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ISLAM:
A "Peaceful" Religion?

Text of email from America Muslim leader
exposes the truly violent intent of Islam

Ever since the events of September 11th the public debate has raged about the true roots of Islam and whether the Quran (or as some spell it, the Koran - the only allegedly "inspired" book that all Muslim's agree on) teaches violence and death as a solution to eliminate those who do not convert or conform to the teachings of Mohammed.

It is no small surprise that Muslims, especially those in the west, deny the idea that their God (Allah) and his "prophet" calls for the "death of the infidels." Even when faced with quotes taken directly from the Quran which clearly call for the killing of Jews, Christians and others classified as "infidels", Muslims attempt to sidetrack the conversation or simply say that we are reading from the wrong version of the Quran or that the Sura's (verses) in question really don't mean what they say.

We've all heard the pundits and politicians defend Islam as a "great" and "peaceful" religion. While our political leaders are taking this stand to maintain their leadership in the secular affairs of government, I find it odd that so few in the media have challenged the roots of violent Islamic acts which come directly from the Quran. It is called "unloving"; it is not politically correct and it certainly goes against the grain of building the dream religion of the United Nations but the truth is the truth and Christians cannot afford to avoid it just to appear cooperative.

Franklin Graham has called Islam like it is; so has radio's Dr. Laura and even ABC's Bill Mahrer (who I find very little to agree with on his late night show Politically Incorrect). But the vast majority of voices being heard by America and the world have masked Islam as a milk toast non-threatening faith with only a few crazed extremists who strap bombs to their person or fly planes into buildings. (I wonder often how can any Christian - ANY PASTOR - stand by and through their silence act as if Allah and Jesus are somehow allies?)

The truth on the other hand is that Muslims simply CANNOT publicly agree that indeed the Quran calls for them to forcefully eliminate Christians and Jews. Herein lies the present confusion. True, many of them are "liberal" Muslims who like so-called "liberal Christians" merely claim to be followers of their religion and its god. Many others, with a sense of decency, honor for human life and the liberty of others, must be honestly troubled by some of the teaching set forth in the Quran. This denial that the Quran and historic Islam does in fact teach violence against other religions is compounded by the intense media spotlight shining directly on the likes of bin Laden's Al Qaeda, the Taliban, the PLO's Hamas and other groups who have gone about doing as the words of Mohammed actually command them to do. And though the best estimates tell us that only about 20% of Muslims worldwide align themselves with the so-called radical fundamentalists who pursue violence as a tenant of Islam that figure is still staggering considering there are well over one billion Muslims in the world today.

The December 13 release of the video tape showing bin Laden and others praising Allah for the ruthless destruction of thousands innocent human lives during the attack on our country has caused one of two reactions from Muslims. Either they denounce him and the terrorist actions or they clamor that the tape was "doctored" and denounce it itself. No one has heard any western Islamic leader publicly uphold terrorist bombings - until now.

Recently I received the following email which originated not from a PLO office still yet to be destroyed in the West Bank or from a cleric in Baghdad. It came from the leader of the Islamic Center of Everett, Washington. It calls the actions of suicide bombers "HEROIC ACTS" carried out by "HOLY WARRIORS!"

Obviously, this email was not meant for public consumption. It was intended for budding Islamic extremists to strengthen their resolve and plant more perverted seeds rationalizing the insanity of terrorist actions, in particular those recently perpetuated by the PLO's terrorist group Hamas in Israel.