By de Andréa
The mistake Westerners often make when they think about Islam is that they superimpose their own views of religion onto something decidedly outside Western culture and Christian tradition.
Because violence done in the name of God is "extreme" from a Western/Christian point of view, one imagines that it must be also be extreme from an Islamic one.
But unlike Christianity, which recognizes a separate sphere for secular politics ("Render unto Caesar what is Caesar's and unto God what is God's"), Islam does not distinguished between faith and power.
Islam is in fact an expansionary social and political system more akin to National Socialism and Communism than any "religion" familiar to Westerners. Islamic politics is inevitably an all-or-nothing affair in which the stakes are to convert to Islam or be killed, and the aim is to not to beat one’s opponent at the ballot box but to destroy him literally, as well as politically, and to enslave the world in conquest.
One must; if only for a moment step aside if possible, from ones Christian culture to see Islam for what it really is, rather than filter it through Christian eyes. It is natural to process reality from ones own intellectual and cultural background, however to comprehend the inconceivable agenda of Islam is to conceive of the unthinkable.
THE BOTTOM LINE: While Christianity is doctrinally concerned primarily with the salvation of souls, Islam seeks to remake the world in its image. According to orthodox Islam, Sharia law, the codified commandments of the Quran and precedents of the Prophet Muhammad, it is the only legitimate basis of government.
Because violence done in the name of God is "extreme" from a Western/Christian point of view, one imagines that it must be also be extreme from an Islamic one.
But unlike Christianity, which recognizes a separate sphere for secular politics ("Render unto Caesar what is Caesar's and unto God what is God's"), Islam does not distinguished between faith and power.
Islam is in fact an expansionary social and political system more akin to National Socialism and Communism than any "religion" familiar to Westerners. Islamic politics is inevitably an all-or-nothing affair in which the stakes are to convert to Islam or be killed, and the aim is to not to beat one’s opponent at the ballot box but to destroy him literally, as well as politically, and to enslave the world in conquest.
One must; if only for a moment step aside if possible, from ones Christian culture to see Islam for what it really is, rather than filter it through Christian eyes. It is natural to process reality from ones own intellectual and cultural background, however to comprehend the inconceivable agenda of Islam is to conceive of the unthinkable.
THE BOTTOM LINE: While Christianity is doctrinally concerned primarily with the salvation of souls, Islam seeks to remake the world in its image. According to orthodox Islam, Sharia law, the codified commandments of the Quran and precedents of the Prophet Muhammad, it is the only legitimate basis of government.
The West must soon become cognizant of what it took the Crusaders 300 years to comprehend about Islam. This is that Islam has a one track agenda to conquer or take control of all governments either by infiltration or by force. Moreover they will not ever abandon this quest for world domination as long as there is at least one Muslim alive.
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