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The Canadian identity of Old Stock Euro-Canadian settlers are being replaced in a Cultural Marxist program of ethnic and cultural genocide.
In the following two articles we will show the Cultural Marxist agenda of the cultural and ethnic genocide of Euro-Canadian Old Stock settler peoples. Not from our words but from the mainstream media.
A majority of Torontonians now identify themselves as visible minorities
And in five of the suburban cities around Toronto — Ajax, Mississauga, Richmond Hill, Brampton and Markham — a majority of people identify as visible minorities.
The cultural diversity of Canada and Toronto is changing. The majority of Toronto residents are now people who identify as visible minorities. Toronto Star reporter Alex Ballingall breaks down some of the numbers in newly released data from the 2016 census report. (Toronto Star)
OTTAWA—Most people in Canada’s biggest city now identify as visible minorities, as new census data shows increasing diversity in Toronto and many of its neighbouring suburban areas.
More than half of respondents to the 2016 census in the City of Toronto — 51.5 per cent — said they’re from visible minority communities, a milestone that was narrowly missed when 49 per cent identified that way in 2011.
The news comes as part of a tranche of census data, released Wednesday, that paints a multifaceted portrait of a country where more than one in five people was born outside its borders. Canada is now home to millions of people who claim more than 250 distinct “ethnic origins,” with historical lineages through Indigenous groups and countries all over the world.
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“We’ve been seeing this for 20 years now, that Canada is becoming more and more diverse,” said Jean-Pierre Corbeil, Statistics Canada’s assistant director of social and Aboriginal statistics.
“It’s not surprising that we see the share of people identified as visible minorities… increasing for sure,” he said.
In Toronto, 51.5 per cent of respondents to the 2016 census said they are from visible minority communities. Five years earlier in 2011, the number was 49 per cent. (RENE JOHNSTON / TORONTO STAR) | ORDER THIS PHOTO
Across the GTA, almost half (48.8) per cent of census respondents identified as visible minorities.
Almost 22 per cent of the Canadian population is foreign-born, while 1.2 million people immigrated here between 2011 and 2016, the census data shows. Forty-one per cent of Canadians, meanwhile, lay claim to more than a single ancestral group, the most frequent being English, Scottish, French or Irish.
In Canada overall, more than 22 per cent of people reported in 2016 being from visible minority communities, up from 16.3 per cent in 2006 and 4.7 per cent when the government started gathering this information in 1981. Statistics Canada attributes the increase in part to an increasing proportion of immigrants from non-European countries. For example, Africa surpassed Europe as the continent-of-origin for the second-highest number of immigrants between 2011 and 2016, the data shows.
The release showed a similar trend for two groups: the largest overall increase in the Indigenous population was in western Canada over the last decade, while the share of recent immigrants to the Prairies more than doubled over the last 15 years.
“Immigrants are diffusing across the country,” said Michael Haan, a sociology professor at Western University in London, Ont.
“What it’s forcing us to do, collectively, is think about our entire nation as being composed of immigrants, rather than just major cities.”
Nearly half of major metropolitan areas are comprised of visible minorities, noticeably Toronto and Vancouver, said Doug Norris, chief demographer at Environics Analytics. But the figures are also on the rise in places such as Saskatoon, Regina, Winnipeg and Calgary, he added.
“Places that people didn’t think were culturally diverse are becoming now culturally diverse.”
The release is just the latest — and second-to-last — in a year-long series of statistical snapshots of Canada. It also marks the return of the long-form census for the first time in a decade.
The data also shows a marked difference in diversity between the multicultural heartland of the Greater Toronto Area and the rest of the country. Twenty-nine per cent of Ontarians and 22 per cent of Canadians overall reported being visible minorities, versus a thin majority in the Big Smoke.
Five of the suburban cities around Toronto — Ajax, Mississauga, Richmond Hill, Brampton and Markham — had majorities of people who identify as visible minorities. Markham posted the highest proportion (77.9 per cent), followed by Brampton (73.3 per cent) and Richmond Hill (60 per cent).
But while diversity — in terms of visible minority populations — increased in every census division in the GTA from 2011 to 2016, the numbers vary widely. Burlington and Oshawa had the lowest proportion of visible minorities for cities with more than 100,000 people, at 16 per cent each in 2016, followed by Whitby at 25 per cent and Oakville at 31.
The numbers also varied in the City of Toronto. The higher proportions of diversity — more than 50 per cent — were clumped in the inner suburbs of Scarborough, North York and Etobicoke.
Several areas showed proportions of visible minority communities as high as 90 per cent, with concentrations of people who identified as Chinese, for example, in places such as Scarborough’s Agincourt neighbourhood and the city of Markham. Two neighbouring Toronto census tracts with almost 4,000 residents off Steeles Ave. E. even showed a combined 99 per cent Chinese population, one of the highest proportions of a single visible minority in the GTA.
Minorities in the GTA:
More than half of 2016 census respondents in Toronto — 51.5 per cent — said they’re from visible minority communities: Here’s how the numbers break down:
South Asian: 12.59 per cent
Chinese: 11.13 per cent
Black: 8.91 per cent
Filipino: 5.67 per cent
Latin American: 2.87 per cent
Arab: 1.34 per cent
Southeast Asian: 1.55 per cent
West Asian: 2.24 per cent
Korean: 1.55 per cent
Japanese: 0.5 per cent
Visible minorities not included elsewhere: 1.37 per cent
Multiple visible minorities (people who belong to more than one group): 1.77 per cent
In Canada overall, the largest visible minority communities were South Asian (1.9 million people), Chinese (1.6 million) and Black (1.2 million).
With files from The Canadian Press
* This story has been corrected from an earlier version. The figure of people in the GTA who identify as visible minorities does not include those who identify as Aboriginal.*
Published on: October 27, 2017 | Last Updated: October 27, 2017 11:18 AM PDT
New Canadian census data reveals the term “visible minority” has become virtually meaningless across Metro Vancouver, where whites have become the minority by a slight degree.
The region’s five largest municipalities now have significantly fewer whites than people of colour, which means Caucasians are a “visible minority” in Richmond, Surrey, Burnaby, Coquitlam and the city of Vancouver.
The 2016 Canadian census data on ethnicity and immigration, released Wednesday, also shows the foreign-born population of Metro Vancouver has risen to 44 per cent, led by people from China, India and the Philippines.
The fastest-growing cohort of foreign-born residents in Canada, meanwhile, is made up of international students and temporary foreign workers, who now comprise more than 77,000 of Metro Vancouver’s population of 2.4 million, according to the census.
Across all of Canada the foreign-born population hit 22 per cent in 2016. That’s the highest proportion of foreign-born residents in Canada since 1921, when most immigrants came from Europe. Now 62 per cent of immigrants hail from Asia.
However, regional differences are crucial to understanding the story of immigration in Canada, which, along with Australia, takes in the world’s highest per capita rate of newcomers.
The 2016 Census shows Caucasians are the ‘visible minority’ in Richmond, Surrey, Burnaby, Coquitlam and the city of Vancouver. as well as Greater Toronto. (PHOTO – A woman sports a maple leaf at the Canada Day celebrations at Canada Place, Vancouver.)GERRY KAHRMANN / PNG
The census shows almost two of three immigrants to Canada move to Toronto, Vancouver or Montreal (even while there has been a modest shift in the past five years to the Prairies).
In Metro Vancouver and other Canadian cities the dramatic rise of both foreign-born residents, and the expansion of various ethnic groups, has had political implications.
Even though federal immigration policy is developed on a national basis, the fact most immigrants choose the country’s three biggest cities creates local infrastructure challenges — particularly in regards to jobs, English-as-a-second-language programs, transit use and rent and housing.
Various studies have shown immigrants are increasingly struggling financially and at learning English or French, while tending to use urban transit more than domestic-born residents and buying houses at a higher rate than the Canadian-born. Meanwhile, the rapidly rising cohort of foreign students rely heavily on rental housing.
Since the strong majority of newcomers to Canada are from Asia, it explains those cities’ large proportion of people of colour, many of whom are second generation.
Across Canada, according to the census, the visible minority population has reached 7.7 million, or 22.3 per cent of the population. That’s seven times the number reported in 1981.
Both Vancouver and Toronto are known for the way people of different ethnic backgrounds are able to coexist with a minimum of tension, at least compared to more rivalrous regions of the world.
And that will continue to be important, because, as a result of migration flows, Greater Toronto now has fewer whites and aboriginals (48.6 per cent) than “visible minorities” (51.4 per cent).
Metro Vancouver is basically in the same boat as Toronto, with virtually equal numbers of whites compared to visible minorities (which is the term employed by Statistics Canada, while Americans tend to use “people of colour”).
The 2016 census shows that 51.1 per cent of the population of Metro Vancouver is “non-visible minority,” which means it’s either Caucasian or aboriginal.
The proportion that is a visible minority has jumped to 48.9 per cent, from 45.2 per cent in 2011.
Since 2.5 per cent of the population of Metro Vancouver is aboriginal, however, it means the white population of Metro Vancouver is actually 48.6 per cent, a minority.
The largest visible-minority groups in Metro Vancouver, by far, are people of Chinese, South Asian and Filipino ancestry.
On a municipality-by-municipality basis in Metro Vancouver, Caucasians and aboriginals now account for fewer than one out of four residents of Richmond, B.C. (23.7 per cent).
Canada’s big-city mayors complain of having no influence over the federal government’s immigration policies, even though they have to deal with most infrastructure challenges.ARLEN REDEKOP / PNG
Whites and aboriginals have also declined to 36.4 per cent of the residents of Burnaby, 42.5 per cent of the population of Surrey, 48.4 per cent of the residents of the city of Vancouver and 49.8 per cent of those who live in Coquitlam.
Frank Graves, president of Ekos Research, who has been conducting polls on Canada’s contentious migration issues, says increasing immigration rates appear, generally, to be “softening” Canadians’ attitudes to ethnic diversity.
At the same time, Graves said, polling shows a portion of Canadians have a negative attitude toward high immigration. They’re the people, Graves said, who are “more economically vulnerable.”
The census results on immigration came out a week before the federal Liberals release their new immigration targets, on Nov. 1.
The federal NDP wants immigration rates raised further. But the Conservatives have urged the Liberals to find better ways to find good jobs for Canadian-born residents, match immigrants to regional skill shortages and to influence more newcomers to move to smaller population centres.
(NOTE: Statistics Canada uses the term “non-visible minority” to describe whites and aboriginals, as a group. Even though journalists are rigorously taught to avoid using jargon and double-speak, most journalists in Canada, unlike elsewhere, continue to use the bureaucratic, obfuscating term, “non-visible minority.”)
On September 30th in 10 cities and 6 provinces across Canada like Fredericton NB, Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle, QC, Niagara ON, Ottawa ON, London ON, Windsor ON, Regina SK, Edmonton AB, Peach Arch Border Crossing BC where different Nationalist and Patriot groups like the Canadian Nationalist Front, Canada First Immigration Reform Committee, Citizens for Foreign Aid Reform,The Canadian Association for Free Expression, the Northern Guard, the Cultural Action Party, Storm Alliance, WCAI, La Meute, Suffragettes Against Silence, Proud Boys and CCCC along with other groups and supporters numbering around 500 people all rallied in solidarity and unity against Illegal Immigration, Trudeau's open border policies and our country being flooded by illegal aliens and asylum seekers. Anti-Illegal Immigration Rallies Across Canada Why were they ALL a success and not just the ones in Quebec and Ottawa? Because we showed Canadians that over a DOZEN Nationalist, Patriot and Right Wing organizations could work together in solidarity across the country to rally and protest against Trudeau's Liberals, Illegal Immigration and the flood Asylum seekers invading our country. We brought national and media attention, sparked national debate and showed the country we will not stand by and watch our country go down the tubes as the voice of the silent majority. We flushed out and exposed the Domestic Terrorist group known as Antifa and its various cells of Anarchist and Communist thugs like Peterborough Against Fascism with their hate, fear-mongering and violence paid for and sponsored by George Soros and the Communist party that pay them up to 1000$ per protest busing them in from places like Toronto also with the promise of booze and drugs to motivate them which accounts for their lack of debating skills or any dialogue except for yelling and attacking the police, the elderly and broke a man's cane in Peterborough, attacked a 10 year old boy in Ottawa taking his Canadian flag, anyone with a Canadian flag or wearing a suit or to "Conservative" suspecting them of "looking" like racists or white supremacists even calling Jews "Nazis" or anyone that doesn't agree with their Cultural Marxist ideology.
They attempted to demonize us all with catchphrases and buzzwords that instill fear and hatred.The left claimed to fight fascism but are the epitomy of fascism,they don't even know what it means and are the true fascists,delusional! From our people that were at the protest they did witness and document support for our side even if they don't agree 100% we rallied support, These sheeple claim to be individuals with free thought but yet parrot whatever the"in crowd"says without proof or basis in any facts at all. My hippie,liberal friends were quite angry at the spectacle of hate and violence by the left, they were eager to debate and they know we aren't hateful or violent. Best part about the slander calling us racist,sexist and homophobic is let's see... that is completely false and all different types of people support our cause and most our activists are women! Were soooo sexist, racist and homophobic, these sheeple are chasing demons and phantoms that don't exist simply because people don't agree with them.
The Liberals and what they're doing to Canada has finally poked the bears and awoken the wolves to defend their den and offspring,Awakening! This is just the beginning... A prelude to a new Canadian Nationalist revolution and a resurgence of true Conservatism,new political parties 5 so far that we know of, As one of my many expertise such as Physics, "for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction" game on!
And... in the same weekend a Terrorist Attack in Edmonton by a Somalian Illegal Alien/Asylums seeker and... a Canadian Arab Terrorist caught in New York with other plotters to commit terror and kill thousands ... Ummmm nope didn't warn you and you didn't see it coming just like i am the Pope.
Radicalized Muslim Canadian arrested In Terror Plot in USA Canadians, arise, awake and take back our nation from the Liberals, Communist filth attempting to destroy our nation, heritage and culture! We showed the world Canada is not a doormat.
We are participating in a National rally Against Trudeau, Against Illegal Immigration and current Immigration policies Sept 30th in unity with other Nationalist Patriot groups across the country in at least 10 cities in 6 provinces.
Hope we at the Canadian Nationalist Front have helped to inspire a new trend of nationalist activism to be publicly active even if small in number as what the Proud Boys did on Canada/Dominion Day. Proud Boys on Canada/Dominion Day From the Proud Boys Facebook group: "The Proud Boys are a fraternal organization founded on a system of beliefs and values of minimal government, maximum freedom, anti-political correctness, anti-racial guilt, pro-gun rights, anti-Drug War, closed borders, anti-masturbation, venerating entrepreneurs, venerating housewives, and reinstating a spirit of Western chauvinism during an age of globalism and multiculturalism." For too long our movement has been held back by the notion that public action small in numbers somehow hinders our cause or diminishes its value but any activism shows the determination and will of our people to make change to our crumbling national identity, heritage and culture. Five of us is equal to 50 sheep or lemmings in determination, ideals and commitment for those of us willing to fight and die defending Canadian values.
First a word from our friend Paul Fromm on Canada Day aka Dominion Day.
HAPPY DOMINION DAY 1867 -- In 1867, four British colonies joined to form the Dominion of Canada: Canada East (Quebec); Canada West (Ontario); New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia However, lands to the west and northwest of Ontario, called Rupert's Land, which were under the rule of the Hudson's Bay Company, were not part of the new country. Canadian Prime Minister Sir John A. MacDonald was determined to extend the ownership, control, and authority of the new Government of Canada over the western territories. This is a very early Canadian flag from around 1870, which has crests from four original provinces of 1867, and the new addition of Manitoba's leaping buffalo in 1870.
1917 -- April 9 1917. The significance of Vimy Ridge was that, for the first time, Canadian divisions fought as a unified Canadian force – not as auxiliaries to British forces. The cost was enormous – at the end of the day, 10,000 Canadians lay dead or wounded – but we had taken an enemy position that had been considered impregnable. The effect was to galvanize a sense of confidence and optimism.
1967 -- Alexander Calder’s time capsule, Expo ‘67. Mementos from that optimistic time are buried at the foot of Alexander Calder’s time capsule sculpture piece. The capsule is meant to be opened May 17 2067. What will Canada look like then? Will a middle class still exist? Will Canadians still expect to own their own homes? Will Canada be a country of 100,000,000 as some have prescribed? Will the descendants of the Fathers of Confederation, warriors of Vimy and swinging Baby Boomers still be in evidence? Will their optimism? Or will our European founder/settler people have been replaced by a foreign majority?
2017 -- A duck to symbolize our 150 anniversary? The brain child of our corrupt, anti-European, anti-Christian, pro "diversity" elites. It is a symbol of an increasingly infantile, weak, lost country.
A few brave patriots and I did a similar thing in March to celebrate international European Heritage/White pride Day. The lads and I had a plan but it changed and was spur of the moment after we saw Islamists on the corner at Peterborough Square trying to indoctrinate locals to convert to Islam so we decided to have our rally beside them but alas they vanished. We made a stand against public Islamist indoctrination of the public, stood for European Pride and Christian pride for those members or supporters of the CNF that embrace Christianity. Canadian Nationalist Front European/White Pride rally. Our kindred Proud Boys did as we did, stood up to celebrate Canada/Dominion Day in the face of those insulting Canada and spitting in the face of our heritage on a holy and proud day for us. Many native aboriginals support us in our efforts to end third world immigration and the islamification of Canada and preserving our common heritage in Canada's history, Leftists as usual using minorities as pawns and slaves to further their multi-cult agenda and create friction amongst whites and natives and other groups attempting to hijack our celebration to propagate fictional ongoing genocide and oppression that does not exist. As we did the Proud Boys waved Canada's original red ensign Dominion flag and sang "God Save The Queen" whilst some pretty white looking supposed natives had a provocative ceremony to incite hatred against Canada. The real natives I know would not support such an action as we do not go on to reserves to disgrace their celebrations. I have been on many reserves across Canada, been welcomed and made political alliances with native aboriginals "real ones" on the topic of third world immigration, not saying were holding hands and singing "give peace a chance" but having a pint and agreeing to preserve both our cultures, heritage and country to our mutual benefit.
In the wake of the recent Parliament Terrorist attack in London on March 22nd we want to remind everyone in Canada that the threat of more attacks in Canada will increase exponentially as the rise of Islamists invading our country increases. People seem to forget that Islamist attacks happening all over the world and in European countries like England, France, Germany have already happened in Canada, our parliament was attacked.
A series of shootings occurred on October 22, 2014, at Parliament Hill in Ottawa. At the Canadian National War Memorial, Michael Zehaf-Bibeau fatally shot Corporal Nathan Cirillo, a Canadian soldier on ceremonial sentry duty. He then entered the nearby Centre Block parliament building, where members of the Parliament of Canada were attending caucuses.
After wrestling with a constable at the entrance, Zehaf-Bibeau ran
inside and had a shootout with parliament security personnel. He was
shot 31 times by six officers and died at the scene.
And have we forgotten about this ?
October 20, 2014 – On October 20, 2014, two
Canadian Forces members were hit by Martin Couture-Rouleau, a recent
Muslim convert in what is known as the 2014 Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu
ramming attack. Warrant officer Patrice Vincent died of his injuries.
Couture-Rouleau was eventually gunned down and killed.
The more the Islamic population of countries increase terrorist attacks, civil unrest,riots,looting, destruction of public property, burning of cars, sexual assaults, demands to create Sharia law No Go Zones and special rights to accommodate them also increases. You just have to look at what is happening all over Europe.
Countless Islamist terrorist attacks, civil unrest, riots, looting,
destruction of public property, burning of cars, sexual assaults,
demands to create Sharia law No Go Zones too many to list. Sweden is now known is the rape capital of the world because of Muslim immigrants, yes Sweden and there are recent sex attacks by Syrian immigrants in Canada like the west Edmonton Mall water park attacks and the School dance in New Brunswick and many go unreported due to political correctness, Islamic special interest and media blackouts.
So religion of peace eh?
Well were going to share some lovely quotes from the Koran and some
Sharia law just to give you a glimpse (for the sheeple and lemmings who
haven't actually read the Koran like I have and have no actual knowledge
of Islam or sharia law) of Sharia law, Islam and the Koran and unlike
the bible you will see there is no room for interpretation, its quite
blatant and literal.
The Quran contains at least 109 verses that call Muslims to war with
nonbelievers for the sake of Islamic rule. Some are quite graphic, with commands to chop off heads and
fingers and kill infidels wherever they may be hiding. Muslims who do
not join the fight are
called 'hypocrites' and warned that Allah will send them
to Hell if they do not join the slaughter.
Quran
Quran
(2:191-193)
- "And kill them wherever you find them, and turn them out from where
they have turned you out. And Al-Fitnah [disbelief or
unrest] is worse than
killing... but if they desist, then lo!
Allah is forgiving and merciful. And fight them until there is no
more Fitnah [disbelief and worshipping of others along with Allah]
and worship is for Allah alone. But if they cease, let there be
no transgression except against Az-Zalimun(the polytheists, and
wrong-doers, etc.)" (Translation is from the Noble Quran)
The verse prior to this (190) refers to "fighting for the cause of
Allah those who fight you" leading some to claim that the entire
passage refers to a defensive war in which Muslims are defending their
homes and families. The
historical context
of this passage is not defensive warfare, however, since Muhammad and his Muslims
had just relocated to Medina and were not under attack by their Meccan
adversaries. In fact, the verses urge offensive warfare, in that
Muslims are to drive Meccans out of their own city (which they
later did). Verse 190 thus means to fight those who offer resistance
to Allah's rule (ie. Muslim conquest). The use of the word
"persecution" by some Muslim translators is disingenuous - the actual
Arabic words for persecution (idtihad) - and
oppression are not used instead of fitna. Fitna
can
mean disbelief, or the disorder that results from
unbelief or temptation. This is certainly what is meant in this context
since the violence is
explicitly commissioned "until religion is for Allah"
- ie. unbelievers desist in their
unbelief. [Editor's note: these notes have been
modified slightly after a critic misinterpreted our language. Verse 193
plainly says that 'fighting' is sanctioned even if the fitna 'ceases'. This is about religious order, not real persecution.]
Quran (2:244)
- "Then fight in the cause of Allah, and know that Allah Heareth and knoweth
all things."
Quran (2:216)
- "Fighting is prescribed for you, and ye dislike it. But it is
possible that ye dislike a thing which is good for you, and that ye love a thing
which is bad for you. But Allah knoweth, and ye know not." Not
only does this verse establish that violence can be virtuous, but it also
contradicts the myth that fighting is intended only in self-defense, since the
audience was obviously not under attack at the time. From the Hadith, we
know that this verse was narrated at a time that Muhammad was actually trying to motivate his people into
raiding merchant caravans for loot.
Quran (3:56)
- "As to those who reject faith, I will punish them with terrible agony in
this world and in the Hereafter, nor will they have anyone to help."
Quran (3:151)
- "Soon shall We cast terror into the hearts of the Unbelievers, for that
they joined companions with Allah, for which He had sent no authority".
This speaks directly of polytheists, yet it also includes Christians, since they believe in the Trinity
(ie. what Muhammad incorrectly believed to be 'joining companions to Allah').
Quran (4:74)
- "Let those fight in the way of Allah who sell the life of this world for
the other. Whoso fighteth in the way of Allah, be he slain or be he victorious,
on him We shall bestow a vast reward." The martyrs of Islam are
unlike the early Christians, who were led meekly to the slaughter. These Muslims
are killed in battle as they attempt to inflict death and destruction for the
cause of Allah. This is the theological basis for today's suicide bombers.
Quran (4:76)
- "Those who believe fight in the cause of Allah…"
Quran (4:89)
- "They but wish that ye should reject Faith, as they do, and thus be on the
same footing (as they): But take not friends from their ranks until they flee in
the way of Allah (From what is forbidden). But if they turn renegades, seize
them and slay them wherever ye find them; and (in any case) take no friends or
helpers from their ranks."
Quran (4:95)
- "Not equal are those of the believers who sit (at home), except those
who are disabled (by injury or are blind or lame, etc.), and those who strive
hard and fight in the Cause of Allah with their wealth and their lives. Allah
has preferred in grades those who strive hard and fight with their wealth and
their lives above those who sit (at home).Unto each, Allah has promised good
(Paradise), but Allah has preferred those who strive hard and fight, above those
who sit (at home) by a huge reward " This passage
criticizes "peaceful" Muslims who do not join in the violence, letting
them know that they are less worthy in Allah's eyes. It also
demolishes the modern myth that "Jihad" doesn't mean holy war in the
Quran, but
rather a spiritual struggle. Not only is this Arabic word (mujahiduna) used in this
passage, but it is clearly not referring to anything spiritual, since the
physically disabled are given exemption. (The Hadith reveals the context
of the passage to be in response to a blind man's protest that he is unable to
engage in Jihad, which would not make sense if it meant an internal struggle).
Quran (4:104)
- "And be not weak hearted in pursuit of the enemy; if you suffer pain, then
surely they (too) suffer pain as you suffer pain..." Is pursuing
an injured and retreating enemy really an act of self-defense?
Quran (5:33)
- "The punishment of those who wage war against Allah and His messenger and
strive to make mischief in the land is only this, that they should be murdered
or crucified or their hands and their feet should be cut off on opposite sides
or they should be imprisoned; this shall be as a disgrace for them in this
world, and in the hereafter they shall have a grievous chastisement"
Quran (8:12)
- "I will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieve. Therefore
strike off their heads and strike off every fingertip of them" No
reasonable person would interpret this to mean a spiritual struggle. The targets of
violence are "those who disbelieve" - further defined in the next verse (13) as "defy and disobey Allah." Nothing is said about
self-defense. In fact, the verses in sura 8 were narrated shortly after
a battle provoked by Muhammad, who had been trying to attack a lightly-armed caravan
to steal goods belonging to other people.
Quran (8:15)
- "O ye who believe! When ye meet those who disbelieve in battle, turn not
your backs to them. (16)Whoso on that day turneth his back to them, unless
maneuvering for battle or intent to join a company, he truly hath incurred wrath
from Allah, and his habitation will be hell, a hapless journey's end."
Quran (8:39)
- "And fight with them until there is no more fitna (disorder,
unbelief) and religion is all for Allah" Some translations interpret "fitna" as
"persecution", but the traditional understanding of this word is not supported
by the historical context (See notes for 2:193). The Meccans were simply refusing
Muhammad access to their city during Haj. Other Muslims were allowed
to travel there - just not as an armed group, since Muhammad had declared war on
Mecca prior to his eviction. The Meccans were also acting in defense of
their religion, since it was Muhammad's intention to destroy their idols and
establish Islam by force (which he later did). Hence the critical part of
this verse is to fight until "religion is only for Allah",
meaning that the true justification of violence was the unbelief of the
opposition.
According to the Sira (Ibn Ishaq/Hisham 324) Muhammad further explains that "Allah must have no rivals."
Quran (8:57)
- "If thou comest on them in the war, deal with them so as to strike fear in
those who are behind them, that haply they may remember."
Quran (8:67)
- "It is not for a Prophet that he should have prisoners of war until he
had made a great slaughter in the land..."
Quran (8:59-60)
- "And let not those who disbelieve suppose that they can outstrip (Allah's
Purpose). Lo! they cannot escape. Make ready for them all thou canst of
(armed) force and of horses tethered, that thereby ye may dismay the enemy of
Allah and your enemy." As Ibn Kathir puts it in his
tafsir on this passage, "Allah commands Muslims to prepare for war
against disbelievers, as much as possible, according
to affordability and availability."
Quran (8:65)
- "O Prophet, exhort the believers to fight..."
Quran (9:5)
- "So when the sacred months have passed away, then slay the idolaters
wherever you find them, and take them captive and besiege them and lie in wait
for them in every ambush, then if they repent and keep up prayer and pay the
poor-rate, leave their way free to them." According
to this
verse, the best way of staying safe from Muslim violence
at the time of Muhammad was to convert to Islam: prayer (salat) and the poor tax (zakat) are among the religion's
Five Pillars. The popular claim that the Quran only inspires violence
within the context of self-defense is seriously challenged by this passage as
well, since the Muslims to whom it was written were obviously not under attack.
Had they been, then there would have been no waiting period (earlier verses make
it a duty for Muslims to fight in self-defense, even during the sacred months).
The historical context is Mecca after the idolaters were subjugated by
Muhammad and posed no threat. Once the Muslims had power, they
violently evicted those unbelievers who would not convert.
[Note: The verse says to
fight unbelievers "wherever you find them". Even
if the context is in a time
of battle (which it was not) the reading appears to
sanction attacks against those "unbelievers"
who are not on the battlefield. In 2016, the Islamic
State referred to this verse in urging the faithful to commit terror
attacks: Allah did not only command the 'fighting' of disbelievers, as if to say He only
wants us to conduct frontline operations against them. Rather, He has also ordered that they be
slain wherever they may be – on or off the battlefield. (source)]
Quran (9:14)
- "Fight against them so that Allah will punish them by your hands and
disgrace them and give you victory over them and heal the breasts of a believing
people." Humiliating and hurting non-believers not only has the
blessing of Allah, but it is ordered as a means of carrying out his punishment
and even "healing" the hearts of Muslims.
Quran (9:20)
- "Those who believe, and have left their homes and striven with their wealth
and their lives in Allah's way are of much greater worth in Allah's sight. These
are they who are triumphant." The Arabic word interpreted as
"striving" in this verse is the same root as "Jihad". The context is
obviously holy war.
Quran (9:29)
- "Fight those who believe not in Allah nor the Last Day, nor hold that
forbidden which hath been forbidden by Allah and His Messenger, nor acknowledge
the religion of Truth, (even if they are) of the People of the Book, until they
pay the Jizya with willing submission, and feel themselves subdued."
"People of the Book" refers to Christians and Jews. According to
this verse, they are to be violently subjugated, with the sole justification
being their religious status. Verse
9:33 tells Muslims that Allah has charted them to make Islam "superior
over all religions." This chapter was one of the
final "revelations" from Allah and it set in motion the tenacious military
expansion, in which Muhammad's companions managed to conquer two-thirds of the
Christian world in the next 100 years. Islam is intended to dominate
all other people and faiths.
Quran (9:30)
- "And the Jews say: Ezra is the son of Allah; and the Christians say: The
Messiah is the son of Allah; these are the words of their mouths; they imitate
the saying of those who disbelieved before; may Allah destroy them; how they are
turned away!"
Quran (9:38-39)
- "O ye who believe! what is the matter with you, that, when ye are asked to
go forth in the cause of Allah, ye cling heavily to the earth? Do ye prefer the
life of this world to the Hereafter? But little is the comfort of this life, as
compared with the Hereafter. Unless ye go forth, He will punish you with a
grievous penalty, and put others in your place." This is a warning to
those who refuse to fight, that they will be punished with Hell.
Quran (9:41)
- "Go forth, light-armed and heavy-armed, and strive with your wealth and
your lives in the way of Allah! That is best for you if ye but knew."
See also the verse that follows (9:42)
- "If there had been immediate gain (in sight), and the journey easy, they would
(all) without doubt have followed thee, but the distance was long, (and weighed)
on them" This contradicts the myth that Muslims are to fight only in
self-defense, since the wording implies that battle will be waged a long
distance from home (in another country and on Christian soil, in this case,
according to the historians).
Quran (9:73)
- "O Prophet! strive hard against the unbelievers and the hypocrites and be
unyielding to them; and their abode is hell, and evil is the destination."
Dehumanizing those who reject Islam, by reminding
Muslims that unbelievers are merely
firewood for Hell, makes it easier to justify slaughter.
It explains
why today's devout Muslims generally have little regard
for those outside the faith.
The inclusion of "hypocrites" within this verse also
contradicts the apologist's defense that the targets of hate and
hostility are wartime foes,
since there was never an opposing army made up of
non-religious Muslims in Muhammad's time. (See also Games Muslims Play: Terrorists Can't Be Muslim Because They Kill Muslims for the role this verse plays in Islam's perpetual internal conflicts).
Quran (9:88)
- "But the Messenger, and those who believe with him, strive and fight with
their wealth and their persons: for them are (all) good things: and it is they
who will prosper."
Quran (9:111)
- "Allah hath purchased of the believers their persons and their goods; for
theirs (in return) is the garden (of Paradise): they fight in His cause, and
slay and are slain: a promise binding on Him in truth, through the Law, the
Gospel, and the Quran: and who is more faithful to his covenant than Allah?
then rejoice in the bargain which ye have concluded: that is the achievement
supreme." How does the Quran define a true believer?
Quran (9:123)
- "O you who believe! fight those of the unbelievers who are near to you and
let them find in you hardness."
Quran (17:16)
- "And when We wish to destroy a town, We send Our commandment to the people
of it who lead easy lives, but they transgress therein; thus the word proves
true against it, so We destroy it with utter destruction." Note that
the crime is moral transgression, and the punishment is "utter destruction."
(Before ordering the 9/11 attacks, Osama bin Laden first issued Americans an
invitation to Islam).
Quran
(18:65-81)
- This parable lays the theological groundwork for honor killings, in which a
family member is murdered because they brought shame to the family, either
through apostasy or perceived moral indiscretion. The story (which is not
found in any Jewish or Christian source) tells of Moses encountering a man with
"special knowledge" who does things which don't seem to make sense on the
surface, but are then justified according to later explanation. One such
action is to murder a youth for no apparent reason (74). However, the wise
man later explains that it was feared that the boy would "grieve" his parents by
"disobedience and ingratitude." He was killed so that Allah could provide
them a 'better' son. [Note: This parable along with verse 58:22
is a major reason that honor killing is sanctioned by Sharia. Reliance
of the Traveler (Umdat al-Saliq) says that punishment for murder is not
applicable when a parent or grandparent kills their offspring (o.1.12).]
Quran (21:44)
- "We gave the good things of this life to these men and their fathers until
the period grew long for them; See they not that We gradually reduce the land
(in their control) from its outlying borders? Is it then they who will win?"
Quran (25:52)
- "Therefore listen not to the Unbelievers, but strive against them with the
utmost strenuousness with it." - The root for Jihad
is used twice in this verse, although it may not have been referring to
Holy War when narrated, since it was prior to the hijra at Mecca. The
"it" at the end is thought to mean the Quran. Thus the verse may have
originally meant a non-violent resistance to the 'unbelievers.'
Obviously, this changed with the hijra and 'Jihad' after this is almost
exclusively within a violent context.
Quran
(33:60-62)
- "If the hypocrites, and those in whose hearts is a disease, and the
alarmists in the city do not cease, We verily shall urge thee on against them,
then they will be your neighbors in it but a little while. Accursed, they
will be seized wherever found and slain with a (fierce) slaughter."
This passage sanctions the slaughter (rendered "merciless" and "horrible murder"
in other translations) against three groups: Hypocrites (Muslims who refuse to
"fight in the way of Allah" (3:167)
and hence don't act as Muslims should), those with "diseased hearts" (which include Jews and
Christians
5:51-52), and "alarmists" or "agitators who include those who merely speak
out against Islam, according to Muhammad's biographers. It is worth noting
that the victims are to be sought out by Muslims, which is what today's
terrorists do. If this passage is meant merely to apply to the city of
Medina, then it is unclear why it is included in Allah's eternal word to Muslim
generations.
Quran (47:3-4)
- "Those who disbelieve follow falsehood, while those who believe follow
the truth from their Lord... So, when you meet (in fight Jihad in Allah's
Cause), those who disbelieve smite at their necks till when you have killed and
wounded many of them, then bind a bond firmly (on them, i.e. take them as
captives)... If it had been Allah's Will, He Himself could certainly have
punished them (without you). But (He lets you fight), in order to test you, some
with others. But those who are killed in the Way of Allah, He will never let
their deeds be lost." Those who reject Allah are to
be killed in
Jihad. The wounded are to be held captive for ransom.
The only reason Allah doesn't do the dirty work himself is to to
test the faithfulness of Muslims. Those who kill pass
the test.
Quran (47:35)
- "Be not weary and faint-hearted, crying for peace, when ye should be
uppermost (Shakir: "have the upper hand") for Allah is with you,"
Quran (48:17)
- "There is no blame for the blind, nor is there blame for the lame, nor is
there blame for the sick (that they go not forth to war). And whoso obeyeth
Allah and His messenger, He will make him enter Gardens underneath which rivers
flow; and whoso turneth back, him will He punish with a painful doom."
Contemporary apologists sometimes claim that Jihad means 'spiritual struggle.'
Is so, then why are the blind, lame and sick exempted? This verse also
says that those who do not fight will suffer torment in hell.
Quran (48:29)
- "Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. And those with him are hard (ruthless)
against the disbelievers and merciful among themselves" Islam is
not about treating everyone equally. This verse tells
Muslims that there are two very
distinct standards that are applied based on religious status. Also the
word used for 'hard' or 'ruthless' in this verse shares the same root as the
word translated as 'painful' or severe' to describe Hell in over 25
other verses including
65:10,
40:46 and
50:26..
Quran (61:4)
- "Surely Allah loves those who fight in His cause"
Religion of Peace, indeed! The verse explicitly refers to "rows" or "battle array,"
meaning that it is speaking of physical conflict. This is followed by (61:9), which defines the "cause":
"He it is who has sent His Messenger (Mohammed) with guidance and the
religion of truth (Islam) to make it victorious over all religions even
though the infidels may resist." (See next verse, below).
Infidels who resist Islamic rule are to be fought.
Quran (61:10-12)
- "O You who believe! Shall I guide you to a commerce that will save you
from a painful torment. That you believe in Allah and His Messenger (Muhammad),
and that you strive hard and fight in the Cause of Allah with your wealth and
your lives, that will be better for you, if you but know! (If you do so) He will
forgive you your sins, and admit you into Gardens under which rivers flow, and
pleasant dwelling in Gardens of'Adn- Eternity ['Adn(Edn) Paradise], that is
indeed the great success." This verse refers to physical battle
in order to make Islam victorious over other religions (see verse 9). It uses
the Arabic root for the word Jihad.
Quran (66:9)
- "O Prophet! Strive against the disbelievers and the hypocrites, and be
stern with them. Hell will be their home, a hapless journey's end."
The root word of "Jihad" is used again here. The context is clearly holy
war, and the scope of violence is broadened to include "hypocrites" - those who
call themselves Muslims but do not act as such.
Other verses calling Muslims to Jihad can be found
here at AnsweringIslam.org
Hadith and Sira
Sahih Bukhari (52:177) - Allah's Apostle said, "The Hour will not be
established until you fight with the Jews, and the stone behind which a Jew will
be hiding will say. "O Muslim! There is a Jew hiding behind me, so kill him."
Sahih Bukhari (52:256) - The Prophet... was asked whether it was permissible to
attack the pagan warriors at night with the probability of exposing their women
and children to danger. The Prophet replied, "They (i.e. women and children) are
from them (i.e. pagans)." In this command, Muhammad establishes that it is
permissible to kill non-combatants in the process of killing a perceived enemy.
This provides justification for the many Islamic terror bombings.
Sahih Bukhari (52:65) - The Prophet said, 'He who fights that Allah's Word (Islam) should be superior, fights in Allah's Cause. Muhammad's words
are the basis for offensive Jihad - spreading Islam by force. This is how
it was understood by his companions, and by the terrorists of today. (See also Sahih Bukhari 3:125)
Sahih Bukhari (52:44) - A man came to Allah's Apostle and said, "Instruct
me as to such a deed as equals Jihad (in reward)." He replied, "I do not find such a deed."
Abu Dawud (14:2526) - The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: Three things
are the roots of faith: to refrain from (killing) a person who utters, "There is
no god but Allah" and not to declare him unbeliever whatever sin he commits, and
not to excommunicate him from Islam for his any action; and jihad will be
performed continuously since the day Allah sent me as a prophet until the day
the last member of my community will fight with the Dajjal (Antichrist)
Abu Dawud (14:2527) - The Prophet said: Striving in the path of Allah
(jihad) is incumbent on you along with every ruler,
whether he is pious or impious
Sahih Muslim (1:33) - the Messenger of Allah said: I have been commanded to
fight against people till they testify that there is no god but Allah, that
Muhammad is the messenger of Allah
Sahih Bukhari (8:387)- Allah's Apostle said, "I have been ordered to fight the
people till they say: 'None has the right to be worshipped but Allah'.
And if they say so, pray like our prayers, face our Qibla and slaughter as we
slaughter, then their blood and property will be sacred to us and we will not
interfere with them except legally."
Sahih Muslim (1:30) -
"The Messenger of Allah said: I have been commanded to fight against people so
long as they do not declare that there is no god but Allah."
Sahih Bukhari (52:73)- "Allah's Apostle said, 'Know that Paradise is
under the shades of swords'."
Sahih Bukhari (11:626)- [Muhammad said:] "I decided to order a man to
lead the prayer and then take a flame to burn all those, who had not left their
houses for the prayer, burning them alive inside their homes."
Sahih Muslim (1:149) - "Abu Dharr reported: I said: Messenger of Allah, which
of the deeds is the best? He (the Holy Prophet) replied: Belief in Allah and
Jihad in His cause..."
Sahih Muslim (20:4645) - "...He (the Messenger of Allah) did that and said:
There is another act which elevates the position of a man in Paradise to a grade
one hundred (higher), and the elevation between one grade and the other is equal
to the height of the heaven from the earth. He (Abu Sa'id) said: What is that
act? He replied: Jihad in the way of Allah! Jihad in the way of Allah!"
Sahih Muslim (20:4696) - "the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) said:
'One who died but did not fight in the way of Allah nor did he express any
desire (or determination) for Jihad died the death of a hypocrite.'"
Sahih Muslim (19:4321-4323) - Three separate hadith in which Muhammad shrugs over
the news that innocent children were killed in a raid by his men against
unbelievers. His response: "They are of them (meaning the enemy)."
Sahih Muslim (19:4294) - "Fight
against those who disbelieve in Allah. Make a holy war... When you meet
your enemies who are polytheists, invite them to three courses of action. If
they respond to any one of these, you also accept it and withhold yourself from
doing them any harm. Invite them to (accept) Islam; if they respond to you,
accept it from them and desist from fighting against them... If they refuse to
accept Islam, demand from them the Jizya. If they agree to pay, accept it from
them and hold off your hands. If they refuse to pay the tax, seek Allah's help
and fight them."
Sahih Muslim (31:5917) - "Ali went a bit and then halted and did not
look about and then said in a loud voice: 'Allah's Messenger, on what
issue should I fight with the people?' Thereupon he (the Prophet) said:
'Fight with them until they bear testimony to the fact that there is no
god but Allah and Muhammad is his Messenger'." The pretext for
attacking the peaceful farming community of Khaibar was not obvious to
the Muslims. Muhammad's son-in-law Ali asked the prophet of Islam
to clarify the reason for their mission to kill, loot and enslave.
Muhammad's reply was straightforward. The people should be fought
because they are not Muslim.
Sahih Muslim (31:5918) - "I will fight them until they are like us."
Ali's reply to Muhammad, after receiving clarification that the pretext
for attack Khaibar was to convert the people (see above verse).
Sahih Bukhari 2:35"The person who participates in (Holy Battles) in Allah’s cause and
nothing compels him do so except belief in Allah and His Apostle, will
be recompensed by Allah either with a reward, or booty ( if he survives)
or will be admitted to Paradise ( if he is killed)."
Sunan an-Nasa'i
(Sahih) "Whoever dies without having fought or thought of fighting, he
dies on one of the branches of hypocrisy"
Tabari 7:97The morning after the murder of Ashraf, the Prophet declared, "Kill any Jew
who falls under your power." Ashraf was a poet, killed by Muhammad's
men because he insulted Islam. Here, Muhammad widens the scope of his
orders to kill. An innocent Jewish businessman was then slain by his
Muslim partner, merely for being non-Muslim.
Tabari 9:69"Killing Unbelievers is a small matter to us" The words of
Muhammad, prophet of Islam.
Tabari 17:187"'By God, our religion (din) from which we have departed is better and more
correct than that which these people follow. Their religion does not stop them
from shedding blood, terrifying the roads, and seizing properties.' And they
returned to their former religion." The words of a group of Christians
who had converted to Islam, but realized their error after being shocked by the
violence and looting committed in the name of Allah. The price of their
decision to return to a religion of peace was that the men were beheaded and the
woman and children enslaved by the caliph Ali.
Ibn Ishaq/Hisham 484:- “Allah said, ‘A prophet must slaughter before collecting captives. A
slaughtered enemy is driven from the land. Muhammad, you craved the desires of
this world, its goods and the ransom captives would bring. But Allah desires
killing them to manifest the religion.’”
Ibn Ishaq/Hisham 990:
Cutting off someone's head while shouting 'Allahu Akbar'
is not a 'perverison of Islam', but a tradition of Islam
that began with Muhammad. In this passage, a companion recounts an
episode in which he staged a surprise ambush on a settlement: "I
leapt upon him and cut off his head and ran in the direction of the camp
shouting 'Allah akbar' and my two companions did likewise".
Ibn Ishaq/Hisham 992: -"Fight everyone in the way of Allah and kill those who disbelieve in Allah."
Muhammad's instructions to his men prior to a military raid.
Saifur Rahman, The Sealed Nectar
p.227-228 - "Embrace Islam... If you two accept Islam, you will remain
in command of your country; but if your refuse my Call, you’ve got to remember
that all of your possessions are perishable. My horsemen will appropriate your
land, and my Prophethood will assume preponderance over your kingship."
One of several letters from Muhammad to rulers of other countries. The
significance is that the recipients were not making war or threatening Muslims.
Their subsequent defeat and subjugation by Muhammad's armies was justified
merely on the basis of their unbelief.
PEACE MAN! ALLAH IS LOVE!
Just for the ladies and feminist defenders of Islam.
Quran
Quran (4:11)
- (Inheritance) "The male shall have the equal of the portion of two females"
(see also verse 4:176).
In Islam, sexism is mathematically established.Quran (2:282)
- (Court testimony) "And call to witness, from among your men, two witnesses.
And if two men be not found then a man and two women." Muslim
apologists offer creative explanations to explain why Allah felt that a man's
testimony in court should be valued twice as highly as a woman's, but studies
consistently show that women are actually less likely to tell lies than men,
meaning that they make more reliable witnesses. Quran (2:228)
- "and the men are a degree above them [women]" Quran (5:6)
- "And if ye are unclean, purify yourselves. And if ye are sick or on a
journey, or one of you cometh from the closet, or ye have had contact with
women, and ye find not water, then go to clean, high ground and rub your faces
and your hands with some of it" Men are to rub dirt on their hands, if
there is no water to purify them, following casual contact with a woman (such as
shaking hands).
Quran (24:31)
- Women are to lower their gaze around men, so they do not look them in the eye.
(To be fair, men are told to do the same thing in the prior verse). Quran (2:223)
- "Your wives are as a tilth unto you; so approach your tilth when or how ye
will..." A man has dominion over his wives' bodies as he does his
land. This verse is overtly sexual. There is some dispute as to
whether it is referring to the practice of anal intercourse. If this is what Muhammad meant,
then it would appear to contradict what he said in
Muslim (8:3365). Quran (4:3)
- (Wife-to-husband ratio) "Marry women of your choice, Two or three or four"
Inequality by numbers. Quran (53:27)
- "Those who believe not in the Hereafter, name the angels with female
names." Angels are sublime beings, and would therefore be male. Quran (4:24)
and Quran
(33:50)- A man is permitted to take women as sex slaves outside of
marriage. Note that the verse distinguishes wives from captives (those
whom they right hand possesses).
Had enough yet? Here is a wee bit more.
Hadith and Sira
Sahih Bukhari (6:301) - "[Muhammad] said, 'Is not the evidence of two women
equal to the witness of one man?' They replied in the affirmative.
He said, 'This is the deficiency in her intelligence.'"
Sahih Bukhari (6:301) - continued - "[Muhammad said] 'Isn't it true that a
woman can neither pray nor fast during her menses?' The women replied in the
affirmative. He said, 'This is the deficiency in her religion.'" Allah
has made women deficient in the practice of their religion as well, by giving
them menstrual cycles.
Sahih Bukhari (2:28) & Sahih Bukhari (54:464) - Women comprise the majority of Hell's occupants. This
is important because the only women in heaven mentioned explicitly by Muhammad are the
virgins who serve the sexual desires of men. (A weak Hadith, Kanz
al-`ummal, 22:10, even suggests that 99% of women go to Hell).
Sahih Bukhari (62:81) - "The Prophet said: "'The stipulations most entitled to
be abided by are those with which you are given the right to enjoy the (women's)
private parts (i.e. the stipulations of the marriage contract).'" In
other words, the most important thing a woman brings to marriage is
between her legs.
Sahih Bukhari (62:58) - A woman presents herself in marriage to Muhammad, but he
does not find her attractive, so he "donates" her on the spot to another man.
Sahih Muslim (4:1039) - "A'isha said [to Muhammad]: 'You have made us equal to
the dogs and the asses'" These are the words of
Muhammad's favorite wife, complaining of the role assigned to women under Islam.
Abu Dawud (2:704) - "...the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) said:
When one of you prays without a sutrah, a dog, an ass, a pig, a Jew, a Magian,
and a woman cut off his prayer, but it will suffice if they pass in front of him
at a distance of over a stone's throw."
Abu Dawud (2155) - Women
are compared to slaves and camels with regard to the "evil" in them.
Ishaq 593 - "As for Ali, he said, 'Women are
plentiful, and you can easily change one for another.'" Ali was raised as a
son by Muhammad. He was also the 4th caliph. This comment was made
in Muhammad's presence without a word of rebuke from him.
Ishaq 593 - "From the captives of Hunayn,
Allah's Messenger gave [his son-in-law] Ali a slave girl called Baytab and he
gave [future Caliph] Uthman a slave girl called Zaynab and [future Caliph] Umar
another." - Even in this world, Muhammad treated women like party favors,
handing out enslaved women to his cronies for sex.
Ibn Ishaq (693) - "Then the apostle sent Sa-d b.
Zayd al-Ansari, brother of Abdu'l-Ashal with some of the captive women of Banu
Qurayza to Najd and he sold them for horses and weapons." Muhammad
traded captured women for horses.
Al-Tirmidhi 3272 - "When Allah's Messenger was
asked which woman was best he replied, 'The one who pleases (her husband)
when he looks at her, obeys him when he gives a command, and does not go against
his wishes regarding her person or property by doing anything of which he
disapproves'."
Tabari VIII:117 - The fate of more captured farm
wives, whom the Muslims distributed amongst themselves as sex slaves: "Dihyah
had asked the Messenger for Safiyah when the Prophet chose her for himself...
the Apostle traded for Safiyah by giving Dihyah her two cousins. The women of
Khaybar were distributed among the Muslims."
Tabari IX:137 - "Allah granted Rayhana of the
Qurayza to Muhammad as booty."
Ishaq 969 - "Lay injunctions on women kindly, for they are prisoners
with you having no control of their persons." - This same text also says that wives may be beaten for "unseemliness".
Tabari Vol 9, Number 1754 - "Treat women
well, for they are [like] domestic animals with you and do not possess anything
for themselves." From Muhammad's 'Farewell Sermon'.
I rest my case. I dare you lefties to defend , interpret and try to
justify any of these quotes right out of the Koran, I double dog dare
you!
Here is some some quotes from some anonymous dude named Winston Churchill.
The River War by Winston S. Churchill, History Quotes
(showing 1-6 of 6)
“How dreadful are the curses which Mohammedanism lays on its
votaries! Besides the fanatical frenzy, which is as dangerous in a man
as hydrophobia in a dog, there is this fearful fatalistic apathy. The
effects are apparent in many countries. Improvident habits, slovenly
systems of agriculture, sluggish methods of commerce, and insecurity of
property exist wherever the followers of the Prophet rule or live. A
degraded sensualism deprives this life of its grace and refinement; the
next of its dignity and sanctity. The fact that in Mohammedan law every
woman must belong to some man as his absolute property – either as a
child, a wife, or a concubine – must delay the final extinction of
slavery until the faith of Islam has ceased to be a great power among
men. Thousands become the brave and loyal soldiers of the faith: all
know how to die but the influence of the religion paralyses the social
development of those who follow it. No stronger retrograde force exists
in the world. Far from being moribund, Mohammedanism is a militant and
proselytizing faith. It has already spread throughout Central Africa,
raising fearless warriors at every step; and were it not that
Christianity is sheltered in the strong arms of science, the science
against which it had vainly struggled, the civilisation of modern Europe
might fall, as fell the civilisation of ancient Rome.”
―
Winston S. Churchill,
The River War by Winston S. Churchill, History
“The fact that in Mohammedan law every woman must belong to some
man as his absolute property, either as a child, a wife, or a concubine,
must delay the final extinction of slavery until the faith of Islam has
ceased to be a great power among men.”
―
Winston S. Churchill,
The River War by Winston S. Churchill, History
“How dreadful are the curses which Mohammedanism lays on its
votaries! Besides the fanatical frenzy, which is as dangerous in a man
as hydrophobia in a dog, there is this fearful fatalistic apathy. The
effects are apparent in many countries. Improvident habits, slovenly
systems of agriculture, sluggish methods of commerce, and insecurity of
property exist wherever the followers of the Prophet rule or live. A
degraded sensualism deprives this life of its grace and refinement; the
next of its dignity and sanctity.”
―
Winston S. Churchill,
The River War by Winston S. Churchill, History
“Far from being moribund, Mohammedanism is a militant and
proselytizing faith. It has already spread throughout Central Africa,
raising fearless warriors at every step; and were it not that
Christianity is sheltered in the strong arms of science—the science
against which it had vainly struggled—the civilization of modern Europe
might fall, as fell the civilization of ancient Rome.”
―
Winston S. Churchill,
The River War by Winston S. Churchill, History
“The fact that in Mohammedan law every woman must belong to some
man as his absolute property—either as a child, a wife, or a
concubine—must delay the final extinction of slavery until the faith of
Islam has ceased to be a great power among men.”
―
Winston S. Churchill,
The River War by Winston S. Churchill, History
“Individual Moslems may show splendid qualities. Thousands become
the brave and loyal soldiers of the Queen: all know how to die. But the
influence of the religion paralyzes the social development of those who
follow it. No stronger retrograde force exists in the world.”
I've been contacted by Flemming College students concerned about the Islamification of their school and Peterborough in the midst of the harassment of women and students afraid to report the harassment in fear of being called Nazis or racists and the attempted brainwashing of students to convert to Islam.
I promised anonymity and will simply quote their concerns.
"I'm a Peterborough native and out of all days to not be in Peterborough
it had to be Sunday. It is nice to see like minded individuals having a
rally. It is also entertaining to read about all the back-lash from the
rally.
Anyways, the reason for my message is hoping you would
cover (or be aware) of an issue I have experienced at my college
(Fleming in Peterborough). It started back in February a group of
Muslims had a booth set up and were doing some "Coffee with Islam"
information awareness. I guess their purpose is to raise awareness of
the Islamic faith and meet outside of the school at a coffee shop to
discuss their faith.
I could see it did make some people curious,
taking their pamphlets and exchanging phone numbers. But I could also
see it making people uncomfortable about how they approach people. One
friend of mine was approached and almost "forced" into giving one of the
guys her number (she didn't but took his basically to get him to shut
up). I figured they may be there for a week and leave but it has
persisted week by week. I have not been approached (yet).
I do
not agree with what they are doing on a few levels. With my own personal
beliefs of the Islamic faith set aside (I'm sure we can agree on the
same views) I feel the extent they go to interact with people is not
right. Approaching people, or asking for personal information (phone
numbers, email) I do not agree with. If they want to set up a booth
thats tolerable, if people are curious THEY can approach THEM. Being at
my school week after week I do not agree with, putting up a poster would
be tolerable and would have the same effect. Interrupting people having
conversations with other people is also quite rude, approaching people
while they are eating is also very rude (I notice they only do this to
people sitting by themselves- still rude in my opinion).
The
point I guess i'm trying to make is if someone was to set up a table for
any other religious views I believe it would be frowned upon. If
another religious group would approach people in the manner they do...it
would also be frowned upon. I have not seen ANY other religious
organizations with information booths out of the years iv been here."
I'm also conflicted because I would like to formally complain but
unfortunately I know I would be seen as a "racist" or "nazi" and in a school
setting makes me nervous incase it jeopardizes my enrolment at my
college. Publicly I’m quite tolerant about my views and keep my
religious and political beliefs to myself. Mainly due to the headache
which comes from defending myself and my beliefs etc. I suppose I feel
like I need to voice my opinion formally about this, but I'm nervous to
do so (reasons I previously mentioned)".
game on!
