First off, here's a simple fact about islam which *might* even give your average muslim pause:
If and when muslims posit their god as being "unknown and unknowable," then it's incredibly hypocritical of them to pretend to be so outraged by other religions' alleged tellings of "lies" about the nature of god, that they feel obliged to go out and wage war and murder them for it.
That's really only them doubling-down on their own lies, for all religion is at best mere speculation presented as fact - in other words, it's all a pack of lies!
Therefore, who does islam *really* benefit? Obviously, not god.
So it can only be a lying excuse to benefit its fraudulent founder, Muhammad.
And there's a copious amount of anecdotal evidence (aka all the hadiths) to prove it, too.
i.e:
"WE SOMEHOW KNOW THAT GOD IS UNKNOWN AND UNKNOWABLE,
AND IF YOU SAY OTHERWISE, YOU'RE A LIAR AND WE KEEL YOU FOR IT!"
That's islam in a nut's hell.
Beyond this simple and obvious truth, I just had to respond to a stupid article by Glenn K. Beaton as roasted by Hugh Fitzgerald, here:
Re: "Blaming today’s Muslims for 9/11 is like blaming today’s Germans for the Holocaust."
NO, IT REALLY ISN'T. If he had said "is like blaming all ARABS for 9/11," he'd have been correct.
But the equivalent of "muslims" (crime-gangsters) in this equation is "nazis" so let's try that one out:
"Blaming today’s Nazis for the Holocaust is like blaming today’s Nazis for the Holocaust."
Sorry, what?! Anyway, moving right along to his next fallacy:
Re: "So are all Muslims terrorists? No."
Actually, YES, they ARE.
According to even your own sharia "law" texts, no muslims are "civilians."
In islam, ALLAH DID NOT CREATE ALL HUMANS EQUAL!
According to the Qur'an, allah deliberately made infidels so muslims could murder them for him, as a test of their obedience (well, more as a joke, since allah knows in advance who will pass and fail his tests, and it's all predetermined predestined force anyway)!
If they truly follow islam, then YES muslims are ALL terrorists.
Just like you couldn't be a "nazi" and not support Hitler and Mein Kampf, you can't (by your own rules) be a "muslim" and not be a terrorist, because that's what the Qur'an commands and Muhammad himself did: terrorize and extort everyone else!
ALL MUSLIMS ARE TERRORISTS!
"Terrorism" is really only the simple crime of "extortion" writ large! Extortion is "threats!"
ALL muslims are criminals, simply by being members of the world's largest and most ancient yet ongoing crime-gang.
Being a member of a crime-gang is a crime, even if the member hasn't committed any specific crime beyond that of their general membership, because they represent the inherent public threat the crime-gang presents.
It's the Law.
Everything muslims pretend to believe is "holy" is already a crime!
The Qur’an clearly and specifically tells you muslims the Bible is wrong and also that all Christians and Jews are infidel criminals who worship a false god, and who must therefore be extorted, enslaved, and murdered for their “crime” of not being muslims:
Sura (Chapter) 47:1-4 of the Qur'an:
1: non-muslims are bad, because they insult allah by dividing his nature;
2: muslims are good, because to them allah is the cause of everything;
3: Allah made them both like that;
4: So muslims should chop off the non-muslims' heads.
(Allah could have done it himself, but he wants you muslims to do it for him)."
It's all right there, in context: islamic violence is entirely general doctrine-driven, and not at all specific grievance-driven.
(And chapter 47 isn't by any stretch even remotely the worst, most violent chapter; that honor goes to either chapter 8 or 9).
Sure, some dispensations from mandatory participation in jihad are given for physical disabilities, like for old age, blindness, lameness etc., but the very listing of those exemptions in your Qur'an only serves to prove that the word "jihad" means violent and non-defensive warfare.
And those exempted from physical participation are still obliged to be accessories and equip and otherwise assist those who are still physically able to participate in the raids.
That is, the Qur'an demands muslims wage offensive war - not in self-defense - but because of others' "disbelief!"
For instance:
9:5. Then when the Sacred Months (the Ist, 7th, 11th, and 12th months of the Islâmic calendar) have passed, then kill the Mushrikûn (see V.2:105) wherever you find them, and capture them and besiege them, and prepare for them each and every ambush. But if they repent and perform As-Salât (Iqâmat-as-Salât), and give Zakât, then leave their way free. Verily, Allâh is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
9:14. Fight against them so that Allâh will punish them by your hands and disgrace them and give you victory over them and heal the breasts of a believing people,
9:29. Fight against those who (1) believe not in Allâh, (2) nor in the Last Day, (3) nor forbid that which has been forbidden by Allâh and His Messenger (4) and those who acknowledge not the religion of truth (i.e. Islâm) among the people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians), until they pay the Jizyah with willing submission, and feel themselves subdued.
9:120. It was not becoming of the people of Al-Madinah and the bedouins of the neighbourhood to remain behind Allâh’s Messenger (Muhammad when fighting in Allâh’s Cause) and (it was not becoming of them) to prefer their own lives to his life. That is because they suffer neither thirst nor fatigue, nor hunger in the Cause of Allâh, nor they take any step to raise the anger of disbelievers nor inflict any injury upon an enemy but is written to their credit as a deed of righteousness. Surely, Allâh wastes not the reward of the Muhsinûn
Muslims are commanded to hurt us in any way they can and are promised Brownie Points for it.
So don't go looking for what actions of yours may have offended or provoked them; they have been taught from birth that your existence alone offends their god, and so should offend them.
Muslims have been officially taught to believe that they are the “best of people” (Qur’an 3:110) and that unbelievers are the “most vile of created beings” (Qur’an 98:6).
So NO muslim is isolated from the evil crime of islam's mandatory "jihad" terrorism.
Read the Qur'an! It is inseverable: 2.85. Jihad is ordained for Muslims: 2.216. It commands acts of terrorism: 8.12, 57 & 60. It rewards acts of terrorism: 9.120. It commands perpetual war: 8.39 & 9.29. Believers are only those who wage war: 9.111 & 49.15.
What believing Muslim is not a terrorist? 33.21 orders Muslims to emulate Moe. Bukhari 1.8.387 & 4.52.220 have him bragging about winning with terror. 8.12, 8.57 & 8.60 command Muslims to engage in terrorism. 9.120 promises Brownie Points for acts of terrorism. Get a clue.
Moe was a terrorist: Bukhari 1.8.331 & 4.52.220. Muslims are commanded to emulate him: QV 33.21. They may not be actively engaged in terror acts, but all Muslims are terrorists. Islam is war: 2.216, 8.39, 57, 60, 65; 9.5, 29, 111. 120 & 123. Islam is all or nothing; a bundled package deal: 2.85.
Moe said that his provision was placed under the shade of his spear. Look up the hadith in Tafsir Ibn Kathir "The Benefits Of Iron"; it is near the end of the page.
Moe dictated and dispatched extortion letters. Look them up in Ibn Sa'd or alquraan.net.
He prayed for prey at Badr. He asked the "Lord of the Devils" for "the good of this town" before every ghazwat. Look it up in "The Life of Muhammad".pg. 510-511.
Crack open Sahih Bukhari and read the books of Jihad, Khumus & Expedition, they show us what Islam really is. Obtain clues from the Qur'an, too. 3:151, 8:12, 39, 57, 60, 65, 67, 9:5, 29, 38, 39, 111, 120, 123, 33:26, 27, 47:4, 49:15, 59:2, 13, 61:10-13; Sahih Bukhari 1.7.331 & 4.52.220.
If a Muslim is a believer, he is a threat to our lives, liberties and prosperity, whether in a pack or acting as a lone wolf.
Jihad is what Islam is; what Muslims do and it is defined in Islamic law as "war against non-Muslims." Look it up in "Reliance Of The Traveller" Book o, Chapter 9.0 and try to prove me wrong.
Offensive Jihad is fard al-Kifaya, to be performed in every year. When we retaliate, the obligation becomes fard al-ayn: binding on the entire Ummah individually. That makes every Muslim a ticking time bomb.
You hope that we Kuffar are stupid, ignorant and gullible. Unfortunately for you, a growing number of us are scratching below the surface, reading the Qur'an, hadith, exegesis & jurisprudence to discover the reality of Islam.
"The Book Of Jihad" and the second volume of "Hedaya" are excellent sources of information.