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Click these links after you read the article and see if you can judge which school of thought they represent.
Islamic war ethics
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What is Sunnah?
Esposito and Others
The Islamization of Europe
On wife beating
Archbishop of Canterbury on Sharia law in the UK
The Koran Sura 14 “Abraham”
Let’s Go to School
There are three schools of thought with regards to Islam. The first school is the Islamic school with its many subdivisions. All of its writings are by Muslims.
The second is the Academic school. This is taught in universities. Courses of study include Islamic art, architecture, poetry, literature, Sufism (mystical Islam), history without jihad or victims. History and current events are described from a Western point of view using our political theory. The history of the victims of jihad is never mentioned. Islam is seen as a part of our civilization. The Trilogy source documents are not studied, only the comments by other scholars.
The Academic school cannot connect the dots of Islamic current events, nor explain the “why” (the motivation, thinking or world-view) of Islamic history and can never predict future Islamic actions. All Islamic actions are explained as a reaction to the West. In a sense, the Academic school only references itself for explanations, never the Islamic texts. Government policy and media reports are all based upon the Academic school.
The third school of thought is the Foundational school. The Foundational school uses the source documents of Islam to explain the world-view of Islamic civilization. It sees all Islam as motivated by the Koran and the Sunna of Mohammed. The history of Islam is interpreted as an expression of the political doctrine of Islam.
The Foundational school studies the history of the victims of Islam. This includes the history of slaves and dhimmis (semi-slaves). Christians, Jews, Hindus and Buddhists were dhimmis.
The Foundational school can see the pattern, connect the dots, of Islamic current events, explain Islamic history and predict possible outcomes for the future. The reason is simple. The Foundational school studies the same texts that Islamic leaders use as a guide. The Foundational school writing quotes the Koran and Mohammed and includes the suffering of the victims.
It is very easy to tell which school you are dealing with. If there is no mention of Allah/Koran or Mohammed, then the writing is out of the Academic school. For instance, notice the next time you hear a talking head on TV or read an article about Islam. They always describe Islamic actions based upon what we did. Islamic words and deeds are only given in context of our foreign policy. It is what America and the Israelis did that determines what Islam does.
The Academic school is actually a very bigoted way of looking at Islam. Muslims are viewed as not really having any internal motivations. Islam is just seen as our bad child. If we could only treat the child better with a better foreign policy then the bad child would be good.
The Islamic school is written by believers. The Academic school is written by dhimmis, non-Muslims who serve and defer to Islam, and the Foundational school is written by kafirs.
If the words Allah/Koran or Mohammed are used, then the writer is either a Muslim or a kafir. If the words are about how wonderful Islam is then, the writer is a Muslim. If the article is critical and mentions Allah/Koran or Mohammed, then the writer is a kafir from the Foundational school.
Discussion about the schools of thought is critical to our survival. The Academic school has no way to defend our civilization. The Academic school has only one response to Islam. How can we change and please you? The Academic school says that we know we are doing it badly, because Islam is displeased. This is the language of our State Department and the media.
Submission is the formal policy of the Academic school. It is a pathetic irony that the “Academic” school is the only one that is ignorant of the doctrine of political Islam.
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