I've been getting emails from an email-list about Pamela Geller's visit to Canada to present her book Freedom or Submission: On the Dangers of Islamic Extremism & American Complacency at the Jewish Defense League in Toronto. I won't be attending.
I think there is enough information out on Islam in books, in a myriad of websites and blogs, and in countless articles. Consequently, people can now easily obtain this information even if (since) mainstream sources most likely wont provide them. If by now people are not proficient in the basics of Islam, they: a. don't want to be proficient in the basics of Islam, b. they agree with "religion of peace" mantra that is part of Muslim propaganda, or c. they are just not interested in Islam and the harm it is doing to our civilization. Another book isn't going to bring them any more awareness.
But, the most important thing we can reiterate, and perhaps this is why Geller feels compelled to write yet another book, is to continue to accurately define the words associated with Islam and Muslims and not to allow other sources (mainstream media, Muslim translators, etc.) to define them for us based on their biases.
Muslims don't call themselves extremists. They are simply Muslims and following the tenets of the written testaments of Mohammed in the Koran as mandated by Allah. In fact, calling them extremists, with its implications of their irrationality and mental deficiency, might incite their wrath. Muslims are rationally following Islam's teachings. We are the ones labeling them irrational. We are the pompous critics of Islam implicitly calling Muslims stupid liars.
There is no negotiating with Muslims, but I would wager that they have more respect for those who call them what they are - followers of Allah - than for those who denounce their sanity. Although, and let me be clear about this, the ultimate goal of Islam and Muslims is the Ummah, the universal presence of Islam on our earth where everyone bows to the same god Allah. Those who refuse to accept this will suffer the consequences of their refusal, either through death, or through perennial submission to Islam. There are no allies in Islam, only Muslims.
That is why I think Geller is a danger to the non-Muslim world. Rather than spell out the reality of Islam, of which she must be acutely aware since she has spent countless hours studying, writing about, speaking on Islam, more than most people and possibly more than most Islamic scholars (Muslim or not), she engages in wishful and erroneous thinking.
So, let us look at the words "Muslim extremists." There are no extremist Muslims. There are only Muslims. It is like calling Christians who say they believe in the Bible extremists. But the difference here is that the Bible doesn't incite Christians into violent and "extremist" behavior, whereas the Koran does. Muslims are only following their guide. They will never say they are extremists. They will vociferously and adamantly say that they are humbly and loyally following the writings of their god. They are good Muslims. And Mohammed, through Allah, has spelled out to Muslims specific cases where violence and killings are permissible and even necessary.
Rather than help non-Muslims understand this dangerous religion, what Geller does is become an apologist for Islam. She doesn't realize, and therefore cannot explain, that the so-called extremist versions of Islam are ingrained in the more benign ones, and there is no untangling the two. Young men may go on jihadi death missions, yet their families would never renounce them, and in fact celebrate them as heroes. Imagine if a Christian man were to strap bombs on his chest, and the explosion kills him as well as tens of others touted as enemies of Christ? We have witnessed some similar incidents in cult movements, although their methodology for death does not come close to the violence we see with Muslims. And further investigation in these groups reveal that they are not following Christian tenets, but have invented their own religion. These we can call irrational, insane and certainly not Christian. And the young Christian man, with the bomb strapped to his chest ready to explode in a crowded bus or a busy street, shouting "Glory be to God" and celebrating in advance his admittance into heaven? Well he doesn't exist, has never existed, and will never exist.
By not explaining Islam in a correct way, Geller and her followers, who by the responses to her books, her speeches and her writings, are a significant number, make it easier for Islam to furtively flourish in the West. Non-Muslims continue to blithely ignore the dangers that Islam brings, and do not prepare themselves for the assaults. They do not take initial measures to avoid conflicts with Muslims, and once the conflicts have started, they do not realize the seriousness behind Muslims' attacks, and assume that these attacks are like bush fires which can be extinguished with one squirt of water, never to return again. Non-Muslims seriously underestimate their enemy, if they even call Muslims their enemy.
I gleaned through Geller's book chapters the chapter titles below (found at this site). I have added my brief commentary in bold.
Much of the book looks like a descriptive account of Islam. As I've written above, all this information is abundantly available in book or digital form, on television recordings, in on-line forums and websites. It is not hard to find the information. We know it already. Perhaps this endless repetition is necessary, if nothing but to keep us continually alert. But my critique of Geller is that her conclusions, and hence her guide-lines, are erroneous, and consequently dangerous.
Table of contents for Pamela Geller's Freedom or Submission: On the Dangers of Islamic Extremism American Complacency:
IntroductionBelow is the preface from Freedom or Submission: On the Dangers of Islamic Extremism & American Complacency.:
- Preface
- Now More than Ever
- America's Choice: Freedom or Submission [The choice is not between freedom and loss of freedom, although Islam will curtail our freedom, but a choice between a Western, Christian land or a land that becomes a dhimmie to Islam]
The Reality of Islamic Extremism [Once again, Islam is not "extremist." It is a religion with clear-cut spiritual and secular guidelines. But, we can call it a faulty system. If we call Islam "extremist" then we are not taking it, and its millions of adherents seriously.]
- Three Jihadis
- Pro-Gay Equals Anti-Sharia [Geller is cornering us into defending the gay life-style, which Christianity unequivocally rejects.]
- Savage Muslims Hurt Anti-Semitic Slurs at Jewish Girls, in Second Incident in Last Week
- Battling for Victims of Muslim Tyranny
- Jew-Killing Jihadist Now a Hero [Perhaps Geller's urgent appeals are linked to her Jewishness. She knows from the Koran that Jews are the most reviled by Muslims, and that they are the first to be attacked. In that sense, her voice would have been useful without the detraction of all her other causes.]
Shariah in America
- Islamization of America Accelerates
- Opposing Honor Killing Is ‘Islamophobia'? [Geller runs to the rescue of "honor" killings girls, whereas Muslims quite logically destroy those who denounce Islam, including young girls who attach themselves to non-Muslim men.]
- Hamas-Linked CAIR in Your Kids' Classroom
- Hundreds of Threats for Assault Victim in Case Dismissed by Quran-Minded Judge
- Ground Zero: Yes to Mosque, No to Church
- Illinois Governor's Hamas Council
- Muslim Polygamy—In Seattle
- USDA Aids Hamas-Linked ‘Islamic Relief' [Geller sensibly alerts us to the systemic, governmental support for Islam in Western countries. But once again, she doesn't realize that non-"extreme" elements like Muslim parents who bring up their children with Islam while living in Christian and Western countries are providing the fuel for these "radical" elements. Since she doesn't see this as an accumulating danger, she provides no solution, or doesn't want to provide the logical solution, which is to remove elements of Islam, and to substantially reduce Muslims in Western countries, through restricted immigration, return of Muslims to their lands of origin, removal of Islam from public places including mosques and schools, and outlawing sharia law.]
- Islamizing the Curriculum in Georgia
- Obama's Department of Shariah
- Happy Halal Thanksgiving
- Infidel Victim of Pennsylvania Sharia Judge Reveals Inside Details of Case
- All-American Judge Hands Down Sharia Justice
- Defending Shariah in America
AFDI's Pro-Israel Ad : The War on Free Speech
- Battling for Free Speech in New York [What Geller means here is the ability to speak against Islam without legal repercussions (such as going to jail for "hate speech"). But, since the most contentious culprit against free speech is Islam, then the solution is not to change "free speech laws" to battle Islam, but to remove Islam so we don't have to re-write our laws.]
- Fighting Back in the War on Free Speech
- Terrorism Works: Dhimmi DC Transit Authority Cancels AFDI Pro-Israel Ads ["Terrorism" is the favourite word for writers like Geller while describing certain Muslim attacks. Islam's explosive jihad is not terrorism. Muslims are not trying to terrorize non-Muslims. They are following the Koran, and are simply waging a religious war albeit at times with terrorist tactics.]
- Judicial Smackdown: NY Judge Slams NYC MTA in AFDI Free Speech Ruling
- Free Speech Under Siege in U.S. District Court in the Nation's Capital
- Muslim CNN “Journalist” Vandalizes Subway Ad
- My Ad Is Not Hate Speech—It's Love Speech [Geller wants to be the do-gooder, the non-hater. She initiated a pro-Israel, anti-Jihad poster campaign on buses and subways in New York, yet she has to camouflage it with the "language of love" which she may think is enough to ward off, and appease, Muslims. Islam doesn't care about Christian (and Jewish) love. It doesn't care about getting along with Christians and Jews.]
- In Defense of the Indefensible
- Chicago AFDI Bus Ads: Obama's Pro-Jihad Jews Come Against Pro-Israel Ad
- Speak Out NYC: A Free Speech Response to Hamas-CAIR's Hate Campaign
Obama
- American Jews' Responsibility to Oust Obama
- Obama Epic Fail: Four US Soldiers Killed in Afghan ‘Insider' Attack, 3rd Attack in 3 Days
- Obama 2012: Stealing Bush's Legacy
- Afghan Helicopter Attack, Obama's Fault
- Does Obama Want a Universal Caliphate?
- Why Obama Betrayed the Iranian People
- Stop Apologizing and Start Carpet-Bombing
- Barack Hussein's Peace Partners, Taliban, Behead 6-Year-Old-Girl and 12-Year-Old-Boy
- Obama's War Against the NYPD
- You Just Knew This Was Coming: Obama Demands Israel Delay Critical Ground Operation
Standing for Freedom
- Video: Tommy Robinson, EDL Leader, at SION 911 International Freedom of Speech Congress
- Darkness Descending in England
- Anders Gravers, SIOE Leader, At SION 911 International Freedom of Speech Congress
- The Shariah Assault
The Enemedia [It is unnecessary to put too much energy criticizing and "outing" Islam-friendly mainstream media. Most people know by now these biases. It is more efficient to educate people about alternative sources of information.]
- AP's War on National Security
- Media Jihad
- The Dhimmedia's Whitewashing of Honor Killing [Our role is not the rejection or the acceptance of honor killings. Our role needs to be a larger effort to remove Islam and its horrific influences from our societies.]
- Sharia-Compliant Enemedia Goes After Free Speech in Wake of Murderous Muslim Attack on Embassies in Egypt and Libya
- The Marines' Victory Tinkle
- N.Y. Times Surrenders to Savagery
- Huffington Post's Pro-Jihad Propaganda
- Unhinged Media's Mythical “Hate Crime” Is an Honor Killing
- Chicago: Pro-Israel Ads “Spark Outrage” from WGN's Dan Ponce, Who Shamelessly Shills for Hamas-CAIR
- Jewicidal Millionaire Activist Sides with Islamic Supremacist Smear Merchants Against Pro-Israel Ad
Conclusion
- Conclusion
We are at war. Our mortal enemy has made no secret of its goal and stated aim: “eliminating and destroying Western civilization from within and sabotaging its miserable house,” and installing a universal caliphate. Pretending that fourteen hundred years of Islamic imperialism and expansionism didn't happen doesn't change reality.
Ayn Rand said that you can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality. If you refuse to fight, you forfeit. If you forfeit, you lose. And I mean, lose everything. The stakes couldn’t be higher.
Islamic supremacists [there are no Islamic "supremacists." They are simply the fighting vanguard of Islam.] are more assertive in the United States than they ever have been before. They’re building large mega-mosques in communities where the local Muslims can neither fill nor afford them. They’re demanding—and receiving—special privileges for Muslims in workplaces and special installations for Islamic prayers in public universities, as well as in airports and other public facilities. (Islamic law places Muslims in a special class, giving them rights that non-Muslims do not have.)
They’re bringing back prayer in public schools—but only for Muslims: they are seeking special legal status for Islam. They’re shutting down the national debate that we urgently need to have about Islam and Islamization [Muslims are not interested in "national debates" with non-Muslims. They are simply interested in usurping other non-Muslim traditions and religions.]. They are demonizing as “bigots,” “racists,” and “Islamophobes” anyone who suggests any anti-terror measure or who asks the Muslim community in the U.S. to do something effective about the jihadists and Islamic supremacists in their midst [Jihadists and supremacists are the avant-garde of Islam. They fight the wars in the trenches. Muslims cannot and will not "do something" about them.].
Fight back. The question isn't who is going to let you, it’s who is going to stop you.