Muslims and Violence

Due to the terrorist attacks on the U.S. andhis life and only by force did he manage to
Europe during the last years, the vast majority ofconvince his fellow Arabs of the superiority of his
the West's population has come to associatenew creed.
terrorism with Muslims.The terrorists of the twenty-first century are
Western governments say such a view is falsealso doing what the followers of Mohammed did
and have even engaged in a large propagandaduring the millennium after his death. The
campaign to inform the masses of the correctUmayyads, the Abbasids, and the successive
one. However, an analysis of history revealsdynasties launched into one of the most
something different.enthusiastic conquering ventures the world has
The Koran was written in the early seventhever seen and forged an empire that extended
century by the followers of Mohammed, whofrom Central Asia to the southwest of Europe.
meticulously annotated the words of the prophet.From the founder of the religion to the Ottomans
Although Mohammed saw Christianity and Judaismin the twentieth century, violence was
as predecessors of Islam, the fact is that since itssystemically used to convert nations to Islam.
creation Islam has preached violence. According toThat is precisely the reason why the
many theologians, about 5% of the Koranoverwhelming majority of Muslims worldwide
advocates peace and the rest is a call to arms.applaud the acts of the terrorists. That is why
Islam means literally, submission. The Koran isthose murderers have become martyrs and
replete with calls to take up arms in its name:heroes for the Muslim masses. Since those
"fight and slay the Pagans wherever you findmasses have been taught the gospel of the
them . . . those who reject our signs we shallKoran and that book teaches violence, they are
soon cast into the fire . . .inevitably driven to feel admiration for those who
Western governments claim the terrorists arekill the infidels.
un-Islamic bandits who have hijacked a greatIslam resembles to a great extent communism
religion. That is not true. Those terrorists arebecause the Marxists claimed from the start, that
doing the same thing Mohammed did to imposecommunism was the dictatorship of the
his religion on the Arabian Peninsula in the seventhproletariat. They never pretended that their
century. They are wielding the sword. Mohammedbeliefs would be imposed by peaceful means.
was a military commander during the last part of