When CNN makes note of this well-known movement on the part of the UN to suppress criticism of Islam, you know it is gaining steam. Ironically, the guest they have on to talk about this is…Christopher Hitchens. Irony of ironies. But check this out:
Personally, I think the bulldozer idea is a good one.
In any case, how does the logically thinking supporter of the UN’s resolution answer the following question? The Qur’an, coming after Christianity, denies Christian beliefs. It offends Christians by denying our central confession that Jesus is the Son of God, the divine Savior, who gave His life as the perfect sacrifice for the sins of God’s people. Let’s remember the plain statement of the Qur’an:
And behold! Allah will say: “O Jesus the son of Mary! Didst thou say unto men, worship me and my mother as gods in derogation of Allah’?” He will say: “Glory to Thee! never could I say what I had no right (to say). Had I said such a thing, thou wouldst indeed have known it. Thou knowest what is in my heart, though I know not what is in Thine. For Thou knowest in full all that is hidden. “Never said I to them aught except what Thou didst command me to say, to wit, ‘worship Allah, my Lord and your Lord’; and I was a witness over them whilst I dwelt amongst them; when Thou didst take me up Thou wast the Watcher over them, and Thou art a witness to all things. (Surah 5:116-117)
The Jews call ‘Uzair a son of Allah, and the Christians call Christ the son of Allah. That is a saying from their mouth; (in this) they but imitate what the unbelievers of old used to say. Allah’s curse be on them: how they are deluded away from the Truth! They take their priests and their anchorites to be their lords in derogation of Allah, and (they take as their Lord) Christ the son of Mary; yet they were commanded to worship but One Allah: there is no god but He. Praise and glory to Him: (Far is He) from having the partners they associate (with Him). (Surah 9:30-31)
Ibn Kathir comments on these ayahs, “Allah the Exalted encourages the believers to fight the polytheists, disbelieving Jews and Christians, who uttered this terrible statement and utter lies against Allah, the Exalted….As for the misguidance of Christians over Isa, it is obvious. This is why Allah declared both groups to be liars” (Tafsir Ibn Kathir, 4:408). This is the reason given for fighting against Christians to ensure their “continued humiliation, degradation and disgrace” (4:406).
So let’s look at the list: the Qur’an refers to us as “unbelievers,” who are “cursed.” We are “deluded away from the Truth.” Elsewhere the Qur’an calls our faith “blasphemy.” Ibn Kathir said that our beliefs involved attributing lies to Allah. So, here is the question: will those pushing this ban on “religious blasphemy” silence the preaching of the Qur’an? Of course not. Hence, what is the ultimate goal of these Islamic states in pushing this agenda? Dhimmitude of non-Muslims, pure and simple.
