9-11_statue_of_liberty_and_wtcIt is said that “powerlessness frustrates and absolute powerlessness frustrates absolutely; absolute frustration is a dangerous emotion to run a world with.” Sometimes I wonder why I am so restless, why I cannot cease thinking! It seems like the world we live in reveals to us incessantly, at certain moments or in certain circumstances, just how little we are and how vast the universe is. This world of ours is a very complex world. The world we live in is a world of many brutal voices. It is a world of heavy blows and delirious trances, but it is the only world that we know. As Americans remember the tenth anniversary and horror of the Islamic terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 at the World Trade Center in New York City, the Pentagon in Washington D.C., and in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, life reminds us all how vulnerable we really are.

On that day, the world we lived in appeared an obscure and dull place, filled with pockets of disasters where men are easily the victims. The tragic and catastrophic events of September 11, 2001 had affected me tremendously. I felt a temptation to scream and run to the end of the world and say my prayers with unusual earnestness and a heavy heart. I felt like screaming for the overflowing flood of human blood. I felt like screaming for the weary eyes and innocent moans of the victims’ families. I felt apprehensive, anxious, and fearful. And now, as I take up my pen, my hand trembles and my head is filled with horror and disbelief at the magnitude of human devastation. Yet, the world will go on as usual. During the events of September 11th, 2001, Americans stood still and watched the most horrific events unfolding right in front of their eyes. They were very traumatized by the events. Many people came and told the reporters of how they saw the flesh on dead people and they were so scared. Americans watched, prayed and hoped, searching for an answer, a comfort and strength to pass those tumultuous moments. September 11th, 2001 proved, unlike anything else in recent American history, that everyday people do extraordinarily caring things. September 11th was the day that ordinary people became heroes. Heroes appear when circumstances call upon them. Heroes are those extraordinary people who make sacrifices and become agents of historical and social change. When disasters occur, our minds pass through many stages of inner development. We sometimes speak of other forces that rule the world. The tragic event of September 11th left thousands dead and hundreds more wounded and put a nation into mourning. It was a heavy blow to humanity from the “religion of peace.” Let me be clear on this. There is nothing inherently wrong with religion.

Religion can be a tremendous force for good. However, when religion, this feeling-based belief, is filled with superstition, intolerance and hatred, then the beholder of that religion embodies those qualities and becomes a veritable menace to the self and to others. Feelings energize actions. Destructive feelings energize destructive actions. Muslims living in theocratic states, in particular, tend to be victims of their religious brains. Their religious brains are indoctrinated, from the moment of birth, by an extensive ruthless in-power cadre of self-serving mullahs and imams who are intent on maintaining their stranglehold on the rank and file of the faithful—their very source of support and livelihood. The mullahs and imams, as well as parents and others, envelop the receptive mind, feed it their dogma, and shield it from information that may undermine or falsify their version of belief. For as long as there are bigoted, self-serving clergy and their collaborators with exclusive access to the blank slate, the problem of supplying wave after wave of Islamofascists will persist. It is the brain/mind that assesses things, makes decisions, and orders actions. To the extent that the in-place software of the religious brain is exclusionary in nature, hateful in orientation, and violent in tendency, the individual is both the perpetrator and the victim of barbaric acts. What we need to do is to learn our lessons from the September 11th tragedy; learn more of the unethical depths to which human beings may fall and how we can prevent such tragedies from happening again. We need to educate ourselves about Islam and its political/cultural ideology of fascism.

The surest way of dealing with Islamofascism is through the effective inculcation of religious software that promotes tolerance of diversity, freedom of faith and conscious goodwill to all, as well as the purging of all the vile and discriminatory dogma that permeates the outdated primitive belief of some 1400 years. The best place to start is clearly the home, then schools, and mosques where the deeply-entrenched mullahs and imams of vested interest must be compelled by law to refrain from preaching messages of hate and violence against unbelievers. We, free Americans, express our deepest sympathy to the families of the victims of the September 11th tragedy and we condemn, in the strongest terms, the new coalition of stealth jihad, (with its creeping sharia law) infringing upon the US Constitution and under the banner of multiculturalism. Amil Imani is the author of a new book "Operation Persian Gulf." Get your copy now.

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Radical Islam is about death and destruction and the enslavement of mind based on the satanic messages of the Koran. The US must do more to weed out hateful imams who preach hatred towards the west and publicly telling everyone else that Islam is a religion of peace.
Thank you for the interesting article, though I do disagree with your hopeful solution. I believe we of Democratic nations must destroy this Ideology, as well as Mecca, Medina and the Golden dome over Jerusalem. All Mullahs and Imams be treated as Criminals against humanity, with the Death Penalty attached to it, all Madrassas destroyed. Otherwise this disease amongst humanity, will destroy our Democracies and Human respect for Liberty.
We are in a Total War for survival!
Check the "Ban Islam" petition at: http://www.petitiononline.com/MYSTIC/petition.html

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The 9/11 Tapes: The Story in the Air

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/09/08/nyregion/911-tapes.html
Ten years later, and the reality of 9/11 still burns in my brain and my heart.

I cannot forget.
Amil,
Excellent essay.

"The best place to start is clearly the home, then schools, and mosques where the deeply-entrenched mullahs and imams of vested interest must be compelled by law to refrain from preaching messages of hate and violence against unbelievers."

I cannot agree more. Unfortunately the American left stands in the way as they fear conservatives more than Radical Islamists.

How do we fix stupid?
Remembering The Unforgettable...

By Amil Imani It is said that “powerlessness frustrates and absolute powerlessness frustrates absolutely; absolute frustration is a dangerous emotion to run a world with.” Sometimes I wonder why I am so restless, why I cannot cease thinking! It seems l...
My dear friend, Wafa,

Thank you for the kind words. Thank you for fighting for freedom and liberty. You are an exemplary human being. I am so proud of you and I love you back.

Yours in liberty,
Amil
I hope one day the whole world will listen to what you say and take an action. You always inspire me to do more of fighting this evil. I love you my brother!
You have touched my spirituality with a "feather" from the wings of a dove.... at the same time you've set my hair on fire!!!. "You are Loved"....
Thanks Amil, your article touched my heart and soul, such a great essay. I shared it with others so they can read it too. Best Wishes to you always.