Terror: Universally Islamic

I was reading a post at Jihad Watch yesterday. In simple straight-forward terms, Mr. Spencer said:

Ever since I began doing this work publicly my point has been simple and consistent: that the jihad terrorists are working from mainstream traditions and numerous Qur’anic exhortations, and that by means of these traditions and teachings they are able to gain recruits among Muslims worldwide, and hold the sympathy of others whom they do not recruit. This explains why there has been no widespread, sustained, or sincere Muslim outcry against the jihad terrorist enterprise in general.

The mainstream media, both liberal and conservative, does not want to face these facts. They think that by speaking about the Islamic roots of jihad violence they will undercut moderate Muslims. But in fact, no reform in Islam can ever take place without an acknowledgment of what needs to be reformed. The near-universal refusal to provide that acknowledgment is just one reason why that reform is virtually certain not to be forthcoming.

Mr. Spencer linked over to a recent article by Time Magazine, an interview with a homicide bomber waiting for his “mission” in Iraq. My frequent readers will note that I have written several articles that express my concern about the danger — nee likelihood of Islamic terror in the United States, but nothing can be clearer than what has been said by an actual, pre-mission terrorist. Read the articles and then ask yourself — if these people are so dedicated to fanatical terrorism “there,” what on earth makes us think that Muslims living in America are any less devoted?

In a conversation with my good friend “Always on Watch,” she pointed out that the Qur’an is taken quite literally by all Muslims, and any Muslim who does not take the Qur’an literally is an apostate him or herself and an enemy of the “true faith.” Quite simply, there is nothing about the Muslim faith that has been hijacked by extremists; and Islamic organizations that keep telling Americans that the views of extremists do not represent the point of view of moderates is a patent lie. There is only ONE point of view — the Qur’anic view.

I asked my friend, “Why do you think our government and our fellow citizens so miserably fail to take terrorism in America seriously?” Her response was typically blunt:

“Americans are so optimistic that they don’t want to believe that evil exists. Multiculturalism has taken its effect in the United States, and our people open their arms to embrace it. They do not understand, or believe, that Islamic culture has but one goal — and that is the domination of their culture over all others.”

She then went on to say that another writer opined a few weeks ago that it will take no less than three mushroom clouds over American cities before Americans finally begin to wake up and understand that the horseman of the apocalypse has arrived. Now, I ask you . . . the reader . . . how pathetic is that?

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