just feel the love there?
Read the entire article here.
After the publication of the “Satanic Verses”, the Ayatollah Khomeini declared a fatwa against Rushdie. This is a holy decree of death sentence against one who has blasphemed against the Islamic faith. It is a sentence of murder, that states directly that it is a duty of any Muslim with the opportunity, to kill Salman Rushdie for the crime of writing a book.
This is love? This is tolerance?
The simple fact of the matter is that there is no message of love in the Islamic religion, it is merely another method of control, by forcing the will of human leaders onto it’s followers under the premise that they are doing the work of God. It is ancient, tribal superstition, founded on ignorant bullshit and lacking any care for anyone outside of its control. No evidence supports its assertions. No evidence supports its claims. Like all other “revealed” religion, it is pure fiction. In this case, a dangerous fiction.
Those who follow this religion and others constantly harp about how we are supposed to “honor all religions”, and the method they want this honor to come is always in the form of obeying the religion’s principals. Well, I’m sorry to say that there is a difference between honoring a religion and obeying it. Like the ignorant morons in this country who thump their Bibles and scream for respect, they are merely painting themselves as the intolerant ones, showing their true colors for all to see. Tolerance and honor to them, is obedience.
The fact of the matter is, these people are receiving tolerance. From the secular, worldly point of view, the pronouncement that one is “Muslim” or “Christian” or whatever revealed religion you want to name, is simply a self-proclamation that one is delusional. I can’t speak for Britain, but I think we’ve been pretty tolerant of these delusional people in this country. After all, where else can you go where it is inscribed in the deepest law of the land that the government cannot interfere with the people’s practice of their delusions?
Religious tolerance does not include having to respect the religion’s belief system. Religious tolerance is allowing those following a religious belief to practice their beliefs, in any way they wish, as long as it is not harming others. Religious tolerance does not include an automatic respect for those beliefs, as if they have intrinsic value. Religious tolerance does not include looking aside when a religion calls for someone’s murder.
While the Islamic world throws a temper tantrum over Salman Rushdie’s knighthood, the world should ignore them. Until Islamic leaders stop calling for fatwas and jihads against the things it disagrees with, the world should rightly treat them as the murderous scum they are and fight them every step of the way.
