of an Iranian woman charged with adultery: Are clerics
involved in politics destroying the image of Muslims?
Sotal Iraq, Iraq
Muslim Clerics Must
'Render Unto Caesar What is Caesar's'
"I
say to the clerics now in control of Iraq and anywhere else in the world: leave
politics to politicians, because since you have gotten involved things have
severely deteriorated and people have suffered shortages, conflict, strife,
poverty and destitution. ... Return to your mosque/barracks and render unto
Caesar what is Caesar's."
Is it time for Islam to set aside punishements like stoning and amputation? Above, a women demonstrates against the sentence of death-by-stoning of Iranian woman Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, near the Eiffel Tower, Paris, Aug. 28.
There seems to be an
acceleration of news that features clerics and their abuses, their
rulings and their terrorism. This distorts the shining face of Islam in the
West and the world. Now in America, Europe or Australia, you can't say you're a
Muslim, because the image that precedes you is terrifying and brings to mind
bombings, suicide bombers, their victims, body parts, blood and senseless
killing. Is this the Islam that you aspire to? Is this the message that you
would like to convey to the world?!!!
Islam has become tied to the
victims of September 11, those in Bali, London, Paris, Iraq, train stations in
Madrid and everywhere else that blood is shed in vain. This suggests a
brutality unprecedented for any religion in the world. Not even the Mongol Genges Khan was so
terrifying.
This is the image
seen by Dutch lawmaker Geert
Wilders [video below], who mocked Islam and wrote a book about it and
cannot be criticized for his perceptions. Because he has seen
nothing but blood, suicide bombers and groups of poor people killed in bloody
assassinations and bombings. We reprimand him and tell him “You're wrong. Islam
is tolerant and good.” But as former Dutch lawmaker Ayaan Hirsi Ali said
during the crisis over the [Prophet Mohammad] cartoons in the Danish press:
“Don’t give in to the demands of Arabs and Muslims. Tell them: "you
Muslims believe in abusing children and believe in a Prophet who raped
children" … referring to the lying clerics who say that the Prophet
married Aisha
when she was six years old. Do you reprimand them and tell them that there's a
flaw in the biography of the Prophet, since it has been shown that he
married Aisha when she was 16 or more? Do we stand up and assert that claims
about child rape were made by tyrannical caliphs? Our clerics excel in
falsifying the Prophet's biography and smearing him with charges that he
married a girl of such an age.
Posted by WORLDMEETS.US
[Editor's Note: The caliphs,
who were the men that led Muslims after Muhammad's death, were mostly relatives
of Muhammad. According to the Quran and other sources, they claimed that he
married Aisha
when she was a young girl of between six and ten. While this is a debate that
has raged over the past hundred years or so, most historians acknowledge that
marriages between older men and young girls were customary among Bedouins of
the time, so Muhammad's marriage would not have been considered out of the
ordinary].
I read yesterday about an
Iranian woman [Sakineh
Mohammadi Ashtiani] who has been sentenced to stoning for the crime of
adultery. This prompted Venezuela, France, Sweden and many European countries
to offer asylum to the woman. I say that in the age we live in, women should
not be exposed to stoning, which is such a terrible and painful way to die. Is
she to blame? Let's look into the causes of her sins. Perhaps there were
compelling reasons for what she did. Maybe her husband was impotent - or
disgusting. Maybe she was forced to marry him or was frightened by his behavior
or violence. Her flaw could have been dealt with by divorce and freeing her so
that she need not commit such a sin. But resorting to such brutal methods
blackens the image of Muslims in the mind of the West, which knows little of
Islam other than its readiness to kill others in vain, shed blood in
preparation for dinner with the Prophet, and sleep with underage girls.
Furthermore, the Quran never
commanded death by stoning - only by whipping. Again - it's the clerics who
came up with stoning, you see!! Let us offer modern solutions to the people’s
problems, which are commensurate with our age and its rate of change. What was
fit for previous eras doesn't fit this one, which is a period of human and even
animal rights.
Is it reasonable for us to
continue cutting off the hands of thieves? Perhaps they were in need, or poor,
or motivated to commit their regrettable deeds by hunger. Isn't it possible
that Muslims are mistaken for butchering people in front of satellite TV
cameras and the world? Isn't it the fault of those who use swords, knives and
daggers to apply tyrannical sentences under the pretext of applying Sharia Law
that others look at Muslims with suspicion when they travel?
The Saudi government
executioner of Mecca, Abdallah Al-Bishi,
discusses his calling, LBC TV,
Lebanon, Nov. 4, 2006, 00:11:29
I say to the clerics now in
control of Iraq and anywhere else in the world: leave politics to politicians,
because since you have gotten involved, things have severely deteriorated and
people have suffered shortages, conflict, strife, poverty and destitution.
Focus on educating the soul and instilling the values of tolerance, humanity,
love, peaceful coexistence and good. Return to your mosque/barracks and render to Caesar what
is Caesar's.
