Many Muslim leaders have declared that they want the whole world to become Muslim. The Koran has pages of instruction to followers on how to persuade others to become Muslim. It also has pages of instruction on how to force others to become Muslim. Some use Jihad, 'holy war,' in the hope of turning others to Islam.
Luckily, most people are good people, whether religious or not, and do not resort to violence. They use other means, peaceful means, and they are making inroads. They are getting converts, but almost as important, more and more countries are making it risky, even unlawful, to criticise Islam.
It is a battle of religions, mostly covert, sometimes overt.
Something happened on the 14th of March, 2019, that may not appear significant in the battle, but is beginning to appear that it might be a major advance for the spread of Islam.
One Brenton Tarrant shot dead fifty people at two separate mosques in New Zealand. There were also many injured, and another death in early May. Some of those killed were small children.
It was a terrible crime. According to various summaries on what he called his 'manifesto,' his intention was to divide people in order to turn division and resentment into outright war. (The 'manifesto' has been censored.)
New Zealand's Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, said that the killer would not succeed in his intention, that his act was not dividing the community, it was uniting them.
She appeared to be right - to begin with. There was an outpouring of sympathy, and the mounds of flowers grew, as they do after every other terrorist attack.Ardern's compassion was praised. An online petition signed by thousands of people wanted her to receive a Nobel Peace Prize.
But that 'uniting' has been short-lived. Resentment has grown when Ardern wears the hijab, a symbol of the lowly status of women within Islam, and a symbol of a religion that says that unbelievers should be killed.
Unbelievably, she has gone further. The Islamic Call to Prayer was broadcast over New Zealand, a call that states, among other things, that there is no god but Allah. Surely that is blasphemy for all other religions, including Christianity, the main religion of most Western countries.
The translation:
Allahu Akbar
God is Great
(said four times)
I bear witness that there is no god except the One God.
(said two times)
I bear witness that Muhammad is the messenger of God.
(said two times)
Hurry to the prayer (Rise up for prayer)
(said two times)
Hurry to success (Rise up for Salvation)
(said two times)
Allahu Akbar
God is Great
[said two times]
There is no god except the One God
There have been remembrance services, and a fortnight after the event, yet another, even bigger, remembrance service. And all of that time, Ardern has acted as if the whole world has committed a grievous sin against Islam.
So many pictures of her face, often wearing a hijab, making her grieving expression.Her face was even shown projected onto a tall building in Dubai. She may have taken it as a tribute to her beautiful nature, but I suspect it is more of a triumphant gloat that the leader of a Western Nation is bowing down to Islam.
There was a Benefit concert - 'Stand up for Christchurch.' (TV, Win, 22/4/19) with the money raised to go to the victims and families of the Christchurch attack.
23rd April, it was announced that a silo in Melbourne is to be painted with that same image as the tower in Dubai. "It has, for us, become a beacon of tolerance, love and peace in these divisive times."
But a typical reaction from a f/b discussion goes more like this - "What the fuck has Jacinda Ardern's nauseating act of sympathy towards a group of people whose 'religion' exhorts violence towards non muslims daily got to do with Melbourne ???!?!"
https://www.smh.com.au/national/victoria/a-beacon-of-tolerance-love-and-peace-jacinda-ardern-mural-to-be-painted-on-brunswick-silos-20190422-p51g7t.html?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR0TVrWkrWLLv2LxM41ESzuOAQn3v1AsgIcdo2Q_DQaJ5PEikrCw2Uj6wzc#Echobox=1555967722
And the privilege of permanent residency:
It has been announced that Muslims who were attacked in the Christchurch mosque massacre will be granted permanent residency in New Zealand. It includes their immediate families.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6953195/Muslims-attacked-Christchurch-mosque-massacre-given-NZ-permanent-residency.html?fbclid=IwAR00N2S6SjXwxbuVoKkGZAm4f7FErFugR-ClfC-BoZc-rIEsIU3UF6BC9p4
Anzac Day 25th April. There was a suggestion that the ceremonies include an Islamic Prayer. There were objections to this. Islam has nothing to do with the commemoration of the sacrifices made by our soldiers in past wars.
But then, two-thirds of the planned Anzac Day ceremonies in New Zealand were cancelled - 'security concerns,' although, of course, no-one would say just where they feared that the threat might come from. Surely it could not be that the Muslims in New Zealand are not those same lovely people that Ardern likes to hug.
https://7news.com.au/news/anzac/nearly-60-anzac-day-services-are-cancelled-in-auckland-over-safety-concerns-c-51796?utm_campaign=share-icons&fbclid=IwAR1qU-QmYwhiITuC9M1LosGsgbdPBo0yp5FEzLyFBqcaEzBUxLsGnHgcNs4
Police are boosting security at Anzac Day marches all over Australia and New Zealand. There was actually a sniper posted on the Shrine of Remembrance, Melbourne.And in Bendigo, Victoria, for the first time, bollards were used against a potential vehicle attack by terrorists.
In other country centres, it was the same, like a large truck, with large and heavy trailer attached, planted across the main road in to the centre of town, toward the scheduled march. That truck was not merely for traffic control, as we would have assumed just a few years ago.
It is a sad thing that we have to take precautions like this. It is obvious that it is Muslim fanatics that are the threat, but few want to admit that.
We should honour those ones who sacrificed for our freedom. It is shameful and a dishonour to all of us that some are afraid to do what we have done since WW1.Right. This is a chap known as 'Curly Kirk.' He did not survive the Japanese POW
camps of WW2.
There are others, so many others, who fought for our country. And yet now, we fear attacks from those living within our borders.
26th April, 2019. Prince William and wife, Kate, visited New Zealand and met with affected families. And again, we see Ardern with her hijab and sad expression! Some are still rewarding this with praise, though more and more of us are thoroughly disgusted.
There is criticism from some Muslim women as well. There are places where the hijab is compulsory, places where women who revolt are very severely punished. So is wearing the hijab showing solidarity with Muslims? Or is it showing solidarity with those who force their women to wear it? Sometimes it is not just a hijab that women are forced to wear, but whole wearable tents that say that a woman is no longer a person, but a thing. Saudi Arabia, Iran, Afghanistan under the Taliban, all strongly Islamic societies.
I wonder if Ardern understands that in some Islamic countries, she would be stoned to death for being an unmarried mother.
Jacinta Ardern is overdoing it.
There have been so many terrorist attacks by Muslims, and the world tries so hard to say that such violence is 'nothing to do with Islam,' or it was a lone wolf, or maybe mental illness, or even domestic or workplace violence.
I have no doubt that she is truly grieved that such a thing happened in New Zealand, one of the few countries that has not experienced an Islamic inspired terrorist attack.
But the display has gone so far, it makes one wonder if a large part of it is a show made in the hope that there will be fewer attacks by Muslims against non-believers. Maybe New Zealand will continue to be spared.
Maybe it has worked. So far, New Zealand has been spared any incidents of Islamic terrorism (that we know of.)
Other places, it goes on pretty much as usual.
In parts of Africa, there is a continuous war against non-Muslims. In various Arabic countries, there are very few non Muslims left. Either they have converted, been killed or left.
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| In Nigeria |
"The Muslim group known as the Fulani have also maimed or killed over 6,000 Christian women, children, and elderly in the last two years."
https://www.jihadwatch.org/2019/03/nigeria-muslims-burn-four-churches-and-28-homes-rape-and-murder-christian-woman-in-raids-on-christian-villages?fbclid=IwAR3ypk6XIC6fqZ0MpzR3c7Yd9YlZvWazy6uYoGPxFs-273qAn6sFqNLSh94
There have also been numerous attacks on Christian churches all over the world - Africa, of course, but also other countries of Europe, America, even Australia, though I have yet to see one of the fires at Australian churches being blamed on Muslims.
France has been particularly bad. "French churches are coming increasingly under attack with an average of nearly three churches per day targetted for vandalism alone over the past three years." (Brietbart News, 30th March, 2019.)
Mid March, 2019, A Muslim woman was sentenced to eight years in prison for plotting to blow up Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris.16th April, 2019: Notre Dame is very badly damaged by fire. It could, of course, have been an accident. Findings are yet to be made public.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2019/04/catholic-churches-being-vandalized-across-the-usa/?fbclid=IwAR1GfcYiGhaK-hzGqde1_KysagJ-kt8a-5poFxD5bGy7W0X0L3Eor7DNb_c
Islamic terrorism continues.
"In the 18 days after the Christchurch massacre, there have been 65 attacks, 418 killings by terrorism, overwhelmingly Islamist terrorists."
These figures were provided by One Nation Senator, Peter Georgiou. 13/4/19) in relation to the censure motion on Senator Fraser Anning. He was accused of blaming the victims.
Easter Sunday, 21st April, 2019, Sri Lanka. There was a series of coordinated attacks on Christian churches and two hotels. Around 250 dead, hundreds more injured.
Someone suggested that it was revenge for the Christchurch attack, but that is unlikely. A multi-pronged attack such as this would have been in planning for months.
Two weeks later, Christian churches are still not permitted to open. The threat continues.
As I said, Muslim attacks continue exactly as normal.
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| Sri Lanka |
Easter Sunday, 21st April, 2019, Sri Lanka. There was a series of coordinated attacks on Christian churches and two hotels. Around 250 dead, hundreds more injured.
Someone suggested that it was revenge for the Christchurch attack, but that is unlikely. A multi-pronged attack such as this would have been in planning for months.
Two weeks later, Christian churches are still not permitted to open. The threat continues.
As I said, Muslim attacks continue exactly as normal.
And now for the repercussions of the Christchurch attack.
Gun Laws:
First, gun laws in New Zealand are to be drastically tightened. This will not concern most of us.
Censorship:
The gunman's 'manifesto' has been banned, and having a copy can earn a person up to ten years in prison, an absurd sentence for what is scarcely a crime at all. (I presume it can only apply to those in New Zealand.) Since it was very long, and few would have been interested in the ravings of a lunatic, it is hard to know whether the banning will result in more or less reading of the script.
To see an illuminating article on the manifesto, go to:
https://quadrant.org.au/…/the-anti-humanist-ideology-of-th…/
Just a couple of points from that article: Tarrant was aggrieved that European civilisation was being undermined by the 'invasion' of millions of immigrants from 3rd world countries. But also he detested Conservatives, Marxists, the “cult of individualism”, urbanisation, industrialisation, drug addiction, capitalism, globalisation, democracy, exploitation of workers, free markets, multiculturalism, diversity and free trade.
He said: "I was a Communist, then an Anarchist, and finally a Libertarian before becoming an Eco-Fascist.”
He was also a member of Antifa, so if anything, he can be categorised as more left-wing than right-wing, if those terms meant as much as the media portray.
That does not make him a 'right-wing' extremist, but mostly, a very garbled extremist.
NOT Conservative, and not right-wing, but these are the ones who have been blamed.
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| Christchurch |
I have no doubt it was real. It happened, an awful thing. There could not possibly be a conspiracy that involved so many people.
Maybe only those who think that Christchurch is a small place at the other end of the earth could even contemplate such an idea.
But banning information is a prime way of fostering such ideas.
I didn’t think they would actually punish for sharing the video or the manifesto. It seems extreme. But a teenager is in prison now because he shared the livestream, and a total of six people have appeared in New Zealand court on charges they illegally redistributed the gunman’s video.
(7 news, 26/4/19)
https://7news.com.au/news/terrorism/christchurch-mosque-shooting-new-zealand-man-pleads-guilty-to-sharing-video-online-c-80324?fbclid=IwAR2wz5zbGM2aK-V9ULk8i0OK1NvDytMAMwJGaZOOaCDx9MSoDE4BnVIX6PYhttps://www.thesun.co.uk/news/8660140/new-zealand-shooting-christchurch-teenager-shares-live-stream-faces-jail/
A new Law in Australia:
A new law was rushed through parliament that outlaws the sharing of 'abhorrent violent material.' The law has been widely criticized for the way it was rushed through and for its vagueness. And I am not at all sure how they will send non-Australian social media executives to prison for not pulling down live-streamed material 'expeditiously.'
Avi Yemini says of it 'These new laws mean that Australians will no longer be able to share video-news on “terrorist attacks, murders or rapes”, essentially implementing a Chinese-regime-style news filter.' (3rd April 2019)
In my own facebook feed, I am seeing far more posts that have been censored, though I have never watched 'abhorrent violent material.' My guess is that they are pulling any videos that show Muslims in a bad light.
There is a further crackdown on those who criticise Islam:
Watson confirmed his ban, saying, “In an authoritarian society controlled by a handful of Silicon Valley giants, all dissent must be purged.”
Lesser known critics have also found themselves in 'facebook prison.' Islam must not be criticised.
https://www.thenewamerican.com/tech/computers/item/32187-war-on-free-speech-facebook-bans-people-it-considers-dangerous?fbclid=IwAR20q7gG0sTUnYd8J3kygzLtwiJQTmIi0CLWOv91mmXU7IJwiK_glbbyI6s
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/05/03/only-trump-can-stop-silicon-valleys-war-on-freedom-of-speech/
Obfuscation of the facts:
The media has often appeared reluctant to talk about it when Muslims are the aggressors, and that. overwhelmingly, terrorism around the world is Islamic. It is shown in the eagerness with which they pronounce a non-Muslim attack to be terrorism, such as the killing of a journalist in Ireland by the 'New IRA.'
Or Tarrant, who was immediately pronounced a terrorist. It depends on your definition of terrorism, but if the Christchurch killings were to promote a religion or political view rather than simply to make division more bitter, it was not in his manifesto. But he did call himself a terrorist, and terrorism it was labelled, very early on. Not a lone attack by a lunatic or anything else, as killings by Muslims are so often called. When a Muslim attacks, it tends to be called anything from 'workplace violence,' to 'domestic violence,' and frequently, the perpetrator is called 'mentally ill,' rather than 'Muslim.'
So many dead in the Sri Lanka attacks. They were aimed directly at Christians by Muslims.
The reaction? 'Be kind to Muslims. It was not Muslims, but ISIS,' one said. And some, unbelievably could not bring themselves to speak of the Christian victims, but referred to them as 'Easter worshippers.' I saw a news item (ABC) that instead of saying that Muslims attacked Christians, said that the risk was of 'religious minorities attacking each other.'
And there is more blind insistence that Muslims are only good and that Islam is a 'Religion of Peace.'
For instance: in response to my posting something about a book I bought, came this rant. (Only a portion has been reproduced.) "I'm a Christian, but I am shocked and ashamed to see this intolerant, bigoted, unwarranted hatred being peddled by people who seemingly know no better. If Christianity is a religion of tolerance, then show some."
The book is by Cheri Berens: ‘An American Woman Living in Egypt: Life during an Islamic takeover.’ It is a memoir by one who still lives in Egypt, so obviously is not saying that all Muslims are bad.
These days, any hint that Islam might not be all good, all the time, tends to be greeted by a half-hysterical insistence that it is good, and that anyone who says not, is a hate-filled bigot.
And yet: "Australia's National Terrorism Threat Level remains PROBABLE. Credible intelligence, assessed by our security agencies, indicates that individuals or groups continue to possess the intent and capability to conduct a terrorist attack in Australia."
And though it is not said, that terrorism threat is from Muslims, not from 'white nationalists' or anyone else.
https://www.nationalsecurity.gov.au/…/national-terrorism-th…
It reminds me of what I wrote a while back in this blog - 'Threat? What threat?' People just prefer not to know.
That was in June, 2018.
http://mamcrae-author.blogspot.com/2018/06/threat-what-threat.html
Tarrant killed 51 people in that attack. None of those people or their families or friends would think it any sort of a victory for Islam in its efforts to take over Western Civilization.
But when it has resulted in such an increased censorship, then yes, it has been an advance for Islam in its struggle. Its 'Jihad.' The Christchurch Massacre has helped Islam's advance through Western Civilization.
