The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (39 page)

12. Stephen Schwartz, “Reductio ad Jihadam,” TechCentralStation.com, February 17, 2005.

13. Quoted in Steven Runciman,
History of the Crusades
Volume I, (Oxford: Cambridge University Press, 1951), 27.

14. A. S. Tritton,
Caliphs and Their Non-Muslim Subjects: A Critical Study of the Covenant of ‘Umar
, Idarah-I-Adabiyat-I Delli, 1950, 229.

15. Philip K. Hitti,
The Arabs: A Short History
(Washington, DC: Regnery, 1996), 137.

16. Steven Runciman,
The Great Church in Captivity
(Oxford: Cambridge University Press, 1968), 179.

17. Quoted in Philip Mansel,
Constantinople: City of the World’s Desire 1453–1924
(New York: St. Martin’s Griffin, 1998), 51.

18. Bat Ye’or,
The Decline of Eastern Christianity Under Islam
(Madison, NJ: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1996), 296.

19. Michael the Syrian, quoted in Ye’or,
The Decline of Eastern Christianity Under Islam
, 78.

20. Ibid.

21. Tritton, 227.

22. Quoted in Ibn Warraq,
Why I Am Not A Muslim
(Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books, 1995), 228.

23. Quoted in Bat Ye’or,
Islam and Dhimmitude: Where Civilizations Collide
(Madison, NJ: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2002), 70.

24. Ye’or,
The Decline of Eastern Christianity Under Islam
, 78.

25. Ibid., 112–13.

26. Maxime Rodinson,
Muhammad
, translated by Anne Carter (New York: Pantheon Books, 1971), 296.

27. Apostolos E. Vacolopolous, “Background and Causes of the Greek Revolution,”
Neo-Hellenika
, vol. 2, 1975, 54–55; cited in Andrew G. Bostom, “The Islamization of Europe,” FrontPageMagazine.com, December 31,2004.

28. Paul Johnson,
A History of the Jews
(New York: Harper & Row, 1987), 175.

29. This is an old Arabic signal of danger.

30. Bukhari, vol. 6, book 65, no. 4971.

31. Gregory X, “Papal Protection of the Jews,” in
The Portable Medieval Reader
(New York: Viking Press, 1949), 170–71.

32. “Egypt: Police Arrest 22 Christians in New Crackdown,” Barnabas Fund, October 24, 2003. www.barnabasfund.org.

33. “Egyptian officials revoke church license to build
after
demolition of church,” U.S. Copts Association, December 2, 2003.

34. “Christian Captured At Border,” Compass Direct, December 4, 2003. www.compassdirect.org.

35. “Christian Couple Escapes,” Compass Direct, May 17, 2004.

36. “Police arrests Christian for ‘blasphemy’, lets attackers go,”
Daily Times
, November 29, 2003.

37. “Dajkot Church attacked. PCP Report,”
Pakistan Christian Post
, December 11, 2003.

38. “Pakistan blasphemy suspect dies, beaten by cop,” Reuters, May 29, 2004.

39. Quoted in Robert Hussein,
Apostate Son
(Najiba Publishing Company, 1998), 161.

40. V. S. Naipaul,
Among the Believers: An Islamic Journey
(New York: Vintage Books, 1982), 65.

41. Ibid., 141–42.

42. Ibid., 119.

Chapter 5:

Islam Oppresses Women

1. Lisa Anderson, “Islamic woman sparks controversy by leading prayers,”
Chicago Tribune
, March 18, 2005.

2. “Woman leads Muslim prayer service in New York City despite criticism in the Middle East,” Associated Press, March 19, 2005.

3. Muslim Women’s League, “Gender Equality in Islam,” September 1995, http://www.mwlusa.org/pub_gender.html.

4. Nawal El-Saadawi, quoted in Muhammad Ali Al-Hashimi,
The Ideal Muslimah: The True Islamic Personality of the Muslim Woman as Defined in the Qur’an and Sunnah
, International Islamic Publishing House, 1998, http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/humanrelations/womeninislam/idealmuslimah/.

5. Christine Armario, “U.S. Latinas seek answers in Islam,”
Christian Science Monitor,
December 27, 2004.

6. Quoted in al-Hashimi,
The Ideal Muslimah
.

7. Abu Dawud, book 32, no. 4092.

8. See Christopher Dickey and Rod Nordland, “The Fire That Won’t Die Out,”
Newsweek
, July 22, 2002, 34–37.

9. See United Nations Children’s Fund, “UNICEF: Child marriages must stop,” March 7, 2001, http://www.unicef.org/newsline/01pr21.htm.

10. Bukhari, vol. 5, book 63, no. 3896; cf. Bukhari, vol. 7, book 67, no. 5158.

11. Amir Taheri,
The Spirit of Allah: Khomeini and the Islamic Revolution
(New York: Adler and Adler), 1986, 90–91.

12. Lisa Beyer, “The Women of Islam,”
Time
, November 25, 2001. Reprinted at http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,185647,00.html.

13. Andrew Bushell, “Child Marriage in Afghanistan and Pakistan,”
America
, March 11, 2002, 12.

14. Abu Dawud, book 11, no. 2141.

15. Ibid., book 11, no. 2142.

16. Bukhari, vol. 7, book 77, no. 5825.

17. See Amnesty International, “Media briefing: Violence against women in Pakistan,” April 17, 2002, http://web.amnesty.org/ai.nsf/Index/ASA330102002?OpenDocument&of=THEMES\WOMEN.

18.
Muslim
, book 4, no. 2127.

19. Bukhari, vol. 4, book 59, no. 3237. This hadith is repeated in many other places.

20.
‘Umdat al-Salik
, m11.9.

21. Ibid., m10.4.

22. Ibid., m10.3.

23. Amnesty International, “Saudi Arabia: End Secrecy End Suffering: Women,” http://www.amnesty.org/ailib/intcam/saudi/briefing/4.html.

24. Bukhari, vol. 7, book 67, no. 5206.

25.
‘Umdat al-Salik
, n7.7.

26. Bukhari, vol. 3, book 52, no. 2639.

27. “Ninth Pakistani school destroyed,”
BBC News
, February 20, 2004.

28. Nicholas Hellen, “Muslim second wives may get a tax break,” The Sunday Times, December 26, 2004.

29. Bukhari, vol. 7, book 67, no. 5119.

30. Ibid., vol. 7, book 67, nos. 5117–5118.

31.
‘Umdat al-Salik,
o24.8.

32. See also Bukhari, vol. 3, book 52, no. 2661.

33.
Muslim
, vol. 3, book 17, no. 4206.

34. See Sisters in Islam, “Rape, Zina, and Incest,” April 6, 2000, http://www.muslimtents.com/sistersinislam/resources/sdefini.htm.

35. See Stephen Faris, “In Nigeria, A Mother Faces Execution,” www.africana.com, January 7, 2002.

36.
‘Umdat al-Salik,
e4.3.

37. Quoted in Geneive Abdo,
No God But God: Egypt and the Triumph of Islam
(Cambridge: Oxford University Press, 2000), 59.

38. Frank Gardner, “Grand Sheikh condemns suicide bombings,”
BBC News
, December 4, 2001, www.bbc.co.uk.

Chapter 6:

Islamic Law: Lie, Steal, and Kill

1.
Muslim
, book 32, no. 6309.

2. Bukhari, vol. 4, book 56, no. 3030; Muslim, vol. 4, book 32, no. 6303.

3. Ibn Kathir, vol. 2, 141–42.

4. Bernard Lewis,
The Assassins
(New York: Basic Books, 1967), 25. For
taqiyya
among al Qaeda members, see Charles M. Sennott, “Exposing Al Qaeda’s European Network,”
Boston Globe
, August 4, 2002.

5. Ibn Kathir, vol. 5, 530.

6.
‘Umdat al-Salik
, o1.0, o1.1, o1.2.

7. Sultanhussein Tabandeh,
A Muslim Commentary on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
, translated by F. J. Goulding (London: F. T. Goulding and Co., 1970), 18.

8. Ali Sina, “The Golden Rule and Islam,” Faith Freedom International, April 28, 2005.

9.
‘Umdat al-Salik
o9. 10, cf. al-Mawardi,
al-Akham as-Sultaniyyah
, 4.2.

10.
‘Umdat al-Salik
, xx.

11. “Al-Qaradawi full transcript,”
BBCNews
, July 8, 2004.

Chapter 7:

How Allah Killed Science

1.
‘Umdat al-Salik
, r40.1.

2. Quoted in Amir Taheri,
The Spirit of Allah: Khomeini and the Islamic Revolution
(New York: Adler and Adler, 1986), 259.

3. Bukhari, vol.

4, book 59, no. 3225.4. Oleg Grabar, “Palaces, Citadels and Fortifications,”
Architecture of the Islamic World: Its History and Social Meaning,
edited by George Michell (New York: Thames & Hudson, 1995).

5. Caesar E. Farah,
Islam
, Sixth Edition (New York: Barrons, 2000), 198.

6. Elias B. Skaff,
The Place of the Patriarchs of Antioch in Church History
(Manchester, NH: Sophia Press, 1993), 169.

7. Bat Ye’or,
The Decline of Eastern Christianity Under Islam
, p. 233.

8. Philip Hitti,
The Arabs: A Short History
(Washington, DC: Regnery, 1996), 67.

9. Ibid., 141–42.

10. “Islam.”
Encyclopædia Britannica,
2005. Encyclopædia Britannica Premium Service, http://www.britannica.com/eb/article?tocId=69186.

11. Ibid.

12. Abu Hamid al-Ghazali,
The Incoherence of the Philosophers
, translated by Michael E. Marmura. (Provo, UT: Brigham Young University Press, 2000), 2.

13. Ibid., 8.

14. Al-Ghazali, 226. Emphasis added.

15. St. Thomas Aquinas,
Summa Contra Gentiles
, Book Two: Creation, Chapter 25, section 14. Translated by James F. Anderson. (Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 1975).

16. James V. Schall, S. J.,
War-Time Clarifications: Who Is Our Enemy?
2001.

Chapter 8:

The Lure of Islamic Paradise

1.
The History of al-Tabari
(
Ta’rikh al-rusul wa’l-muluk
), vol. VIII: The Victory of Islam, translated by Michael Fishbein (New York: State University of New York Press, 1997), 26.

2. Ibn Ishaq, 300.

3. Ibid., vol. 2, book 23, no. 1365.

4. “Al-Qaradawi full transcript,”
BBC News
, July 8, 2004. For Esposito’s praise, see John L. Esposito, “Practice and Theory: A response to ‘Islam and the Challenge of Democracy,’”
Boston Review
, April/May 2003.

5. Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI), “An Interview with the Mother of a Suicide Bomber,” MEMRI Special Dispatch No. 391, June 19, 2002.

6. Abu Dawud, book 38, no. 4448.

7.
‘Umdat al-Salik
, p17.3 (1).

8. “Two Saudis beheaded for killing Pakistani who witnessed ‘shameful’ incident,” Associated Press, March 15, 2005.

9. Quoted in Ibn Warraq,
Why I Am Not A Muslim
(New York: Prometheus, 1995), 342–43.

10. David Brooks, “Among the Bourgeoisophobes: Why the Europeans and Arabs, each in their own way, hate America and Israel,”
Weekly Standard
, April 15, 2002.

11. “‘Little bomber’ fascinates Israeli media,”
BBC News
, March 25, 2004.

12. Tom Lasseter, “Iraqi teen tells how he joined Ansar al Islam,” Knight Ridder, February 13, 2004.

13. Steven Runciman,
The Fall of Constantinople 1453
(Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1965), 151.

14. Bukhari, vol. 4, book 56, no. 2818.

15. Bernard Lewis,
The Assassins
(New York: Basic Books, 1967), 127.

16. Marco Polo,
The Travels
, Ronald Latham, translator (New York: Penguin, 1958), 70–71.

17. Paul Sperry, “Airline denied Atta paradise wedding suit,” WorldNetDaily.com, September 11, 2002.

Chapter 9:

Islam—Spread by the Sword? You Bet.

1.
Muslim
, book 19, no. 4382.

2. Bukhari, vol. 4, book 56, no. 2941.

3. Ibid., no. 2924.

4.
The History of al-Tabari
, Volume XII: The Battle of al-Qadisiyyah and the Conquest of Syria and Palestine, translated by Yohanan Friedmann (New York: State University of New York Press, 1992), 167. Cited in Andrew Bostom, “The Legacy of Jihad in Palestine,” FrontPage Magazine.com, December 7, 2004. http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=16235.

5. Steven Runciman,
A History of the Crusades
, Volume I (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1951), 3.

6. Quoted in Bat Ye’or,
The Decline of Eastern Christianity Under Islam
, 271–72.

7. Ibid., 275.

8. Ibid., 276–77.

9. Ya’qub Abu Yusuf, in Ye’or,
The Decline of Eastern Christianity Under Islam
, 274.

10. Bukhari, vol. 4, book 56, no. 2818.

11. Quoted in V. S. Naipaul,
Among the Believers: An Islamic Journey
(New York: Vintage Books, 1982), 103.

12. Pierre Lance, “Jacques Chirac, avez-vous des racines?”
Les 4 Vérités
, January 17, 2004.

13. Quoted in Paul Fregosi,
Jihad in the West: Muslim Conquests from the 7th to the 21st Centuries
(New York: Prometheus Books, 1998), 99.

14. Sita Ram Goel,
The Story of Islamic Imperialism in India
(Voice of India, revised edition, 1994), 70–71.

15. Ibid., 44.

16. Bukhari, vol. 1, book 2, no. 25. The transliterated Arabic of the Muslim confession of faith has been omitted from this translation for ease of reading. The same statement is repeated in Bukhari, vol. 1, book 8, no. 392; vol. 4, book 56, no. 2946; vol. 9, book 88, no. 6924; and vol. 9, book 96, nos. 7284–7285, as well as in other hadith collections.

17. Sayyid Qutb, “The Right to Judge,” http://www.islamworld.net/justice.html.