Islam is a Cult
The title of this blog may seem provocative but unfortunately based on accurate definitions it is the only conclusion we can reach. We should begin by examining the definition of a cult.
cult [kult] (plural cults) noun
1. religion: a system of religious or spiritual beliefs, especially an informal and transient belief system regarded by others as misguided, unorthodox, extremist, or false, and directed by a charismatic, authoritarian leader
2. religious group: a group of people who share religious or spiritual beliefs, especially beliefs regarded by others as misguided, unorthodox, extremist, or false
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Cults such as Scientology or the Exclusive Brethren are vilified in the media for their treatment and disdain of outsiders. Scientology ostracises those who leave but Islam beheads them, the Exclusive Brethren close their gates to outsiders but passengers on a Muslim airline will find the blinds drawn when flying over Mecca to prevent infidels looking down upon it. These are not the actions of a religion they are the acts of a cult.
Islam has its basis in the Qur’an which is predominantly a book of instructions for the “soldiers of Allah” to wage Jihad (Holy War) on all the infidels (non-believers) until the world has been conquered and is ruled by Islamic law (sharia). It has many verses such as;
Sura 8 (59) Make ready for them all thou canst of (armed) force and of horses tethered, that thereby ye may dismay the enemy of Allah and your enemy, and others beside them whom ye know not. Allah knoweth them. Whatsoever ye spend in the way of Allah it will be repaid to you in full, and ye will not be wronged.
This type of rhetoric means that it has more in common with works such as the Communist Manifesto or Mein Kampf than with the Bible of Western Judeo/Christian societies. The Qur’an borrows heavily from the Bible (both the Old Testament [Jewish] and the [Christian] New Testament) in order to give it a veneer of respectability and the appearance of a religion, but so too do countless other cults.
The Communist Manifesto (written in 1848) sets out the conditions the authors deemed necessary to bring about a perfect utopian society. We have seen from the lessons of history that this leads only to the enslavement of the population and the concentration of wealth and power in the hands of the party elite. We have also seen the result of following the ideals of conquest in Nazi Germany, segments of society were victimised and sentenced to labour camps or to death. Muslims are already outspoken in their intent to destroy Israel and in many lands where Muslims are in the majority (such as Sudan
All these actions indicate that Islam is not a religion of righteousness, justice and mercy it is a cult of conquest and oppression. Winston Churchill was right in 1899 when he said in a speech,
"How dreadful are the curses which Mohammedanism lays on its votaries! Besides the fanatical frenzy, which is as dangerous in a man as hydrophobia in a dog, there is this fearful fatalistic apathy. The effects are apparent in many countries, improvident habits, slovenly systems of agriculture, sluggish methods of commerce, and insecurity of property exist wherever the followers of the Prophet rule or live.
A degraded sensualism deprives this life of its grace and refinement, the next of its dignity and sanctity. The fact that in Mohammedan law every woman must belong to some man as his absolute property, either as a child, a wife, or a concubine, must delay the final extinction of slavery until the faith of Islam has ceased to be a great power among men.
Individual Muslims may show splendid qualities, but the influence of the religion paralyses the social development of those who follow it. No stronger retrograde force exists in the world. Far from being moribund, Mohammedanism is a militant and proselytizing faith. It has already spread throughout Central Africa, raising fearless warriors at every step; and were it not that Christianity is sheltered in the strong arms of science, the science against which it had vainly struggled, the civilization of modern Europe might fall, as fell the civilization of ancient Rome
Now more than a century later we must prepare to face the fact that this cult has not given up its hunger for conquest and will continue its evil plan until it succeeds or until we ban it from the face of the Earth.
Having said all that about Islam does not mean that Muslims are bad, some are good and righteous but it is always harder to do the right thing if it goes against your culture and teaching. There were even Muslims who helped Jews during the holocaust. The majority of people under Nazi control either abetted them or refrained from interfering, thus enabling the Nazis to carry out their evil plans. We are fast approaching a time when we need to stand up to this cult or condemn our children to life under sharia law.
Today in the region under the control of the Palestinian Authority; Muhammad Abu Shahala, a Muslim man, is under sentence of death– for selling his house to Jews. That is the act of a cult; it is not that of a righteous religion.
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