This is Why the US has
Re-Elected Bush
Response to the
article: “Followers of Islam: Can You See the Blood on Your Hands?”
[1]
Yamin Zakaria
November 16, 2004
After the re-election of
George Bush the Canadian office was flooded with asylum appeals from thousands
of US soldiers attempting to avoid the war in
This is indeed
very embarrassing and more so, when one considers that the
Many of the analysts
concluded that Bush’s victory was contributed by the strategy of the Republicans
focusing largely on the existing conservative states rather than the swing
states. States encompass the Bible belt where many of the Bible-bashers like
Bush also talks to God that even surpasses the claims of the ‘infallible’ Pope!
One of these Bible-Bashers said on TV, that this war is a crusade and Bush was
going to show the Iraqis Christianity, i.e. ‘love’ of Christ and Bush certainly
did that with cluster bombs as Eid gifts for the children of Fallujah and other
similar goodies.
Similar religious fanaticism
was expressed by General William Boykin who thought anyone opposing the
So, it seems
‘Satan’ was fought using satanic ways! According to the Bible (Matt 7:16) did
not Jesus (PBUH) say “by their fruits you shall recognize them”? Of course, that
also implies that the observer has integrity and mentally stable to judge fairly
the quality of the fruits.
Barbra Stock who operates
her own website, a devout Catholic and a fanatical rightwing Republican that is
typical of those who voted for Bush. She wrote an article [1] largely directed
to me, as usual, only the handful of rightwing websites [5] published it as that
seems to be her only outlet! The websites refused to publish my previous
response [6] to her, not interested in the opposing and an elaborated view.
These types of organizations lectures about ‘freedom’ in reality they fear such
notions, prefer to keep the Americans in the dark. Her writings may amuse many
however a brief examination of the arguments presented will give us a glimpse
into the typical mindset that has helped to re-elect George Bush; answer in part
those American folks who have emailed me, confused and shock as to how Bush won.
The Rebuttal
The title [1]
of her article is comical as a simple count of the dead bodies would easily
reveal who has lost and spilt most of the blood. Any impartial observer would
regard the implication of the title with its content as: idiotic! As it infers
the
She gets
desperate and in order to prove her case she inflates the
First of all the victims of
Saddam were exaggerated as part of the war propaganda. Saddam’s mass graves of
millions has so far turned out to be around 5,000 [8] and most of them may well
be the victims of the war with
Secondly, those crimes were
committed in the 1980s not post 9/11 or post 1991, where was Barbra or the
In any case,
how is that Muslims have the blood in their hands are they author
of: two world
wars, Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Dresden, Nazi Gas Chambers, Fascism of Benito
Mussolini, barbaric Spanish Inquisitions blessed by the Pope, medieval crusades,
the genocide of 500,000 Philippinos in the Spanish-American war, burning of
Vietnamese villages using Napalm, slavery of Africans, Conquistadores massacre
of the Aztecs and Incas, the extermination of the Aboriginals in Australia, so
on and on, a very long list. If she examined her
history she would have realized the
Now, the
obvious ‘error’ in her article which she must have missed in her latest frenzied
outburst. She
says I am the author of the article “The Satanic Christians of the
a)
Beheadings or Incineration?
Barbra seems to
exhibit a twisted ‘moral’ outrage at the beheadings done in ‘retaliation’ but
she has no regrets with the high-tech methods employed by the
“But is Islam a 'peaceful' religion? Certainly the vast
majority of Muslims would have a problem with actually beheading another human
being or slitting a toddler's throat but there are many Muslims who find nothing
wrong with this behavior. They read their Quran and agree that it is all
justified.”
Without any supporting
evidences she claims as if Muslims advocate wanton killing like the serial
killers in the
Iraqi resistance did not get
up suddenly decided to use such methods as beheading; this was a ‘response’ to
the
If you were
attacked by a burning Phosphorus or Napalm bombs you would be begging Musab
Al-Zarqawi to behead you to relive the pain. Even the father of Nick Berg
courageously made this point that at least his son was not tortured to death
like the Iraqis suffered in the horror chambers of Abu-Ghraib and
Camp-X-Ray!
I am mystified as to where
the slitting of toddler’s throats was advocated and by whom. No elaboration or
hard facts are provided. Once, laughably she cited ‘news’ from the extreme
anti-Islamic Hindu Unity organization, which is like asking the Nazis for a
reference about the Jews. Acquisition of objective reports is alien to Barbra.
b) Evil Islam
She then proceeds like those
brainwashed bible-bashers and makes hate-filled slur against Islam rather than
forming scholarly criticism based on research. She rants by citing certain
verses without any reference to Islamic jurists or exegesis or scholars as to
what they mean and its context and she goes on to write:
“Indeed, if one reads the Quran, just about everything
from slavery to pedophilia to rape is justified. The only thing that
matters is who is doing what to whom. If it is a Muslim beheading an
infidel then it has Allah’s blessing and thus is perfectly legal and is
encouraged.”
In the Quran rape,
pedophilia and slavery (as understood in the Western sense) is not mentioned
anywhere and not surprisingly she is again short on genuine references supported
by the works of Islamic scholars.
Islam
categorically prohibits sex even through consent (adultery or fornication)
outside marriage then surely by greater reasoning you cannot force someone to
have sex through rape! It is double the aggression. Rapist are punished severely
under the Islamic penal codes, unlike the West, rapists are not rewarded with a
cozy cell and then released after a sort period of time in the name of being
liberal. This is because Islam places a much higher value on the honor of a
woman, reflected in the severe punishment given to rapists.
As for pedophilia, marriage
in Islam takes place only after puberty. Of course the age-old and hate-filled
reference to Prophet Muhammad’s (SAW) marriage to Aisha (RA) is there. This was
line with Judeo-Christian tradition of marriage after puberty and the age of
Aisha is disputed. In fact, in Jewish laws Rabbis are permitted to marry girls
before the age of puberty and have non-penetrative sex but not in Islam. Some
people may be shocked but unlike Islam there is not a concerted campaign against
Judaism. Bible claims Prophet Lot committed incest,
Prophet David committed adultery but yet no Muslims ever claimed that
Christianity advocates incest or adultery even though the Muslims have the
stronger grounds to make such smears!
If one cares to do a Google
search on this subject of pedophilia the reality of this issue will be displayed
in front of her eyes. Where are those vast numbers of pedophiliac sites hosted
and by whom? Who indulges in it? Barbra should investigate NAMBLA, a US-based
organization advocating such things and worse. Bestiality is another fad that
has huge following in the
c) Violence and Forced
Conversion
She rants on about my views
on violence and it seems ‘only’ Barbra has trouble understanding that I advocate
the right of the victim seeking retribution or acting in self-defense. In
contrast her ‘logic’ is retaliation is a crime but not the unprovoked attack in
the first place as she selectively highlights incidents like
“What he wishes to do is be a cheerleader for the
killing, the slaughter, the executions and beheadings because he doesn't have to
do any of it. No one will come and ask him to send his son out to be a suicide
bomber or ask him to prove his loyalty by executing a three-year-old Jewish
toddler. Yamin posts his hate-filled words on an Islamic blog and Islamic
web sites and he is regarded as insightful and brilliant by the followers of
Islam that read them. “
My position is
far better than those hypocrites who say “turn your other cheeks”, “love your
enemy” then commit genocide against peaceful nations. History is littered with
such examples. If she ever read her own history, she would have realized that by
her criteria her forefathers would be classified as terrorist and violent, when
they fought against British imperialism to gain independence. They fought just
like the Iraqis not in uniform as they were at a disadvantage against the
well-equipped and trained British army!
The reference to the
‘execution’ of a Jewish toddler is a mystery without any reference but like a
hypocrite she ignores the much larger number of Palestinian toddlers being
killed and executed in Sabra-Shatila, Qana, Dar Yassin, Beirut and it continues
toady. In her mind they are probably not human beings so she never refers to
obtain the actual statistics of the number of Palestinians killed even though
this is readily available on the Internet. But those are swept under the carpet
for Barbra’s world of twisted-morality. If you read some of her materials you
might think it is the Palestinians came from Eastern Europe to
Furthermore,
Muslims had always protected the Jews in history; they were given protection by
the Ottoman whilst being butchered in Catholic
If my articles are
hate-filled, lacking in substance than surely it would be ignored, so why is she
so obsessed? A Google search will show my articles are published in Muslim,
non-Muslim, Islamic and secular websites. My most recent article about the
“His logic is this: If the world would just accept
Islam, his’ boys’ wouldn’t have to kill
everyone.”
No one has ever said to me
the above was my ‘logic’ and I have failed to see when I had deployed such
‘logic’. Forced conversion, witch burning, inquisition was practiced by the
Catholic Church and there is no instance of this in Islamic history.
D) Saddam Hussein and
other made-in-US dictators.
It was the CIA agent
Geoffrey Kemp that said “Saddam was a son of a bitch but he was our son of a
bitch”. Barbra rants about the crimes of Saddam Hussein and his sons forgetting
the
Raving in this
manner she only makes a bigger fool of herself. The
E) Barbra Exposes Her
Fascist Nature
In the previous
article [6] she exposed her racist nature, which is natural given her rightwing
xenophobic fascist way of thinking, she goes on to say:
“However, discussed at great length is the fact that some
Muslim men had underwear put on their heads. Yamin insists that the Geneva
Convention was ignored but the Geneva Convention apparently does not apply to
the terrorists. “
A lot more
happened in Abu-Ghraib, Umm Qasr and other US-run prisons.
Later she points out that
the offending soldiers of Abu-Ghraib have been given sentences as if that
amounts to justice. If the soldiers have committed crimes in
She talks about
‘terrorists’, well Barbra, someone does not become a terrorist just because the
But this
exposes her Fascist and hate-fill nature. She advocates non application of
Geneva Convention but no alternatives are provided. This means she is saying
that the
Conclusion
Barbra reminds me of those
obese American kids clutching to their burgers, fries and shakes whilst
demanding that the starving African or Hispanic children reduce intake and
calling them greedy! So, let’s remind Barbra that it
is the
The problem for the
Americans is very clear; the above exposition of a mindset that is typical of a
Bush-fundamentalist shows that the
Yamin
Zakaria
[1] http://www.chronwatch.com/content/contentDisplay.asp?aid=11116
[2] http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/82045E8A-05AD-42FF-929A-A58740173248.htm
[3] http://news.independent.co.uk/world/africa/story.jsp?story=374183
[4]
http://www.cdlr.net/English/cdlrboard/showthread.php?s=113618062ba8cf7370b2ee4d52809009&threadid=884
[5]
http://www.chronwatch.com
,
http://www.michnews.com/artman/publish/article_5785.shtml
[6] http://www.cdlr.net/English/cdlrboard/showthread.php?s=&threadid=765
[7] http://www.cdlr.net/English/cdlrboard/showthread.php?s=&threadid=863
[8] http://www.cdlr.net/English/cdlrboard/showthread.php?s=&threadid=798
[7] http://www.cdlr.net/English/cdlrboard/showthread.php?s=&threadid=875
[8]
http://www.antiwar.com/orig/solomon.php?articleid=3968
[9] http://www.cdlr.net/English/cdlrboard/showthread.php?s=07a856221cf6973af2e9caf8bed80f09&threadid=19
[10]
http://www.cdlr.net/English/cdlrboard/showthread.php?s=c01adb1c083c72f8e324e80ea52d7a6f&threadid=871