Information about Communist Islam

In the year 1991, the Soviet Union was dissolved. For decades, it had led the Communist world. It was the enemy of freedom; the oppressor of millions; and the finger that hovered over the big, bad, red button. Generations of Americans grew up in the shadow of the Cold War and when the Berlin Wall fell, it was as if the had suddenly remembered to turn, having forgotten decades to decades before. No one really believed that evil itself had been vanquished, but one thing was certain: Communism would never again to threaten the free nations of the world.

Or would it? Is it possible that with the collapse of the Soviet Union signaled, not the downfall of Communism, but rather the rise of Communism in a form so completely unlike its former manifestation that would be almost unrecognizable?

The most basic definition of a Communist government is a society in which the leaders have absolute control over the people. In school, the children of Communist nations were taught that freedom was evil and would Capitalism would eventually collapse. Those who tried to escape Communist governments were often killed and if someone was not supportive of the government that someone might easily disappear in the middle of the night. Those who plotted against the government, or simply wanted to get away, could not even trust their own children.

In Shadow of the Giant, Orson Scott Card refers to conversion to Islam as a door through which people only go in one direction because any Muslim that converts to some other religion is in mortal danger from the radical Muslims of his nation. He writes that "once a nation chooses Islam it is never allowed to choose anything else." Does that sound familiar? The leaders of radical Islam have complete control over every aspect of the lives of their followers and have the power to kill those who criticize them in Muslim nations.

Just as important as their control over their followers, is the ability of radical, Islamic teachers to lead their people to war. Radical Islam has denounced freedom and the nation that became its champion in the Cold War era. Suicide bombers, car bombs, and other insurgent and terrorist activities are not random acts of violence by unconnected individuals, but rather the tactics of a dangerous, worldwide organization bent on the abolition of democracy. Although not all terrorists take their orders directly from such organizations as the Al-Qaeda and the Taliban, they are nonetheless inspired and driven to action by the influence of radical, Islamic teachers. Even before 9/11, Osama bin-Laden broadcasted numerous speeches with the intention of rallying Muslims all throughout the world against nations and individuals that he considered to be enemies of Islam. The terrorist activities that splatter the pages of our most recent history books and the newspapers of the present have authority, organization, and action. There can be no denying that radical Islam is at war.

The greatest weakness of the Soviet Union was that no matter how it tried to brainwash the public, there was no hiding the fact that it was an oppressive, tyrannous force enslaving free and powerful countries. Unlike the Soviet Union, radical Islam is not an official government, and therefore does not deal with such governmental issues as taxes and borders. Instead, it defends Islamic law by punishing anyone who violates it. Such punishments are bloody and often disproportionate to the crimes committed in the first place. However, the people under the rule of radical Islam are taught to believe in the laws by which they live. Since the leaders of radical are often looked to by the common people as teachers of right and wrong, they have a level of power over their people that the Soviet Union never had.

The greatest weakness of radical Islam is also that it has no specific leader. Its highest class is composed of different, competing factions. The most obvious division is the conflict between Shiites and Sunnis, which results in open bloodshed. A somewhat less well-known division is racial prejudice that is most rampant in places like Afghanistan, where the tribes are in constant competition.

It is quite telling that radical Islam murders over such a pathetically small and pointless argument such as the one between Shiites and Sunnis. The original split between Sunnis and Shiites was a dispute over who was the legitimate successor of Mohammed. While this may seem like an important issue, it is absurd for any true theist to give it any value. To say that it is of spiritual importance who it is that holds an earthly position of power is to suggest that that man has more authority than God Himself. It suggests that God-the almighty creator of the universe-cannot reach into the mortal world that He created without just the right person in power.

Islamic law states that Muslims are to bow to no one but God Himself. Yet isn't bowing just a symbol of submission. Is it really any better to give one's absolute loyalty to men like Osama bin-Laden without the symbol?

One of the many goals of the Al-Qaeda is the re-establishment of the Caliphate. Anyone who has not been hiding under a rock for the last decade will know that any Caliph appointed by the Al-Qaeda will be completely undeserving of the title. Any Muslim that submits to the rule of such a Caliph would automatically be at war with the US. His status would be an insult not only to all peaceable Muslims, but also to everyone that believes in an all-loving God and would signify radical Islam's absolute conversion to Communism. If such a day ever comes, Muslims everywhere will be forced to choose between peace and tolerance, and the perversion of faith that is Communist Islam.