ISLAM SHOULD CHANGE TO BE ACCEPTABLE

By Dr. James C. Agazie

There is a concern that while various religions are transforming themselves to meet the needs of a changing world, Islam hangs unalterably to the past like a dinosaur that refuses to disappear. For example, Islam is unalterably addicted to violence if the worshipers behave obstinately, stubbornly, steadfastly, unwavering, fixedly, obdurately, inflexibly, or unyielding in ways that are clearly brutal. A thing is unalterable if it is like a woman’s longstanding pregnancy that refuses to end so the baby can be delivered so everyone’s anxiety is extinguished. There is a reason for this. Perhaps, Islam should not behave as a sadist, a man who derives extreme pleasure in inflicting pain on self or on others.  Doesn't a boxer float around the ring with intricate leg work while throwing and receiving blows?  There is a thin thread running through pregnancy, sadism,, Islam and boxing champ: they all enjoy the attention of a wider world. Islam is like a boxer who steals into the opponent’s training camp just to yell and rain expletives designed to intimidate and weaken the opponent’s defenses. 

ISLAM OUGHT TO GET RID OF THE UNHEALTHY ATTENTION MUSLIMS SEEM TO RECIEVE FROM HOLDING THE WORLD A HOSTAGE OSTENSIBLY IN THE ATTEMPT TO AUTHENTICATE, CONVINCE, JUSTIFY ITS EXISTENCE, STEAL THE SHOW OR INSPIRE TERROR.      

It is no coincidence that people who believe in religious teachings like Confucianism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Epicureanism, Taoism, Scientology, Rastafarian have lived happily with each other. It is not surprising that aside from the historical land dispute between Jews and Arabs,  those who have Judaism are happier and fare better than Arabs who continue to wallow from one war to another, leaving behind a trail of bloodshed and misery.

The world needs a system of beliefs to smooth the process of life on earth;, a philosophy that would provide anchor and facilitate man's journeys in a frightening environment. It is reasonable to believe that religion has helped man to answer such questions as: Who am I? Where do I come from? Where am I going? What's my purpose in this life? Where do I go when this life expires? Everyone on earth believes there if God. Not believing in the existence of God is by itself a religious belief. Religion has helped people to hold on when there is nothing in them except the will that says “Hold On.” Religion provides the will that keeps us marching on until....whatever happens in the end. Religion helps us to rationalize and hope for a brighter tomorrow. The problem is not with what religion we profess; the tragedy is with how we profess that religion. Do we live in a harmonious, peaceful coexistence, or do we end up dead on a perilous, precarious planet? 

For the truly faithful, religion calls  for faith in God who is omnipotent, and omnipresent.  The overriding purpose of religion appears to pull people together in their pursuit of life, health, wealth, and happiness while life lasts. And religion draws people closer in their times of mourning.       The history of Islam is the history of a people at war on more fronts than there are men to man. Name any Muslim nation that is enjoying peace and whose citizens enjoy human rights without stoning and beheading  Becausethe Muslims are perceived as “unpeaceful” and prone to frequent Islamic barbaric brutality, they are barricaded as farm animals under autocratic regimes ruled by strongmen in war-torn Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, Arab Emirate, and Yemen.  ISLAM MUST TRANSFORM OR BE CRIPPLED AS A RELIGION.

There is so much confusion in the world stemming from animosity between sets of brothers, (a) between two half-brothers Isaac and Ishmael born to old man Abraham; (b) between two full brothers Jacob and Esau, twin sons of Isaac son of Abraham. Ishmael behaved violently toward younger sibling Isaac who was the child promised to 100-year-old man and his 90-year-old wife. Ishmael was suffered a banishment to the hot desert with his Egyptian mother Hagar. Result was war between descendants of Isaac and Ishmaelite (Arabs). Jacob outsmarted Esau the porridge eater and tricked him out of the coveted first-son birthright. Result has been seen in the enmity between the children of Jacob (later named Israel) and the descendants of Esau whom we now know as the Arabs. THIS ADVICE IS FOR WISE PARENTS: BEWARE OF ENCOURAGING SIBLING JEALOUSY. IN THE FINAL ANALYSIS, ISLAM MUST CHANGE OR BE CRIPPLED.      

 As you may know, Jews have successfully used the argument they are the chosen people of God and the chief partakers of the promises God gave Abraham. Jews take the promise seriously to befuddle their enemies, having acquired nuclear capability just to prove their point. Israel works hard to ensure nuclear technology doesn’t get into Arab hands. Jews have been able to convince the Arabs with the argument: “we are better than you because God has favored us over you.” While the Arabs have believed  the Jews and accepted the subordinate role, they operate from a disadvantaged position, from a position of weakness. Arabs have never made it a secret they deeply resent their brothers and desire to obliterate or wipe out the Jewish State from off the face of God’s earth. Will God allow that to happen? Will the world stand by to see that happen?

Because Jews have always managed to be united even under the most crushing regimes through long exiles, persecutions and near extermination in Nazi Germany, Jews are determined to always be ahead of the Arabs in self-determination and measures of development. For one thing, Jews are a superpower with nuclear capability. Ever wonder why Israel which is surrounded by hostile Arab nations is unafraid to sleep as peacefully as a lamb in the den of fierce lions.

ARABS SHOULD THINK IT WISE TO RECOGNIZE THE EXISTENCE OF ISRAEL AS A SOVEREIGN NATION. YOU CANNOT SPILL THE BLLOD OF ONE JEW AND EXPECT NO RETALIATION FROM A PEOPLE WHOSE EXISTENCE HAS BEEN THREATENED FOR CENTURIES. CALL IT THE INSTINCT FOR SELF PRESERVATION.      
Enmity between Jews and Arabs can be traced to poor parenting skills of mothers who preferred one child over the other: Isaac vs. Ishmael; Jacob vs. Esau; Joseph vs. eleven brothers. There are the usual elements of sibling jealousy and competitiveness. Preferred kids often seem to do better than siblings not so well preferred because of the principles of self-fulfilling prophecy.

X PERFORMS BETTER THAN Y BECAUSE X IS CONVINCED THAT Y IS INFERIOR AND Y PERFORMS WORSE THAN X BECAUSE Y IS CONVINCED THAT X IS HIS SUPERIOR. JEWS AND ARABS ARE TWO BROTHERS HOSTILE TO EACH OTHER BUT COEXISTING SIDE BY SIDE.  THE MUSLIMS APPEAR TO BE AT WAR WITH THE WHOLE WORLD ON MANY FRONTS BECAUSE MUSLIMS BELIEVE THE WHOLE WORLD SUPPORTS ISRAEL.

THIS WAR WOULD CONTINUE FOR MANY DECADES UNTIL THE ARAB WORLD CHANGES ITS OFFICIAL POLICY TOWARD ISRAEL OR IS CRIPPLED. ISLAM AND MUSLIMS SHALL STOP CHANTING RELIGIOUS SONGS OF BIGOTRY AND BLLOD FOR A VENGEFUL GOD. ISLAM AND MUSLIMS SHALL HAVE TO TRANSFORM FROM THE 7TH CENTURY FARMLAND TO THE COSMOPOLITAN 21ST CENTURY.

NO MAN WANTS HIS KIDS DESTROYED IN UNINTELLIGENT NUCLEAR CATASTROPHE.   COPYRIGHTED 05/05/2013. DIRECTCOMMENTS TO ESSYIST ________________________________________________________ REPUBLICREPORTERS....standing between civilization and anarchy...