THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD, JIHAD AND SHARIAH
There are many ways to wage Jihad. And the non-violent ways are numerous. Unfortunately very few people, including Muslims have actually read the Quran. I will admit having read it myself, that it is a very boring book. That is until you get about three quarters of the way through it. But within this book is where Mohammed has commanded that Jihad is obligatory for every able Muslim.
The broader definition of Jihad is the stepwise process of turning a non Islamic country into an Islamic country. And Mohammed says there will be no peace until the entire world is under Islamic rule or Sharia. Something else the Quran tells us is that Mohammed is the perfect man. It is the goal of every Muslim male to emulate his life after Mohammed. This necessarily demands the Muslim to perform Jihad. Matter of fact, the only sure way for a Muslim to reach paradise (Muslim heaven) is to die fighting to promote Islam.
Many of us think that if there are no planes flying into buildings, no tunnels or mass transit systems being blown up, then there must be no Jihad taking place. This could not be further from the truth. As I stated earlier, there are numerous ways of performing Jihad. A few of these would be:
- Demanding time at work to say prayers. The Quran specifically states that Muslims can make up their prayers at another time if necessary.
- Females demanding to wear their hijab at the work place, such as what happened at Disneyland with their strict dress and grooming code. Wearing the hijab is not a religious requirement. The Quran only tells females to dress modestly.
- Demands by Muslims for separate swim times for females. Female only time at gyms.
- Demands at schools by Muslim students for their own prayer rooms.
- Muslim cabbies refusing to take paying customers with alcohol.
- Demands for time off from work to perform Hajj.
And the list goes on and on. All of these are examples of incremental steps in implementing Sharia in the host country. When will we wake up and stop being so tolerant of the intolerant?
