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:: Saturday, July 05, 2003 ::

Islamists in Action

More joy from the militant Islamists:

CNN: Two Moscow concert bombers kill 14
:: Mullah 11:47 AM [+] ::
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What American Independence Doesn't Mean

Today is the official birthday of the United States of America. Americans are celebrating their freedom today, their independence, and marking the sacrifice of many of its citizens on behalf of those freedoms.

It is a fitting time to look at what the Islamists are offering Americans (and all other free peoples) as an alternative way to live: Shariah Law.

Shariah Law is largely derived from the Sunnah, which are a collection of writings telling anecdotes about their prophet Muhammad's life: his sayings, actions, leadership, and rulings. The goal of Shariah is to govern the relations of men and women according to the word of Allah. Shariah is supposed to be divine. However, Shariah is not codified in the Quran as it is written or practiced today. Instead, Islamic scholars have patched together a body of law that combine rules from Arab traditions, some explicit rules from the Quran, and rules extrapolated from the Sunnah. Muslim scholars might be able to convince religious non-Muslims that Shariah is at least in part divinely inspired, but Shariah is by no means the word and only the word of Allah.

Shariah is meant to be the final arbiter of all laws, and to supercede so-called Man-made laws.

What are man made laws?

The US Constitution and the Amendments to the Constitution are a wonderful example of man-made laws.

Islamists wish to abolish and obliterate this set of laws -- the sooner, the better.

The Islamists proclaim that the US Constitution, and all other documents which establish secular rule of law, are against Allah.

That is worth thinking about in these strident times. It is worth considering when you reflect about the Bush Administration's aggressive approach in the so-called "war on terror"(1). It is worth considering when one looks at what is happening in Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Kashmir, Chechnya, the Balkans, and in many countries in the horn of Africa and in Asia.

I hope this July 4th brings better times for all peoples, and those sacrificing their lives in the line of duty for freedom, I hope their sacrifice will bear sweet results -- namely the casting off of religious shackles of any kind and the establishment of non-theocratic states across the globe, and the acceptance of all Muslims of the senselessness and foolishness of perpetual Islamic Jihad.


A speech by Bush:
CNN: Bush on Fourth: Nation 'still at war'

Freedom deliniated, and to be banished if the Islamists succeed in their goals:
Cornell Law: US Constitution
HistoryLearningSite: The British Constitution
SB-University: Basic Law of the Federal Republic of Germany
Australian Government: Australian Constitution

Enslavement deliniated, examples of Shariah and Islamic Constitutions:
Iran Online: Iranian Islamic Constitution
Saudi Info Ministry: The Saudi Constitution
Christian Science Monitor: Pakistan's frontier passes Islamic law, rankling Islamabad
Seattle Times: The law of the Taliban: Amputations as spectator sport
BBC: The many faces of Sharia
Sudan: The Constitution of Sudan

And of course much more can be found on the web besides these.

Islamist activity:
Jane's: Al-Qaeda and the bomb
Jane's: ">Nuclear contraband on sale
Jane's: Iran's nuclear work revealed

Anti-Islamist activity:
WorldNetDaily: Petition to Muslims: Stop killing converts
Express India: ">Six al-Qaeda suspects arrested in Pakistan
Boston Globe: 2 Al Qaeda operatives killed in gun battle with Saudi police
WorldNetDaily: 280 caged children freed: Police arrest captors at Zambian Islamic 'school'
Islam Online: Bush Orders Military Tribunal For 6 Al-Qaeda Suspects



(1) The "war on terror" should more accurately be called an anti-Islamist war.

:: Mullah 1:50 PM [+] ::
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