The Islamic Fifth Column

People all over the world have been watching the events in Israel the past few days with what is, for many, an overwhelming sense of surprise, anger, and outrage at the actions of the Islamic terrorist group Hamas’s invasion of Israeli towns, and its attacks upon and murders of innocent Jewish men, women, and children. Anyone with their moral compass functioning even partially have viewed such attacks with disgust and rage.

Unfortunately, however, this is not the case for many more around the world, who have not only supported such actions, but have delighted in them and openly called for more. We have all seen the pro- “Palestinian” rallies in the United States and Europe in support of Hamas terror. But what in America? Do such people exist here? Sadly, I can say that they do. And even more scary, they are the leaders of their communities.

When I was a Muslim, I attended the Islamic Society of Greater Oklahoma City, also known as Masjid an-Nasr. At the time of my conversion in February 2001, the ISGOC was led by Imam Suhaib Webb, a white convert to Islam who has become a very well-known player in Muslim community in the United States. What would he say about all of this, you may ask? Well, he did tell me. I asked him once after a suicide bombing about Hamas and the role of suicide in Islam. He said to me that indeed Islam forbids suicide, but the Palestinians weren’t committing suicide in order to kill themselves; their intention was to kill Israelis, even if their sacrifice resulted in their own deaths. This was allowed, for as Suhaib claimed, it was the only weapon they had against Israel. This claim seems kind of odd now, after the world has seen the video of parachuting jihadists with automatic rifles and rockets entering Israel to massacre civilians wholesale. Suhaib even advised me not to tell the media such things, because they would not understand. 

Suhaib left the ISGOC in 2002 to study overseas at al-Azhar in Egypt, another bastion of love for Israel. A Lebanese Muslim named Imaad Enchassi took over as imam. He was much more open about his views. He once claimed during a Friday khutbah (sermon) that the Israelis were trying to collapse the al-Aqsa mosque and Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem by digging tunnels underneath them. He said this, but provided no evidence, which was met with anger by the Muslims attending the Friday prayer. In fact, Israel was trying to keep the mosques and Temple Mount from collapsing due to irresponsible and shoddy drilling and construction by Muslims on the site.

This wasn’t all. A guest speaker was once invited to give a lecture at Oklahoma Christian University, and was confronted by members of an Israel-supporting Baptist church about Islam’s support of terrorism. The speaker merely claimed the Islam did not allow compulsion in religion, citing the Quran in surah 2:256, which doesn’t apply to the question of terrorism unless the terrorists are forcing people to convert to Islam. There is no indication that Hamas did that as they were massacring people in Israel on Saturday. I found the claim odd, as I had asked the speaker about Hamas as well, and he had also claimed terror committed by Hamas against Israel was legitimate. 

Islam teaches terror, Muhammad lived by the sword, and so do many if those who follow Islam. All it takes is for them to take their religion seriously, and it puts us all in danger. One lit fuse, and you have the next Hamas, Islamic Jihad, ISIS, al-Shabaab, or al-Qaeda terrorist. And when that happens, any rear-kissing, overtones of coexistence, and brotherly love from the useful idiots of our countries will be silenced in a pool of the  blood of innocent men, women, and children. Let what happened in Israel serve as a warning to us all.