Islam 2010

Why It Matters Samuel Huntington (“The Clash of Civilizations”) estimated that by 2025 Muslims would increase to 30% and Christians decline to 25%. From the U.S. Center for World Mission

Largest Muslim Populations  Indonesia MM 88%  Pakistan MM96%  India MM13%  Bangladesh MM90%  Egypt - 79 MM95%  Nigeria - 78 MM50%  Turkey - 74 MM98%  Iran - 74 MM99%

Islam And Terrorism   Most Muslims are not terrorists, but today almost all terrorists are Muslims.  Since 9/11 over 10,000 terrorist attacks have been committed by Muslims.  We need to understand what in Islam causes this phenomenon.

The Prophet’s Early Days  Muhammad ibn Abdallah ibn Abd al- Muttalib ( )  Youth marked by poverty and rejection  Age 25: marries Khadija, a wealthy older widow  Age 40: first revelation  Co-opts the moon god Allah  Meccan establishment turns against him

The Prophet Has To Flee  Flight to Medina in 622AD :”Hijra”  Marriage to Ayesha at age 6  Wooing of the Jews  The beginning of the Years of the Sword

Paradise Lies Beneath The Shadow Of Swords  “I will cast terror into the hearts of the infidels! Strike off their heads” (8:12)  Battles, raids and caravan plundering  Massacre of the Bani Quraiza  Treaty of Hudaibiyah with Mecca  Mecca falls, despite the truce  In 632 Muhammad dies at age 62

The First Caliphs  Muhammad was succeded by his father in law Abu Bakr  The second caliph Umar, another father in law, was assassinated in 644  The third caliph Uthman, a son in law, was assassinated in 656  The fourth caliph Ali, another son in law, was assassinated in 661

Sunni/Shi’a Split  Shi’a comes from “followers of Ali”  Shi’a follow the same main tenets of Islam as Sunnis under different names  Shi’a recognize twelve caliphs, Ali being the first  10% to 13% of Muslims are estimated to be Shi’a  The twelfth caliph: the Mahdi

The Mahdi Prophecy  “a fire … will appear in the sky and a redness … will cover the sky. … blood will be shed and houses destroyed. Death will occur … and a fear will come over the people …”  “We must prepare ourselves to rule the world” President Ahmadinejad

The Spread of Islam  Islam was spread by the sword, not conversion  637: Jerusalem falls  641: Alexandria falls  677: Siege of Constantinople; Islam reaches from Tunisia to Afghanistan  711: Spain falls  846: Sack of Rome

Islam Checked  718: Saracens repulsed at second siege of Constantinople  732: Charles Martel defeats Muslim army at Poitiers in central France  1529 and 1683: Turks besiege Vienna but fail to take it

The tenets of Islam  Shahadah: Testifying that there is none worthy of worship except God, and that Muhammad is His servant and messenger.  Salah: Performing the five daily prayers.  Zakat: Giving charity.  Sawm: Fasting from dawn to dusk in the month of.  Sawm: Fasting from dawn to dusk in the month of Ramadan.  Hajj: The Pilgrimage to Mecca, compulsory once in a lifetime for one who has the ability to do it.

Interpretation of the Koran  Islamic jurisprudence relies on:  The Qur’an  The Hadith (narrations about the Prophet’s life, the most reliable being the Sahih Bukhari and Sahih Muslim)  The Sira (life or biography of the Prophet)  No unchallenged text of the Koran even 200 years after Muhammad’s death  Four Schools of Law in Sunni Islam  No established Sunni church hierarchy  Allah’s word can not be adapted or interpreted

Doctrine of Abrogation  The Doctrine of Abrogation (naskh)  The more recent (Medinan) suras, supersede the older (Meccan) ones  The Verse of the Sword (9:5): “slay the idolaters wherever you find them, and take them captives and besiege them and lie in wait for them in every ambush”

The Closing Of The Door Of Ijtihad  “Ijtihad” means independent reasoning and analytical thought  After the X century no more Schools of Law were founded  All legal questions were considered to have been resolved  Makes it extremely difficult to reform Islam to adapt it to the modern world

Islam Is The State  Islam is not only a religion, but also a political ideology  No concept of a secular, religiously neutral, state  Islam claims to permeate every part of governance and daily life  Mandatory application of Shari’a Law to the whole world  No equal rights for non-Muslims (Dhimmis)

US Muslim Attitudes  47% of the 2.4MM Muslims in the US are Muslims first, Americans second  26% of those under 30 support suicide bombings in some circumstances – 300,000 in total  7% of those under 30 have a favorable view of Al Qaeda – 100,000 in total

Taqiyya  Shia dispensation to conceal one’s faith when threatened  “When it is possible to achieve … [a praiseworthy] aim by lying but not by telling the truth, it is permissible to lie if attaining the goal is permissible..., and obligatory to lie if the goal is obligatory.” Al-Ghazali (Sunni theologian)

What is Jihad?  Many Muslim apologists proclaim that Jihad is only a struggle for internal improvement  They omit the other type of Jihad, warfare against the infidel, which is just as compulsory under mainstream Muslim jurisprudence

Shari’a Law  Submission to law other than Shari’a is rebellion against Allah  Shari’a is the law wherever Islam rules  Barbaric punishments  “Kill the one who sodomises and the one who lets it be done to him.” (Tirmidhi)  Blood money

Infidels and Apostates  “Take not the Jews and the Christians for friends. … He among you who taketh them for friends is (one) of them.” (5:51)  “Slay the idolaters wherever ye find them” (9:5)  “Whoever changed his Islamic religion, then kill him.” (Sahih Bukhari)

“Strike Off Their Heads”  “I will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieve. Therefore strike off their heads…” (8:12)  Religious authority for beheadings  Also seen by some to allow terrorism  “Being a terrorist makes me a good Muslim”

Women Under Islam  “Men have authority over women” (4:34)  A woman can not testify against a man accusing him of rape  Flogged or stoned to death

Freedom of Speech under Islam  Since there is no distinction between Islam and the State, there can be no freedom to speak out against Islam  Abu Afak and Asma bint Marwan  624 AD: “Who will rid me of Marwan’s daughter?”  2006 AD: “Behead Those Who Insult Islam”

London, Feb. 2006

Dhimmis  Dhimmis, infidels living under Muslim rule, are second class citizens  An infidel who curses a Muslim is to be killed unless he converts  Dhimmis have to pay the Jizya, or poll tax  Dhimmis can not give evidence against Muslims

Sharia and Slavery  The Koran regulates slavery in detail, endowing it with divine sanction  Muhammad owned dozens of slaves  Enslavement of Muslims is discouraged  Saudi Arabia  Mauritania and Sudan

Hatred of Jews  Muhammad unsuccessfully wooed the Jews  Their rejection assured them of his hatred  “Muslims will kill Jews”  Pigs and monkeys  Arafat, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem and Adolf Hitler

Pakistan, Feb. 2006

Islam Claims World Rule  Islam claims to always have been the only true religion  Dar al-Islam and Dar al-Harb  Recovery of once Muslim lands  Reestablishment of the Caliphate  Choices for an infidel: Convert to Islam Convert to Islam Live as a “Dhimmi” Live as a “Dhimmi” Be killed Be killed

Manhattan, Feb. 2006

The Rise of Wahhabism  Founded by  Founded by Muhammad ibn Abd al Wahhab ( ) in Arabia   Restore Islam to its “original meaning”   Made official religion of Saudi state in XVIII century by Muhammad bin Saud   Insignificant sect until discovery of Saudi oil in 1938   Saudi Arabia reportedly has spent over $75 billion to spread Wahhabism around the world

Wahhabism Today  Wahhabi preachers teach hatred for Jews, Christians and even non- Wahhabi Muslims  They call for Muslims to join Jihad  Wahhabi mosques are centers for distribution of anti-Western hate literature

Islam In The West  France MM7.5%  Germany MM3.7%  United States MM0.8%  Great Britain MM2.7%  Spain MM2.5%  Canada MM2.0%  Sweden MM4.0%

Demographic Timebomb  Fertility Rates (2.1 is replacement level):  Somalia- 6.8  Nigeria- 5.5  Pakistan- 4.0  Saudi Arabia- 4.0  United States- 2.1  France- 1.8  Great Britain- 1.7  Europ. Union- 1.5  Germany- 1.4  Russia- 1.3  Italy- 1.3  Spain- 1.3 Every second Frenchman born today is Muslim By 2050, Europe’s native population will have fallen by 1/3, and Muslims in Europe will have increased from 20MM to 100MM.

Islam To Conquer America?  “Islam isn’t in America to be equal to any other faith, but to become dominant. The Koran should be the highest authority in America, and Islam the only accepted religion on Earth.” Omar Ahmad, chairman and cofounder of CAIR, the Council on American-Islamic Relations, 1998

Islam Will Conquer Europe 1.Seek official recognition of Muslims as a separate religious community 2.Request the same rights as other established religious communities enjoy 3.Gain political rights as a constituent community of the host nation 4.Generalize the characteristics of the Muslim community to the entire host nation Islamic Council of Europe, 1978

Sharia Law Is Coming To Europe  Polygamy  Stonings  Persecution of Jews  Rapes  Banning of national flags  No more piggy banks or bacon  Mosques in Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle

Muslims Are Conquering Europe  Most popular boy’s name: Muhammad  40% - 50% of Muslims on the dole  25% - 35% of Muslims favor violence  Emigration has surpassed immigration

Zones Urbaines Sensibles “We are in a state of civil war, orchestrated by radical Islamists.” Michel Thooris, head of French police trade union, 2006

Jihad Calypso "Come Mr. Taliban, come give me kuffir...my Kalashnikov. Come Mr. Taliban, come bomb England... before the daylight come, you wanna see Ten Downing Street. Come Mr. Taliban, come implement Shariah. Come Mr. Taliban, come bomb England before the daylight come, Insh'Allah, it will be done. Hey Mr. Taliban, come kill the dirty kuffir, get rid of the haram, because we want halal. Hey Mr. Taliban, boom, boom, boom, come bomb England before the daylight come. Insh'Allah, it will be done.”

“I Love Al Qaeda”

“In 2030 We Take Over”.   “Soon we will take power in this country. Those who criticize us now, will regret it. They will have to serve us. Prepare, for the hour is near.” Belgian Imam

The Danish Cartoons

London, Feb. 2006

Danish Embassy in Beirut

The Pope on Islam  In Sept Pope Benedict XVI in a speech quoted Byzantine Emperor Manuel II who said in 1391: “Show me just what Muhammad brought that was new and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached “ “Show me just what Muhammad brought that was new and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached “

Muslim Reaction  Mujahedeen Army  "We swear to God to send you people who adore death as much as you adore life" Mujahedeen Army "We urge you Muslims wherever you are to hunt down the Pope … Whoever offends our Prophet Mohammed should be killed on the spot by the nearest Muslim” Sheikh Abubukar Hassan Malin - Somalia

“Pope Go To Hell”

Slay the Infidels Wherever You Catch Them  So called “radicals” really are Islamic traditionalists  It is the natural consequence of the immutable word of Allah as originally recorded  “Moderate” Muslims are the true “radicals” and innovators