Islam Detoxification

14 Jan 2012

freedom-muslimas Detoxification is the physiological or psychological removal of toxic substances from a living organism. Let me use a metaphor to help in understanding this process. Islam is a type of dependence inducing “potion.” In the same way that; let us say, alcohol is. Millions and perhaps billions imbibe alcohol. A great majority of these consumers qualify as moderate and social drinkers. Drinking alcohol may do them some psychological good but may also exact some physical health problems and a monetary price. Yet, a vast number of human beings find enough “comfort” to put up with the monetary, health, relationships, and other costs of their drinking.

A certain number are the heavy drinkers who are severely dependent and reliant on the drug. And there are those who are infrequent drinkers. They may have some wine at Christmas or on their birthday. And finally, there are those who are teetotalers. They never touch the stuff. So, you have a kind of what statisticians call a normal curve that people distribute themselves along the drinking dimension as a bell-shaped function. Some are on one extreme, some on the other, and the great majority between the two extremes.

The same applies to Muslims. Islam is habit-forming. Just like alcohol. How strongly habit forming? It depends on the person and his circumstances. Is Islam “beneficial” to the person? Apparently yes it is. For some, it is life itself, just like the skid-row alcoholic, to others it means something, and yet to others it is something to be avoided altogether.

Mind Invasion

Islam, from its inception, discovered the crucial secret of getting to the young mind early by adhering to the dictum: Instruction in early childhood is akin to carving in a rock. In the same vein goes the Jesuit saying, “Give me a child until he is seven, and I will give you the man,” derived from the philosophy and theology of Saint Augustine. The immense importance of getting early to the young mind is also emphasized by non-religious doctrines as diverse as the Freudian psychoanalytic theory and Watsonian Behaviorist psychology.

Total or major replacement of beliefs, particularly as one gets older, becomes less likely, yet it happens occasionally. Paul’s sudden transformation from a rabid Christian-persecutor to a devoted believer of the faith of Christ is a familiar instance of such a dramatic change. Ideas, on the other hand, are much more amenable to change, replacement or discard as long as they do not substantially undermine the integrity of the main framework—the belief.

Short Answer

islam-mind-control In the same way that people need to go through detoxification programs to free themselves from physical dependencies, they also must undergo detoxification programs to wean themselves from Islam.

How to do that? The best way in my opinion is exactly what many concerned citizens, writers, bloggers and experts are doing. Explain and expose Islam and its harm. They also need to further expand the re-education effort greatly by writing and translating in their native Muslim nations’ languages. Radio and television programs are also vital. It is a long process. Yet, the bottom line is this blind dependency on Islam that hooks the masses to its greatly enticing promises and provides easy answers for much of humanity’s underclass.

Persian Enigma

I am very optimistic about the country of my birth. I believe Iran will be the first that carry the torch of liberty. This is indeed the dawn of a new era in Persian history, a true renaissance for our world. Over 1400 years of darkness has reached its inevitable end. People on the mountaintops are clearly discerning the rays of the new sun that inevitably will chase away the gloom of darkness. It is time to celebrate the new day by enlisting all of us in the work of ushering in the light of freedom and insuring that never again will it be replaced by the darkness and oppression of Islam. I am calling upon all Iranians, whether at home or abroad, to join this natural movement in ushering in the new day and to contribute whatever you can to make it a truly magnificent change of fortune for the new Iran as well as for the entire home of humanity, by leaving Islam in large numbers.

It is going to be a slow process, much slower and much more difficult than we would like it to be. This Islam thing is a long-term deep dependency of many attractions to many. It is going to take a great deal of work and perseverance to free Muslims from its grip. As sad as it is, that’s the way this world is: Far, far from perfect, and not even close.

Cultural Muslims

There are some 1.5 billion Muslims in the world, the overwhelming majority of which are “Cultural Muslims” who are generally called moderate Muslims. Why moderate? Because they were simply born into Islam, where a great many of them never go through the process of deciding for themselves if they want to be Muslim. It is not a religion that they choose; it is a belief they inherit. For whatever reason, this great majority of these “Cultural Muslims” are Muslims of this type without fully toeing the line of Islam. Real Muslims are the jihadists, a small minority who lives and dies by the dictates of the Quran and the Sunna, the life examples of Muhammad.

freedom-and-islam Islam is a powerful magnet for the masses that are unable to deal with the uncertainties of life and death on their own. It is from this population, many already thoroughly indoctrinated from birth that the majority of diehard jihadists emerge.

Humanity has matured considerably since the time of Muhammad. In order to continue its forward march, mankind must follow a roadmap appropriate for its age and state of development. It is foolish to insist that a book, which demands terrorism and was written over 1400 years ago, must serve as the one and only guide for humanity. I believe that “Cultural Muslims” hold the key. They hold the balance of power.

Jihadists

The great majority of jihadists emerge from the ranks of those born into the religion of Islam, simply because they are the ones who are most thoroughly indoctrinated and influenced by Islamic dogma in their most receptive and formative early years. Yet, there are others who embrace Islam in adulthood, on their own, and enlist themselves as devoted jihadists for the same rewards that Islam offers them.

Within this sea of surging humanity composed of some 1.5 billion Muslims, each individual believer—a drop—through a combination of choice and forces beyond his control, ends up in one of its many waves. It is the jihadist wave that is highly attractive to the deeply indoctrinated and poorly adjusted in dealing rationally and independently with life. Here, he finds the ironclad perfect solution to his anxieties and perplexities.

To a jihadist, death is nothing more than casting off a shell of the worthless earthly existence and donning an angelic suit to wing joyously to a life of bliss promised by none-other than Allah’s beloved final emissary, Muhammad.

Eradication of jihadism is a daunting task, since Islam is truly a virulent and persistent pandemic disease. Massive education efforts, combined with resolute confrontation of all sources and people that support and promote detoxification of the mind of this deadly philosophy, hold the best promise of dealing effectively with this affliction of humanity.

Final Note

The best, yet most difficult resolution of this conflict is to do what hundreds of thousands of former Muslims have already done. They have abandoned the slaveholder Islam: they broke loose from the yoke of the exploitive clergy, renounced Islamofascisim, purged the discriminatory and bizarre teachings in the Quran and the Hadith, and left the suffocating tent of dogmatic Islam for the life-giving expanse of liberty.

Amil Imani is the author of Obama Meets Ahmadinejad and Operation Persian Gulf.

Tags: Hadith, Iran, Islam, Jihad, Muhammad, Muslims, Quran

28 Responses to “Islam Detoxification”

Twotone says:

February 21, 2012 at 2:53 pm

The past shows that only total military subjugation is effective. It’s how they got to be Muslim in the first place. You take a native population kill the most combative, displace the remnant away from the natural resources in the area. And then police actions to crush what resistance may occur after. If this sounds harsh, it was done this way to the whole islamic world. Not to mention the Native Americans. It is the only historically accurate way to destroy a culture, and if this road sounds too rough, remember that talking away one’s freedom happens only in democracies.

BenjaminRush says:

February 21, 2012 at 2:52 pm

The same issues are involved in the Christian faith. There are many that call themselves Christian but cannot explain the doctrines of the faith. Our country would be a much different place if all the people who said they are Christians acted in accordance to the tenants of the faith. So, in Islam you have those who are Muslim in name only just as you have Christians who are so in name only. The issue with the jihadists revolves around two groups of people that apply the teachings of the Koran. Those who are not motivated by religion but by power. They’re the ones who recruit others to blow themselves up in the name of Allah. There is the other group, who may have another motive. They see Allah who weighs their sins against their good deeds and they, in their heart find themselves wanting. They know that based upon their good deeds they have no hope for heaven. But Islam tells them that if they die a martyr they are guaranteed paradise. There is no doubt in my mind that Islam is the religion of death, but made all the more so by those leaders who manipulate others to carry out their nefarious plans.

GeorgiaBoy61 says:

February 21, 2012 at 2:51 pm

Mr. Imani, your article is the latest in a long line of stories to speak of “moderate” Muslims – those members of the umma you identify as “cultural” Muslims who disdain jihad and sharia. In the days and months after 9-11 and in the years since, I have waited in vain for some tangible sign, some reasonable degree of evidence, that such people exist. My question to you is this: if “moderate” Muslims exist in large numbers, why are they so hard to find? One answer might be that they do not exist. Another might be that they exist but are intimidated into silence by their more aggressive and violent coreligionists. Either way, what is the practical difference? History clearly shows that a fanatical minority is often sufficient to pull a more “moderate” majority along in its wake, whether to war, tyranny or some other endpoint. Nazi Germany was a prime example of this effect in action. Estimates vary as to how many Germans were actually hardcore Nazis, but in the end, it didn’t matter because – whatever the size of the silent majority – the most salient fact about it was that it did little to stop Hitler and the National Socialists. Islam is today in something of the same predicament. A highly ideological and committed group of hardcore jihadists are presenting waging war against the infidel world, while the rest of the Muslims on the planet sit idly by and do nothing to stop them. At what point does silence become acquiescence? For my part, seeing is believing… and to date, I have seen little evidence that “moderate” islam exists, let alone that it can exert a positive influence on events.

Charles+Higley says:

February 21, 2012 at 2:50 pm

The biggest problem is that a survey of mosques in the US showed that over 80% do not renounce Sharia Law. Radical islamists are not needed when sharia law and simply a will to follow it suffices, in spades.

DP111 says:

February 21, 2012 at 2:50 pm

I have felt that Iran would be the first Muslim country to break way from Islam.Three major items that distinguish Iranians from Arab Muslims.1. Iran had an advanced civilization and philosophical faith of its own before it was destroyed by Arab armies. 2. Iran still retains its own native language. 3. Iranians are not Arabs but belong to the Indo-European group.

These cultural items can not be so easily exterminated. Sooner or later, Iranians will start to recall their own great civilization and indigenous faith. This has already started in the USA. All it requires is for a political/cultural earthquake to set the process underway.

CELT says:

February 21, 2012 at 2:49 pm

I am still waiting for the day when all of the so-called moderate Muslims around the world (out of the 1.5 billion) unite and raise their voices in unison against the violence and the intolerance of the so-called “radical Muslims” alleged to have hijacked Islam. And once they raise their voices, I want to see them continue to do so until Islam is forced to change and redirect its energies to a more positive role within the world after the so-called “radicals” have been ostracized. Waiting…

Ron says:

February 21, 2012 at 2:48 pm

Islam is a monstrosity that needs to be attacked and stamped out. It’s fundamental nature is why the left likes Islam so much. They are two peas in a pod. Also the lower classes should never be allowed to run anything. You do not ask the lower class. You tell them. Mr. Imani is a strange, unrealistic dreamer.

Doug+Johnson says:

February 21, 2012 at 2:48 pm

A good article and a correct one. Is the mindset of radical muslims any different from our typical Obama voter? Both essentially are intent on destroying the current order of things so that they can be elevated. Radicalized muslims are taught from the cradle that the west is evil, that Christianity or Judaism is evil, that the riches produced by others are rich plums out there to be taken by force, sound familiar? If you agree with this comparison, then look at all of the democrats you know or know about.

Some democrats are appalled at the direction their national party has taken over the past decades. Some democrats are small business owners, gun owners, church goers, just like normal traditional Americans. Then many democrats are the Obama lovers, the “99%ers”, the university and MSM radicals, the radical jihadist’s counterpart. The middle part of the bell curve for democrats would be the deadbeats that have been conditioned to stick their hands out for a handout and would keep the Obama end of the spectrum filled with followers.

Regardless, WE the people of the United States should have had the backbone and foreknowledge to not allow islam within our shores. To voluntarily allow a virulent strain of humanity to settle in our midst is simply asking for trouble when there was no need to do so.

EdB says:

February 21, 2012 at 2:47 pm

Dear Mr Imani, Two questions? Is there a written doctrine which differentiates the beliefs of the “jihadists” and the “cultural” Muslims … how does one differentiate between the two?
You do not mention adherence to Shariah. How do the “Culturalists” view “the Law?”

Standing+Wolf says:

February 21, 2012 at 2:47 pm

“Humanity has matured considerably since the time of Muhammad. In order to continue its forward march, mankind must follow a roadmap appropriate for its age and state of development.”

I sincerely hope you’re right, Mr. Imani, about Persia’s picking up the torch of liberty. Your comparison between Islam and alcohol is worth pursuing, and could be expanded to include all religions, including the anti-religion of Marxism. I’d like to read a book, not an article. The self-styled “progressive” view of history regards humanity as maturing over time. I’d very much like to concur with it; I’m also afraid, however, it’s an illusory view. We do, indeed, have far more material wealth, better health, and individual freedom in parts of the world, but most of Homo sapiens still live under autocracies or oligarchies with at most token individual freedom and little material improvement. I’m not sure the threat of mass annihilation has abated since Persia and Rome were mighty empires. I believe we need to question some assumptions and review the evidence, and try to measure the actual progress we have and haven’t made. We need a measuring stick.

JGoodplayer says:

February 21, 2012 at 2:46 pm

Nice try… the fact is there is no such thing as a moderate muslim any more than there is no such thing as a moderate nazi or a moderate KKKlansman. Let’s tell the truth about sharia law and the koran’s exhoratations to “kill all the infidels”. How do moderates meet these requirements of your allah? The truth is that islam is a faux-religion — it is an expansionist, militaristic, totalitarian political system diguised as a religion. The evil is that it uses the tolerance of people who want to believe in good and twists it in an evil way. To achieve the comingled state/religion ends, it continues to deceive as a means to an end. Many naive muslims are also caught up this trap, but it doesn’t change the facts.

longboat says:

February 21, 2012 at 2:45 pm

I generally agree with Amil Imani but I think he is engaging in some wishful thinking here. The empirical evidence doesn’t match up with his optimistic projections. Even if one is only a casual follower of world events it is plain to see that the Islamic world has reversed direction away from the possibility of an enlightenment and is actually regressing and becoming more doctrinaire. Everywhere you look, one by one Islamic countries are declaring open season on the non-believers. Egypt will become the next Nigeria, the next Somalia, Kuwait shows signs of becoming the next Egypt. All of out efforts in Iraq were for nothing, ditto Afghanistan. It’s the same trend everywhere.

amerigal1 says:

February 21, 2012 at 2:44 pm

Many have wondered why those who are labeled by Mr. Imani as cultural muslims apparently feel no responsibility to sanction the homicidal acts of their toxic Muslim brothers. No prophet of Islam calls them to account for the terror acts done in the pursuit of pleasing Allah, following the Koranic teachings, and spreading Islam by whatever means necessary. Living the religion of peace must mean lving it without a conscience! That is a concept not easily understood, if one can ever understand it. Perhaps it should be called the “no skin off my nose” religion. to merit the Islamic afterlife it appears that all that matters is to make Islam dominant. How quickly that is done is what is important –not who it was done to or in what horrific manner it was accomplished. Islam is easy! No act of repentance is desired or evidently required. We are seeing daily exactly what kind of evil acts can come out of such a religion.

Spatch says:

February 21, 2012 at 2:44 pm

To Muslims, no other religion is deemed worthy of recognition, much less accommodation. There is not a single church or synagogue or a Buddhist temple in all of Saudi Arabia. They are barred. The Islamic Republic of Iran’s raft of pogroms include the heinous practice of bulldozing cemeteries of it’s Baha’i religious minority. Iran rulers imprison Christians for celebrating Christmas.
It is a FACT that Islam is a highly pandemic communicable violent disease that demands urgent and serious containment. The American prison system is being used as the breeding ground for this disease. One Euopean country after another is rapidly buckling under the creep of the Islamic disease. Europe is the coal-miners canary. It is warning us that America is next.

Pescator says:

February 21, 2012 at 2:43 pm

We owe you sympathy Mr Imani. It is difficult to live with the reality that your religion is responsible for a good share of hatred in the world and most of the wars. The problem with your analysis is that if you remove the outliers on the distribution curve, others will move in to restore them. Jihadism is not an outlying extreme of thought, but having the opportunity to wage Jihad. If you remove (i. e. kill) the current Jihadists, others will take their place. Waging Jihad rewards the underclass with a holy occupation; the opportunity to have power, obtain riches and property, to loot and rape – all in the name of Allah. And in the afterlife, Jihadists are promised the opportunity to rape 70 perpetual virgins in perpetuity. Such a reward is hard to resist if you are a young man without educationn and property.

Unfortunately, the detoxification has been attempted and it never lasts. During the Bagdhad Khalifate, Islam moderated some and reached out to others. But, the Khalifate did not last. And the efforts of Kemal Ataturk to detoxify the Ottoman empire did not last even a hundred years as Turks are reverting to being part of the Jihadist camp. Islam IS FASCISM. It must be contained or exterminated. The hope of Iran comes not from reforming Islam (an impossible task as history shows), but from the teachings of Christ penetrating the hearts of Iranians.

KristenSuzanne says:

February 21, 2012 at 2:42 pm

SKIP: The numbers say you’re wrong on that score…there are over 1.5 billion Muslims throughout the world. If what you assume is correct and it isn’t totally without merit, there would be more violence worldwide than actually occurs. Instead of the hundred thousand incidents of Islamic violence committed on the non-Islamic West, there would be far more just due to the numbers. The fact that much of the violence committed is upon other Muslims is also noteworthy and that isn’t mentioned or even taken into account. No, it isn’t BS.

Mr. Imani doesn’t disagree that Islam in and of itself isn’t violent..look at other examples of people who were born into Islam, but really don’t know or understand it in all its complexity or entirety. Look at the people of his native Iran. Most of them have been under the yoke of Islam for fourteen hundred years and pay lip service to it and have to observe it out of necessity to continue living; look at him…and he spoke of cultural Muslims. Most Iranians don’t even understand Arabic or have even gone into a mosque..when you make blanket generalizations, you might find you’re actually wrong if you look closely enough.

Skip says:

February 21, 2012 at 2:41 pm

“”Cultural Muslims” who are generally called moderate Muslims.”

To which I say BS! all muslims are dangerous, no such thing as a “moderate” muslim, they all read out of the same book preaching the murder, enslavement or conversion of non muslims. If anyone here believes there is such a thing as a muslim that believes in the golden rule or live and let live, I will show you photos of the religion of peace in action.

PA Pundits - International says:

January 19, 2012 at 11:03 am

Islam Detoxification…

By Amil Imani ~ Detoxification is the physiological or psychological removal of toxic substances from a living organism. Let me use a metaphor to help in understanding this process. Islam is a type of dependence inducing “potion.” In the same way that;…

TruthWFree says:

January 16, 2012 at 3:26 pm

One additional comment to your excellent article, Amil. That point is that without the innovation and commerce of the non Muslim countries, I would expect that Islamic countries would all be living in the 7th century if there were no more infidel countries to plunder and all became Muslim.
The restrictions on the Islamic (Muslim) thought process prevents Muslim individuals from thinking outside of the box and it seems they must spend a lot of time making sure they within the Muslim box of prayer and other rituals…and of course no questioning of allah’s Quran and Muhammad. “Sun sets in a muddy pool?”. Oh the zero and algebra, pretty small contribution if that’s a valid Islamic contribution over 1400 years.
I do feel Islam cannot withstand simple logic, but alas, that is something that is not allowed (logically questioning their religion/ideology).
Mark Gabriel (Jesus and Muhammad) is an excellent comparison of the lives of the founder of Islam and the founder of Christianity.

George says:

January 16, 2012 at 10:58 am

Religion should be of personal choice. Look at what Saudi Arabia (home of Islam) is doing. It has a ban on anything non muslim and at the same time it sponsors madrassas worldwide. Are you telling me that those hypocrite Royal Saudis behind the scenes do not drink alcohol and do other western vices? ISLAM is the work of satan who transformed himself into the angel Gabriel. The Koran is full of hatred towards infidels. Sura 4:34 allows a man to beat his wife (how civilized) Iran is a theocracy and one day the people will overthrow the mad mullahs. I hope they become democratic and go back to the original name of Persia which sounds more exotic.Unfortunately ISLAM is a backward and barbaric religion which imposes itself on society. If Islam is so good why do many moderate Muslims want to live in western countries?

Seek says:

January 16, 2012 at 8:33 am

Good article. Just one reminder; if I may. ISLAMOFOBIA is irrational fear or Islam. Many “fear” of Islam is not irrational; on the countrary; when we study Islam we realize that this concern or “fear” is very logical.

Lorenzo Bouchard says:

January 15, 2012 at 12:50 am

It is my belief that anyone that is a Muslim , must support it or become an Apostate. In the future War between Democratic societies against Islam, no Muslim can be trusted, due to their fear of Death from other Muslims, or their indoctrination and Belief.
Sign the “Ban Islam” petition at: http://www.petitiononline.com/MYSTIC/petition.html

Sherry says:

January 14, 2012 at 7:54 pm

long live freedom.4 ever Persia (Iran)

Theresa says:

January 14, 2012 at 7:53 pm

What an excellent posting~ May G~d free the people of Iran from this tyranny and enslavement!It’s enlightening when one realizes the origin of their family’s religion, my own ancestors were forcibly converted to Catholicism and fled to the New World from Spain 480 years ago..

TruthWFree says:
January 19, 2012 at 3:55 pm
The year 1531 was just after Cabeza de Vaca’s “La Ralacion” (Google it, it is a very interesting story written by de Vaca) experience that took him from the West coast of Florida and then on to possibly Texas living with the Indians and finally to Panuca (now Mexico). I don’t believe there was a Spanish presence in what is now Florida or anywhere in the continental US. Were your ancestors Muslims in Spain? The Muslims had been driven out of Spain by 1492, Columbus’ time. Although Christ never taught forceable conversion, I know that occurred by zealous monarch’s and church people. At any rate, consider yourself significantly better off than if your ancesters had not been converted from Islam and stayed in some North Africa Muslim country.
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Mohareb says:

January 14, 2012 at 7:52 pm

Zende baad Amil Jan, Brilliant. Thank You for being our voice !!! Long Live Freedom, Far Away from ISLAM
FREE IRAN

Avinoam Ben Dor says:

January 14, 2012 at 8:39 am

Amil

There are more people in Eurabia and USA joining Islam today than people leaving Islam.

The global situation is downright devastating, specially with the present US Administration.

Keep writing your eye opening articles.

God Bless

Buz says:

January 14, 2012 at 2:53 am

Dear Sir:

I read your article, and I agree 100% with your premise. However, I fear that the Muslim faith provides everything to its followers except a spine. The so-called “moderate muslims”, if indeed they truly exist, basically have nothing to fear by keeping their collective mouths shut on the issue of Islam. It requires a certain minimum amount of courage to speak out when you know you are probably risking your life. The people you appeal to apparently fetch up a bit short in this regard. If indeed radical Islam is an evil cancer in the midst of good and love and peace then it should be cut out by whatever means possible. We are attempting to do just that however ineptly. Support from your side of the fence would help. I agree with your plea, but I fear it falls on deliberately deaf ears. “All that is required for evil to triumph is that good men do nothing.” All the “moderates” have to do is keep their eyes on the ground until Islam prevails and then the problem will go away. No more crisis of conscience. A lovely solution, no? Of course the freedoms muslims now enjoy in the U. S. will also go away under Sharia law, but we’ll still be breathing. I wonder what words of wisdom are spoken from the pulpits in all of the Mosques in the U.S. regarding this issue? I wonder………

Buzz

Twotone says:
February 21, 2012 at 2:53 pm
The past shows that only total military subjugation is effective. It’s how they got to be Muslim in the first place. You take a native population kill the most combative, displace the remnant away from the natural resources in the area. And then police actions to crush what resistance may occur after. If this sounds harsh, it was done this way to the whole islamic world. Not to mention the Native Americans. It is the only historically accurate way to destroy a culture, and if this road sounds too rough, remember that talking away one’s freedom happens only in democracies.
Read more: http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/02/islam_detoxification_comments.html#disqus_thread#ixzz1n1oZffxW
BenjaminRush says:
February 21, 2012 at 2:52 pm
The same issues are involved in the Christian faith. There are many that call themselves Christian but cannot explain the doctrines of the faith. Our country would be a much different place if all the people who said they are Christians acted in accordance to the tenants of the faith. So, in Islam you have those who are Muslim in name only just as you have Christians who are so in name only. The issue with the jihadists revolves around two groups of people that apply the teachings of the Koran. Those who are not motivated by religion but by power. They’re the ones who recruit others to blow themselves up in the name of Allah. There is the other group, who may have another motive. They see Allah who weighs their sins against their good deeds and they, in their heart find themselves wanting. They know that based upon their good deeds they have no hope for heaven. But Islam tells them that if they die a martyr they are guaranteed paradise. There is no doubt in my mind that Islam is the religion of death, but made all the more so by those leaders who manipulate others to carry out their nefarious plans.
Read more: http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/02/islam_detoxification_comments.html#disqus_thread#ixzz1n1oOvrOY
GeorgiaBoy61 says:
February 21, 2012 at 2:51 pm
Mr. Imani, your article is the latest in a long line of stories to speak of “moderate” Muslims – those members of the umma you identify as “cultural” Muslims who disdain jihad and sharia. In the days and months after 9-11 and in the years since, I have waited in vain for some tangible sign, some reasonable degree of evidence, that such people exist. My question to you is this: if “moderate” Muslims exist in large numbers, why are they so hard to find? One answer might be that they do not exist. Another might be that they exist but are intimidated into silence by their more aggressive and violent coreligionists. Either way, what is the practical difference? History clearly shows that a fanatical minority is often sufficient to pull a more “moderate” majority along in its wake, whether to war, tyranny or some other endpoint. Nazi Germany was a prime example of this effect in action. Estimates vary as to how many Germans were actually hardcore Nazis, but in the end, it didn’t matter because – whatever the size of the silent majority – the most salient fact about it was that it did little to stop Hitler and the National Socialists. Islam is today in something of the same predicament. A highly ideological and committed group of hardcore jihadists are presenting waging war against the infidel world, while the rest of the Muslims on the planet sit idly by and do nothing to stop them. At what point does silence become acquiescence? For my part, seeing is believing… and to date, I have seen little evidence that “moderate” islam exists, let alone that it can exert a positive influence on events.
Read more: http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/02/islam_detoxification_comments.html#disqus_thread#ixzz1n1o6V7yJ
Charles+Higley says:
February 21, 2012 at 2:50 pm
The biggest problem is that a survey of mosques in the US showed that over 80% do not renounce Sharia Law. Radical islamists are not needed when sharia law and simply a will to follow it suffices, in spades.
Read more: http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/02/islam_detoxification_comments.html#disqus_thread#ixzz1n1nuZVIV
DP111 says:
February 21, 2012 at 2:50 pm
I have felt that Iran would be the first Muslim country to break way from Islam.Three major items that distinguish Iranians from Arab Muslims.1. Iran had an advanced civilization and philosophical faith of its own before it was destroyed by Arab armies. 2. Iran still retains its own native language. 3. Iranians are not Arabs but belong to the Indo-European group.
These cultural items can not be so easily exterminated. Sooner or later, Iranians will start to recall their own great civilization and indigenous faith. This has already started in the USA. All it requires is for a political/cultural earthquake to set the process underway.
Read more: http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/02/islam_detoxification_comments.html#disqus_thread#ixzz1n1nlOXXm
CELT says:
February 21, 2012 at 2:49 pm
I am still waiting for the day when all of the so-called moderate Muslims around the world (out of the 1.5 billion) unite and raise their voices in unison against the violence and the intolerance of the so-called “radical Muslims” alleged to have hijacked Islam. And once they raise their voices, I want to see them continue to do so until Islam is forced to change and redirect its energies to a more positive role within the world after the so-called “radicals” have been ostracized. Waiting…
Read more: http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/02/islam_detoxification_comments.html#disqus_thread#ixzz1n1ncB4Wz
Ron says:
February 21, 2012 at 2:48 pm
Islam is a monstrosity that needs to be attacked and stamped out. It’s fundamental nature is why the left likes Islam so much. They are two peas in a pod. Also the lower classes should never be allowed to run anything. You do not ask the lower class. You tell them. Mr. Imani is a strange, unrealistic dreamer.
Read more: http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/02/islam_detoxification_comments.html#disqus_thread#ixzz1n1nUAoWm
Doug+Johnson says:
February 21, 2012 at 2:48 pm
A good article and a correct one. Is the mindset of radical muslims any different from our typical Obama voter? Both essentially are intent on destroying the current order of things so that they can be elevated. Radicalized muslims are taught from the cradle that the west is evil, that Christianity or Judaism is evil, that the riches produced by others are rich plums out there to be taken by force, sound familiar? If you agree with this comparison, then look at all of the democrats you know or know about.
Some democrats are appalled at the direction their national party has taken over the past decades. Some democrats are small business owners, gun owners, church goers, just like normal traditional Americans. Then many democrats are the Obama lovers, the “99%ers”, the university and MSM radicals, the radical jihadist’s counterpart. The middle part of the bell curve for democrats would be the deadbeats that have been conditioned to stick their hands out for a handout and would keep the Obama end of the spectrum filled with followers.
Regardless, WE the people of the United States should have had the backbone and foreknowledge to not allow islam within our shores. To voluntarily allow a virulent strain of humanity to settle in our midst is simply asking for trouble when there was no need to do so.
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EdB says:
February 21, 2012 at 2:47 pm
Dear Mr Imani, Two questions? Is there a written doctrine which differentiates the beliefs of the “jihadists” and the “cultural” Muslims … how does one differentiate between the two?
You do not mention adherence to Shariah. How do the “Culturalists” view “the Law?”
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Standing+Wolf says:
February 21, 2012 at 2:47 pm
“Humanity has matured considerably since the time of Muhammad. In order to continue its forward march, mankind must follow a roadmap appropriate for its age and state of development.”
I sincerely hope you’re right, Mr. Imani, about Persia’s picking up the torch of liberty. Your comparison between Islam and alcohol is worth pursuing, and could be expanded to include all religions, including the anti-religion of Marxism. I’d like to read a book, not an article. The self-styled “progressive” view of history regards humanity as maturing over time. I’d very much like to concur with it; I’m also afraid, however, it’s an illusory view. We do, indeed, have far more material wealth, better health, and individual freedom in parts of the world, but most of Homo sapiens still live under autocracies or oligarchies with at most token individual freedom and little material improvement. I’m not sure the threat of mass annihilation has abated since Persia and Rome were mighty empires. I believe we need to question some assumptions and review the evidence, and try to measure the actual progress we have and haven’t made. We need a measuring stick.
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JGoodplayer says:
February 21, 2012 at 2:46 pm
Nice try… the fact is there is no such thing as a moderate muslim any more than there is no such thing as a moderate nazi or a moderate KKKlansman. Let’s tell the truth about sharia law and the koran’s exhoratations to “kill all the infidels”. How do moderates meet these requirements of your allah? The truth is that islam is a faux-religion — it is an expansionist, militaristic, totalitarian political system diguised as a religion. The evil is that it uses the tolerance of people who want to believe in good and twists it in an evil way. To achieve the comingled state/religion ends, it continues to deceive as a means to an end. Many naive muslims are also caught up this trap, but it doesn’t change the facts.
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longboat says:
February 21, 2012 at 2:45 pm
I generally agree with Amil Imani but I think he is engaging in some wishful thinking here. The empirical evidence doesn’t match up with his optimistic projections. Even if one is only a casual follower of world events it is plain to see that the Islamic world has reversed direction away from the possibility of an enlightenment and is actually regressing and becoming more doctrinaire. Everywhere you look, one by one Islamic countries are declaring open season on the non-believers. Egypt will become the next Nigeria, the next Somalia, Kuwait shows signs of becoming the next Egypt. All of out efforts in Iraq were for nothing, ditto Afghanistan. It’s the same trend everywhere.
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amerigal1 says:
February 21, 2012 at 2:44 pm
Many have wondered why those who are labeled by Mr. Imani as cultural muslims apparently feel no responsibility to sanction the homicidal acts of their toxic Muslim brothers. No prophet of Islam calls them to account for the terror acts done in the pursuit of pleasing Allah, following the Koranic teachings, and spreading Islam by whatever means necessary. Living the religion of peace must mean lving it without a conscience! That is a concept not easily understood, if one can ever understand it. Perhaps it should be called the “no skin off my nose” religion. to merit the Islamic afterlife it appears that all that matters is to make Islam dominant. How quickly that is done is what is important –not who it was done to or in what horrific manner it was accomplished. Islam is easy! No act of repentance is desired or evidently required. We are seeing daily exactly what kind of evil acts can come out of such a religion.
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Spatch says:
February 21, 2012 at 2:44 pm
To Muslims, no other religion is deemed worthy of recognition, much less accommodation. There is not a single church or synagogue or a Buddhist temple in all of Saudi Arabia. They are barred. The Islamic Republic of Iran’s raft of pogroms include the heinous practice of bulldozing cemeteries of it’s Baha’i religious minority. Iran rulers imprison Christians for celebrating Christmas.
It is a FACT that Islam is a highly pandemic communicable violent disease that demands urgent and serious containment. The American prison system is being used as the breeding ground for this disease. One Euopean country after another is rapidly buckling under the creep of the Islamic disease. Europe is the coal-miners canary. It is warning us that America is next.
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Pescator says:
February 21, 2012 at 2:43 pm
We owe you sympathy Mr Imani. It is difficult to live with the reality that your religion is responsible for a good share of hatred in the world and most of the wars. The problem with your analysis is that if you remove the outliers on the distribution curve, others will move in to restore them. Jihadism is not an outlying extreme of thought, but having the opportunity to wage Jihad. If you remove (i. e. kill) the current Jihadists, others will take their place. Waging Jihad rewards the underclass with a holy occupation; the opportunity to have power, obtain riches and property, to loot and rape – all in the name of Allah. And in the afterlife, Jihadists are promised the opportunity to rape 70 perpetual virgins in perpetuity. Such a reward is hard to resist if you are a young man without educationn and property.
Unfortunately, the detoxification has been attempted and it never lasts. During the Bagdhad Khalifate, Islam moderated some and reached out to others. But, the Khalifate did not last. And the efforts of Kemal Ataturk to detoxify the Ottoman empire did not last even a hundred years as Turks are reverting to being part of the Jihadist camp. Islam IS FASCISM. It must be contained or exterminated. The hope of Iran comes not from reforming Islam (an impossible task as history shows), but from the teachings of Christ penetrating the hearts of Iranians.
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KristenSuzanne says:
February 21, 2012 at 2:42 pm
SKIP: The numbers say you’re wrong on that score…there are over 1.5 billion Muslims throughout the world. If what you assume is correct and it isn’t totally without merit, there would be more violence worldwide than actually occurs. Instead of the hundred thousand incidents of Islamic violence committed on the non-Islamic West, there would be far more just due to the numbers. The fact that much of the violence committed is upon other Muslims is also noteworthy and that isn’t mentioned or even taken into account. No, it isn’t BS.
Mr. Imani doesn’t disagree that Islam in and of itself isn’t violent..look at other examples of people who were born into Islam, but really don’t know or understand it in all its complexity or entirety. Look at the people of his native Iran. Most of them have been under the yoke of Islam for fourteen hundred years and pay lip service to it and have to observe it out of necessity to continue living; look at him…and he spoke of cultural Muslims. Most Iranians don’t even understand Arabic or have even gone into a mosque..when you make blanket generalizations, you might find you’re actually wrong if you look closely enough.
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Skip says:
February 21, 2012 at 2:41 pm
“”Cultural Muslims” who are generally called moderate Muslims.”
To which I say BS! all muslims are dangerous, no such thing as a “moderate” muslim, they all read out of the same book preaching the murder, enslavement or conversion of non muslims. If anyone here believes there is such a thing as a muslim that believes in the golden rule or live and let live, I will show you photos of the religion of peace in action.
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PA Pundits - International says:
January 19, 2012 at 11:03 am
Islam Detoxification…
By Amil Imani ~ Detoxification is the physiological or psychological removal of toxic substances from a living organism. Let me use a metaphor to help in understanding this process. Islam is a type of dependence inducing “potion.” In the same way that;…
TruthWFree says:
January 16, 2012 at 3:26 pm
One additional comment to your excellent article, Amil. That point is that without the innovation and commerce of the non Muslim countries, I would expect that Islamic countries would all be living in the 7th century if there were no more infidel countries to plunder and all became Muslim.
The restrictions on the Islamic (Muslim) thought process prevents Muslim individuals from thinking outside of the box and it seems they must spend a lot of time making sure they within the Muslim box of prayer and other rituals…and of course no questioning of allah’s Quran and Muhammad. “Sun sets in a muddy pool?”. Oh the zero and algebra, pretty small contribution if that’s a valid Islamic contribution over 1400 years.
I do feel Islam cannot withstand simple logic, but alas, that is something that is not allowed (logically questioning their religion/ideology).
Mark Gabriel (Jesus and Muhammad) is an excellent comparison of the lives of the founder of Islam and the founder of Christianity.
George says:
January 16, 2012 at 10:58 am
Religion should be of personal choice. Look at what Saudi Arabia (home of Islam) is doing. It has a ban on anything non muslim and at the same time it sponsors madrassas worldwide. Are you telling me that those hypocrite Royal Saudis behind the scenes do not drink alcohol and do other western vices? ISLAM is the work of satan who transformed himself into the angel Gabriel. The Koran is full of hatred towards infidels. Sura 4:34 allows a man to beat his wife (how civilized) Iran is a theocracy and one day the people will overthrow the mad mullahs. I hope they become democratic and go back to the original name of Persia which sounds more exotic.Unfortunately ISLAM is a backward and barbaric religion which imposes itself on society. If Islam is so good why do many moderate Muslims want to live in western countries?
Seek says:
January 16, 2012 at 8:33 am
Good article. Just one reminder; if I may. ISLAMOFOBIA is irrational fear or Islam. Many “fear” of Islam is not irrational; on the countrary; when we study Islam we realize that this concern or “fear” is very logical.
Lorenzo Bouchard says:
January 15, 2012 at 12:50 am
It is my belief that anyone that is a Muslim , must support it or become an Apostate. In the future War between Democratic societies against Islam, no Muslim can be trusted, due to their fear of Death from other Muslims, or their indoctrination and Belief.
Sign the “Ban Islam” petition at: http://www.petitiononline.com/MYSTIC/petition.html
Sherry says:
January 14, 2012 at 7:54 pm
long live freedom.4 ever Persia (Iran)
Theresa says:
January 14, 2012 at 7:53 pm
What an excellent posting~ May G~d free the people of Iran from this tyranny and enslavement!It’s enlightening when one realizes the origin of their family’s religion, my own ancestors were forcibly converted to Catholicism and fled to the New World from Spain 480 years ago..
- TruthWFree says:
  January 19, 2012 at 3:55 pm
  The year 1531 was just after Cabeza de Vaca’s “La Ralacion” (Google it, it is a very interesting story written by de Vaca) experience that took him from the West coast of Florida and then on to possibly Texas living with the Indians and finally to Panuca (now Mexico). I don’t believe there was a Spanish presence in what is now Florida or anywhere in the continental US. Were your ancestors Muslims in Spain? The Muslims had been driven out of Spain by 1492, Columbus’ time. Although Christ never taught forceable conversion, I know that occurred by zealous monarch’s and church people. At any rate, consider yourself significantly better off than if your ancesters had not been converted from Islam and stayed in some North Africa Muslim country.
Mohareb says:
January 14, 2012 at 7:52 pm
Zende baad Amil Jan, Brilliant. Thank You for being our voice !!! Long Live Freedom, Far Away from ISLAM
FREE IRAN
Avinoam Ben Dor says:
January 14, 2012 at 8:39 am
Amil
There are more people in Eurabia and USA joining Islam today than people leaving Islam.
The global situation is downright devastating, specially with the present US Administration.
Keep writing your eye opening articles.
God Bless
Buz says:
January 14, 2012 at 2:53 am
Dear Sir:
I read your article, and I agree 100% with your premise. However, I fear that the Muslim faith provides everything to its followers except a spine. The so-called “moderate muslims”, if indeed they truly exist, basically have nothing to fear by keeping their collective mouths shut on the issue of Islam. It requires a certain minimum amount of courage to speak out when you know you are probably risking your life. The people you appeal to apparently fetch up a bit short in this regard. If indeed radical Islam is an evil cancer in the midst of good and love and peace then it should be cut out by whatever means possible. We are attempting to do just that however ineptly. Support from your side of the fence would help. I agree with your plea, but I fear it falls on deliberately deaf ears. “All that is required for evil to triumph is that good men do nothing.” All the “moderates” have to do is keep their eyes on the ground until Islam prevails and then the problem will go away. No more crisis of conscience. A lovely solution, no? Of course the freedoms muslims now enjoy in the U. S. will also go away under Sharia law, but we’ll still be breathing. I wonder what words of wisdom are spoken from the pulpits in all of the Mosques in the U.S. regarding this issue? I wonder………
Buzz

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