Useful Fools

Is the Islamic World Insane?

Every day, there are acts of lunacy committed in the name of Islam. Today’s riot in Nigeria is just another common example. In this case, a newspaper article suggesting that the Prophet might have chosen a wife from among the contestants of the Miss World beauty pageant was enough to set off mass killing!

It is clear that large segments of the Islamic world have indeed gone insane. From terrorism to riots to the Taliban’s destruction of ancient statues, fanaticism is on the rise. Today one of the greatest threats to peace is nothing more than madness - the madness of the Islamists and their followers.

It is madness to justify the intentional murder of innocents (suicide bombings in Israel, the World Trade Center attacks)!

It is madness to issue death warrants on foreign writers because you don’t like what they say (Salmun Rushdie)!

It is madness to throw away the lives of your own children to kill the children of others!

It is madness to believe that these tactics will cause people to adopt your religion!

Unfortunately, the world frequently sees periods of evil madness. The radical Islamists of today are the Hitlers of yesterday, and are proud of the comparison!

Islam’s mouthpieces in the west proclaim it is a peaceful religion (while at the same time seeming to condone the suicide murderers in Israel). It is long past time for responsible Muslims to loudly, publicly and frequently condemn those who engage in these acts of madness.

Not doing so is feeds the suspicion that organized Islam in the west is complicit.

The war on terrorism should really be called “The War for Sanity!”