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I just received an email from the editor of a
large website, who posted my story from yesterday about the slaughtered
apostate. He writes:
The
story generated a huge number of commentaries from readers, some of them
originating from Muslim Countries. They harshly dispute and deny the veracity
of the facts you mention in your paper. Some argue that this abomination did
not take place in Tunisia—and I do believe so—but somewhere in Iraq, that the
young man is not a Christian but a Shiite, that he was not slaughtered for
apostasy but for being a spy of the Americans, and so on… It's true that the
facts are not properly documented : we don't know even the date of this
event, the place, the name of this unfortunate young man… Do you have any
additional details and data to help answering ? Many thanks for your kind and
urgent attention.
I responded with a quick list of facts, which
I repost here, enlarged and augmented, for anyone else interested:
·
Fact 1: The Egyptian TV host, who recently
aired this video—which went viral on the Arabic blogosphere on Sunday, when I
wrote my report—said this occurred in Tunisia. Yes, others have subsequently
said that this was in Iraq, others in Syria; but, from what people have sent
me, the only "evidence" is the same video—but with a title that
indicates Iraq or Syria. Personally, I am inclined to believe a formal Arabic
current events program devoted to the topic than an anonymous Internet
posting with no further details. Either way, the issue is less which country,
and more why the man was slaughtered. Read on.
·
Fact 2: The Muslim narrator who speaks while
the man is being slaughtered specifically names and continually condemns
"apostasy"—the crime of leaving Islam—and even calls the executed
man an apostate, i.e., the man is being slaughtered for apostasy, a capital
offence in Islam. If the world is not surprised that the actual
"government" of a Muslim nation, Iran, is preparing to execute
a man simply for converting to Christianity, are we supposed to be
surprised when roaming bands of jihadis take it upon themselves to execute
apostates to Christianity in their midst?
·
Fact 3: The Muslim narrator specifically names
and condemns al-mushrikin, and calls the executed man a mushrik—i.e.,
a "polytheist"; in fact, he calls him a mushrik murtadd, an
"apostate to polytheism": this is the standard appellation for
Christians, who are regularly called polytheists for "associating"
Jesus with God. Yes, there are other religions deemed polytheistic in Islam,
such as Hinduism, but one rarely if ever hears of Muslims in the Middle East
converting to, and dying for, Hinduism, whereas conversion to
Christianity—with all the attendant consequences—is a regular occurrence.
Moreover, the overwhelming majority of apostasy cases, from one end of the
Muslim world to the other, cases of attacks, imprisonments, etc., deal with
Muslim converts to Christianity (see my monthly Muslim Persecution of Christians reports for an idea).
·
Fact 4: My contacts in the Middle East, many
well-connected with the doings of the region, regularly see and hear of such
things, and are confident that he was beheaded for converting to
Christianity. The reader is free to hold their opinions as biased or subjective;
but if so, why hold the protests of Muslim apologists, equally biased and
subjective, as more authoritative, especially in light of history, doctrine,
and ongoing current events, which support the former opinion?
·
Fact 5: Muslim apologists always deny anything
and everything that makes Islam look bad and will, naturally, try to put the
best spin on this video—turning the victim into the aggressor, portraying him
as a "traitor," a "spy," etc.—just like the Iranian
regime, after unequivocally stating that Pastor Nadarkhani is to be executed
for converting to Christianity, began backtracking by saying he is to be
executed for being a "Zionist spy," an "extortionist," etc.
At day's end—and here is the most
indisputable fact all apologists and detractors need contend with—we are left
with a man having his head sliced off while his murderers scream Islamic
slogans and accuse him of apostasy.
Raymond Ibrahim
is a Shilliman Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center and an Associate
Fellow at the Middle East Forum.
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