18 January 2015 A.D. Sam
Harris, Ph.D.: Quotations on Islam from Notable Non-Muslims
Sam Harris
Sam Harris, Ph.D
(born 1967) is an American non-fiction writer, CEO, and winner of the
prestigeous PEN Martha Albrand Award (2005).
“Anyone familiar
with my work knows that I am extremely critical of all religious faiths. I have
argued elsewhere that the ascendancy of Christian conservatism in American
politics should terrify and embarrass us. And yet, there are gradations to the
evil that is done in name of God, and these gradations must be honestly
observed. So let us now make sense of the impossible by acknowledging the
obvious: there is a direct
link between the doctrine of Islam and Muslim terrorism. Acknowledging this
link remains especially taboo among political liberals.
. . .
“While the other major world religions have been fertile
sources of intolerance, it is clear that the doctrine of Islam poses unique
problems for the emergence of a global civilization. The world, from the point of view of Islam, is
divided into the “House of Islam” and the “House of War,” and this
latter designation should indicate how Muslims believe their differences with
those who do not share their faith will be ultimately resolved. While there are
undoubtedly some moderate Muslims who have decided to overlook the
irrescindable militancy of their religion, Islam is undeniably a religion of conquest. The
only future devout Muslims can envisage—as Muslims—is one in which all
infidels have been converted
to Islam, politically subjugated, or killed. The tenets of Islam simply
do not admit of anything but a temporary sharing of power with the “enemies of
God.” Devout Muslims can have no doubt about the reality of Paradise or about
the efficacy of martyrdom as a means of getting there. Nor can they question
the wisdom and reasonableness of killing people for what amount to theological
grievances. In Islam, it is the moderate who is left to split hairs, because the
basic thrust of the doctrine is undeniable: convert, subjugate, or kill unbelievers; kill apostates;
and conquer the world.[102]
“Islam, more than any other religion human beings have
devised, has all the makings of a thoroughgoing cult of death.
“As a matter of
doctrine, the Muslim conception of tolerance is one in which non-Muslims have
been politically and
economically subdued, converted, or put to sword.
“Yes, the Bible contains its own sadistic lunacy—but the
above [Qur'an] quotations [taken from The End of Faith, pp. 117-123] can be
fairly said to convey the centralmessage
of the Qur’an—and of Islam at nearly every moment in its history. The Qur’an
does not contain anything like a Sermon on the Mount. Nor is it a vast and
self-contradictory book like the Old Testament, in which whole sections (like
Leviticus and Deuteronomy) can be easily ignored and forgotten. The result is a
unified message of
triumphalism, otherworldliness, and religious hatred that has become a
problem for the entire world. And the world still waits for moderate Muslims to
speak honestly about it.[103]
“The penalty for
apostasy is death. We would do well to linger over this fact for a moment,
because it is the black pearl of intolerance that no liberal exegesis will ever
fully digest.
“As a source of objective morality, the Bible is one of
the worst books we have. It might be the very worst, in fact—if we didn’t also
happen to have the Qur’an.[104]
“There is no such thing as Islamophobia. Bigotry and
racism exist, of course—and they are evils that all well-intentioned people
must oppose. And prejudice against Muslims or Arabs, purely because of the
accident of their birth, is despicable. But like all religions, Islam is a
system of ideas and practices. And it is not a form of bigotry or racism to observe that the specific
tenets of the faith pose a special threat to civil society. Nor is it a sign of
intolerance to notice when people are simply not being honest about what they
and their co-religionists believe.[105]”
AND NOW, for illustrative quotes on Islam from the son and
grandson of Kenyan born Muslims, a world class and credentialed historian, and
a man notable for his robust and unimpeachable honesty and integrity, Imam
Barack Hussein Obama, see:
20 Quotes By Barack Obama About Islam and Mohammed
#1 “The future must not belong to those who slander the
Prophet of Islam”
#2 “The
sweetest sound I know is the Muslim call to prayer”
#3 “We will convey our deep appreciation for the Islamic
faith, which has done so much over the centuries to shape the world — including
in my own country.”
#4 “As a student of history, I also know civilization’s debt to Islam.”
#5 “Islam has a proud tradition of tolerance.”
#6 “Islam has always been part of America”
#7 “we will encourage more Americans
to study in Muslim communities”
#8 “These rituals remind us of the principles that we hold
in common, and Islam’s role in advancing justice, progress, tolerance, and the
dignity of all human beings.”
#9 “America and Islam are not exclusive and need not be in
competition. Instead, they overlap, and share common principles of justice and
progress, tolerance and the dignity of all human beings.”
#10 “I made clear that America is not – and never will be – at war with
Islam.”
#11 “Islam is not part of the problem in combating violent
extremism – it is an important part of promoting peace.”
#12 “So I have known Islam on three continents before
coming to the region where it was first revealed”
#13 “In ancient times and in our times, Muslim communities
have been at the forefront of innovation and education.”
#14 “Throughout history, Islam has demonstrated through
words and deeds the possibilities of religious tolerance and racial equality.”
#15 “Ramadan is a celebration of a faith known for great diversity
and racial equality”
#16 “The Holy Koran tells us, ‘O mankind! We have created
you male and a female; and we have made you into nations and tribes so that you
may know one another.’”
#17 “I look forward to hosting an Iftar dinner celebrating
Ramadan here at the White House later this week, and wish you a blessed month.”
#18 “We’ve seen those results in generations of Muslim
immigrants – farmers and factory workers, helping to lay the railroads and
build our cities, the Muslim innovators who helped build some of our highest
skyscrapers and who helped unlock the secrets of our universe.”
#19 “That experience guides my conviction that partnership
between America and Islam must be based on what Islam is, not what it isn’t. And I
consider it part of my responsibility as president of the United States to
fight against negative stereotypes of Islam wherever they appear.”
#20 “I
also know that Islam has always been a part of America’s story.”
AND NOW, for more
scholarly quotes from Imam Obama, see the URL.
OR, beside Imam Obama’s
insights above, a few Quranic verses that have insired many Islamo-fascists.
Qur'an 3:32—Say:
Obey Allah and the Apostle; but if they turn back, then surely Allah does not
love the unbelievers.
Qur'an 48:29—Muhammad
is the Messenger of Allah, and those who are with him are severe against
disbelievers, and merciful among themselves. You see them bowing and falling
down prostrate (in prayer), seeking Bounty from Allah and (His) Good Pleasure.
The mark of them (i.e. of their Faith) is on their faces (foreheads) from the
traces of (their) prostration (during prayers). This is their description in
the Taurat (Torah). But their description in the Injeel (Gospel) is like a
(sown) seed which sends forth its shoot, then makes it strong, it then becomes
thick, and it stands straight on its stem, delighting the sowers that He may
enrage the disbelievers with them. Allah has promised those among them who
believe (i.e. all those who follow Islamic Monotheism, the religion of Prophet
Muhammad SAW till the Day of Resurrection) and do righteous good deeds,
forgiveness and a mighty reward (i.e. Paradise).
Qur'an 4:24—Also (forbidden are) women already married, except those
(captives and slaves) whom your right hands possess. Thus hath Allah ordained
(Prohibitions) against you: Except for these, all others are lawful, provided
ye seek (them in marriage) with gifts from your property—desiring chastity, not
lust, seeing that ye derive benefit from them, give them their dowers (at
least) as prescribed; but if, after a dower is prescribed, agree mutually (to
vary it), there is no blame on you, and Allah is All-knowing, All-wise.
Qur'an 5:33—The punishment of those who wage war against Allah and His
apostle and strive to make mischief in the land is only this, that they should
be murdered or crucified or their hands and their feet should be cut off on
opposite sides or they should be imprisoned; this shall be as a disgrace for
them in this world, and in the hereafter they shall have a grievous
chastisement.
Qur'an 9:5—Then, when the sacred months have passed, slay the idolaters
wherever ye find them, and take them (captive), and besiege them, and prepare
for them each ambush. But if they repent and establish worship and pay the poor-due,
then leave their way free. Lo! Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
Qur'an 9:29—Fight those who believe not in Allah nor the Last Day
[notice it says "fight those who do not believe," not "fight
people who are attacking you"], nor hold that forbidden which hath been
forbidden by Allah and His Messenger, nor acknowledge the Religion of Truth,
from among the People of the Book [the people of the book are Jews and
Christians], until they pay the Jizyah with willing submission, and feel
themselves subdued.
Qur'an 9:73—O Prophet! strive hard against the unbelievers and the
hypocrites and be unyielding to them; and their abode is hell, and evil is the
destination.
Qur'an 9:111—Surely Allah has bought of the believers their persons and
their property for this, that they shall have the garden; they fight in Allah's
way, so they slay and are slain; a promise which is binding on Him in the
Taurat and the Injeel and the Quran; and who is more faithful to his covenant
than Allah? Rejoice therefore in the pledge which you have made; and that is
the mighty achievement.
Qur'an 47:35—Be not weary and fainthearted, crying for peace, when ye
should be uppermost: for Allah is with you, and will never put you in loss for
your (good) deeds.
Qur'an 2:106—Whatever
communications We abrogate or cause to be forgotten, We bring one better than
it or like it. Do you not know that Allah has power over all things?
From the 1662 Book of Common Prayer, the Collect for
Good Friday:
O MERCIFUL God,
who hast made all men, and hatest nothing that thou hast made, nor wouldest the
death of a sinner, but rather that he should be converted and live; Have mercy
upon all Jews, Turks, Infidels, and Hereticks, and take from them all
ignorance, hardness of heart, and contempt of thy Word; and so fetch them home,
blessed Lord, to thy flock, that they may be saved among the remnant of the
true Israelites, and be made one fold under one shepherd, Jesus Christ our Lord,
who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, world without
end. Amen.
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