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

Chapter 14
Islamic Psychology 101
Various mental malformations are usually at play when an individual goes ‘Postal’ and kills
randomly, but those kinds of disorders do not represent the Islamic character. With one fifth of the
world’s population Muslim, it is impossible to characterize the appeal of Jihad to hundreds of millions as
a psychological disorder. On the other hand, mental and emotional forces at play leading to large groups
becoming brainwashed to a single cause have been characterized in other gang, tribal, nationalistic, and
religious cults, and extrapolations of those ‘cause and effect’ examples certainly appear to apply to Islam.
It is no accident that many rituals practiced in Islam are centered on violent or war-like activities. Eid
al-Adha (Feast of Sacrifice) is one of Islam's most important annual holidays where every family
participates in the ritualistic slaughter of animals by slicing the creature’s throat. While western men
might help a son with the distasteful task of cleaning a fish, Muslim fathers involve their young sons in
the bloody gruesome practice of slaughtering a large animal. Such a spectacle desensitizes its participants
to the sight of pain, blood and death, serving to prepare young Muslims to carry out the very nasty work
of Jihad against human beings. A 10-day festival called Ashura also appears designed to prepare Shiites
for martyrdom. In it, participants of all ages slash their foreheads with swords, beat their breasts in
penance, and flagellate themselves with chains and whips until the streets are stained with their blood. An
attempt to describe other factors that induce a devout Muslim to kill in the cause of Jihad will be further
outlined in this chapter.
The Victim de-Humanization factor:
The principals governing Muslim relationships with others is vital to militant Islam because in all
genocidal activities to date, grooming killers to first dehumanize victims in their minds is an important
prerequisite. The indoctrination in sacred script and official publications and media creates the erroneous
belief that Americans, Jews, Hindus, and other non-Muslims are not human beings in the same sense as
Muslims, and can and should be slaughtered with impunity.
With regard to the concept of equality, the idea is unacceptable to Islam. For in all forms of Islamic
thought and practice, the non-believer cannot be the equal of the believer. A basic principle of Islamism
holds that humanity is divided according to a strict hierarchy of worth. At the top of this hierarchy are free
Muslim males, the cream of humanity. Below them, in descending order of humanity, are: Muslim male
slaves, free Muslim women, Muslim female slaves, the males of the "People of the Book" (Jews and
Christians), and, then, the female of the ‘People of the Book’. Finally, the rest of humanity comes in dead
last (excuse the pun); because they lack a soul they are regarded as worthless having no rights
whatsoever. This unfortunate final grouping includes Buddhists, Hindus, atheists, agnostics, and others.
But before Jews and Christians celebrate escaping last-place in this uniquely Islamic popularity contest,
the fine print should first be carefully studied. Quotes referencing Christians and Jews from the Qur’an
include: – "Worst of Creatures, Perverse, and Friends of Satan". The clear direction from Muhammad
appears to be that Muslims are not allowed to even be friends or take favors from Jews and Christians,
unless that devotion/tax is extracted by force or threat of force. Christians and Jews then and now hold a
special place in Islamic theology, and are presented in a hateful manner in the Qur’an and in modern
Islamic theology today. In the end they were regarded with contempt by Muhammad, the final words
reported from the mouth of the dying Prophet were a curse on them "Allah's damnation be on the Jews
and the Christians …."
98:6 Verily, those who disbelieve (in the religion of Islam, the Qur’an and Prophet Muhammad) from among
the people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians) and Al-Mushrikun will abide in the Fire of Hell. They are the
worst of creatures.
5:51 O you who believe! Take not the Jews and the Christians as Auliya' (friends, protectors, helpers, etc.), they
are but Auliya' to one another. And if any amongst you takes them as Auliya', then surely he is one of them.
Verily, Allah guides not those people who are the Zalimun (polytheists and wrong­doers and unjust).