| Due to the terrorist attacks on the U.S. and | | | | his life and only by force did he manage to |
| Europe during the last years, the vast majority of | | | | convince his fellow Arabs of the superiority of his |
| the West's population has come to associate | | | | new creed. |
| terrorism with Muslims. | | | | The terrorists of the twenty-first century are |
| Western governments say such a view is false | | | | also doing what the followers of Mohammed did |
| and have even engaged in a large propaganda | | | | during the millennium after his death. The |
| campaign to inform the masses of the correct | | | | Umayyads, the Abbasids, and the successive |
| one. However, an analysis of history reveals | | | | dynasties launched into one of the most |
| something different. | | | | enthusiastic conquering ventures the world has |
| The Koran was written in the early seventh | | | | ever seen and forged an empire that extended |
| century by the followers of Mohammed, who | | | | from 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 Judaism | | | | in the twentieth century, violence was |
| as predecessors of Islam, the fact is that since its | | | | systemically used to convert nations to Islam. |
| creation Islam has preached violence. According to | | | | That is precisely the reason why the |
| many theologians, about 5% of the Koran | | | | overwhelming 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 is | | | | those 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 find | | | | masses have been taught the gospel of the |
| them . . . those who reject our signs we shall | | | | Koran 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 are | | | | kill the infidels. |
| un-Islamic bandits who have hijacked a great | | | | Islam resembles to a great extent communism |
| religion. That is not true. Those terrorists are | | | | because the Marxists claimed from the start, that |
| doing the same thing Mohammed did to impose | | | | communism was the dictatorship of the |
| his religion on the Arabian Peninsula in the seventh | | | | proletariat. They never pretended that their |
| century. They are wielding the sword. Mohammed | | | | beliefs would be imposed by peaceful means. |
| was a military commander during the last part of | | | | |