Defending The Evils Of Islam

Jerry C. Brewer
EDITOR'S NOTE: The following was received via email from The Gospel Preceptor website. It is printed in its entirety with numbered paragraphs for reference in our reply which follows.

Dear Editor:
  1. I read Jerry Brewer's commentary "Islam and the U.S. Postal Service" and almost vomited all over myself in disgust. I was entirely appalled. His request that the Post Office discontinue their line of Eid stamps seems to me both erroneous and, for lack of an altogether more appropriate word, idiotic. The Islamic celebration of Eid follows a month of fasting and, like Islam itself, is in no way representative of the attacks on the World Trade Centers.

  2. Ramadan, the holy month during which Muslims abstain from food, water, smoking, and sexual relations from dawn until sundown, is a time for spiritual renewal and a test of willpower for Muslims worldwide. The strength of the Islamic devotion to the One True God is most manifest during this month; the 'brawn' of Islam lays in the faith of its believers, not in the few misguided individuals who, as the Post Office reply explained "hide behind an incorrect interpretation of the Muslim religion".

  3. Unfortunately, the terrorists who attacked our country on the 11th of September are not the only individuals who harbor this 'incorrect interpretation'. Mr. Brewer is also guilty of an offense ultimately more dangerous than the threat of terrorism, and that is ignorance. His discussion of the Qu'ran demonstrated clearly an inability to analyze. Yes, the Qu'ran does appropriate punishment to the 'infidels' or non-Muslims. Christianity does the same because it preaches that those who do not trust in Jesus Christ (peace be upon him) as God's son and mankind's savior will be damned to hell.

  4. It is our own ability to search out the truth and adhere to it that separates the 'infidels' from the 'believers' in any and every religion. The 'punishment' discussed in the Qu'ran is surely hell, not war waged against innocent non-Muslims.

  5. Muslims are taught to respect the faith of others, and in a Muslim society that follows the word of the Qu'ran, all non-Muslims are guaranteed every basic civil, legal and human right guaranteed to Muslims, including the right to practice their respective religion.

  6. Mr. Brewer also, and I assume inadvertently, revealed the simplest truth about Islamic warfare: "And fight for the cause of God against those who fight against you: but commit not the injustice of attacking them first: God loveth not such injustice". In the Qu'ran, God guarantees his followers the right to protect himself or herself against physical attack or religious persecution, but does not condone a Muslim to instigate any such violence. One can "fight for the cause of God" against those and only those "who fight against you".

  7. A Muslim understands, as does a Christian, that this life on Earth is merely a bridge into the hereafter. Therefore, if a Muslim is denied the right to worship God through Islam, he or she is allowed to defend themselves (sic) not only against bodily attack — warfare — but also against any oppressors that deny them their ability to fulfill their purpose on Earth: to worship God and to live for Him alone.

  8. The United States is a country founded on the ideal of freedom, and one of those freedoms guaranteed to all of its citizens is that of religion. Not only is Islam a peaceful religion, demonstrated throughout the Qu'ran and by the life of the Prophet (peace be upon him), a man who only fought in defense of his religion or to protect those being persecuted for their beliefs, but the word "Islam" itself is derived from the Arabic word "salam" or "peace".

  9. It seems that Mr. Brewer's hatred for this religion, a hatred culminated in an infantile request to abolish a series of stamps, stems from his own insecurity about that which he preaches. Why else would he feel the need to falsely deride a religion that teaches humility, submission to God, peace, and the brotherhood of man? Perhaps because Islam is also a religion that is the fastest growing faith not only in America, but also on Earth.
L. Al Khawam, ILLINOIS



OUR REPLY


Paragraph 1: Despite her near-vomiting experience, her "disgust," and her characterization of the editor as "idiotic," one cannot really believe that Lora Al Khawam is a Muslim. She writes, "...Islam... is in no way representative of the attacks on the World Trade Center," yet every thug who participated in the hijacking of those planes and the commission of mass murder on Sept. 11, 2001 was a Muslim seeking martyrdom according to the Qu'ran.

Islam was born of the violence and profligacy of Muhammed, and propagated at the point of a sword. The Qu'ran demands death for those who refuse to embrace it.

"The view of modern Islamic activists, that 'Islam must rule the world and until Islam does rule the world we will continue to sacrifice our lives', (Al- Badr spokesman Mustaq Aksari, CNN, Sept 19, 2001) is neither extreme nor even remarkable from the standpoint of traditional Islam. It has been divinely sanctioned from the moment Muhammed had established a safe power base in Medina: 'O Prophet, Rouse the Believers to the fight', the Qu'ran orders (8:65), and promises that 20 Muslims, 'patient and persevering', would vanquish 200 unbelievers; if a hundred they will vanquish a thousand. Allah further orders the faithful to fight the unbelievers, and be firm with them (9:123). (Serge Trifkovic, The Sword Of The Prophet, Regina Orthodox Press Inc., 2002, Boston, 87).

On Sept. 11, 2001 there were only 18 Muslims who were "patient and persevering" who murdered thousands of innocent men, women and children. Al Khawam surely cannot be a Muslim if she denies this fundamental teaching of Muhammed's book.

Paragraph 2: Now the U. S. Postal Service is an authority on Islam! Al Khawam needs to read her own "holy book" instead of parroting the misguided and ignorant theological meanderings of a lower level Postal bureaucrat. See the reply in paragraph 1.

Paragraph 3: The charge is made that my discussion demonstrates "an inability to analyze." I can read the Qu'ran. What analysis is necessary? When Muslims are commanded to kill us "infidels," what analysis is needed? That's pretty plain language for anyone — even a Muslim — who can see through a ladder.

Perhaps Al Khawam will "analyze" this from the Qu'ran: "O Prophet exhort the believers to fight. If there be 20 of you steadfast, they will overcome 200 and if there be of you a 100, they shall overcome a 1,000, because the disbelievers are a folk without intelligence" (Sura 8:65). "Not only is the 'All forgiving Allah' exhorting his followers to kill anyone who is not a Muslim, but he is also saying that all non-Muslims are so stupid that they will be unable to defend themselves and therefore deserve death!" (Rick Popejoy, "Religious Toleration of Muslims In Islamic States," Islam — From God or Man?, 2003 Spring Bible Institute Lectureship, Spring, Texas, Ed. David Brown, p. 433).

Al Khawam then says Christianity also teaches punishment for unbelievers. But there is one major difference in punishment of unbelievers in the two religions. In Christianity, God will take vengeance on unbelievers at the last day (2 Thess. 1:6-10). That's a far cry from a bloody religion like Muhammed's which authorizes its adherents to act as judge, jury and executioner and murder unbelievers. You see, Christianity leaves final vengeance up to God. Islam looses its adherents upon the "kafir" in "holy" pogroms in this life.

Paragraph 4: Some of the punishment discussed in the Qu'ran is hell. But Al Khawam ignores the obvious references in that same evil book which not only authorize, but demand Muslims to murder unbelievers.

Paragraph 5: This one borders on what Al Khawam calls "idiotic." Here it is in its entirety in order that readers may have it before them:

"Muslims are taught to respect the faith of others, and in a Muslim society that follows the word of the Qu'ran, all non-Muslims are guaranteed every basic civil, legal and human right guaranteed to Muslims, including the right to practice their respective religion."

I suggest that Al Khawam go to Saudi Arabia and hand out Bibles or some of A. G. Hobbs' tracts on the streets of Riyadh or Mecca. Saudi Arabia is the cradle of Islam and a "Muslim society," but distribution of Bibles or tracts teaching New Testament Christianity will be punished by death in that land. Let Al Khawam do those things in Saudi Arabia and demonstrate how "tolerant" Islam is!

"Although the Qu'ran states that 'there is no compulsion in religion', Islamic states often interpret ("analyze?" JCB) that to mean that 'there is no competition in religion' within their borders. Iraq, Iran, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Pakistan, Indonesia, Kuwait, and Egypt are among the countries blasted by the State Department's year 2000 Report on International Religious Freedom. In hard core Muslim countries, any Muslim who violates tawhid by becoming a Christian may forfeit his life, family, or property. In several 'moderate' Muslim countries, churches are stowed behind walls within which Bibles and church bulletins must remain" (Jack Evans, The Cross or the Crescent?, Wichita Falls, TX: Western Christian Foundation, 1977, p. 9).

Paragraph 6: The Qu'ran demands death for all "kafir" (infidels) who do not embrace Islam. If Al Khawam were a true Muslim, she would know that from Sura 8:65.

Paragraph 7: Now, here is an "inadvertent" statement from Al Khawam. Christianity demands all Christians to submit to the governing powers (Rom. 13), but to obey God if those powers prohibit their obedience to Him (Acts 5:29). The Bible does not authorize Christians to inflict bodily harm on those who persecute them (Matt. 5:11-12, 43-45). But Al Khawam admits that the Qu'ran authorizes a Muslim to fight and kill their persecutors. The Christian is enjoined to pray for his enemies while the Muslim is told to just lop off their heads. A loving and peaceful religion? I trow not!

Paragraph 8: "The life of the prophet" demonstrates that Islam is a religion of "peace?" AlKawham again shows that she is not a true Muslim in this statement. The life of Muhammed is a study in treachery, murder, fearful vengeance and hatred of all who disagree with his profligate ways.

After his flight to Medina, which had a sizeable Jewish population, Muhammed began plotting his revenge against the merchants of Mecca with a small gang of criminals.

"This was the beginning of Muhammed's trail of violence, hatred, and bloodshed that would soon destroy the once flourishing culture of Arabia. The story has been documented in detail by his biographers: surprise raids on trade caravans and tribal settlements, the use of plunder to recruit an ever growing army of greedy desperadoes, assassinations of opponents, blackmail, expulsion and massacre of Jews of Medina, attack and enslavement of the Jews in Khayber, rape of women and children, sale of these victims after rape, trickery, treachery and bribery employed to their fullest extent to grow the numbers of his religion, Islam, which ironically was supposed to mean 'Peace'" (Popejoy, 429, 430).

Paragraph 9: Al Khawam's argumentum ad hominem is the last refuge of those who have no defense of their pernicious and evil doctrines. Saying, "Mr. Brewer's hatred for this religion, a hatred culminated in an infantile request to abolish a series of stamps, stems from his own insecurity about that which he preaches," AlKawham conveniently attacks the messenger as "hateful," "insecure," and "infantile," but does not address the issues.

Moreover, her statement that Islam is "the fastest growing faith not only in America but also on earth," neither proves anything nor negates the facts of its bloody beginning and perpetuation through the centuries. I'm sure those wicked people in Noah's day could have said, "Noah, we are the largest group in the world, so that proves you are a first-class nut for building this silly ark." Numbers do not constitute truth (Ex. 23:2) and there is absolutely no truth from God in Islam.



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