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

Chapter 21
The Gathering Storm
To quote Edmund Burke – "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing."
Germany proved this true in 1942 when hundreds of thousands of intelligent, educated, and basically
good men said and did nothing, thus failing to slow down or stop the Nazi juggernaught. Today in Islam,
hundreds of millions stand silent, allowing men with irrational prejudices and violent inclinations to
dominate their cultures, peoples, and children. History repeats itself. Leaders and lay alike seem
sympathetic to anti-American Jihad. Before the tide turned in WWII, Germans were also united in their
support of "Total War" against non-Germanic peoples. The negative consequences of adopting this
philosophy against an adversary capable of waging war were demonstrated to Germans when the Allies
struck Hamburg. Casualties reached 42,000, exceeding all British civilian losses. The lesson to the people
and culture were painful, but effective. Japanese Imperialists learned the same lesson about the same time.
For 60 years, as a people, they have refused to create an offensive military, least some politician is
tempted and history repeats itself. To their credit, love for their own children and aspirations for
prosperity and happiness were strong enough for them to both recognize the fallacy of earlier actions and
beliefs, and to repent. Terrorist/expansionist Islam grossly underestimates the intelligence and survival
instincts of its declared enemies (i.e. the non-Muslim world). It assumes that, through strategic use of
patience and violence, the toad will not notice nor react in time to the rising temperature of the water. In
doing so it insults the intelligence and foolishly ignores the destructive capacity of a peaceful freedomloving
people. Someday it will find that the toad did indeed jump out in time, and further will find that the
toad is not a toad at all, but rather a scorpion with a deadly sting.
Westerners are taught from birth to respect variety in religious beliefs, racial backgrounds, and cultural
differences. These same tolerant principals, having led to peace and prosperity for us, are viewed with
contempt by many Arab and Asian Islamic tribal cultures. They are viewed as conclusive evidence of
Western corruption and weakness. Replacing these concepts are core values where people are taught from
birth that blind, fanatical obedience to whatever their local clerics demand is required for their eternal
salvation, indeed for their temporal well being as well.
Islam, by virtue of current popular interpretations of its tenants (and lack of a controlling governing
body) renders many average worshipers susceptible to abhorrent suggestions, making it all too easy for
common Muslims to become transformed into "terrorists". Justifications for prejudices/intolerance, and
demands for fanatical obedience, up to and including the murder of non-Muslims by any means possible,
are common. Unless you have been intimately exposed to their culture, one has absolutely no idea of the
total and irreversible dedication of the faithful. The ferocity and the depths of their hatreds are
insurmountable. My family spent ten years living in Saudi Arabia and traveling to most Arab countries in
the region. Most of the younger Muslims we came in contact with seemed irrationally resentful of the
West, repeating emotions impressed on them by religious and media figures. Young men are all too
anxious to believe any religious leader calling for Jihad over any perceived insult to Islam.
Understanding fanatical Muslim reasoning requires thinking ‘outside of the box’. One must be
prepared to first accept the inconceivable. To many devout Muslims tolerance means something quite
different than to the rest of us. Unfortunately, tolerance usually means accepting different degrees of
hatred and extremism within their own neighborhoods and amongst their Imams and Clerics. True
tolerance toward non-Muslims or ‘Infidels’ is unthinkable, except as required by political necessity, then
temporarily employed for appearance sake only (usually as part of a strategy of eventual conquest). This
judgment of Muslim culture and thinking seems harsh, but before you call it bigoted to point out Islamic
bigotry, examine the facts. Ask yourself, aside from rare carefully crafted rebukes spoken only in English
to Western news organizations, where are the ‘peace marches’ in Palestine and protesters against
homicide bombers, and other terrorists the non-Muslim world has to contend with? Is there no opposing
political party, no differing opinion, or ‘other side’ within Islamic countries in any current or past
Arab/Muslim conflicts with any other culture or people on the planet? Surly there must be opposition to
Islamic fanaticism, terrorism, and ‘holy war’ solutions proffered in so many conflicts. Pro-Palestinian and