Jerusalem World News

By Mike Evans
Published: May 11, 2007

In 1979, Isser Harel (founder of Mossad, Israeli intelligence) and I talked about the religion of the Islamic fundamentalists birthed on April Fools Day. A Shi’ite ayatollah, Ruhollah Khomeini, called it the “first day of the government of God.” Harel said that America was developing a tolerance for terrorism. He was convinced that the target would be the tallest building in New York City. (Harel understood the religious implication of the phallic symbol in most cultures, and why the Islamic fundamentalists would interpret New York’s tallest spire as a symbol of America’s strength and dominance.)

I was so positive Harel was correct that I spoke of this worldwide, and even wrote a novel in 1999 based on the concept that Osama bin Laden and Islamic Jihad purchased a nuclear device to blow up New York.

Yigal Carmon (expert on terrorism and former adviser to Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir and Yitzhak Rabin) spoke at the Pentagon on February 26, 1993. In his speech, he warned: “Radical Islam is an imminent threat to America”. Following his briefing, smirking critics retorted: “We don’t consider a religion to be a threat to our national security.” How wrong they were!

Those who have tried to point out the danger have been jeered and ridiculed – much as Yigal Carmon was mocked during his visit to the Pentagon in 1993. (By the way, Carmon flew from the Pentagon to New York City where at 12:18 PM, Islamic terrorists attempted to blow up the World Trade Center. One thousand were injured and six killed, but still, no one connected the dots to religion.)

During the Persian Gulf War in 1991, I had lunch one afternoon with the governor of Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, Prince Mohammed Khalid (Commander-in-Chief of the Saudi Royal Air Force and the Arab multinational forces).

Khalid and I talked about Islamic fundamentalists and the threat they and their fanatical religion could be to the West. My words antagonized Khalid, who said, “Your country is a lot more dangerous than ours. You can walk our streets at two in the morning and nobody will bother you. You can’t do that in L.A., New York, Chicago or most of the big U.S. cities.”

“Are you telling me Islamic fundamentalists are peaceful?” I asked.

“No.” he said, “they’re not. But they represent no more than ten percent of Islam.”

“Excuse me,” I replied. “That really comforts me to know that only a hundred million or so people want to kill me in the name of their religion.”

If the concept of Islamic fundamentalism as a “peaceful religion” is a true assessment of the 100,000 million Muslims who adhere to the teachings of the Quran – how can we account for such inciting passages as:

“…kill the disbelievers wherever we find them.” (2:191)

“…fight and slay the Pagans, seize them, beleaguer them, and lie in wait for them in every stratagem.” (9:5)

“…slay or crucify or cut the hands and feet of the unbelievers, that they may be expelled from the land with disgrace and that they shall have a great punishment in the world hereafter.” (5:34)

Abraham Lincoln was fond of asking “If you called a dog’s tail a leg, how many legs would he have?” the person would inevitably respond by saying “He would have 5 legs”. “Nope” Lincoln would then reply with a smile, “Just because you call a dog’s tail a leg doesn’t make it one…”

When will someone have the courage to stand up and say, “Islamic fundamentalism is NOT a religion of peace; it is a religion of terrorism! It is being bolstered by a demonic doctrine – Wahabism - exported from Saudi Arabia, and practiced, most notably, by Osama bin Laden.”

Apparently no one has taken the time to connect the dots. Most of the violence perpetrated by these radical fundamentalists follows a hate-filled diatribe by a mullah or ayatollah in the local mosque. This seems especially true in Israel and in Iraq.

Islamic fundamentalism has produced glassy-eyed suicide bombers who creep into cities and towns in Israel, in Europe, in the Middle East with only one purpose in mind – kill the infidels (anyone who does not embrace Islam.) The latest figures according to the International Institute of Strategic Studies recently revealed that 18,000 young Muslim men willing to strap on vests laden with explosives, or drive vehicles loaded with dynamite to bring about death and destruction, are scattered around the world.

Islamic fundamentalism is the religion that has turned Israel’s streets into a blazing inferno of death and destruction for the innocent.

It birthed the 19 men who commandeered 4 US airliners for the sole purpose of causing murder and mayhem on September 11, 2001.

It produced the Taliban, responsible for the subjugation of the nation of Afghanistan.

It has supported such terrorist organizations as Hamas, Islamic Jihad, Harakat ul-Mujahidin, Hizballah, al-Jihad, Palestinian Liberation Front, al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, al-Qaeda, and others too numerous to name.

It is responsible for the deaths of numerous young American soldiers in Iraq.

The question remains: When will someone have the courage not only to connect the dots, but to reveal the frightening picture that lies therein?