Just another holiday tradition

How many times were we warned by various "experts" in the MainStreamMedia that America should tread softly during the holy month of Ramadan so as not to upset the peaceful sensibilities of Islamic peoples? We sure wouldn't want to initiate hostilities during Ramadan, nor be too "provocative." We wouldn't like it if they "started" something at Christmas now, would we?

What nonsense that advice turned out to be. You must check out this post on MEMRI (the Arab news world's translation site) to see how Islamic fundamentalists editorialize their "holy" month in a little post called 'Come Closer to Allah Through the Blood of Infidels' .

Turns out it's a Ramadan tradition to spill the blood of infidels (Christians, Jews, atheists, Republicans, Democrats; they're not picky), distantly analogous to our spilling the blood of well-fed turkeys at Thanksgiving, or decking the halls with boughs of holly at Christmas, or kissing under the mistletoe. Just envision what a jolly ol' time is promised:

"Muslims! Go out to [fight] Jihad for the sake of Allah! Paradise has already flung open its gates and the virgins of paradise are already decked out in anticipation of their grooms – this is Allah's promise."

" Jihad fighters everywhere! This month of Jihad has come with all its blessings and with the double reward [granted to Jihad fighters] in its course. Come closer to Allah through the blood of infidels, do not relent in spilling [their blood], and through [this blood] wipe out humiliation and disgrace from among your Muslim nation!"

"Men of Jihad, this is your festive season since Jihad, in a state of fasting, has a particularly delectable taste for the believers, especially [when together] with the dignity of the month of Ramadan. How wonderful it is to delight in the breaking of the fast and to taste the killing of infidels, to delight in the sound of the wailing of tyrants and lowly degenerates ... "

[A Historical Note] "The most courageous and finest forays took place in Ramadan, for in the battle of salvation – the Battle of Badr – the heads of the bravest infidels from the tribe of Quraysh were sent flying, and Allah gave His Messenger and Prophet victory ..."

"The Prophet Muhammad - in a prophetic tradition related on the authority of Abu Hurayra, [explaining] God's words, 'You are the best community ever raised for mankind' [ Koran 3:110] - said: 'That means you are the best people for mankind [because] you lead them, with chains on their necks, so that they accept Islam.' "

MEMRI says the author of the first editorial is being sought by Saudi authorities. It does not say why. That's about the only hopeful note we could find on a page that praises the recent hotel bombing in Egypt because it killed Jews, "the most wicked of all humans" who for fifty years "have flooded" Palestine with iniquity.

There's more and if you haven't got the message yet maybe you need to click and read. It isn't necessary to hate those who hate us, nor is hate very useful, but it is important to understand the nature of those who have declared themselves enemies of the West. This is not one of these conflicts we're going to escape through negotiations. We're going to have to defend our way of life and our religious faith (that covers even those of you whose lifestyle is your religious faith) until such time as Islam mutates or is converted to Christianity or secularism. (But that's another topic altogether).

As bad as the Nazis were (and they were bad), at least most of their soldiers and officers were not religious fanatics and Hitler wasn't sitting on an ocean of oil that the rest of the world needed. That conflict took six years and millions of lives. This conflict may take a bit longer. It doesn't look like we've got much choice unless we withdraw back to fortress America, give up the automobile and return to the horse and buggy. That would mean that the secularist American would lose after all.

That could cause a real crisis of faith.