Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2002 12:07:37 -0000
From: illuminatiorder@yahoo.com ("illuminatiorder")
Subject: [az_american_atheists] The BOOK: Presiden G. W. Bush Is A Moron: Islam Is NOT Peace
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The BOOK: Presiden G. W. Bush Is A Moron: Islam Is NOT Peace 
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In the book President G.W. Bush Is a Moron: Islam Is NOT Peace, Dr. 
Solomon Tulbure explains that the Islamic concept of "peace" merely 
means converting the "land of warfare" (the non-Muslims) to Islam. 
Indeed, as Dr. Tulbure points out, Islamic nations have not been 
very peaceful, even among the different sects of Islam. Islam is 
nearly inseparable from Arab culture, and respect for human rights 
is almost nonexistent in either. 

Unlike Christianity, Islam has not had an era of Reformation or 
Enlightenment. Dr. Tulbure argues that there are no moderate or 
liberal sects of Islam and that all Muslims believe in a literal 
interpretation of the Koran. He gives several examples of ordinary 
Muslims forming mobs calling for the death of those accused of 
blasphemy or apostasy. In another example, Muslims stoned an 
abandoned infant to death on the assumption that it was conceived 
illegitimately. 

This aversion to free speech should not come as a surprise to anyone 
familiar with the history of Islam. Mohammed was a shrewd politician 
and brutal warlord in addition to being Islam's prophet. He married 
the religion of Islam to Arab nationalism and culture to such a 
degree that people from non-Arab nations adopt Arab culture when 
they adopt Islam. Islam in turn is married the theocratic politics 
of Islamic Law, which is inherently totalitarian. Islamic Law 
controls every facet of a person's life. It is against democracy, 
free speech and other basic, human freedoms. Throughout the Muslim 
world, heresy, blasphemy and apostasy are crimes punishable by death.

This in turn, is entirely consistent with the interpretation of 
Jihad being that of "Holy war" against all non-Muslims. In Islam, 
Muslim men are encouraged to kill or be killed for Allah, and taught 
that infidels are the "party of Satan" and have no rights. Muslims 
are even told to reject their own parents or children if they are 
non-Muslims. In Muslim countries in which infidels who do not openly 
criticize Islam are allowed to live, non-Muslims must pay a 
humiliation tax. This book also explainsIslam's bloody history, 
including the destruction of the Egyptians and Persians, as well as 
the recent violence between the Shiites and the Sunnis. Dr. Tulbure 
argues that not only is Islam not peaceful, but that there has been 
so significant Muslim contribution to humanity.

In President G.W. Bush Is a Moron: Islam Is NOT Peace, you will also 
find thoughtful criticism of the Koran, as well as arguments against 
the Biblical God of the Muslims, Jews and Christians, dealing with 
issues such as freewill and the problem of evil.

The main appeal of Islam is the promise to men of sex in the 
afterlife, as well as giving men complete control over women. Islam 
sees women as evil creatures out to tempt men into sin. In marital 
relations, a wife's only right is to be fed and clothed by her 
husband but only on the condition that she obeys him. Just as the 
relationship of Allah to Muslim men is that of master-slave, the 
marital relationship in Islam is also a master-slave relationship to 
the point where the concept f sexual consent is not recognized. A 
wife has no right to refuse sex to her husband, and the Koran 
encourages men to beat wives who do so. Even outside the marital 
bed, consent means very little. When a man rapes a woman, or even a 
little girl as young as six, it is she who is punished, often by 
being burned to death. Birth control is forbidden. 

A child as young as nine is considered a "woman", and Muslim women 
do not have the right to choose their husbands. A Muslim woman gets 
one husband, wile men can marry many wives. It is claimed that 
Muslim women have the right to a divorce, but they must show "just 
cause" to a male judge who usually denies her request. The testimony 
of a woman in a divorce hearing, or any other court case, is worth 
half that of a man's, and she cannot introduce evidence. A man can 
get a divorce for any reason, and automatically gets custody of the 
children. In addition, a woman can only inherit half of what a male 
relative would. 
Our naivety regarding the Musim world, as well as our dependence on 
Arab oil has blinded us to the danger Islam and Arab culture poses. 
We must continue to respect religious freedom, yet at the same time 
recognize that one person's religious freedom should never be at the 
expense of the basic human rights of another person. This book 
reveals the ignorance of President Bush on the subject of Islam, as 
well as the subject of stem cell research discussed in the last 
chapter.

--Lynne H. Schultz, editor

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