Danish police have uncovered a plot to kill one of the Danish cartoonists, involved in the illustrations of the Prophet Muhammad, two years ago.
The above is just one of many recent examples, of Islamic followers willing to kill, in the name of Islam. Since the dawn of Islam, its followers have taken up the sword, to carry out the teachings of the Qur’an and the teachings of Muhammad. The act of killing without guilt or reflection is justified or a right, when there has been a violation of Sharia law or insult of Islam. The actions of the assassins have no international boundaries, even if it is not carried out in a Muslim country. To the zealots, Sharia Law is above all other laws.
In the Qur’an and the teachings of Muhammad there is only one God, Allah and Sharia law. The people of the book (the Jews and the Christians) plus all other nonbelievers of the World are under the yoke of Islam. So why doesn’t the non-Muslim world see what is in store, if the Muslim world gets its way? One sees almost daily occurrences locally or internationally, where governments or communities are required to submit to the edicts of Islam. This goes beyond political correctness; Islam requires that the non-Muslim world submit to its way of life.
The World has surpassed the achievements of the Golden Age of Islam. Western Science, Technology and Democracy have long surpassed the accomplishments of Islam. Is the World willing to step back in time, to a place and time of oppression and submission, to the laws of Islam?
The changing of the guard is about to take place and no one is watching, so the band plays on, as we sink in the quagmire of Islamic domination.
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Sunday, February 3, 2008
Science and Religion
From the sixteenth century to the present time, men of the cloth or men of religious conviction have put forth scientific concepts, which were not always popular in religious circles. If these ideas had been successfully suppressed, Modern Western Society would not be as it is today.
Nicolaus Copernicus was born in 1473 and lived until 1543. He was a Polish Catholic cleric, mathematician and astronomer; he is credited with putting forth the concept, of the planets revolving around the sun. Both Greek and Islamic astronomers influenced his work. The church did not attack his work at first. Galileo Galilei, renowned for his work in physics, mathematics and astronomy (father of modern science), supported Copernicus's theory. Galileo an Italian was born in 1564 and died in 1642. Even though he was a Roman Catholic, he advocated scientific ideas that were contradictory with church doctrine. His scientific work brought him criticism by the Catholic Church. Near the end of his life, he was put on trial for heresy. But the noble ideas of Man and Science prevailed. Georges Lemaitre (1894-1966) developed the modern day Big Bang Theory (the Universe started as an explosion of energy, space, time, and matter). Lemaitre was a Belgian mathematician and Catholic priest.
Man's advancements of science and his personal religious beliefs can coexist. Because of Science, modern technology has transformed Mankind. Science and the concept of Democracy have freed man from the past and oppression.
But the world finds itself in two camps, the clash of the Muslim world with the non-Muslim world. But like in the sixteenth century, there is a beacon of hope. A Pakistani Scientist by the name of Dr. Pervez Amirali Hoodbhoy, published an article entitled "Science and the Islamic world-The quest for rapprochement" (August 2, 2007). From the perspective of a Muslim Scientist, he addresses the relationship between today's Science and Islam. He speaks of the Golden Age of Islam, from the ninth to the thirteenth century. The Golden Age of Islam brought about major advances in the sciences, mathematics and medicine. Algebra, principles of optics, the human body’s circulation of blood, the naming of stars and the creation of schools of higher learning, were the results of Islam. He asks what will it take to bring science back into today’s Islamic world? He remarks, that it will require behavioral changes in Islamic philosophy and attitude. He further states, that the battle to reinstall Science will require a wider struggle, to replace non-compromising orthodoxy with modern thought, philosophy, the arts, pluralism and democracy.
Speaking on my behalf, maybe this Jihad or struggle (for Science and the positive changes it brings about), will replace the Jihad of war, conquest and conversion. Maybe other voices of moderation exist in Islam, maybe the Islamic world and the non-Islamic world can co-exist. With temperance for all beliefs and nonbelievers.
Nicolaus Copernicus was born in 1473 and lived until 1543. He was a Polish Catholic cleric, mathematician and astronomer; he is credited with putting forth the concept, of the planets revolving around the sun. Both Greek and Islamic astronomers influenced his work. The church did not attack his work at first. Galileo Galilei, renowned for his work in physics, mathematics and astronomy (father of modern science), supported Copernicus's theory. Galileo an Italian was born in 1564 and died in 1642. Even though he was a Roman Catholic, he advocated scientific ideas that were contradictory with church doctrine. His scientific work brought him criticism by the Catholic Church. Near the end of his life, he was put on trial for heresy. But the noble ideas of Man and Science prevailed. Georges Lemaitre (1894-1966) developed the modern day Big Bang Theory (the Universe started as an explosion of energy, space, time, and matter). Lemaitre was a Belgian mathematician and Catholic priest.
Man's advancements of science and his personal religious beliefs can coexist. Because of Science, modern technology has transformed Mankind. Science and the concept of Democracy have freed man from the past and oppression.
But the world finds itself in two camps, the clash of the Muslim world with the non-Muslim world. But like in the sixteenth century, there is a beacon of hope. A Pakistani Scientist by the name of Dr. Pervez Amirali Hoodbhoy, published an article entitled "Science and the Islamic world-The quest for rapprochement" (August 2, 2007). From the perspective of a Muslim Scientist, he addresses the relationship between today's Science and Islam. He speaks of the Golden Age of Islam, from the ninth to the thirteenth century. The Golden Age of Islam brought about major advances in the sciences, mathematics and medicine. Algebra, principles of optics, the human body’s circulation of blood, the naming of stars and the creation of schools of higher learning, were the results of Islam. He asks what will it take to bring science back into today’s Islamic world? He remarks, that it will require behavioral changes in Islamic philosophy and attitude. He further states, that the battle to reinstall Science will require a wider struggle, to replace non-compromising orthodoxy with modern thought, philosophy, the arts, pluralism and democracy.
Speaking on my behalf, maybe this Jihad or struggle (for Science and the positive changes it brings about), will replace the Jihad of war, conquest and conversion. Maybe other voices of moderation exist in Islam, maybe the Islamic world and the non-Islamic world can co-exist. With temperance for all beliefs and nonbelievers.
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