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THERE IS NO MILITANT ISLAM! --

The 19 homicide bombers of 9/11 all thought they were ‘affirming God’s justice and being morally responsible to him’. They thought they were going to be instantly transported to Paradise because they were performing the ultimate service to God.

Mr. Al-Mansur observed, “As a non-white from a non-Western (i.e. Muslim) country, I am not obliged to be politically correct … unlike many of my fellow visitors to this website. So let me make it loud and clear … there is no such thing as ‘Militant Islam’! Islam IS militant! You certainly do not use the term ‘White Caucasian’ or ‘Yellow Chinese’, do you?”

I completely agree with this analysis and gave proof of it in my book, The Everlasting Hatred, the Roots of Jihad.”“ Why do I say that Islam is at its core militant?

First, because of its Teachings in its sacred writings and the example of its founders Mohammad. What other religion commands its believers to conquer by force, to kill, to rape and to pillage until the whole world embraces their religion?

According to the Muslim teachers, the Koran records the direct spoken Word of Allah and is not subject to interpretation. Therefore, the moderate statements of the Koran cannot be used to modify its commands to hunt down and kill all unbelievers who will not surrender to Islam and become a Muslim.

Second, its historical record. What other religion has continuously sought to spread itself by force? Since its founding thirteen centuries ago, Islam has been on the offensive, conquering Jews, Christians, Buddhists, Hindus, Animists, etc.

And today, they dominate world news. This is because Muslim Fundamentalists are threatening all western civilization and non-Muslim countries with acts of terrorism.

Of the 1.3 billion Muslims in the world, about 85% of them do not choose to personally to war against the unbelievers. These are people who choose to ignore the violent verses of the Koran and focus on the verses that speak of justice, morality and kindness.

They also choose to overlook the example of Mohammad’s use of violence in spreading the faith. But it should always be remembered that a mild mannered Muslim can be manipulated with a sense of guilt and obligation by a devout fundamentalist. If they can’t actively fight, they can be manipulated to contribute money and lend aid and comfort to those who ‘give their lives in the service of Allah.’

If they stay, they can at least pay and pray. What should alarm the entire Western world is that all Muslims are potentially convertible to Fundamentalists. They are like ‘sleeper agents’ in our midst.

Bush’s Blind Spot

President Bush continues to reveal his complete lack of understanding Islam. He is a good Christian man who is getting very bad advice and counsel.

When our Christian President says that “Islam affirms God’s justice”, we have to recognize that he is not a well-taught Christian.

Allah is not the same as the God of the Bible. So a Christian who understands the Bible has to ask, “What god and what justice are you talking about?” The Bible says “the god of this world disguises himself as an angel of light.”

Unfortunately, President Bush is not listening to the Christian leaders who know the Bible and do understand Islam and related issues.

Al-Mansur, a man born and raised in a Muslim culture, made an incredibly astute observation, “I'm sorry to say that it [i.e., America’s war on terror] is not a war on terrorism, nor a war on a terrorist version of Islam. It is a war against the ideology/teachings of Islam! Although I don't share their religion, Pat Robertson, Jerry Falwell, Franklin Graham, Jimmy Swaggart are right!” Allah is not the same God as the God of the Bible.

It is paradoxical that Bush is condemning the Christian leaders who helped get him elected, while most Muslims are not condemning the terrorist and the Muslim clerics whose teachings inspire them.

Can’t Beat An Enemy You Don’t Recognize

No one can win a war when he doesn’t recognize precisely who is the enemy and gives them the freedom to move about within the country with no special surveillance of their activity.

We can’t even ‘profile’ the group that statistically are predictable to be terrorists – Muslim men between the ages of 17 and 40 years old.

We call Muslim nations friends whose leaders give phony lip service to our war against terrorism. While at the same time they have populations that hate us and support terrorist organizations. They not only support them logistically and give them money, but they also provide them with lethal weapons – even weapons of mass destruction.

We need to ignore the concept of “political correctness” that is being peddled by an ill-informed media. They have managed to frame the whole situation in terms of their own ignorant assessment.

Very few in the media have studied the history of the Muslim religion and its teachings. Even fewer accurately understand the history and dynamics of the current Middle East Crisis.

America’s war against terrorism as it is now being fought is doomed to failure. Unless we recognize that the true enemy is the basic teachings and ideology of the Muslim religion itself, we will not be able to focus our limited forces against the growing menace that threatens our very survival.

America is in a war of survival that is unlike any war we have ever fought. Time is not on our side. We need to pray that our leaders will soon be awakened to what we are really fighting before it is too late.