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by Boothe Global Perspectives, Special | Wednesday, August 20, 2014, 8:44 AM (CDT)
THREE GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES TO ISIS AND OTHER RELIGIOUS/POLITICAL CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD
This article outlines three unique and powerful global perspectives all from sources with voice and influence on millions, to terrorism and the absolute horribly evil actions taking place around the world. Of course, the terror, (bombings of civilians, kidnapping of children, raping of wives, beheading of children, execution of civilian men while they watch their wives and children being herded off to rape and execution), are in the playbook of immoral people from time immortal. The terror they conduct is supposed to frighten people into submission.
But, more and more people around the world have learned that these acts of violence have lost their ability to frighten…because to be intimidated is to fall within the power of immoral terrorists. More and more people just see these acts for what they are, disgusting, pathetic, evil tools by ambitious men, who would use their religion, their guns, their knives, even their bodies to desecrate and demean humanity and themselves, in the goal of power, greed, ego and politics. We see it in the Ukraine (Russia, a Christian nation fighting Ukrainians), Israel (A Jewish nation bombing Gaza), Gaza (Muslims sending rockets to blast Israel), Iraq (the self proclaimed Islamic State attacking religious minorities, and other Muslims), Nigeria (thugs posing as Muslims kidnapping children, murdering their parents). These are people doing evil things.
More and more people around the world are adding their voices and energy condemning the evil acts done by men under a pretense of religion. Most of the time it is politics, power, greed and control…not spirituality, and certainly not what any major religion would espouse.
1. Mike Ghouse, Islamic leader, has an audience of 6,000,000 people and he has called for good Islamic people to pray for an end to the violence and call for an end to the leaders of ISIS (ISIL) for their wicked acts. His study of Islam, says what ISIS is doing, has no justification to call their evil acts “religious”, indeed what they do is evil by their own holy book.
2. HH the Dalai Lama, Buddhist leader, who speaks to millions throughout the world, has met with Islamic leaders in India and they have also condemned the acts of ISIS (ISIL) and restated that the Koran speaks against such evil violent acts (thus, showing that ISIL cannot in truth call what they do religious).
3. Finally we see a response from a government. This photograph, of a bombed and destroyed Toyota Pick Up. ISIS had a host of brand new Toyota Pickups, all equipped with powerful weaponry in the bed of the truck that they proudly drove from Syria into Iraq to conduct their lightning fast shock raids. The photo shows their ultimate destination, one must wonder if these sad burned Toyota tombs represent trips to heaven, or just a fiery end to evil adventurism…it is the voice of justice and power, with no pretense of religion or terrorism. Simply a message of the ultimate destiny of men, who died hiding under a tree, after doing wicked things.
1. PERSPECTIVE FROM MUSLIMS, MIKE GHOUSE, WORLD MUSLIM CONFERENCE (6,000,000 people follow Mike)
Muslims to dedicate Friday Sermons for the safety of Christians, Yazidis, Shia and other Minorities, and condemn Terrorist Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi to prevent the Genocide
Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi is on a killing spree of Christians, Yazidis, Shia and other Minorities in Iraq and Syria. We urge Muslims to pray for Sanity to prevail, and urge the World powers to give a final warning to Al-Baghdadi to surrender or face the drones.
In behalf of Muslims, I strongly condemn the evil acts of Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi for terrorizing Christians, Yazidis, Shia and other minorities in Iraq. He is an evil man and must be caught and processed for his crimes against humanity, there is Genocide in making, and I recommend a bounty be posted to get him dead or alive.
Key suggestions:
1. We urge Muslims around the world to
dedicate their congregational Sermon on Friday, August 15, 2014 and or
August 22, 2014 for the safety of Christians, Yazidis, Shia and others
in Iraq and Syria, and restore law and order, and safety to the victims
of oppression.
2. Christians are fleeing Iraq, and their
population is dwindling from a Million down to 400,000, it needs to be
stopped at once. No human should be thrown and forced out of his or her
home, and thanks to the US initiative to rescue the Yazidis.
3.
The Gang leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi has given a despicable ultimatum to
the Christians, “We offer them three choices: Islam; the dhimma
contract – involving payment of Jiziyah; if they refuse this they will
have nothing but the sword.”
4. No one should have the right to
chase any one out of their own homes. Quran recommends severe punishment
to the oppressors and suggests hunting them down where ever they can be
found and punish them accordingly, unless they sincerely repent and
back off. It’s time to apply the Quranic rule to these criminals.
5.
We urge the European Union to drone the terrorists individually without
hurting the innocent civilians to prevent Genocide. The United States
does not have a moral ground to stand on, as we have justified bombing
civilians in the Gaza crisis, shame on us, our Senators and
Congresspersons.
6. The terrorists who call themselves religious
and carry the labels of Islam, (ISIL or ISIS) have beheaded hundreds of
innocent people, crucified former Muslims who freely chose to follow
Jesus Christ, destroyed dozens of Christian churches, burned sacred
manuscripts and sacred art, and sent hundreds of thousands of Christians
and other religious minorities fleeing for their lives in a reign of
bloodshed and terror (Catholic.org)
7. We urge the media to
call them anything under the sun but caliph, Caliphate, or Islamic
State. There is no need to give a semblance of legitimacy to Abu Bakr
Al-Baghdadi and his gang. We have to reject his evil claims of his acts
as Islamic. Our attitude should be, “You are the murderer and not your
religion, and you are going to pay a price for it, either surrender or
face the drones”.
8. If there were a certificate given to an
organization to operate as an Islamic entity, Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi and
his gang’s application will be rejected for the gross violations of
Islam, a few are addressed here;
a. There is no compulsion in
Islam — no one can be forced to believe against his or her will (2:256)
— how dare they make the despicable statement to the Christians of
Iraq to convert or run.
b. Prophet Muhammad (pbuh)’s covenant
states, “It is not permitted to remove a bishop from his bishopric or a
Christian from his Christianity, a monk from his monastic life or a
pilgrim from his pilgrimage or a hermit monk from his tower. Nor is it
permitted to destroy any part of their churches, to take parts of their
buildings to construct mosques or the homes of Muslims. Whoever does
such a thing will have violated the pact of Allah, disobeyed his
Messenger, and betrayed the Divine Alliance.”
c. Prophet Muhammad
(pbuh)’s covenant states, “No Christian will be made Muslim by force:
And dispute ye not with the People of the Book, except with means better
[29:46].
d. In another Hadith (Prophet’s sayings) quoted by Abu Dawud, Prophet in
essence says, if you are unjust to a Christian or a Jew, by God, on the
Day of Judgment, I will stand up against you. Here is the quote, “Be
aware, that whoever oppressed one who has a treaty with us, or belittled
him, or burdened him with more than he is capable of, or took something
from him forcibly with him being displeased, then I will be his
plaintiff (will argue against him) on the Day of Judgment.”
9. Please feel free to visit www.WorldMuslimCongress.com for updates and related reports on the subject.
To
be a Muslim is to be a peace maker who seeks to mitigate conflicts and
nurtures goodwill for peaceful co-existence of humanity. Our work at is
geared towards building a cohesive society where no human has to live in
apprehension or fear of the other. World Muslim congress is a think
tank and a forum with the express goal of nurturing pluralistic values
embedded in Islam to build cohesive societies. If we can learn to
respect the otherness of others and accept each other’s uniqueness, then
conflicts fade and solutions emerge. Mike Ghouse is a Muslim Speaker thinker and a writer.
Mike is a thoughtful, brave man, a powerful communicator and an outstanding organizer. We at Boothe Global Perspectives recommend that you follow Mike Ghouse and encourage his work.
2. HH the Dalia Lama, PERSPECTIVE (admired and followed by Buddhists throughout the World)
Meeting Hosted with HH the Dalia Lama and by the Muslim Co-ordination Committee, Leh
July 16th 2014
Leh, Ladakh, J&K, India, 16 July 2014 –
The Muslim Co-ordination Committee, Leh had invited His Holiness to lunch. In welcoming remarks Saeed Naqvi praised His Holiness for his efforts to promote mutual understanding and for being a symbol of peace and harmony for the whole world. Saif ud din took up the theme saying:
“Today is a great day for us as we are honored by His Holiness’s presence. We admire your work for peace and assure you that Islam denounces violence and bloodshed. Like many in the international community we support your Middle Way Approach to resolving the difficulties in Tibet. We Muslims and Buddhists of Ladakh have long lived in harmony and will continue to do so. We pray for His Holiness’s long life and the fulfilment of his wishes.”
“My Muslim spiritual brothers and sisters,” His Holiness replied, “you organized this meeting and invited me to it, which I greatly appreciate. In the small village where I was born near Kumbum Monastery there were Muslim families so I have long been familiar with people of Islam. When I reached Lhasa at the age of five, about 1000 Muslims lived there and whenever there were government functions Muslim representatives took part. Many of them wore a red hat with a tassle on it.”
At mention of this the one man in the audience wearing such a hat got to his feet and His Holiness teased him saying:
“Yes, just like that, with a tassle that matches you beard.
“You may have heard me tell this story before, but the 13th Dalai Lama had had a pocket watch that I began to use. Then one day it stopped and we invited an expert Muslim watchmaker to come and have a look at it. He fixed it, but solemnly told me that a person who carries a watch in his pocket should behave as if he was carrying an egg! A gentle rebuke that I should be more careful.”
His Holiness mentioned that after 1959 many Tibetan Muslims left Tibet and settled in Srinagar. For many years, he said he had been unable to visit them, but renewed his acquaintance two years ago. He spoke of being surprised and touched to discover that their young children spoke good Tibetan with a Lhasa dialect, an indication that they still use Tibetan within their families.
In addition to describing his practice since 1975 of making pilgrimage to other people’s places of worship, which has seen him visit several mosques, making many Muslim friends, he referred to events since September 11th 2001. He recalled attending the first anniversary memorial service in Washington and expressing his conviction that just because the terrorists involved had a Muslim background was no reason for generalizing about a whole community. He pointed out that there are mischievous individuals amongst Hindus, Jews, Christians and Buddhists, not only among Muslims, and that to generalize about any of these communities on such a basis would be wrong and unfair.
He said:
“I’m a Buddhist, but now I often step forward to defend Islam. I often repeat what my friend Farooq Abdhullah the former Chief Minister, explained to me about jihad, that it is not about attacking other people, but about making combat with your own disturbing emotions. If you are about to do someone harm, but you restrain yourself, that’s an instance of jihad, which also has a lot to do with self-discipline.”
His Holiness went on to praise India as a living example of tolerant pluralism, a place where all the world’s major religions live together peacefully side by side. He cited the small Parsee community in Mumbai who have long flourished there without fear. He reiterated that India’s example is a model for the world to follow.
Commenting on the sadness he has felt to hear reports of Buddhists in Burma and Sri Lanka attacking Muslims, he recounted the appeal he had made to them when moved to attack to remember the face of the Buddha. His Holiness is convinced that if the Buddha were present there he would offer the victims protection. In a similar context, considering the conflicts between Sunnis and Shias in various parts of the Middle East and between Christians and Muslims in parts of Africa, he appealed to his listeners to consider ways in which they might influence their Muslim brothers to exercise restraint. He acknowledged that Ladakhi Muslims by themselves might not achieve much, but as part of a larger Indian Muslim community their voice would be heard.
Finally, His Holiness noted that although they had invited him to lunch, on this occasion his hosts would not be joining him because they are observing the Ramadan daytime fast. They parted in good will with much affection and intentions to communicate messages of compassion and reconciliation to the world.
3. ISIS (ISIL) BEFORE AND AFTER ENTERING IRAQ
View as ISIS entered Iraq. They drove across the country, coming into towns, waving flags, cheering, firing their weapons into the air. It appeared like a sports event. Then they hit poorly guarded towns and villages, shooting their way in, then kidnapping women and children, raping, and stealing. Beheading children, wives and husbands. With their new pick ups, they were relentless, filled with bravado.
View of their new pickup after ISIS entered Iraq. These “brave” soldiers died, trying to hide under a tree. Their black flag and guns destroyed. “Those who live by the sword will die by the sword”.
