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Lasee’s Notes – Sept. 19, 2006
WI state rep: "Islam is a religion
intent on conquering the world"
Will Islamic Theocracies Stop in the Middle East?
Last week, Catholic Pope Benedict XVI quoted from a medieval text that criticized the Prophet Muhammad, the founder of Islam, for spreading his religion through violence and destruction. ( Click here to read the full text of his remarks) Many in the Moslem world found the Pope's comments offensive.
How did they respond? With violence and destruction - including the murder of a Catholic nun at a children's hospital in Somalia, fire bombings of churches, and angry protests complete with signs that read "Islam Will Conquer Rome" and "Jesus Will Rise the Sword of Islam." Many on the left, including Senator Feingold, want us to believe Muslims are a peaceful people who want to live a peaceful life in co-existence with us. I am certain many of them do. There is a significant number that are violent and are willing to cause death and destruction to non-believers (of Islam) even at the cost of their own lives (suicide bombers).
The Pope's comments were right on the mark. Islam is NOT a religion of peace. It doesn't have a peaceful history of co-existence. And has created empires whose main goal was to convert or destroy all non-believers.
Islam IS a religion intent on conquering the world. This global domination is preached and encouraged by Imams in mosques. And it is a central theme in the Koran, the Islamic Bible, and is an important part of their history.
As I discussed last week, if we hope to defeat this emerging global threat that wants to dominate the world, we must know where they are coming from. Here's a quick history lesson on Islam.
The creation of Islam centers around one person, the Prophet Muhammad. During his time, many people in the Arab world believed in and worshiped many gods. This troubled Muhammad greatly as he believed in the existence of only one true God, Allah.
In his mid forties he began to have visions where he received revelations from Allah. These visions later became part of the Koran. He created many of his writings and beliefs while in seclusion in a cave near Mecca, the holiest city of Islam.
Muhammad's views of one great and all powerful God were not accepted by his people. He was tossed out of his home and persecuted for his beliefs. After retreating to another village, his followers grew. At first he was sympathetic to both Christians and Jews. In time, both groups rejected his beliefs. He turned from Jerusalem as the center of worship for Islam and conquered Mecca by sword. Lest we forget, Islam fought for hundreds of years to conquer Europe and held Spain and reached as far north as Budapest in the east.
Today the Koran carries Muhammad's message of Islamic domination forward to new generations of Muslims - including the Islamic extremists of Al Qaeda and other fundamentalist groups. The young, idealistic men that join these groups are taught that they will be given an immediate pass to heaven along with access to virgins if they die fighting us, the non-believers. This is actually preached in some Mosques around the world.
These are a few of the passages from the Koran about the importance of fighting and waging war against non-believers. . .
What do you think about this issue? Click on this link [laseesnotes@yahoo.com ] and send me an email with your thoughts.
Lasee's Notes is a weekly column by Representative Frank Lasee, 2nd Assembly District, covering events in the Legislature and statewide.
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