Food for Thought
Can You Trust a Muslim?
by Jim Mettenbrink
From
the time I arrived in Brookings 14 years ago in 2002, in conversation,
I mention Islam and Muslims. Like any religion, many are
adherents simply because they grew up in a family espousing that
religion. Other than the name they do not know
much, nor have any conviction, let alone deep conviction about
their named religion.
On one trip returning from Russia
about 15 years ago, a young Muslim man (American citizen)
sat next to me. When the stewardess asked if we wanted
anything to drink, I refused the alcoholic beverages. The
Muslim asked me why. I told him I was a Christian and drinking
alcohol did not glorify Jesus in my life. He said, I
am a Muslim and I drink. We had some more conversation,
but it was evident he was a Muslim only because he followed his
family tradition. Because of the severe Muslim discipline
few walk away from the family religion. That said, can
you have a true friendship with Muslims?
Perhaps, but the patriarch calls
the shot in the family. I learned this in studying with
a young Muslim in Turkey over 30 years ago. Usually they
will not forsake the family, thus they adhere to the family religion,
even though it is not in their heart.
When you see the imams on the evening
news espousing whatever about Islam and its peacefulness, can
you trust them? In a word, regardless of what they say,
the goal of Islam is to control the entire world under a caliphate
eliminating all other religions. They have a right to kill
all non-Muslims and any Muslim not of their particular brand
of Islam (there are five Muslim sects).
Since Islam is a system of works
religion, i.e., in the day of judgement Allah will weigh a persons
good vs evil deeds then determine if the Muslim will go to heaven.
The exception is if a Muslim dies in a holy war (Jihad),
then he / she is guaranteed heaven. This doctrine makes
the jihad very appealing to the serious Muslim. The Jihadist
is not radical, he / she is orthodox, doing exactly as the Quran
commands. The so-called moderates are either hypocrites
or ignorant of the Quran.*
The goal is all will submit
to Allah (Islam means submission,
not peace). The process of Islamization
of the world involves deception on a grand scale. Below
is a list of the five types of lies authorized in Islam. So
the question becomes, can you trust any Muslim? How does
one know if a Muslim is orthodox or a so-called moderate?
There are only two lies which are
unacceptable in Islam: Lies against Allah and lies against
Mohammed. Islam has five types of authorized lying.
The most common and commonly
known is taqiyya. In general, it is lying
to forward the cause of Islam. An example is challenging
Jihad murderous violence cruelty of the holy war.
The average Muslim will say the holy war is a spiritual
struggle with in ones own spirit. That is a lie,
protecting the goal of Islam.
Taysir is
the second type defined In other words, far from
liberalizing Muslim life, taysir allows only for
insincere conformity. As Qaradawi made clear, to practice
taysir is not to renounce Shariahs otherwise harsh obligations;
it is to put them on hold till circumstances are more accommodating.
The third type is Muruna
which appears to be living a lie for the cause of Islam. For
example Huma Abedin (her mother is a major player in the Muslim
sisterhood and her uncle a key Muslim brotherhood figure in Egypt)
has been the closest aid to Hillary Clinton since 1996 when she
was an intern working for First Lady Clinton. She married
Anthony Wiener, a Jew! How is it a Muslim can marry a Jew
when the Muslim command is to kill Jews? Muruna! The
living lie to forward Islam. Note this insider Muslim was
the closest aid to Hillary as secretary of state.**
The fourth type is a relatively
new doctrine tawirya is creative lying.
Here is the definition by a Islamic scholar - Tawriya
is permissible under two conditions: 1) that the words
used fit the hidden meaning; 2) that it does not lead to an injustice
(injustice as defined by Sharia, of course, not
Western standards). Otherwise, it is permissible even
for a Muslim to swear when lying through tawriya.
The example given by an imam was
Because it is a great sin for Muslims
to acknowledge Christmas, this sheikh counsels Muslims to tell
Christians, I wish you the best, whereby the latter
might understand it to mean youre wishing them best
in terms of their [Christmas] celebration. But
here the wily sheikh giggles as he explains by
saying I wish you the best, you mean in your heart I wish you
become a Muslim.
The fifth type is Kitman.
It means Muslims are permitted to tell half-truths, or
partial truths, while concealing the greater whole truth. Discussion
of jihad as being only an inner or spiritual
struggle is an example of Kitman, is technically true that jihad
refers to a spiritual struggle, but also conceals the very real
physical struggle that is also encompassed by jihad.
The question: Can you trust
a Muslim?
*EGW
editor: This thought
a faithful Muslim is
willing and seeking to die in Jihad (via suicide bombing, military
attack, civilian terrorism, political espionage, etc.) in order
to go to Islam heaven
does beg several valid questions
we might ask these so-called faithful.
For example, what about all those
trusted Islamic leaders who teach and command their followers
to die in holy war (Jihad), but yet fervently go to all extremes
to avoid dying themselves? Leaders such as the Ayatollah
Khomeini, King Saddam Hussein, Osama Bin Laden, President Hassan
Rouhani, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi; ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi,
Caliph Whatever-His-Name-Will-Be; and the many others struggling
for leadership positions?
Can they be considered truly faithful
to Allah if they vehemently absolutely refuse Jihad for themselves?
In refusing to die themselves in Jihad, are they not lying
to Allah and showing disrespect to Allah through their disobedience?
Do they know something terrifying about Islam heaven that
they are avoiding to share with their followers? Is cowardice
why theyre so willing to lie to Allah and their followers
by pretending to be faithful to Him when they know they are not?
And, why would faithful Jihadists
want to avoid death by NOT telling the full truth to outsiders
about Jihads real meaning and Islams actual goals,
anyway? Why not truly anger their chosen enemies to the
point of extremely violent resistance so as to ensure their own
deaths
guarantee their own reward of heaven?
Or, if Muslims dying in Jihad is
so great then why not save time & effort for themselves,
skip all the bombings and kidnappings, by instead simply arming
and begging their enemies to shoot them?
Finally, wouldnt the most
noble and honorable Jihad for a faithful Muslim to die in be
the overthrow of their unfaithful Allah-disobedient leaderships?
**EGW editor: Conceivably,
a non-American Muslim
practicing Muruna, Tawirya, and other
Islam-approved forms of lying
might forge documents &
life history pretending to be an American Christian, profusely
deny being a Muslim when asked, doing this in order to obtain
and keep some high-ranking American public office. After
taking the oath of office, although sworn to protect American
citizens and their civil liberties, then this person would then
gradually work to betray and peaceably surrender
those same citizens and liberties over to forces who more openly
profess the Islamic cause.
By Islamic standards, a disguised
Muslim working so covertly in this necessary deception would
still be considered a faithful Muslim rightly fighting the holy
war to further the spread of Islam. Quite likely, as a
Jihadist, this persons ultimate goal would be to die in
office in order to be guaranteed heaven
a death ideally
so finagled as to blame Islamophobic extremists even
though actually performed by another Jihadist also pretending
to live either as a Christian or else as some other non-Muslim.
This Islamic standard of convenient deceit
is a far cry from the Bible's standard of absolute truthfulness.
In Zechariah 8:16, God instructs, These are the
things which you should do: speak the truth to one another;
judge with truth and judgment for peace in your gates. (NASB)
Psalm 15:2-3 describes those who live
according to Gods instruction, He who walks
with integrity, and works righteousness, and speaks truth in
his heart.
He does not slander with his tongue, nor does evil to
his neighbor, nor takes up a reproach against his friend;
in whose eyes a reprobate is despised, but who honors those who
fear the LORD; he swears to his own hurt and does not change;
he does not put out his money at interest, nor does he take a
bribe against the innocent. He who does these things
will never be shaken.
(NASB)
Ephesians 4:14-16 explains, As a result,
we are no longer to be children, tossed here and there by waves
and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery
of men, by craftiness in deceitful scheming; but speaking
the truth in love, we are to grow up in all aspects into
Him who is the head, even Christ, from whom the whole body, being
fitted and held together by what every joint supplies, according
to the proper working of each individual part, causes the
growth of the body for the building up of itself in love. (NASB)
Ephesians 4:25 reminds us, Therefore,
putting away lying, Let each one of you speak
truth with his neighbor, for we are members of one
another.
(NKJV)
In John 8:42-447, Jesus explains that
lying does not come from God
If God were your Father, you
would love Me, for I proceeded forth and have come from God,
for I have not even come on My own initiative, but He sent Me.
Why do you not understand what I am saying? It is
because you cannot hear My word. You are of your father
the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He
was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the
truth because there is no truth in him. Whenever he speaks
a lie, he speaks from his own nature, for he is a liar and the
father of lies. But because I speak the truth, you
do not believe Me. Which one of you convicts Me of sin?
If I speak truth, why do you not believe Me? He
who is of God hears the words of God; for this reason you do
not hear them, because you are not of God.
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