Ibryamov Becomes Bulgaria Ethnic Turkish Party Youth Chair

Let's hope he is not a Muslim.

Western policymakers and elites in government, academia, and the media suffer from an extraordinary ignorance about the true nature of Islam. There is a belief that Islam should be treated no differently from the various sects within Christianity.

Islam is fundamentally incompatible with Western attitudes toward religion and society.

Jesus, the founder of Christianity, explicitly rejected political and military methods to spread his religion. Mohammed, the founder of Islam, was not only a prophet, but a warrior and political leader as well. Christianity was formulated as a condition of conscience outside the realm of the state and of politics, while Islam is inherently political and spiritual.

The history of Islam is filled with political bloodletting and violence. Islam was founded in the seventh century when Mohammed believed that he was instructed by the angel Gabriel to convert the pagan Arabs and remedy the "errors" of Christianity and Judaism. Mohammed's preaching failed to make converts, and he was exiled from Mecca. He fled to Medina, raised an army, and returned to Mecca to convert the Meccans by force. Quite unlike Jesus, Mohammed then established himself as a political ruler. Indeed, the term "Islam" is Arabic for "submission."

Throughout Islam's imperial reign, no difference has existed between civil law and religious law, or sharia. The distinction between civil and religious law is a Christian, not an Islamic, idea. "Secular society" simply does not exist with Islam properly understood. Apostasy is punishable by death within the Islamic code.

Today's Western elites who think that Islamic militants do not represent "true Islam" are dangerously wrong. From the very beginning of the Islamic faith, the good Muslim, following the example of Mohammed, has been called to do battle against unbelievers, reject secularism, and reject any notion of the equality of faiths. In his 1998 manifesto "Jihad against Jews and Crusaders," Osama bin Laden quoted the Qur'anic injunction to "fight and slay the pagans wherever ye find them" and also cited Mohammed's belief that "I have been sent with the sword between my hands to ensure that no one but Allah is worshiped." Osama then concluded that "The ruling to kill the Americans and their allies -- civilians and military -- is an individual duty for every Muslim who can do it in any country in which it is possible to do it." (Even if only 10% of the world's 1.4 billion Muslims heed this call, enemy strength still amounts to 140 million).

Westerners who make the mistake of treating orthodox Muslims no differently from Lutherans or Quakers do so at the West's peril. Western policymakers need to start thinking very, very seriously about what will happen when devout Muslims who are inspired by Islam's heritage of conquest have nuclear weapons at their disposal.

Figment - an excellent and acurate opinion on Islam.

FIGMENT,

Whatever, copy and paste bullshit.

Now, look Uncle Al into the eyes and listen carefully!

The main problems in the Western part of the World and among many rootless Muslims are the lack of a sound authority and/or the lack of trust in the future.

This leads to depression. Depression leads to desparation. Desperation can lead to anything. Simple as that.

Just my two stotinki

Al

" The main problems in the Western part of the World and among many rootless Muslims are the lack of a sound authority and/or the lack of trust in the future."

I see your Turkish buddies have been lying to you again.

The main problem with Muslims is Islam. There is no separation of the state and the mosque in these Muslim theocracies like we have in the West. Almost the whole western way of life is contradicted by Islam. You are naive if you think Islam can coexist with the west.

@stevebg

" Figment - an excellent and acurate opinion on Islam."

Thank you, kind sir.