by Jane Bate and Bryan Hermansdorfer, ©2022 (Aug. 21, 2022) — [See previous installments in this series here.] Up until now, we’ve been looking at Islam pretty much as a single entity, but various religions or world views will often somehow react strenuously in harmony or in dissonance with another world view, producing a very […]
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by Jane Bate and Bryan Hermansdorfer, ©2022 (Jul. 22, 2022) — [See previous installments in this series here. – Ed.] It is important to keep in mind that any mention of “Islam” or of “Muslims” should be understood by the reader to be a reference to the rules of Islam drawn from the major sources […]
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by Jane Bate and Bryan Hermansdorfer, ©2022 (Jun. 17, 2022) — [Read previous installments in this series here. – Ed.] Since our country is just a few months out from a critical election, let’s go over some great questions to ask Muslim candidates. These questions and tips are taken from Dr. Stephen Kirby’s outstanding book, […]
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by Jane Bate and Bryan Hermansdorfer, ©2022 (Jun. 4, 2022) — As the midterm elections are approaching, it is prudent to include a discussion of a relatively new political party which is designed to strengthen the Islamic vote; we’re speaking of the USCMO, an umbrella group that came into being in 2014. The USCMO unites […]
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by Jane Bate and Bryan Hermansdorfer, ©2022 (Apr. 13, 2022) — [See previous installments in this series here. – Ed.] Regarding taqiyya, the sanctioned deception of non-Muslims, there are several types, though the term taqiyya is commonly used to cover all of them. Typically, taqiyya is used to paint Islam as beneficent. An example might […]
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by Jane Bate and Bryan Hermansdorfer, ©2022 (Mar. 13, 2022) — [See previous installments in this series here.] There is a convention in Islam of which every non-Muslim must be made aware. Taqiyya is religiously sanctioned lying to non-Muslims, and numerous instances are found in the Quran, Sira and Hadith. Typically, taqiyya is employed to […]
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by Jane Bate and Bryan Hermansdorfer, ©2022 (Feb. 12, 2022) — [See the previous chapters in this series here.] Under Islam, non-Muslims, also (derogatorily) called Kafirs, become a distinct under-class, sometimes referred to as najis, meaning filth. In fact, non-Muslims, no matter your religion, gender, age, or the catalogue of good deeds you may have […]
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by Jane Bate and Bryan Hermansdorfer, ©2022 (Jan. 14, 2022) — [Editor’s Note: Read previous installments in this series here.] Given Congress’s current attempts to criminalize Islamophobia, we will take a brief detour to discuss Ilhan Omar’s H.R. 5665 – Combating International Islamophobia Act, passed by the House along party lines. The corresponding Senate bill, […]
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by Jane Bate and Bryan Hermansdorfer, ©2021 (Dec. 12, 2021) — [Read earlier articles in this series here – Ed.] We’ve seen in the previous two installments that women play a very submissive role in Islam, and that is often one of the reasons Muslims seek citizenship in the U.S. In addition to the points […]
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by Jane Bate and Bryan Hermansdorfer, ©2021 (Nov. 12, 2021) — [Editor’s Note: Read the preceding articles in this series here.] As if we needed more evidence of the lowly status of women in Islam, a well-known hadith narrates that Muhammad said, “I have seen the fires of Hell and most of its residents are ungrateful […]
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by Jane Bate and Bryan Hermansdorfer, ©2021 (Oct. 11, 2021) — [See previous installments in this series here.] That the status of women is lower than that of men in Islam is undeniable. A case in point is Reliance of the Traveller (ROTT) o4.9: “The indemnity for the death or injury of a woman is […]
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by Jane Bate and Bryan Hermansdorfer, ©2021 (Sep. 15, 2021) — [Previous installments in this series can be read here. — Ed.] Given the inexcusable act by the Biden administration of leaving Americans and our Afghan allies in Afghanistan, it’s time to take a hard look at Islam’s treatment of women and of non-Muslims to […]
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by Jane Bate and Bryan Hermansdorfer, ©2021 (Aug. 14, 2021) — [See previous installments in this series here. – Ed.] Prior to wrapping up this section of Jihad/Muslim Brotherhood, we’d like to remind readers that Incremental Islam is intended to help the reader understand Islamic Law (Sharia); it should not be construed as a description […]
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Incremental Islam 16 (Part 4)
by Jane Bate and Bryan Hermansdorfer, ©2021 (Jul. 15, 2021) — [Editor’s Note: Read the previous article in this series here.] Lest the reader get the impression that CAIR is the only Muslim Brotherhood organization, this installment will introduce you to a few more of the larger and more powerful players in the vast constellation […]
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Incremental Islam 15 (Part 3)
by Jane Bate and Bryan Hermansdorfer, ©2021 (Jun. 11, 2021) — [See previous installments in this series here. — Ed.] CAIR (Council on American-Islamic Relations), a prominent organization in the Muslim Brotherhood, was born in 1993 at a surveilled meeting of Hamas supporters in Philadelphia. Omar Ahmad, one of the founders of the new group, […]
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Incremental Islam 14 (Part 2)
by Jane Bate and Bryan Hermansdorfer, ©2021 (May 13, 2021) — [Editor’s Note: Read the previous installments in this series here.] The basics of jihad are covered in section o9 of the Reliance of the Traveller, an authoritative compendium of sharia, Islamic law. “Jihad means to war against non-Muslims…to establish the religion” [of Islam]. o9.1 […]
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Incremental Islam 13 (Part 1)
by Jane Bate and Bryan Hermansdorfer, ©2021 (Apr. 15, 2021) — [Editor’s Note: Read previous installments in this series here.] What, really, is meant by the term “jihad”? You may have seen signs saying, “My jihad is to lose weight,” or “My jihad is to give up smoking.” Self-improvement campaigns such as these are known […]
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Incremental Islam – 12
by Jane Bate and Bryan Hermansdorfer, ©2021 (Mar. 14, 2021) — [Editor’s Note: Please see previous installments in this series here.] One of the best ways to learn about Islam is from courageous former Muslims, who have lived it and left it. Having renounced Islam, they already have a target on their backs; yet these […]
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by Jane Bate and Bryan Hermansdorfer, ©2021 (Feb. 14, 2021) — [Editor’s Note: Please see previous installments in this series here.] Regarding the whitewashing of Islam in American textbooks, one might wonder how this happens. An organization, the Council on Islamic Education (CIE), basically anointed themselves as the vetters of Islamic textbook material. According to […]
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Incremental Islam – 10
by Jane Bate and Bryan Hermansdorfer, ©2021 (Jan. 15, 2021) — In last month’s article, we discussed the problem of disingenuousness when Islam is included in “Interfaith Dialogues.” The same problem arises in school, and there are multiple reasons for that, and some tips, which will be covered in Part 2. This month, we will […]