Is Islam a Religion of Peace / By Omer Malik
Dear Mr. President,
It was with great regret that I watched the terrible events in the USA on September 11th. Now you are going
to have a long fight with the Muslim people who are
responsible for the events.
We have found out that the people who drove the planes
into strategic buildings were not ordinary terrorists
and we also know something about some of the sacred teachings that made
them freely give their lives in the name of Islam or Allah.
I was born in Turkey, as a Muslim, and have been
researching this religion for many years. I would like
to enlighten you on a few subjects pertaining to Islam.
The first thing is, there are
Muslims who believe in Islam according to what they want to believe.
The second type of believer
is the one who believes directly what is written
in it.
The first kind of Muslims, some of them, who read the book, understand
the Koran in a distorted way. That means, they understand what they want to
understand and don't let the verses about Jihad to influence their
beliefs. They don't believe in Jihad, because they say it was written for
ancient times and not for today. All those verses on Jihad are distorted in
their meaning by that kind of believers. Of course, this is not the real way of
Islam, but it’s what they want to see in their minds.
And the rest, maybe the most of them have never read the Koran.
This first kind of Muslims, who read the book or not read, all of them,
they accuse the Radical Islam, keep saying that “Islam is a religion of
peace.”
The second type of Muslims, saying the Radical Muslims, only believe what is
written word for word in the Koran without ever distorting their meaning. They
believe and know that, it was written for yesterday, today, and tomorrow.
They believe in one thing; The “Allah” is behind them, because they are
working for him..! In their belief, Allah will help them, and with the help of
him, they will realize one day to make whole world Islam as it was written in
their book Koran.
There is a saying of Bernard Shaw ;
“Reading made Don Quixote a gentleman, but believing what he read made
him mad.”
Let’s read some of the verses in Koran,
2/Baqara-193. And fight them on until there is no more tumult or
oppression and there prevail justice and faith in Allah; but if they cease let
there be no hostility except to those who practice oppression.
8/Anfal-39. And fight
them on until there is no more tumult or oppression and there prevail justice
and faith in Allah altogether and everywhere; but if they cease verily Allah
doth see all that they do.
9/Tauba-29. Fight those who
believe not in Allah nor the Last Day nor hold that forbidden which hath been
forbidden by Allah and His apostle nor acknowledge the religion of truth (even
if they are) of the People of the Book until they pay the Jizya with willing
submission and feel themselves subdued.
4/Nisaa-74. 74. Let those fight in the cause of Allah who
sell the life of this world for the Hereafter to him who fighteth in the cause
of Allah whether he is slain or gets victory soon shall We give him a reward of
great (value).
So many Islamic People says that, America is a
friend of Satan. And the verse, for the friends of Satan,
4/Nisaa-76. Those who believe fight in the cause of Allah and those who reject faith
fight in the cause of evil: so fight ye against the friends of Satan: feeble
indeed is the cunning of Satan.
9/Tauba-21. Their Lord doth give them Glad tidings of a Mercy from
Himself of His good pleasure and of gardens for them wherein are delights that
endure.
9/Tauba-22. They will
dwell therein forever. Verily in Allah's presence is a reward the greatest (of
all).
8/Anfal-17. It is not ye who slew them; it was Allah: when thou
threwest (a handful of dust) it was not thy act but Allah's: in order that He
might test the believers by a gracious trial from Himself: for Allah is He who
heareth and knoweth (all things).
Mr. President, in America,
you open the doors to Islam in the name of Democracy without taking into the
consideration the limits of it.
Let's think about this: There is no Jihad in Christianity, the Jewish religion, or Buddhism, only
Islam. Please read carefully the verses of the Koran that I am sending you. You will see that there are
millions of Usama bin Ladens in them and as long as the
Koran exists and is accepted as God's word, there will
be fanatical terrorists. All of them are willing to give up their lives
in the name of Islam and Allah.
Here are some more examples of killing people in the name of Allah. According to
Islam, you have no choice of choosing another religion..
3. Al-i Imran../ 85.If anyone desires a religion other than Islam
(submission to Allah) never will it be accepted of him; and in the Hereafter he
will be in the ranks of those who have lost (all spiritual good).
The belief is determined, Jesus can not be the son of the God.
9/Tauba-31. They take their priests and their anchorites to be
their lords in derogation of Allah and (they take as their Lord) Christ the son
of Mary; Yet they were commanded to worship but one Allah: there is no god but
He. Praise and glory to him: (far is He) from having the parents they associate
(with him).
Same as,
5/Maida-73. They do blaspheme who say: Allah is one of three in a
Trinity: for there is no god except One Allah. If they desist not from their
word (of blasphemy) verily a grievous penalty will befall the blasphemers among
them.
And, neither Christians nor Jews can be friends to Muslims.
5/Maida-51. O ye who believe! take not the Jews and the Christians
for your friends and protectors: they are but friends and protectors to each
other. And he amongst you that turns to them (for friendship) is of them. Verily
Allah guideth not a people unjust.
even the fathers and brothers who doesn’t believe Islam.
9/Tauba-23. O ye who believe! take not for protectors your fathers
and your brothers if they love infidelity above faith: if any of you do so they
do wrong.
According to Islam belief, who worships apart from Allah is Pagan.
Christians worship Jesus, therefore they are also considered as pagan.
Remember the other tragedy in the city of Luxor in Egypt, where
78 people were killed by Islami Jihad in 17th November 1997.
Later, when the terrorists
were arrested, showing the verses below to the judge in objection in the court,
9/Tauba-5.But when the forbidden months are past then fight and
slay the pagans wherever ye find them and seize them beleaguer them and lie in
wait for them in every stratagem (of war); but if they repent and establish
regular prayers and practice regular charity then open the way for them: for
Allah is Oft-Forgiving Most Merciful.
and,
9/Tauba-14. Fight them and Allah will punish them by your hands
cover them with shame help you (to victory) over them heal the breasts of
believers.
No heaven for those who don’t fight.
3/ Al-i Imran-142. Did ye think that ye would enter heaven without
Allah testing those of you who fought hard (in His cause) and remained
steadfast?.
3/ Al-i Imran-157. And if ye are slain or die in the way of Allah
forgiveness and mercy from Allah are far better than all they could amass.
61/Saff.11-That ye believe in Allah and His Apostle and that ye
strive (your utmost) in the Cause of Allah with your property and your persons:
that will be best for you if ye but knew!
5/Maida-33. The punishment of those who wage
war against Allah and His Apostle and strive with might and main for mischief
through the land is: execution or crucifixion of the cutting off of hands and
feet from opposite sides or exile from the land: that is their disgrace in this
world and a heavy punishment is theirs in the Hereafter.
These verses are all taken from the book of Islam, they say a religion of
peace, but you can’t find one word about love in it, but so many verses to
kill the people out of Islam.
Muslim in the street says that Islam is a religion of
peace, but if you read the verses word for word and take
them literally the words breed hate and willingness to
kill others who are different.
Mr. President, you spend billions of dollars to fight terrorism, but it will be next to impossible to fight
someone who is ready to give his life in the name of Allah. The only way to do it is to make people see
that the Koran is not the word of God but the word of Mohammed.
Yours truly,
Omer M
17th September 2001