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September 23, 2005
Moderate Islam: a Reductio ad Absurdum
Among the polite lies we love to tell ourselves, few are repeated as often as "Islam is a religion of Peace." This view has mocked mercilessly, and rightfully so, but there is a related view, much harder to refute. It is this: "Moderate Islam does not lead to violence and discrimination." Let's look at it.
Suppose the War on Terrorism succeeds in destroying the so-called Islamic extremists. Al-Qaeda is hunted into oblivion. The Philippine and Thai Muslim insurgencies are defeated. The Gulf States begin moving towards Democracy, albeit slowly. After many Israeli concessions, a Palestinian State is created. India and Pakistan come to some sort of agreement over Kashmir. A tenuous peace agreement holds in Sudan. Moderate Islam, then, reigns supreme. Does peace and justice reign with it?
Under such moderate Islam, it would be likely that Muslim political leaders to abrogate any treaty that is no longer tactically advantageous, following the example set by Mohammad by breaking the treaty of Hudaybiyyah.
Under such moderate Islam, young non-Muslim girls would still be abducted, forcibly converted, and have their ovaries made into servants of the demographic Jihad.
Under such moderate Islam, racially Chinese Malaysians who convert--or "convert"--to Islam, would not have the right to leave their state to their family.
Under such moderate Islam, Muslim "Human Rights Advocates" would still want to take over their host societies. As Ibrahim Hooper, the spokesman for the Council on American-Islamic Relations said in a 1993 interview:
I wouldn't want to create the impression that I wouldn't like the government of the United States to be Islamic sometime in the future," Hooper told the Star Tribune. "But I'm not going to do anything violent to promote that. I'm going to do it through education.
The English language is being seriously twisted here. When we speak of an individual being a moderate, we speak of somebody who is non-ideological and open to compromise. When we speak of a moderate institution, we refer to an institution that at least values compromise, dialogue, and peace. When it comes to Islam, however, any Muslim who is not ghoulishly murderous will be portrayed as a moderate. As Daniel Pipes concludes:
For Western officialdom, a moderate is defined as a Muslim who publicly advocates against terrorism in the West.Nothing else matters: not advocating for an Islamic takeover in the West (e.g., Siraj Wahhaj), not advocating terrorism in other places (e.g., Yusuf al-Qaradawi), not volunteering oneself for suicide terrorism elsewhere (e.g., Azzam Tamimi), nor covertly advocating terrorism in the West (e.g., Tariq Ramadan). It's a dismayingly simple, superficial criterion.
I have a conclusion of my own:
It is a historical fact that "Moderate Muslims", when they control a political entity, discriminate against non-Muslims. Wishing the World were different does not change this, playing silly word games with the word "moderate" does not change this either. Islam itself is "extremist"; that is, violent and discriminatory. It is time we start looking at reality without the ideological blinders. Our freedom is at stake.
Posted by Ruy Diaz at September 23, 2005 10:53 PM
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Islam is a religion of Peace in the face of Peace. It is a religion of War when confronted with War.
Surely we don't see the U.S. as a nation of War just because it confronts violence with violence?
Posted by: Inquisitor at September 24, 2005 12:50 AM
Inquisitor;
No, Islam is a religion that spread by war, and consolidated its power by dhimminitude.
It is in fact the other way around: Islam is a Religion of Peace when confronted with overwhelming power, a Religion of War when confronted with weakness.
Posted by: Ruy_Diaz at September 24, 2005 9:33 AM
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