The Islamic Law

     Most Americans believe that Islamic terrorism is something that is born and taking place outside of the United States borders.  When something like 9/11 takes place, it is because those terrorists from outside had entered the U.S. to perform terrorism.  An act such as the one that took place at Fort Hood when a Muslim Army Major went berserk and shot and killed a number of people is seen as an anomaly, he was a nut case, etc.  The recent San Bernardino massacre is also viewed the same way.  The husband, although a U.S. citizen, was just a nut case who was perhaps mislead by his Pakistani wife who was a recent arrival.  All of the above explanations are correct to a degree, but what most people fail to recognize is that the act of terror was something that was a part of their religious belief.  It was not a case the perpetrators in America were emulating their counterparts in the Middle East.  It was simply an act that according to the Islamic law, the Shariah Law, they had to perform!  A quarter of a century ago, a terror act committed in the name of Islam in America was unheard of, something that just didn't take place.  But with the rise of Muslim population in America, and arrival of new immigrants from the Middle East, these terror acts are becoming more common place.
     A worldwide study conducted by respected international institutions have shown certain results that most countries are reluctant to show their public.  It is for fear of "slandering" Islam, giving Islam a bad name, that much of the information from such studies are withheld from the public.  The study has shown following tendencies with Muslim populations around the world. 
--If the Muslim population is under 2 % of the total population, then usually everything is under radar and no problems exist. The Muslims keep a low profile and are not active.
--At 2 to 5 %, the Muslim population becomes more active and begins to seek converts and targets disaffected.  This is what is happening in America today with the Muslim population of between 3 and 6 % and the disaffected in particular are attracted to ISIS type organizations.
--At 10% the Muslim population becomes increasingly lawless.  Witness France and UK where populations of Muslims are reaching that number!
--At 20 to 40 %  Warfare spreads...this is true of parts of Middle East.
--At 50 % infidels are persecuted.  The country is now Muslim, despite the fact that at least half of the population is still non-Muslim.
--At 80 % or more, it is total intimidation and subjugation of non-Muslims.
     Currently, overall, 6 % of the Europe's population is composed of Muslims.  That is rapidly changing, especially in view of recent influx of Muslim refugees from Syria!  America has a Muslim population of between 3.3 to 7 million, depending on who is doing the counting.  It is anticipated that the Muslim population will increase by more than 66 % within a decade.  That is not counting the influx of refugees that our government has agreed to take in!  What can we expect in a decade?
     Of course not all Muslims are bad and vast majority practice their faith peacefully and are good citizens of their countries.  Unfortunately, there is a percentage that interprets the Islamic Laws literally and tries to convert this world into an Islamic world with Shariah Law.  Shariah Law, which I am sure everyone has heard of, is simply the Islamic Law as written in the Qur'an and other Islamic documents.
     Unlike the Christian Bible or the Jewish Torah, or any of the other texts of major religions of the world, the Qur'an espouses not just religion and philosophy, but political ideology as well.  But the Qur'an is not the only document that the Muslims follow.  There are series of books and documents that are a part of Islamic teachings and are followed by the faithful.  The Qur'an is just one of the guides, or rule books on every aspect of life, including running a government!  Whereas most religious texts were written in ancient times and have been passed down through the ages, albeit, probably with some changes now and then.  The Qur'an and accompanying Islamic documents were written in several stages, some parts as late as the 14th Century!  They are a detailed map on how to live, behave, govern, and thereby serve Allah!  They are totally intolerant of all other religions and repeatedly mentions that "infidels" should be stricken down, annihilated, subjugated!  Where compassion is shown and mentioned, it is all directed at fellow Muslims, not infidels!  As I have already mentioned in the previous blog, slavery is not just condoned, but actually encouraged when it comes to non-believers.  There are just far too many passages in Qur'an and the other documents that refer to total subjugations or extermination of infidels to mention all.  It is not as if it is mentioned only once or twice!
     At this point you might ask, how do peaceful Muslims reconcile these violent and barbaric passages from their texts with their beliefs.  It appears that all those "negative" parts of the Qur'an and other texts are simply avoided, not read or practiced by the peaceful Muslims.  That is the only explanation that can be given because all those references to violence and call for barbaric acts, such as cutting hands and feet of thieves or stoning to death women who commit adultery, or the practice of "honor killing," etc., are there, but are apparently simply ignored. 
     Those passages exist  and they have not been taken out of context!  That is why the so-called "extremists" do perform those acts.  In reality, in the context of the Shariah Law, those that we identify as "extremists" are not extremists at all, they are simply following the Shariah or the Islamic Law, they are being good Muslims! It is not an indictment of Islam, simply a statement of fact.
     I guess the best way to describe the Shariah Law is to say that everything that is in our Constitution is completely opposed in the Shariah!  The Shariah Law is derived from four sources, not just the Qur'an.  The first source is the Qur'an and its 114 chapters!  The second source is a 900 page document, the Sira (The Life of Mohammad), a biography.  The third source is the Hadith, the series of collection of sayings of Mohammad.  When someone is quoting Mohammad, they are not quoting the Qur'an, they are more than likely quoting the Hadith.  The fourth document is The Classic Manual of Islamic Sacred Law (also known as Reliance of Traveler, a law book).  The bottom line is that the Shariah Law says, "Obey Mohammad and his laws," period.  A true believer follows the Shariah without questioning.  That is what Al Qaeda and ISIS and other fundamentalists are doing.  But they are not the only ones.  The Mullahs of Iran are an example of others that also believe in the Shariah.
     Islam is totally intolerant of all other religions, beliefs, and way of life.  There is only one way, their way, the Shariah Law.  We need to understand this.  Israel and the Jews in Israel understand this.  They have faced the wrath of Shariah for centuries, they know that there is no such thing as middle ground or peaceful co-existence when it comes to Shariah.  To put it another way, Islam, as it is practice by the so-called "extremists," seeks total domination over non-believers.  To think that we can negotiate with them, somehow strike a middle ground, is both foolish and unrealistic.  Our leaders should make themselves more familiar with the Sharia Law!