Shaming the Muslims Out of Islam
When I read MA Khan's new book, Islamic
Jihad, I was struck by two things, the high quality of his scholarship
and an emerging historical trend.
Khan is firmly in the Foundationalist School of scholarship. He does not indulge
opinion, but bases his work on the Islamic doctrine of jihad and its historical
effects on civilization, with a focus on the destruction of India. He investigates
and documents two little known areas--the Sufis and the enslavement of the Hindus.
The excellence of his book is part of an historic pattern. When Islam attacked
us on September 11, 2001 we were unprepared for war. Our intellectuals were
spineless dhimmis who have been bought and paid for by the Saudis and the Muslim
Brotherhood, and as a result, were apologists and not able to defend our civilization.
However, in one of the more remarkable intellectual events in history, a new
type of intellectual was drawn into the study of Islam. Trained critical and
scientific thinkers who were amateurs in the field of Islam applied their critical
reasoning to this subject and produced a wealth of excellent books and articles.
The new Islamic scholarship was fact-driven and took up Islam's challenge of
war.
Khan's Islamic Jihad is an excellent intellectual weapon.
BW: Welcome Mr. Khan. Tell us about your motivation behind writing this book.
Khan: Thank you Bill giving me this opportunity to share my thoughts on the
kind of danger the progressive world faces from an Islamic resurgence and how
we deal with it.
What we are witnessing today in Muslim countries-namely in Pakistan, Afghanistan,
Iraq, Somalia, and Sudan etc-is the Talibanization or Saudization of the society,
i.e., the establishment of Sharia in all spheres of life and society. In other
Muslim countries, the demand for the same is solidifying; in a few decades,
the face of the entire Islamic world will dramatically change.
The Islamic world is heading toward that which it embraces: Islam as a complete
code of life, as believed by every Muslim. This transformation seems inescapable
at this moment. But our major concern now is the infidel world, particularly
the West. The native population in Europe is declining from low birthrate, while
Muslims are procreating at unbridled rates. In the UK, Muslim population is
increasing 10 times faster than the rest; the trend should be similar in other
Western European countries. And where does this lead? By the middle of this
century, Muslims will become the largest religious group in Europe.
And what will happen under that circumstance? We can easily make a guess. Take
the example of Pakistan: in elections, only 10% of Pakistanis support parties
that seek to institute Sharia rule. Now look at Britain: some 40% of the Muslims
support Sharia rule, with only 37% opposed. This figure, I believe, is skewed
to a good extent as Muslims don't speak the truth. Nonetheless, what these figures
mean is that a much greater proportion of Muslims living in the West are Sharia-loving
or Taliban minded as compared to those living in Islamic countries like Pakistan
or Afghanistan. Therefore, unless the mentality of Western Muslims changes drastically
in coming decades, which is unlikely, the Talibanization of Europe would become
an inescapable reality by the middle of this century, undoubtedly spreading
to North America, Australia, Russia and India.
We know what Sharia means to civilized humanity. We witness it in Saudi Arabia;
we witness it in Afghanistan under the Taliban; we witness it in Talibanized
areas of Pakistan. We clearly know that the plight of women-Muslim or not-would
become worse. Treatment of non-Muslims is horrible and extremely degrading under
Sharia rule: it is happening in Taliban-occupied regions in Pakistan. The Hindus
and Sikhs are being subjected to humiliating jizya, which is an exorbitant discriminatory
tax for the security of the life and property of non-Muslims in Islamic state
(see Quran 9:29). The Taliban attacked the Sikh community in Orakzai for failing to pay the demanded jizya, slayed
the men, took possession of their homes and properties, and enslaved the women
and children, in accordance with the Quranic commands (33:26) and Muhammad's
example of dealing with the Jewish tribe of Banu Quraiza [M.A. Khan, Islamic
Jihad, p47-49]. Thousands of Hindus have already relocated to India in recent
months in order to escape the Taliban oppression.
What is at stake today is obviously the Talibanization of globe-that is, the
establishment of the governance of the Quran and Sunnah (i.e. Sharia) globally-which
is a central demand of the Quran (2:193, 8:39), and the ultimate goal of Islam.
And that will be the worst disaster ever to befall humankind. Therefore, averting
this Talibanization of the world, which seems inescapable at this moment unless
something drastic happens, should be the central concern for the civilized humanity
as I see it. My book is an effort to make the world, both Muslim and non-Muslim,
understand what Jihad, the scourge of our time, truly means for our future and
take real measures to defeat it.
BW: How do you think we must fight battle?
Khan: In recent years, many ingenious measures have been tried and are being
tried: the global war on terror, regime change in Afghanistan and Iraq for spreading
freedom, democracy and modernity, and efforts to engage and work with the so-called
moderate Muslims for winning the hearts and minds of the wider Muslim community
etc. But nothing is working; since the 9/11 attacks in the U.S., the number
of Jihadis, in the form of numerous radical Islamic groups around the world,
are increasing exponentially. The overall Muslim mindset is also becoming increasingly
radicalized everywhere, including the West.
There are also many initiatives amongst the so-called moderate Muslims to reform
Islam. Many of these Muslims are also making rewarding careers in the guise
of their phony reform campaigns. But attempts at reformation as occurred in
Christianity, which was basically going back to the root, the originality of
the religion, makes things worse in the case of Islam. A genuine and successful
effort by the brilliant Saudi scholar Abdul Wahhab (1703-91) to reform Islam,
in the mold of reformation of Christianity by Martin Luther (1483-1546), gave
birth to Wahhabism, the Islamic scourge that we are confronting today. Efforts
to reform Islam away from orthodoxy, i.e., along a rational and humanistic line,
have been tried by some powerful Islamic rulers, namely the Baghdad caliphs,
al-Mamun, al-Mutassim and al-Wathik (813-847), as well as Akbar the Great in
India. They were the greatest monarchs in the world of their time and ruthlessly
dictatorial. While they effected some positive changes during their rule, soon
after their departure, it was all overturned. Islamic orthodoxy struck back
with greater brutality and horror in every instance.
Thus, efforts at reformation have worsened the situation or failed. Any new
attempt at reforming Islam is meaningless today because Muslims are becoming
well-educated and can read the Quran, which has been translated in all major
languages, by themselves. They are no less intelligent than the "reformers"
and can understand what the verses of the Quran truly mean. Reformation in the
age of modern education is a meaningless exercise and is destined to failure.
What might work, something that has not been tried, is what I personally call
'shaming the Muslims out of Islam'. Islam is a horrible and shameful ideology,
unfit for the civilized world. But most Muslims, who are average human beings,
do not know what is actually in the Quran and Sunnah, or, they have never analyzed
the contents of Islam's fundamental texts critically. They have no idea what
it means to be a true Muslim and how shameful it is in the modern civilized
conscience. If they are made aware of the true nature of Islam, they will leave
this barbaric and dehumanizing cult in large numbers. Islam will be condemned
to the dustbin of history where it always belonged.
This is the only measure that has not been tried. And I have been trying exactly
that in my Website, islam-watch.org http://www.islam-watch.org/iw-new/index.php
(founded November 2005): "Telling the Truth about Islam". And my book,
Islamic Jihad, is also an extension of that effort. I have convincing evidence
that it will work.
BW: Would you elaborate on the shaming of Muslims and how it would work?
Khan: If you look closely at the history of Islam, you would realize that Islamic
orthodoxy, with its violent underpinnings of Jihad, has tremendous resilience.
As elaborated already, every attempt to reform it from within was followed by
its resurgence with greater ferocity. From the 19th century onward, the European
colonial powers did effect significant changes in the Islamic world like the
equality of religions, liberation of slaves, and the ideas of secularism, progressiveness
and modernity. But after colonial withdrawal, these positive changes are all
being over turned. Humanity is now being threatened by Islamic orthodoxy and
its Jihadis, on a scale unprecedented in history.
What these factors tell us is that attempt to reform and secularize Islam is
not only doomed to failure, but its survival in any form will turn calamitous
to humanity. So those, who care for our progressive and modernist civilization,
particularly those in position of power, must understand this critical factor
while dealing with Islam. We probably have time, this time round, to save humanity
from the ongoing scourge of Islam, albeit sustaining damages of whatsoever scale
it may be, we will be left with no such option if Islam has another opportunity
to strike.
So the need of the hour is to break the back of Islam once and for all. And
here comes into play the idea of 'shaming the Muslims out of Islam'. What we
need is to discredit Islam root and branch, to the level of cells and atoms.
This is not difficult to achieve. Simply telling the truth about Islam will
do.
I have already mentioned: 'Islam is a horrible and shameful ideology, unfit
for the civilized world.' The thing is, most Muslims have little idea of what
Islam truly is, what it means to be a true Muslim. Most of them, particularly
outside the Arab world, are ignorant about Islam; very few of them read the
basic texts of Islam with a proper understanding. They know about Islam mainly
from hearsay as part of their growing up. And when it comes to living their
life, they are under tremendous influence of the kafir world from their surrounding,
through the media, through all the goodies the kafir world bring to them.
At the same time, they also remain indoctrinated rather subconsciously with
the cardinal thoughts in Islam, namely:
1. Islam is a complete code of life,
2. Islam is the perfect religion and Muhammad was the ideal man for all time;
therefore, both are beyond questioning or criticism,
3. Only Muslims are destined to receive God's succor, and
4. Islam will eventually dominate the world, i.e. all people will become Muslim
some day.
This subconscious indoctrination of the so-called moderate or liberal majority
of Muslims easily plays into the hands of the extremists. When the extremists
make noise on the ground that the prophet has been defamed or blasphemed or
that Islam has been insulted, both being perfect and beyond finger-pointing
in their subconscious mind, they too join the orgasmic frenzy with the extremists.
We have seen this in the controversy over Salman Rushdie's Satanic Verses, and
more recently, over the printing of Prophet Muhammad's cartoons in a Danish
paper or Pope Benedict's comment on Muhammad.
I think that this so-called moderate variety of Muslims can easily be dissociated
from Islam. What we need to do is to say the truth that Islam is not a "religion
of peace" as goes the popular discourse, but a barbaric, inhuman and uncivilized
cult; that Muhammad was not a noble, a perfect man for all time, but he was
a brutal plunderer and mass-murderer lasting for power, wealth and sex; that
he was a sex-maniac with a pedophilic urge for a kid as young as six when he
was in his 50s and not far from death; that Islam, as initiated by Prophet Muhammad,
is a barbaric institution of imperialism, forced, conversion, and slavery and
sex-concubinage. Islam, as depicted in its sacred texts, is more horrifying
than this.
What we need is to hold the pages of the Quran, prophetic traditions and biographies,
and Islamic history bare to Muslims and to the world. This will be enough to
shame the Muslims out of Islam.
Why would this work? Let me start with my own example. I was one such liberal/moderate
Muslim. When 9/11 occurred, I felt that the attack was rather justified because
of the United States' unjust policies toward the Palestinians. I was lucky,
I should say, that I was already involved in some internet groups that were
critical of Islam. But after the 9/11 attacks, as critical analysis of Islam,
the Quran and hadiths flourished dramatically, I became a defender of Islam
for quite some time. I continued to resist looking into the basic texts of Islam,
the Quran, Sunnah and Muhammad's biographies for 2-3 years. But I eventually
read them, and I was shattered and frustrated with myself. I was ashamed because
the Quran reads like a manual of unconditional war against non-Muslims, Muhammad
was one of the most horrible, if not the worst, human being in the history of
mankind. And I had believed that Islam was the most perfect and peaceful religion,
a perfect code to human life, for 35+ years of my life.
For a Muslim, living Islam is the most difficult thing in the world, and this
was the case with me. Only when I read the basic text of Islam and understood
its truth was I able to leave Islam with ease. If I hadn't read these texts,
I couldn't have mastered the courage to leave Islam despite the horrible things
Muslim Jihadis continued to perpetrate, or howsoever hard the critics would
criticize those fanatics.
Similarly, after reading my website, islam-watch.org, and faithfreedom.org
etc.-websites that focus on the criticisms of Islam based on its foundations:
the Quran, the Sunnah, and Prophet Muhammad-many Muslims are leaving Islam,
even some potential suicide-bombers and mosque imams amongst them. I have testimonies
from Muslims, who considered themselves "Muslims for life" just a
couple of months ago, that they would never leave the most fulfilling creed
of Islam. But after reading my book, which basically expose the true nature
of Jihad against the popular discourse that it is a peaceful struggle with the
self, against vice, for eradication of poverty, for human rights and women's
rights etc., they found their whole life, based on a lie, was shattered. Their
faith in Islam was shattered.
So the challenge in front of us is to bare the foundation of the Islamic creed
in front of these so-called moderate/liberal Muslims and to make them read the
foundational texts of Islam. Once they do that, a majority of them will find
their faith in Islam shattered. And there it begins: the collapse of Islam like
a castle of sands. Humanity will be rescued from its lasting horrors once and
for all.
BW: There has been a good deal of truth-telling about Islam since the 9/11.
But it is not working so far; we are not winning the battle. What do you think
is need to be done?
Khan: That's absolutely true. A lot of literature has been produced, particularly
in the form of books, telling the truth about Islam. But you must also take
into account that a much greater volume of literature has been produced, selling
the lies of Islam. Let me emphasize that for 'shaming the Muslims out of Islam',
we need books and literature focusing the Quran, Sunnah and Islamic history,
books like Ibn Warraq's Why I Am Not A Muslim, Andrew Bostom's Legacy of Jihad,
Dr. Ali Sina's Understanding Muhammad, and probably my Islamic Jihad. Very few
penetrative books of this type, except those of Ibn Warraq and Bostom, have
been successful. Most books of this type are not picked up by reputed publishers,
fearing Muslim backlash; they are often being self-published published and receive
little attention. Most important factor of all is that very few Muslims, who
in general have a very poor book-buying and reading habit, buy books like these.
Therefore, those books, telling the truth about Islam, have very little impact
on Muslims, our prime target. On the other hand, books telling the lies about
Islam, which are produced in much larger volumes and the media is eager to promote,
are the books that most Muslims and non-Muslims buy. So we have, on the whole,
a nullification of the impact of truth-telling books by the lies-telling ones.
And when it comes to the news media, which Muslims read to a large extent:
there the truth-telling is largely absent; lies-telling is overwhelmingly prevalent.
Our mainstream media (MSM) is based on lies, on falsehood, when it comes to
the coverage of Islam. And whatever little truth-telling is done, very little
of it is focused on the foundational texts and doctrines of Islam.
The MSM is the biggest culprit, the biggest accomplice, in the success of radical
Islam. They are most eager to circulate the messages-audio-tapes and videos
etc.-of Osama bin Laden, Ayman al-Zawahiri and other top al-Qaeda and radical
Islamic leaders and ideologues as such. And getting these messages to Muslim
audience, harboring potential recruits, is crucial to the success, with which
the radical Islamic agenda is progressing. At the same time, the MSM rigorously
filter out the few voices that are trying to focus their criticism on the foundations
of Islam, criticism that will matter in enlightening both Muslims and non-Muslims
about Islam and in shaming the Muslims out of it.
The same goes with the internet. It has played tremendous role in the success
of al-Qaeda and like-minded radical Islamic groups in spreading their messages,
which is the linchpin of their tremendous success in popularizing their violent
mission and recruiting cadres. While the truth-tellers have some success there,
where they can spread their messages with relative freedom, but there are only
few such websites with limited readership against a deluge of pro-Islam and
militant Islamic websites. And most of all, the truth-telling websites are banned
in most Islamic countries, and even in the West. For example, most educational
institutions in Australia have banned all truth-telling websites, namely faithfreedom.org,
thereligionofpeace.com, jihadwatch.org, islam-watch.org and islammonior.org
amongst others categorizing them as hate-sites.
So, it will become clear why we are not making significant ground in our truth-telling
efforts. The outcome of this battle, I think, will be determined by the media.
We must recognize that the investment of hundreds of billions of dollars annually
in strengthening intelligence apparatus, tightening security and the war of
terror is going waste. Some of these measures are also working counter to their
intended objectives, by helping the radicalization of the Muslim mind on various
grievances, howsoever unjustified they may be. And of course, it is causing
loss of lives in large numbers on both sides.
In the media, we can kill this menace with a small fraction of the investment
and with much less loss in life and properties. The battle can be won with ease.
Muslims can ignore the noise made by truth-tellers, often discredited as fringe
Muslim-hating Islamophobes, in a negligible few and little-known websites, but
they cannot ignore the Mainstream Media. When the truth-tellers get the opportunity
to bare the fundamental sacred texts of Islam in the pages of the MSM to show
how horrible and barbaric the cult of Islam is, Muslims at all levels would
be forced to defend their creed by looking into those texts. Every attempt to
defend Islam would lead to their enlightenment about the filth and inhumanity
that lies at its heart.
We have more than convincing evidence to affirm that the so-called peaceful
majority of moderate/liberal Muslims, ashamed, frustrated, and angered of what
they have unwittingly believed for their whole life, would start living Islam
en masse. The West's problem would be solved in a decade or two with the collapse
of Islam; I can challenge you on that. From there, the remedy to the Islamic
problem in the rest of the world, including Muslim countries, would soon begin.
The fact is that the Islamists have tremendous advantage against the truth-tellers
in every aspect of this battle. The truth-tellers are fighting this battle against
mountainous odds: their opponents have annual investment of billions of dollars
against zero on their own side; the Islamists have almost all the ground in
the MSM, the decisive battleground of this struggle.
I realize that there is little chance of this changing at all.
The future of this battle remains hugely tilted toward the Islamist side as
of now. The Talibanization of the globe remain an inescapable possibility unless
circumstances changes drastically, possibly horribly.
BW: Thank you for enlightening us, Mr. Khan.
Bill Warner
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