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

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agreements with King Hussein, breaking every single one. He went too far when he put out a contract on<br />

the King's brother, wherein the King finally declared war in September 1970 and slaughtered 7,000 <strong>of</strong><br />

Arafat's Terrorists. Palestinians call that purge "Black September", <strong>of</strong>ten naming Terror attacks after it.<br />

To Israel and Westerners, the Oslo accords were supposed to provide the foundation for peace, but to<br />

Islamists they were never more than a temporary "hudna" intended to be broken from the beginning. Even<br />

after violating one cease-file, when the situation on the ground proves too <strong>dan</strong>gerous for them, it is all too<br />

easy to follow it with another truce. This kind <strong>of</strong> "Bait & Switch" tactic harks back to Mohammed when<br />

he made the previously mentioned treaty with the Quarish he could not conquer, while he gathered a<br />

much stronger Muslim army and broke it 1 ½ years later. Because <strong>of</strong> the difficulty he had subduing them,<br />

after they surrendered Mohammed had all 600 men from the city slaughtered, and sold the women and<br />

children into slavery. This tactic is a template still in use because Muslims have enjoyed so much success<br />

with it.<br />

As Muslims are instructed by the eminent Islamic scholar Imam Abu Hammid Ghazali (Al-Ghazali),<br />

who is one <strong>of</strong> the most famous and respected Muslim theologians <strong>of</strong> all time: "Speaking is a means to<br />

achieve objectives. If a praiseworthy aim is attainable through both telling the truth and lying, it is<br />

unlawful to accomplish through lying because there is no need for it. When it is possible to achieve such<br />

an aim by lying but not by telling the truth, it is permissible to lie if attaining the goal is permissible."<br />

(The Reliance <strong>of</strong> the Traveler, sec r8.2, pg 745 [13] ) By this logic, the praiseworthy, permissible goal <strong>of</strong><br />

"making the whole world Islamic by Jihad" sanctifies any dishonest statement made to any non-Muslim<br />

opposing that effort. Muhammad said, "War is deception" and demonstrated this principal in his<br />

numerous Jihadic campaigns. Like Muhammad, it appears that a majority <strong>of</strong> Muslims consider the act <strong>of</strong><br />

lying to non-Muslims in the advance <strong>of</strong> Islam to be a good work. This right to lie is not immoral in<br />

Muslim minds for the same reasons that give them the right to murder, rape and enslave infidels under the<br />

holy banner <strong>of</strong> Jihad. Amir Taheri, an Iranian author <strong>of</strong> ten books on the Middle East and Islam, said<br />

regarding taqiyya, "Muslims have every right to lie and to deceive their adversaries, and a promise made<br />

to a non-Muslim can be broken whenever necessary." [29] . Yasser Arafat was a master in the art <strong>of</strong><br />

duplicity, and was respected by his fellows in part because he has enjoyed so many propaganda victories<br />

in his battle against the truth.<br />

In a book <strong>of</strong> Arabic maxims, novelist Ayako Sono cites proverbs and truisms describing commonly<br />

understood principals <strong>of</strong> the Arabic culture [30] . The innate principals reduced to familiar sayings are hard<br />

for non-Muslims to comprehend, but are simply common sense for Arab Muslims. For instance, one<br />

popular saying goes, ''A man lacking in cunning is like an empty matchbox.'' Another says, ''A well-told lie<br />

is better than an unbelievable truth.'' Such guidelines and advice flow easily from a culture illuminated<br />

only by the Qur’an. This convenient morality is why few Muslims blink when they hear a spokesperson<br />

deceiving ignorant infidels claiming Islam is peaceful and tolerant. Westerners, accustomed to religious<br />

leaders and spokespersons that strive for accuracy and honesty, are inclined to assume pious Muslim<br />

representatives are similarly predisposed. Muslim representatives are aware <strong>of</strong> this inclination and<br />

delighted their task <strong>of</strong> verbally twisting Islam into a form acceptable to Americans is so easy. Although<br />

quite willing to take advantage <strong>of</strong> liberal sensibilities, behind our backs they are amused at our overall<br />

ignorance and poor awareness <strong>of</strong> Islam’s mainstream goals and methods.<br />

In mathematics, if A=B, and B=C, and C=D, then it is logical and correct to conclude that A=D. Now<br />

we know that Jihad is integral to Islam, and that war has always been a part <strong>of</strong> Jihad. We also know that<br />

for Muhammad and his followers ‘War is deception’. Although not generally true in Muslim-Muslim<br />

relations, for non-believers the following same simple logic should always be kept in mind when dealing<br />

with Islamists.<br />

Islam = Jihad, Jihad=War, War=Deception …therefore; Islam = Deception.<br />

It is <strong>of</strong>ten difficult to differentiate between "extremist" and "moderate" Muslims core values, as<br />

indeed it <strong>of</strong>ten appears to be more a matter <strong>of</strong> form than sustenance. But by listening carefully to their<br />

spokespersons, some conclusions can be inferred. The "extremists" tell the truth about the teachings <strong>of</strong><br />

Islam, and have considerable, indeed overwhelming, textual authority on their side in the Qur'an, Hadith,<br />

and the Sira. The "moderates", so eagerly repeated and invoked, are actually more ill-defined, under-

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