CULTURE SHOCK

In political or religious discussions, usually, the individuals who speak more frequently and the loudest are those who are the extremists. When an extremist is motivated by religion he or she may be considered a fanatic or appear crazy.

When someone immigrates, understandably, they tend to cling to their culture. In the case of Muslims, from the Middle East, Americans would consider many of their customs brutal, restrictive and illogical.

How dramatically different are our customs and laws compared to Islamic (Sharia) law? For example there is the Buffalo New York (Muslim) TV station owner who beheaded his wife in February 2009. His attorney said “The husband was the victim. She was verbally abusive and she humiliated him." This sounds like a pathetic excuse for a Middle Eastern custom, Honor Killing. By the way the wife was believed to have been seeking a divorce.

In Kuala Lumpur, it seems strange that Non-Muslims are not to use 35 Islamic terms such as “Allah”, “daily prayers”, “prophet” and “faith” when promoting their faith. Violating this edict can incur a fine of 35,000 rupees or two years in jail or both. Restricting use of any word in itself is restrictive but prohibiting words like “daily prayer” and "faith” is weird.

We have heard of a number of times when someone, in court, pleads guilty for terrorism. In April 2010 Zarein Ahmedzay plead guilty of plotting to blow up the New York subway. However this time, Zarein justified his actions as a terrorist by quoting the Quran 9.111. “Verily, Allah has purchased of the believers their lives and their wealth for the price of Paradise, to fight in the way of Allah, to kill and get killed.” I find it unacceptable to use religion as a justification to commit murder, no less indiscriminant mass murder.

It seems that Muslim extremists find joy in admitting guilt and blaming their religion. Click on-http://www.jihadwatch.org/2008/08/tar-heel-jihadist-pleads-guilty-to-attempted-murder.html and see Mohammed Taheri-Azar’s references to Quran paragraphs, presumably justifying his murderous action. This former student at the University of North Carolina plead guilty to plowing his car into a crowd at the University.


On April 26, 2010 the Telegraph.co.UK reported that a 23 year old British tourist on vacation in Dubai, reported to the police that she was raped. You might not expect it but the woman was arrested for "illegal drinking" as well as having sexual intercourse outside marriage. If convicted she could face up to six years in jail.



The testimony of four male witnesses is the standard for establishing guilt in sexual offenses under Sharia law, per Qur'an 4:15, 24:4, 24:6, and 24:13. The testimony of the woman involved is inadmissible. It appears that in the Middle East being a rape victim is a crime.

On October 5, 2009 Egyptian State Security forces arrested a Christian father for attempting to free his kidnapped daughter. The daughter, Myrna Hanna, was kidnapped then forced to convert to Islam and to marry a Muslim. It appears that in the Middle East kidnapping by a Muslim is legal and by a Christian is illegal.

In March 2010 the IsraelNationalNews.com reported that Ayatollah Mashbah, the spiritual teacher in Iran, said “the acquisition of Nuclear weapons is a religious obligation.” I would like to understand where reference to nuclear weapons appears in the Quran which was created over 1000 years ago..

On April 28, 2010 it was reported that in Pakistan Marwat Masih, a Barber, was severely beaten and gang sodomized for cutting a Muslim’s beard. The police were notified and were told the name of the perpetrator but did not take any action.

You may choose to call the fanatic Islamists crazy. What they are called does not change the fact that they are here in the USA and want to force Americans to live by their restrictive customs and religion. Unless we stop being complacent we can, and we will, lose our freedoms –freedom of choice, freedom of religion and freedom of speech. Believe it. We will be forced to adapt to their culture.

As proud Americans we need to step up and protect our freedom. To start protecting your freedom seek information about the war we are facing. For a list of sources e-mail me at Brooklyn13@embarqmail.com and I will send a source list.