It is Islam, not Islamists

Submitted by Mark (Australia), May 13, 2004 at 11:23

The point should be made clear and crisp: there is no moderate Islam. There is one Islam only, which defines all thoses not under its rule as the enemy (Harbies, belonging to Dar-el-Harb, the house of war). And the only reason why Muslim do not wage war on Western civilization is because they are not powerful enough to do so at the moment.

Under Islam, the most sacred duty of all Muslims is Jihad - the obligation to sacrifice body and property in the quest of turning Dar-el-Harb into Dar-el-Islam, which means one thing only - occupying the world and submitting all its people to the rule of Islam (the Dhima process). There is no other interpretation to Jihad. And it is very easy to prove: Try to get a Fatwa (religious legal ruling) from any Imam, that changes or cancells the concept of "the house of war". This will never happen.

The only thing that differentiates between militant or moderate Muslims is the level of activity in discharging the duty of Jihad. Most Muslims are inactive in this regard, but they serve as the population base for it. Some support it passively (Islamists), and some take part in it actively (Islamic terrorists).

The other way of taking over is of course by migration. Western countries accept Muslim migrants. Muslim ruled countries do not accept non Muslims as citizens. Which means one thing: Western countries will become more and more muslims by migration and natural growth.

The conclusion is clear: the Muslims must return to, and remain in, Dar-el-Islam. This of course won't happen, as it contravenes western civilization moral principles, and the result will be Islamic take-over of the non Islamic world by ways of "peaceful" creeping Jihad, with the help of the traditional violent Jihad, which we call terrorism, becasue we are incapable of grasping what it really means.

The west will find out, too late, that there is no other solution. Unless of course Islamic law is changed, which dosn't look like happening at this point in time.

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