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

Chapter 15
Islamic Politics 101
History occurred Jan 2005 in the Middle East with the initial Iraqi elections. Emotions ran high with
the large turnout, with purple stained fingers now a symbol of democratic success. Iraqis and Americans
alike sacrificed dearly for the future hopes of a suppressed, persecuted people. The chief question now is
whether principals of freedom, tolerance, and equal rights can take permanent root in Islamic lands and
reform Jihadists. Unfortunately, the possibility exists that such aspirations may be naïve in the long term.
The Mullahs in Iran continue to demonstrate that a violent, unpopular, ruthless minority can successfully
frustrate the hopes and aspirations of the majority. Lebanon has also shown that it takes just a handful of
Islamic anarchists to ruin a society, even when most citizens want progress and prosperity. Even the hold
of secularists in Turkey remains tenuous. Democratic regimes built up in Afghanistan and Iraq will likely
remain only as long as Western troops are present to protect them, and are in danger of quickly
evaporating without that massive support. Any future prediction not firmly founded in actual history is
simply a wish.
Any review of the Qur’an and history shows that Muhammad taught and led a totalitarian movement
(enforced by the sword) strikingly similar to those led by other fascists and despots in recent history.
Political Islam compares very well to any totalitarianism system of government including fascism,
communism, and imperialism. It is simply indisputable that Islamist fundamentalism shares with other
totalitarian movements a commitment to centralized political power and economic control. Islam, by its
own definition and design, is a growth industry designed to mobilize the masses to score political
victories, subvert host governments, and establish Islamic domination. Although it attempts to appropriate
a particular religious look and feel, at bottom all forms of Islamist totalitarianism are not religious
(spiritual) movements. Pure Islam is first and foremost a political movement – a quest for political power
for the express purpose of physically subjugating all people everywhere. In both its totalitarian methods
and global goals, fundamentalist Islam is even more intimidating than both fascism and communism, and
so political Islam is the true successor to those largely spent movements. Militant Islam rises in full
ascendancy from the ashes of earlier 20th century failed/discredited systems like the fabled Phoenix. This
is happening before our eyes due in no small part to the fact that both good manners and the PC police
prohibit disparaging certain religions, and Islam in particular.
Islamic totalitarianism is obsessed with worldly power and influence. Islamic governments desire not
only to dictate regional politics, but also to dominate the West at every game of worldly success and
power. Radical fundamentalists are not content with mere rejection of the West’s alleged vices. If that
were all there was to it, they might simply do what the Amish have done and stage a retreat from
wickedness. But the Islamic mandate is not about building a few mosques, schools, clinics, or community
centers to meet the needs of Muslim congregations, but rather to change existing societies into Islamic
societies, to make Islam both dominate and supreme. Islam’s totalitarian mantra and credo strikingly
similar to pure secular ideologies more easily identified.
Islam’s goal is to overthrow all competing governments and establish the Khalifat. The utopian
fantasy of one seamless totalitarian state is a common thread that unites all radical movements of all ages.
The Islamic utopian blueprint calls for a Caliph (a glorified Mullah) to wield the Islamic sword of power
in one seamless totalitarian worldwide state. This outrageous fantasy pre-dates and has survived all
relatively more modern failed political experiments. Today, extremists easily extract the appropriate
language (found throughout all Islamic sacred texts) to sell the concept that the Qur’an insists that all
nations must be fought until they embrace Islam. Despite claims otherwise, the most violent passages
have not been abrogated by more recent doctrine from Muhammad. The Qur’an is the immutable and
unalterable word of God, so the movement has been permanently cast into the cement of an unalterable
mandate, which is what has given it unusual durability. The doctrine of Jihad and Jizya essentially means
building the Islamic Empire by denying infidels all rights except the right to serve their Muslim masters.
The secret of Islam’s survival and longevity lies in both the deceptive cloak it wears in the form of a
religion, and in the fact that economic weakness is always inherited by states based on its tenants. Up