Islam and the persuasive power of fear
Of the three great religions, Jews have been disinterested in converting people; Christ urged his disciples to spread his message through words and good deeds; and Mohamed told his followers to conquer the world with fire and sword. Since October 7, while we’re not seeing fire and sword in the West (yet), we’re certainly seeing standard Islamic efforts to intimidate the West into accepting Islam’s genocidal antisemitism and overall colonialist impulses.
Islam burst out of the Saudi desert in the 7th century A.D. Within one hundred years of Mohamed’s death, its reach had tripled in size, encompassing large parts of the modern Middle East and the northern coast of Africa, while making inroads into Spain. It increased all that territory in the next hundred years. One thousand years after Mohamed’s death, it controlled the entire Middle East, all of North Africa along with a sizable stretch of East Africa, along with large swaths of Central Europe, India, parts of Russia stretching into southern China, and the Malayan peninsula:
Almost none of this happened peacefully. Contrary to the myriad websites purporting to explain Islamic values of persuasion, Islam did not persuade, it conquered. A decade ago, Mike Konrad put together a tally of the death and destruction left in Islam’s wake:
- 80 million in India
- 110 million African blacks lost to the Muslim-controlled slave trade
- 1 million Europeans enslaved or slaughtered
- Uncounted millions in the Balkans and Southern Italy.
- Uncounted numbers during the conquest of Malaysia
And that’s just a partial list.
If you’re wondering why I’m bringing up what’s probably a familiar laundry list to our readers, it’s because of this tweet:
This is the largest annual charity event for an organization dedicated to helping blind kids. What kind of evil maniacs would ruin that and terrify the kids on stage? https://t.co/sYH6CacIRv
— Chaya Raichik (@ChayaRaichik10) December 24, 2023
Raichick’s question, of course, is rhetorical. We already know what kind of evil maniacs would ruin an event and terrify children: People who use fear as their weapon of “persuasion.” A good example is ISIS burning recalcitrant women alive (although, as readers note, the image on the right is of ISIS burning a Jordanian pilot alive in a cage, not the girls):
– When in the past ISIS burned alive 19 Yezidi girls, no Muslim marched or demonstrated for them, the UN Human Rights & UN Women did not condemn it.
– When Hamas-ISIS slaughtered raped & burned Israeli women – silence, no UN condemnation!
Selective hypocritical biased world view! https://t.co/3vLYPQePCN— Joseph The Guardian Of Truth יוסף שומר ישראל (@Joe10616924) December 23, 2023
The whole COVID panic reminded us that people are very vulnerable to fear. When dealing with Westerners who are used to peace, prosperity, and comfort, you need much less effort and violence to inculcate fear. The old mafioso tactic of implied violence (“Nice little family ya got here. It’d be a shame if something happened to it”) works just fine.
That brings me to those wondering what benefit pro-Hamas protesters are providing for their cause by blocking airports or interfering with celebrations, actions that irritate people:
Pro-Palestinian protestors in Chicago have shut down the entrance to O’Hare International Airport.
The only way to deal with these criminals is to prosecute and jail them.
That or deport them.
There’s no reasoning with people like this.pic.twitter.com/PWjO6Zv0qE
— Paul A. Szypula ???????? (@Bubblebathgirl) December 24, 2023
Pro-Palestinian protesters ruin and disrupt a Christmas tree lighting ceremony in Ypsilanti, Michigan.
The protesters disrupted the event attended by families with their children and chanted “Palestine will be free.”
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— Oli London (@OliLondonTV) November 27, 2023
WATCH: Pro HAMAS protesters have ruined the family friendly Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City today.
Violent protesters who showed up in white outfits that say “colonialism” and “imperialism” with fake blood splattered all over them are attacking police, and… https://t.co/wvcjnEFzMh pic.twitter.com/Cbw7Ey6sCy
— Laura Loomer (@LauraLoomer) November 23, 2023
Pro-Palestine protesters attack NYPD officers as they try to shut down the Christmas tree lighting event at the Rockefeller Center in Manhattan. Video by @ViralNewsNYC: pic.twitter.com/4S5cksKgUo
— Andy Ngô ????️???? (@MrAndyNgo) November 30, 2023
People need to accept that these protesters aren’t trying to persuade. They are giving you a foretaste.
Indeed, this is a standard totalitarian tactic. Fascists in Germany, Italy, and England specialized in it, and their ideological descendants in Antifa embrace the same approach
Most people are not fighters. They will do anything to avoid the things they fear and gain a semblance of peace. Sadly, few understand that, when their avoidance allows the monsters to win, the only thing that remains under monster rule is perpetual fear.
The reason October 7 resonated so much for many people, especially Jews, is that it burst their “it can’t happen here” bubble. We’ve gotten used to Muslims engaging in mass slaughter in Africa, Asia, and various parts of the Middle East. Those places are “there.” Israel, an extremely Westernized country, is closer to “here.” And as these protests are meant to tell us, it can happen here, too.
Image: X screen grab.
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