Critique of Islam
A Christian view of Islam, Islamist terrorism, Al-Qaeda and the Muslim jihad against western imperialism, Christianity and Israel.
by Ulrich Utiger
Contents of this page:
The American imperialism and individual liberty
Islam and socialism
Islam is a misleading doctrine and Mohammed a false prophet
The Holocaust of the Jews and the end of Islam
The American imperialism and individual liberty
Occidental culture is increasingly spreading all over the world. Ancestral traditions and habits are disappearing giving place to fast food, Hollywood movies, rock music, discos and so on. One can ask oneself whether this is good. We in Europe are also suffering from this diminution of regional culture and it is clear that there is appearing a certain americaphobia among people, especially in France, which is always eclipsed by the USA. Outside of Europe, Muslim nations are the most opposed to western values, especially after the war in Iraq.
However, the Occidental culture is adopted freely, there is a demand for it elsewhere in the world. So despite the war in Iraq and other military actions, it's not right to say that America is spreading its culture all over the world using force. America wants to promulgate democracy, free speech and other individual liberties. And by definition, democracy cannot be maintained by force but only by the will of a majority of its citizens. In addition, America holds the image of a winner, especially after World War II. With the military superiority also came automatically and without forcing the spreading of the culture because people liked to adopt the image of superiority of the superpower. This was always so in history that has formed several superpowers: Babylon, Egypt, Persia, Greece, the Roman Empire, Europe... Of course, this always led to a diminution of the ancient identity and it is evident that the "superculture" was not welcomed by everyone and even had very vehement opponents.
This opposition is legitimate as long as individual liberty is respected, that is free speech, which actually is not granted in most Muslim nations. The sources of this non-respect of individual liberty lies in Islam, which has been an oppressing religion from the start and has been transmitted from generation to generation up to our days using both psychological intimidation and physical oppression (see Apostates of Islam and Islam's Mohammed: The False Prophet that Deceived the World).
Some people claim that Christianity was introduced in the same manner. This is not true because the primitive Church was persecuted first by the Jew authority and later by the Roman Empire. In 381, the Christian religion was made obligatory for all Roman citizens by Theodosius the Great. During the Middle Ages took place a dark epoch of Crusades, Inquisition and Reformation wars similar to contemporary history of some Muslim countries as for instance the Taliban regime in Afghanistan or the persecutions of Christians in Sudan's Darfur. But the difference of Christian history with the history of Islam is that it is capable of evolution. Christianity was able to leave this dark age and to grow into a religion tolerating different beliefs. This cannot be said of Islam, which is unable of evolution since it stayed essentially the same intolerant religion since the 7th century when it was born.
Islam and socialism
Everyone must have the right to choose its religion freely. This is why I approve the war in Iraq. If there is no chance of installing democracy by non-violent means, then military force must be used if there is hope of being successful with low risk that human lives are sacrificed. It is clear that this risk was completely underestimated but it was the risk to take. One may object that this approval of war is similar to what the Koran is saying concerning jihad. However, there is a big difference if one tries to install democracy or totalitarianism. This makes it very different from jihad. If there is no other way, it's the only answer to Islam.
Totalitarianism is the worst form of a political system, especially if the right of information is restricted. In the past, the communist countries were the most hostile to such a free world. Today, communism goes towards its end and other dictatorships represent danger for the free world but there remains some relationship between the ancient totalitarian regimes and the Muslim countries. Or is it just by chance that France, Germany and Russia were the most opposed to the war in Iraq? I don't think so because all three countries had pronounced dictatorships in the past. France had a very centralized Monarchy and later Napoleon, Germany had Hitler and national socialism, Russia had Stalin and the soviet communism.
I also see in the numerous "demonstrations for peace" a kind of relationship with totalitarianism because most of the people who go to such demonstrations are socialist. However, socialism issued from communism and is similarly indoctrinating as Islam although the contents are different. In fact, holding up fists and crying slogans uses intimidation rather than argumentation. Therefore, such "demonstrations for peace" are not fundamentally different from hysteric demonstrations of Muslims defending one or another of their leaders or false prophets. After all, these demonstrations helped to maintain Saddam Hussein at power longer than necessary and are encouraging terrorists. What to think of such people who on the one hand never thought about demonstrating against dictators like Saddam Hussein, who killed thousands of Kurds, and against terrorists like Osama Ben Laden, but who on the other hand go eagerly in the streets calling the American president a murder and terrorist? This silence facing terrorism proves their radicalism and sympathy for terrorism and dictatorship.
Socialists are always the first to scream "intolerance" and "racism" when Muslims are treated apart because of national security measures (see Socialists and Islam, Theory: Islam & Socialism). However, there are adherents to Islam from any human race. So being against Islam has absolutely nothing to do with racism. Denouncing Islam as one of the most dangerous ideology makes part of freedom of expression. But a growing number of people prevent themselves from taking publicly a negative position towards Islam fearing either physical attacks from fundamentalists or being treated as racist from socialists.
This is why socialists are the best associates of Islamist terrorists. They are marionettes of Osama bin Laden because they say to themselves: "Look, these people are so desperate that they give their own live in a bomb attack, so Muslims must be treated unjustly by the Occident otherwise they wouldn't do that." Therefore, according to socialist logic the cause of terrorism is the Occident itself. The terrorists know that a large part of the Occident population is thinking like this and are exploiting it for their cause. This is why the two towers of the World Trade Center were well-selected targets because they were symbols of capitalism, the horror of any socialist. Terrorists are like soccer players feigning a foul in the hope to get a penalty, which consists in getting attention from all kind of socialist and anti-racism organizations who think it's a noble cause fighting against islamophobia considered as a prejudice and a new form of national socialism (see Islam & socialism). However, Muslims are not only even more anti-Semitic than the Nazis but the most intolerant people on this planet. In addition, Islam is a rapidly growing religion and the effect of intimidation is increasingly taking place in the world. In this sense, it's Islam the new form of national socialism and islamophobia is not a prejudice but the realistic fear of a growing danger. Muslims are not desperate nor does Occident treat them unjustly. The general americaphobia in the world is a consequence of Islamist terrorism, which will continue as long as the American foreign policy is held responsible for terrorism.
This is the principle of the Devil: he wants to get at the place of God. For this purpose, he needs to prove that he is the good one and God the bad one. This is why he is feigning being a victim of God. He gets mad claiming that God is the source of his illness and of his hatred against God. He is transforming himself into the victim of God. This way, he is able to convince a large number of persons to follow him. Mohammed in the past did use and the Islamist terrorists today are using exactly the same principle of self-victimizing. This is why they are evil (see Islam, The Lies and Deceptions).
Islam is a misleading doctrine and Mohammed a false prophet
However, they are not victims but aggressors. The doctrine of Islam, the Koran, itself is a very violent text encouraging everywhere to war and terror against "unbelievers" (see The Koran’s 111 Jihad Verses, Islamic Jihad: What Allah and the Koran Say About War and What is an Islamic Jihad). Mohammed imposed Islam to all Arabic nations by war and terror. This has never changed. Also in present times, the Islamist terrorists are doing the same since the foundation of Islam. They are not interested in knowing the truth about God, because truth is something that cannot be imposed but must be freely understood without any intimidation. All they are looking for is power in order to establish Islam everywhere on the world by any possible means, lying and killing included. So it's evident that they are opposed to superpowers like America, that is defending liberty.
The western civilization is Christian in its origins. However, it is becoming, especially in Europe, increasingly an atheistic society. This is why I partly understand that Muslims often call us "unbelievers" and that they defend their culture and religion against imperialism and growing atheism in the world. But they also think of Jews and Christians as being "unbelievers", which is extremely arrogant because from their point of view both Jews and Muslims have a common ancestor, that is Abraham. And they also believe in Jesus as a prophet. In addition, all three religions confess God the Creator of heaven and earth, and of all living beings. There are many other points like the Last Judgment that are commonly believed in. So if Muslims consider Christians and Jews unbelievers, they reveal how wicked they are.
Of course, Muslims call us unbelievers because we don't believe in Mohammed, the founder of Islam, as a prophet sent by God. However, there are many prophets in the past claiming being sent by God. Why should one believe in this or another self-proclaimed prophet? If Mohammed is a prophet, what other prophet before him announced his arrival? In the Bible is nothing indicating that any prophet shall come after Jesus Christ. This is why I don't believe in Mohammed, just as I don't believe in Joseph Smith, the founder of the Mormon religion, or in L. Ron Hubbard, the founder of scientology. Prophets had their life before Christ, who is not a prophet but the incarnated Son of God. The prophet's job was to witness the arrival of the Messiah, the Son of God. This is why, after the arrival of Jesus Christ the work for prophets has become superfluous. In this sense, John the Baptist was the last prophet. All people coming after him and claiming being prophets are false prophets (see Are there Prophecies about Mohammad in the Bible?). The saints are not considered prophets but exceptional people who follow the example of Jesus. They give no new messages to Christian teaching. Therefore, Mohammed is a false prophet who invented the Koran to satisfy self-centered purposes.
It is even possible that Islam will be the doctrine of the future Antichrist, who will be a religious person accepting Jesus but denying that he is the Son of God (see Islam: The Religion of Antichrist). All Muslims are waiting for a future prophet named Al-Mahdi who is supposed to establish Islam everywhere on the planet (see Understanding The Antichrist). Contrary to what could be expected from a mentally healthy society, Islam is progressing in America and in Europe because of the terror attacks (see Waking up to the Islamic Revival). Islam is seducing parts of the modern society, which is increasingly glorifying violence. For some people Islam is the legitimization for terrorizing and killing, because it's made in the name of what they consider the Almighty. The most violent doctrine will win in this violent world. So it is possible that sooner or later someone will arrive to "fulfill this prophecy", that is to successfully exploit this Islamic popular believe in Al-Mahdi, and spread Islam all over the world in a near future.
The Holocaust of the Jews and the end of Islam
Hitler tried to exterminate the Jews during World War II, but in 1948 they founded their own state, Israel, which exemplarily shows that it does not help to fight against an ideology, religion or a people by means of violence. If one does so, one just gets the contrary of what one is fighting. This is why Jesus said: "Unless a wheat grain falls on the ground and dies, it remains only a grain. But if it dies, it yields a rich harvest" (John 12:24). With these words, Jesus referred to his own dead, the Sacrifice of the Cross, which led to the persecutions of the first Christians by the Roman Empire, which finally led to the victory of Christianity when it was declared state religion by Constantine the Great. As for the Jews, their sacrifice was the Holocaust, which caused their victory through the foundation of modern Israel.
Are the Palestinians victims of the Israeli occupation policy? No, because the earth belongs to nobody, everyone can go there where he or she wishes to be as long as this is economically possible. The Jews made the desert flourish and transformed the region into an economically important state. So why should they not have the right to be there? They don't say to the Palestinians: "Give us jobs!". They give jobs to the Palestinians. Furthermore, Palestinians are playing a insidious game: They do not stop to terrorize Israel obliging it to take countermeasures (west bank barrier, blockades, travelers controls etc.) after what they claim to be oppressed.
Once I saw on television saying a Pakistan Muslim: "If Osama Bin Laden will be killed by American forces, thousands of other Osama Bin Laden will replace him". What to think about killing Christians and Jews? There is eternal justice that will take place one day and revenge all injustices. Therefore, if the killing of all Christians and all other "miscreants" is the only way to establish Islam worldwide, this will finally result in extending everlasting Christianity all over the world. This is the effect of any sacrifice.
This is why the Islamist's dream of an everlasting reign of Islam will not be realized. In the contrary, with spreading terrorism they are programming the end of Islam. They will end like Hitler and national socialism. If one sows destruction, one will earn destruction. Jesus Christ said: "Do not judge, and you will not be judged, because the judgments you give are the judgments you will get, and the amount you measure out is the amount you will be given" (Matthew 7:1).
Also read Cycles of Salvation History from Ulrich Utiger