Islam: Believe it or not!

Submitted by Prajnalankar Bhikkhu (India), Jan 12, 2007 at 16:55

Dear Bryan Jackson,

I cannot subscribe to your views about Islam and its followers, Muslims. If your views are endorsed, White women will get married with Muslim men because of liberal social institutions and laws in the West and they will be encouraged or forced to give birth to a number of children according to Islamic practices. On the other hand, no Muslim women will be allowed to get married with White men because of their conservative religious and social institutions. Muslim men can get married with White women whereas, White men cannot get married with Muslim women! What is this? Thus one day the West will be out numbered by Muslim populations. They will come to power on the basis of their religion. The West will be Islamic states, like Pakistan, Iran and Bangladesh. That time they will not remain "moderate" there as you think of them now; they will show their real nature and color and start eliminating your identity, religion and culture.

Can you show even a single Muslim woman who got married with a non-Muslim man in your society? No. Why? If you find the answer to this question you will be disillusioned about the myth of "moderate Muslims". May be you can show some rare cases in which you will find them (Muslim women) have already been excommunicated from their society for getting married with non-Muslim men.

I think you have no experience with Islam and its followers. You cannot imagine the unity and solidarity among Muslims on the basis of their religion. Think of the OIC. Why do states with Muslim majority populations need an organization on the basis of their religion, Islam? This organization was not formed with radical Muslims, but with Muslim political leaders and intellectuals (you may call them "moderate Muslims") because of their Islamic radicalism and solidarity. What will happen to the world if states with Christians and Buddhist majority populations form organizations in line with the OIC?

What is happening in France? And who are the Muslims to blast bombs in London metro? They are not students of Bin Laden's terror school in Afghanistan; they were born and brought up in European society. But still all their solidarity and heart is with Laden! It is only because both Laden and they are Muslims and believers of Islam.

See today's Bangladesh. Its 35% women were raped and gang raped and millions of its people were genocided by Pakistani solders before and during its liberation war in the late 60s. Finally, it was born as an independent and sovereign nation with the help of India in 1971. It cannot still sustain itself for six months without supply of commodities from India. But now it is a staunch supporter of Pakistan and dead against India! It is mainly because of its Islamic solidarity with Pakistan and Jehadi feeling with non-Muslim majority India. This is the true nature of Islam. Believe it or not!

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