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In The Shade
of the Qur'an
(after "The Philosophy of Islamic Terror",
Paul Berman, The New York Times, 23 March 2003...a 12 page computer print
out)
Web site editor introductory comment: First of all, what chance does a believer have for taking the message of Jesus (Isa al Masih...Jesus the Messiah) to followers of Islam if we say bad things about their key figure? Is that in ANY way to the road to "right relationships" as urged by Jesus? This YouTube video which came to me near the end of 2014 notes that the Koran mentions Jesus far more often than Mohammed & the additional markers in the Koran which point to Jesus (HERE).
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Written by: Islamic philosopher,
Sayyid Qutb (pronounced KUH-tahb), in Egyptian jail (1954-1966)...hanged in 1966 by
Col. Gamal Abdel Nasser. Born 1906, committed Koran (Qur'an) to memory by age 10, &
college educated in Cairo. Liked socialism & literature & writing novels &
poetry. Masters @ Colorado State College of Education. In The Shade of the Qur'an is
(when fully translated to English) = 15 fat English-language volumes. His earlier book, cited
at his trial, Milestones. Qutb is the intellectual hero of every group that came
together to form Al Qaeda.
His Philosophy: God first
came to Moses with instructions for mankind for living life that, if fully followed,
harmonized mankind's spiritual & physical aspects...harmonized all of human nature. While
in Jerusalem, Judaism fatally withered into a system of rigid & lifeless ritual. God
came to mankind a second time...Jesus. Squabbling between old-line Jews & Jesus
followers was intense, & Jesus followers were so persecuted that never able to provide
adequate or systematic exposition of Jesus' message...the Christian Gospels "turning out
badly garbled". Worse, Christians divided life into the spiritual & the secular..."a
hideous schizophrenia" manifested to its worst extent by the doctrine of "separation of
church & state"! God thirdly came seventh century AD via Muhammad; &
Muhammad wrote the Koran, a writing correctly redefining rules for the proper integration of
the spiritual & secular...giving integrity for living of all aspects of human nature.
Then, by world-wide implementation of Islam & following of Koranic law (shariah), the
world would abolish man-made law, be in perfect harmony, & thereby be free from servitude
to other men. [forced by a theocratic dictator using Saddam-like methods?]
The Qutb volumes said to point copious blame for
the thus-far failure of human nature to properly unite in a satisfactory (utopian)
socialization. First, man strongly tends to place an arrogant & deluded faith in other
sources of authority than God...like the human "mind"...or one's own "heart". He blames the
Jews, a people which he says are eternally ungrateful to God, having acquired a slavish
character while in Egyptian captivity for 400 years. Result: "they became craven &
unprincipled when powerless and vicious & arrogant when powerful". His Koranic
commentary is said to devote a huge amount of space condemning the Jews & promoting that
Jews are involved in never-ending conspiracies & plots against Muhammad & Islam.
Christians are blamed for the western "hideous schizophrenia" noted above. And he blames Muslims
who have gone along with the western societal errors based on Christianity's
schizophrenia.
According to Qutb, the true confrontation of
this world, the deepest confrontation of all, is over Islam & nothing but Islam. He
sees the efforts of the Crusaders (Christians) & Zionists (Jews)...continued as European
Imperialism & the Zionist movement & in the current Middle East struggle & such
as western interests in world trade...as an effort to annihilate Islam. Why does he see it
this way? Because his kind believe that those non-Islamist leaders think that Islam must
be annihilated in order to rescue the failed doctrines of Judaism & Christianity from
extinction!
At around the time of the above Col. Nasser, there
had been a widespread Pan-Arabists movement, & Qutb stood for a narrower theocratic
political movement...Islamists...to create a new society based on ancient Koranic principles.
Groups influenced by Qutb's thinking have fused into Al Qaeda, & they intend a worldwide
Islamists society. Al Qaeda upholds a worldview that Crusaders & Zionists have been
conspiring for centuries to destroy Islam. Al Qaeda is not only popular, it is also
institutionally solid & sophisticated, wealthy, global, & well-connected in very high
places.
So, how can one conclude that President Bush is
anything but correct that terrorism & the war against terror will not be concluded
quickly or easily? As other dreamers of new societies (Marx, Stalin, Hitler...Nazis,
Fascists, & Communists) have been so wrong in their ideas, Qutb was wrong about the
message of Jesus [here].
Incidentally, I saw a TV interview with Lawrence
Wright on about 8/19/06, describing the process of gathering info for his new book, The
Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11. He noted Qutb's college start at
Colorado State Teachers College in Greeley, Colorado in 1949 (Qutb following later with his
book, The America I Have Seen).
During the week of 12/7/06, I heard a Glenn Beck
program reference to the video done at his demand by CNN and broadcast & the audio/video
now on YouTube as The Real Story: Iraq (about how much good has been accomplished since the
war). As well, note his speech about militant Islam and the clash of civilizations on 12/1/06 at
Ashland University, the speech being on their website podcast archives of The Ashbrook Center
for Public Affairs as an audio file. And, see Glenn's website page with summaries and links
called The Perfect Storm as a situation. And, if you doubt the threat of radical
Islam, go to YouTube for clips about EyeOnTheWorlds's movie "Obsession: Radical Islam's
War Against the West" (a sequel to "Relentless..."), released August 2005, that movie being
posted on Google videos, and maybe getting theatre distribution by January 2007. You can buy
DVDs at the website.
Back to the Palestinian-Israeli contest for the
Promised Land around Jerusalem [here].
[Muslim agenda] [who has the "right" to "Palestine?]
[terror war
consequences]
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(posted 21 April 2003; latest update 14 December
2006)
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