by Baron Bodissey
With RantburgÂ’s permission, I have been given the privilege to post this article in its entirety. There can be no understanding of how overwhelming and pervasive the threat of Islam is to our modern world without a thorough reading of this well-written piece. No, not Islamism. No, not Islamofascism. Islam, plain and simple in its daily and unchanging form. The one all Muslims adhere to and look towards in their pursuit of religious global conquest.
On this fifth anniversary of the 9-11 atrocity, it has become ever more clear that Islam has absolutely no intention of imposing any sort of reforms upon itself. The thundering silence emanating from the Muslim world stands as resounding proof of this fact. Ever since 9-11 we have been subjected to a regular stream of other equally vile and monstrous atrocities around the world.
Furthermore, every single day that passes greets us with the preventable death of yet another 3,000 people who perish for want of funds and labor currently being diverted toward fighting Islamic terrorism. In a feat of monumental hubris and the sort of misdirection or prestidigitation worthy of a Houdini, Islam had foisted the job of fighting terrorism upon the Western world. We have no responsibility for ridding Islam of its demons. We have only one obligation and that is self-preservation.
Islam has made patently clear its unwillingness to purge any violent jihadists from within its ranks. We have been confronted with not just an abject refusal but continued covert and overt support for terrorism. Be it Saudi ArabiaÂ’s revolving door policy, IndonesiaÂ’s insulting sentence reductions for convicted terrorists or PakistanÂ’s granting of de facto political refuge for al Qaeda mastermind, Osama bin Laden, all of these acts constitute a sworn commitment to the continued practice of global terrorism.
Throughout this conflict, both politicians and religious leaders alike have constantly sought assistance from the moderate Muslim. To date, the near total absence of substantive help from this quarter in the fight against Islamic terrorism has highlighted important questions as to why greater cooperation has not been forthcoming from this ostensibly peaceful group. The following article puts to rest any notions we might have of looking for moderate Muslims to provide direct action in ending global terrorism.