Islam - The Root Cause of Terrorism

The Belmont Club posts the writtings of some British writers who are united againist Muslim terrorism and have signed this pledge. I highly encourage you to read them both.

One thing that continually bothers me is how everyone argues that it is radical Muslims or extremists in the Muslim community that have hijacked Islam and are the cause of all the problems. I disagree with that and believe that Islam is fundementally flawed.

Think about this for a minute. Suppose all Muslim terrorism completely stopped today, no more bombings, beheadings - all of it ceased at once. In what state would that leave Islam?

In Saudi Arabia women still would not be able to drive, report spouse abuse unless the husband agreed or report rape unless she had four male witnesses. The same applies in Pakistan. In most Muslim countries criticizing Islam would still be punishable by death. There would still be "honor killings" and stoning of women. Christians as well as Jews would still be persecuted. Islam's attack on other religions such as these would continue. Homosexuals would still be persecuted.

Some 40 or 50 years ago, long before any of this Muslim terrorism, Muslims immigrated to Britain. Once here they refused to integrate into British society.

The New York Times reports "...only 33 percent of Muslims said they wanted more integration into mainstream British culture."

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This report deals with the alienation issue.

Elders many of whom do not speak English well even though they have lived here for decades maintain their strict customs. Perhaps more so as they regard the society here as alien, immoral and corrupting for their children.

Because we are not Muslims.

More here.

At his academy in Dewsbury,the town where the Edgware Road bomber Mohammad Sidique Khan lived, the softly-spoken mufti trains young minds to reject Western culture and follow Sharia law.

We are constantly being told that poverty and alienation are the reasons for young Muslim dissatisfaction in Britain. And yet, time and again we find neither is the cause.

Parents are told that they betray their children if they allow them to associate with non-Muslims.

It is not our fault that Mulims fail to integrate into British society, it is a choice Muslims make themselves because they see us as inferior.

That is the crux of the matter. It is not radical Islam that is the problem it is mainstream Islam that is the true root of the problem.

Islam, not just radical Islam, but Islam teaches to hate Jews, Christians, indeed all other religions, to hate homosexuals and everything the West stands for, especially our democracy and laws, to not integrate into our societies and to treat women as inferior. All of this is in the Koran and taught to all Muslims.

All of this will not end when terrorism ends.
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