66. fred:
Our dumbshit political and policy elites in the West ignore the Islamic claim on the entirety of Eretz Israel, since it was conquered shortly after Muhammad’s death in A.D. 632. Qur’anic injunction and Sharia Law forbid ceding any inch of dar al Islam back to dar al Harb.
I continue to be in utter amazement that there is either widespread ignorance of this, the history of it, or deliberate bracketing of it.
Also, there is a long history of attempts by dar al Harb to appease the armies of Allah which have only ended in defeat. Those who refuse to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.
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I think it gets back to religion, or rather, religious attitudes. Current western civilization was founded on the Judeo-christian ethic (no matter what the statists claim.). those values and belief in the God of Abraham, have been left behind for “freedom” and “enlightenment”. There have been many who equate religion with childish things. Too foolish to realize they have no control over the consequences of their choices. Poor dears just can’t grasp the concept that not only can they *not* have their cake and eat it too, but they’re stuck with 10″ on their hips. In the west, among all but the most religious, there is an attitude that religious values are irrelevant – so who cares what commands any religon espouses – it’s not pertinent today.
However, for Islam, their beliefs are very much part of their everyday life. Forget their founder died nearly 1400 years ago, his commands are as important to them today, as they were then.
Westerner’s who have rejected religion as being surpuflous to their lives (or inhibiting of their lifestyle), cannot comprehend what they have never known themselves. Religion *is* pertinent to the islamists life, and the two shall not be seperated. And it had better be considered when trying to protect the west.
