You cant judge Islam by the actions of a few muslims
You cant judge Islam by the history of the religion
You cant judge Islam by the scripture
You have to judge Islam by evils commited by other groups in the past the lies told to protect Islam and Islams good intentions
Afshin Ellian / ‘In their eyes i’m a traitor’
by Wilma Kieskamp
2004-11-13
Afshin Ellian, rights-philosopher (or law-philosopher) , born in Iran, feels its is his civil duty to warn the world for political Islam, which now
also threatens Holland. “If I still dare? I’d prefer many more dare. Now i feel unprotected.”
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...He didn’t make it any easier for himself this past week with this performance on Netwerk (Dutch daily news-show), on the night of the Van
Gogh-murder. Ellian spoke a column for the camera. In the discussion afterwards he grew into great rage. Another guest Mohammed Benzakour claimed that
the murder of Van Gogh did not originate from religion. The murder DID, Ellian responded in anger. “This murderer went to a mosque, he has an imam, he
has a mother, and he learned everything from the Quran!” he yelled at his opponent. “To commit a murder, to make a sacrifice. For a perverse God! And
you should say that!” ...
...Especially since september 11th 2001, and now after the death of Theo Van Gogh, Afshin Ellian is resuming political opinion. “After September 11th
I almost felt it as my civil duty. I saw what others perhaps couldn’t see: we are in Iran. A strange sense of joy overcame me, in 2001, and now again.
Maybe finally the West too will understand how political Islam wants to overthrow the world. I have to warn. Another thing that was an issue, is that
we were living with our own young kids in a multicultural neighbourhood. I was shocked immensely over the large groups of Muslims for whom Islam was
the only thing they could hold on to while searching for their own identity. And I knew how dangerous it can be if those people were to be enchanted
by radical Islam.”
“I now know what the solution is for this gigantic problem. The answer I found in the books I devoured in my studying room. In the Dutch constitution
which delivered me from my uncaring. In Nietzsche, Rousseau, the bible, the Quran. I’ve embraced the enlightenment. And i’ve learned that the
conscience can only function if ideas are scrutinised sharply. And that is exactly what is missing in Islam. The only solution is that Islam itself is
discussed. Polemics is the solution. Daring to make jokes. Even mock. It should go hand in hand. But for years this was not allowed in progressive
Holland. Hands off of Islam.”