Islamic Fundamentalism 101

Sayed Farook and Tashfeen Malik

Farhan Khan, the brother-in-law of the San Bernardino jihadist Sayed Farook, recently claimed with a straight face that I have no idea. I have no idea why would he do (Farook) that, why would he do something like this. I have absolutely no idea. I am in shock myself. I am an honorable person. 

Farook and his wife Tashfeen Malik murdered 14 people at a Christmas party held on Dec. 2 at the Inland Regional Center, a state-run facility for people with developmental disabilities in San Bernardino, California, about 55 miles east of downtown Los Angeles.

If Khan's telling the truth, then he's a cultural Muslim rather than a fundamental Muslim. However, if he's a fundamental Muslim, then he knows what motivated Farook and Malik to do what they did.

It's possible that Khan had no idea that his brother-in-law and sister planned to commit murder for Allah by killing as many infidels as they could. And it's possible that he did know but he's lying to save his own skin and those who aided and abetted the Muslim Bonnie and Clyde duo.

Of course, Farook and Malik pledged their allegiance to ISIS, the Islamic terror group that Barack Obama condescendingly dismissed as a junior varsity group. Remember that remark because it's destined to become part of Obama's true legacy rather than the phony one being crafted by his loyal flunkies and rump-kissers in the media.

ISIS is the JV group that's murdered thousands of Christians and other non-Muslims in Syria and Iraq. That's the JV group that's been stealing oil from Iraq and Syria and selling it to Turkey to finance its terror operations. That's the JV group that's claimed significant amounts of real estate in Iraq since Obama--the most brilliant man on earth--pulled American troops out of that nation four years ago. And that's the JV group that inspired Farook and Malik.

Predictably, after Farook and Malik were shot dead by San Bernardino police during a getaway attempt, America's Marxist media went into full blown denial by claiming that the Muslim couple's motive was likely workplace violence, just as they blamed the Fort Hood massacre (2009) on workplace violence.

Remember that one? That was committed by Army Major Nidal Hasan, a devout Muslim who all but admitted to his military superiors that he hated the United States for killing Muslims in Iraq and Afghanistan, and he planned to do something about it. Those military officials chose to ignore Hasan's rants out of political correctness. And the rest, as they say, is history.

Farook and Malik didn't commit workplace violence. They weren't innocent Muslims who became "radicalized" by consuming ISIS propaganda via the internet. They were Muslims who practiced a fundamental form of Islam. What's that? They were obedient to the teachings of the Quran and the Hadith (the Sayings of Muhammad).

For those who are still unclear as to what motivated Farook and Malik to murder innocent people, then I have a suggestion for you; pick up copies of the Quran and the Hadith and start reading them. If you can't read Arabic, they're available in English and in many other languages.

And read them cover to cover, rather than just selected verses that portray Islam as a "Religion of Peace." I think you'll discover that Islam is anything but the religion of peace that its apologists claim. Apologists such as Barack Obama, John Kerry and George W. Bush who've repeatedly apologized for that religion's violent theology.

What sort of Quranic verses betray Islam's peaceful image? Verses such as this one: "And kill them (infidels) wherever you find them, and turn them out from where they have turned you out. And Al Fitnah [disbelief or unrest] is worse than killing...but if they desist, then lo! Allah is forgiving and merciful. And fight them until there is no more Fitnah [disbelief and worshiping of others along with Allah] and worship is for Allah alone." (Sura 2:191-193)

And this one: "Let those fight in the way of Allah who sell the life of this world for the other. Whoso fighteth in the way of Allah, be he slain or be he victorious, on him We shall bestow a vast reward." (Sura 4:74)

And this one: "And fight with them until there is no more fitna (disorder, unbelief) and religion is all for Allah." (Sura 8:39)  And this one: "O Prophet! strive hard against the unbelievers and the hypocrites and be unyielding to them; and their abode is hell, and evil is the destination." (Sura 9:73) 

And here's one more: "Those who disbelieve follow falsehood, while those who believe follow the truth from their Lord... So, when you meet (in fight Jihad in Allah's Cause), those who disbelieve smite at their necks till when you have killed and wounded many of them, then bind a bond firmly (on them, i.e. take them as captives)... If it had been Allah's Will, He Himself could certainly have punished them (without you). But (He lets you fight), in order to test you, some with others. But those who are killed in the Way of Allah, He will never let their deeds be lost." (Sura 47:3-4)

Those are just some of the many war verses contained in the Quran. Farook and Malik were undoubtedly familiar with those verses and they obeyed them because they believed that they were revealed by God himself. But they weren't.

Farook and Malik weren't radicals. They were fundamentalists. A radical is a person who holds an extreme view of something. A fundamentalist is a person who literally interprets the scriptures contained in a sacred text.

How do you interpret the Quran? If you don't take its scriptures literally, then Islam defines you as an apostate. And Islam counts apostates among the unbelievers. If you interpret the Quran literally, Islam considers you a devout Muslim. And that means you're willing to do whatever that book commands. Such as killing unbelievers in the name of Allah.

And so, how would you define Farook and Malik? Non-Muslims call them radicals. But the Quran calls them devout Muslims. Or fundamentalists. And that's the radical truth.