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The Pentagon Discovers Islam. It's About Time!

According to this article at Frontpage Magazine members of the military intelligence community are finally coming to realize that Islam is not "The Religion of Peace" as advertised. They are discovering that the "peaceful teachings" of Islam have not been been hijacked by a few "extremists". The wise and clever folks at the Pentagon, four years after 9/11 have decided to take the time and read the Koran, the hadith, and other Islamic writings. You'll never guess what they've discovered.

"Islam is an ideological engine of war (Jihad)," concludes the sensitive Pentagon briefing paper. And "no one is looking for its off switch."

Why? One major reason, the briefing states, is government-wide "indecision [over] whether Islam is radical or being radicalized."

So, which is it? "Strategic themes suggest Islam is radical by nature," according to the briefing, which goes on to cite the 26 chapters of the Quran dealing with violent jihad and the examples of the Muslim prophet, who it says sponsored "terror and slaughter" against unbelievers.

"Muhammad's behaviors today would be defined as radical," the defense document says, and Muslims today are commanded by their "militant" holy book to follow his example. It adds: Western leaders can no longer afford to overlook the "cult characteristics of Islam."

It also ties Muslim charity to war. Zakat, the alms-giving pillar of Islam, is described in the briefing as "an asymmetrical war-fighting funding mechanism." Which in English translates to: combat support under the guise of tithing. Of the eight obligatory categories of disbursement of Muslim charitable donations, it notes that two are for funding jihad, or holy war. Indeed, authorities have traced millions of dollars received by major jihadi terror groups like Hamas and al-Qaida back to Saudi and other foreign Isamic charities and also U.S. Muslim charities, such as the Holy Land Foundation.

According to the Quran, jihad is not something a Muslim can opt out of. It demands able-bodied believers join the fight. Those unable -- women and the elderly -- are not exempt; they must give "asylum and aid" (Surah 8:74) to those who do fight the unbelievers in the cause of Allah.

In analyzing the threat on the domestic front, the Pentagon briefing draws perhaps its most disturbing conclusions. It argues the U.S. has not suffered from scattered insurgent attacks -- as opposed to the concentrated and catastrophic attack by al-Qaida on 9-11 -- in large part because it has a relatively small Muslim population. But that could change as the Muslim minority grows and gains more influence.

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It also notes that unlike Judaism and Christianity, Islam advocates expansion by force. The final command of jihad, as revealed to Muhammad in the Quran, is to conquer the world in the name of Islam. The defense briefing adds that Islam is also unique in classifying unbelievers as "standing enemies against whom it is legitimate to wage war."

What took them so long to study Islam so that they could come to these conclusions?

all of these organizations have made only limited progress adjusting to the current threat or the sharing of information."

Why? "All suffer heavily from political correctness," he explains.

PC still infects the Pentagon, four years after jihadists hit the nation's military headquarters.

Thousands of pajama-clad bloggers and millions of just regular folk have seen through the lame charade of the mythical peaceful face of Islam and have been screaming their keyboards off about it for years. It's about time our military decided to regain their senses and discover the dangers of Islam that have been in our faces since 1979.

So, hey, Pentagon geniuses! Now that you're ready to face the ugly reality of Islam, guess what. Iran is going to have nuclear weapons and the means to deliver them to far-flung corners of our world very soon. Like sometime in 2006! Don't you think you'd better do something to stop them now?

It's about time for this sleeping giant to awaken.

Labels: Frontpage Magazine, islam, Pentagon, political correctness

posted by Harry @ 8:38 PM