A warning to the reader: Some material contained herein is blasphemous.  It is recorded solely for the purpose of exposing a hideous lie with the Truth.  It is my prayer that The Most Holy One of Israel – He who is Sovereign;  He who shall be known forever unto all generations as The G-d of Abraham, The G-d of Isaac; The G-d of Jacob –  will guide my pen.  I have lowercased, uppercased and italicized where necessary within direct quotations from Qur'anic material, so as to bring matters in alignment with Biblical Reality.

Peace:

The buzz word for this century.  Yet, like an echo, it evades us.

The nations cry out, “Safety!...  More summit meetings!”  But turmoil envelops our global village – like a dense fog.   And like the fog, it cannot be grasped.  Not through mediation ... normalization ... concession.

     

Purpose:

What we hope to accomplish.  We search, within ourselves, and forget

G-d. Then we cry out, “Rights!..  Everyone is oppressed!”  And bitterness permeates our very beings – like a dense fog.  And like the fog, it cannot be grasped.  Not through ideology... equality... prosperity.

Hate:

A force to be reckoned with.  Tending its task, subtly, as the cankerworm.  Then it cries out, “Vindicate!...  Vanquish the enemy!”  Such destruction settles upon G-d's handiwork – like a dense fog.  And like the fog, it cannot be grasped.  Not through globalism ... humanism ... dogmatism ...

How, then, do we attain that perfect peace that transcends all barriers?  Where can we find purpose along the rocky path of life?  Can we dissolve the hate that is so deeply ingrained within our civilization?  Man is not equipped to address such issues unless he possesses Truth.  This is within our grasp.   The G-d of Reality gives freely to all those who seek Him wholeheartedly and without reservation.  

In a world where it has become increasingly difficult to recognize “the lover from the thief”  – both can look and sound the same –  let us be examiners of fruit.  

“Watch out for false prophets.  They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves.  By their fruit you will recognize them.  Do people pick grapes from thorn bushes, or figs from thistles?  Likewise every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit.  A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit.  Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.  Thus, by their fruit you will recognize them.”  Matthew 7:15-20

This is a wake up call.  He who has ears, let him hear.

Five times a day, atop the minarets dotted throughout The Promised Land and the Islamic world, the wail of very loud speakers boast in one accord: “Allah is the greatest.  Allah is the greatest.  Allah is the greatest.  I bear witness that there is no god (also: deity) but Allah.  I bear witness that there is no god but Allah.  I bear witness that Muhammad is the messenger of Allah.  I bear witness that Muhammad is the messenger of Allah.  I bear witness that there is no god but Allah.  I bear witness that there is no god but Allah.  I bear witness that Muhammad is the messenger of Allah.  I bear witness that Muhammad is the messenger of Allah.  Come to prayer.  Come to success.  Come to success (A Manual of Hadith on Adhan and Iqamah by Muhammad Ali).” 

How it must pain the Holy One.  How it must be a stench in His nostrils.

This, perhaps, may seem like a mindless call to prayer, but when dislodged from within the shadow of the Qur'an – the Muslim “holy” book – and Ahadith – the “semi-divine” Islamic Oral Tradition –  the connotations are much more telling: This aqeedah and adhan – compulsory  Islamic creed and call to prayer – is a cryptic beckoning to the Muslim to elevate himself/herself in the pillars of Islam; especially concerning Jihad (succinctly defined: “holy” war), in preparation for the “final hour” of Islamic world domination – which draws nigh.

In Islamic teaching, the “martyr” who dies while engaging in Jihad in order that the deen – Allah’s name and the Islamic way of life – be exalted, commits not suicide, but rather the ultimate act of ibadat: worship.  His Quar’an promises him, and his imams – spiritual leaders – advocate that his physical departure from this earth is simply a passage onto eternal bliss, where he will enter into a “paradise” of unparalleled fleshly pleasure. 

In his book, The Traditions of Islam, the well-respected; pro-Islamic scholar, Alfred Guillaume, points out: “The martyr’s merit exceeds that of all others.”  He cites Ahadith by Al Tirmidhi and Ibn Maja: “The martyr has six privileges with god: his sins are pardoned when the first drop of blood falls; he is shown his seat in paradise; he is safe from the punishment of the grave and secure from the great terror (a reference to hell), a crown of dignity isplaced on his head, one jewel of which is worth more than the world and all that is therein; and he is married to seventy dark-eyed virgins; and he makes successful intercession for seventy of his relatives. ‘He who equips a warrior in the way of god has fought himself; and he who is left behind to take care of a warrior’s family has fought himself.’ ”  Indeed, families of these “warriors” can expect to receive comfortable stipends from their government or, in the case of a fledgling Islamic entity, from an established sponsoring regime, or from Islamic charitable community outreach organizations: oftentimes terrorist organizations in their own right. 

  

This is because the Islamic “prophet,” Muhammad, said to have received “divine revelation” to bring Allah’s deen to mankind via the Qu’ran, is regarded by Muslims to be a Jihad role model. Indeed,  the spoils from Muhammad’s raids served as a springboard for Islamizing Arabia. 

In a June 19, 2001 interview on Qatar’s Al-Jazeera Television, during its weekly religious program, Sheik Yussef Al-Qaradhawi, head of the Islamic law faculty at Qatar University and leading authority in the Muslim world today, explaining the unique characteristics Muhammad possessed, said: “Allah has also made the prophet Muhammad into an epitome for religious warriors (Mujahideen) since he ordered Muhammad to fight for religion...”  Sheikh Al-Qaradhawi discussed how a Mujahid prepares for his mission: “There are various ways to prepare for Jihad: there is mental preparation, there is physical preparation, and there is material preparation, meaning the preparation of the weapons.  The messenger (Muhammad) prepared all his friends first mentally, since equipment and weapons cannot fight themselves, but rather need hands to operate them.  And those hands must have a purpose. (as reported by The Middle East Media Research Institute, a non-profit organization that translates and analyzes the media of the Middle East.)”

Surah 4:89-92: “How is it that you are divided into two parties regarding the hypocrites?  Allah has overthrown them because of what they did.  Would you guide him whom Allah has caused to perish?  For him whom Allah causes to perish thou shalt not find a way.  They wish that you would disbelieve as they have disbelieved, so that you may become all alike.   Make not, therefore, friends with any of them, until they emigrate in the way of Allah.  If they turn away, then seize them and kill them wherever you find them... (from “The Koran  – Arabic text with translation,” by Muhammad Zafrulla Khan)." 

In addition to the Qur’an, there are countless books on Ahadith, and Fiqh – jurisprudence – that cover this subject, and  in painstaking length.  Whole scholarly dissertations and books have been written regarding the rulings and “virtues” of Jihad in an attempt to condense the vast amount of information available for disciples of Islam.

It is noteworthy to mention that the entire Islamic educational system, from primary to the scholarly levels, is based upon promoting the pillars of Islam: and without reservation when concerning Jihad and “martyrdom.”  Moreover, all subjects in the Islamic curriculum are geared toward forming the Islamic personality in thought and behavior; therefore, no allowance is given to objectively study foreign cultures and ethics.

The writing is on the wall:

The headline in the November 30, 2000 issue of Al Hayat al Jadida, the official “palestinian” Authority daily newspaper, reads:  The Boy Martyr Karam al-Kard (age 12) announced of his own death on the walls of his home.”  The ensuing article, as reported by “palestine” Media Watch, reads: “Prior to his being injured... Karam announced his own death on the walls of his home and attributed to himself Martyrdom and its honor, in his handwriting on the walls.  The notice read: ‘The Al-Kard family announces the death of its courageous Martyr Karam Fat’he Al-Kard...”  Notice that the reporter took pains to remind the Muslim community that the boy was injured – that is to say, he experienced a temporary inconvenience during his rite of passage en route to “paradise.”  Also, “Fat’he,” which the boy incorporated into his name,  is a reference to victory.

This child’s story is not an isolated case.  Grooming children, indeed, orienting an entire people toward engaging in Jihad and “elevating” themselves to “martyrdom” on behalf of Allah’s deen will be the subject for the next edition of The Zealot. 

For the Muslim, there are two worlds: Dar al-Islam, the domain of Islam , and Dar al-Kufr, the domain of disbelief: the former domain being a “House of Peace,” while the latter is the “House of War.”  A war that will not end until the entire world falls under Muslim rule.

The foreboding conditions of this anticipated “final hour,” which correlates with a “day of judgment” and the establishment of the “Islamic divine order” is detailed in Ahadith.  Tradition tells of the Islamic “prophet” Muhammad stating that the “hour” will come after the Muslims battle the Jews and annihilate them.  During this war, the Jews will try to escape from the clutches of their Muslim pursuers by hiding

“During this war, the Jews will try to escape from the clutches of their Muslim pursuers by hiding behind rocks and trees.  But, on that day Allah will give mouths to the rocks and trees, which will call out, “O Muslim, there is a Jew behind me.  Come and kill him”

behind rocks and trees.  But, on that day Allah will give mouths to the rocks and trees, which will call out, “O Muslim, there is a Jew behind me.  Come and kill him (Ahadith excerpt provided by Moshe Sharon, former Israeli Adviser on Arab and Islamic Affairs, as cited by Victor Mordechai, in his book, “Is Fanatic Islam  a Global Threat?  Mordechai is a well-connected activist and speaker, who resides in Israel.  For obvious reasons, he goes by his pen name.  Mordechai noted that the above venomous quote appears frequently on handbills distributed throughout the Muslim populace in the Arab-occupied territories of the Jewish State, by the terrorist organization Hamas (In Arabic: Harakat Muqawama Islamiyya: Islamic Resistance Movement.  The acronym, Hamas means “zeal” or “violence.”).  The handbills are used as a rallying cry to kill the Jews.

According to this deadly Oral Tradition, “"the great imam (Islamic spiritual leader) Jesus” is going to help the Muslims with this bloody mop up campaign: “Tradition tells us that, at the end of days, Jesus will appear, spear in hand, on the mountains to the east of the Sea of Galilee.  At that time, the false messiah, ad-dajjal, will be ruling the earth and Jesus will meet him at the gates of the city of Lydda (a town two miles north of the road connecting Joppa toJerusalem) and kill him.  Having killed the ad-dajjal, Jesus will proceed to Jerusalem at the time of the morning prayer and will pray among the rest of the Moslems according to the Islamic law.  Thereafter, he will break all the crosses and lay the synagogues and churches in ruins," Mordechai explained.  “According to one tradition, by that time, all the Jews and Christians will believe in him and become part of the great Islamic community.”

Mordechai compares Muhammad's Qur'an to Hitler's "Mein Kampf."  Indeed, this analogy becomes evident in Surah 5:60-61 [Khan]: "Say to them: 'People of the Book, you persecute us for the only fault that we believe in Allah and in that which has been sent down to us and in that which was sent down before it, and you do that because most of you are disobedient to Allah.'  Say to them: 'Shall I apprise you of those whose recompense from Allah is worse than that of those whom you despise?'  They are those whom Allah has cast aside and on whom his wrath has fallen and of whom he has made some as apes and swine who worship the evil one.  These are in the worst plight and farthest astray from the right path."

This entire twisted religion is based upon the premise that G-d has broken His Covenant Promises; has utterly cast aside the Jews and Christians, and has since dictated a new book...a supreme book... which has been entrusted to the Muslims.  Below are just a few representative surahs that convey such fabrications:

 

Surah 2:119:  "When Abraham was tried by his Lord with words and fulfilled them; He said: 'See, I am going to make thee an example (i.e., imam) to the people.'  He replied: 'And of my posterity also?'  He said: 'My Covenant will not extend to the wrong-doers (from "The Qur'an – translated with a critical re-arrangement of the surahs," by Richard Bell).'"

Surah 2:120-122 [Khan]:  "Most surely have we sent thee with the truth, a bearer of glad tidings and a warner; nor art thou answerable for the inmates of the Fire.  TheJews will by no means be pleased with thee, nor the Christians, unless thou conform to their creed.  Proclaim, therefore: 'Surely Allah's guidance is the only true guidance.'  If thou follow their evil desires after the knowledge that has come to thee, thou shalt have neither friend nor helper from Allah.  Those whom we have given this book follow it as it should be followed; it is these who have firm faith therein.  Whoso believes not therein, these are they who are the losers."

Surah 4:48  [Khan]:  "O ye who have been given the book, believe in that which we have now sent down, fulfilling that which is with you, before we destroy your leaders and turn them on their backs or cast them aside as we cast aside the People of the Sabbath.  The decree of Allah is bound to be carried out."

Surah 10:15 [Khan]:  "We destroyed generation after generation before when they did wrong.  Their messengers came to them with clear signs, but they would not believe.  Thus do we requite the guilty people.  Then, after them we made you their successors in the earth, that we might see how you would behave."

 

The above surahs call G-d a liar.  But the G-d of Truth says:

"...He who appoints the sun to shine by day, who decrees the moon and stars to shine by night, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar -- the L-rd Almighty  is His Name: 'Only if these decrees vanish from my sight,' declares the L-rd, 'will the descendants (zerah in Hebrew = seed) of Israel ever cease to be a nation before me (Jeremiah 31:35-36. Also see, & Ezekiel 16:62 ).'"

Muhammad has a very well used "revelation" for such instances, however.  It can be found in Surah 2:107 [Khan]:  "Whatever previous commandment we abrogate or cause to be forgotten, we reveal in this Qur'an one better or the like thereof:  Knowest thou not that Allah has power to do all he wills?"

But the Holy One proclaims: "G-d is not a man, that He should lie, nor a son of man, that He should change His mind...(Numbers 23:19)."

Conventional wisdom insists that Islamic religious dogma is adhered to by only a "fringe" group of "extremist" fundamentalists, but it would be unwise to simply rest in the fact that Islam's second largest

“Conventional wisdom insists that Islamic religious dogma is adhered to by only a "fringe" group of "extremist" fundamentalists, but it would be unwise to simply rest in the fact that Islam's second largest sect, the Shi'ites, the most radical Muslim element today, comprise just 14% of the Islamic population.  One must also take into consideration that the Shi’ites are concentrated in Iran and Iraq, and these two countries, along with Saudi Arabia, are sitting on 67% of the world's crude oil”

sect, the Shi'ites, the most radical Muslim element today, comprise just 14% of the Islamic population.  One must also take into consideration that the Shi’ites are concentrated in Iran and Iraq, and these two countries, along with Saudi Arabia, are sitting on 67% of the world's crude oil (World Book Encyclopedia; also Lewis M. Hopfe, "Religions of the World").  The Orthodox Muslims, comprising both Shi'ites and Sunnis who together make up 85% of the Islamic population, firmly believe their pseudo-god Allah has given them this oil so that they could amass wealth to fight for his global aim of world domination.  According to Encyclopedia Americana, currently there is approximately a 33-year supply of oil reserves, which total 670 billion barrels.  This is the window these Muslims feel they have to work in to accomplish the goals of Allah's fast and furious Jihad.  What is especially noteworthy: the entire Islamic community is duty-bound to aid in every possible way in "Allah's struggle," and this religious imperative is vigorously enforced, forcibly if necessary, by Muslim activists, who justify themselves by the following Qur'anic and Hadith material:  Surah 9:38-39 [Khan] reads:  "O ye who believe, what ails you that, when it is said to you, 'Go forth, all together, to fight in the cause of Allah; '  you are held down by your worldly interests?  Is it that you prefer the hither life to the hereafter?  If so, you must remember that all this life has to offer is of little value in comparison with the hereafter.  If you go not forth, he will chastise you with a painful chastisement and will replace you with another people, and you shall do him no harm at all."

An exceedingly large number of Oral Traditions deal with the subject of jihad and martyrdom.  In his book, "The Traditions of Islam," by the well-respected; pro-Islamic scholar, Alfred Guillaume, he points out, "The martyr's merit exceeds thatof all others."  Guillaume cites Hadith by Al Tirmidhi and Ibn Maja: "The martyr has six privileges with god: his sins are pardoned when the first drop of blood falls; he is shown his seat in paradise; he is safe from the punishment of the grave (i.e. suicide for Allah is viewed as a temporary inconvenience in order to enter into paradise) and secure from the great terror (i.e. hell), a crown of dignity is placed on his head one jewel of which is worth more than the world and all that is therein; and he is married to seventy dark-eyed virgins; and he makes successful intercession for seventy of his relatives.  'He who equips a warrior in the way of god has fought himself; and he who is left behind to take care of a warrior's family has fought himself.'

Coming to the understanding, then, that it is an obligatory "sacred" duty on the part of the entire Islamic community to participate in this "holy" Jihad to obliterate the infidels  (lit. unbelievers, but referring to non-Muslims), we are better equipped to perceive the foreboding picture behind why the Muslim-Arab bloc brandishes its oil reserves over the heads of the industrialized nations.  Given the global lust for oil, this war club (G-d has His own War club -- Israel.  See Jeremiah 51:20) has proven to be quite an effective weapon of choice to silence opposition to this imperialistic scheme, as is evident by the reckless appeasement policies of the world’s political leaders and by the blatant pro-Muslim bias of the international media.  Regarding the latter, petro-dollars are being used to buy up the world’s major news organs, and those that are not owned by Muslims find their objectivity severely compromised because this money is also being used to purchase the majority of media advertisements, a mainstay for any news outfit. 

We can be certain that advancing on our horizon is a powerful, angry bloc of Arab Islamic states out to conquer and cleanse the world for Allah.   Mordechai cautions: "Today, with the power of oil and the petrodollar, radical fanatic Islam has been able, after nearly a thousand years of submission to the more powerful world of Christendom, to again raise its head and toentertain dreams of conquering or converting the entire world to the Islamic religion.  It is Ayatollah Janati, a leading Moslem cleric in the Iranian government, who has said again and again: 'The twenty-first century will be the century of Islam.'"

That boast may be modern, but its underlying hostility is as ancient as the division between Ishmael and Isaac and the feud between Jacob and Esau:  In Genesis 15, G-d established His Covenant with Abram (later, Abraham).  G-d promised that Abram would have a son, but he and his barren wife Sarai (later, Sarah) took it upon themselves to start a family through her Egyptian maidservant, Hagar.  Genesis 16 tells us that Abram slept with Hagar and she became pregnant with Ishmael.  G-d informed Hagar that Ishmael "will be a wild donkey of a man; his hand will be against everyone and everyone's

“G-d informed Hagar that Ishmael "will be a wild donkey of a man; his hand will be against everyone and everyone's hand against him and he will live in hostility toward (or live to the east -- Saudi Arabia -- of) all his brothers."  This hostile seed has since been passed down to his descendants (the Arabs of Saudi Arabia, where Islam got its start), as recorded in Genesis 25:18.”

hand against him and he will live in hostility toward (or live to the east -- Saudi Arabia -- of) all his brothers."  This hostile seed has since been passed down to his descendants (the Arabs of Saudi Arabia, where Islam got its start), as recorded in Genesis 25:18.  In Genesis 17, G-d re-affirmed His Covenant Promises to Abraham, and Abraham pleaded that Ishmael would live under G-d's blessing also.  G-d replied, "Yes, but your wife Sarah will bear you a son, and you will call him Isaac.  I will establish my Covenant with him as an everlasting Covenant and for his descendants after him.  And as for Ishmael, I have heard you: I will surely bless him; I will make him fruitful and will greatly increase his numbers.  He will be the father of twelve rulers, and I will make him into a great nation.  But my Covenant I will establish with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you by this time next year."   Later, in Genesis 22, as a test of faith, G-d told Abraham, "Take your son, your only son (note: Although Ishmael was the elder son, G-d only recognized Isaac, the son that He promised to Sarah, as the true seed of Abraham.), Isaac, whom you love and go to the region of Moriah.  Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains I will tell you about."  Abraham obeyed the L-rd, but G-d stopped him before he could sacrifice Isaac.  G-d was

Exodus 3:15

Here, The Holy One reveals Himself as the

G-d of Abraham, the G-d of Isaac and the G-d of Jacob.

pleased with Abraham because of his obedience and at this time He reiterated The Covenant Promise.  The Qur'an falsifies this account by alleging that Ishmael was the son to be sacrificed; thus, insinuating that the Covenant Promises were actually handed down to his descendants.  But G-d has an exclusive relationship, which He affirms in Exodus 3:15.  Here, The Holy One reveals Himself as the G-d of Abraham, the G-d of Isaac and the G-d of Jacob.  No amount of Qur'anic revisionism can alter this special relationship or the fact that the Covenant Promise would be handed down through Isaac's seed.   

Isaac would later marry Rebekah, and she would bore him twins, Jacob and Esau.  In Genesis 25 we learn that these two brothers strived with each other even from within her womb.  Esau we are told, “despised his birthright,” which carried with it a double portion blessing of G-d's abundance because he was the firstborn son.  He made a deal with his younger brother in which he sold his birthright to him for a bowl of lentil stew.  Jacob apparently had Spiritually discerned that the birthright was something of great and long-standing importance to be sought after, while Esau’s focus was fixed on things of a temporal nature.  That Jacob eagerly grasped for Esau's birthright was a confirmation of the Prophecy of the Divine Election whereby this older son would serve his younger brother, as G-d declared in Verse 23.   This Election went directly against ancient custom by which the younger son would serve the eldest son.  As the years passed, we learn in Genesis 27 that while Isaac was getting his house in order before he died, he called for Esau, whom he loved, and requested a meal of wild game prior to pronouncing the double portion blessing upon him.  Rebekah, who loved Jacob, overheard this conversation, and while Esau was hunting for the game, she had her younger son bring in goats from their flock and she prepared a similar meal.  She instructed Jacob to disguise himself to look like his older brother and then she gave him the meal so that he could fool his poor-sighted father into giving him the double portion blessing instead.  The trick worked, so in addition to having earlier obtained Esau’s birthright, Jacob had acquired the double portion blessing ofthe clan authority.  "May G-d give you of heaven's dew and of earth's richness -- an abundance of grain and new wine," Isaac said, and continued, "May nations serve you and peoples bow down to you.  Be lord over your brothers, and may your mother bow down to you.  May those who curse you be cursed and those who bless you be blessed."   Hence, in spite of ancient custom and Isaac’s love for Esau, G-d's Election stood and the birthright and double portion blessing fell upon Jacob. 

When Esau returned and discovered that his blessing had been grasped by his brother, he cried out and pleaded with his father to bless him, too, but Isaac replied, "Your dwelling will be away from the earth's richness, away from the dew of heaven above.  You will live by the sword and you will serve your brother.  But when you grow restless, you will throw his yoke from off your neck." 

As time passed, G-d confirmed the Covenant He had made with Isaac to Jacob.  Esau, however, held a grudge, and he mustered up a band of 400 men to pursue Jacob.   In fear, Jacob humbled himself before the L-rd and sought His protection and favor.   G-d answered his prayer by changing Esau’s heart toward his brother (Genesis 33:4).  Esau then redirected his anger by rebelling against his father after learning that Isaac commanded Jacob not to marry a Canaanite woman.  We are told in Genesis 28:8, “Esau then realized how displeasing the Canaanite women were to his father Isaac, so he went to Ishmael and married Mahalath, the sister of Nebaioth and daughter of Ishmael son of Abraham, in addition to the wives he already had.”  The Canaanites were descendants of Noah’s son, Ham, whom Noah had cursed for looking upon his nakedness, as recorded in Genesis 9:25-27.  The descendants of Ham comprise Caucasoid peoples native to North and East Africa, including the Egyptians, the Berbers, the Tuaregs, and the Galla.  

Throughout the millennia, Satan has managed to keep these ancient hostilities alive by continually stirring up bitter envy within the hearts of many of Ishmael’s and Esau’s descendants, and this jealousy

“Throughout the millennia, Satan has managed to keep these ancient hostilities alive by continually stirring up bitter envy within the hearts of many of Ishmael’s and Esau’s descendants, and this jealousy vents itself in the form of fury against the Chosen People.”

vents itself in the form of fury against the Chosen People.  This reality is evident today as we repeatedly witness modern day Jihads or "holy" wars being waged against the Jews.  But that is only part of the story.  What is not so obvious is the driving force behind this struggle: the dark principality that has declared war under Allah’s banner against the one true G-d: the G-d of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in an effort to thwart His Redemptive Purposes.

Strangely enough, as this rancorous war rages on, Islam, which is widely adhered to by both Ishmael’s and Esau’s descendants, has become the world's fastest growing religion.  At the initial writing of this article, the World Almanac and Book of Facts 1995, citing mid-1993 statistics from the 1994 Encyclopedia Britannica Book of the Year, reported that Islam's 1,014,372,000 worldwide adherents placed it second only to Christianity (editorial note: more accurately – Christendom), which reportedly had 1,869,751,000 devotees; 1,042,501,000 of this latter group being Roman Catholics.  By comparison, the World Almanac and Book of Facts 2000, citing mid-1998 statistics from the 1999 Encyclopedia Britannica Book of the Year, is reporting that on global scale there are 1,164,622,00 Muslims adherents, and 1,943,038,000 reported Christians; 1,026,501,000 of which are listed as Roman Catholics.  Hence, we can see that during the period of mid-1993 through mid-1998, between the two dominating religions, Islam and Christianity, the former has enjoyed a 150,250,000 increase, while the latter has experienced less than half of that gain, reporting only a 73,287,000 rise in its numbers.

How is it that a religion filled with so much unabated ancient hatred can enjoy such popularity in a global village so obsessed with manufacturing world peace?  

It is a time-tested truism that wealth brings with it many friends.  When the Middle Eastern Arab and Muslim nations discovered their vast quantity of oil, Hopfe points out that it raised their wealth and political power overnight, which also sparked a resurgence of interest in Islam.  Islam has very skillfully used this vast oil wealth as a powerful political weapon to advance its cause internationally.

“Winked at by our international leaders, Islam’s expansionist goals are becoming quite a force to be reckoned with.”

Winked at by our international leaders, Islam’s expansionist goals are becoming quite a force to be reckoned with. Mordechai illustrates Islam’s global aims with what he calls the "domino theory":  "First, Iran overthrew Shah Reza Pahlevi and replaced him with Ayatollah Khomeini in 1979.  Then a second Islamic republic was established in the 1980s with the defeat of the Soviets in Afghanistan.  Next, the democratically elected Sudanese president Sadek Mahdi was toppled in 1989 and replaced by the Bashir-Tourabi clique.  Stage four will probably be Algeria, already on the brink of an Islamic takeover.  Other countries that are likely to fall to the fanatic Islamic empire are Egypt, Saudi, Jordan and Syria."  Still other nations and states that have experienced and are experiencing Islamic power struggles at varying degrees include Lebanon, Israel, Yemen, Mauritania, Bahrain, India, Turkey, Cypress, Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Tunisia, Eritrea, Russia, Chechnya, Kosovo, Bosnia, the Philippines, Indonesia, China, and Argentina.  Currently the United States and several European countries such as France, Germany and Italy are experiencing Islamic infiltration, in which the power struggles are, for the moment, muffled.

Islam’s country-by-country stratagem to foster its global revolution can be summed up as infiltration followed by insurrection.  

Insurrectionalists employ a variety of methods to weaken the internal structure of their targeted countries.  When a climate of instability  is accomplished, the countries under siege become vulnerable to such takeovers as described above.  Because a host of the seemingly scattered "skirmishes" around the world are tied to Islamic roots, it becomes important to examine the revolutionary tools Islam is employing so that we can discern the ripening of the greater; indeed, more sinister picture: 

The thread that is prominently woven throughout most revolutions is violence.

Thomas H. Greene asserts in his book, "Comparative Revolutionary Movements” that the level of violence is raised when foreign intervention supports the revolutionaries.  Taking this into account, recall how the United States in September 1986 began sending shipments of antiaircraft Stinger missiles to Muslim "freedom fighters" in Afghanistan who were battling the then Soviet Union.  This short-sighted

“Taking this into account, recall how the United States in September 1986 began sending shipments of antiaircraft Stinger missiles to Muslim "freedom fighters" in Afghanistan who were battling the then Soviet Union.  This short-sighted foreign policy blunder not only cost the Western superpower the "mysterious disappearance" of 300 of its Stinger missiles to loyalists of the Saudi-born Islamic terrorist kingpin, Usama bin Ladin, who now oversees an umbrella group called the International Islamic Front for Fighting Jews and Crusaders (a reference to Christians), but it also heightened Islamic fervor for Jihad.”

foreign policy blunder not only cost the Western superpower the "mysterious disappearance" of 300 of its Stinger missiles to loyalists of the Saudi-born Islamic terrorist kingpin, Usama bin Ladin, who now oversees an umbrella group called the International Islamic Front for Fighting Jews and Crusaders (a reference to Christians), but it also heightened Islamic fervor for Jihad.  More recently, “palestine” Liberation Organization (pLO) leader Yassir Arafat, in November 2000, yet again repeated his call for another international observer force to insert itself in the Israeli-“palestinian” conflict –  this time to scrutinize the low-intensity war by proxy that he orchestrated throughout Biblical Judea and Samaria on behalf of not only the “palestinian” Arabs, but in the interest of all of Islam.  Arafat understands that a predominately pro-Muslim, anti-Israel international body like the United Nations and the right combinations of multi-national units would virtually guarantee that he could continue, with impunity, to direct his violent insurrection to new heights.  Internationally politicizing the domestic conflict to his favor opens the door for Arafat to dodge the Oslo requirement for direct “palestinian”-Israeli  “negotiations,” and it paves the way for a regional conflagration.  Once high-intensity warfare against Israel is introduced by Arab and Muslim enemy states, it will bring Islam one step closer to its goal of obliterating “the Zionist cancer (i.e. the Jews)” from the Middle East.  A Judenrein Middle East is a necessary prerequisite for the establishment of a vast Islamic empire spanning the entire Asian and African continents, an empire that will serve as a springboard from which a comprehensive global Jihad will be launched.

Taking Greene’s point a step further, even “neutral” diplomatic foreign intervention by a nation considered friendly to the victimized country has the potential of bringing about more harm than good if done imprudently: For instance, the United State’s policy of so-called evenhandedness between the “palestinian” entity and the Jewish State actually serves the interests of Arafat by elevating his international standing while undermining that of Israel’s.  For an American president and his foreign diplomacy team to justify the political wisdom behind internationally legitimizing the pLO chief, treating him with unmerited honor and recognition, and receiving him with the same pomp and circumstance that is commonly reserved for legitimate statesmen such as an Israeli prime minister, the superpower leader and his spin-masters had to work diligently and, indeed, consistently, at whitewashing his public image by virtually erasing from public memory his lengthy and still unremitting record as a terrorist ringleader.  Arafat has been using this unprecedented credibility to hoodwink our global community into believing that somehow, in spite of overwhelming evidencing proving otherwise, his intents are peaceful and his cause is just.  Since he has successfully painted himself as the underdog, and Israel as the “aggressor” and the “occupier,” the undiscerning public sympathizes with his supposed “human rights struggle for self-determination” against his Jewish “oppressors.”  Having failed at obtaining statehood in Lebanon and in the fantasy kingdom of Jordan, Arafat is very keen on the need for an indisputable public relations victory in the “palestinian”-Israeli conflict if he is to a enjoy a smooth transition from his position as leader of a disaffected entity to president of a full-fledged state vested with war-making powers.  It should be further noted that a cult of victimization has firmly rooted itself amid our global society today and its numerous and diverse followers lend credence to the various Muslim-induced “human rights struggles for self-determination” dotted throughout the globe.  We can therefore expect this trend of self-determination to continue flourishing until all of these so-called “skirmishes” and “human rights struggles” emerge as one Islamic supreme religious “new world order.”

Violence as a revolutionary tactic is procreated through the use of such techniques as terror, guerrilla warfare, and coup d'etat:

Terror convinces people that the revolutionary movement is commanding and the state's power is weak.  This creates an internal climate of isolation and helplessness, which increases the probability that the state will cave in to the demands of the revolutionaries.  Terror can also provoke random violence against the population by the state's police and military.  Not knowing when the terrorists will strike can immobilize troops, which are locked into a defensive posture of guarding officials, offices, utilities, communications installations, etc.  Soldiers and police become increasingly frustrated because of their inability to directly confront their unseen enemy, and, perceiving themselves as the next potential target creates an atmosphere of confusion.  This type of pressure can spur irrational and even brutal behavior by the soldiers and police toward the very citizens they are supposed to protect.  Such a picture can be seen in Israel today.  Arafat, who not only controls his militant al-Fatah organization, but who also has ongoing working relationships with other terrorist groups such as the Islamic Jihad, Hamas and Hizb’Allah, aspires to his geopolitical objectives by strategically turning on and off the tap of terror while resourcefully playing brinkmanship-style, high-stake politics.  This successful strategy is then sanctified by Arab and Muslim regimes, which collectively reinforce world-wide support for the “palestinian” cause by wielding their oil club, recurrently activating their oversees terrorist operatives, and keeping their propaganda machine well greased – for to secure “palestinian” rights is to ultimately advance the Islamic cause.  As the international community buys into or is bullied into this multifaceted ploy, Israel’s terrorized Jewish citizens feel increasingly isolated from our global village, and, fearful and weary of repeated wars, manyof them press their government leaders to make suicidal land “concessions” to their enemies in hopes of abating at least some of the hostility.  The Israeli government, fully aware of its bad image internationally, and under the gun to refrain from fully rooting out the terror in its midst, lest worldwide Muslim “sensibilities” are aroused and the oversees terrorist operatives are given the “green light” to wreak havoc in the form of strategic chemical and biological attacks on those countries where they are planted, has so politicized its security forces that the effect has been a demoralization within the ranks.  The level of frustration within the Israeli Defense Forces, the Border Patrol, the Israel Security Agency and other Israeli law enforcement bodies have resulted in a documented number of incidents of Jewish citizens having been harassed and imprisoned by the authorities for speaking out against the “appeasement policies” and having even been beaten for insisting upon exercising their rights to pray at their besieged Holy Sites. 

Terror techniques that revolutionists employ may include assassination, kidnapping, and bombing.  Citing periodicals from the Jerusalem Institute for Western Defense, The Jerusalem Post and other news sources, Mordechai pinpoints the various terrorist cells that have infiltrated France and Germany in order to prepare the ground for wide-scale military operations.  These cells – the Fatah Revolutionary Council, the Popular Front for the Liberation of “palestine,” the Japanese Red Army, the Secret Irish Army  (possibly the I.R.A.), the Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia, and the Lebanese Hizb'Allah – some of which were at one time rival groups, are now coordinating their efforts in order to have greater impact on furthering their causes.  High-ranking members of these terrorist organizations hold discussions on conducting operations against the United States and Western interests, and assassinating various politicians and diplomats.  This terrorist underground network is controlled and financed primarily by Iran, which,  Mordechai explained, has opened terrorist training camps for commando units of theHizb'Allah, the Hamas and the “palestinian” Islamic Jihad for instructing new arrivals in the use of explosives and in guerilla warfare.  Although the United States Department of State report, “Patterns of Global Terrorism: 1999,” asserted that Iran is the most active state sponsor of terrorism, other states that were listed as assisting  terrorist organizations on their soil include Syria, Iraq, Libya, Sudan, Cuba and North Korea.  These states, in varying degrees, provide sanctuary, arms, training, logistical support, financial backing and/or diplomatic facilities to the terrorists.  The report stated: “Although most terrorists continue to favor proven and conventional tactics, such as bombing, shooting, and kidnapping, some terrorist groups were attempting to obtain CBRN (i.e. chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear) capabilities.  For example, Usama Bin Ladin spoke publicly about acquiring such a capability and likened his pursuit of those weapons to a religious duty.”

Guerrilla warfare, when  introduced, makes use of ambushes as a large part of the revolutionary military strategy.  Guerrilla warfare is successful when it is backed by local popular support.  For this reason, the guerrillas have a working relationship with these empathizers of their cause.  The residents protect their "liberators" identities and also supply them with information and shelter.  Because guerrilla warfare involves a prolonged struggle, it is aimed at defeating the enemy by attrition and demoralization.   Once a guerrilla base is established, it can further the revolution's military and political campaigns.  Hizb’Allah, an umbrella organization of various militant Shi’ite groups that adhere to a Khomeinistic ideology, has been able to gain widespread public support for its guerrilla operations in South Lebanon largely because in 1985 it began donating money, medical supplies, equipment, and other necessities to the local populace.  Hamas, the Islamic Resistance Movement known for its social welfare programs implemented in the “territories” throughout Judea and Samaria, commands a strong following among the youth and poor “palestinian” Arabs, who support its Iz el-Deen armed militantwing’s operations against primarily Jewish “settlers.”   The pLO for its part even offers a stipend to each “palestinian” family that produces a “martyr” who falls in the “holy” war against the Jewish State.

Coup d'etat is a sudden; unconstitutional seizure of power by an individual or group already in a position of internal political authority.  The durability of the new regime depends upon popular support both before and after the coup.  The architects of a coup will attempt to build new structures of political organization outside the framework of the existing government and party system.  Most coups have occurred in the Middle East, Asia, Africa and Latin America.  The coup becomes an established way of political life, as it has been for centuries in particularly the volatile Middle East, and its frequency gives an air of quasi-constitutional legitimacy.  A critical factor that determines the frequency of the coups is the degree to which the gaining of political independence was accompanied by a mass-based organization bent on socio-economic change.

Some scholars mistakenly believe the above-mentioned techniques are of declining utility in the initiation of revolutionary change.  But their one correct observation is addressed by Greene, who said that contemporary revolutionaries are placing more emphasis on the external support that foreign states can provide for revolutionary movements abroad.

There is also a less forceful but equally pushy way of "Islamizing" a particular sphere of influence.  This

“There is also a less forceful but equally pushy way of "Islamizing" a particular sphere of influence.

This method is known as infiltration...”

method is known as infiltration, which is occurring in the United States and Europe.  In this technique, the perpetrators use a particular country's system to gain the upper hand.   A free market place of ideas where tolerance is taught is the perfect breeding ground for hidden Islamic agendums.  Mordechai explains that an "insidious demographic invasion" takes place through alien encroachment.   Once the Muslim foreigners build a sizeable minority with a great voting constituency, Islamic rights become the issue.  "Before you know it, theaggressive, mutant form of Islamic activity takes hold and stifles criticism of the Qur'an," Mordechai asserts, and adds,  "Later, as Muslims reach ten percent, twenty percent and thirty percent of the population, it will utilize American democracy just as Hitler utilized Weimar German democracy to ascend to power and eject democracy."

Another reason why Islam is so popular today is that it is an extremely simplistic religion, which, of course, appeals to the flesh.  Everything is cut and dry.  Ali points out that a person is considered a Muslim merely if he repeats the Islamic salutation (the shahada).  There is a precise definition for everything -- faith, religion, Muslims, hypocrites, Islam, Ihsan ("goodness"), etc., and they all boil down to the exaltation of Allah.  Muhammad even provides his Muslims with the proper way to respond to particular circumstances in the event their religion is confronted.  It is a religion of repetition and rehashed material.  Robert Morey points out in his book, "Confronting the World's Fastest Growing Religion," that archaeological and linguistic work have unearthed overwhelming evidence that Muhammad constructed his religion and the Qur'an from pre-existing material.  Qur'anic readings can be traced back to the Talmud, the Midrash, apocryphal and heretical works, Arabian and Greek fables, and Hindu, Sabean and Zoroastrian sources.  Morey listed a seemingly endless inventory of examples of secular historical and scientific distortions that were incorporated into the Qur'an.  The most disturbing deception, however, was the fraudulent Biblical accounts of such stories as the Flood, the giving of the Covenant on Mt. Sinai; narratives on Abraham, Moses, and Joseph, and the name changes of Saul, Enoch, Ezekiel, John the Baptist and other righteous characters.  Muhammad added fictional sermons that included such words as "Muslim" and "Islam" --  words, which, Morey points out, did not even exist during the time the Biblical figures allegedly used them.  Because the Qur'an is filled with such half-truths, many people are being ensnared by its "forms of godliness (2 Timothy 3:5)."   This is purely the product of ignorance on the part those persons who profess to know G-d; yet, do not understand their own Bible  (Keep in mind, Satan came to Yeshua [Jesus' Hebrew name] as an "angel of light;" quoting Scripture.  Yeshua, who had an intimate relationship with the Father and a deep understanding of the Bible, used Scripture to rebuke Satan. Matthew 4).  Morey said Muslim propagandists prey upon this ignorance and use it as an opportunity to convert Westerners.

Finally, when advantageous, Islam is quite able to tailor itself to its surroundings.  It can be likened to a chameleon.  In his book, "Islam," Guillaume said, "The history of Islam has shown that it has extraordinary powers of adaptation:  it has succeeded in absorbing apparently incompatible philosophies, and mutually contradictory religious conceptions, and it has silently abandoned others which it has tried and found wanting."

While we are on the subject of chameleons, this is an opportune time to examine the life and teachings of Muhammad.  But first we will familiarize ourselves with some more terms (A few of these definitions are not directly related to this article.  Rather, they complement this report in that they will enhance your awareness of the religion and its requirements.).  Both the terms and the historical account of Muhammad have been gleaned from the following sources -- "The Pillars of Islam -- An introduction to the Islamic Faith," by Frances Gumley and Brian Redhead, and the following authors already mentioned -- Guillaume, Morey, Ali and Hopfe: 

8  Allah = An ancient pre-Islamic Arabian moon deity made into the "only true god" by Muhammad.   Today a crescent moon can be seen displayed on the flags of Islamic nations, as well as on top of their mosques and minarets as a tribute to this idol.  The Meccans worshiped him and his three daughters, whose names were Al-Lat, Al-Uzza, and Manat  -- the Sun, Venus, and Fortune, respectively.  They were at the top pantheon of the 360 Arabian deities.  The name Allah is a derivative of the compound Arabic word, Al-Ilah.  Al is the definite article the, and Ilah is a purely Arabic word for god.  Allah is not a Hebrew or Greek word for G-d, asfound in the Holy Bible.  In fact, the Arabic Bible has been tainted because in the 9th century, when Islam dominated Arab lands, the translators of the Bible bowed to the threatening demands of Muslims,  who insisted that Allah be used as the name for G-d.

8 Caliph = Muhammad's successor, who becomes the temporal and spiritual head of Islam.  He is charged with maintaining religion and governing the Islamic world. The religious power of the Caliph is exercised through Muslim offices which are subordinate to him.  The offices are connected with public prayer, religious decisions, civil justice, the Jihad, and the police.

  

8 Hajj = Pilgrimage to Mecca in the month of Dhuil-Hijja. An ancient pagan rite and one of the pillars of Islam.

  

8 Imam = The leader of prayer in the mosque; the spiritual head of the Muslims.  He carries the Islamic law, defends the religion, and fights the enemy.

8 Islam = An Arabic word that originally referred to an attribute of manliness and described one who was heroic and brave in battle.  It referred to that strength characteristic of a desert warrior, who, even when up against impossible odds, would fight to the death for his tribe.

8 Kabah = In Arabic, cube.  It refers to the black square stone (an asteroid) temple where at least 360 Arabian deities were worshiped (more could be added if a stranger came to town).  It was thought to possess magical powers.  A worshiper was said to acquire "holiness" when kissing the stone (This belief is a form of animism.).   The ancient heathen rite is still observed today by the Muslims.   

8 Muslim = Submit.  

8 Mutawwa = Religious police whose duties include patrolling streets and shopping districts       to ensure women keep their faces veiled and men pray at the prescribed times.   

8 Qur'an = Literally, a recitation.  This is the Islamic "holy" book of "heavenly" origins, believed by Muslims to be "divinely" dictated by Allah to Muhammad.  Muhammad claimed he was instructed to recite precisely all that was said.  Scholars and historians have concluded that the Arabic of the Qur'an is in the dialect and vocabulary of someonewho was a member of the Quraysh tribe of Mecca.  Ignoring these facts, Muslims continue to insist that it is the superior and final revelation dictated in their "god's" own words.   Used as a textbook for the study of Arabic, the Qur'an is memorized in its entirety  by many Muslim schoolboys.

8 Salat = Prayer of the "faithful" (Sura 1: A prayer of edification and allegiance to Allah).  One of the pillars of Islam.

8 Sawm = Fasting during the month of Ramadzan -- considered an act of penance.  One of the   pillars of Islam.

8  Shahada = Profession of faith ("There is no god but Allah; Muhammad is the messenger of   Allah.").  This, unfortunately, is the first words a newborn baby hears, and the last prayer recited by a dying Muslim.   It is a creed that Muslims repeat as often as possible each day.  One of the pillars of Islam.

8 Sunna = The practice of Muhammad or a tradition recording the same.  

8 Zakat = Almsgiving.  One of the pillars of Islam.  (Before his raids, Muhammad was quite poor.)   

Muhammad was born into the Quraysh tribe in Mecca around A.D. 570.  During that time, the city was the dominant religious center for all the pagan religions in Arabia.  These heathens bowed and prayed toward Mecca during prescribed times of day.  They made pilgrimage there to worship their particular gods at the Kabah at least once in their lifetime.   When worshipers arrived at this temple, they would run around it seven times, kiss it, and then run a mile to Wadi Mina to throw stones at the devil.

The Quraysh tribe served as custodian of the Kabah, making sure that there was an idol set up for every religion there.  The tribe made money off the caravans and trade routes that traveled through the city  to worship their particular gods.  This tribe was very loyal to Allah, and had a particular fondness of his three goddess daughters.  The daughters were thought to be the intercessors between Allah and man.

Muhammad's family was so fond of these gods, that some of his relatives were named after them (Muhammad himself sacrificed a white sheep to Al-Uzza.).  His mother,who died when Muhammad was only six year old, practiced the occult and claimed she had visions and was visited by jinns (genies).  Muhammad's father died before the "prophet" was born.  Although Muhammad's family was distantly related Arabian royalty, he was born into poverty. 

Muhammad began suffering from delusions while very young; even before his mother died.  One day he appeared very pale before his mother and reported that two men in white robes knocked him down, split open his belly, and stirred up his insides.  Sura 94:1 [Bell] refers to this incident: "Have we not expanded for thee thy breast, and removed from thee thy burden which broke thy back, and have raised for thee thy reputation?"  Although the childhood incident was reported by early Muslim writers and by his own family,  embarrassed Muslim apologists moved the occurrence to a period after his "call to be a prophet."  Guillaume said the revisionists placed the incident immediately before Muhammad's "ascension to heaven."

Muhammad grew up as an illiterate orphan among various relatives.  The world he came to know was one of warring Arabian tribes and harsh penal codes, where sheiks wielded absolute authority over their particular tribes.   Dismemberment, slavery and rape abounded.   

As a young man the only occupation open to him was that of a caravan worker.  It is believed that he traveled throughout the Middle East, and during his journey he became acquainted with Judaism, Christianity and Zoroastrianism.   Much of what he learned, however, was garbled through storytellers.

The 25-year-old Muhammad married a 40-year-old wealthy widow named Khadija.  She bore him two sons, who died in infancy, and four daughters.  One of the daughters later married Uthman the Caliph, who standardized the Qur'anic text. 

At the age of 40,  Muhammad claimed he had a visitation from Allah.  He said the moon god called him to become a prophet and apostle.  Morey notes that there was no precedent for prophethood or

“Muhammad used the terms "prophet" and "apostle" to gain acceptance

from the Jews and Christians”

apostleship in the Arabian religion at that time.  He said Muhammad used the terms "prophet" and "apostle" to gain acceptance from the Jews and Christians, respectively. 

The Qur'an gives conflicting accounts of Muhammad's "calling."  Surahs 53:2-19 and 81:19-24 [Khan] report that Allah actually visited Muhammad in person to deliver the news.  This account was later abandoned, Morey said, in favor of the "spirit of holiness" beckoning him to prophethood in Surahs 16:103 and 26:192-194 [Khan].  This story was also scrapped, and Sura 15:8 [Bell] reports that angels commissioned Muhammad.  Still later, Sura 2:91 [Bell] claims that the angel Gabriel appointed Muhammad to the office of prophet.  Morey points out that scholars believe Muhammad assumed it would be in keeping for the next great prophet -- himself -- to be called to prophethood by Gabriel.  Gabriel is the Angel who interpreted Daniel's visions, and announced the births of John the Baptist and Yeshua.  The Muslims believe Gabriel appeared to Muhammad on the 25th of the month of Ramadzan. 

Muhammad at first received two "visitations", and then a host of them.  He was "instructed" to hear the "revelations" and then to recite them.  Both early Muslim Tradition and Islamic scholars report that whenever the "prophet" was about to receive a "revelation" from Allah, he would often fall down to the ground, his body would jerk uncontrollably and his eyes would roll backward.  At this time, he would heavily perspire and fall into a trancelike state.

Muhammad was sure he was demon possessed; so he tried to kill himself.  His wife stopped him and became one of his first converts.  Then he began secretly preaching to his family.

Whenever he would slip into one of these sporadic trances, he would "receive" a message and whoever was with him at the time would grab whatever material was available -- bones, leaves, rocks, animals,or sometimes just memory -- and record the incident and message.  His recitations would later be canonized into the Qur'an.   Other actions and teachings of Muhammad, along with folklore and fables, would later be compiled into the vast Hadith. 

Muhammad soon came out of the closet, and needless to say, created quite an uproar within the community.  He was ridiculed, even by some family members.  In an attempt to quell the hostilities, Muhammad came up with a rather convenient "revelation," which has been forever bronzed in the hall of historical blunders.  Surah 53:19 [Bell] reads: "These are the swans exalted; whose intercession is to be hoped for; Have ye considered Al-Lat and Al-Uzza, and the third, Manat, the other (goddess)?"

This surah is extremely important because Muhammad here negates the validity of his whole book.  It captures the "prophet" contradicting himself regarding the entire theme he espouses in the Qur'an -- that there is no god but Allah.

“This surah is extremely important because Muhammad here negates the validity of his whole book.

It captures the "prophet" contradicting himself regarding the entire theme he espouses

in the Qur'an -- that there is no god but Allah.”

The incident was reported by notable, pious Muslims  who recorded Muhammad "in a moment of weakness" when his family and members of his tribe were angered at him preaching that only Allah should be worshiped, and not his daughters.  Guillaume notes the earliest authority of the life of Muhammad asserts that these words were uttered while the "prophet" was under Satan's inspiration.  Special significance, he said, was given to the words of this surah because they were those of the chant of the Quraysh tribe as they processed around the Ka'ba. You will not find the two italicized verses in many Qur'ans because after Muhammad's death, the notorious "satanic verses" were conveniently omitted.  They fell victim to abrogation.   Salman Rushdie, author of the "The Satanic Verses" is on the Muslim hit list for addressing this very issue.  Not only here, but in other surahs as well, unscrupulous Muslim translators have made it a point to scrap certain verses, change meanings of words where in the English would be recognized as highly objectionable, and amend according to their likings and to public controversy.  Guillaume notes Muhammad's biographer excused the satanic verses away by pointing out Surah 22:51 [Bell], which states, "We have not sent before thee any messenger or prophet but when he formed his desire Satan threw (something) into his formulation; so Allah abrogatheth what Satan throws in, then Allah adjusteth his signs."  Muhammad was rightfully rebuked by his disciples for his hypocritical fall into polytheism.  After Muhammad's claim that Gabriel rebuked him for the incident, he was so severely ridiculed that he fled Mecca and went to Ta-if.

Although Muhammad did not acquire any new human converts at Ta-if, on the way back he did convert some genies, who, in turn, preached Islam to their own kind!  The male and female spirits who inhabited the various objects of nature were now submitted to Muhammad.  His claim to control the spirits of the earth can be found in Surahs 46:28 - 31 & 72:1-28 [Bell].   

 

He faced even more opposition upon returning to Mecca; especially from the merchants who stood to loose their livelihood from the dismantling of the other 359 gods in the event  Muhammad's message caught on.   During this time, in A.D. 619, Muhammad's wife died.

Muhammad escaped Mecca and moved to Medina in Sept. 24, 622, where his message became quite popular.  This journey became known as the Hijra.  His movement grew in numbers and strength.

In A.D. 623, Muhammad married again... to a child bride of just eight years old.  From then, he married 21 women and girls (Blatantly going against his own "revelation" recorded in Surah 4:4 [Khan] that a man can marry up to four women.)  One of them was his adopted son's wife Zaynab.   Zaynab and her husband Zayd refused to divorce so that Muhammad could take her for his own.  Consequently, Muhammad had another convenient "revelation."  Allah, he said, knew that Zayd was preparing to dump Zaynab.  Hence! Allah decreed that the lovely lass would be handed over to Muhammad -- a fine prize for such a dutiful "prophet!" Surah 33:36-38 [Bell].   Needless to say, many Muslims have dropped out of the Islamic religion because of this act of the flesh.  (Guillaume notes that apostasy from Islam is punishable by death.)  That stake-it-and-take-it strategy may have worked where marriage was involved, but  Muhammad began to realize that no amount of coaxing was going to woo his Meccan polytheist relatives into giving up their other gods.  This is when he began to test his strength through raids.

On his first raid, Muhammad sent six of his followers to attack a caravan.  They killed a man, enslaved others and looted everything in sight.  This was the infamous Nakhla Raid, which took place during the Arabian month of truce and peace.   He was sharply criticized for his "anything goes" disposition.   With bloodlust now running through the veins of his disciples, he personally led the second raid -- the Battle of Badr.  Many more people joined his movement, eager to get in on the looting action.

During this time, Muhammed made a special effort to convert the Jews of Yathreb.  He sought to win their favor by adhering to their dietary laws and observing the Biblical Sabbath -- Saturday.  He also faced Jerusalem to pray. Yet, the Jews still would not bend.  This angered Muhammad, who had masked his loathsomeness toward them.  He was jealous of their prosperity.  After these Diaspora Jews had settled in the Hijaz – the district in which Mecca and Medina are situated --  they dominated economic life in the area because of their superior abilities in agriculture and irrigation.  But these peace-loving Jews were easy targets.   Muhammed plundered their village and seized their property.  This move sealed Muhammad and his Muslims' financial security and was the springboard for Islamizing Arabia.

It was also the start of a long and deadly hate mongering campaign against the Jews, whose

“It was also the start of a long and deadly hate mongering

campaign against the Jews, whose settlements

were at the heart of the gold and silver trade.”

settlements were at the heart of the gold and silver trade.  Muhammad stopped observing most of the dietary laws, and he had "revelations" from Allah to drop the Saturday Sabbath and turn away from Jerusalem (Surahs 62:10 & 2:146 [Khan]) to face Mecca.

Not all of Muhammad's followers were willing to carry out his dirty deeds, however.  This is where we really begin to see the Jihad mentality establish its destructive roots.  Like the "satanic verses," this warrants scrutiny.  The Muslims today are very sensitive to this issue, and they are extra careful to gloss it over with smooth-sounding words: 

Surah 2:186-189 reads:  Verse 186, "Fight in the way of Allah those who fight you, but do not provoke hostility, verily Allah loveth not those who provoke hostility."  Verse 187, "Slay them wherever ye come upon them from whence they have expelled you; persecution (or "dissention") is worse than slaughter; do not fight them, however, in the precincts of the sacred mosque, until they fight you therein, but if they fight you slay them; such is the recompense of the unbelievers."  Verse 188, "But if they refrain then Allah is forgiving, compassionate."  Verse 189, "Fight them until there is no persecution (or "dissention") and religion becomes Allah's; then if they refrain, let there be no enmity, except the wrong-doers." 

To an undiscerning reader, Muhammad appears to be instructing his followers to fight off the yolk of oppression and aggression so that they could be free to worship Allah in an unhindered manner.  He also seems to be teaching Muslims to be at peace with their enemies once the hostilities subside, unless those enemies renew hostilities.  Furthermore, he appears to say that Allah is gracious enough to forgive the aggressors if they cease from their wicked ways.

Verse 186 was given to Muhammad's followers before their expedition to Hudaibiya.  The skeptics in his group failed to participate in this campaign, and when Muhammad attacked Hudaibiya, he didn't have enough fighting power to overcome the polytheists.  While his fighting men were still brooding over the incident, Muhammad had a "revelation" that conquest was just around the corner and many spoils awaited only those faithful ones who would continue to strive in Allah's struggle (He had in mind another Jewish settlement.).  Guilluame noted that at about this time Muhammad began preaching that fighting this "holy" war -- Jihad -- was a sacred duty of all "believers".  He had hoped to induce his followers to eventually attack the Meccans, where many of them had blood relatives they would have to kill.  Notice the change of tone in verse 187, which was "revealed" just before Muhammad's ultimate conquest of Mecca in A.D. 630.  Also, within verse 187, the word "dissention" appeared at Bell's  footnote to indicate another way Muhammad's remark could have been gleaned from the Arabic.  Muhammad was clearly the persecutor.  "Dissention" is definitely the more appropriate term here.  Verse 188 and 189 are not arranged in chronological order.  Thus, they must be reversed if we are to place them in the order in which the "divine revelations" were given.   Furthermore, Bell's method of arrangement indicates that verse 188 was meant to be a substitute for verse 189.  Such a substitution would soften the radical, imperialistic connotation of the message -- at least in the English translation.   Keeping these immediate facts as well as Muhammad's prior actions in mind, go back and read the above surah portion again.  See if the underlying message you glean is the same message I gleaned (I italicized what I thought he was really saying.).

A comment as to what constitutes provocation is now in order here.  That is because the definition dramatically changed after Muhammad attacked Mecca.  This is addressed by the Oral Tradition.  Ali quotes from Ibn Maja in Mishkat 4:7:   Muhammad reportedly said, "Whoever comes  to this mosque of mine, and he does not come but for some good which he would learn or teach, he is like one who is engaged in Jihad in the way of Allah."  Couple this teaching with the Islamic mentality that the entire world is a mosque and provocation can then be seen as anyone who openly challenges the self-proclaimed prophet and his pseudo god.  That " Muslim" means  "submit" brings on an entirely new dimension which spans far beyond one's personal internal jihad, or struggle, to perfect his own piety and relationship with Allah, as many Muslims claim (See Orlando Sentinel Feb. 12, 1995 series of pro-Islamic articles.).   It speaks of an external struggle of fatalistically global proportions.

Bell notes the following surah portion given as a divine rebuke against the "hypocrites" who refused to assist Muhammad in the Hudaibiya campaign and in other expeditions.

Surah 9:49-51 [Khan] " There are some among them who say to thee: Permit us to stay back and do not put us to the trial of going forth to battle.  Hearken, they have already fallen into trial, and surely, hell shall encompass such disbelievers.  Thy good fortune grieves them, and if misfortune befalls thee, they say:  'We had taken our measures in advance;'  and they turn away rejoicing.  Tell them: 'Nothing shall befall us save that which Allah has ordained for us.  He is our protector, and in Allah should the believers put their trust.  You await for us one of two pieces of good fortune, martyrdom in the cause of Allah or victory; while concerning you we await that Allah will afflict you with chastisement direct or at our hands.'"  

The "prophet" who could not foresee his own death died under sudden, mysterious circumstances in A.D. 632.  He had no time to specify who would be his next successor; nor to prescribe a procedure for the gathering his hodgepodge of surahs so that a final manuscript could be compiled.  There was much quarreling when he died over the method of appointing a caliph.  It was finally decided that Muhammad's friend abu-Bakr would take up the caliphate.  There were three other "orthodox" caliphs, chosen from Muhammad's own circle of friends.

Jerusalem fell into Muslim hands in A.D. 638.  That is when an abomination that causes desolation -- the Islamic Dome of the Rock -- was erected over the Most Holy Place (i.e., The Temple Mount).  From this spot, which must be cleansed, the dwelling of The True G-d will be among men (Ezekiel 43 & Revelation 21) and the curse will be removed from the earth. 

The last of the four orthodox caliphs, Muhammad's son-in-law, Ali, was murdered in A.D. 661.  The secular Umayyd dynasty (headquartered in Damascus) wrestled the caliphate from Ali's hands and established the first Islamic dynasty.  Islam then split into the Sunnis and Shi'ites.

Islam swept through the Arabian desert sands and the Fertile Crescent.  Many Arab Christians who suffered persecution under the ruthless Byzantine Christian rulers converted to Islam.

By A.D. 722, the Arabs conquered Jews living in Egypt, Israel (Not "Palestine."  G-d calls it Israel. Genesis 15:17-21 & Jeremiah 33:23-26), Turkey, Babylon, North Africa and Spain. 

In the centuries that followed, Islam conquered the rest of the Middle East and advanced into India, China and the Pacific Islands.  Mordechai explains that around this time Islam took a rapid plunge.  He cites the religion's own internal factions, as well as Christianity's emergence from the Renaissance.  Islam remained dormant until the discovery of petroleum in the Middle East from the 1920s-1930s, which gave the movement money and power; and the Shi'ite overthrow of Iran in the 1970s, which added to it a vicious religious fervor. 

Today, in America, we see mosques popping up on many street corners.  Muslims flood our universities, and seem to have a fondness for our engineering departments.  Not so apparent are the terrorist cell groups networking their operations on our soil (A "politically incorrect" but quite revealing PBS documentary entitled "Jihad in America" deals with this "sensitive" subject.  You can obtain the video by calling 1-800-424-7963.).  Nor do we see the virtually free movement of terrorists between our always lax U.S.-Mexico border.

What is, however, "in our face," is the "Nation of Islam" -- the black Muslim movement: This movement is ironic because of Surah 3:102-103 [Bell]: "On the day when faces will become white and faces will become black, as for those whose faces have become black: 'Did ye disbelieve after having believed?  Then taste the punishment for the unbelief ye have been showing.' As for those whose faces have become white -- in the mercy of Allah therein to abide." The surah smacks of racism; even in the English translation.

Orthodox Muslims reject the black Muslim movement.  Muslims have a long history of enslaving black

“Orthodox Muslims reject the black Muslim movement.

Muslims have a long history of enslaving black people,

and, in some areas of the world, they still have slaves.”

people, and, in some areas of the world, they still have slaves.   Nevertheless, it is interesting to note that in black Muslim teaching, their god is a white man they refer to as Master Wallace D. Fard Muhammad.  Fard peddled "African" clothing and claimed to be a "brother from the East."  He held out to his followers an African identity and pride, and urged them to renounce their birth names and adopt Muslim names.  He also told them to dress like Arab Muslims, and, of course, he sold them the robes they needed to wear.  Fard lured black people from Christianity  by carving up Christian teachings, using Watchtower Bible and Tract Society (Jehovah's Witnesses) literature.   He mocked Christianity as "the white man's religion," and referred to the white race as the race of Satan.  Fard said the black race was "divine."  He used black racism to bait and hook the blacks into accepting Islam.

When Fard mysteriously disappeared in 1934, his student Elijah Poole Muhammad took over the reins, and eventually became the most well-known leader of the Nation of Islam.  Poole was the rebellious son of a Baptist preacher who reared his 13 children in Christianity.   The movement grew in wealth and power because of Poole's incredible organizational skills.  He taught that Allah was Fard incarnate and black people were gods.   White people were created by an evil black scientist.  When Fard died, however, Allah was said to have manifested himself in Poole, who was revealed to be the messiah.   Poole wrote two books called "The Supreme Wisdom" and "The Message to the Black Man in America."  He predicted that Allah would personally intervene in the 1970s to destroy the white race and put the black race in power.  

Another man that deeply influenced this movement was Louis Farrakhan -- who is now thought to be Allah in the flesh.  Believing that he is Allah, his will is absolute.  Farrakhan has ties and financial backing from Libyan dictator Khadafy.  In his off-the-wall but very famous sermon of 1991 Savior's Day, Farrakhan was introduced as the fulfillment of Isaiah 9:6-8 (the Prophecy of the Great King, the Messiah).  He claimed to have an encounter with a UFO that looked like the wheel described in Ezekiel 1:15-21.  This wheel is supposed to be hovering 40 miles above the earth and Farrakhan said he was taken on board the craft.  He learned that the wheel ship would soon destroy the white man and usher in the day of  black power -- known as Armageddon.  Farrakhan, during his sermon, said he was tired to hearing that people were willing to die for Islam.  He wanted to know if they were willing to kill for Islam.

An embarrassment to the black Muslims today was the murder of Malcom Little, known as Malcom X.  After he devoted 12 years to the Nation of Islam, he saw Poole's rotten fruit -- the greed, jealously, 13 illegitimate children and strife-ridden life.  When Malcom made pilgrimage to Mecca, he concluded that the black Muslim movement in America was a sham.  He publicly renounced Fard's and Poole's teachings and the racist and heretical nature of the Nation of Islam.  A black Muslim death squad assassinated him in a public dance hall on Feb. 22, 1965. 

The stated goal of this black crusade is to establish on American soil a separate Nation of Islam complete with its own military and justice system. 

 

This, indeed, is a wake up call.  It is not a day for sleeping.  In Revelation 12:12 John warns: "...But woe to the earth and the sea, because the devil has gone down to you!  He is filled with fury, because he knows that time is short."

In Surah 60:6 [Khan] Muhammad vows: "Enmity and hatred have become manifest between you and us forever -- until you believe in Allah."

Know your enemy.  

Know the season.  

Know your G-d.