Mahinda Weerasinghe

Intelligent Muslims of the region are getting panicky by reports that Al-Qaeda is setting up shop in South Asia. Violent Islamic terror groups are on the verge of targeting the Indian sub-continent it’s been reported.

In fact the Muslim Council of Sri Lanka is aware that their laid back life style would be soon at an end in Lanka if the present trend continues. It would be Pererilous and hazardous for them to let their daughters walk freely to school and come home without intimidation and accusations of blasphemy by the fundamentalist Islamists. As the Muslim council is well aware that, these barmy fanatics are against offering  an Education, knowledge or allowing them to take up job opportunities so they can function normally  in a modern society?  Indeed in time they would not allow un-chaperoned females to walk freely along the byways of Lanka in the not so distant future!

Indeed the MEDIA RELEASE of 5^thSEPTEMBER 2014 – by the Muslim Council of Sri Lanka announced that;

While we assure all Sri Lankans that the Muslim community would ensure extreme vigilance for any possible infiltration by Muslim terrorists from outside the country, we call upon the Authorities to ensure that they too are vigilant and take every step to thwart any form of infiltration in to Sri Lanka by any extremist/terrorist group of any religious or ideological belief.”

While welcoming this Performa declaration, but it did not explain why, such a callous denouncement of their fellow Islamists. In fact most Buddhist and Hindu’s are perplexed by such declarations by this Judeo-Christian sect.

In fact when they made their women” production machines, they knew that they have been undermining the delicate balance of uncontrolled breeding; which in turn would have a blowback effect in the not so distant future.

If the Lankans get into a slumber and let it slide like they did with the Catholic Church’s manipulations; then Lanka should surely end up as, a copy of Pakistan or Bangladesh. If the Muslim production machines function the way they had been brain washed to do, Lanka would soon be devoid of water, land, food or resources and finally no air to breathe in; as such production machines would keep producing like rabbits, Lanka would end up like Mecca, dsertified

In fact Muslim Council specifically mentions that imitation of counties such as Afghanistan and Pakistan should be avoided at all cost!

Most Lanakan would wonder what‘s has going with this face of Islam. For indeed Pakistan and Afghanistan two millenniums ago were 100% Buddhist. They had the greatest seats of learning such as Taxila, Ananda, and  Nalanda to name a few.

Also see the Maps of Ancient Buddhist India

http://www.buddhanet-de.net/ancient-buddhist-texts/Maps/Maps-of-Ancient-Buddhist-India.pdf

Taxila is also described in some detail in the Buddhist Jātaka tales, penned in Sri Lanka around the 5th century. The Jataka literature mentions it as the capital of the kingdom of Gandhara and as a great centre of learning!

Nalanda flourished under the patronage of the Gupta Empire as well as emperors like Harsha and later, the rulers of the Pala Empire. At its peak, the school attracted scholars and students from as far away as Tibet, China, Korea, and Asia. It was ransacked and destroyed by an army of the Muslim Mamluk   dnasty under Bakhtiyar Khilji in c. 1197 CE.

Afghanistan was a place where the greatest philosophical work The Questions of King Milinda”   (translated by T. W. Rhys Davids in 1890) was penned.  Menander I ( also known as Milinda in Sanskrit, Pali), was one of the Greek kings of the Indo-Greek Kingdom in northern India from 155 or 150 to 130 BC.

Here is a taste bit;

‘Suppose a man, O king, were to light a lamp, would it burn the night through?’

‘Yes, it might do so.’

‘Now, is it the same flame that burns in the first watch of the night, Sir, and in the second?’

‘No.’

‘Or the same that burns in the second watch and in the third?’

‘No.’

‘Then is there one lamp in the first watch, and another in the second, and another in the third?’

‘No. The light comes from the same lamp all the night through.’

‘Just so, O king is the continuity of a person or thing maintained. One comes into being, another passes away; and the rebirth is, as it were, simultaneous. Thus neither as the same nor as another does a man go on to the last phase of his self-consciousness 1.’

Today is there anyone in Afghanistan, who can understand, not to say, read this greatest Buddhist work of their ancestors. In fact, what was the thing that the Muslim Council of Sri Lanka did when those stupendous and monumental Bamiyan Buddha statues were blasted by mullah Omar?

The Buddhas of Bamiyan  were two 6th century monumental statues of standing buddhacarved into the side of a cliff in the Bamyan valley in the Hazarajat region of central Afghanistan, 230 km (140 mi) northwest of Kabul at an altitude of 2,500 meters (8,200 feet). Built in 507 AD, (smaller), and 554 AD, (larger) the statues represented the classic blended style of Gandhara art.

We the idol worshipers must assume that the then council members would have thrilled that finally a Bona fide Muslim civilisation has arrived in Afghanistan! But what really had arrived was pure hell for the mothers and daughters of that once wonderful and tolerant nation.

In order understand How these prosperous easy going civilisation ended the way it did  one must understand the Mindset of  Islam as a cluster”. In fact the whole of Silk Road was 100% Buddhist before the scourge of Islam destroyed a whole civilisation. Indeed, in order to understand how Pakistan and Afghanistan ended up in the dust bin of civilisation; we should understand those course beliefs which had emerged from the desert and who to wish to make the rest of the world a desert too.

In order to penetrate this we have to start with the man who initiated the whole destructive process! For today most informed Muslims are wondering why Islamist are attacking Islamist. All Islamist believe in the Quran and messenger of Allah; Mohamed! So how we can one differentiate the ‘good’ Islamists from the ‘ugly’ ones, by the ‘idol worshipper’ when all of the believers keep their faith in the same basic ingredients of Islam?

Indeed to understand Islam, on must understand the harsh circumstances into which the initiator of this religion was born.  The Arabian Peninsula and the moment of history, when the future prophet, Muhammad (b.570 AD) was born. It was a barren and desolate region with scorching sun and oppressive heat by day and chilling cold at night.  There was little vegetative growth, and the nomadic inhabitants lived between jagged rocks and shifting sand dunes.

At the age of 40, the prospective prophet told his wife that he had been visited by the angel Gabriel in a dream.  Thus began a series of “revelations” which lasted almost until his death 23 years later.  The Qur’an is a collection of words that Muhammad attributed to Allah.  The Hadith is a collection of narrations of the life and deeds of Muhammad.  The Shra is his recorded biography.  The Sunnah is said to be Muhammad’s way of life, on which Islamic law (Sharia) is based.

With his wife’s influence and support, Muhammad proclaimed himself a prophet and in keeping with the “lineage” of Abraham and Jesus.  He narrated the Quran to those who believed him, telling them that it was the word of Allah (obviously and heard only by him,). He was simply Allah’s messenger.

If going by the early Muslim historians, the Meccans did not mind Muhammad practicing his religion, nor did they feel threatened by his promotion of it.  The hostility to the budding prophet grew only after he began attacking their creeds and their way of life, including the customs and ancestors of the contemporary people (Ibn Ishaq/Hisham 167).  This was enough to stir up the resentment of the influential leaders of Mecca, who then mocked his humble background against his pretentious claims.  (See also MYTH: Muhammad was Persecuted for Preaching Islam.

At the inception this must be said of the prophet’s 5 pillars; it was a masterpiece in applied psychology!

 

Indeed according to believers, the truth of Islam was under pinned by five solid Pillars; which was conveyed to Prophet by Allah.

The five Pillars being:

1: There is no god but ALLAH and MOHAMMAD is the Holy Prophet [Faith or E-mann].

2: Perform Prayers

3: Pay the Zakat [Payments to Poor]

4: Make the Pilgrimage [Hajj]

5: Fast in the Month of Ramadan [Fasting]

By itself these five pillars means nothing to the idol worshippers, none believers or other heathens. But if we dig a little deeper, we get a clearer vision as to why the prophet laid down these five pillars. So let’s break down these pillars and peep into the core of his teachings, motivations and intentions.

Pillar I Mohammad as the Indispensable messenger

Simplicity of these injunctions furnishes us with a most subtle and a devious mind at work. For without uttering this first pillar there is no standing of Islam.

Indeed the first injunction thrust Mohammed to the centre stage and his unique association to a fictive Allah; as he being the soul conveyer of Allah’s message!  In such a manner he elevated himself in a unique manner. For obviously the message itself, has no relevance, without the messenger.  What is more he informed the believers that he being the last prophet Allah will send”, in such a manner he galvanised the believers to attack any future budding prophets with any grand designs and put them under interdict!

Pillar II Prayer

True Muslims must upon waking, do ablutions, and then walk to the nearest mosque to start the day with prayer. Similarly the day ends with the night prayer. This offering of five daily prayers is the minimum a Muslim must do to smell the fragrance of (Islamic) Paradise.

Here’s how it’s done:

Make sure your body and place of prayer are clean. Perform ablutions, a necessity if Allah should listen to the prayer.

Standing, raise hands up and say “Allahu Akbar” (God is Most Great). (Which mean in other words is that; this Allah is not sure he is great, and that he should be placated like child and inform as such repeatedly?)

Standing with hands folded over chest, recite the first chapter of the Qur’an in Arabic. (In Arabic mind you, for Allah does not understand any other lingo.)

Raise hands up, saying “Allahu Akbar.” Bow, reciting three times, “Subhana rabbiyal adheem” (Glory be to my Lord Almighty). (Same childish boosting of Allah’s ego…)

Rise to standing while reciting “Sam’i Allahu liman hamidah, Rabbana wa lakal hamd” (God hears those who call upon Him; Our Lord, praise be to you).

Raise hands up, saying “Allahu Akbar.” Prostrate on the ground, reciting three times “Subhana Rabbiyal A’ala” (Glory be to my Lord, the Most High).

From 7 to 14 the same ritualistic Allah’s ego boosting gibish.

In fact this Second pillar ‘the Prayer’ is, in itself unimportant; but its collective performance, attitude and the approach to the prayer that was vitally essential!  So more the simpletons, more the control; such as, who attending the prayer and who is not and who is just shirking and who is not? In such a way and in such a manner a conditioning process of individuals was taking place. So in the name of Allah a system of spying on each other was initated. In fact all such ritual praying was to condition them to act as herd and not as individuals and also to instil fear of Allah and make them egoist in order get this merciless God look upon such simpletons with favour!

There is a severe penalty for not obeying the prayer injunction. It is compulsory for a Muslim to attend a mosque and offer his oblation. Sharia law stipulates the dreadful consequences for disobeying this injunction.

Indeed Prayer, Recitation (of Qur’an), and Ablution/Bath are ritualistically connected in Islam.

Sahih Muslim (2.0435) writes that Allah will not accept any prayers without ablution. Here lies the hinge! Why so?

Living in the desert with absolute minimum of water resource at the time of prophet, it was an expensive commodity to use for washing ones backside after doing number two. Then one realise that when, the multitude of unwashed unclothe masses doing Namaste by kneeling down and lifting their backs up, it would have smelled to high heavens. It would be unbearable to any normal person used to abundance of water and inbuilt cleanliness to tolerate.

One friend of mine told this funny story about a Muslim chap he knew; both them has been to a toilet, after which my friend had to hang outside and wait for him to come out, which took a comparatively long time. Upon coming out, this chap has explained to him why he was delayed. It seems he had to wait till the final drop of urine has dripped out for him to feel completely clean. My friend was amazed by this statement; he replied according Buddha’s teaching one’s body is full of impurity, pollution, puss and worms. Yet the Muslim chap did not explain to my friend, why such an action was important to him. Indeed he was scared that if he did not rid of all the sins as what is laid down in the Koran, he would then end up in hell and thus miss out on the X number of virgins which would be allocated to him!

Payment for the poor III

This injunction would definitely won Browne points for Mohammad when it was first declared! Zakat, almsgiving, is the third pillar. Social responsibility is considered part of one’s service to God; the obligatory act of zakat enshrines this duty. Zakat prescribes payment of fixed proportions of a Muslim’s possessions for the welfare of the entire community and in particular for its neediest members. It is equal to 2.5 percent of an individual’s total net worth, excluding obligations and family expenses.

The paying of Zakat is a must if a Muslim is to reach paradise. The profit realised that the destitute masses, with a lack of resources for survival, would be up for dissention, revolution and destabilisation of the existing status quo.

Indeed I read something more subtle and devious by this pillar!

Such poor masses should be subsidised and kept under wraps. In such a manner the dependents of such handouts should be looked after not by the state, but by the well to do Muslims.

They should not be given education, knowledge or encouraged to find employment and self sufficiently; but kept as destitute uncouth masses always depended on such handouts! For one, if they have no means of survival they will be dropout as Muslim. So if an external threat were to crop up these destitute masses would be the front line solders of Islam. In such an event they would be provided with weapons and requested to die for the faith in the name of Allah, for they has been promised paradise with an X number of virgins thrown in too.

In such a manner, without any stress or upkeep for the state, these masses become a standing army of an Islamic state. It was one of the cleverest injunctions! No wonder the Islamic would wish to keep unlettered, uncouth women and men in such degrading circumstances.

Especially the women kept as production machines. Indeed we understand why they rant against mass communications as internet TV which are information based and possess a grave threat to Islam going back to the time when Mohammed lived.

So it is understandable why Islamist today is attacking the Islamist, One is calling the other terrorist! When both believe in the same basic ingredients!

The VI and V are obvious: the Hajj is a once in a lifetime duty that is the peak of their religious life. The Hajj is a gathering of over two million Muslims from all over the world to the holy city. Saudi people are keeping a wary eye of all the visitors! Here Al Hajj have the possibility of kissing the stone expiate all their sins!

Which makes it the most self cantered creed I know? No wonder it will turn violet and hateful of everything what they are incapable of understanding and against modernisation and human rights!

So the Muslim Council of Sri Lanka would be now put under interdict by the original desert Muslims of same belief but different interpretations!

Read in this connection:-

THE RELIGION OF PEACE IS IMPLODING!!!”
Posted on April 5th, 2011

http://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/2011/04/05/%E2%80%98the-religion-of-peace%E2%80%99-is-imploding/

So how will all this affect the Buddhist? Indeed just as in Afghanistan and Pakistan Buddhism as a way of life would be at an end. Their decentralised and tolerant way of life would be at an end if they were to just slumber through the Islamic threat as they did during the Catholic Churches’ Manipulation.

Islam was totally soaked in blood from prophet’s medina days. The killing of unbelievers slowed down only when the Islamic expansion finally ran into boundaries in the 8th century. After about a century of imperialistic and unprovoked Islamic aggression there were hardly any unbelievers left within their occupied areas. Even through the initial expansion slowed down, the killings of none believers within the newly occupied territories continued.

Whole Buddhists nations along the Silk Road were put to the sword, if they resisted the on march of Islam.

But this must be mentioned today the Buddhists are not mindlessly tolerant as in the time when Islam first arose.  They have good friends such as China and Russia! They have learned from the Judeo-Christian sects as to do unto others as they do unto you! For if not there kith and kin will be at kaput and end up like in Afghanistan!

I propose to the intelligent leaders of the Muslim Council of Lanka that if they are to avoid a future bloodletting there is only one answer! Legalise one child to a family! I feel Muslim council should start this process as Sinhalese Buddhist chauvinist never wake up till the last minute! Anyhow with this declaration   of Muslim Council of Lanka of the Anti Islamic terrorist, they would surely put them under interdict these nutty fanatics!  If there are to avoid ending up between the devil and the deep blue Sea’ they must act now and show good faith, so we can live in cohabitation and harmony as we did in the past!

Indeed in such a manner Sri Lankan Muslims would  be sure to have safeguarded their X number of Virgins.

In other words Allah would be truly happy that they have acted as a religion of peace!

In which case they would have their pie and eat it too!

Mahinda Weerasinghe

26.09.2014