This blog entry documents the condemnation by Muslim-American associations and organizations of the 9-11 attack in 2001 that killed over 3,000 people. It has been posted here for reference only.
Muslim associations and organizations that condemned 9-11 (source: http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.rissc.jo/index.php/english-publications/islam-series/245-condemning-terrorism.html)
The American Muslim Political Coordination Council (AMPCC):
American Muslims utterly condemn what are apparently vicious and cowardly acts of terrorism against innocent civilians. We join with all Americans in calling for the swift apprehension and punishment of the perpetrators. No political cause could ever be assisted by such immoral acts.
September 11, 2001, Washington D.C.
The American Muslim Alliance (AMA) Condemns Terrorist Attack:
Dr. Agha Saeed, the National Chair of the American Muslim Alliance: “These attacks are against both divine and human laws and we condemn them in the strongest terms. The Muslim Americans join the nation in calling for swift apprehension and stiff punishment of the perpetrators, and offer our sympathies to the victims and their families.
September 11, 2001, Newark, California
AMC Deplores the Attacks on the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon:
The American Muslim Council (AMC) strongly condemns this morning's plane attacks on the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon and expresses deep sorrow for Americans that were injured and killed. The AMC sends out its condolences to all victims of this cowardly terrorist attack. There is no cause that justifies this type of immoral and inhumane act that has affected so many innocent American lives. The AMC supports all efforts of the investigation in order to track down the people responsible for this tragic act of terrorism.
September 11, 2001, Washington D.C.
American Muslims for Jerusalem Condemn the Terrorist Attacks:
Joining the Muslim community around the country, the Washington-based American Muslims for Jerusalem (AMJ) is appalled and strongly condemns the terrorist attacks in New York, Washington, and other parts of the country. AMJ sends out its deepest condolences to the families of the victims of these cowardly attacks.
September 11, 2001, Washington D.C.
ISNA Condemns Terrorist Attacks:
The Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) joins Muslim Americans and all Americans in expressing its deep sorrow over the apparently deliberate air-crashes in New York and Washington, D.C. that have led to the loss of countless innocent lives.
ISNA joins Muslim organisations throughout North America in condemning these apparent terrorist attacks and calls upon Muslim Americans to come forward with their skills and resources to help alleviate the suffering of the affected people and their families. ISNA condemns these apparently senseless acts of terrorism against innocent civilians, which will only be counterproductive to any agenda the perpetrators may have had in mind. No political cause could ever be assisted by such immoral acts.
We join with all Americans in calling for the swift apprehension and punishment of the perpetrators, and call upon our justice system to maintain strict standards of justice and fairness in these trying times. We also urge the media to exercise restraint, and to act responsibly when reporting on these terrorist attacks. Until the perpetrators are brought to justice, all media reports should be accurate, restrained and sensitive. Let us pray to God that He may Guide us all to keep firm in following our principles and offer relief to the victims of violence wherever they may be.
Signatories:
American Muslim Alliance, American Muslim Council, Association of Muslim Scientists and Engineers, Association of Muslim Social Scientists, Council on American-Islamic Relations, Islamic Medical Association of North America, Islamic Circle of North America, Islamic Society of North America, Ministry of Imam W. Deen Muhammad, Muslim American Society, Muslim Public Affairs Council
Shari'ah Scholars Association of North America (SSANA) Condemns Terrorist Attacks:
The Shari'ah Scholars Association of North America (SSANA) strongly condemn this morning's plane attacks on the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon and expresses its deep sorrow for Americans that were injured and killed. SSANA sends out its condolences to all victims of this cowardly terrorist attack. There is no cause that justifies this type of immoral and inhumane act that has affected so many innocent American lives. SSANA supports all efforts to investigate and immediately
capture the evil persons responsible for these immoral and cowardly acts. Certainly, there is no justification for these acts from either an Islamic perspective or, in truth, from the perspective of any other moral and freedom-loving people. These acts diminish the freedom of all Americans, including American Muslims. Our condolences go out to all of the victims of these inhumane acts.
September 11, 2001, Detroit, MI
Dr. Abdelouahed Belkeziz, Secretary-General of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference:
Following the bloody attacks against major buildings and installations in the United States yesterday, Tuesday, September 11, 2001, Dr. Abdelouahed Belkeziz, Secretary-General of the 57-nation Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC), stated that he was shocked and deeply saddened when he heard of these attacks which led to the death and injury of a very large number of innocent American citizens. Dr. Belkeziz said he was denouncing and condemning these criminal and brutal acts that run counter to all covenants, humanitarian values and divine religions, foremost among which is Islam.
September 12, 2011, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Sheikh Yusuf Al-Qaradawi, Chairman of the Sunnah and Sirah Council, Qatar:
Our hearts bleed for the attacks that have targeted the World Trade Centre (WTC), as well as other institutions in the United States despite our strong oppositions to the American biased policy towards Israel on the military, political and economic fronts. Islam, the religion of tolerance, holds the human soul in high esteem, and considers the attack against innocent human beings a grave sin, this is backed by the Qur'anic verse which reads: "Whosoever kills a human being [as punishment] for [crimes] other than manslaughter or [sowing] corruption in the earth, it shall be as if he has killed all mankind, and whosoever saves the life of one, it shall be as if he had saved the life of all mankind". (Al-Ma'idah, 5:32);
September 13, 2001
Yusuf Islam (formerly Cat Stevens), prominent British Muslim:
I wish to express my heartfelt horror at the indiscriminate terrorist attacks committed against innocent people of the United States yesterday. While it is still not clear who carried out the attack, it must be stated that no right thinking follower of Islam could possibly condone such an action: the Qur'an equates the murder of one innocent person with the murder of the whole of humanity. We pray for the families of all those who lost their lives in this unthinkable act of violence as well as all those injured; I hope to reflect the feelings of all Muslims and people around the world whose sympathies go out to the victims at this sorrowful moment.
On singing an a cappella version of "Peace Train" for the Concert for New York City: After the tragedy, my heart was heavy with sadness and shock, and I was determined to help in some way. Organisers asked me to take part in a message for tolerance and sing "Peace Train" Of course, I agreed … As a Muslim from the West, it is important to me to let people know that these acts of mass murder have nothing to do with Islam and the beliefs of Muslims.
September 13, 2001
Sheikh Muhammad Sayyid Al-Tantawi, Imam of Al-Azhar Mosque in Cairo, Egypt:
Attacking innocent people is not courageous, it is stupid and will be punished on the Day of Judgement … It is not courageous to attack innocent children, women and civilians. It is courageous to protect freedom, it is courageous to defend oneself and not to attack.
September 14, 2001
Sheikh Muhammad Hussein Fadlallah, spiritual guide of the Hizbullah movement in Lebanon:
Beside the fact that they are forbidden by Islam, these acts do not serve those who carried them out but their victims, who will reap the sympathy of the whole world … Islamists who live according to the human values of Islam could not commit such crimes.
September 14, 2001, Agence France Presse
Fatwa from 'Abdul-'Aziz bin 'Abdullah bin Muhammad Aal Al-Sheikh, the Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia, President of the Committee of Major Scholars and the Centre for Knowledge-Based Research and Verdicts
As for the very dangerous occurrences that have happened in the United States of America, on account of which thousands of souls have passed away; Islamic Shari'ah (legislation) does not sanction such actions which are not from this religion. These actions do not agree with the spirit and foundations of Shari'ah from numerous angles.
September 15, 2001
Hamza Yusuf, American Muslim leader:
Religious zealots of any creed are defeated people who lash out in desperation, and they often do horrific things. And if these people [who committed murder on September 11] indeed are Arabs, Muslims, they’re obviously very sick people and I can’t even look at it in religious terms. It’s politics, tragic politics. There’s no Islamic justification for any of it … You can’t kill innocent people. There’s no Islamic declaration of war against the United States. I think every Muslim country except Afghanistan has an embassy in this country.
And in Islam, a country where you have embassies is not considered a belligerent country. In Islam, the only wars that are permitted are between armies and they should engage on battlefields and engage nobly. The Prophet Muhammad said: “Do not kill women or children or non-combatants and do not kill old people or religious people,” and he mentioned priests, nuns and rabbis. And he said: “Do not cut down fruit-bearing trees and do not poison the wells of your enemies.” The Hadith, the sayings of the Prophet, say that no one can punish with fire except the lord of fire. It’s prohibited to burn anyone in Islam as a punishment. No one can grant these attackers any legitimacy. It was evil.
September 15, 2001 San Jose Mercury News
Ayatollah Ali Khamene’i, supreme jurist-ruler of Iran:
The killing of people, in any place and with any kind of weapon, including atomic bombs, long-range missiles, biological or chemical weapons, passenger or war planes, carried out by any organisation, country or individuals is condemned … It makes no difference whether such massacres happen in Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Qana, Sabra, Shatila, Deir Yassin, Bosnia, Kosovo, Iraq or in New York and Washington.
September 16, 2001, Islamic Republic News Agency
Sheikh Muhammad Yusuf Islahi, Pakistani-American Muslim leader:
The sudden barbaric attack on innocent citizens living in peace is extremely distressing and deplorable. Every gentle human heart goes out to the victims of this attack and as humans we are ashamed at the barbarism perpetrated by a few people. Islam, which is a religion of peace and tolerance, condemns this act and sees this as a wounding scar on the face of humanity. I appeal to Muslims to strongly condemn this act, express unity with the victims' relatives, donate blood, money and do whatever it takes to help the affected people.
Sheikh Muhammad Ali Al-Hanooti, Palestinian-American Mufti and member of the North American Fiqh Council:
The people who attacked the WTC and Pentagon and hijacked the fourth plane that crashed in Pennsylvania are criminals who deserve the severest punishment as the Qur'an elaborates. They are murderers and terrorists. If there were any person who felt happy for that incident we would not be able to equate them with those criminals, but we can say that no one with faith and ethics would accept the murder and targeting of innocent people.
September 20, 2001, Fatwa Session on Latest Tragic Events
Sheikh Yusuf Qaradawi, Qatar; Tariq Bishri, Egypt; Muhammad S. Awwa, Egypt; Fahmi Huwaydi, Egypt; Haytham Khayyat, Syria; Sheikh Taha Jabir Al-Alwani, U.S.A.:
All Muslims ought to be united against all those who terrorize the innocents, and those who permit the killing of non-combatants without a justifiable reason. Islam has declared the spilling of blood and the destruction of property as absolute prohibitions until the Day of Judgment. [It is] necessary to apprehend the true perpetrators of these crimes, as well as those who aid and abet them through incitement, financing or other support. They must be brought to justice in an impartial court of law and [punished] appropriately; [It is] a duty of Muslims to participate in this effort with all possible means.
September 27, 2001
Organisation of the Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers:
The Conference strongly condemns the brutal terror acts that befell the United States, caused huge losses in human lives from various nationalities and wreaked tremendous destruction and damage in New York and Washington. It further reafirms that these terror acts run counter to the teachings of the divine religions as well as ethical and human values, stresses the necessity of tracking down the perpetrators of these acts in the light of the results of investigations and bringing them to justice to inflict on them the penalty they deserve. It also underscores its support of this effort. In this respect, the OIC expresses its condolences to and sympathy with the people and government of the United States and the families of the victims in these mournful and tragic circumstances.
October 10, 2001, Final Communiqué of the Ninth Extraordinary Session of the Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers
Salih bin Muhammad Lahidan, Chairman of the Supreme Judicial Council, Saudi Arabia:
Killing the weak, infants, women, and the elderly, and destroying property are considered serious crimes in Islam... Viewing on the TV networks what happened to the twin towers ... was like watching Doomsday. Those who commit such crimes are the worst of people. Anyone who thinks that any Islamic scholar will condone such acts is totally wrong ... This barbaric act is not justified by any sane mind-set ... This act is pernicious and shameless and evil in the extreme.
October 13, 2001, The Washington Post, p. B9
Fifteen American Muslim organisations:
We reiterate our unequivocal condemnation of the crime committed on September 11, 2001 and join our fellow Americans in mourning the loss of up to 6000 innocent civilians.
Signatories:
Muslim American Society (MAS), Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA), Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR), Muslim Alliance of North America (MANA), Muslim Student Association (MSA), Islamic Association for Palestine (IAP), United Association for Studies and Research (UASR), Solidarity International, American Muslims for Global Peace and Justice (AMGPJ), American Muslim Alliance (AMA), United Muslim Americans Association (UMAA), Islamic Media Foundation (IMF), American Muslim Foundation (AMF), Coordinating Council of Muslim Organisations (CCMO), American Muslims for Jerusalem (AMJ), Muslim Arab Youth Association (MAYA)
October 22, 2001
Syed Shahabuddin, Indian Muslim author:
Islam prohibits terrorism as well as suicide. Jihad is neither and has no place for taking innocent lives or one's own life. No cause, howsoever noble or just, can justify terrorism. So while one may sympathize with the legitimate aspirations of the Palestinian people and support their claim to a state of their own, while one may appreciate the democratic awakening among the people of many Muslim states and uphold their demand for withdrawal of foreign presence from their soil and support their struggle for revision of the terms of trade for their natural resources, no thinking Muslim can go along with the use of terrorism for securing political goals.
November 1, 2001, Global War Against Terrorism; the Islamic Dimension, Milli Gazette, New Delhi, India
Sheikh Muhammad bin Abdullah Al-Subail, Imam of the Grand Mosque of Mecca and member of the Council of Senior Islamic Scholars:
Any attack on innocent people is unlawful and contrary to Shari'ah, Muslims must safeguard the lives, honour and property of non-Muslims who are under their protection and with whom they have concluded peace agreements.
December 4, 2001, SPA
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20150109
Every Tragedy Leads to Redemption (Mormonism)
It is because Joseph Smith Jr threatened the status quo in American Christendom that he was martyred.
Because he invented his own doctrine his followers were persecuted.
Yet it is jealousy that led to his death in 1844. For American Christendom will never let an American form his own folk religion, and will lie about LDS theology and practices, emphasizing the negative while not even comparing the similarities between Mormonism and Christianity.
This is not the work of the devil; this is the work of men who are afraid of religious plurality. For religion relies on fear to keep its members in line, in order to maintain control over their followers.
I am truly thankful that things turned out as they did, because had Smith lived to an old age, Mormonism would have become less pluralistic and even more conservative than it is today.
That tragedy may have led to me becoming baptized, and I only regret that I didn't accept the sister missionaries' invitation two years ago. In my mind's eye, I feel the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saint is successful because all Mormon members pitched in to maintain the church as they saw fit.
Indeed, their hard work as redeemed both Mormonism and Joseph Smith.
Because he invented his own doctrine his followers were persecuted.
Yet it is jealousy that led to his death in 1844. For American Christendom will never let an American form his own folk religion, and will lie about LDS theology and practices, emphasizing the negative while not even comparing the similarities between Mormonism and Christianity.
This is not the work of the devil; this is the work of men who are afraid of religious plurality. For religion relies on fear to keep its members in line, in order to maintain control over their followers.
I am truly thankful that things turned out as they did, because had Smith lived to an old age, Mormonism would have become less pluralistic and even more conservative than it is today.
That tragedy may have led to me becoming baptized, and I only regret that I didn't accept the sister missionaries' invitation two years ago. In my mind's eye, I feel the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saint is successful because all Mormon members pitched in to maintain the church as they saw fit.
Indeed, their hard work as redeemed both Mormonism and Joseph Smith.
20140709
Update on Books I am Currently Reading (satire)
Books I am currently reading:
The Small Talk Handbook, Melissa Wadsworth - I'm reading this to help prepare for future scenarios where it might come in handy.
The Narcissism Epidemic, Jean M Twenge & W Keith Campbell - Certainly narcissism is getting to be a problem, but rather than address the empath and sociopath aspects of this problem, it all gets lumped under narcissism. Within this context, I finished ME Thomas' Confessions of a Sociopath and Jon Ronson's The Sociopath Test as well as Daniel Smith's Monkey Mind.
Joss Whedon: The Complete Companion - This is going to take awhile to read. Perhaps I'm over my league here. I mainly bought this because Whedon created Buffy, Angel and Firefly. So I might be short-sighted in my purchase.
No god but God, Reza Aslan - In this post-911 world, it makes sense to keep abreast of the history of Islam. I started with this book, which leads me to...
Islam, Karen Armstrong - The definitive book on Islam, even though it might be weak on the intervening history between Mohammed and the mid 18th century when the West certainly conflicted at great length with Islam, even though by then it was starting on its decline.
American Crucifixion, Alex Beam - While this book comes across as anti-Mormon, I'm not giving up the chance to read an expose on Joseph Smith, the founder of Mormonism. So far, it reads like a Western, complete with megalomania and a sociopathy so complex, I'm almost siding with the ex-Mormons.
However, the favorable spin on Mormonism tends to condemn the apostate a little too harshly. For example, the slut-shaming of innocent women courageous enough to not participate in Smith's polygamy scheme is unwarranted. Even so, I find the muted name-calling from the pro-Mormon literature unwarranted as well. It made the polygamy chapter hard to get through. Pro-Mormon literature blames Bennett for polygamy, and proclaims Smith innocent of all charges.
My reason for so many books:
IMO I may suffer from mild ADD. When a book gets tiresome to read, I get bored. So I rest a moment, and then read a new book from the stack. Currently, of the above mentioned titles, the Mormon book and the two books on Islam are being read more often than the Small Talk Handbook
If I feel like curling up to a book for a good read, then I can do so with any of the seven books I am currently reading. For me, book reading beats going to bars, hanging out at the beach, and shopping. Though, at some point in the near future, I am going to have to get off my ass and trade in a heap of books I've read.
As for now, I have a lot of reading to do and love it.
The Small Talk Handbook, Melissa Wadsworth - I'm reading this to help prepare for future scenarios where it might come in handy.
The Narcissism Epidemic, Jean M Twenge & W Keith Campbell - Certainly narcissism is getting to be a problem, but rather than address the empath and sociopath aspects of this problem, it all gets lumped under narcissism. Within this context, I finished ME Thomas' Confessions of a Sociopath and Jon Ronson's The Sociopath Test as well as Daniel Smith's Monkey Mind.
Joss Whedon: The Complete Companion - This is going to take awhile to read. Perhaps I'm over my league here. I mainly bought this because Whedon created Buffy, Angel and Firefly. So I might be short-sighted in my purchase.
No god but God, Reza Aslan - In this post-911 world, it makes sense to keep abreast of the history of Islam. I started with this book, which leads me to...
Islam, Karen Armstrong - The definitive book on Islam, even though it might be weak on the intervening history between Mohammed and the mid 18th century when the West certainly conflicted at great length with Islam, even though by then it was starting on its decline.
American Crucifixion, Alex Beam - While this book comes across as anti-Mormon, I'm not giving up the chance to read an expose on Joseph Smith, the founder of Mormonism. So far, it reads like a Western, complete with megalomania and a sociopathy so complex, I'm almost siding with the ex-Mormons.
However, the favorable spin on Mormonism tends to condemn the apostate a little too harshly. For example, the slut-shaming of innocent women courageous enough to not participate in Smith's polygamy scheme is unwarranted. Even so, I find the muted name-calling from the pro-Mormon literature unwarranted as well. It made the polygamy chapter hard to get through. Pro-Mormon literature blames Bennett for polygamy, and proclaims Smith innocent of all charges.
My reason for so many books:
IMO I may suffer from mild ADD. When a book gets tiresome to read, I get bored. So I rest a moment, and then read a new book from the stack. Currently, of the above mentioned titles, the Mormon book and the two books on Islam are being read more often than the Small Talk Handbook
If I feel like curling up to a book for a good read, then I can do so with any of the seven books I am currently reading. For me, book reading beats going to bars, hanging out at the beach, and shopping. Though, at some point in the near future, I am going to have to get off my ass and trade in a heap of books I've read.
As for now, I have a lot of reading to do and love it.
20140504
Islamic Terrorism an American Product? (satire)
Islamic terrorism is actually an American product.
al Qaeda was formed to fight the Soviets in Afghanistan with help from the CIA and Pakistan's ISI.
In essence Islamic terrorism has always been sponsored by the American government.
Meanwhile, domestic terrorism in America is actually Christian, e.g. Army of God. In Europe, it's not Islamists who are a threat. It's actually non-Muslim separatists. In Italy, Christian terrorists are killing Muslims.
So much for Islamic terrorism.
However, I do not believe al Qaeda and Taliban to be "Islamic" terrorists. Their imam is both a poor Islamic scholar and surgeon. Just by killing other Muslims, he is destined for the Fire. So are the martyrs, except for the suicide bombers they use.
The Islamophobes can decry Islamic terrorism as much as they want in America. It's not going to change the fact that the American government is sponsoring the al Nusrah Front and the ISIS by buying oil from OPEC and also asking Canada to secretly send home grown terrorists to Syria.
Nobody believes this because of their blind faith in America as a democracy. I find this hilarious because America has descended into fascism since 911, thanks to their politics.
I personally believe that the US secretly supports Canadian PM Stephen Harper, and if it were possible, they would keep Harper on a PM. I also believe that Canada is a rogue nation under Harper. Indeed, I liken Harper to a benign dictator rather than a democratic leader. He has propagandized against Assad, and pissed off the native people of Canada.
Yet the worst thing that Harper has done is allow home grow terrorists to fight in Syria.
Wait until the karma from that bites us in the ass.
al Qaeda was formed to fight the Soviets in Afghanistan with help from the CIA and Pakistan's ISI.
In essence Islamic terrorism has always been sponsored by the American government.
Meanwhile, domestic terrorism in America is actually Christian, e.g. Army of God. In Europe, it's not Islamists who are a threat. It's actually non-Muslim separatists. In Italy, Christian terrorists are killing Muslims.
So much for Islamic terrorism.
However, I do not believe al Qaeda and Taliban to be "Islamic" terrorists. Their imam is both a poor Islamic scholar and surgeon. Just by killing other Muslims, he is destined for the Fire. So are the martyrs, except for the suicide bombers they use.
The Islamophobes can decry Islamic terrorism as much as they want in America. It's not going to change the fact that the American government is sponsoring the al Nusrah Front and the ISIS by buying oil from OPEC and also asking Canada to secretly send home grown terrorists to Syria.
Nobody believes this because of their blind faith in America as a democracy. I find this hilarious because America has descended into fascism since 911, thanks to their politics.
I personally believe that the US secretly supports Canadian PM Stephen Harper, and if it were possible, they would keep Harper on a PM. I also believe that Canada is a rogue nation under Harper. Indeed, I liken Harper to a benign dictator rather than a democratic leader. He has propagandized against Assad, and pissed off the native people of Canada.
Yet the worst thing that Harper has done is allow home grow terrorists to fight in Syria.
Wait until the karma from that bites us in the ass.
20140416
The Evils of Capitalism (satire)
Islam would not have allowed capitalism to grow into the monstrous forms which are presently prevalent in the “civilized" West. The Islamic legislations-whether originally prescribed by Sharia or newly adopted to face new developments within the framework of Sharia-would not have allowed the capitalists to exploit the working people or suck their blood. Islam would have precluded all the evils of capitalism including colonization, war and the enslaving of people. — Mohammad Qutb, Islam: The Misunderstood Religion
Yet in Bahrain, the Shia workers are oppressed by the al-Khalifa dynasty whilst its leader sups with Queen Elizabeth. It's as though the Queen of England is unaware of how the working people of Bahrain and even Qatar are exploited by their Sunni overlords. In Saudi Arabia, one of the Saudi princes is a serial killer of pretty Saudi women who appear to be sex objects to savages.
However, were I a well-known journalist, Bahrain would sue me for libel. There might even be a fatwa on me by a Sunni cleric. However, I refuse to fault the religion of Islam. Rather, I fault the men of Islam who abandon the greater jihad of self control for the lesser jihad of holy war.
How does it make a Muslim man greater than an unbeliever if, despite being provided a wife, a servant and an animal, such a man beats his wife, his servant or his animal? Even the Prophet(as) never beat his camel, nor any of his wives. I have read of no such thing in the Quran, but if the hadiths or even Sharia allowed an exception, then it would be wrong to harm another sentient being, be it a woman, a servant or an animal.
As for another Muslim man, Mohammed (pbuh) he never harmed anyone in Mecca, before and after hijra, except to defend his right to freedom of religion and trade.
Today, the criminals pretending to be good Muslims are called Islamic terrorists, and even have imams to guide them, despite the fact that their Islam is harmful to unbelievers and more moderate Muslims. Yet political Islam is in a way sacrilege when it emphasizes holy war, for war itself suggests that Islam cannot help most men to master their desires and feelings.
Who truly is the loser than the average Muslim man is allowed to beat his wife, his servant or his animal?
If Islam were truly superior to other religions, then why is Mohammad's perfection not habitually emulated? It is surely not a good example for a Muslim man to be waging holy war in these latter days of postmodern life when most of the West is relatively peaceful.
I am not going to go on to rail against the pedophiles who are found among the criminals who hide behind Muhammad but it is sacrilege to abuse young boys and girls. Mohammad (pbuh) did not harm his first wife's slave boy and neither did his wife. Just because a child is mischievous is no reason to use the rod on that child. Isah (sa) warned people not to harm children, who being innocence of adulthood, are destined for heaven due to sudden death.
However, their parents will stand before the Fire while God Almighty shows them how they treated their children. Those parents who were just in their discipline of their children will get reprieve, but woe to any parents who has harmed their children!
Although I do not say any of this as a Muslim but as an apostate to Judeo-Christian religions and an unbeliever of Islam due to my Buddhist origins, none of what I write is more of using the idioms pertaining to Islam to help my Muslim brothers and sisters to widen their understanding of Islam.
For religious extremism is a threat to peace in the world. In America, though, 2.5 percent of all terrorism could be deemed Islamic. That's correct: 97.5 percent of terrorism on American soil was by non-Muslims, mainly Army of God anti-abortion terrorists.
Thus the Islamophobia of America is uncalled for because it would be Christian radicals who are more of a threat to national security than Islamic terrorists, followed by fringe Jewish Defense League terrorists.
The term "evils of capitalism" is bandied about by the Left and the Muslims. This term thus suggests that 911 was actually a precursor to Occupy Wall Street, a critique of globalism. I believe this to be true, rather than using the overused trope of Islamic terrorism.
What if terrorism is actually a warning sign that capitalism is off track? For this lust for money is but a root of all evil, be it miserliness, wars, and even pedophilia. Those criminal terrorists of the Moslem brand know this too, because their Sharia is a way of returning the Middle East to a time before Mohammed (pbuh) while pretending they wish to return to the glory days of Islamic conquest.
I see it as a tragedy, and the members of al-Qaeda are a bunch of men hoodwinked by a charlatan pretending to be an imam. Why, the man is barely a great surgeon! How good can his Islamic jurisprudence truly be?
Ultimately though, I am not a threat to the criminal terrorists. To them I am just an ignorant unbeliever. My words do not count as much before a mullah. Even so, I would fully embrace the evils of capitalism rather than become a Muslim because the criminal terrorists have sullied the name of Mohammed as much as those Islamophobes have.
And yet, the Muslims have all the right in the world to declare that there is no god greater than God.
Yet in Bahrain, the Shia workers are oppressed by the al-Khalifa dynasty whilst its leader sups with Queen Elizabeth. It's as though the Queen of England is unaware of how the working people of Bahrain and even Qatar are exploited by their Sunni overlords. In Saudi Arabia, one of the Saudi princes is a serial killer of pretty Saudi women who appear to be sex objects to savages.
However, were I a well-known journalist, Bahrain would sue me for libel. There might even be a fatwa on me by a Sunni cleric. However, I refuse to fault the religion of Islam. Rather, I fault the men of Islam who abandon the greater jihad of self control for the lesser jihad of holy war.
How does it make a Muslim man greater than an unbeliever if, despite being provided a wife, a servant and an animal, such a man beats his wife, his servant or his animal? Even the Prophet(as) never beat his camel, nor any of his wives. I have read of no such thing in the Quran, but if the hadiths or even Sharia allowed an exception, then it would be wrong to harm another sentient being, be it a woman, a servant or an animal.
As for another Muslim man, Mohammed (pbuh) he never harmed anyone in Mecca, before and after hijra, except to defend his right to freedom of religion and trade.
Today, the criminals pretending to be good Muslims are called Islamic terrorists, and even have imams to guide them, despite the fact that their Islam is harmful to unbelievers and more moderate Muslims. Yet political Islam is in a way sacrilege when it emphasizes holy war, for war itself suggests that Islam cannot help most men to master their desires and feelings.
Who truly is the loser than the average Muslim man is allowed to beat his wife, his servant or his animal?
If Islam were truly superior to other religions, then why is Mohammad's perfection not habitually emulated? It is surely not a good example for a Muslim man to be waging holy war in these latter days of postmodern life when most of the West is relatively peaceful.
I am not going to go on to rail against the pedophiles who are found among the criminals who hide behind Muhammad but it is sacrilege to abuse young boys and girls. Mohammad (pbuh) did not harm his first wife's slave boy and neither did his wife. Just because a child is mischievous is no reason to use the rod on that child. Isah (sa) warned people not to harm children, who being innocence of adulthood, are destined for heaven due to sudden death.
However, their parents will stand before the Fire while God Almighty shows them how they treated their children. Those parents who were just in their discipline of their children will get reprieve, but woe to any parents who has harmed their children!
Although I do not say any of this as a Muslim but as an apostate to Judeo-Christian religions and an unbeliever of Islam due to my Buddhist origins, none of what I write is more of using the idioms pertaining to Islam to help my Muslim brothers and sisters to widen their understanding of Islam.
For religious extremism is a threat to peace in the world. In America, though, 2.5 percent of all terrorism could be deemed Islamic. That's correct: 97.5 percent of terrorism on American soil was by non-Muslims, mainly Army of God anti-abortion terrorists.
Thus the Islamophobia of America is uncalled for because it would be Christian radicals who are more of a threat to national security than Islamic terrorists, followed by fringe Jewish Defense League terrorists.
The term "evils of capitalism" is bandied about by the Left and the Muslims. This term thus suggests that 911 was actually a precursor to Occupy Wall Street, a critique of globalism. I believe this to be true, rather than using the overused trope of Islamic terrorism.
What if terrorism is actually a warning sign that capitalism is off track? For this lust for money is but a root of all evil, be it miserliness, wars, and even pedophilia. Those criminal terrorists of the Moslem brand know this too, because their Sharia is a way of returning the Middle East to a time before Mohammed (pbuh) while pretending they wish to return to the glory days of Islamic conquest.
I see it as a tragedy, and the members of al-Qaeda are a bunch of men hoodwinked by a charlatan pretending to be an imam. Why, the man is barely a great surgeon! How good can his Islamic jurisprudence truly be?
Ultimately though, I am not a threat to the criminal terrorists. To them I am just an ignorant unbeliever. My words do not count as much before a mullah. Even so, I would fully embrace the evils of capitalism rather than become a Muslim because the criminal terrorists have sullied the name of Mohammed as much as those Islamophobes have.
And yet, the Muslims have all the right in the world to declare that there is no god greater than God.
20140406
Preventing Eventual American Sharia (satire)
“Look at these concepts of the Trinity, Original Sin, Sacrifice and Redemption, which are agreeable neither to reason nor to conscience. Look at this capitalism with its monopolies, its usury and whatever else is unjust in it; at this individual freedom, devoid of human sympathy and responsibility for relatives except under the force of law; at this materialistic attitude which deadens the spirit; at this behaviour, like animals, which you call 'Free mixing of the sexes’ at this vulgarity which you call 'emancipation of women,' at these unfair and cumbersome laws of marriage and divorce, which are contrary to the demands of practical life; and at Islam, with its logic, beauty, humanity and happiness, which reaches the horizons to which man strives but does not reach. It is a practical way of life and its solutions are based on the foundation of the wholesome nature of man.” --- Sayyid Qutb, Milestones
This entreaty to Americans fell on deaf ears.
The Christians cannot save America because of the compromise made in accepting the separation of Church and State.
As well, although the Bill of Rights supports religious freedom, the First and Second Amendment states that a well armed militia must be peaceable in exercising their right to bear arms. This prevents seditious acts of treason and makes illegal incidents by Christian terrorists such as Timothy McVeigh.
Thus, there will not be a Christian "revolution" fighting for "freedom" because of the separation of Church and State.
Likewise, terrorism on US soil will not be the way of Muslim dissidents in America, because of the freedom and liberty given to the People.
Instead, American Islam will use Communist tactics to become acceptable to Americans. Islamophobia will be litigated when it become slanderous.
If Sharia does appear, then it will be an American Sharia --- and thus a compromise --- between the spiritually ignorant secularism prevalent in America and Islam but a temporary compromise until the negative aspects of Sharia are muted.
There will also be a large education of the masses about Islam to counter the blatant Islamophobia of the rightists.
Thus Islam will become another tool of the New Left, even though it will look like New Left to the average American.
An example of this will be anti-Semitic smears of Israel and New Left rhetoric that pretends to be political dialog but is actually a form of bullying.
Eventually, the New Left will accept a form of Sharia amenable to their American sensitivities about peace, justice and liberty.
However, the Islamophobes will publish propaganda stating otherwise.
One day there will be a Muslim President who might be from the Middle East. However, a civil war will follow his assassination by Islamophobe militants. By then 25 percent of all Americans are Muslim and growing. They will form a jihadi group to bring freedom to America.
If the Islamophobes wish to prevent this scenario, then they need to dialog with Muslims instead of offending them. They need to condemn violence of all kinds, and ensure a well armed militia remains peaceable. This will involve American Muslims buying dogs to fit in, watching American football and living the American dream alongside Americans of all walks of life.
If you wish to prevent Sharia from coming to America, then you cannot do it by demonizing Muslims but by educating yourself about what Islam really means. If it means religious pluralism, then that's better than being the ignorant mob that Islamophobes are now.
American Sharia is not an end result of interfaith dialog. Rather, it is the result of the current detent. Indeed, it is the result of Islamophobia.
For what you fear will come to pass, but to prevent that kind of future, it is of essence to Americans to hug their Muslim neighbours and befriend them.
Ironically, this is also jihad but it arises out of a meeting of minds, not phobia.
This entreaty to Americans fell on deaf ears.
The Christians cannot save America because of the compromise made in accepting the separation of Church and State.
As well, although the Bill of Rights supports religious freedom, the First and Second Amendment states that a well armed militia must be peaceable in exercising their right to bear arms. This prevents seditious acts of treason and makes illegal incidents by Christian terrorists such as Timothy McVeigh.
Thus, there will not be a Christian "revolution" fighting for "freedom" because of the separation of Church and State.
Likewise, terrorism on US soil will not be the way of Muslim dissidents in America, because of the freedom and liberty given to the People.
Instead, American Islam will use Communist tactics to become acceptable to Americans. Islamophobia will be litigated when it become slanderous.
If Sharia does appear, then it will be an American Sharia --- and thus a compromise --- between the spiritually ignorant secularism prevalent in America and Islam but a temporary compromise until the negative aspects of Sharia are muted.
There will also be a large education of the masses about Islam to counter the blatant Islamophobia of the rightists.
Thus Islam will become another tool of the New Left, even though it will look like New Left to the average American.
An example of this will be anti-Semitic smears of Israel and New Left rhetoric that pretends to be political dialog but is actually a form of bullying.
Eventually, the New Left will accept a form of Sharia amenable to their American sensitivities about peace, justice and liberty.
However, the Islamophobes will publish propaganda stating otherwise.
One day there will be a Muslim President who might be from the Middle East. However, a civil war will follow his assassination by Islamophobe militants. By then 25 percent of all Americans are Muslim and growing. They will form a jihadi group to bring freedom to America.
If the Islamophobes wish to prevent this scenario, then they need to dialog with Muslims instead of offending them. They need to condemn violence of all kinds, and ensure a well armed militia remains peaceable. This will involve American Muslims buying dogs to fit in, watching American football and living the American dream alongside Americans of all walks of life.
If you wish to prevent Sharia from coming to America, then you cannot do it by demonizing Muslims but by educating yourself about what Islam really means. If it means religious pluralism, then that's better than being the ignorant mob that Islamophobes are now.
American Sharia is not an end result of interfaith dialog. Rather, it is the result of the current detent. Indeed, it is the result of Islamophobia.
For what you fear will come to pass, but to prevent that kind of future, it is of essence to Americans to hug their Muslim neighbours and befriend them.
Ironically, this is also jihad but it arises out of a meeting of minds, not phobia.
20140402
What Do You Do When Armageddon Is Near? (satire)
'Mankind today is on the brink of a destruction, not because of the danger of complete annihilation, which is hanging over its head - this being just a symptom and not the real disease - but because humanity is devoid of those vital values which are necessary not only for its healthy development but also for its real progress.
'Even the Western world realises that the Western civilization is unable to present any healthy values for the guidance of mankind. It knows that it does not possess anything which will satisfy its own conscience and justify its existence.' -- Sayyid Qutb, Milestones
Recently, the activity at Jupiter Beach during summer break shows us the lack of healthy values for the guidance of mankind. Another example is mainstream media's reporting of crime to the point where one believes society is a fearsome place.
Ever wonder why the terrorists blew up Bali? It's because of drink and its overblown evils.
Yet we in the West are tolerant of such things. Those of us who seldom drink to excess do not confront the drunkards and the drug addicts because of our fear that things will get out of hand. This is why you won't see the "Moral Majority" picketing Jupiter Beach or even Ft Lauderdale anytime soon.
If you think 9-11 was just a terrorist attack against America, then you are sorely mistaken. It was a wake-up call to Americans enthralled by the decadent hedonism that passes for normal.
However, the average American then took to the Internet to show how racist they really are. One ignorant American even killed a Sikh in Arizona. More recently, a criminal shot up a Sikh temple. If this is the face of intelligence in America, then it is small wonder that a Christian preacher wanted to burn the Quran.
Would America change its ways? It appears that the GOP is willing to, though the result of that social experiment is the Tea Party and right-wing Militiamen.
Most of the Democrats endorse ObamaCare, despite the fact that the Republicans resisted it in vain. Although it still does not guarantee medications and medical procedures for free like it is in social health care in Canada and the UK, it has made various treatments for patients affordable.
In my opinion, the reason why this is the way it is with ObamaCare is because before ObamaCare, some patients might have died because their health insurance company wouldn't carry the medication or medical procedure any more. After ObamaCare, people's lives will be saved.
Overall though, Sayyid Qutb is right: America is destroying itself from the inside out. The rich elites of America are annihilating the poor, the immigrants, and especially the women.
America itself is in need of promoting the healthy development of its people and its progress in the world today. The war within the middle class results in more people among the poor collecting welfare, supposedly due to the poor economy but actually due to the fact that employees are expensive to maintain.
What do you do when Armageddon is near? Religion is not the answer here, and neither is politics.
Just carry on what you are doing, youth of America. I hear party music in the distance...
'Even the Western world realises that the Western civilization is unable to present any healthy values for the guidance of mankind. It knows that it does not possess anything which will satisfy its own conscience and justify its existence.' -- Sayyid Qutb, Milestones
Ever wonder why the terrorists blew up Bali? It's because of drink and its overblown evils.
Yet we in the West are tolerant of such things. Those of us who seldom drink to excess do not confront the drunkards and the drug addicts because of our fear that things will get out of hand. This is why you won't see the "Moral Majority" picketing Jupiter Beach or even Ft Lauderdale anytime soon.
If you think 9-11 was just a terrorist attack against America, then you are sorely mistaken. It was a wake-up call to Americans enthralled by the decadent hedonism that passes for normal.
However, the average American then took to the Internet to show how racist they really are. One ignorant American even killed a Sikh in Arizona. More recently, a criminal shot up a Sikh temple. If this is the face of intelligence in America, then it is small wonder that a Christian preacher wanted to burn the Quran.
Would America change its ways? It appears that the GOP is willing to, though the result of that social experiment is the Tea Party and right-wing Militiamen.
Most of the Democrats endorse ObamaCare, despite the fact that the Republicans resisted it in vain. Although it still does not guarantee medications and medical procedures for free like it is in social health care in Canada and the UK, it has made various treatments for patients affordable.
In my opinion, the reason why this is the way it is with ObamaCare is because before ObamaCare, some patients might have died because their health insurance company wouldn't carry the medication or medical procedure any more. After ObamaCare, people's lives will be saved.
Overall though, Sayyid Qutb is right: America is destroying itself from the inside out. The rich elites of America are annihilating the poor, the immigrants, and especially the women.
America itself is in need of promoting the healthy development of its people and its progress in the world today. The war within the middle class results in more people among the poor collecting welfare, supposedly due to the poor economy but actually due to the fact that employees are expensive to maintain.
What do you do when Armageddon is near? Religion is not the answer here, and neither is politics.
Just carry on what you are doing, youth of America. I hear party music in the distance...
20140310
Global Fear and Loathing: the Hypocrisy of Global Peace Keeping (satire)
Introduction: The Evil Empire of America
This article was written to show that the members of the UN Security Council who participated in the Kosova crisis for 78 days between March 24, 1999 and June 10, 1999 were controlled by America under the direction of its corporate masters, the same big businesses that profited from the rise of Nazism in Europe.
War improves the pocketbooks of various sectors of the American economy. The Desert Storm fiasco
helped Ford, GM and other manufacturers of vehicles used in the conflict. The Balkan conflict also helped their stocks. Also arms manufacturers both in American and abroad profited from the orgy of violence. The bottom line here is profits not lives. Perhaps two hundred rich people are very happy because their business portfolios were successful, and the blood is on their hands, despite their denials. All their philanthropy is pocket change compared to the blood money that constitutes all appreciation of stock value occurring after March 24, 1999.
Indeed, the rich are profiting at the expense of the poor, in violation of useless UN conventions which most corporations escape through such bizarre loopholes such as legally granting them the same rights from prosecution as private individuals. For the rich are the most aware and sensitive of class warfare, most of which has been instituted under such guises as narco-terrorism, trade sanctions against nations unwilling to allow foreign investment by American corporations, American military training of foreign armies and militias, and other forms of brutal repression.
Ultimately 200 people are the reason why the International Decade of Peace (2000-2010) is off to a rocky start.
Global Fear and Loathing
From the evidence I have discovered, NATO's recent involvement in the Balkans and the UN's continued involvement in the breakup of the Yugoslav republic, was initially precipitated by the failure of the Communists in their attempt to re-establish the Soviet dictatorship in Moscow prior to the pro-democracy, anti-government rally in Beograd (Belgrad) on March 9, 1991.
Yet, those people who claim this is merely a peace-keeping exercise by NATO against Serbia over Kosova with Albanian Muslims as the oppressed minority are too short-sighted to see the larger picture: the two major superpowers, Russia and America, are carving out a post-Cold War empire made out of broken promises by multinational corporations and risky economic recovery plans based on fast-food franchises.
We should not lose sight of the fact that the Serbs are victims too — of the cold-hearted spin-doctor war by an American PR firm, who shall remain nameless, since people who help to manufacture consent for an unnecessary decade of war in the Former Republic of Yugloslavia should not be mentioned lest their propaganda gain greater credibility: this new world order mythology of Serbia guilty of Nazi-like ethnic cleansing against the helpless Albanian Kosovars.
We were supposed to be credulous of the claims of Albanian Muslims as victims of Serb-led ethnic cleansing, when the truth is that the rebel UCK guerillas are as bloody in their raids against Serbs as the Serb militias were against innocent Albanian Muslims in Kosova. The original grievance of the Albanians is the loss of autonomy orchestrated by Serbian president Slobodan Milosevic in a futile bid to assimilate them into the Serbian mainstream.
Meanwhile, the 1994-1996 Chechen problem in Russia has similar echoes of ethnic cleansing with whole Chechen villages being wiped off the map, along with vital communications centres that could counteract the propaganda from Moscow now being broadcast as truth. The Chechen, who call themselves Nochkha, "the People", have grievances that originate with the beginning of the Soviet empire and later, the end of World War II. Russia has never treated the Chechens well, coveting their raw materials while trying to move them out of their tiny homeland. In response, these gentle Muslim people, who once knew no borders and lacked political awareness, developed a growing sense of their political situation, sometimes turning to violence out of frustration.
When objectively analyzed, both the Balkan situation and the Chechen situation are the same: Slavs are working against the weather to ensure cultural genocide to rid themselves of the independence-minded elements amongst the Muslims.
It does not matter if they are Albanian or Chechen. What matters is that Yugoslav Serbs are the enemy, and that Chechen rebels are the bad guys. After all, both Russia and the Kosova Muslims are our friends and allies, and we are supposed to be loyal to them, not to "the dogs of war" as the other side has been painted by the media. Yet it matters not that both the Serbs of the former Yugoslav republic and the Chechens of the Caucasus mountains have been branded the bad guys, especially when both the Serbs and the Chechen not part of the army or police are innocent civilians who are equally tarred with the same journalistic brush.
Likewise, it matters not to NATO or the Russian military might. This is why in Kosova, NATO allowed planes to kill indiscriminately. They could always regret the mistake later. In Chechen, Russia must exterminate the Chechen rebels so that it can keep this mineral-rich Caucasus province within its rapidly crumbling empire. In Kosova, NATO has claimed the land in the name of peace, but with truth and justice unfairly divided, it seems more prudent to consider this just desserts.
Perhaps the US is using this military exercise as punishment against Milosevic for the death of an obscure American statesman and a handful of businessmen during the first phase of the break-up of Yugoslavia.
Still we must consider the bigger picture: the vying of two superpowers for control of the lucrative economic potential of the Balkans. This consists of both legitimate industry and illegitimate industry:
References
First Hearing of the Independent Commission of Inquiry to Investigate U.S./NATO War Crimes Against the People of Yugoslavia, July 31, 1999 New York City http://www.iacenter.org/warcrime/progtrib.htm
Opening of International Commission of Inquiry http://www.iacenter.org/sflwc.htm This document condemns the UN Security Council members who participated in the reason their defense budgets were increased: the breakup of Yugoslavia.
NATO in the Balkans http://www.iacenter.org/bosnia/nbtoc.htm
The Bosnian Tragedy http://www.iacenter.org/bosnia/tragedy.htm
Origins of the breakup -- a US Law http://www.iacenter.org/bosnia/origins.htm This document shows that American corporations were behind the Balkan conflicts since 1990. Note also that official government sites in most of the member nations that participated in the recent blood bath in Yugoslavia conveniently ignore the non-violence and peace movements in Serbia which won elections is most of the cities of Serbia, and also fail to include reference to origins of the break up in a US law.
Blagovesta Doncehva, "Slavery is Freedom" - a second letter to the Serbian democratic opposition http://www.emperors-clothes.com/articles/doncheva/donch4.htm
Global Fear and Loathing originally written Sunday, October 03, 1999 10:48
The Evil Empire of America written Wednesday, November 03, 1999 22:56
The Poverty of Democracy written 12-24-1999 15:03 and 07-25-2000 09:28
Militancy As American Foreign Policy written Tuesday, July 11, 2000 18:29 and Monday, July 25, 2000 10:49
Propaganda and the Myth of Communism written Friday, June 16, 2000 06:57 and 2000-07-19 12:31
MAKE WAR NO MORE written Tuesday November 9, 1999 14:47 and Monday July 17, 2000 16:35
No More War written Sunday, July 02, 2000 12:56
Resisting the New Tyranny That Is America written Friday, July 21, 2000 21:35
Paragraphs 1 and 2 of An Alternative to the Police's Role in Political Protest originally written October 28, 1999, amplified Tuesday, July 25, 2000 20:09 and edited Tuesday, July 25, 2000 20:25
Class Essays: An Alternative to the Corporate Hegemony originally posted to bc.politics Thu, 26 Aug 1999 17:06:13 -0700
Various parts of this article compiled and amplified into a cohesive whole on Monday, August 21, 2000 17:33 PDT with additions on Tuesday August 22, 2000 15:21 PDT
Edited for Gandhara post Thursay March 20, 2008 19:51 PDT
Formatted Monday March 10, 2014 06:34 AM
This article was written to show that the members of the UN Security Council who participated in the Kosova crisis for 78 days between March 24, 1999 and June 10, 1999 were controlled by America under the direction of its corporate masters, the same big businesses that profited from the rise of Nazism in Europe.
War improves the pocketbooks of various sectors of the American economy. The Desert Storm fiasco
helped Ford, GM and other manufacturers of vehicles used in the conflict. The Balkan conflict also helped their stocks. Also arms manufacturers both in American and abroad profited from the orgy of violence. The bottom line here is profits not lives. Perhaps two hundred rich people are very happy because their business portfolios were successful, and the blood is on their hands, despite their denials. All their philanthropy is pocket change compared to the blood money that constitutes all appreciation of stock value occurring after March 24, 1999.
Indeed, the rich are profiting at the expense of the poor, in violation of useless UN conventions which most corporations escape through such bizarre loopholes such as legally granting them the same rights from prosecution as private individuals. For the rich are the most aware and sensitive of class warfare, most of which has been instituted under such guises as narco-terrorism, trade sanctions against nations unwilling to allow foreign investment by American corporations, American military training of foreign armies and militias, and other forms of brutal repression.
Ultimately 200 people are the reason why the International Decade of Peace (2000-2010) is off to a rocky start.
Global Fear and Loathing
From the evidence I have discovered, NATO's recent involvement in the Balkans and the UN's continued involvement in the breakup of the Yugoslav republic, was initially precipitated by the failure of the Communists in their attempt to re-establish the Soviet dictatorship in Moscow prior to the pro-democracy, anti-government rally in Beograd (Belgrad) on March 9, 1991.
Yet, those people who claim this is merely a peace-keeping exercise by NATO against Serbia over Kosova with Albanian Muslims as the oppressed minority are too short-sighted to see the larger picture: the two major superpowers, Russia and America, are carving out a post-Cold War empire made out of broken promises by multinational corporations and risky economic recovery plans based on fast-food franchises.
We should not lose sight of the fact that the Serbs are victims too — of the cold-hearted spin-doctor war by an American PR firm, who shall remain nameless, since people who help to manufacture consent for an unnecessary decade of war in the Former Republic of Yugloslavia should not be mentioned lest their propaganda gain greater credibility: this new world order mythology of Serbia guilty of Nazi-like ethnic cleansing against the helpless Albanian Kosovars.
We were supposed to be credulous of the claims of Albanian Muslims as victims of Serb-led ethnic cleansing, when the truth is that the rebel UCK guerillas are as bloody in their raids against Serbs as the Serb militias were against innocent Albanian Muslims in Kosova. The original grievance of the Albanians is the loss of autonomy orchestrated by Serbian president Slobodan Milosevic in a futile bid to assimilate them into the Serbian mainstream.
Meanwhile, the 1994-1996 Chechen problem in Russia has similar echoes of ethnic cleansing with whole Chechen villages being wiped off the map, along with vital communications centres that could counteract the propaganda from Moscow now being broadcast as truth. The Chechen, who call themselves Nochkha, "the People", have grievances that originate with the beginning of the Soviet empire and later, the end of World War II. Russia has never treated the Chechens well, coveting their raw materials while trying to move them out of their tiny homeland. In response, these gentle Muslim people, who once knew no borders and lacked political awareness, developed a growing sense of their political situation, sometimes turning to violence out of frustration.
When objectively analyzed, both the Balkan situation and the Chechen situation are the same: Slavs are working against the weather to ensure cultural genocide to rid themselves of the independence-minded elements amongst the Muslims.
It does not matter if they are Albanian or Chechen. What matters is that Yugoslav Serbs are the enemy, and that Chechen rebels are the bad guys. After all, both Russia and the Kosova Muslims are our friends and allies, and we are supposed to be loyal to them, not to "the dogs of war" as the other side has been painted by the media. Yet it matters not that both the Serbs of the former Yugoslav republic and the Chechens of the Caucasus mountains have been branded the bad guys, especially when both the Serbs and the Chechen not part of the army or police are innocent civilians who are equally tarred with the same journalistic brush.
Likewise, it matters not to NATO or the Russian military might. This is why in Kosova, NATO allowed planes to kill indiscriminately. They could always regret the mistake later. In Chechen, Russia must exterminate the Chechen rebels so that it can keep this mineral-rich Caucasus province within its rapidly crumbling empire. In Kosova, NATO has claimed the land in the name of peace, but with truth and justice unfairly divided, it seems more prudent to consider this just desserts.
Perhaps the US is using this military exercise as punishment against Milosevic for the death of an obscure American statesman and a handful of businessmen during the first phase of the break-up of Yugoslavia.
Still we must consider the bigger picture: the vying of two superpowers for control of the lucrative economic potential of the Balkans. This consists of both legitimate industry and illegitimate industry:
- Drugs
- Prostitution
- Minerals
- Petroleum refineries
- Manufactured goods
References
First Hearing of the Independent Commission of Inquiry to Investigate U.S./NATO War Crimes Against the People of Yugoslavia, July 31, 1999 New York City http://www.iacenter.org/warcrime/progtrib.htm
Opening of International Commission of Inquiry http://www.iacenter.org/sflwc.htm This document condemns the UN Security Council members who participated in the reason their defense budgets were increased: the breakup of Yugoslavia.
NATO in the Balkans http://www.iacenter.org/bosnia/nbtoc.htm
The Bosnian Tragedy http://www.iacenter.org/bosnia/tragedy.htm
Origins of the breakup -- a US Law http://www.iacenter.org/bosnia/origins.htm This document shows that American corporations were behind the Balkan conflicts since 1990. Note also that official government sites in most of the member nations that participated in the recent blood bath in Yugoslavia conveniently ignore the non-violence and peace movements in Serbia which won elections is most of the cities of Serbia, and also fail to include reference to origins of the break up in a US law.
Blagovesta Doncehva, "Slavery is Freedom" - a second letter to the Serbian democratic opposition http://www.emperors-clothes.com/articles/doncheva/donch4.htm
Global Fear and Loathing originally written Sunday, October 03, 1999 10:48
The Evil Empire of America written Wednesday, November 03, 1999 22:56
The Poverty of Democracy written 12-24-1999 15:03 and 07-25-2000 09:28
Militancy As American Foreign Policy written Tuesday, July 11, 2000 18:29 and Monday, July 25, 2000 10:49
Propaganda and the Myth of Communism written Friday, June 16, 2000 06:57 and 2000-07-19 12:31
MAKE WAR NO MORE written Tuesday November 9, 1999 14:47 and Monday July 17, 2000 16:35
No More War written Sunday, July 02, 2000 12:56
Resisting the New Tyranny That Is America written Friday, July 21, 2000 21:35
Paragraphs 1 and 2 of An Alternative to the Police's Role in Political Protest originally written October 28, 1999, amplified Tuesday, July 25, 2000 20:09 and edited Tuesday, July 25, 2000 20:25
Class Essays: An Alternative to the Corporate Hegemony originally posted to bc.politics Thu, 26 Aug 1999 17:06:13 -0700
Various parts of this article compiled and amplified into a cohesive whole on Monday, August 21, 2000 17:33 PDT with additions on Tuesday August 22, 2000 15:21 PDT
Edited for Gandhara post Thursay March 20, 2008 19:51 PDT
Formatted Monday March 10, 2014 06:34 AM
20140205
The Suppression of Arab Spring (satire)
al-Arsuzi is one of the founding fathers of Arab Baathism, which dominates Syrian government.
Arab Baathism is a mainly secular ideology based on Arab Marxism, due to pan-Arabist ideology. It differs greatly from the pseudo-religious ideology of al Qaeda and the Islamists, who are inspired by Salafi and Wahhabi ideology that dominates Saudi Arabian politics and the Saudi regimes of Qatar, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia as well as Bahrain.
Most Muslims devoted to Salafi and Wahhabi are not fanatics like al Qaeda. Sharia does not promote the killing of a Muslim by another Muslim. A Muslim would call it haram, which means "forbidden" or "taboo".
I would even consider al-Qaeda and the Islamists as well as other related terrorist groups (Chechen, Somalian, and home-grown terrorists seduced by on-line charismatic Muslim jihad rhetoric) to actually be subconscious unbelievers who project their unbelief onto other Muslims outside their small in-group.
When they get the expected outrage from Muslims, these fanatics then play the al Qaeda version of King of the Hill, in which they claim to be the only true believers. Their twisted logic is thus based on a pathological denial of their unbelief combined with the promise that by ridding the world of unbelievers in a holy war of jihad, the al Qaeda jihadi will on his death be carried to Paradise by angels who are sacred virgins.
I consider it likely these angels are actually Valkyries carrying fallen souls to Purgatory to prepare them like gold ore for refinement.
In my opinion, Arab Spring was suppressed in the Arab nations I have mentioned in this article as well being currently suppressed in Syria today.
Though the current situation in Syria is not a civil war but a proxy war by the following list of characters on one side.
This is because money talks as Qatar, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia finance the al Qaeda fanatics with covert approval by Canada, the US, the UK, New Zealand and Australia, who are the Five Eyes of the West.
Some of these characters were in the International Security Assistance Force that invaded Afghanistan to replace the repressive regime of the Taleban with the closest thing to a democratic government. A similar coalition known as Multi-National - Iraq also invaded Iraq under the false flag of weapons of mass destruction (WMD). Lumping the nations that opted out of this Coalition together, I'll call the ones who may have trade ties with the three Arab nations and the Five Eyes nations, the Friends of the Coalition in Afghanistan and Iraq (FCAI) to make this article readable.
Opposing the Coalition are Russia and China.
Most of the European Union (EU) is neutral but willing to make trade pacts with the newly minted democratic governments of both Afghanistan and Iraq while keeping whatever trade ties they may have with both sides, along with the Coalition.
As well, the FCAI may be considered to be neutral but also willing to do trade with Russia and China.
Some of the EU may also be in the FCAI. Most of the nations in Africa are in the FCAI.
To simply their relationship, let's imagine three circles intersecting each other. On the left is Russia and China and on the right, the Coalition. Intersecting both of these circles is the FCAI.
Moving right along, my reason for presenting a short history lesson of Arab Baathism by introducing one of the founding fathers is because of the current crisis in Syria. My analysis of al Qaeda however is due to their presence in Syria.
By using psychobabble in describing their subconscious projection and conscious denial of it, I am attempting to present humor into the situation. As well, the description of a jihadi's afterlife is presented in terms that a Westerner can understand. I merely paraphrased the al Qaeda political ideology.
As for depicting the angels as being like the Valkyries taking a jihadi to Purgatory, I am parodying an unorthodox mashup of Norse mythology about the Valkyries who were said to take fallen Viking warriors to Valhalla, the Norse Paradise for warriors combined with the Christian ideal of a Purgatory for fallen souls and added a hint of my personally created mythology about Purgatory and subtly implied that fallen souls will redeemed after being purified like gold ore into pure gold, perhaps after being purified in a pit of brimstone and fire. ;)
My opinion about Arab Spring failing in Qatar, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia implies that it never appeared in those nations.
References:
Zaki al-Arsuzi: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaki_al-Arsuzi
Five Eyes: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UKUSA_Agreement
International Security Assistance Force: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Security_Assistance_Force
Multi-Nation Force - Iraq: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-National_Force_%E2%80%93_Iraq
Arab Baathism is a mainly secular ideology based on Arab Marxism, due to pan-Arabist ideology. It differs greatly from the pseudo-religious ideology of al Qaeda and the Islamists, who are inspired by Salafi and Wahhabi ideology that dominates Saudi Arabian politics and the Saudi regimes of Qatar, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia as well as Bahrain.
Most Muslims devoted to Salafi and Wahhabi are not fanatics like al Qaeda. Sharia does not promote the killing of a Muslim by another Muslim. A Muslim would call it haram, which means "forbidden" or "taboo".
I would even consider al-Qaeda and the Islamists as well as other related terrorist groups (Chechen, Somalian, and home-grown terrorists seduced by on-line charismatic Muslim jihad rhetoric) to actually be subconscious unbelievers who project their unbelief onto other Muslims outside their small in-group.
When they get the expected outrage from Muslims, these fanatics then play the al Qaeda version of King of the Hill, in which they claim to be the only true believers. Their twisted logic is thus based on a pathological denial of their unbelief combined with the promise that by ridding the world of unbelievers in a holy war of jihad, the al Qaeda jihadi will on his death be carried to Paradise by angels who are sacred virgins.
I consider it likely these angels are actually Valkyries carrying fallen souls to Purgatory to prepare them like gold ore for refinement.
In my opinion, Arab Spring was suppressed in the Arab nations I have mentioned in this article as well being currently suppressed in Syria today.
Though the current situation in Syria is not a civil war but a proxy war by the following list of characters on one side.
This is because money talks as Qatar, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia finance the al Qaeda fanatics with covert approval by Canada, the US, the UK, New Zealand and Australia, who are the Five Eyes of the West.
Some of these characters were in the International Security Assistance Force that invaded Afghanistan to replace the repressive regime of the Taleban with the closest thing to a democratic government. A similar coalition known as Multi-National - Iraq also invaded Iraq under the false flag of weapons of mass destruction (WMD). Lumping the nations that opted out of this Coalition together, I'll call the ones who may have trade ties with the three Arab nations and the Five Eyes nations, the Friends of the Coalition in Afghanistan and Iraq (FCAI) to make this article readable.
Opposing the Coalition are Russia and China.
Most of the European Union (EU) is neutral but willing to make trade pacts with the newly minted democratic governments of both Afghanistan and Iraq while keeping whatever trade ties they may have with both sides, along with the Coalition.
As well, the FCAI may be considered to be neutral but also willing to do trade with Russia and China.
Some of the EU may also be in the FCAI. Most of the nations in Africa are in the FCAI.
To simply their relationship, let's imagine three circles intersecting each other. On the left is Russia and China and on the right, the Coalition. Intersecting both of these circles is the FCAI.
Moving right along, my reason for presenting a short history lesson of Arab Baathism by introducing one of the founding fathers is because of the current crisis in Syria. My analysis of al Qaeda however is due to their presence in Syria.
By using psychobabble in describing their subconscious projection and conscious denial of it, I am attempting to present humor into the situation. As well, the description of a jihadi's afterlife is presented in terms that a Westerner can understand. I merely paraphrased the al Qaeda political ideology.
As for depicting the angels as being like the Valkyries taking a jihadi to Purgatory, I am parodying an unorthodox mashup of Norse mythology about the Valkyries who were said to take fallen Viking warriors to Valhalla, the Norse Paradise for warriors combined with the Christian ideal of a Purgatory for fallen souls and added a hint of my personally created mythology about Purgatory and subtly implied that fallen souls will redeemed after being purified like gold ore into pure gold, perhaps after being purified in a pit of brimstone and fire. ;)
My opinion about Arab Spring failing in Qatar, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia implies that it never appeared in those nations.
References:
Zaki al-Arsuzi: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaki_al-Arsuzi
Five Eyes: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UKUSA_Agreement
International Security Assistance Force: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Security_Assistance_Force
Multi-Nation Force - Iraq: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-National_Force_%E2%80%93_Iraq
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