Savagery by Islamists is carried out in the same ritualistic manner as they prostrate multiple times toward Mecca in tribute to Allah and his emissary Muhammad. Yet, from time to time, and much more often these days, the devotees of Muhammad manage atrocities that are beyond the pale. The massacre, in cold blood, of three children and a rabbi in front of a school in Toulouse, France, represents the ultimate in a most dastardly act, even in the shameful annals of this cult of violence.
What makes any creature, much less a human, brim himself with enough hatred to walk to three young children and shoot them in the head? To complete the heinous act, he also shot the rabbi in the same manner, got back on his motorbike and sped away.
Acts of atrocities of this magnitude not only break our hearts, they make us wonder. What compels a seemingly ordinary person to even contemplate, much less carry out, such a slaughter? Is the individual insane, is he a sadist, or is he brainwashed? To all outward appearances, the vicious perpetrator appeared normal to people who knew him. His action was clearly planned. How did this creature ended up carrying out this heart wrenching murder?
An easy answer is that he was brainwashed by attending Islamist camps in Pakistan. But the notion of “brainwashing” that is bandied about is the stuff of science fiction and Hollywood movies such as the Manchurian Candidate.
A human being arrives in this world with his brains already washed in the sense of being what 17th Century English political philosopher John Locke called a ‘tabula rasa’, clean slate—ready for experiences to imprint its script. John Locke was only partly correct. The brain also arrives with numerous predispositions already in place (Nature and Genetics). It is a combination of life’s influences (a nurturing environment) and a person’s own decisions that determine which of these dispositions develop and which ones fail. It is through this process that a unique person is formed.
Many animals come with already in-place programs that automatically run much of their lives. Birds’ migration, mating courtship and thousands of other complex behaviors are instances of this type of specific programming. A catchword for this type of behavior is “instinct.” As a general rule, the higher up the organism is on the evolutionary scale, the less is its rigid pre-programs and the greater its latitude to exercise choices.
Making choices depends on what there is to choose from and to what extent a given choice appeals to the person. And the human newborn enters the arena of life without the means of being other than a passive recipient of “things” already chosen for him.
It is like the old joke by Henry Ford who reportedly told his customers that they could have the choice of color for their car as long as it is was black. Things are almost as bleak for the new arrival. He didn’t have a say in choosing his parents, his socio-economic condition, his environment of birth and much more. All are already in place and he must start life from the context of his birth.
The development of a newborn in any family is importantly influenced by many factors, among them how hands-on the parents are; how religious they are, how severely they micromanage him in an attempt to make him not only a good person but also a person better than they themselves are and have been.
Parents tend to live vicariously through their children by programming them, the best they can, so that the children become or achieve much of what they themselves had failed to become or to accomplish. This attitude covers all areas of life such as giving the child the education they didn’t have, helping him with fame and fortune, nurturing him to become a topnotch athlete and so forth.
It is a fact that early influences play a cardinal role in shaping the person. For this reason, for instance, the overwhelming majority of Muslims have born into Muslim families, Catholics into Catholic families, Hindus into Hindu families and so on. It is also a fact that the degree of religiosity ranges from mild to strong, with most people falling somewhere between the two extremes.
Interestingly, two siblings raised by the same set of parents under the same influences may end up at the opposite extremes in their religious views and practices. It is here that the human dynamic of freedom of choice comes into play and steers one to one extreme and the other to the other extreme. Occasional extreme deviations notwithstanding, the great majority of siblings of a given family end up with various degrees of that family’s overall religious and other values. The same general principle of subscribing to a set of common values exists in all human groupings, in some cases with a broad flexibility and inclusiveness while in others with rigidity and exclusivity.
In order to enjoy the privileges of belonging to a group, the person must also pay his membership dues.
The very young human faces, beginning with the minute he can make some sense of the world, a bewildering array of mysteries, challenges, and enticements. There are questions at every step, fears, and hopes entangled with the need to survive and possibly thrive.
Who am I? What is this world all about? What’s the purpose? What am I supposed to do and how? Where am I headed? People die. Where do they go? And on and on and on. The information booths available to him in the fairground of life provide him with answers that may help relieve his innate existential anxiety. And it is here that religion plays its critical role and holds a great appeal. Religion provides a surefire answer to those who are willing to take it on faith.
And Islam is a powerful magnet for the masses that are unable to deal with the uncertainties of life and death on their own. It is from this population, many already thoroughly indoctrinated from birth, which the majority of diehard jihadists emerge.
It is the bargain the jihadist makes. He surrenders totally to the religion of surrender in exchange for blanket security. Islam gives him all the answers he really seeks for dealing with this world and promises him a most lush and eternal paradise of Allah once he leaves it. And leaving this world in perfect submission as the foot soldier of the paradise’s creator gives the faithful unimaginably glorious sensual eternal reward in his next life. It’s a bargain that some buy in whole, some in part, some refuse and seek other means of dealing with their questions and the unrelenting existentialistic anxiety.
The great majority of jihadists emanate from the ranks of those born into the religion of Islam, simply because they are the ones who are most thoroughly indoctrinated and influenced by the Islamic dogma in their most receptive early years. Yet, there are others who embrace Islam in adulthood, on their own, and enlist themselves as devoted jihadists for the same rewards that Islam offers them.
Islam has a great advantage of the first call on the new arrival. It is an omnipresent system with masses of believers, mosques and madresehs, and a host of other social and economic organizations that overpower the person and steer him into the same fold; it is a sea of people who seem to know what they are all about, what life and death are all about, and what one must also do.
Within this sea of surging humanity composed of some 1.5 billion Muslims, each individual believer—a drop—through a combination of choice and forces beyond his control, ends up in one of its many waves. It is the jihadist wave that is highly attractive to the deeply indoctrinated and poorly adjusted in dealing rationally and independently with life. Here, he finds the ironclad perfect solution to his anxieties and perplexities.
To a jihadist, death is nothing more than casting off a shell of the worthless earthly existence and donning the suit for winging joyously to the life of bliss promised by none-other than Allah’s beloved final emissary, Muhammad.
Eradication of jihadism is a daunting task, since Islam is truly a virulent persistent pandemic disease. Massive education efforts, combined with resolute confrontation of all sources and people that support and promote this deadly philosophy, hold the best promise of dealing effectively with this affliction of humanity.
In addition to the family, places such as mosques and madresehs, Islamic associations and charitable organizations, prisons, and the like are incubators of jihadists. Massive efforts are required, on the one hand, to drain the breeding swamps of the Islamic virus, while on the other hand helping Muslims adopt an alternative perspective of life that addresses their perplexities and offers a degree of comfort that religions dispense without pitting one segment of humanity against another.
Sadly, the Jewish people have been used as the scapegoat for many centuries by a variety of non-Jews. Regrettably, Muslims for their part and have adopted scapegoating as an article of faith. The Muslims blame the Jews for all kinds of heinous things, dating back to the time of Muhammad himself. They say that the Jews of Medina betrayed the holy prophet by their treachery. They charged the poor exorbitant sums for their goods; did no productive work, yet made fortunes through money lending. To make matters worse, the Jews refused to embrace Muhammad’s religion, so they say. The story of Banu Qurayza’s Massacre from the Quranic verses, is very clear how Allah actually rejoices in this slaughter and enslavement of the tribe of Banu Qurayza’s Jews.
Quran 33:25: "Allah turned back the unbelievers [Meccans and their allies] in a state of rage, having not won any good, and Allah spared the believers battle. Allah is, indeed, Strong and Mighty."
Hence, following the example of Muhammad, many Muslim societies have been blaming the Jews for everything and find them deserving of victimization. The litany of atrocities committed against the Jews by the followers of Muhammad is long indeed.
And when it comes to the Jews’ guilty verdict, there is no shortage of precedence. Jews have been around for a long time and have been a convenient target of scapegoating. People being people have a difficult time looking at themselves for their problems. It is by far easier to find others to blame than to try to mend one’s own ways. So the Jews became convenient scapegoats for bigots, the fascists, and all manners of malevolent louts.
The Bible says, “By their fruits shall ye know them.” The fruits of Islam are there for everyone to see for himself. Islam may have given the world some choice fruits. It has assuredly given the world many poisonous fruits as well.
"Children of Adam are akin to members of a body; if a member suffers, thus suffers the entire body," a Persian poet (Sa’di) expressed it best, centuries ago.
Thus, I offer my condolences and share in the grief of the families who lost their dear ones in this dastardly and senseless act of murder. May this tragedy honor the memory of those innocent lost lives by strengthening the resolve of all of us to do all we can to prevent such bloodletting in the future.
The world is indeed a global village and we are its residents as well as its guardians. It is our sacred duty to live by the standards of civility, under the shelter of responsible liberty, with abiding respect for the sanctity of life. The Western ideal has always offered the best hope for all of mankind for a life of tolerance and harmony, in stark contrast to the Islamic dogma that has been the impetus for this horrific act of contemplated murder and numberless others since day one.
Expressions of grief are appropriate at this hour of sorrow. Yet, the civilized humanity must, and will, take the necessary and often painful measures to confront evil, be it secular or religious.
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Amil Imani is the author of Obama Meets Ahmadinejad and Operation Persian Gulf.
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written by Tanstaafl jw , March 23, 2012
written by vbv , March 24, 2012
written by Jye's sister , March 24, 2012
His only legacy to the civilized world will be for his monstrous evil and cowardice.
Sub-human filth.
written by vbv , March 24, 2012
written by Infidel and More proud , March 24, 2012
written by Rzq , March 24, 2012
Tut tut tut!!
Big difference! Facts not your strong point??
written by Infidel and More proud , March 24, 2012
As an insider you would know better whay they are a failure for if they are failing by following islam then islam is at a failure as well. If they are failing out of not following then they are already a failure.
Either way you agree to the fact that "Muslims are a failure".
Please eat your Tut tut tut!!
written by Walter Sieruk , March 24, 2012
written by Rzq , March 24, 2012
If you knew anything at all then you would know that when Muslims have become lazy and decadent and drifted from the fundamentals of Islam then another nation has adopted Islam and thrived. Your comments are just showing you ignorance of history and scripture.
So yes you can have Muslims who would be deemed as failures but Islam has never failed!!!!
Tut tut tut- was because you tried to lie!!!!
written by msm , March 24, 2012
written by Infidel and More Proud , March 24, 2012
Mockery and abuse will not take this thread anywhere.
Thse muslim failures are acknowledged by muslims. So failure of Muslims by Muslims from a Muslim world.
What does it prove is for you to see. How did I lie when it was a Muslim saying on TV in a Arab country who also happens to be scholar.
Watch the clip and feel free to comment refute or acknowledge.
written by Rzq , March 24, 2012
"Thse muslim failures are acknowledged by muslims. So failure of Muslims by Muslims from a Muslim world"
Now stop and think what that means????
It's called INTROSPECTION. The last 100 years have been awful for Muslims. The enemies of Islam and traitors have had their fun!
A new generation is rising and the fun is over!
written by Rzq , March 24, 2012
"Muslims scholars admitannes of Islams failure"
That's your title!
It should have read Muslim failure at the end on islams failure!
There is a big difference!!!!
written by Archpagan , March 24, 2012
written by Rzq , March 24, 2012
"If Muslims are a failure then their core ideology i. e. Islam is at fault. Just as Communists failed because communism was a bad ideology. You are just making a laughing stock of yourself by puerile posts"
Matey look over the border to your left at the people's republic china!
Led by the communist party!
Has communism failed?
written by Infidel and More Proud , March 24, 2012
Same people i mean before division but one built on Muslim ideology and other on democracy.
Do some Sherlock style reserch and soul searching to see where each one stands.
What is the cause of pathetic situation in Pakistan when it is Allahs preffered state if not its people who also are muslims?
written by Muslim and proud , March 24, 2012
What is the cause of pathetic situation in Pakistan
Corrupt leadership.
Ps. More child marriages take place in India than anywhere else on the planet.
written by Rzq , March 24, 2012
1. Indians and Pakistanis are the same race, genetically there is no difference. So yes they are the same people.
Now you conclude that the reason Pakistan lags behind India is because of Islam?
That is your position.
Are you aware that there are more Muslims in India than Pakistan?
Your position is now kaput, destroyed.
Now let me educate you as to where India went right and Pakistan went wrong. India demoloished the feudal system and took back vast swathes of land from a handful of corrupt families. That greatly enriched their governance. Pakistan made the mistake of not doing that just yet. That is why you see the same old corrupt leaders emerge and reemerge. They treat the country like its their own little bank.
Don't for one minute think that Pakistan is poor! There is more wealth sitting in Swiss banks that belongs to the people. It is said that if the 5 most powerful families were to bring their wealth back to the country then it's national debt would be eliminated.
Hope you learned something!
written by Infidel and More Proud , March 24, 2012
1.Yes any marriage below the age of 18 for boys and 21 for girls is deemed as child marriage.
2. It is cultural and does not have any roots in relgion.
3. The number is also high because of large population i.e. 1.25 billion
4. Marriage does not mean the marriage is consumated as I pointed out earlier.
5. The marriages are not between children and old men.
Put this in context with marriages in Muslim world where marriage is Nikkah which means penetration. So penetration takes place irrespective of age difference or age of child.
written by Archpagan , March 25, 2012
Child marriage in India takes place between two children, not between a baby girl and a fifty-plus old man. If more child marriages take place in India than anywhere else on the planet as you assert, then it is due to its vast Muslim population.
China, at present follow communism at political level only not at economic level. They still use the brand of communism in order to hide oligarchy of their leaders who are communists by name only. Do you consider Baa'hais or Kadianis as Muslims?
written by Rzq , March 25, 2012
Your next statement says more about you than anything else. Of course children in Pakistan want to be doctors, lawyers and engineers. It's like me saying that every Hindu boy in India wants to join shiv senna and start massacres! Thankfully I have enough Hindu people around me to know that isn't true. Clearly you don't have that and that is why you hold that view!
Oh that old chestnut " blame it on the Muslims" your honour.
You have to do better than that!
Unlike you I don't judge, it's not my right. Bhai, Hindu, Sikh, apostates, etc etc
I could not care less!
written by Scrutator , March 25, 2012
Muslims are not happy
They're not happy in Gaza
They're not happy in Egypt
They're not happy in Libya
They're not happy in Morocco
They're not happy in Iran
They're not happy in Iraq
They're not happy in Yemen
They're not happy in Afghanistan
They're not happy in Pakistan
They're not happy in Syria
They're not happy in Lebanon
……………………………………………….
So, where are they happy?
They're happy in Australia
They're happy in England
They're happy in France
They're happy in Italy
They're happy in Germany
They're happy in Sweden
They're happy in the USA & Canada
They're happy in Norway
They’re happy in India
They're happy in almost every country that is not Islamic!
And who do they blame?
Not Islam...
Not their leadership...
Not themselves...
THEY BLAME THE COUNTRIES THEY ARE HAPPY IN
And they want to change the countries they're happy in,
to be like the countries they came from,
where they were unhappy.
Try to find logic in that !
written by Rzq , March 25, 2012
The question should be:
Which of these non Muslim countries have invaded and plundered the Muslim countries leaving them traumatised in the last century!!!!
Or which of the countries in list b left their dictators ruling the countries in list a!!!
written by Scrutator , March 25, 2012
Let them live in Islamic paradises like Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Afghanistan ...... et al !
written by Infidel and More Proud , March 25, 2012
You said in the above post "My above post answers your question! "
But you have asked a question in the post so If anyone says none will you accept that?
If the answer is not none please give the list of countries that suppress Muslims and are the cause of the failure in muslim countries.
written by Rzq , March 25, 2012
Are you dim yank by any chance???
written by Infidel and More Proud , March 26, 2012
Are you dim yank by any chance???"
I agree geography and history are not my strong points.
But you have still not answered your question/s.
All you do is just ask another question.
How would I know what your answers are for I am not a mind reader.
All you did in three posts are put three questions.
If you have your answers why dont you reveal them for everyones benifit?
written by Rzq , March 26, 2012
They're not happy in Egypt
They're not happy in Libya
They're not happy in Morocco
They're not happy in Iran
They're not happy in Iraq
They're not happy in Yemen
They're not happy in Afghanistan
They're not happy in Pakistan
They're not happy in Syria
They're not happy in Lebanon
Let's call this list a
……………………………………………….
So, where are they happy?
They're happy in Australia
They're happy in England
They're happy in France
They're happy in Italy
They're happy in Germany
They're happy in Sweden
They're happy in the USA & Canada
They're happy in Norway
They’re happy in India
They're happy in almost every country that is not Islamic!
Let's call this list b
Now pick up a book or even the Internet if you choose.
See which countries in list b occupied list a!!
God this is like being at school again!!!!
written by Infidel and More Proud , March 26, 2012
In context why dont you consider the full 1400 years history and how Islam spread?
Then introspect where it went wrong ?
See lost b occupied a -- where is the answer? why do you want me to do your work? You made a accusition therfore its you who will provide the supporting evidence in favour of your argument.
written by vbv , March 26, 2012
No nonmuslimnation is colonising muslim counttries. It is the mullahs/muftis and autocratic rulers who are responsible for the lack of progress and education in these countries, not the west. The west is actually helping these nuts by builsding their economies, opening their Universities for educating these nuts who want to go to the west to avail the higher education. But these very same nuts who go to the west start their mischief of islam and its barbic sharia : they want to impose these barbaric codes to take the west down the disasterous route to their own level of incompetence, illiteracy and backwardness - all inthe name of this unholy shit called islam.
written by safa , March 26, 2012
written by Rzq , March 26, 2012
I would say that Islam will rise again from turkey!!!
written by Infidel and More proud , March 26, 2012
So RZQ you are saying that Islam is on decline and it will strat from Turkeys again...
Hopefully if it just remains with Turkies should be fine. Turkeys make good dinner on thanksgiving.
It will certainly drive turkey prices down.
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written by 1proudkaffir4life , March 26, 2012
By invasion. Until the INVASION it was not a Islamic country, and this goes for all except for the arabic penisula.
After the crusaders lost the "Holy Land" to the Muslims, what justification do Muslims bring forward to explain the besiege of Vienna hundreds of years after the crusaders lost. Not only once but twice! Or Constantinople, when did Muslims live there to claim they were driven out first, when the city was CHRISTIAN? Not one land in your list was TAKEN away from the population! Is Iraq noch part and parcel of the USA? No of course not.
Ah Israel? Well some of its neigbors were also carved out of the ottoman empire after it lost the war. NOT ONE Muslim ever complains about "Jordan" a artificial new country, similar to Israel led by a ruling family that has its roots elswhere. No complaint, because it is a ISLAMIC country. One could say not even Mecca or Yatrib Medina belongs to Muslims as it was owned by others FIRST.
written by Yibel , March 26, 2012
For example, Islam invaded and plundered India leaving India traumatized to this day.
The Muslims committed a great crime against world culture when they destroyed the greatest university of India at its time, the Buddhist University of Nalanada in 1193.
The University of Nalanada, founded around 450 CE, had 10,000 students from all over Asia: India, China, Japan, Tibet, Burma, Korea, as well as Indonesia. Its library contained hundreds of thousands of books stored in 3 buildings of several stories - one was 9 stories high. Education was free, but the university only accepted the most intelligent. Students had to pass several exams and at least 66% of applicants were rejected. The University taught Buddhism, Hinduism, physics, mathematics, medecine, surgery, and astronomy. It also had an observatory.
Guess where Islam got the knowledge for its so-called golden age?
written by vbv , March 27, 2012
