"Men
never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it
from religious conviction." (Blaise Pascal, mathematician,
1670)
By
now any sane human being of 21st century should realize
that the religion of Islam is the main source of Islamic terrorism
happening today around the world. But sadly, majority of gullible
people (Muslim and non-Muslims) tend to ask questions: Does the
Islam have anything to do with Terrorism? More precisely-does
the Quran anyway responsible for Islamic terrorism, or Islamic
suicide bombings? Some hypocritical western educated so called
moderate Muslims now started to blame Hadiths (only) for Islamic
terrorism/suicide bombings etc. and they are hypocritically claiming
that Quran is totally innocent of this crime. These neo-islamists
also claim that for all these Islamic suicide bombings and Islamic
terrorism-it is the Sunnah (Ahadiths or traditions left by
the Prophet Muhammad) which should be blamed, and not the Holy
Quran. In this faulty or erroneous line of thinking they got their
illusionary vision that, if hadiths could be dump then Islam will
be very peaceful and innocent. This essay of mine has been dedicated
to refute their (neo-islamists) dishonest claim about the source
of Islamic terrorism.
Background story:
Islam is a cultic (brotherhood or
ummatic) religion by nature. The very theme of Islam is: Allah
is the sole creator of everything on heaven and Earth and Muslims
are His only legitimate and righteous people. Remaining all
other people (Jews, Christians, Hindus etc.) are simply infidels
and hated by Allah. A Muslim is a person who gets his/her life's
inspiration primarily from the Quran and secondarily from the
Hadiths (the Sunna). The devout Muslims believe that life's all
solutions are contained in the Holy Quran and every good Muslim
does believe by his heart that the Quran is the immutable divine
words of Allah, infallible-unchangeable-eternal book of Allah, and
they must follow this (Quran) word by word without any question.
Following this line of thinking the Muslims believe that anyone
who does not agree with them is kaffir and enemy of Islam; hence
enemy of Allah. A Muslim must oppose his/her enemy and kill
him/her by any means whenever the opportunity arises.
Historically, Muslims in Arabia always
considered their political enemies/rivals as the kaffirs (filthy,
unclean, non-believers and deserves death) and always wanted to
eliminate them by force. They have also considered it a blessed or
holy thing to kill their enemy (kaffirs) which will please Allah
and consequently they will be rewarded in this life and hereafter.
If we study early Islamic history (the reigns of most Islamic
caliphs) we can readily learn that there had been always bloody
disputes amongst various Muslim political groups in which tens of
thousands of people were slaughtered in the name of their
religion. In these political disputes always one group was calling
other group kaffirs or enemy of Allah. They tried to justify
killing their rivals by Islamic dictums. Even today, the same
patterns of religious sectarian killings are going on in Iraq,
Pakistan, Afghanistan and many other Islamic nations and these are
glaring examples of my above claims. As always, each party calls
them the party of Allah and opposite party is the party
of kaffirs who should be killed. In these sectarian killings
Muslims always get their inspiration primarily from the Quranic
dictums supported by Hadiths. They never get inspiration from
anything which is not in the Quran; or they never kill anybody
having being inspired only from hadiths. Because Muslims
always consider Quran as the nucleus of their faith and
inspiration and hadiths are used only to support Quranic dictums.
Islamic terrorists do kill people by
their Islamic fanatical zeal which is the prime source of
motivation in their killing spree. And these inspirations always
come from Holy Quran. Now, question is: dose the Quran contain
such verses which can easily inspire/incite devout Muslims to kill
people with impunity? Answer is there are plenty of such inciting
or inspiring Quranic verses which can turn any simple/innocent
minded devout Muslims into a killing monster. In fact,
Quran is replete with such horrifically inciting dictums
throughout the pages of Quran. Holy Quran repeatedly promised
terrestrial handsome rewards for those who can kill kaffirs (enemy
of Allah and His messenger) and dreadful punishing hellfire
for those who refuse to kill kaffirs. Quran also incite followers
to sacrifice their lives in order to kill kaffirs in exchange of
much better and lucrative after life. In this line just one
Quranic verse (9:111) is most attractive to those
jihadis who desperately egger to achieve heavenly rearward of 72
virgins. Here is the master piece from Holy Quran:
Quran:
9:111, Allah hath
purchased of the believers their persons and their goods; for
theirs (in return) is the garden (of
Paradise): they fight in
His cause, and slay
and are slain: a promise binding on
Him in truth, through the Law, the Gospel, and the Quran.
In
addition, a strong support and explanation to the verse: 9:111 was
given by Merciful Allah by the following:
Quran-4:74- Let those
fight in the cause of Allah Who sell the life of this
world for the hereafter. To him who fighteth in the cause of
Allah,- whether he is slain or
gets victory (i.e. killed or be killed) -
Soon shall We give him a reward of great (value).
Quran-4:95- Not equal are
those believers who sit (at home) and receive no hurt, and those
who strive and fight in the cause of Allah with their
goods and their persons. Allah hath granted a grade higher to
those who strive and fight with
their goods and persons
(sacrifice both life and wealth) than to those who sit (at home).
Unto all (in Faith) Hath Allah promised good: But those who strive
and fight Hath He distinguished above those who sit (at home) by a
special reward.
Quran-3:169-:
Think not of those who are slain in
Allah's way as dead. Nay, they live, finding their
sustenance in the presence of their Lord; (Here Allah is
saying that those jihadi who dies [commit suicide] is not dead but
he will be living with Allah).
Now, I do not believe that
anybody can have slightest doubt that the above clear invitations
(from Allah) for the ardent fanatical believers can very easily
convince the blind pukka (pure) Muslims to become a time-bomb
(suicidal) in order to kill infidels/kaffirs-for the cause of
Allah! The above verses (9:111; 3:169; 4:74; 4:95) are
clearly ordering devout Muslims "to
kill and be killed"; that is, Allah is teaching Muslims
to sacrifice their own lives (to
commit suicide) in His cause
(Allah's cause) in order to kill infidels (enemy of Allah). This
single verse (9:111) very precisely justifies suicide bombing-the
most lethal, most terrifying, most inhuman and most successful
weapon majority Islamic terrorists are using today to kill Allah's
enemies. It is the perfect example (without any ambiguity) of
suicidal method Allah has prescribed for devout Muslims. In the
verse above (9:111) Islamic Allah clearly saying that: He
(Allah) purchased life and property
of believers in exchange of lustful and unimaginable lucrative
heavenly pleasures for those who will die
(commit suicide) for the cause (killing kaffirs) of Allah.
After this, Muslims (ardent followers of the Quran) do not need
any more killing instructions for their motivation to kill kaffirs/infidels.
For good reason we can sum up that the Islamic God (Allah) is the
most dangerous deity having unlimited vengeful, cruel, intolerant,
intimidating and war-loving blood thirsty divine entity.
But this is not all! Quran is loaded
with numerous (killing) verses ordering the ardent followers to
carry out endless killing of infidels/unbelievers until only
Muslims remain to inhibit this Earth owned by Islamic Allah. Here
are some more examples:
Quran-8:39,
And fight them on until there is no more tumult or
oppression, and there prevail justice and faith in Allah
altogether and everywhere (in this earth of Allah).
Quran-9:29,
Fight those who believe neither in Allah nor the Last Day, nor
hold that forbidden which hath been forbidden by Allah and His
Messenger, nor acknowledge the religion of Truth (Islam), even if
they are of the People of the Book (Christians and Jews),
until they pay the Jizya with willing submission, and feel
themselves subdued.
Quran-3:85,
"If anyone desires a religion other than Islam (submission to
Allah), never will it be accepted of him; and in the Hereafter
He will be in the ranks of those who have lost (All spiritual
good)."
Quran-9:39,
Unless ye go forth, (for Jihad) He will punish you with a
grievous penalty, and put others in your place; but Him ye would
not harm in the least. [Allah's hatred to those who are
reluctant to join Islamic jihad]
Quran-9:73,
O Prophet! strive hard against the unbelievers and the
Hypocrites, and be firm against them. Their abode is Hell,- an
evil refuge indeed.
Quran-8:65: "O Apostle! Rouse the
believers to fight. If there are twenty amongst you, patient and
persevering, they will vanquish two hundred; if a 100 , they will
vanquish a 1,000 of the unbelievers.."
Quran-8:66:"-.if there are a 100 of
you, patient and persevering, they will vanquish 2,00, and if a
1,000 , they will vanquish 2,000 (two thousands) with the leave of
Allah-" [This fabulous verse was
written in the diary of Muhammad Ata the leader of 9/11
terrorists].
Quran-4:78: "Where ye are, death
will find you, even if ye are in Towers, built up strong and tall"
(Perhaps Twin towers was meant
here?)
Quran-2:193,
And fight them on until there is no more Tumult or oppression
Quran-2:216,
Fighting is prescribed for you, and ye dislike it. But it
is possible that ye dislike a thing which is good for you
Quran-5:33,
The punishment of those who wage war against Allah and His
Messenger, and strive with might and main for mischief through the
land is: execution, or crucifixion, or the cutting off of hands
and feet from opposite sides, or exile from the land: that is
their disgrace in this world, and a heavy punishment is theirs in
the Hereafter;
Quran-4:89- "They but wish that
ye should reject Faith, as they do, and thus be on the same
footing (as they): But take not friends from their ranks until
they flee in the way of Allah (From what is forbidden). But if
they turn renegades (change to
other religions),
seize them and
kill them
wherever ye find them; and (in any case) take no
friends or helpers from their ranks;-" (Punishment for the
apostates).
Quran-9:5,
But when the forbidden months are past, then fight and slay the
Pagans wherever ye find them, and seize them, beleaguer them,
and lie in wait for them in every stratagem.
Quran-9:28,
O ye who believe! Truly the Pagans are unclean; so let them
not, after this year of theirs, approach the Sacred Mosque. (This
verse is a glaring example how much hatreds Islam possess against
non-Muslims).
Quran-8:67-"It is not fitting
for an Apostle that he should have prisoners of war until He
thoroughly subdued the land-." (Allah insisting Prophet to
kill all the prisoners, and should not keep any surrendered
prisoners alive)
Quran-8:17-It is not ye who Slew
them; it is God; when thou threwest a handful of dust, it was not
Thy act, but God's-.." (Allah said, the killing of
surrendered soldiers were done by the wish of Allah)
Quran:
9:23: "O ye who
believe! Take not for protectors your fathers and your brothers if
they love Infidelity above Faith: if any of you do so, they do
wrong". [Quran is asking Muslims even
to go against their own father and brothers in respect of
religious faith]
Quran:
3:28: "Let not the
believers Take for friends or helpers Unbelievers rather than
believers: if any do that, in nothing will there be help from
Allah"
Quran:
5:45: We ordained
therein for them: "Life for life, eye for eye, nose for nose, ear
for ear. Tooth for tooth, and wounds equal for equal." (Does this
verse sound humane?)
47:4-  "Therefore, when ye meet the Unbelievers (in fight),
strike off their heads; at length; then when you have
made wide Slaughter among them, carefully tie up the remaining
captives": thereafter (is the time for) either generosity or
ransom: Until the war lays down its burdens."
9:123: "Oh ye who believe! Murder
those of the disbelievers and let them find harshness in you."
2:191- "Kill them wherever you
find them, and drive them out from wherever they drove you
out."
8:12- Remember
thy Lord inspired the angels (with the message): "I am with you:
give firmness to the Believers:
I will instill terror into the hearts of the Unbelievers: smite ye
above their necks and smite all their finger-tips off them."
[Allah is really most merciful]
Holy Quran, as we read, is full of
heinous, inhuman, and utterly dreadful cruel verses. The main
themes of Quranic or scriptural instruction are:
pursuance by advice, then by intimidation/coercion, then by force (killing,
fighting, maiming etc), and in return plenty of heavenly reward
from Allah. We can find hundreds of cruel hateful and
utterly inhuman verses throughout the Quran. The above Quranic
scriptures incited early Muslim Jihadis of 7th century
period to kill thousands of non-Muslims and other infidels. During
the early period of Islam, especially during Islamic expeditions
by Prophet Muhammad himself while he was in Medina, thousands of
infidels were brutally killed (beheaded) by the Jihadis. These
same Quranic verses may still inciting devout/fanatical Muslims of
modern days.
Now, does it take a rocket scientist
to understand the source of the fanatical will of those September
11 terrorists? Does it ring the bell from where these Islamic
terrorists (all over the world) getting their inspiration and
hope? Will our Islamists still say, "Islam is a religion of
peace," or that "Qur'an is full of kind and compassionate
advises?" Quran tells us to: "not to make friendship with Jews and
Christians" (5:51), fight them "until they pay the Jizya (a
penalty tax for the non-Muslims living under Islamic rules) with
willing submission, and feel themselves subdued" (9:29). "kill
the disbelievers wherever we find them" (2:191), "murder them and
treat them harshly" (9:123), "fight and slay the Pagans, seize
them, beleaguer them, and lie in wait for them in every stratagem"
(9:5), " kill and be killed; i.e.
commit suicide to kill kaffirs "(9:111).
However, Quran a holy book which is
replete with contradictions also contains rare deceptive verses
like the following:
Quran-4:29-30:
O ye who believe! Eat not up your property among yourselves in
vanities: But let there be amongst you Traffic and trade by mutual
good-will: in Nor kill (or destroy) yourselves: for
verily Allah hath been to you Most Merciful! If any do that
rancor and injustice,- soon shall We cast them into the Fire: And
easy it is for Allah.
Quran-5:32-
On that account: We ordained for the Children of Israel that if
any one slew a person - unless it be for murder or for spreading
mischief in the land - it would be as if he slew the whole people:
and if any one saved a life, it would be as if he saved the life
of the whole people. Then although there came to them Our
messengers with clear signs, yet, even after that, many of them
continued to commit excesses in the land.
Hypocritical Islamists try to use theses (only) two verses above
to make an excuse that Allah forbade suicide killing for Muslims,
or killing people. Truly, these verses (4:29-30) above only
talking about self-destruction (suicide) for no real purpose other
than self depression or pains which sometimes human prefers to end
his life in order to get relief from pains. This kind of
self-killing is prohibited by any religions, society or creeds and
is called self-destruction (suicide) without having any ulterior
motive or purpose. But this universal suicide has nothing to do
with Allah's call of "kill and be
killed" (Quranic verse-9:111)
with the divine purpose (to kill infidels) of serving Allah, as
the verse has clearly stated. And the verse (5:32) is purely a
deceptive verse used by most hypocrites of Islam to fool the
Westerners. This verse was meant to describe historical aspects of
Israelites and is nothing to do with the Muslims. Nor does this
verse do any abrogation of the hundreds of killing verses came
afterwards (while in Medina) to incite random killings (Jihad) of
any un-believers by Allah's soldiers called Muslims. In
short holy Quran could be named (undoubtedly) as the supreme
manual of intimidation, vengeance, terror, violence, and war
against non-Muslims.
Profile of the Islamic Terrorists:
Osama Bin Laden (OBL) and his al-Qaeda
jihadis have frequently cited many passages from the Holy Quran to
justify their flagrant acts of terrorism around the world. Suicide
bombing is the most successful weapon to strike terror in the
hearts of the western infidels. In his famous 'fatwa' of declared
war against Americans in 1998, terrorist leader OBL has repeatedly
used jihadi verses from the Quran (mentioned in this essay) to
incite his followers to kill Americans/infidels primarily by the
act of suicide bombing. All the 9/11 Islamic terrorists left their
private notes (especially Muhammad Ata) citing Quranic killing
verses and they all committed suicide
to kill American infidels (Kaffirs) 100% according to the Quranic
verss-9:111. Not a single time they have ever claimed
or mentioned any hadiths as the inciting agent of their killing
spree. Israel have had captured numerous would be suicide bombers
(who's detonating did not work in their attempt of suicide
bombing) with the suicide belt around them, and they all were
interviewed by the western reporters in the Israeli prison cell.
All most all of them told the reporters-they wanted to die to kill
infidels according to the Quranic instructions to achieve heavenly
pleasures with 72 virgin houris. None has ever mentioned anything
about hadiths or Sharia laws as their instigator.
All the Islamic terrorists arrested by
police in Europe (especially in Netherlands such as Van Gogh
killing) readily cited Quran as their teacher to commit terrorism
in order to kill infidels. In the train terrorism incident at
Madrid (Spain) the Islamic terrorists were all longtime resident
of Spain (North American and Syrian born) who admitted to police
that they were "inspired by the doctrines (Koran) of Islam"
to rise up against their adopted host country to kill 191 Spanish
innocent citizen.
Recently, in Bangladesh (a newly
infested nation by Islamic jihadis) has experienced an
epidemic of bomb blasts by Islamic terrorists of Bangladeshi
variety including scores of suicide bombings to kill judges in the
various court premises. In such process of suicide bombing
attempts, two have been captured by the police. When asked by the
reporters why they were going to kill people by suicide method,
they have answered: "We were doing it by the order of Quranic
instructions by Allah". When Bangladesh terrorist leader
Maulana Shaikh Rahman and Bangla Bhai have been captured by the
police, Maulana Shaikh Rahman said: "We have done it to
establish Allah's laws in Bangladesh and we were doing it
according to the Quran." Showing one copy of Quran in his
hand, he (Maulana) said: "If I am a terrorist, then Quran also
a terrorist". What could be the
more clear evidence that Islamic terrorists are directly getting
incitement and encouragement from the holy Quran?
More recently, the 20th
hijacker of 9/11 terrorism Zacaria Moussaoui proudly declared in
the court: "I wish I could kill more Americans, because my
religion Islam (which is of course Quran) demands that I kill
infidels." Zacaria Moussaoui or any other Islamic terrorists
never told that they have been incited by the teaching of ahadiths
or Sharia laws alone. In fact, all most all Sharia laws are rooted
to the Quran and supported by hadiths.
Point to ponder that life is
invaluable and extremely precious to every human (Rich, poor,
young, old, sick or even handicapped) and no one wants to die in
vain without any real purpose or gains. Only a superior/divine
lustful hopes and inspiration due to brainwashing can trigger
somebody to take his/her life. Islamic terrorists are definitely
inspired by such lustful afterlife. Palestinian young boys and
girls of 12-16 do not die just for revenge or to free their
motherland. They definitely have the vision of Islamic heavenly
pleasures (due to brainwashing) which inspire them to wear a
deadly suicide belt around their young and tender bodies. Quran
is readily available almost in every house of Muslims in general,
but books of Hadiths are very rarely available to the ordinary
Muslims. General Muslims do not get motivation from the Hadiths,
because they do not get chance to read hadiths. Besides, Muslims
do not take hadith as seriously as Quranic dictums, and to do
something as serious as killing innocent people in exchange
(suicide) of own life Muslims surely need Quranic instructions;
and for that reason Quran has plenty of it.
Are all the suicide bombings same?
Islamic apologists often argue that
suicide bombings for the cause of freedom fighting committed not
only by the Muslims, but by many other nations (Tamil, Jews, and
Japanese Kamakazies) committed suicide bombings for their own
freedom struggle. According to
them, Muslims are committing suicide today for their freedom
struggle. Therefore, suicide bombings by Muslim youths have
nothing to do with Islam! Most prudent question can be asked here:
Are all those past suicide bombings same as Islamic suicide
bombings today? Are their pattern same? Let us examine:
Those so called Tamil Tiger, Jews or
Japanese Kamakazis may have used technique of suicide bombings
very rarely as their desperate quest only to free their own
motherland, and their suicide acts were absolutely limited to
their own land targeting soldiers, leaders and not innocent
civilians. Tamil, Jews, Kamakazies or IRA never blasted bombs in
other countries outside their own geographic boundary; they only
primarily did blast bombs within their own border. Rarely,
isolated single bomb in the vicinity of their border, such as
Tamil's killing Razib Ghandi for his support of Sri Lankan
Government. But they never ever came to America, Britain, Spain,
Indonesia, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Saudi Arabia etc. to blast
suicide bombs inside restaurants, bus, train, metro, ocean
beaches, tourist resorts etc. None of those above did suicide
bombings throughout the whole world globally like those Islamists
vigorously doing it today. How many Tamil blasted suicide bomb in
Europe or America? Was there any global jihadi phenomenon of
suicide bombings by Tamil Tigers like those Islamists?
Islamists also now telling us that
those Muslim youths blasting their jihadi suicide bombs only to
take revenge for Iraq war. As if, before Iraq war Islamic jihadis
were very gentle and were sitting idle. May I ask why those
Islamic jihadis were blasting bombs relentlessly at US military
camps in Saudi Arabia , American Embassies in Tanzania , Uganda ,
Pakistan , Nairobi and elsewhere, much before Iraq war? Why they
killed more than 3000 innocent civilians in WTC? Why they bombed
US ship at Yemen? Why they bombed US barrack at Beirut? Was
their Iraq war then?
Conclusion
Quite obviously, the cause of Islamic
fanaticism, zealotry and suicide terrorism is rooted in the
Holy Quran (9:111; 3:169; 4:74; 4:95). Terrorists like Osama
bin Laden and others are the victims of Quranic scriptural immoral
teachings. They believe Quran by their hearts and try to follow
the Quran in Toto! But the general born Muslims do not follow
Quran at all, and that is why they believe in their own peaceful
illusionary vision of Islam, which never existed in the history of
Islam.
However, the zeal of Islamic
fanaticism could have energized by the Middle East Political
situation of Palestine and Israel. But this has also much to do
with their inherent hatred towards Jews and other non-Muslims
which they have acquired primarily from the teachings of
Quran and some supports from hadiths in the Madrassas in their
early lives.
Osama bin Laden is the true Muslim who
follows Quran and hadiths in 'Toto' and this hero of Muslim
interprets Quranic verses and hadiths as per the needs of Islamic
Umma, and of course, as per the real spirit of medieval Islam. In
fact, gullible Muslims consider OBL as the mirror image of Prophet
Muhammad and many things about him (OBL) are 100% compatible with
the life and deeds of Islamic prophet Muhammad. That is why true
Muslims (Maulanas, Mullahs, Madrassa students [Talibans], all
leaders of Islamic political parties) of Pakistan, Bangladesh,
Indonesia, and other Muslim countries are supporting Osama and his
host, Talibans of Afghanistan. It's totally irrelevant and useless
to claim that Osama, al-Qaeda terrorists and Talibans are not true
Muslims, or they are Muslims by their distorted views of Islam!
Actually, they are the real Muslims, and they are
the Muslims by the book. All others so called
progressive Muslims (living in the western comfort) are simply
Muslims by virtue of their birth in a Muslim family.
Time has arrived now to identify and
intervening the real cause of this ancient medieval stupidity.
Real problem is with the ancient Bedouin teachings of Islam
(read Quran) which are outdated and no longer fitting the
today's civilized world. Islamic terrorism is the giant problem of
entire mankind today and fanatic Muslims are the zombies at the
hands of immoral Quranic teachings. How can one cure a
body by keeping the cancerous lesion inside the body? Nothing
can change this precarious situation of Muslims unless we realize
the real problem (read Quran) and take care of it.
Finally, let me close this essay by a famous quotation.
"Religion
is an insult to human dignity. With or without it, you would have
good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things.
But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion."--
by Nobel Laureate physicist Steven Weinberg:
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1.
The Holy Qur'an,
Translated by A. Yousuf Ali, Published by Amana Corporation,
Brentwood, Maryland, 1983
2.
Holy Qur'an, Translated
in Bengali by Ahmadiya Muslim Centenary Publication of Bangladesh,
4 Bakshi Bazar road, Dhaka, 1992
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Holy Qur'an, Bengali
translation by Maulana Muhiuddin khan, Khademu Harmain Sharifain,
Saudi Arabia, Madina Mannwara, 1413 Hijri.