What do a Christmas market, a Friday sermon and a slavery conviction have in common?
A German Christmas market in Magdeburg is targeted in an act of jihad, 60-80 people injured, at least 2 dead including a small child [1]. In another German town a mosque proclaims the standard Koranic injunction to “… kill the polytheists [unbelievers] wherever you find them and capture them and besiege them and sit in wait for them at every place of ambush’. This Friday sermon was filmed and launched online (Koran 9:5) [2].
In the Netherlands, a woman is convicted of slavery [3]. What is the common denominator? Islam [4]. In every instance, the doctrine supports the action that ‘Westerners’ find appalling. These are but gnats on the hide of the elephant in the middle of the room – the foundational doctrine of Islam, sharia. When someone acts in accordance with their own doctrine we call them a ‘terrorist’ and yet the doctrine itself is given free rein.
The answer is clear, the doctrine is the source.
Koran 33:50 "...and those your right hand possesses from what Allah has returned to you [of captives]..." Slaves (see video below)
[3] https://nltimes.nl/2024/12/11/hengelo-woman-sentenced-10-years-prison-enslaving-yazidi-woman-syria
[4] Slavery video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2aSSiRi-3M
Photo credits:
Market: Nius News Dec 20/24 Mosque: Medforth & Google Maps
This title really made me think! It's fascinating how seemingly disparate things can share a common thread. It reminded me of a time a few years back when I was traveling through a bustling European city during the holiday season. I was absolutely captivated by the Christmas market – the lights, the smells of mulled wine and gingerbread, the general festive cheer https://www.afr.com/ Later that same week, I happened to be in a different country and stumbled upon a vibrant local festival that felt just as culturally significant, with its own unique traditions and community gathering. It struck me then how these experiences, while so different on the surface, were both deeply rooted in shared human practices of coming together,…