Thoughts on Islam

By Kerry Duke

03/09/2005
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The War On Terror

This war has already proved itself to be a long one, and it is not likely to end soon.  We are putting billions of dollars and enormous human resources into this conflict both at home and abroad.  We are investing priceless time and talent in the security of our land.  Far more costly, however, is the sacrifice of human lives made by brave soldiers fighting for our freedom.  This war on terror has affected all of us, and it will continue to do so.

We are indebted to those who risk and give their lives so that we can enjoy our freedom.  Without in any way minimizing this aspect of the battle, I believe those who are not directly involved in the physical part of the war must nonetheless participate in the war on terror on another level.  The religion of Islam is a cult of terror built upon a book of terror – the Quran.  While our soldiers wage war against Islamic fighters in Iraq, we must battle the pervasive march of this religion into our culture.

The war on terror involves exposing and refuting the evils taught in the Quran.  This book is a constitution of terror.  Sheer, absolute fear is the motivation it constantly seeks to elicit.  In Surah 39, the words “fire,”  “penalty” and  “punishment” and similar words occur 19 times.  This Surah is only 75 verses long, so the Quran in this chapter threatens punishment an average of once every four verses.  Repeated warnings of a “grievous penalty” – a favorite Quranic expression – occur on its pages.  It is difficult to read more than a dozen verses anywhere in the Quran without seeing this barrage of threats.
The war on terror must be war against the Quran, and the weapon of attack must be the sword of the Spirit (Eph. 6:17).

Culture Clash?

An article in a recent issue of Christianity Today reviewed a book entitled, Why the Rest Hates the West by Meic Pearse.  It cites the author’s belief that “Muslims are troubled by our morals more than our politics” (March 2005, p. 83).  Of course, it is true that the moral condition of America has become shameless in many regards such as the widespread acceptance of abortion, the shameless promotion of homosexuality, and the shocking proliferation of pornography.  But there are also a lot of good people in America who are outraged at these evils, and the author’s observation that Islamic cultures see ours as “barbaric” is so hypocritical it is almost insane.  If Muslim morals are really so much holier than those of Americans, then why have so many instances been documented of the following in many Muslim countries: contract or temporary marriage, female circumcision, and man/boy pedophilia?

What Motivates Muslim Men?

Besides irrational terror, another Quranic motivation is sex.  Muslim treatment of women is well known to the Western media, and yet feminist leaders have been atypically quiet about the spread of Islam in America.  The traditions they attack in our own country are nothing compared to the degrading and oppressive abuse of women in many Muslim nations, and yet women’s rights activists and feminist-friendly politicians remain lockjawed about this abuse.
But the Quran is clear.  Muslim men are promised virtually unlimited sexual pleasure in heaven:
Surah 44:54  — “We shall join to them companions with beautiful, big, and lustrous eyes”
Surah 56:35 —  “We have created their companions of special creation, and made them virgin-pure and undefiled”
Surah 76:19  — “And round about them will serve youths of perpetual freshness”
Surah 52:24 mentions “youths handsome as pearls” in heaven - “young boys” in other translations!  When we remember that Muhammed was over fifty years old when he married a six-year old girl and had sex with her when she was nine, we are astonished that anyone could think this religion is pious and holy.