BELOW IS an excellent list of materials you can use to help the education of your friends and family. The list was contributed anonymously, and is reprinted with permission. I have often recommended sharing DVDs as a way to influence your friends, but as our anonymous list-maker has pointed out, sharing audiobooks is a great idea too. Lots of people have long commutes to work every day, and wouldn't mind listening to something you loaned them.
I was listening to the excellent audiobook, Robert Spencer's Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and the Crusades), and he was talking about how Muhammad's actions set precedents for what the Islamic Military does today. Muslims are told over seventy times in the Qur'an that they should use Muhammad as an example, and try to live their lives as Muhammad did. Spencer said:
"[At a particular battle Muhammad fought in,] another pattern was set...that played out across the centuries. Muslims would see any aggression as a pretext for revenge, regardless of whether they provoked it."
I've been writing for Citizen Warrior for almost seven years, and I decided to try to select my top ten favorite articles of all time. Here they are:
1. The Terrifying Brilliance of the Islamic Memeplex
2. Modern Revelations About Islamic Revelations
3. The Cause of Terrorism
4. September 11th: A Day That Will Live In Infamy
5. How a Tolerant Country Can Avoid Being a Doormat For Intolerant Countries
6. Why Now? Islam's Rise Explained
7. What YOU Can Do To Defeat Jihadi Warriors
8. The Brutal Clash of Two Fundamental and Cherished Democratic Values
9. Pleasantville and Terrorism
10. The Top 7 Things a Citizen Can Do To Halt Terrorism
What are YOUR favorite articles (or online videos)? Not just here on CW, but anywhere? What are the articles that most changed the way you think about jihad? What are the articles that opened your eyes? What are the articles you have used most often to send to your friends?
Post them here on "comments" and we'll have a growing resource we can use to help enlighten our friends and family.
If you've given up on enlightening your friends and family, read this. It might not be them, it might be how you've gone about it. Have you tried this?
Jihadi warriors are driven by a fanatical belief in the word of Muhammad. They take the Qur'an literally and try to follow it to the letter. This includes the command to threaten and kill any other Muslim who says some passages in the Qur'an ought to be edited, updated, or modernized. The Qur'an is perfect. It says so right there in the Qur'an. Anyone who thinks otherwise is an apostate who deserves execution (like it says in the Qur'an).
This seems so far removed from normal life in Western society it's hard to believe we're talking about real, present-day events. But literally millions of men and women in the world right now are true believers and they are successfully recruiting new young warriors into their ranks. They are also successfully intimidating hundreds of millions of their fellow Muslims into letting them get away with it.
The commands in the Qur'an are the source of the ongoing war against infidels being waged around the world right now. You can see the death toll in real time at thereligionofpeace.com. (Scroll down the page to see the daily worldwide onslaught that the Western mainstream media almost completely ignores.) These aren't really "terrorist attacks." The locations of those attacks are the front lines of a global war by a single, united power.
And the source of the violence is the Qur'an.
No, not all Muslims are violent. Most Muslims modify the teachings of the Qur'an to be more peaceful and modern and explain away the parts they don't want to follow. But those who follow it as strictly as Muhammad commanded are doing almost all the seemingly random acts of violence around the world.
What can you do about it? The best thing you could do would be to convert Islamic terrorists into a different religion or convert them to atheists. But let's scratch that off the list because it is nearly impossible. For one thing, how many Islamic terrorists do you know personally? And for another thing, once someone is a radical believer in anything, you are unlikely to convert them out of it.
So that means we're not going to stop the source of the violence directly. What else is there? The next best option is protecting ourselves.
That's what we do in our Western societies, isn't it? You can't get every violent thug off the street, so you do the next best thing: You protect yourself and your family. You do whatever you need to do, depending on where you live. Maybe you lock your car. Maybe you have a security system for your house. Maybe you have a dog. Maybe you own a gun. You protect yourself.
So how can you — a free, non-military citizen in a Western country — protect yourself from Islamic terrorists? First, you can educate yourself about how to prepare for an attack, what to do in an actual terrorist attack, and how to thwart one in progress.
Then you can educate yourself about Islam and the Qur'an so you are no longer deceived by the deliberately-confusing statements of the Jihadis themselves. Start by learning about the terrifying brilliance of the Islamic memeplex.
And third, you can help your fellow citizens understand what's going on. Create conversations (like this one) where you can share what you know, and make it as easy to hear as you can. Certain things, like this one, need to become more widely known for these twelve reasons. Then we can vote wisely for policies and politicians. By listening to our representatives, we can determine whether or not they understand the cause and cure of Islamic violence. Voting wisely can help protect us in the long run.
Most of the people who will ever read this article are living in a fairly safe environment. That's true of you, isn't it? Probably nobody you know has disappeared in the night. Probably none of your friends have been beheaded. Probably no bombs have gone off in your neighborhood lately. So this whole issue might seem distant and less-than-urgent. It doesn't have the immediacy and overriding significance it would have right after an event like 9-11.
If that's how you feel, please at least bookmark this page and remember it. And if something big happens, or should I say when something big happens (it seems inevitable eventually), come back to this page and take up the cause in earnest. Maybe even join the Citizen Warrior Special Forces.
If you think, "little ol' me can't really make a difference," then you need to adjust your explanatory style. And inoculate yourself against the influence of negative news.
This is a long war. Militant Islam has been in an ongoing war with everyone else since Muhammad started the whole thing. That's another reason it might not seem urgent.
But every effort you make to prepare yourself, educate yourself, and educate your fellow Westerners adds strength to the side of freedom, and weakens the side of totalitarianism. Make no mistake, the ultimate expression of militant Islam is the total restriction of almost every freedom we take for granted. Especially for women. This is not as rabble-rousing or extreme as it might appear to many people. Militant Islam is on the rise (find out why here) and several democracies, like Lebanon, Turkey, and Egypt, have recently lost freedoms to Islam (called jihad by subversion).
The spread of democracy and freedom is not inevitable. It is entirely possible for things to go the other way.
That's why I urge you, for all our sakes, to add your strength to the cause. Sooner is better than later.
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Audio-book editions for the following titles:
Islam Unveiled Disturbing Questions About the World's Fastest Growing Faith, Robert Spencer
Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and the Crusades), Robert Spencer
The Truth About Muhammad: Founder of the World's Most Intolerant Religion, Robert Spencer
Islam Unveiled: Disturbing Questions About the World's Fastest-Growing Faith, Robert Spencer
Preachers of Hate, Kenneth R Timmerman reveals "an ancient hatred that threatens the life and livelihood of every American..." "what begins with the Jews, never ends with the Jews."
America Alone: The End of the World As We Know It , Mark Steyn
Because They Hate: A Survivor of Islamic Terror Warns America, Brigitte Gabrielle
Infidel, Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Anonymous said: The following audiobooks tell the story of America's battle with Jihad since Tripoli declared war on the US in 1801...
Six Frigates Ian Toll, excitingly read audio version of Toll's impressive history of the founding of the United States Navy. These frigates would play key roles in the quasi-war with France, the Barbary wars, and the War of 1812.
Power Faith and Fantasy America in the Middle East, 1776 to present
This favorite has recently become available as an audio download:
White Gold Giles Milton magnificently tells the story of huge traffic in European slaves along the Barbary Coast during the 1700's.
Anonymous said: I have been sharing DVD's that cover this topic as well as films about The Holocaust for several years now. I also make sure my congregation's media center has a copy of each as well.
Islam: What the West Needs to Know
Obsession: Radical Islam's War Against the West
Holy Land: Christians in Peril an excellent documentary about the April 2002 terrorist hostage crisis at Bethlehem's Church of the Nativity
The Silent Exodus this film provides important evidence that the exodus of 1.5 million forgotten Jewish refugees from the Arab and Muslim world began long before Israel's creation — and was largely fueled by ancient sectarian hatred.
The Longest Hatred comprehensive documentary feature on anti-semitism... not nearly as comprehensive as Dr. Andrew Bostom's tome... Legacy of Islamic Antisemitism
Suicide Killers a disturbing journey deep into a culture that few can comprehend — that of suicide bombers.
Hostages of Hatred Pierre Rehov sets out to tell us the real story of those men, women and children, who have been shamefully used as mere pawns for over 50 years, by Arab leaders at first, by Palestinian leaders later on and until this very day but also by the United Nations' body that was specially created to supposedly take care of them : the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, UNWRA.
Terrorists Among Us
Farewell Israel, reaches the unavoidable conclusion that Western and Israeli misunderstanding of Islam is leading to a coming war — which will have devastating consequences for the West, and worst of all for Israel — Farewell Israel!
OSAMA, Part 1
The film is broken into 16 segments so look for the additional links here
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LibriVox, is a site dedicated to acoustical liberation of books in the public domain.
Back in my college days, I volunteered to read technical text books to assist a blind student who became my maid of honor at my wedding. Since those days, technology has advanced a great deal but not everyone can afford the equipment, so there is still a service to be provided.
There are a multitude of books of interest to the counterjihad that should become audiobooks.
I am currently exploring this effort myself. Books written by Apostates such as Ali Sina Psychobiography of Mo and Walid Shoebat Why I Left the Jihad would be of personal interest. I would need to get their permission for such an endeavor. There are books long out of print — novels like: 1946 edition of Sir Naked Blade evaded all politically correct editing would be of personal interest as well.
Here's just a couple of paragraphs from the opening chapter :
There was no escape for the Little Jesus. Becalmed in this glare of blue sea, with no whisper of wind out of the grayish sky, she lay as if yoked to the unbroken waters of the Mediterranean. Sails drooped on the yards like dried skin and the pitch was hot and wet in the seams. Helpless, she lay while the pirate galleys heaved over the horizon, their oars lifting, falling, centipede-like legs swaying them close to the unmoving English victim. Low ruffs of foam stirred by the dipping blades were the only movement, it seemed, on that dark sea. The Little Jesus waited as if bewitched, as if damned, while her crew leaned on the bulwarks, watching silently, white-faced and steady-fingered. There was nothing further for them to do. All was prepared for battle: cannon loaded, water-buckets filled, the slow-matches burning over them, while powder-kegs stood by pyramids of black shot. Guns and pistols were cocked, powder drying the shut pans, swords, were unsheathed and spat back the sunlight in flickering silver.