Cloak and Dagger

Submitted by Iraqi-American (United States), Jul 31, 2006 at 14:05

Wonderful article, but I must say I have some doubts about any anti-militant sentiments. It seems that there are so many divides withing the ranks of Islam... Shitte vs. Sunni, Western Muslims Vs. Eastern Muslims, Militant Muslims Vs. "peaceful" muslims.

These divides, however, may in fact be simple measures to "cloak" the dangers of Islamic Growth in the world.

Let us take Western Muslims for example: Muslims living in the west strongly "condemn" the actions of militiant islamic groups, but how sincere are these condemnations? Muslims throughout Dearborn Michigan are currently holding gatherings every week in order to chastise the Israeli "murderers". Where were these gatherings to condemn the actions of 9/11?

Where were these demonstrators during the kidnapping of the 2 Israeli soldiers that started this spike in the conflict? Where were the OUTCRIES when 9/11, the bombings in Spain, or the bombings in the UK happened? The truth is the clear divides that seperate muslims accross the world are not as sincere as they would seem. It is simply a "cloak" that will make way for the "dagger".

The "dagger" I refer to is indeed the Jihad, or holy war that ALL Muslims (whether they admit it or not) expect to happen in order to fulfill their Koran... a war that will produce an exclusively Islamic World. By cloaking their ties, or by overexaggerating their diffferences... Muslims as whole can seem less threatening. We know for a fact that Islam is the fastest growning religion in the world, and the next 20 years will produce milestone population segments for Islam.

With this in mind we must ask ourselves: what if these "divisions" were to one day, all-together disappear? What if the Sunni Arab in Syria spontaneously walked hand-in-hand with the Ayatollah of Iran? More importantly, what if the "western muslim" that holds a political office in the US or UK, suddenly finds "new" commonalities with his bretheren in Palestine?

In my humble opinion, I believe that all of these divisions are simply a way to lull the non-muslim world to sleep... until, that is, the numbers (population) are there. Then, all at once, these Islamic factions will realize that if they put aside their differences, they could control a large part of the world and fulfill the prophecies of their prophet. Do you honestly think that your Muslim Neighbor in Nebraska will honestly go against his bretheren because he loves his western way of life so much.

As stated on my response to the article "Islam is Evil", the islamic religion is inherently deceptive. A religion that translates to "peace" has never had, or even sought out peace. A religion that seemingly emphesizes God or Allah, was created in a way that is not concrete, which allows each of it's members to be his own God.... depending on how HE interprets the Koran. In the same sense, a religion that is seeming splintered into a dozen factions, may indeed be simply cloaking their planned release of the dagger. How easily they would succeed when the unsuspecting Jews, Non-Catholic Christians, Catholics, and Atheists all scrambled around trying to find common ground.

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