3 posts tagged “taqiyya”
The essence of Islam is evil with the framework of Western standards. It is especially evil compared to Christian ethics; however it is evil also in the face of Western secular ethics.
It is doubtful an egalitarian secular humanist would agree that secular Western ethics would find Islam evil. The fact the Secular Humanism believes all humanity are equal regardless of race, creed, religion (or lack of religion), sexual persuasion et al; forces a view that disparaging the religion of Islam as abhorrent.
And thus I am frequently called a “hater,” “hatemonger,” “bigot” and whatever disparaging epithet because I learning to understand Islam (or Mohammedanism after the theo-political cult’s founder) and to share the information on blogs.
I am indebted to websites such as Jihad Watch, Dhimmi Watch, CAIR Watch, Anti-CAIR, Apostates of Islam, Answering Islam, TheReligionOfPeace.com, Sharia Finance Watch, Faith Freedom International, Counterterrorism Blog, Gates of Vienna, MEMRI and I could name more.
These website give a stark portrayal of Islam in action (so-called moderate and Islamist).
The website that has been beneficial lately is Political Islam. Bill Warner has provided an understanding as to why Muslims can say Islam is peaceful and yet be guilty of such reprehensible acts of violence.
The latest post I have from Bill Warner is “The Doctrine of Deceit.” Here Warner explains how a duality system of ethics allows a Muslim to lie with a sense of guiltlessness or that the concept of “Greater Jihad” (Murdering Kafir) and “Lesser Jihad” (the so-called inner struggle) are equally valid concepts to a Muslim and are non-contradictory.
You should really Read “The Doctrine of Deceit.”
JRH 8/9/08
Ted Bellman believes a peace deal has been made between Israel and Syria.
Apparently Israel has working behind closed doors under Turkish mediation to cut yet another land for peace scheme with Syria. Bellman suspects there is a relationship with Egypt mediated truce between Israel and Hamas.
It all boils down to the apparent success of convincing Arabs and Sunni minded Turks that Shi’ite Iran has become so much of a threat to the ruling Sunni Elites of the Middle East, that they are willing to make serious deals to legitimize Israel in order to focus on Iran.
It would be a huge coup to get Syria on board with the other Arab nations and Turkey and out of the Iranian orbit.
The thing is I do not trust it. Assad of Syria has signed military pacts with Iran. Syria and Iran has been a conduit to provide sophisticated weaponry to Shi’ite Hezbollah of Lebanon to the detriment of Sunni Muslims and Christian Arabs of the same nation. Since Hezbollah is a puppet of Iran with a goal to eradicate Israel, there is an essence of treachery in the air.
Another thing to consider is that the population of Syria is a majority Sunni Muslim nation; however the ruling elites are Alawites more akin to Shia than Sunni. The only thing that Shia and Sunni really have in common is the radical Islamic element hating Israel and America.
I personally have the opinion the Alawite elites of Syria are practicing Taqiyya with the Sunni Arabs and Israel in a Machiavellian move to strategically upgrade military positioning on Israel and the weak official Lebanonese government. This will enable a Hezbollah coup in which the Shi’ites become the dictatorial rulers of Lebanon while Syria will be in a position to enhance Hezbollah and confront Israel if the Israeli government discovers there deluded mistake of land for peace.
The Egyptian brokered peace between Israel and Hamas is also a probable Taqiyya situation in which the irony of Sunni Hamas receiving military weaponry and training from Shi’ite Iran.
So here is the land for peace picture I see developing under the noses of Israel, America and Sunni Arabs concerned about Iran: A Hezbollah dominated rule over Lebanon north of Israel; a constantly hostile Syria (supported by Iran) northeast of Israel in which if the Golan Heights are returned, a strategic highway for an invading Syria; and an Iranian armed Hamas and Islamic Jihad (not to mention an al-Qaeda and Iranian Revolutionary Guard presence) south of Israel. Add to this: I have suspicions about Egypt’s loyalty to America and Israel. There is such a virulent radical Islamic hatred by the Egyptian populace of Israel I suspect Mubarak might weigh his options to enter an Israeli invasion. Mubarak would re-establish a connection with the huge radical element of his citizens, Egypt (if successful) would be an Arab Sunni hegemon of the Levant to the exclusion of the designs of Shi’ite Iran and a victory would make Mubarak the 21st century Saladin expelling the kafir from Dar al-Islam as the Egyptian (Kurdish Muslim actually) Saladin expelled the Crusaders from much of the Levant.
Yes, I smell geopolitical Taqiyya among Mohammedans in the Middle East that is not good for the global economy and not good for Israeli Jews.
Unofficially Hamas has agreed to an Egyptian brokered truce with Israel. I personally suspect Mohammedan Taqiyya (deception) either to rearm or the fear that Israel was one straw from breaking the camel’s back to militarily enter Gaza with extreme prejudice to end the rocket launches into Israel.
One thing of note: Once again the Yahoo News story which was an AP Wire release, amazingly make Israel the bad guy for the tension between Israel and Hamas controlled Gaza.
Check out these quotes from the Yahoo/AP article:
In a last-minute jolt, Israeli aircraft attacked three targets in the southern Gaza Strip. One of the airstrikes destroyed a car, killing six militants inside.
A large crowd gathered around the car's smoldering remains, and a puddle of blood was visible on the asphalt. Gaza militants then fired four mortar shells at Israel, the first of the day, the military said. No one was hurt.
Hamas officials accused Israel of trying to undermine the truce, but said they would not let the violence derail the Egyptian efforts.
"We are going to commit ourselves to the start time that Egypt is going to declare regarding the calm," said Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri. However, the group's television station said the movement would respond to "any Zionist aggression," underscoring the delicate situation.
AP Writer Ibrahim Barzak gives the impression that just as a truce is struck Israel sends war planes to southern Gaza to kill “militants.” Also the impression is given that Israel executed the attacks to “derail” the truce but noble Hamas was going to honor the truce this time anyway.
To give Barzak a little credit he makes a feeble effort to explain the whole issue of Israeli attacks in Gaza; however he still leaves out the truth of the Israeli air strikes.
Gaza militants have been bombarding southern Israel with rockets and mortars for seven years. The rate of fire increased after Israel pulled its troops and settlers out of Gaza in 2005 and stepped up further last year after Hamas wrested power from forces loyal to moderate Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
Again using the word sanitized word “militants,” Barzak writes that the hated filled murdering terrorists have been sending rockets and mortars into Southern Israel. Hence Barzak feebly explains the long term basis for Israeli reprisals but no explanation for the last attack.
Israel has responded with pinpoint air and ground attacks that have killed hundreds of Palestinians, many of them civilians. It has also imposed a strict blockade on Gaza, letting in only limited amounts of humanitarian aid, restricting fuel supplies and widening already rampant unemployment. Ending the economic sanctions by opening Gaza's crossings with Israel and Egypt has been a major Hamas demand in the cease-fire talks.
Barzak continues to demonize Israel by the Israel air attacks have been “pinpoint.” The demonization is made complete with Barzak’s pro-Arab news by saying the Israeli attacks have killed hundreds of Palestinians of which “many of them” were civilians. Thus the word “Palestinians” is a sanitized code for Jew hating terrorists and “civilians” implies innocent by-standers.
What a bunch of pro-Arab Left Wing propagandized half truths!
The “militants” and “Palestinians” spoken of are Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorists which have the sole aim of destroying Israel. The Hamas and Islamic Jihad targets have been Israeli civilians. Israeli targets are Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorist murdering operatives and leadership that often encircle their self with women and children that are used as human shields. When the human shields die Hamas and Islamic Jihad use it as propaganda that innocent Arabs that call themselves Palestinians were killed by Israeli military expedition.
Indeed the terrorists killed in the Israeli airstrike were Islamic Jihad terrorists and one al Qaeda associate that were involved in a recent missile strike in Israel (reporting the initial Israeli air strike).
Hmm ... al Qaeda! Isn't that the transnational terrorist organization that turned the Twin Towers into a pile of rubble killing innocent Americans on American soil?
The Israeli government is correctly mistrusting of the Hamas agreed truce but feels politically backed into a corner to stop the murdering terrorist missile launches against Israeli civilians.
