Dr. Youssef al-Goebbels?

You have to hand it to CAIR (Council on American-Islamic Relations). They wage covert jihad ceaselessly and effectively. They have utterly mastered the "big lie" technique, popularized by Hitler's minister of propaganda, Joseph Goebbels. They are superb activists and pose a serious threat to America and Americans. We had better take them seriously, and we had better use their own methods on them.

Tuesday, 17 May 2005, CAIR sent out this new propaganda campaign by emailing. Read it. Take it seriously. But, do what reason dictates, not what CAIR wants you to do. We offer some recommendations at the end of this CAIR text.

"In the Name of Allah, the Compassionate, the MercifulCAIR Action Alert #455

"HELP EDUCATE YOUR NEIGHBORS ABOUT THE QURAN

"CAIR urges Muslims to sponsor its "Explore the Quran" campaign(WASHINGTON, D.C., 5/17/05) - CAIR today announced that it would offer free copies of the Quran to the American public in response to the recent controversy generated by a Newsweek article alleging that Islam's holy text was flushed down a toilet.

"An item in the May 9 issue of Newsweek reported that investigators probing interrogation abuses at the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay have confirmed that interrogators, in an attempt to rattle suspects, flushed a Qur'an down a toilet and led a detainee around with a collar and dog leash.Subsequently, the report of the Quran desecration sparked protests in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Indonesia, and Gaza, where 16 people were killed and more than 100 injured, according to news reports.

"Although Newsweek has since then retracted its statement and offered an apology, other news reports show that allegations of religious desecration at Guantanamo are common among ex-prisoners and have been widely reported outside the United States. SEE: http://rawstory.com/exclusives/newsweek_koran_report_516.htm.

"In response, CAIR is urging Muslims to help promote a better appreciation and understanding of their faith by donating to the "Explore the Quran" project. CAIR's "Explore the Quran" campaign encourages Muslim individuals, mosques and Islamic organizations to sponsor copies of the Quran, which will then be distributed to interested individuals nationwide.

"The $25 packages include a copy of the Quran with Yusaf Ali's English translation and guidelines on how to handle the Quran."In today's climate of heightened religious sensitivities and cultural clashes, now is the time for people of all faiths to better acquaint themselves with Islam's sacred text, the Holy Qur'an," said CAIR Executive Director Nihad Awad. "The 'Explore the Qur'an' campaign allows the book to speak for itself and educate those of other faith traditions about the beautiful religion of Islam."

"Muslim communities and individuals can donate to the project by visiting CAIR's "Explore the Quran" web site at http://www.cair-net.org/explorethequran/. Those who wish to obtain a free copy of the Quran, can also submit a request on the same website or call 1-800-78-ISLAM (47526).

"ACTION REQUESTED:

1) Go http://www.cair-net.org/explorethequran/ to donate
generously to the "Explore the Quran" project.

2) Publicize CAIR's "Explore the Quran" project in your local mosques and Islamic Centers and encourage others to participate.

3) Organize "Explore the Quran" workshops at your local mosques, encouraging your neighbors to come and learn about Islam's holy text. "

My first reading of the Koran was a profound experience. It was after the events of 11 September 2001, and I felt a profound need to erase my ignorance about Islam. One of the first books I bought was N. J. Dawood's translation of the Koran, a Penguin Books paperback. My profundity came from experiencing how utterly nasty, mean, hostile, misanthropic, myscogenistic, racist, and literally blood-thirsty were the repeating loops of messages in the surahs. I quickly realized that the Koran was AND IS a manual for war. It was what I imagined a Nazi manual would have looked like if written in the late 8th century A.D.

If there ever was a book specializing in the hatred of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, the Koran is it. It is anti-human being, anti-life itself, anti-individual, anti-mind, anti-reason, anti-this world, and anti-anyone not accepting it. It is a book meant to keep savages unified and focused on conquest and justifying a life-style never emulated in history since the inception of Islam until the coming of the Nazi and Communist empires, ideologies, and practices.

After you have read a few surahs and if you are religious and not Muslim, ask yourself if this "Allah," who supposedly "revealed" this Koran to Muhammad, is a vengeful god or a loving god. Look for benevolence and see it shown only to other Muslims while total horror must be inflicted on those not Muslim. You will find some "nice" sections of the Koran, so keep in mind the time-tested Islamic technique of "abrogation." This means that the nice parts, coming from the Meccan phase of Muhammad's life, have been superceded ("abrogated") by the Medinan versions, the mean-as-hell ones.

Keep in mind as you read that this book is not "holy." The Koran is a completely human creation, of a human devil and is devoid of any divinity of any kind. The Koran is the soul of every totalitarian tyrant or would-be tyrant who ever trod the earth or ever will, not a source of divine revelation and recipe for living life according to the demands of reality, including humans' proper nature. (We have articles outlining the very-human-and-not-divine principles underlying Islam on our website--see the listing on our Archives page.)

Perhaps I should also mention that the Koran is probably the worst organized and written book in human history. It won't take you long to see that if you force yourself to read it. What holds all of the disorganization together is the distillation of consummate hatred throughout.

Do read a Koran. Follow the excellent suggestion of several scholars: read more than one translation. A number of translators have tried to "sanitize" the Koran, and if you start with one of those making nice where the Koran actually says something else, you will come away thinking that this Islam is all benevolent. That is what such translations want you to think. Sampling from several translations will keep you from joining the ranks of the self-deluded.

Read several other books as well: Ibn Warraq's Why I Am Not A Muslim; Robert Spencer's first two books, Islam Unveiled and Onward Muslim Soldiers; and use Craig Winn's Prophet of Doom as a superb reference book for its synthesis and collation of six or more translations with a cateloging of verses in several ways. These books, along with superb websites, can be found on our website Recommended page.

CAIR wants to give you Yusaf Ali's translation. Let them. It is one of several you should read. Just don't give them money in exchange.