Offensive Religious Left Words

The American religious left appear to have an ecumenical heart, wanting all religious individuals united in a type of self contented happy faith, regardless of any actual religious beliefs. California Yankee points out an example of this “don’t worry be happy spirituality” wrapped in anti-American liberal guilt. Cartoons aside, if you want to read something really offensive, click the letter link and read the whole thing.

American Churches Give Propaganda Victory to the Evil Doers In a statement that will surely encourage our enemies, a coalition of U.S. churches has denounced the war in Iraq and claims that the U.S. is "raining down terror" and entering into imperial projects that seek to dominate and control for the sake of our own national interests. … The churches' propaganda statement was disguised as a letter from the US Conference for the World Council of Churches to the 9th Assembly of the World Council of Churches in Porto Alegre, Brazil.

This apology to the world from the US Office of the World Council of Churches comes even as Iranian Clerics are establishing the religious opinions necessary to justify the use of nuclear weapons by an Islamic government.

Iranian Cleric Okays Use of Nuclear Weapons! Based on their interpretation of Islamic law, Iranian hardline religious leaders have licensed the use of nuclear weapon. For the very first time, Mohsen Gharavian, a student of Qom’s fundamentalist cleric Mesbah Yazdi has spoken about the necessity of using nuclear weapons as a means to retaliate and announced that based on religious law, everything depends on our purpose.

His words are the first official comments coming from the supporters and circle of radical cleric Mesbah Yazdi. No other cleric has had the heart to claim that Islamic principles allow the use of nuclear weapons. Still, it seems that government radical circles have embarked on fresh efforts to prepare the grounds to turn Iran's controversial nuclear program issue into a religious issue.

As much as western liberals want to believe that Islam is simply another branch of middle eastern monotheism, a hard look at what a Muslim should believe should scare even western liberals. A good way to zero in on true beliefs is to understand how a Muslim defines western misconceptions of the faith.

Ten Misconceptions About Islam: Islam is the name of a way of life which the Creator wants us to follow. We avoid the word religion because in many non-Islamic societies, there is a separation of "religion and state." This separation is not recognized at all in Islam: the Creator is very much concerned with all that we do, including the political, social, economic, and other aspects of our society. Hence, Islam is a complete way of life.

The root word of Islam is "al-silm" which means "submission" or "surrender." It is understood to mean "submission to Allah." In spite of whatever noble intention has caused many a Muslim to claim that Islam is derived primarily from peace, this is not true.

I completely believe that a great many of the world’s Muslims are ordinary people seeking peaceful lives with family and friends, however, I also believe it when Muslims point out that submission to religious authority is the bedrock principal of the faith. So when revered clerics call for disproportionate outrage and plan in advance the legitimate uses of mass murder, it is time to stop pretending that ecumenical overviews of our similarities make any difference given our differences.