Ignorance
It all begins with IGNORANCE, and as you can see, I
have displayed just under my banner at the top, the next three steps that one
can expect to follow, all because of ignorance.
Opinion
By de Andréa
January 30, 2013
I certainly do not want to put the kibosh
on anyone’s efforts to fight for the truth and what is right, but ignorant
expectations must be brought to light. I
have only the highest regard for the American Center
for Law and Justice (ACLJ) they are an organization
dedicated to the defense of constitutional liberties and God given rights secured
by law.
I received a letter from Jordan
Sekulow ACLJ Executive Director. It
is about Pastor Saeed Abedini, who is a U.S.
citizen and was sentenced to eight years in one of Iran 's most brutal and deadly
prisons (he likely won’t live more than a few months) “merely” because he is a
Christian.
I would like you to read that letter
below, and then I will explain what I mean by the title “Ignorance”.
“Dear de Andrea,
After a short sham trial,
Iran has convicted American Pastor Saeed Abedini – a U.S. citizen – and
sentenced him to eight years in one of Iran's most brutal and deadly prisons –
merely because he is a Christian.
At the ACLJ, we are
mobilizing a domestic and international effort to pressure Iran to abide
by its treaties and agreements. We are
calling on the United Nations and the Council of Europe
Commissioner for Human Rights to directly intervene and demand Pastor Saeed's
release.
More than 250,000 of
you signed our petition to ask the Obama Administration to intervene, and the
White House and State Department responded.
Take action. Sign this new
petition to mobilize the international community.
Jordan Sekulow
ACLJ Executive Director”
ACLJ Executive Director”
As I said, I certainly commend the
efforts of the ACLJ as they have been working on this issue of getting Pastor
Saeed Abedini freed for some time now.
Moreover, if you would like to sign the petition and/or contribute as I
did, you can do that by clicking on the Highlighted Hyperlink, but because I
know and understand Islam, their religion and culture, I would never have
written a letter with ignorant expectations like this.
I will address the letter a paragraph at a time
For the most part the opening paragraph
is informing me of what has transpired regarding the Pastor, except for the
last six words and I quote… “– merely because he is a Christian.” In Islam being a Christian is a serious
offence and isn’t so “merely” as is stated. The reason I am going to pick this apart is
not to decry or derogate the effort by the ACLJ to get this man released, but
to point out the ignorance that is typical in the West about the Nation of
Islam. If one is a Christian in Islam
one has three choices under Sharia law, the first is to convert to Islam, the
second is to submit to the slavery of Islam’s supremacy and pay a tribute
called the Jizya, and the third if the first two are rejected, is execution by
a public beheading. This is serious stuff;
to Muslims it is not just “merely being a Christian” it is about Sharia law. It is even worse if one converts from Islam
to Christianity; it is then an automatic death penalty. It is surprising however that Iran is
actually being lenient, which could be because’ of the ACLJ making it a high
profile international case. Nevertheless
I believe there will be an “OOPS” in
the near future…another Muslim prisoner killed him, we’re so sorry!
The second paragraph has to do with human
rights, constitutional issues, treaties and the like. One must understand in Islam there are no
human rights, no rights at all, so it’s a non-issue for them. As far as their own secular constitution is
concerned, it doesn’t hold the same level of importance that our Western
constitutions do. In Islam, Sharia
always trumps any other law including their own secular laws. And treaties are covered in their book called
the Hadith, the only purpose for treaties in Islam is to deceive the person or
country the treaty is with. They will
negotiate hard and finally pretend that they have compromised and got some of what
they wanted, all for your benefit, but the treaty means nothing to them.
The third paragraph has to do with the
effort to get Iran
to abide by those treaties, which I guarantee they won’t, and to get the United
Nations to enforce human rights which as I said doesn’t exist in Islam, or the
United Nations for that matter.
And finally the forth and last
paragraph is about the petition, and to get Obama to do something to save one
of Americans Christian citizens who has been prosecuted and sentenced for
violating the laws of a foreign country.
First Obama cannot do much and second he will not do anything unless it
puts a feather in his Muslim chechia (Muslim hat) as a great humanitarian or something.
In order to deal with any situation regarding
Islam, first one must understand the mind set of the enemy and that my friend
is the point of this article. The
Western mind has a difficult time wrapping itself around the religion and
culture of the Mid-East because it is totally antipodal to our own culture. Islam is not only a religion but it is the
law and government of the land, it dictates everything from who one prays to
and how; to the food one eats, to personal hygiene, to politics and war and on
and on. And to us that is
extremism.
Murder under many circumstances is
expectable under Sharia. For example a
father can murder his child if the child brings dishonor to the family by just
dressing inappropriately, it has happened here in America
in Europe in Canada
and everywhere there are Muslims. Or if
a woman is raped she can be buried up to her neck in the sand and then stoned
to death. There is a long list of legal
murders in Islam and being a Christian, a Jew, or anything other than a Muslim
is one of them. Moreover, wherever a Muslim is, as far as they are concerned, it
is the Nation of Islam with its culture, religion, Sharia law, and hate for the
infidel. But if you on the other hand
are in their country the same rule applies, but its up-side-down, it is still
the nation of Islam and you are an infidel.
Your culture, your religion, and your rights, are in violation of their
law, period.
So the letter is of course from the Western point of view
and it lacks the understanding of the opposition completely, and therefore has
unreasonable expectations. This is not
just that the ACLJ is ignorant, it is the entire Western culture including our
congress, treaties for example should never be made with an Islamic Nation,
they are automatically one sided, Islam totally disregards them as
insignificant and are agreed to, only to deceive the ignorant infidel. Look at all the treaties that were made
between the Israelis and the so-call Palestinians, nearly a hundred. How many has the Palestinian Hamas abided
by? NONE! It’s just what they do and it is what they
are.
THE BOTTOM LINE : When I read this letter as innocently
ignorant as it is, the ignorance and lack of understanding and unreasonable
expectations of Iran abiding by any form of humanity or treaties or even their
own constitution, just jumped out at me.
In studying the religion and culture of Islam for over 20 years I see this
ignorance as being at the root of the problem in dealing with these barbaric
inhumane children of Satan. All this
ignorance accomplishes is deception and enablement of the enemy and finally our
own destruction, whether it is in Iran
or in America .
My prayers and I hope yours, are of course with Pastor Abedini, that God will watch over him, keep him safe, and give him the
strength to endure, as well as the effort of the ACLJ to get him released from
prison.
Thanks for listening – de Andréa
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