Solsticewitch13's BOS: Self-Taught

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Self-Taught

November 10, 2010

One of the many attacks that Muslims and their apologists make against their opponents
is that Kafir (non-Muslim) critics are self-educated. They say the only way to
understand Islam is to ask a Muslim or a university trained "expert".
What could be wrong with this advice?

Let's use an actual problem; today Sharia law is being used to show how Islam
works at the political level and how it is a disaster for our civilization.

Sharia is such a horror show for Kafirs that Islam and its apologists say many
things to draw attention away from it. They say that Sharia is an antique from
the year 1400 and no one really uses such an old text (an example is the Traveller,
see below). In short, it is a relic of history; it doesn't really apply today.
Don't worry.

A professor says that the Sharia is not really important; Sharia is flexible;
it changes; there are different schools; no nation is actually ruled by Sharia.
Sharia is nothing to worry about. So says the "expert". This judgment
is delivered by a "university expert". We know this is not true. We
know that Sharia is a driving force in Islam. How could an "expert"
be wrong?

How do we determine the true nature of Islam? How do we prove anything about
Islam? How can you refute an "expert"?

A classic Sharia text, Reliance of the Traveller, has no less than four high
scholars, who say that in 1991 that the Reliance is to the benefit of the Muslim
community and the path of Muslims today. The university experts dismiss the
Sharia as being irrelevant today. Who are we to believe, the professors or the
prominent Islamic scholars?

This question can be answered by the fact that all Sharia is based on Koran
and Sunna. Sunna is pure Mohammed and Koran is the delivered by Mohammed, so
we can say that Mohammed is the only standard for truth in Islam.

If an expert gives advice about Islam or Sharia that agrees with Mohammed,
the expert is right. If the expert disagrees with Mohammed then the expert is
wrong. Hence, the only way to know Islam is to know Mohammed. This translates
into knowing Hadith (Traditions) and Sira (life of Mohammed). If you would read
Hadith and Sira (which are well translated), you would not need an expert, you
would be an expert.

However, the experts denigrate any knowledge based on the actual reading of
Islamic texts. Sir Isaac Newton was self-educated about physics. Einstein was
self-educated in relativity. Indeed, people who are self-educated in their area
of advancement have done the greatest work in humanity. However, for you to
be self-educated is an act of bigotry.

The highest goal of education is that the students will be able to educate
themselves after school. The elites do not want any ideas that do not come from
"experts". You might get ideas that are not elitist approved. The
elites all favor Islam and never advance any critical ideas.

We have to educate ourselves because the universities are bankrupt on the subject
of Islam. They do not allow any teaching about Islam that is critical and uses
critical thought from the standpoint of the Kafir. No debate is allowed. Only
Muslims and dhimmi apologists are allowed to speak about Islam. Anyone who disagrees
based on their own understanding is a bigot.

The first European universities were based on the study of authorities. One
day in class the discussion was about how many teeth a horse had. Aristotle
said one number and Galen said another. The way to resolve this was to establish
who was the greatest man. While the argument about whether Aristotle was a greater
scholar than Galen went on, a student went out into the courtyard and counted
the number of teeth in a tethered horse. When he returned with the number, the
teacher beat him. Knowledge that was based on experimental data and self-education
was forbidden. That is the nature of the academic "authorities" and
the media today.

To know which expert is right is not a matter of college credentials or religion,
but knowing which expert agrees with Koran and Sunna. Islam begins with Mohammed
and ends with Mohammed.

Get to know Mohammed. To know Mohammed is to be an expert. Be self-taught and
read the foundational books-Koran, Sira and Hadith.

Note: Don't think that you can pick up any biography of Mohammed and get to
know the true man. Almost every biography of Mohammed is whitewashed. The Sira
(Ishaq's Sira Rasul Allah can be found in Mohammed and the Unbelievers) is the
gold standard. If the bio does not include the annihilation and subjugation
of the Jews, torture, slavery, plots, raids, assassinations, battles, secret
agents and spies, then it is not a complete biography. Mohammed's rise to power
included an event of violence on the average of every 6 weeks for the last 9
years of his life.