A Tangled Web

The Friday Essay.



DHIMMUTUDE DAWNING.



Al Qu’eda secured a stunning victory over democracy in Spain last week. All it took was one terrorist blitzkrieg on the Madrid rail network, timed a few days before the General election. A sufficient number of Spaniards were subsequently persuaded to seek a form of self-dhimmutude via the ballot-box as an imagined means of protection. Thus the democratic process was subverted by terrorists and much of the European press applauded. Aznar was dumped, the US was damned, and even better from the terrorist perspective there was no verified forensic evidence that Al Qu’eda was even directly responsible – the suggestion magnified through the leftist media was enough to bring about the first forced regime change since Saddam’s Iraq. The bogey-man does not have to be present - he only has to imply his presence.



The questions I pose today are as follows: Has Europe taken a major step towards self-inflicted dhimmitude rather than join up with the USA in the war against the Jihadists? If so, what will the likely consequences be for Europe, for the UK, and for the USA?



Let’s consider what is meant by Dhimmutude! This is the name given to the Islamic system of governing populations conquered by jihad wars, encompassing all of the demographic, ethnic, and religious aspects of the political system. The word "dhimmitude" as a historical concept, was coined to describe the legal and social conditions of Jews and Christians subjected to Islamic rule. The word "dhimmitude" comes from dhimmi, an Arabic word meaning "protected". Dhimmi was the name applied by the Arab-Muslim conquerors to indigenous non-Muslim populations who surrendered by a treaty (dhimma) to Muslim domination. Islamic conquests expanded over vast territories in Africa, (sic) Europe and Asia, for over a millennium (638-1683). The Muslim empire incorporated numerous varied peoples which had their own religion, culture, language and civilization. For centuries, these indigenous, pre-Islamic peoples constituted the great majority of the population of the Islamic lands. Although these populations differed, they were ruled by the same type of laws, based on the shari'a.



Before his unscheduled departure to infinity care of a few daisy-cutters back in late 2001, Bin Laden lamented “the tragedy of Andalusia.” In shorthand, he was very angry about the ending of Moorish rule in 1492. These Al Qu’eda guys have long memories! The point is that A Qu’eda is operating to a centuries old agenda with only one acceptable outcome – the enforced dhimmitude of the West. It predates the liberation of Iraq by around 600 years.



If we look to those countries where Osoma and his pals got their way, like Afghanistan, society was turned back to the Fred Flintstone era. The Stone Age suddenly became a halcyon period of enlightenment and Sharia law guaranteed that gay marriage was off the agenda. It also provided a spawning ground for international terrorism.



What would Sharia mean for Europe, should militant Islam be successful in introducing it? Unimaginable? Try telling that to the Canadian government which is being lobbied very hard to accept it!



Consider adultery, a popular activity in our increasingly un-Christian society. Shari'a resorts to particularly drastic measures. Rape creates an especially difficult burden of proof for the victim. Shari'a law only provides for punishment in cases of adultery, if both parties admit to have committed the "crime". If this is not the case, four independent witnesses have to be found; however, the witnesses must be male. In cases of rape, shari'a rules that a rapist is to be punished with 100 lashes, if unmarried, or with death by stoning, if married, since this would then constitute adultery. I wonder what Brice Dickson would do about that?

A pregnancy as a result of rape first of all counts as evidence of adultery committed by the woman. The rape victim then has to prove that she really was raped. In case the man - which is very likely - denies that he has raped the woman, the woman has to name four male witnesses to prove the rape. In case the woman does not find these four male witnesses - which again is very likely - she will be charged with slander. Tough love!



For the crime of slander, shari'a prescribes a punishment of 80 lashes. On top of that, the woman will be charged with adultery, and is thus threatened with the death penalty, if she is married. In case, she is unmarried, the "adultery" counts as immoral behaviour and is punished with 100 lashes.



Perhaps this gives a flavour of what Al Qu’eda has in store for us. Their Jihad has no compromise, no limit, and no end - until 1492 is re-written. Europe’s ambivalence in the war against these barbarians augers badly for the future. Is it possible that Europe will prefer to huddle in fear rather than step forward against the Jihadists? All the evidence points that way. France, Germany, Belgium, and now, Spain all give every impression that their primary objective lies in bringing the US – not Al Qu’eda, to it’s knees. A few more well-timed bombs before a few more general elections and this cowards club could also contain Italy and even the UK.



And as for the USA, it may have to face the fact that Europe is sadly subsiding into a form of self-Dhimmutude and thus could come to represent a future base for militant Islam.