Another Book Review

Radical Eye for the Infidel Guy

This is somewhat repetitive but deserves special mention because it remains just plain difficult to adequately describe the malevolent hatred and intolerance that is the foundation of militant Islam. And, since militant Islam sets the tone and the limits for all of Islam, the message is worth repeating. Adequate words escape me on this point but the latest of the many books I have read about Islam does a great job in a relatively short and readable volume.
The book is Radical Eye for the Infidel Guy by Kevin J. Ryan from Prometheus Books. Ryan’s style is to be light and poke fun at these people and he carries it off very well while sticking to historical accuracy and verifiable facts. More than any other source, his 243 pages bring home the brutality, intransigence and mind numbing lack of logic and humanity encompassed by Islam.
One of his points that comes through strongly is that Muslims never give up on the religious requirement to conquer or convert Christians and Jews and all non-believers into the religious fold of Islam. This is illustrated in their many campaigns to conquer Europe. They attacked Constantinople many times over many years and sacrificed hundreds of thousands of Muslim warriors before finally succeeding. They did the same with south east Europe before finally retreating before Vienna in 1683. They now consider that the contemporary Muslim advances in Europe via immigration and cultural rape is the final campaign to achieve their goal.
Another theme made clear is the inability or outright refusal of Islam and its people to equate their generally miserable circumstances, backwardness and lack of competitiveness to their religion and governance. Since Allah and Mohammad are perfect and Islam is the one true religion then it goes without saying that nothing that befalls them has any relationship to who they are. Everything is blamed on Jews and America. There simply is no Islamic introspection on these points. It would be easier to convince a carnivore to not want meat as to reason with a Muslim on such points of logic.
Israel’s plight is made very clear. They can never let their guard down. Even if a formal treaty of peace and recognition were signed by all members of the Arab League it would only be a matter of time before Islam were at their throat again.
Ryan uses shaded pages as elaborate foot notes to illustrate principles with power point type of listings of various Islamic traits and historical events. It saves a lot of prose and really drives the ideas home in a clear manner.
This is a book that is somewhat light and fun to read but it delivers a convincing and disturbing message. Aside from America’s efforts in Iraq and the War on Terror, western civilization has a world wide fight on its hands.

Islam Ever Vigilant

• Islam has a strong history of isolating, harassing, hunting down and even killing apostates.
• Examples: Rushdie, Ali, Warraq and thousands more.
• The tactic is quick and fierce reaction at any sign of apostasy which generates certain fear.
• Most prominent westernized Muslims live with body guards and security systems - 24/7
• Fatwas are issued to kill them as Ayatollah Khomenei did for Rushdie's death.

Such mindless and ruthless attitudes cannot be adequately comprehended by westerners who grew up in a diametrically opposed moral paradigm. You cannot defend the indefensible just as you cannot comprehend the incomprehensible. But you can and must acknowledge its existence and its threat and, therefore, you must resolve to oppose it. If Ahmadinijad's comment at Columbia that Iran has no gays doesn't say enough to convince you of Islam's loathsome intractability, what will it take?

Your Land Is Their Land Says Islam

• Muslims claim that land once occupied by Islam, even if they took it by conquest, is theirs forever and must be retaken. Spain is an example
• Accordingly, Spain, southern France and most of the Balkans and south eastern Europe is regarded as Muslim land that must be retaken somehow
• They have a chance of succeeding without firing a shot because of the double trap of immigration and birth rates

Don't Be A Dhimmi

1. Islamic law assigns non-Muslims to an inferior status known as Dhimmitude
2. A poll tax, called Jizya, is exacted from Dhimmis and imposes various rules like:

• No churches or public worship allowed
• Distinctive clothing is required - Dhimmis cannot dress like a Muslim
• Curtailed job opportunities, such as a Dhimmi cannot supervise a Muslim
• Dhimmi men cannot marry Muslim women
• Muslims must be quartered on demand
• And others

Partially imposed in Islamic Theocracies like Saudi Arabia and Iran. Takes the form of ordinary discrimination and hostility in others.

JIHAD

1. Muslims & apologists say it is merely a continuous striving for personal improvement. This is a false mantra.
2. Muslim writings make it clear that Jihad is any and all efforts to advance Islam across the world by whatever means are required to succeed. End justifies the means!
3. War and violence are encompassed by Jihad
4. Islam regards treaties and cease fires as lulls while they regroup for another attack
5. Killing anyone in Harb is justified because they support war on Islam just by being there.
6. Lying to create advantage for Islam and Jihad is OK, blessed.

Islamic Reality

For those inclined to relax and believe that Islam is no threat to America here are a few suggestions. Learn about the ethnic demographics of Europe, including immigration, emigration and birth rates. This is easy on the web. Second, review the increasing inter-racial and inter-religious turmoil in Europe. Third, read Jed Babbin's "In the Words of Our Enemies" while realizing that it is full of unexpirgated and direct quotes from contemporary Muslim clerics, scholars and political leaders. Fourth, understand that, while millions of Muslims want the same safety and economic freedom that we do, these moderates have no voice and sheepishly follow the increasingly radical Islam that is controlling Muslim policy and debate and is shaping an ever increasing level of hate and dedication to violent Jihad throughout the Muslim world.

Put your head in the sand if you must, but why not at least do some independent research of your own before consigning the future of the west to an unnecessarily bitter and bloody conflict that we so far are unwilling to realistically engage.