A Critical Analysis of 'Real Islam'. Its People ... - Bukti dan Saksi

Leaders and Imams promote such brutality consciously as a tactical tool, but the vicious psychological
undercurrent supporting such vile behavior comes from strait from Islam.
The Group-think factor:
Because no good can come from outside Islamic tenants and peoples, without Islam a Muslim is in
danger of losing his sense of belonging to anything of value. With everything else outside of Islam shutout
due to being unclean or unworthy, Muslims would be completely lost if deprived of their Islamic
identity and connections, and so do not dare even think of abandoning their ‘faith’. Along with the threat
of fiery hell, a possible death sentence in this life awaits Muslims who oppose Islamic methods and goals,
which is why even the thought of such heresy invokes feelings of sheer panic to most Muslims. Being a
member of the Islamic Umma gives him strength, confidence, and a sense of purpose and superiority that
otherwise he wouldn’t have. This false sense of superiority then becomes an emotional and psychological
trap. Those caught in this web are saddled with a self-image propped up only by words and bravado
having no foundation in truth. When coupled with fear and insecurity, this image is what leads otherwise
normal human beings into egregious thinking errors resulting in poor judgment, including decisions to
engage in or support bigotry, and eventually …murder.
History teaches us that groups of people, or sometimes even an entire nation, can suffer from
dangerous delusions. One need only cast a look back at the last century when millions of Germans
believed they were the "Master Race" and the Japanese believed their emperor was a living god and the
conquest of Asia was their destiny. For several decades, most Russians were brainwashed into believing
that Communism was the ideal social/economic system, oblivious or ambivalent of the millions who died
in Soviet gulags and their own spiritual bankruptcy. Now, despite an even longer history of defeat and
despotism, fundamentalist Muslims around the world are experiencing pretty much the same kind of mass
delusion, believing that it is Islam’s destiny is to dominate and rule the entire world.
The ‘Resistance is Futile’ factor:
As will be seen in subsequent chapters on Islamic politics and economics, there also exists within its
economic and political structures, along with these psychological and social forces at play, a certain
system of interdependency which guarantees the perpetuation of the Islamic order. These
interdependencies act to compel continued individual participation in a society so organized. To put it
another way, the entire social, political, psychological, economic, and religious structures and practices
exert significant force to coerce involvement of its members, and to perpetuate its existence. It is literally
a trap; in any way you view it, with options for escape nearly impossible. For poor Muslims who know no
other way, it seems the only way to escape the kind of despair guaranteed to exist in Islamic societies is
by and through the sword. Consider the following points collectively:
• Hate is taught from birth, and Muslims are mandated to expand Islam.
• You live in continual fear because someone might accuse you of collaborating, or of being a ‘bad
Muslim’.
• You must support and fund your cleric and his causes, because not supporting the organization
will certainly mean your family being economically/socially cut off, if not brutally dealt with.
• You can't leave the organization and ‘best’ social order to join another; such treason is punishable
by death.
• Any act or expression of dissent is tagged as an insult to Muslims, or blasphemous, with perilous
repercussions.
• Fear destroys faith, without faith nothing permanent is begun or built and everyone is guaranteed
to live in a miserable impoverished fearful condition.
• Unable to criticize the ‘best religion’ your miserable condition must be blamed on unbelievers.
• The only way to remain safe, or to gain any advantage in Islamic lands, is to support and/or
participate in the process of Islam’s often-violent methods of expansion.