Hello Steve,

SA>"World Purificationism"

SA>(Background / related issues) New Age / Aquarian Age / Planetary Cleansing
SA>/ Sword of Cleavage / Theosophy / Bailey / Maitreya and so on. Do your own
SA>leg work, if interested or unaware of the above (only because it's 2 am here

SA>(via asorted blogs & web sites) search "World Purificationism" /
SA>Purificationism (etc)

SA>Will islam prove to be an end, or simply a means to an end in bringing about
SA>a "purified" world, "free" of both Empire
(especially the USA) and Zionism
SA>(especially Israel?).

Some Muslims hold the concept of there being "high" Muslims"
and "low"
Muslims.  The way this works is simple.  Islam will become a one-world
religion.  All peoples in the world will be Muslim.  Muslims will then
purify themselves by doing away with "low" Muslims, as
"high" Muslims
are perfect in the way of Islam.

SA>The source document:

SA>http://spme.net/library/pdf/PurifyingtheWorld.pdf

SA>(a couple of extracts)

SA>[...]

SA>Purifying the World: What the New Radical Ideology Stands For
SA>by Ernest Sternberg

SA>Ernest Sternberg teaches at the University at Buffalo, State University
SA>of New York.

SA>Abstract: The past decade has seen the coalescence of a new ideology that
SA>envisions social movements in a cataclysmic struggle against global
SA>capitalist Empire. Controlled by U.S. militarism and multinational
SA>corporations, in cahoots with Zionism, Empire contaminates environments
SA>and destroys cultures.

Is it a "social movement" or rather something else?  The author
fails to truly understand what Islam is, or is all about.  Islam
is religion of the sword.  But properly understood, Islam is both
anti-violence and anti-war, as is Christianity.  Judaism is
anti-violence, but not necessarily anti-war.

SA>Its defeat will bring about a new era of social justice and sustainable
SA>development, in which the diverse cultures harmoniously share the earth.
SA>Is this a totalitarian ideology? From fascist and communist precedents,
SA>we learn that lovers of renewed humanity are not sufficiently motivated
SA>by abstract ideals. They must also identify humanityAEs enemy, the cause
SA>of all suffering.

Islam is not an ideology.
Christianity is not an ideology.
Judaism is not an ideology.

Sometimes an ideology is presented as a religion.
And sometimes an ideology becomes a religion.
But that does not mean religion is an ideology.

SA>Equipped with a scapegoat, diverse communities can achieve solidarity
SA>through shared execration.

Adolf Hitler needed a scapegoat in order to succeed.
The same is true of all dictators.
What makes dictators scary is not what most people think.
All dictators have a craving to be loved.
Not just by some, or by many.
But by all.

A king, on the other hand, simply does not care.
A king makes the rules, interprets the rules, and enforces the rules.
A king does not care if others love him, or hate him.
A king does what he does.
Because he can.
And fears no one.

SA>The Enemy of Humanity 1: The United States

[..]

SA>The Enemy of Humanity 2: Israel

[..]

An interesting read.  Makes some valid points, but all a rehash
of what has gone on before.  What the author fails to mention is
every ideology depends on a leader for that ideology to succeed.
Nazi Germany was a personality cult, centered around Adolf Hitler.
Fascist Italy was more of an ideology rather than a personality
cult, as Fascist Italy would have continued regardless of who
its leader was.  Communism was never really an ideology at all,
but rather a series of successive personality cults - Vladimir
Lenin, Josef Stalin, etc.  One could say Stalinism was more apt
a description.  Or Maoism in regards to Communist China.

When it comes to Islam, what we are seeing today is the same
as has occurred in centuries past.  The danger is if a leader
emerges in the Islamic world.  A leader who unites the Islamic
world to act as one.

--Lee


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