Yoram
will be in the
US in February,
and
then in
May, 2016,
available for
speaking
engagements
(http://bit.ly/1W5CrSr).
The
volcano of
Islamic
terrorism
Ambassador (ret.) Yoram Ettinger, “Second Thought: a US-Israel Initiative”
“Israel Hayom”, January 10, 2016, http://bit.ly/1IXeri6
Ambassador (ret.) Yoram Ettinger, “Second Thought: a US-Israel Initiative”
“Israel Hayom”, January 10, 2016, http://bit.ly/1IXeri6
Islamic
terrorism has
dominated the
history of
Islam, as
demonstrated
by the murder
of three of
the first four
Caliphs
succeeding
Muhammed: Umar
ibn Abd
al-Khattab
(644 AD),
Uthman Ibn
Affan (656 AD)
and Ali ibn
Abi Talib (661
AD). Islamic
terrorism has
been one of
the most
active and
dangerous
volcanoes -
domestically,
regionally and
globally -
since the
initial
eruption of
Islam in the 7th
century.
Historically,
all Arab
regimes have
achieved,
sustained and
eventually
lost power
through
domestic
violence,
subversion or
terrorism.
Currently,
irrespective
of Israeli
policies and
the
Palestinian
issue, Yemen,
Iraq, Syria
and Libya have
become
battlegrounds
of rival
Islamic terror
organizations.
All pro-US
Arab regimes
such as Egypt,
Jordan, Saudi
Arabia,
Kuwait,
Bahrain and
the UAE face
clear and
present lethal
terror
threats. Iran
and Saudi
Arabia – the
two leading
world bankers
of Islamic
terrorism –
confront each
other
militarily,
economically,
ideologically
and
religiously.
Intra-Muslim
fragmentation,
unpredictability,
instability,
intolerance,
subversion,
terrorism and
the
provisional
nature of
Islamic
regimes, their
policies and
agreements
have been
recently
intensified in
an
unprecedented
manner.
The lava
of Islamic
terrorism has
consumed
mostly Muslims
in the abode
of Islam, but
it is aiming
to sweep the
abode of the
“infidel,” and
is currently
spreading into
the streets of
the USA,
Europe,
Russia, China,
India, Africa,
Asia and
Australia.
While
most
terrorists are
Muslims, the
majority of
Muslims are
not
terrorists.
However, most
Muslim
policy-makers
have not
represented
the will of
the majority,
which has been
systematically
suppressed/oppressed
in most Muslim
societies
(including
Muslim
communities in
Western
countries).
These Muslim
societies have
never
experienced
democracy,
exposing the
majority to
tectonic
eruptions of
violence by
rogue regimes
and
organizations.
Contrary
to
conventional
“wisdom”, the
1,400 year old
volcanic
Islamic
terrorism has
not been
triggered by
social and
economic
deprivation or
by the absence
of civil
liberties. It
has been
triggered by
the fourteen
century old
megalomaniacal,
supremacist,
intolerant,
anti-democratic,
repressive,
non-negotiable
and eternal
aspiration –
led by
educated
Islamic
“elites” - to
force the
world of the
“infidel” and
the “apostate”
to submit to
Islam. The
latter is,
supposedly,
the only
legitimate
religion,
divinely
ordained to
rule the
world.
According to
the Qur’an,
Islam is the
only
worthy/legitimate
successor to
the Abrahamic
and Mosaic
Judaism. Thus,
the
subordination
of humanity to
the legacy of
Muhammed
should be
achieved,
preferably,
via nonviolent
means (da’wah),
deceit/doubletalk
(Taqiyya’)
and
immigration (Hijra’’).
But, in face
of defiant
“infidels” and
“apostates,”
the
“believers”
should resort
to
non-compromising,
non-merciful
violence (jihad),
subversion,
breach of
international
accords and
terrorism.
Unlike
the Western
definition of
terrorism (the
deliberate and
systematic
targeting of
civilians),
the Qur’anic
definition of
terrorist (irhab)
is the
derivative of
the verb arhaba
(to terrify,
scare), which
is a tactic
employed
against the
“infidel,” in
order to
advance the
goals of Islam
(Qur’an,
Sura 8, verse
60). The
Muslim bottom
line is that
“there is no
God but Allah
and Muhammad
is his
prophet.”
Contrary
to
political-correctness
- and as
demonstrated
by the 1,400
year old track
record of
Islamic
violence and
terrorism and
the lack of
intra-Muslim
peaceful
coexistence -
Islam has
never
considered
itself to be
“a religion of
peace” as
defined by
Western
dictionaries.
According to
Muhammad’s
legacy, the
term salam
– which is
derived from
the same root
as Islam
- is employed
when
addressing
fellow
Muslims, but
not when
addressing
non-Muslims,
unless
constrained by
temporary
military,
economic or
political
inferiority.
Furthermore,
Arab/Muslim
societies
invoke Quranic
verses and
Islamic
history
precedents as
guidelines for
contemporary,
daily,
personal,
tribal,
regional and
national
conduct. For
example, Qur’an,
Sura 20,
verses 47
-48 state that
“Peace be on
whoever
follows the
guidance [of
Allah]… and
punishment
shall afflict
those who deny
and turn their
back [on
Allah].” Thus,
salam
is reserved
only for those
who
submit/surrender
themselves to
Islam, while
those who
renege on
their
commitment to
Islam are
doomed.
Moreover, any
agreement with
the “infidel”
is defined as
sulh,
hudna’,
a tenuous
truce of
limited
duration,
until the
balance of
power
facilitates
total
submission of
the “infidel”
to Islam.
According
to Hebrew
University
Prof. Moshe
Sharon, a
world renowned
authority on
Islam, "Islam
came to being
as a fighting
religion….
Mohammed
imposed his
authority by
means of his
military
strength…
Islam was born
in order to
rule
[humanity], as
is only
fitting for
the religion
of Allah which
is one and
exclusive….
The laws of
Jihad form the
basis of the
relations
between the
Muslim world
and the West….
The only
possible
relations
between
Muslims and
non-Muslims
are war or a
limited
ceasefire….
Jihad is the
strategy and,
therefore,
agreements are
a [tactical]
interlude in
the war
[against the
infidel]…. An
agreement
which contains
anything
beyond a
limited
armistice or
ceasefire is
null and
void.”
Sacrificing
reality and
long-term
national
security on
the altar of
political
correctness
and short-term
convenience,
key Western
policy-makers
and public
opinion
molders have
refused to
recognize the
central role
(or any role)
played by
Islam – as
advocated in Muslim
schools,
mosques, media
and social
media in
Muslim and
Western
countries
- in the
intensifying
threat of
terrorism.
These movers
and shakers
have, also,
insisted that
providing
employment and
educational
opportunities
is the most
effective way
to combat
terrorism.
Tariq
Alhomayed, the
former
editor-in-chief
of the leading
Saudi daily, Asharq
Al-Awsat,
wrote on
February 22,
2015: “ISIS is
not looking
for jobs,
neither are Al
Qaeda or
Hezbollah….
According to
President
Obama,
oppressing the
opposition
leads to
extremism and
terrorism.
However, the
oppression of
the Green
Revolution by
the Iranian
regime has not
led to
extremism or
terrorism in
Iran…. Why is
the entire
Middle East,
except Iran,
targeted by
terrorism? Why
are some of Al
Qaeda’s
leaders in
Iran?”
Winston
Churchill's
famous words
on relations
with
communists
apply even
more so to
terrorists:
“Trying to
maintain good
relations with
a communist is
like wooing a
crocodile. You
do not know
whether to
tickle it
under the chin
or beat it
over the
head. When it
opens its
mouth, you
cannot tell
whether it is
trying to
smile or
preparing to
eat you up….
An appeaser is
one who feeds
a crocodile,
hoping that it
will eat him
last….”
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