Bin Laden is Dead - but Islam isn't

There is no doubt in my mind that Bin Laden was an evil man. But, even though he is gone, his shoes will be filled by another's feet. There are many believers of Islam, especially in the United States, who say that their religion is peaceful. Fopr the believers who have a good heart it may be so. However, Islam reserves all good outcome exclusively to the believers.

The Qur'an contains detailed instructions and examples of how believers should treat unbelievers. The instructions are quite simple: Conversion, Subjugation, or Death. First you should try to convert them. If they won't convert, then you must fight them. If they surrender or convert, you must stop fighting. If they do not convert or surrender, you must kill them.

Most Muslims are not in a position to wage war. While the Qur'an teaches that war against the infidels is uppermost, it also encourages believers to lay low, make sneaky victories, and use double-cross, deception and deal-breaking. After all, a deal with an infidel isn't really a deal anyway.
Islam is a religion of very black and white morality. Everything serves to support the fight between Allah and the nonbelievers.

"Slay the idolaters wherever ye find them, and take them captive, and besiege them, and prepare for them each ambush. But if they repent and establish worship and pay the poor-due, then leave their way free. Lo! Allah is Forgiving, Merciful." (Qur'an 9:5).


"Fight those who believe not in Allah nor the Last Day, nor hold that forbidden which hath been forbidden by Allah and His Messenger, nor acknowledge the religion of Truth, (even if they are) of the People of the Book, until they pay the Jizya with willing submission, and feel themselves subdued" (Qur'an 9:29).

Unbelievers are the utmost evil, and to fight them you can therefore use any means. In fact, Muslims have to use any means they can to convert or subjugate nonbelievers. "The unbelievers are your inveterate foe" or "The disbelievers are ever to you a clear enemy" (Qur'an 4:101 - depending on translation).

Many Muslims in Western countries don't seem to be doing this. However. many Muslims do not know the Qur'an very well. Many do not read it and many cannot read it. When the religion puts a premium on the after-life and the only way to get there is to 'be a Muslim', it only takes a little push to accept radical teachings and take up the sword.

Having said this, I must warn that many Christians and other world religions exhibit many of the same intolerance between their own beliefs and those of others. Personally, I believe that the Creator would want all people to know and believe. I also believe that an all-forgiving God would spare anyone who tried to understand God's will and chose to follow to the extent of their best understanding. I do not believe, that anyone has the right to speak for God and say "This is the ONLY true and righteous way". I feel that most organized religions seem to divide people more than they bring them together.