Islamic smoke screens

Submitted by Prashant (India), Dec 28, 2022 at 02:35

Dear Readers, The modern Islam, the guiding philosophy behind so much turmoil in our world, hides behind a lot of terminology. In different contexts all of the following words stand for Islam whether explicitly admitted or not: Arab, Kashmiri, Palestinian, Jihadists, Islamists, Talibani, Hezblah, Hamas, Al-quaeda, boko-haram, ISIS etc.

This works in the other direction also. The old words like racism, discrimination, diversity, human-rights, refugees, women and children are gradually losing their broad meaning and are being used by Muslims to their advantage. For example, if you run into a charity collecting money for human rights of women and children, it is quite likely that a Palestinian (i.e. Muslim) group is collecting money for Muslims of Israel.

Never forget to see the true meaning behind a word when you read the word. If you read any of the above words, most of the times you can replace that word by Muslim/Islam and the meaning will not only not change but also it will be further clarified.

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