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

Chapter 10
The American Muslim
In the face of sure outcry, we now must ask the question: ‘What about Muslims living with us here in
America’? Of course, not many Muslims here have inclinations to commit terrorist acts. Undoubtedly the
majority of Muslims living in America are nominal citizens living without the essential political
dimensions of orthodox Islam, and are certainly (or hopefully) not bent on terrorist actions. Many are
content to continue to raise their families and prosper with the rest of us and do not want violence, being
people with a better moral code than the militants and their view (right or wrong) of what Muhammad
expects today. They try to follow a path dictated by personal conscience as exemplified by Shirin Ebadi,
the Iranian lawyer and human-rights fighter who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Ebadi insists that no
one, least of all the mullahs, has the right to tell others how to live and practice their faith. "There are no
priests and no church in Islam," she repeats. "As Muslims we are alone responsible for our deeds and
shall face Divine Judgment as individuals. Because we are not robots no one could programme us with
his version of religion. … All human beings are of equal worth simply by existing". That kind of
statement, of course, is in direct opposition to the basic principles and articles of Islam, which hold that
humanity is divided according to the strict hierarchy of worth outlined in ‘The Psychology of Jihad’
chapter. Additionally, Ebadi is a woman, and as such is regarded by Iran’s Khatami and other mullahs as,
at best, half of a human being.
There are many moderates like Ebadi who say they are Muslims, but in fact the Qur’an condemns
them all as Muslim-wanna-bes, hypocrites, and pretenders who do not obey the commands of their god
and his messenger. The Qur’an commands Muslims to kill infidels if they wish to join the faithful in
Paradise: 47:4-6, "When ye encounter the infidels, strike off their heads till ye have made a great
slaughter among them, . . . And whoso fight for the cause of God . . . he will bring them into the
Paradise". The fundamental, orthodox, true Muslims will continue to teach and pressure nominal
Muslims like Ebadi towards obeying Muhammad’s commands to establish the rule of Islam, if necessary
through the use of violence. Nominal Muslims in America and elsewhere only need to awaken to the
actual call of the Qur’an, Hadith, and Sira, to perhaps transform their faith and begin to use violence for
Islam’s sake. It appears more and more that they are awakening, as evidenced by the fact that their
violence is increasing along with the number of Muslims involved in violent activities. Shiite Muslims in
Iraq are currently coming under violent pressure to join foreign and Sunni jihadiats against the elected
government and the Americans.
The hope that a everlastingly peaceful form of Islam might take permanent root in any country is
wishful thinking. The gravitational pull of the Qur’an towards fundamentalism is like the force from a
‘black-hole’ and will eventually swallow-up every effort to reform her. Remember the Qur’an is ‘perfect’
and cannot be re-interpreted, re-written, nor reformed. As far as the Qur’an is concerned, literalists are
Muslims and all Muslims are literalists. Even minor deviation from the Qur’an would in fact invalidate
the entire faith. As such, any local or regional successes at ignoring Islamic fundamentals are destined to
be temporary.
Although the vast majority of Muslims in America are not terrorists, and many even abhor the actions
of their Muslim brethren around the world …still, since Islam teaches world domination these moderate
Muslims rarely raise their voices in protest to their own brethren. If the Israelis bomb Hezbollah camps in
Lebanon or Hamas camps in Syria, Muslims in New York, Detroit, and Los Angeles will organize a mass
demonstration. But getting Muslims to condemn the terrorist actions of a brother … say of those in
Sudan, Egypt, Algeria, Afghanistan, Iraq, and more recently in Turkey… is like pulling teeth. While the
Muslims worldwide continually condemn Israel, few Muslims have ever raised their voices in protest
over Palestinian homicide bombers or Saddam Hussein's genocidal war upon the Kurds. None ask why
Bin Laden failed to help the Kurds (reports now indicate that he was working with Saddam Hussein to
kill them).
There are very few Muslims in the Syracuse, NY area compared to many cities in the country, only
about 5000. Yet since 9/11 several negative incidents have occurred including an arson case at a Jewish