Confronting the Islamic State

Ramachandra B. Abhyankar makes an excellent point in a recently published letter in the Tribune Star:

The Islamic State has become the number one enemy of the United States. Sun Tzu, the military general, strategist and philosopher of ancient China said: “Know thy enemy.”

Caliph Ibrahim of the Islamic State has a doctorate in Islam. To understand the leadership of the Islamic Caliphate, future military and political leaders of the United States ought to be trained in the Jihad and Sharia doctrines of Islam. These political doctrines should be taught in political science departments in universities across the United States. Currently Islam is taught in only the religious studies departments of universities; this must change.

The Center for the Study of Political Islam in Nashville, Tenn., has published several books that can support courses in Jihad and Sharia in university political science departments.

— Ramachandra B. Abhyankar, Terre Haute

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Bill Maher Talks With Charlie Rose About Islam

In a six-minute excerpt of Maher's interview, Rose says things that will sound very familiar to you (if you've been talking to your friends and family about Islam). Follow the link below and watch the video. Watch it many times, and notice how Maher answers Rose. He does a good job stating the facts about Islam. He has obviously learned his subject well.

I also appreciated Maher's criticism of most peoples' willingness to give Islam a pass. He makes some very good points and makes them well. For example, Saudi Arabia beheads people and you hear hardly a peep about it, but if they were beheading people in Vatican City — which could be seen as the equivalent to Mecca as the primary center of a religion — don't you think there would be a bigger outcry about it?

I suggest we all watch the video several times and absorb Maher's practiced competence at responding to typical objections. We need more people to understand the disturbing nature of Islam, which means we need to keep improving our ability to get through to people. We can learn from Maher. Thank you to Andy Miller for alerting us to this interview excerpt.

Watch the video here: Maher: ‘Naive’ and Wrong to Say Islam Isn’t More Violent Than Other Religions.

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Talk To Your Friends About Mohammad

When you're talking to your friends about orthodox Islam, for the most part, they probably won't want to hear it. The topic is scary, political, and they'll think you're bashing an "ethnic group." But if you can make your conversation interesting and surprising, that can often help them overcome their reluctance to listen. (If you're not talking to your friends about it, please read this: What Possible Good Does It Do?) 

The best way I've found to make introductory information interesting and surprising is to talk about Mohammad.

Most people think the founder of any religion must necessarily have been a peaceful, spiritual, loving person who tried to do good in the world, healed the sick, taught peace, etc. Since Mohammad was the founder of Islam, they assume he must be like that too.

Most people may understand that religious organizations can go bad, or individual believers can go rogue, but only by twisting and distorting the original teachings of the founder.

But as you probably know, Islam is different. And Islam's founder is so different from expectations, talking about him makes an introduction to Islam captivating.

Here's the kind of thing I say to people when I'm talking one-on-one:

I have found out some amazing things about Islam — things I would never have thought possible. It's not like other religions. First of all, the founder of Islam, the Prophet Mohammad, led raids on caravans, stealing their goods and often killing or enslaving the people captured in the raid.

He was a political leader and the head of an army, and he ordered assassinations of his political opponents.

He personally ordered and supervised the beheading of over 600 people at one time. That may be the most amazing fact of all. I mean, nobody can imagine Buddha or Jesus doing anything like that!

Mohammad also ordered a rabbi to be tortured to find out where a Jewish tribe had hidden their valuable objects (Mohammad wanted those goods). On Mohammad's order, his men built a fire on the rabbi's chest, burning him badly, and then the rabbi's eyes were put out.

It's amazing and surprising. At first I couldn't believe it.

And I haven't even told you the worst thing. It says 91 times in the Qur'an, in their most holy of books — the book they believe is the direct word of Allah — it says Muslims should follow Mohammad's example. In the Islamic religion, Mohammad is held as the ideal man; the one they should emulate.

Most people find all this very surprising. They find it so surprising, I usually follow it up by saying these historical facts are not slanderous libel by Muslim-haters, but historical facts from the books of Muslim believers. Mohammad was born in 570 and died in 632. He was a famous figure in his own day, and it wasn't that long ago, so historical facts about him are well-known, well-preserved, and not at all shrouded in mystery.

In other words, these are facts about Mohammad that most Muslims know (and accept as true).

After saying all this, you may have frightened your listeners. But you've also opened their minds to something they may not have wanted to hear: Islam is not like other religions in important ways. Your listeners might not be so quick to silence someone speaking ill of Islam in the future.

And then what might happen? What good does it do to speak ill of Islam? That's a great question, and the topic of another article: What Possible Good Does It Do To Say Anything Negative About Islam, Even If It's True?

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American High School Students Learn About Sharia Law

The following was written by Roy White, Chapter Coordinator for ACT! for America in San Antonio, Bexar, and Kendall. We've heard from him before about another project (read about it here). The reason we're publishing this is because we'd like to see this kind of project duplicated in other areas. Here is Roy White's message:

The ACT! for America San Antonio Chapter is sponsoring the 2014 Major Carl Dykman Freedom Essay Contest. High school juniors and seniors who live in the Texas Hill Country are eligible to submit their essay for consideration to win a $1000 cash award on the topic:

Under the US Constitution women and men are treated equally. Using Sharia law, are women and men treated equally? Based upon your conclusion, should America adopt the practice of the British and EU in allowing Sharia law within the US Court system?

With all of the sharia courts appearing in Europe and the UK along with the number of US judges here in the US that have decided cases based upon Sharia law, it is a topic worthy of discussion and bringing to the attention of students to debate and discuss.

Major Carl Dykman

We are honoring one of our founding members, Major Carl Dykman who passed away last year but who has been preaching and teaching about the dangers of Islam for many years. He was a WWII veteran who along with millions of others have fought to defend the freedoms we all love but that Islamic ideology finds to be “anti-Islamic.”

We want students to research for themselves the facts behind Islam and what the Quran says about the treatment of women and have laid that out in the rules that can be found here. An introductory letter can be found here. In honor of our veterans who have fought and died for these freedoms we will be honoring the winner on Veterans Day, Tuesday, Nov 11, at our monthly meeting.

I hope you will take this idea and reach out to public and private schools as well as homeschoolers to engage in the debate and conduct their own research. As Citizen Warrior says, people should read the Quran. I play this clip from Patton as a reminder to what we all should do when it comes to Muhammad: Magnificent Bastard.

Also, Brigitte Gabrielle will be speaking in San Antonio at the Village Parkway Baptist Church, 3002 Village Parkway on Monday, October 6th at 7 PM. People who are interested in attending can go to this link to register to attend. There is no cost to attend.

Lt Col Roy White (ret), Chapter Coordinator
ACT! for America San Antonio, Bexar, Kendall
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/actbexar
Twitter: @ACTBexar

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Interviews This Week With Bill Warner, Chris Logan and Others

Elsa Schieder's interview series is in full swing. Here's the lineup this week:

Monday - Bill Warner, of PoliticanIslam. The moment he saw the second plane hitting the second tower, he knew: this is jihad. And he knew he would spend the rest of his life doing all he could to warn people, educate people, get people to take action.

Tuesday - Chris Logan, of Logan's Warning and North American Infidels. An online voice — especially a Facebook voice — against the Islamization of the West.

Wednesday - Andrew Harrod. He can't stop writing articles on Islam. You find them in almost every counter-jihad publication. And a new article is always forming within him. Plus, he's part of The Lawfare Project, "safeguarding against the abuse of the law as a weapon of war."

Thursday - Elaine Black, "inadvertent Zionist." It's been quite a journey from child actress, to the other side of things — production — to even dabbling in real estate. Some years ago, she found herself drawn to, not only finding out truths the media widely ignored, but spreading these truths, especially to people in power positions.

Listen to these interviews free. Each will be available for 48 hours. Find out how to register here.

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