Earlier I wrote about a person who emails me with very odd views about Islam. Here are some of this person’s toxic ideas. He advocates:
- banning all Muslims from Australia
- supporting Pauline Hanson and Donald Trump
- putting all Australian Muslims in Concentration Camps
- strafing Muslim boat people (for the millennials, strafing means machine gunning)
And he quotes Adolf Hitler to advance some of his poisonous views.
Today, I got another email from him, in which he said that the Muslims who are facing genocide in Myanmar are simply being punished for 9/11.
That prompted me to ask him a couple of questions. My questions, and his answers, are as follows (prepare to be shocked):
Q1:How many of the thousands of Muslims being killed in Myanmar were involved, directly or indirectly, in 9/11?
A: All the Muslims receiving divine retribution in Myanmar were indirectly involved in 9/11. Anyone who believes that non-Muslims should be killed, especially if they are Jews or homosexuals and who give credence to the evil ideology of Islam are collectively guilty.
Q2: I get the clear impression that you think it is OK to kill people because of their religion, regardless whether they have done anything wrong. Or have I misunderstood?
A: I do not consider Islam to be a religion. Islam is an ideology that hides behind a cloak of religion. During WW2 the allies bombed civilians in Germany and Japan. These civilians may themselves have done nothing wrong, however they were collectively guilty. No allied aircrew were ever prosecuted for killing these people. I rest my case
This provoked me. I responded:
I understand your answers, and I disagree profoundly.
You clearly have no conception of the rule of law, or of any recognisable form of ethics. Your willingness to countenance the slaughter of countless thousands of people because of their religion (or ideology, if you prefer) is, quite frankly, appalling.
I do not know what religion or ideology you adhere to, if any. If you claim to be a Christian, it is clear that you know nothing about the teachings of Christianity.
Your answers disclose a degree of bigotry which astonishes me, despite the shocking content of some of the emails you have sent me in the past.
Your attitudes disgust me.
The British churches denounced the air bombing strategy targetting civilians. Australian churches welcome Muslims & seek peaceful dialogue & harmony. Whatever this bloke may think, he is in conflict with the Jesus of history, who welcomed the outsider & showed compassion to all who asked of him.
Isn’t “the Good Samaritan” a story to help people like your correspondent overcome their toxic views about people with different socio-cultural origins?
My dear Mr Burnside, I have followed your legal career and activities in the interests of refugees with great enthusiasm. I find you to be a genuine humanitarian and I applaud your work. I don’t pretend to understand why people who are mostly descendants of “boat people” themselves are so malicious towards new arrivals both here and elsewhere. I applaud your dedication to offer assistance both in practical and legal terms. Please accept my sincere gratitude and keep up the good work. If there is a place in the afterlife for good and sincere human beings, I am sure you will have a front-row seat. God bless you, your work, and your loving wife.
Blessings and thanks,
Gary McKenzie-McHarg
JB: “You clearly have no conception of the rule of law”
harbi – “You clearly have no conception” that Islam recognises no law but Islamic law(1).
Why should Australia admit anyone who adheres to an ideology which explicitly(1) subordinates Australian law to theocratic law?
JB: “Your willingness to countenance the slaughter of countless thousands of people because of their religion (or ideology, if you prefer) is, quite frankly, appalling.”
harbi – Islam appallingly demands “the slaughter of countless thousands of people because of their” refusal to submit to Allah(2).
Why should Australia admit anyone who adheres to an ideology which explicitly(2) calls for the slaughter of non-Muslims?
“The Jews …and the Christians… may Allah destroy them!”
Quran 9:30
JB: “it is clear that you know nothing about the teachings of Christianity”
harbi – “It is clear that you know nothing about the teachings of” Islam.
(1)
“[Allah] shares not His legislation with anyone”
Quran 18:26
“O you who believe! Obey Allâh and obey the Messenger (Muhammad SAW),
and those of you (Muslims) who are in authority”
Quran 4:59
“It has been narrated on the authority of Ibn ‘Umar that the Prophet (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) said: It is obligatory upon a Muslim that he should listen (to the ruler appointed over him) and obey him whether he likes it or not, except that he is ordered to do a sinful thing. If he is ordered to do a sinful act, a Muslim should neither. listen to him nor should he obey his orders.”
Sahih Muslim 4534
(m13.2) “a non-Muslim has no right to authority”
(O25.3) “(K: it being invalid to appoint a non-Muslim (kafir) to authority, even to rule non-Muslim.)”
‘Umdat as-Salik wa ‘Uddat an-Nasik
Reliance of the Traveller and Tools for the Worshipper,
A Classic Manual of Islamic Sacred law by Ahmad ibn Naqib Al-Misri
(2)
“As for those who disbelieve, we will fight them forever in the Cause of Allah. Killing them is a small matter to us.”
Tabari IX:69
“Fight those who believe not in Allah nor the Last Day, until they pay the Jizyah with willing submission and feel themselves subdued.”
Quran 9:29
“He it is Who hath sent His messenger with the guidance and the religion of Truth, that He may make it conqueror of all religion however much idolaters may be averse.”
Quran 61:9
“He it is Who sent His Messenger with the guidance and the true religion that He may make it prevail over all the religions; and Allah is enough for a witness.”
Quran 48:28
“He it is Who hath sent His messenger with the guidance and the Religion of Truth, that He may cause it to prevail over all religion, however much the idolaters may be averse.”
Quran 9:33
“And fight with them until there is no more fitna (disorder, unbelief) and religion should be only for Allah.”
Quran 8:39
Allah’s Apostle said, “I have been ordered to fight the people till they say: ‘None has the right to be worshipped but Allah.’
Sahih Bukhari 1:8:387
‘The Messenger of Allah said: “I have been commanded to fight against people till they testify that there is no god but Allah” ‘
Sahih Muslim 1:30, 1:33
“The punishment of those who strive to make corruption (unbelief) in the land is only this, that they should be murdered or crucified or their hands and their feet should be cut off on opposite sides”
Quran 5:33
“slay the idolaters wherever ye find them, and take them (captive), and besiege them, and prepare for them each ambush. ”
Quran 9:5
“strive hard against the unbelievers and the hypocrites and be unyielding to them.”
Quran 9:73
“cast terror into the hearts of the Unbelievers.”
Quran 3:151
“Therefore listen not to the Unbelievers, but strive against them with the utmost strenuousness…”
Quran 25:52
“O you who believe! fight those of the unbelievers who are near to you and let them find in you hardness.”
Quran 9:123
“As to those who reject faith, I will punish them with terrible agony in this world.”
Quran 3:56
“Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. And those with him are hard (ruthless) against the disbelievers and merciful among themselves”
Quran 48:29
“I will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieve. Therefore strike off their heads and strike off every fingertip of them.”
Quran 8:12
“And slay them wherever ye find them, and drive them out of the places whence they drove you out, for persecution [of Muslims] is worse than slaughter [of non-believers]…
Quran 2:191-193