Reading your work is like being graced with free-access scholastic studies of the highest order: researched, clear, concise, articulate, focused; a complete course in subject matter spoken in layman’s terms that leaves no pauses and empty spaces filled with tripe.
Thank you for sharing your expertise; I understand everything you wrote and I believe and agree with everything you wrote: these are words that history - likely, eventually - must become saved in secret societies - that will ‘groan under the weight of’ not having addressed.
Because the West - maybe even humanity - is too indebted to Darkness, too symbiotic with its rage against free will.
Theocracy is the problem with Islam. Religion is a fine thing unless you take it too seriously. Israel is an ethnic state that is very tolerant toward Arab and Druze minorities, not a theocracy.
With all due respect, it is entirely possible that Islam sprang from satan himself, in full flower causing misery, murder, degradation of women, conflicts, disregard for humanity, at complete odds with Judeo-Christian values.
I want to acknowledge that you wrote "Judeo-Christian." Yes. Yes. Yes! I have taken to writing Judeo-Christian God because to only say God means nothing because people follow all sorts of gods. Christians need to define Who it is they are speaking/writing about.
I am old enough to remember the actor Flip Wilson who popularized, "The devil made me do it." That's all well and fine for a Hollywood skit, but here's what the Bible says:
James 1:13-14 No one is to say when he is tempted, “I am being tempted by God”; for God cannot be tempted by evil, and He Himself does not tempt anyone. 14 But each one is tempted when he is carried away and enticed by his own lust.
And again, in Ephesians, we see that we must stand against the schemes of the devil. If we can stand against it, then we can also choose to not stand against it.
Ephesians 6:11 Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil.
Those who hate the Jews are not puppets. They are choosing to hate. Also, Christians who believe in replacement theology choose to ignore what the Word of God says, to their detriment.
1. Muhammad didn’t create Islam the Umayyad Caliph Abd al-Malik did, just like Paul, not Jesus, created Christianity
2. The merger of religion and state in a totalitarian ideology was the work of the tyrant Constantine who lived several centuries before Abd al-Malik. The latter was definitely influenced by Constantine’s Rome (what we call Byzantium) and created Islam as an alternative ideology to unify his imperial project, just like Constantine did with Christianity
3. Both the medieval Christian empires and kingdoms and Islamic kingdoms could be brutal and harsh, but religion often served as a limit on the worst instincts of tyrants. The reason Jews weren’t totally eliminated in Christian kingdoms and Jews & Christians weren’t in Islamic kingdoms was precisely religious restraints.
4. So yes life was not wonderful in these old Medieval times but the bottom line is religion did restrain the worst instincts of Caliphs and kings
5. Historically, Imperial conquest and greed have always murdered millions whether it be the Aztecs, the Romans, the Caliphs, Chinese emperors, Tamerlane or Ghengis Khan. But while some of these (particularly the latter two) might be psychopathic in their murderous conquests, their ideology was not all about death
6. So Mansour’s argument is not that murder and mayhem are something new in the world (no reasonable person would say that) but the project of the enlightenment to replace God with man, removed all restraints and did bring something new in the world: mass murder in the name of ideology without restraints.. In the end this led to Hitler and Stalin. You may disagree that these are different than Tamerlane or Ghenghis Khan or Montezuma for that matter, but objectively the intensity of murder in ideological regimes is far worse than in the ancient imperial regimes and not necessarily because the technology of killing is better.
7. So his argument is that the ideological driven murder of ISIS, Hamas,Hezbolla, the IRGC etc is more closely aligned with this modern version of ideology than the past Islamic imperialism
8. He does not argue this as a way to “flatter” his Western audience but rather to warn them that this ideology is exactly what is being taught in Western universities and is a huge internal threat to Western societies (that article has to be read in the context of his other writings). The root thinking of Hitler and Stalin is still alive and well and being taught in Western universities. From where I sit, watching what is going on in the world, this seems chillingly true.
“The root thinking of Hitler and Stalin is still alive and well and being taught in Western universities.” I agree that this is the essence of the problem. Indeed, this is what postmodernism sought to transmit, unconsciously perhaps—or perhaps not.
The pre-Christian ideology of the Master Race, wearing the disguise of Judaism, was developed by the Levites. It preached the ‘utter destruction’ of other races. It is very instructive to read ‘The Controversy of Zion’ by Douglas Reed who gives a detailed account of this process, its development into Talmudism and its role in the French and Russian revolutions.
A very interesting read. I also believe that Islam is incompatible with Enlightenment-inspired Western values and especially with secularized cultures.
What do you think about people of Islamic faith who live in Europe, the US, or other Western countries? Almost all of them are integrated; there are terrorists, but fortunately they don't represent the majority.
How can the two lifestyles be reconciled? Since they are incompatible with each other, they probably don't truly believe in one of them, or they are just pretending.
In what sense is the Quran more of a total ideology than the Book of Deuteronomy? Don't all civilisations attempt to fuse the various aspects you mention into a coherent worldview?
As always, top-notch, Dan. I read the Closing of the Muslim Mind, by Robert Reilly, which put words to so many of the thoughts I’d been having following reading the Quran and listening to hours of debate intra-Muslim and between Muslims and non-Muslims. There seemed to be this perfect comfort with rejecting history and evidence, double-speak, incoherent argumentation, double-standards, and intellectual duplicity in general. I did not understand it.
Your article helps me build out that understanding. Thank you!
Funny Jane mentions Satan. Or perhaps not funny. Satan grew in reputation since Christianity and Islam magnified it from the mere role of " Prosecutor of Heavens" in the Hebrew Bible's Job. Jews had no use for such a powerful rival of God.
This excellent article affirms the point made in Danny's previous article about Islam's inferiority complexes. Also in this article, blaming others - the West - absolves Islam of accountability and serves as apologetics for the dismal progress rate of their societies.
Back to " Satan". In the past few days I have been haunted by Yeats' poem " The Second Coming", here quoted in a link. Please note the last line, about “The Beast” being born in Bethlehem, a city today " cleansed of Christians", by the Muslim " Palestinians". The Second Coming of Christ” needs to wait. First comes the beast from the desert. This is what Islam signifies to me today. The Beast. And even Yeats saw it coming in 1919.
Reading your work is like being graced with free-access scholastic studies of the highest order: researched, clear, concise, articulate, focused; a complete course in subject matter spoken in layman’s terms that leaves no pauses and empty spaces filled with tripe.
Thank you for sharing your expertise; I understand everything you wrote and I believe and agree with everything you wrote: these are words that history - likely, eventually - must become saved in secret societies - that will ‘groan under the weight of’ not having addressed.
Because the West - maybe even humanity - is too indebted to Darkness, too symbiotic with its rage against free will.
Exactly how I feel when I read your work, Dan.
Ditto!
Ditto…. I am in total awe of your writing. I have and continue to learn so much. Thank you Dan 😊
Theocracy is the problem with Islam. Religion is a fine thing unless you take it too seriously. Israel is an ethnic state that is very tolerant toward Arab and Druze minorities, not a theocracy.
They should all go back to being Jewish. Same food; more holidays.
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Hello, my name is Sheryl.
With all due respect, it is entirely possible that Islam sprang from satan himself, in full flower causing misery, murder, degradation of women, conflicts, disregard for humanity, at complete odds with Judeo-Christian values.
I want to acknowledge that you wrote "Judeo-Christian." Yes. Yes. Yes! I have taken to writing Judeo-Christian God because to only say God means nothing because people follow all sorts of gods. Christians need to define Who it is they are speaking/writing about.
I am old enough to remember the actor Flip Wilson who popularized, "The devil made me do it." That's all well and fine for a Hollywood skit, but here's what the Bible says:
James 1:13-14 No one is to say when he is tempted, “I am being tempted by God”; for God cannot be tempted by evil, and He Himself does not tempt anyone. 14 But each one is tempted when he is carried away and enticed by his own lust.
And again, in Ephesians, we see that we must stand against the schemes of the devil. If we can stand against it, then we can also choose to not stand against it.
Ephesians 6:11 Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil.
Those who hate the Jews are not puppets. They are choosing to hate. Also, Christians who believe in replacement theology choose to ignore what the Word of God says, to their detriment.
Have a blessed day.
A few quick comments:
1. Muhammad didn’t create Islam the Umayyad Caliph Abd al-Malik did, just like Paul, not Jesus, created Christianity
2. The merger of religion and state in a totalitarian ideology was the work of the tyrant Constantine who lived several centuries before Abd al-Malik. The latter was definitely influenced by Constantine’s Rome (what we call Byzantium) and created Islam as an alternative ideology to unify his imperial project, just like Constantine did with Christianity
3. Both the medieval Christian empires and kingdoms and Islamic kingdoms could be brutal and harsh, but religion often served as a limit on the worst instincts of tyrants. The reason Jews weren’t totally eliminated in Christian kingdoms and Jews & Christians weren’t in Islamic kingdoms was precisely religious restraints.
4. So yes life was not wonderful in these old Medieval times but the bottom line is religion did restrain the worst instincts of Caliphs and kings
5. Historically, Imperial conquest and greed have always murdered millions whether it be the Aztecs, the Romans, the Caliphs, Chinese emperors, Tamerlane or Ghengis Khan. But while some of these (particularly the latter two) might be psychopathic in their murderous conquests, their ideology was not all about death
6. So Mansour’s argument is not that murder and mayhem are something new in the world (no reasonable person would say that) but the project of the enlightenment to replace God with man, removed all restraints and did bring something new in the world: mass murder in the name of ideology without restraints.. In the end this led to Hitler and Stalin. You may disagree that these are different than Tamerlane or Ghenghis Khan or Montezuma for that matter, but objectively the intensity of murder in ideological regimes is far worse than in the ancient imperial regimes and not necessarily because the technology of killing is better.
7. So his argument is that the ideological driven murder of ISIS, Hamas,Hezbolla, the IRGC etc is more closely aligned with this modern version of ideology than the past Islamic imperialism
8. He does not argue this as a way to “flatter” his Western audience but rather to warn them that this ideology is exactly what is being taught in Western universities and is a huge internal threat to Western societies (that article has to be read in the context of his other writings). The root thinking of Hitler and Stalin is still alive and well and being taught in Western universities. From where I sit, watching what is going on in the world, this seems chillingly true.
“The root thinking of Hitler and Stalin is still alive and well and being taught in Western universities.” I agree that this is the essence of the problem. Indeed, this is what postmodernism sought to transmit, unconsciously perhaps—or perhaps not.
The pre-Christian ideology of the Master Race, wearing the disguise of Judaism, was developed by the Levites. It preached the ‘utter destruction’ of other races. It is very instructive to read ‘The Controversy of Zion’ by Douglas Reed who gives a detailed account of this process, its development into Talmudism and its role in the French and Russian revolutions.
A very interesting read. I also believe that Islam is incompatible with Enlightenment-inspired Western values and especially with secularized cultures.
What do you think about people of Islamic faith who live in Europe, the US, or other Western countries? Almost all of them are integrated; there are terrorists, but fortunately they don't represent the majority.
How can the two lifestyles be reconciled? Since they are incompatible with each other, they probably don't truly believe in one of them, or they are just pretending.
How does this reconcile with Dawah?
In what sense is the Quran more of a total ideology than the Book of Deuteronomy? Don't all civilisations attempt to fuse the various aspects you mention into a coherent worldview?
Excellent!
A case can be made that Muhammad is the anti-Christ.
As always, top-notch, Dan. I read the Closing of the Muslim Mind, by Robert Reilly, which put words to so many of the thoughts I’d been having following reading the Quran and listening to hours of debate intra-Muslim and between Muslims and non-Muslims. There seemed to be this perfect comfort with rejecting history and evidence, double-speak, incoherent argumentation, double-standards, and intellectual duplicity in general. I did not understand it.
Your article helps me build out that understanding. Thank you!
Funny Jane mentions Satan. Or perhaps not funny. Satan grew in reputation since Christianity and Islam magnified it from the mere role of " Prosecutor of Heavens" in the Hebrew Bible's Job. Jews had no use for such a powerful rival of God.
This excellent article affirms the point made in Danny's previous article about Islam's inferiority complexes. Also in this article, blaming others - the West - absolves Islam of accountability and serves as apologetics for the dismal progress rate of their societies.
Back to " Satan". In the past few days I have been haunted by Yeats' poem " The Second Coming", here quoted in a link. Please note the last line, about “The Beast” being born in Bethlehem, a city today " cleansed of Christians", by the Muslim " Palestinians". The Second Coming of Christ” needs to wait. First comes the beast from the desert. This is what Islam signifies to me today. The Beast. And even Yeats saw it coming in 1919.
Exploring Themes in W.B. Yeats' The Second Coming https://ficklesorts.com/the-second-coming-by-w-b-yeats-exploring-context-themes-and-impact/