There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn’t true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true. —Soren Kierkegaard. "…truth is true even if nobody believes it, and falsehood is false even if everybody believes it. That is why truth does not yield to opinion, fashion, numbers, office, or sincerity–it is simply true and that is the end of it" – Os Guinness, Time for Truth, pg.39. “He that takes truth for his guide, and duty for his end, may safely trust to God’s providence to lead him aright.” – Blaise Pascal. "There is but one straight course, and that is to seek truth and pursue it steadily" – George Washington letter to Edmund Randolph — 1795. We live in a “post-truth” world. According to the dictionary, “post-truth” means, “relating to or denoting circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotion and personal belief.” Simply put, we now live in a culture that seems to value experience and emotion more than truth. Truth will never go away no matter how hard one might wish. Going beyond the MSM idealogical opinion/bias and their low information tabloid reality show news with a distractional superficial focus on entertainment, sensationalism, emotionalism and activist reporting – this blogs goal is to, in some small way, put a plug in the broken dam of truth and save as many as possible from the consequences—temporal and eternal. "The further a society drifts from truth, the more it will hate those who speak it." – George Orwell “There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn’t true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true.” ― Soren Kierkegaard
“Through your hands comes the relief for the believers and the killing of the infidels by your sword.”
While the NYPD is being attacked with balls of ice…..
He was at the Al-Khoei Islamic Center in Queens.
Mamdani: Last Ramadan, I was with many of you here at the procession on the martydom anniversary of Imam Ali. It is a privilege to be here with you once again. I stand before you as the first Muslim mayor in our city’s history and this year as the first Jum’ah [Friday prayer] that I have attended in that new position and to do so together. It is a reminder that in this month of Ramadan, as we find moments of reflection of recommitment moments of community, that we always do so together, and it’s together that I am thankful to be here today and I’m thankful to have the opportunity to lead our city (MEMRI).
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani attended Friday prayers at the Al-Khoei Islamic Center in Queens, NY, on the first Friday of Ramadan, February 20, 2026. Iman Dakmak-Rakka, principal of the Al-Iman School, affiliated with the Al-Khoei Center, and a representative of the Al-Khoei Foundation, thanked Mamdani for his work on behalf of “all of humanity and all the residents of New York.” During the following prayer service, the imam prayed that Allah make them among those who await the Mahdi and are martyred before him, adding that through the hands of the Mahdi “comes the relief for the believers and the killing of the infidels by your sword.”
The Al-Khoei Foundation has maintained financial ties with the Alavi Foundation, which U.S. federal courts and prosecutors have identified as a front for the Government of Iran and its state-owned Bank Melli. The Al-Khoei Foundation has publicly defended the Alavi Foundation against these accusations. In November 2023, Imam Fadhel Al-Sahlani, an official representative of Grand Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani in North America, said that Hamas has made a “big difference” not only in the Arab Muslim world, but for the whole world.
Zohran Mamdani: “Last Ramadan, I was with many of you here at the procession of the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Ali. It is a privilege to be here with you once again.
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“I stand before you as the first Muslim mayor in our city’s history, and this year is the first Friday prayer that I have attended in that new position.”
“And to do so together – it is a reminder that in this month of Ramadan, as we find moments of reflection, of recommitment, moments of community, that we always do so together. And it is together that I am thankful to be here today, and I am thankful to have the opportunity to lead our city. Salaam Alaikum.”
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Iman Dakmak-Rakka: “You work not just for Muslims, you work for all of humanity and all of the residents of New York City. So we thank you very much for this, and we pray daily for your success in this journey, inshallah. Thank you.”
among those who await you [the Mahdi], follow you, and support you against your enemies, and among those who are martyred before you, among the ranks of your loyal ones.
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“Through your hands comes the relief for the believers and the killing of the infidels by your sword.”
The Al Khoei Islamic Center is linked to the Alavi Foundation who the DOJ has cited an Iranian Front. More from MEMRI: Imam Prays for the Mahdi to kill the infidels by his sword (MEMRI).
NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani Attends Friday Prayers at Al Khoei Islamic Center in Queens – Linked to Alavi Foundation Cited by the DOJ as an Iranian Front; Imam Prays for the Mahdi to Kill the Infidels by His Sword pic.twitter.com/xrRsIpalcH
The status of women in Islam is a subject enshrouded in controversy. According to many Muslims, Muhammad was a champion of women’s rights, bestowing upon the women in his community privileges and rights that they did not have previously. The notion that women in pre-Islamic Arabia had no rights, however, is demonstrably untrue. Former Muslim Nabeel Qureshi lists some of the rights that women had in pre-Islamic Arabia, which included ease of divorce, the ability to marry multiple men, and become overlords. Women were even able to propose for marriage, as in fact was the case with respect to Khadija’s marriage to Muhammad.
To outsiders, the hijab is often viewed as a symbol of oppression. Since April 2011, wearing of head coverings (including hijabs) in public places has even been outlawed in France. Muslims, by contrast, point out that the tradition of veiling and seclusion was present in pre-Islamic Arabia, and also Syria and Iran, since long prior to Muhammad, and was even seen as an emblem of social status, only affordable by women who didn’t need to work out in the fields.
The first alleged revelation concerning veiling occurred in 627 A.D. This is found in Surah Al-Ahzab (33) 53:
Believers, do not enter the Prophet’s house … unless asked. And if you are invited … do not linger. And when you ask something from the Prophet’s wives, do so from behind a hijab. This will assure the purity of your hearts as well as theirs.
Surprisingly, this verse does not prescribe the veil for all women but only Muhammad’s wives. Reza Aslan, in his book No God But God, points out that the term, darabat al-hijab, used for putting on the veil, was used interchangeably with “becoming Muhammad’s wife” and suggests that the hijab was adopted by other Muslim women only after the death of Muhammad — possibly as a means of emulating Muhammad’s wives — and that the veil didn’t become compulsory or even generally adopted until much later. Reza’s interpretation, however, is disputed by other scholars.
The Hijab should not be regarded as the primary issue in the debate concerning the status of women in Islam. There are many far more concerning issues that need to be addressed.
In this article, I want to draw attention to some of these issues relating to Muhammad’s view of women.
Women Are Mentally Deficient?
According to the Qur’an, the testimony of one man is as good as the testimony of two women. We read in Surah Al-Baqara (2) 282 in the context of writing receipts for paid debt:
“Have two witnesses from among your men, and if two men are not there, then one man and two women from those witnesses whom you like, so that if one of the two women errs, the other women may remind her.”
Why is the testimony of a woman only worth half that of a man? Muhammad himself informs us in Sahih al-Bukhari (Volume 3, Book 48, no. 826):
“Narrated Abu Said Al-Khudri: The Prophet said, ‘Isn’t the witness of a woman equal to half of that of a man?’ The women said, ‘Yes.’ He said, ‘This is because of the deficiency of a woman’s mind.”
This is further stated in volume 1, book 6, no. 301, of Sahih al-Bukhari. Muhammad is reported to have said,
“O women! Give alms, as I have seen that the majority of the dwellers of Hell-fire were you (women).” They asked, “Why is it so, O Allah’s Apostle?” He replied, “You curse frequently and are ungrateful to your husbands. I have not seen anyone more deficient in intelligence and religion than you. A cautious sensible man could be led astray by some of you.” The women asked, “O Allah’s Apostle! What is deficient in our intelligence and religion?” He said, “Is not the evidence of two women equal to the witness of one man?” They replied in the affirmative. He said, “This is the deficiency in her intelligence. Isn’t it true that a woman can neither pray nor fast during her menses? The women replied in the affirmative. He said, “This is the deficiency in her religion.”
Muhammad, thus, does not seem to take a particularly high view of the intellect of women.
The Majority of Hell’s Inhabitants Are Women?
In Sahih Al-Bukhari volume 1, book 2, number 28 Muhammad again asserts that he saw that “the majority of [Hell’s] dwellers were women who were ungrateful.” After being asked whether this ungratefulness was directed towards Allah, Muhammad answered that “They are ungrateful to their husbands and are ungrateful for the favors and the charitable good (charitable deeds) done to them.” In Sahih Muslim book 36 (no. 6600), Muhammad is reported to have said “Amongst the inmates of Paradise the women would form a minority.”
What if, however, the Muslim women start being grateful to their husbands? What awaits them in Paradise? Well, according to Sahih Al-Bukhari, they get to stand in corners of a pavillion in paradise awaiting men to come and have sex with them. We read in volume 6, book 60, no. 402,
“Narrated Abdullah bin Qais: Allah’s Apostle said, “In Paradise, there is a pavillion made of a single hollow pearl sixty miles wide. In each corner of which there are wives who will not see those in the other corners; and the believers will visit and enjoy them…”
Beating Your Wife Into Subservience
According to the Qur’an, Surah An-Nisa (4) 34,
“Men are caretakers of women, since Allah has made some of them excel the others, and because of the wealth they have spent. So, the righteous women are obedient, (and) guard (the property and honor of their husbands) in (their) absence with the protection given by Allah. As for women of whom you fear rebellion, convince them, and leave them apart in beds, and beat them. Then, if they obey you, do not seek a way against them. Surely, Allah is the Highest, the Greatest.”
Women are here viewed as the property of their male caretakers, and men are permitted to beat their wives in cases where they “fear rebellion”. Muhammad’s favorite wife, Aisha (to whom he was betrothed to be married when she was six and he fifty-one, a marriage that was consummated when she turned nine and before she had reached the age of puberty), makes an observation that is recorded in Sahih al-Bukhari volume 7, book 72, no. 715:
Narrated Ikrima: Rita’a divorced his wife whereupon Abdur-Rahman bin Az-Zubair Al-Qurazi married her. Aisha said that the lady (came), wearing a green veil (and complaining to her (Aisha) of her husband and showed her a green spot on her skin caused by beating. It was the habit of ladies to support each other, so when Allah’s Apostle came, Aisha said, “I have not seen any woman suffering as much as the believing women. Look! Her skin is greener than her clothes.”
Even during the lifetime of Muhammad, Aisha observed that nobody suffered so much as the believing, i.e., Muslim, women — in other words, Muslim women were being treated worse than pagan women. Rather than rebuke the man for beating his wife until her skin turned green, as one might expect of the champion of woman’s rights that Muhammad is supposed to have been, Muhammad instead took the side of the husband and rebuked the woman.
Aisha’s father, Abu Bakr, a close companion of Muhammad and the first of the four rightly-guided caliphs, also seems to have abused Aisha. According to Sahih al-Bukhari volume 8, book 82, no. 828.
Narrated Aisha: Abu Bakr came towards me and struck me violently with his fist and said, “You have detained the people because of your necklace.” But I remained motionless as if I was dead lest I should awake Allah’s Apostle although that hit was very painful.”
Muhammad is even reported to have said (according to Sunan Abu Dawud book 11 no. 2142), “A man will not be asked as to why he beat his wife.”
The Qur’an Permits Rape Of Female Captives
According to Surah An-Nisa (4) 24, “Also prohibited are the women already bound in marriage, except the bondwomen you come to own.”
Surah Al-Mumenoon (23) 1-6 says the same thing:
“Success is really attained by the believers who concentrate their attention in humbleness when offering Salah (prayers) and who keep themselves away from vain things, and who are performers of Zakah and who guard their private parts except from their wives or from those (bondwomen who are) owned by their hands, as they are not to be blamed.”
A similar instruction is given in Surah Al-Maarij (70) 30. What is the historical context of these verses? We need only go to the Hadith sources to find out. We read in Sunan Abu Dawud 2150,
“The Apostle of Allah sent a military expedition to Autas on the occasion of the battle of Hunain. They met their enemy and fought with them. They defeated them and took them captives. Some of the companions of the Apostle of Allah were reluctant to have intercourse with the female captives in the presence of their husbands who were unbelievers. So Allah, the Exalted, sent down the Qur’anic verse: ‘And all married women are forbidden unto you save those (captives) whom your right hands possess.’ That is to say, they are lawful for them when they complete their waiting period.”
Another report is given by Sahih Muslim book 8, no. 3432,
“Abu Sa’id al-Khudri (Allah be pleased with him) reported that at the Battle of Hanain, Allah’s Messenger (may peace be upon him) sent an army in Autas and encountered the enemy and fought with them. Having overcome them and taken them captives, the companions of Allah’s Messenger (may peace be upon him) seemed to refrain from having intercourse with captive women because of their husbands being polytheists. Then Allah, Most High, sent down regarding that: “And women already married, except those whom your right hands possess.”
In Sahih Muslim book 8, no. 3371, we read,
“Abu Sirma said to Abu Sa’id al Khadri (Allah be pleased with him): O Abu Sa’id, did you hear Allah’s Messenger (may peace be upon him) mentioning al- ‘azl? He said: Yes, and added: We went out with Allah’s Messenger (may peace be upon him) on the expedition to the Bi’l-Mustaliq and took captive some excellent Arab women; and we desired them, for we were suffering from the absence of our wives, (but at the same time) we also desired ransom for them. So we decided to have sexual intercourse with them but by observing ‘azl (withdrawing the male sexual organ before emission of semen to avoid conception, also known as coitus interruptus). But we said: We are doing an act whereas Allah’s Messenger is amongst us; why not ask him? So we asked Allah’s Messenger (may peace be upon him), and he said: It does not matter if you do not do it, for every soul that is born up to the Day of Resurrection will be born.”
Sahih al-Bukhari volume 5,book 59, no. 459, says,
“Narrated ibn Muhairiz: I entered the Mosque and saw Abu Said Al-Khudri and sat beside him and asked him about Al-Azl. Abu Said said, “We went out with Allah’s Apostle for the Ghazwa of Banu Al-Mustaliq and we received captives from among the Arab captives and we desired women and celibacy became hard on us and we loved to do coitus interruptus. So when we intended to do coitus interruptus, we said, “How can we do coitus interruptus before asking Allah’s Apostle who is present among us?” We asked (him) about it and he said, “It is better for you not to do so, for if any soul (till the Day of Resurrection) is predestined to exist, it will exist.”
Muslims sometimes try to argue that this would have taken place only after marriage to these captive women. But this is clearly not the case, since the men wanted to fetch a ransom price for them afterwards.
Prostitution
Muhammad permitted temporary marriage contracts whereby one could contract with a woman for a temporary marriage. According to Surah An-Nisa (4) 24, “…to those of them whose company you have enjoyed, give their dues (dower) as obligated. There is no sin on you in what you mutually agree upon after the (initial) agreement.”
We also read in Sahih Bukhari Volume 6, Book 60, Number 139,
Narrated Abdullah: We used to participate in the holy wars carried on by the Prophet and we had no women (wives) with us. So we said to the Prophet “Shall we castrate ourselves?” But the Prophet forbade us to do that and thenceforth he allowed us to marry a woman temporarily by giving her even a garment and then he recited “O you who believe! Do not make unlawful the good things which Allah has made lawful for you.”
Here, Muhammad gives permission to Muslims to offer a woman clothing in exchange for access to her body. A further reference to this practice is given in Sahih Muslim, book 8, number 3252:
“Sabra Juhanni reported: Allah’s Messenger (may peace be upon him) permitted temporary marriage for us. So I and another person went out and saw a woman of Bana Amir, who was like a young long-necked she-camel. We presented ourselves to her (for contracting temporary marriage), whereupon she said: What dower would you give me? I said: My cloak. And my companion also said: My cloak. And the cloak of my companion was superior to my clock, but I was younger than he. So when she looked at the cloak of my companion she liked it, and when she cast a glance at me I looked more attractive to her. She then said: Well, you and your cloak are sufficient for me. I remained with her for three nights, and then Allah’s Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: He who has any such woman with whom he has contracted temporary marriage, he should let her off.”
Conclusion
The items raised above represent just a few of the many issues that could be raised in relation to Muhammad’s view of women. The bottom line is that the assertion that Muhammad was a champion of women’s rights is historically untenable. By contrast, the Bible has a very progressive view of women, certainly for its day. According to Paul, although the sexes may have different roles in marriage and ecclesiology, men and women are ultimately equal in the sight of God, all being one in Christ Jesus (Galatians 3:28). Jesus Himself forgave a woman caught in the act of adultery and saved her from being stoned to death (John 8:1-11), spoke to a Samaritan woman about the way of salvation (John 4:1-42), allowed his feet to be anointed by Mary Magdalene, and tasks John the Apostle with looking after his mother Mary (John 19:26-27). Jesus’ first post-resurrection appearances are even to women. Many women are also key players in the book of Acts, as well as the Old Testament — for example, the story of Esther is about a woman who saves her people, the Hebrews, from being exterminated. When one examines and compares the Qur’an and the Bible, the stark contrast in view of women becomes very apparent.
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Dr. Jonathan McLatchie is a Christian writer, international speaker, and debater. He holds a Bachelor’s degree (with Honors) in forensic biology, a Masters’s (M.Res) degree in evolutionary biology, a second Master’s degree in medical and molecular bioscience, and a Ph.D. in evolutionary biology. Currently, he is an assistant professor of biology at Sattler College in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. McLatchie is a contributor to various apologetics websites and is the founder of the Apologetics Academy (Apologetics-Academy.org), a ministry that seeks to equip and train Christians to persuasively defend the faith through regular online webinars, as well as assist Christians who are wrestling with doubts. Dr. McLatchie has participated in more than thirty moderated debates around the world with representatives of atheism, Islam, and other alternative worldview perspectives. He has spoken internationally in Europe, North America, and South Africa promoting an intelligent, reflective, and evidence-based Christian faith.
On the Islamic war against women and the West’s poor response:
One of the most troubling and worrying situations that we find in the West is the almost complete silence – especially by liberal women and feminists – as to how Islam treats women. Islam is NOT pro-women. We have 1400 years of history to make this crystal clear. Yet so many in the West choose to remain totally blind to this and totally deceived about it.
I have written often on this topic – here are just a few earlier pieces:
Seven books (of many) that can be mentioned here are the following:
Chesler, Phyllis, An American Bride in Kabul: A Memoir. St. Martin’s Press, 2013.
Chesler, Phyllis, The Death of Feminism: What’s Next in the Struggle for Women’s Freedom. Palgrave Macmillan, 2005. (about feminism’s lack of response to militant Islam)
Hirsi Ali, Ayaan, The Caged Virgin: An Emancipation Proclamation for Women and Islam. Atria Books, 2008.
Hirsi Ali, Ayaan, Prey: Immigration, Islam, and the Erosion of Women’s Rights. Harper, 2021.
Robinson, Stuart, The Hidden Half: Women and Islam. CHI Books, 2017.
Spencer, Robert, Holy Hell: Islam’s Abuse of Women and the Infidels Who Enable It. Bombardier Books, 2025.
Sultan, Wafa, A God Who Hates: The Courageous Woman Who Inflamed the Muslim World Speaks Out Against the Evils of Islam. St Martin’s Press, 2009.
So here I will briefly mention the other three. Many of you know the story of Ayaan Hirsi Ali. The Somali-born woman was once a Muslim, then moved to Europe and became an atheist, but now she has converted to Christianity. Her story is told in Infidel: My Life (2007), and Nomad: From Islam to America (2010).
In The Caged Virgin she says this in the Preface:
About twelve years ago, at age twenty-two, I arrived in Western Europe, on the run from an arranged marriage. I soon learned that God and His truth had been humanized here. For Muslims life on earth is merely a transitory stage before the hereafter; but here people are also allowed to invest in their lives as mortals. What is more, hell seems no longer to exist, and God is a god of love rather than a cruel ruler who metes out punishments. I began to take a more critical look at my faith and discovered three important elements of Islam that had not particularly struck me before.
The first of these is that a Muslim’s relationship with his God is one of fear. A Muslim’s conception of God is absolute. Our God demands total submission. He rewards you if you follow His rules meticulously. He punishes you cruelly if you break His rules, both on earth, with illness and natural disasters, and in the hereafter, with hellfire.
The second element is that Islam knows only one moral source: the Prophet Muhammad. Muhammad is infallible. You would almost believe he is himself a god, but the Koran says explicitly that Muhammad is a human being; he is a supreme human being, though, the most perfect human being. We must live our lives according to his example. What is written in the Koran is what God said as it was heard by Muhammad. The thousands of hadiths-accounts of what Muhammad said and did, and the advice he gave, which survives in weighty books—tell us exactly how a Muslim was supposed to live in the seventh century. Devout Muslims consult these works daily to answer questions about life in the twenty-first century.
The third element is that Islam is strongly dominated by a sexual morality derived from tribal Arab values dating from the time the Prophet received his instructions from Allah, a culture in which women were the property of their fathers, brothers, uncles, grandfathers, or guardians. The essence of a woman is reduced to her hymen. Her veil functions as a constant reminder to the outside world of this stifling morality that makes Muslim men the owners of women and obliges them to prevent their mothers, sisters, aunts, sisters-in-law, cousins, nieces, and wives from having sexual contact. And we are not just talking about cohabitation. It is an offense if a woman glances in the direction of a man, brushes past his arm, or shakes his hand. A man’s reputation and honor depend entirely on the respectable, obedient behavior of the female members of his family.
These three elements explain largely why Muslim nations are lagging behind the West and, more recently, also lagging behind Asia….
She also says this in the Preface:
The adherents to the gospel of multiculturalism refuse to criticize people whom they see as victims. Some Western critics disapprove of United States policies and attitudes but do not criticize the Islamic world, just as, in the first part of the twentieth century, Western socialist apologists did not dare criticize the Soviet labor camps. Along the same lines, some Western intellectuals criticize Israel, but they will not criticize Palestine because Israel belongs to the West, which they consider fair game, but they feel sorry for the Palestinians, and for the Islamic world in general, which is not as powerful as the West. They are critical of the native white majority in Western countries but not of Islamic minorities. Criticism of the Islamic world, of Palestinians, and of Islamic minorities is regarded as Islamophobia and xenophobia. I cannot emphasize enough how wrongheaded this is. Withholding criticism and ignoring differences are racism in its purest form. Yet these cultural experts fail to notice that, through their anxious avoidance of criticizing non-Western countries, they trap the people who represent these cultures in a state of backwardness. The experts may have the best of intentions, but as we all know, the road to hell is paved with good intentions.
Prey: Immigration, Islam, and the Erosion of Women’s Rights by Hirsi Ali, Ayaan (Author)
In Prey, she says this early on:
As a Somali arriving in the Netherlands in 1992, I was shocked to see young women alone on public transport and in bars and restaurants. I had grown up knowing that to step outside the house without covering my head and body, or without a male relative to escort me, would make me a target for harassment and assault. But in Holland, women freely walked the streets at night without men to chaperone them, their hair uncovered, wearing whatever they pleased. (p. 5)
But she also soon found that in many major European cities, some areas are no-go zones for women, with only men freely moving about in public. This of course nicely illustrates the principle that ‘if you import a people, you import their culture’. She shares plenty of detail and evidence about what is happening in Europe:
Young people in Western societies have grown up with the assumption that gender equality is a given. They did not have to fight for basic equality and are often oblivious to its being undermined around them. Even when they are confronted with the erosion of women’s rights in the street, they sometimes apologize for criticizing their attackers. In court, victims of sexual assault appearing on the witness stand have to insist that they are not racists. Almost every woman I interviewed in the course of researching this book felt obliged to begin with a caveat: “I’m not against migrants,” “I’m from the Left,” or “I am not racist.” (p. 228)
She says this in her Conclusion:
The pendulum is swinging back toward misogyny as liberal Europe changes to accommodate migrant cultures. Adaptation is happening, but it’s happening the other way around. Progress is not only not inevitable; in this case, it is reversing.
In writing this book, I have come to the conclusion that we need a new women’s movement, one that views the world not in terms of multiculturalism and intersectionality but in universal terms and that, in the spirit of John Stuart and Harriet Taylor Mill, is prepared to stand up for the rights of all women. (p. 274)
As to Robert Spencer’s new book Holy Hell, the American expert on Islam primarily looks at the British rape attacks by Muslims. These grooming gangs have so often been ignored and/or under-reported by the authorities and media there.
He begins by noting how the West is undergoing a rape crisis: rape rates in so many European cities have greatly increased in recent years – correlated with the rising number of Muslims coming into Europe. He says this might seem somewhat counterintuitive, since rape rates in Muslim countries are rather low. How do we explain this?
The answer is twofold. One is that many rapes go unreported in Muslim countries because the behavior involved simply isn’t considered a crime. Islamic law, based on words attributed to the Islamic prophet Muhammad himself, forbids a woman to refuse sexual intercourse to her husband under any circumstances. With such a rule in place, how can a rape ever even be said to have occurred? It never could in the context of a marriage; it could only take place when a man forces himself upon a woman who is not his wife.
The second reason is as shocking as it is unmistakable: the Islamic religion forbids the rape of Muslim women, but it does not forbid the rape of non-Muslim women. In fact, the Qur’an specifically allows for this as a legitimate sexual outlet for Muslim men. And such activity doesn’t make its way into crime statistics, as it is not considered to be a crime at all.
In light of these two factors, it’s no surprise whatsoever that rape rates in Muslim countries would be low to nonexistent, but that mass Muslim migration into Europe would account for the continent’s new rape crisis. (xv-xvi)
And he discusses ‘rape as a weapon of war’: “In one sense, Islam is not unique in this. Numerous cultures throughout history, and in our own age, accept rape as a justified weapon of war.” (p. 18) He goes on to give some examples of this and then writes:
Islam is unique even in comparison to the acceptance of rape as a weapon of warfare in other cultures, for it combines all of these motivations. Infidel women are taken as the spoils of war, but the goal is ultimately the expansion of the Islamic community and the diminishment of the infidel community. And so rape of infidel women is also useful as a means to humiliate the defeated infidel force, as well as a means of social control and to aid in the redrawing of ethnic boundaries. On top of all that is the divine sanction given to it all. Rape of infidel women in a jihad war is not just something the commanders permit, as a means to humiliate the infidels. It is a holy act. (p. 19)
After some 250 pages describing the Islamic views on women, and analysing in detail the British grooming gangs, he says this: “[T]he West has a choice. It can continue to allow the proliferation of this ideology that will result in the victimization of more of its women, or it can take action against it.” (p. 276)
And he reminds us that “this is not now and has never been a question of ‘racism’ or ‘Islamophobia’. It’s a question of survival. If a culture allows what happened in Britain to continue, and stigmatizes action against it, that culture is not long for this world, and that’s why Britain’s demise is at hand.” (p. 277)
His final words are these: “This is the choice Europe faces. This is the choice Canada faces. This is the choice the United States faces. Either make it clear that Islam’s abuse of women is intolerable and unacceptable, or acquiesce to it and surrender. Which one will they choose?” (p. 280)
And we can add Australia here as well.
Postscript: She has made my case!
And right on cue, as I was about to publish this piece, the best bit of evidence to back up what I have been saying here just appeared on the social media. It seems another woke, white, Western woman was convinced that there is no Islam problem in Europe.
FORGET NONE OF HIS BENEFITS volume 24, number 35, August 28, 2025.
No Ammonite or Moabite shall enter the assembly of the Lord; none of their descendants, even to the tenth generation, shall enter the assembly of the Lord, (Deuteronomy 23:3). There are currently 3753 Muslim mosques in the United States, with the heaviest concentration of them in Brooklyn and the Bronx.[1]
— An increasing number of America’s public schools are commemorating Muslim holidays, serving Halal food, and holding Islamic prayers towards Mecca. In 2014, Rocky Mountain High School in Fort Collins, Colorado became the first American high school to recite the Pledge of Allegiance in Arabic, replacing “One nation under God,” with “One nation under Allah.”
— Bill Clinton was the first US president to hold a White House Eid al-Fitr dinner at the end of Ramadan, the Muslim month-long, dawn-to-dusk fast. Eid al-Fitr includes six Takbirs, the raising of hands and shouting, “Allahu Akbar!” to declare that Allah is “greater” (than the God of Christianity and the idols of other religions). Every US president since Clinton, including George W. Bush, held this blasphemous dinner for a total of 20 years (1996 to 2016) until Donald Trump scrapped it in 2017.
— In 2000, the Republican National Convention became the first US presidential convention to open with a Muslim prayer to Allah.
— To attract and manage Muslim wealth, an increasing number of American financial institutions quietly began taking steps to become Sharia-compliant. This includes donating a percentage of their annual profits to Islamic groups that are designated by their Sharia-compliance advisors, many of whom belong to the Muslim Brotherhood and funnel funds to Jihadi groups (the donations must go to one or more of eight recipient categories, one of which is Jihad), including Hamas and Hezbollah.
– In 2021, President Joe Biden nominated and the U.S. Senate confirmed Zahid Quraishi as the first Muslim U.S. District Judge, for the District of New Jersey.[2]
What is Sharia Law?[3]
Islam’s Sharia law is cast from the words of Muhammad, called “hadith,” his actions, called “sunnah,” and the Quran, which he dictated. Sharia law prioritizes punishment over rehabilitation and favors corporal and capital punishments over incarceration. Of all legal systems in the world today, Sharia law is the most intrusive and restrictive, especially against women. According to Sharia law
— Theft is punishable by amputation of the hands.
— Criticizing or denying any part of the Quran is punishable by death.
— Criticizing Muhammad or denying that he is a prophet is punishable by death.
— Criticizing or denying Allah is punishable by death.
— A Muslim who becomes a non-Muslim is punishable by death.
— A non-Muslim who leads a Muslim away from Islam is punishable by death.
— A non-Muslim man who marries a Muslim woman is punishable by death.
— Homosexuality is punishable by death but sodomizing boys is fine.
— Girls’ clitoris should be cut (Muhammad’s words, Book 41, Kitab Al-Adab, Hadith 5251).
— Girls can be sodomized and vaginally raped after 8 years of age (see Islam & Sex).
— A woman or girl who has been raped cannot testify in court against her rapist(s).
—Testimonies of 4 male witnesses are required to prove rape of a female (Quran 24:13).
— A woman or girl who alleges rape without producing 4 male witnesses is guilty of adultery.
— A woman or girl found guilty of adultery is punishable by death.
— A male convicted of rape can have his conviction dismissed by marrying his victim.
— Muslim men have sexual rights to any woman/girl not wearing the Hijab.
— A woman can have 1 husband, and a husband can have up to 4 wives; Muhammad had 13 wives.
— A man can beat his wife for insubordination.
— A man can unilaterally divorce his wife; a wife needs her husband’s consent to divorce.
— A divorced wife loses custody of all children over 6 years of age or when they exceed it.
— A woman’s testimony in court, allowed in property cases, carries ½ the weight of a man’s.
— A female heir inherits half of what a male heir inherits.
— A woman cannot speak alone to a man who is not her husband or relative.
— Meat to eat must come from animals that have been sacrificed to Allah – i.e., be “Halal.”
— Muslims should engage in Taqiyya and lie to non-Muslims to advance Islam. Should Muslims be allowed in the United States? What about as tourists or students? Should they be allowed to become naturalized citizens? What criteria should be used to answer these questions?
As always, we must look to the Scriptures for answers. What does the Bible say about immigration? A lot. I counted at least fifty-five times the Hebrew root word “guwr” (to turn aside from the road, alien, sojourner) is used in the Old Testament. God is certainly not opposed to all immigration. He told His people to care for the alien, to not oppress him, because they too had once been aliens in the land of Egypt (Exodus 23:9, Leviticus 19:33,34). However Yahweh also commanded that certain peoples never be allowed into the country of Israel. When Israel was to drive out the Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, Yahweh commanded, “Watch yourself that you make no covenant with the inhabitants of the land into which you are going, or it will become a snare in your midst,” (Exodus 34:12). He had particularly strong words against the Ammonites and Moabites, “No Ammonite or Moabite shall enter the assembly of the Lord; none of their descendants, even to the tenth generation, shall enter the assembly of the Lord,” (Deuteronomy 23:3). At the dedication of the wall reconstruction in Jerusalem, Nehemiah had the leaders of Judah read from the book of Moses, and they found that Ammonites and Moabites were barred from the assembly (Nehemiah 13:1,2). Why such a hardline position against certain aliens? Because any religion beside the true faith of Yahweh was a serious threat to the nation.
Why a serious threat? Because the values and culture of these pagan nations were very much at odds with Yahweh’s vision and values for His covenant people. Yahweh knew that allowing such godless, pagan values to come into Israel would ultimately destroy them. Some things never change. Nothing is new under the sun.
Though our nation long ago jettisoned a national Christian faith, the foundation of our culture and U.S. Constitution are clearly established on Christian values. We still generally hold to a Judeo/Christian world view. Place Sharia Law alongside the Bible and our Constitution. Are they compatible?
The answer should be obvious. So to allow Muslims to visit on a tourist or student visa should be rejected. Why? Their values are totally contrary to our values. Should Muslims be allowed the privilege of naturalized citizenship? Again the answer must be “No.” Never forget the Quran teaches that Muslims are to kill the infidels . “So when the sacred months have passed away, then slay the idolators wherever you find them,” (Quran 9:5). Though many Muslims thankfully do not obey the full teaching of Islam, nevertheless we should not take the chance that some might become radicalized.
If former Muslims give evidence of true conversion by the regenerating work of the Holy Spirit, then by all means they should be allowed to visit our country or become naturalized citizens. I know we are too far down the road for anyone in state or federal government to heed these words, but the truth still remains. _______________________________
How Many Mosques Are In The United States?” Poidata <poidata.io> August, 2025
Usama Dakdok is the founder of the Straight Way of Grace Ministry. He is the speaker on the daily radio broadcast, Revealing the Truth About Islam. Born and raised in Egypt, Usama learned about Islam just as every other student does in a Muslim country. He also studied for a university degree in Egypt which included the study of Sharia, which is Islamic law. He first came to America in 1992. With his knowledge of Islam, he founded The Straight Way of Grace Ministry. Usama speaks fluent Arabic and has translated the Qur’an into English. He’s the author of Exposing the Truth about the Qur’an and Exposing the Truth About Jihad and the booklets, The Violent Truth about Islam and The Straight Way to Eternal Life.For many years Usama has traveled the country to equip the church to minister to Muslims and to warn Americans about the deceptive methods being used that lead many into the cult of Islam.
President Donald Trump is in the Middle East working out numerous agreements. Some of the actions he’s taken are concerning to a number of individuals. This includes the lifting of sanctions against Syria, the signing of a $142 billion dollar arms deal with Saudi Arabia, a $1.2 trillion dollar economic commitment with Qatar and the offered gift from Qatar to provide a jumbo jet to serve as Air Force One.
Meanwhile, this morning the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments on nationwide injunctions including the injunction on ending what is known as “birthright citizenship.” It’s a move that the Council on American Islamic Relations calls, “dangerous and unconstitutional.”
The issue of birthright citizenship and its implications for Islam in the U.S. is just the beginning as Usama also turned his attention to the Abraham Accords, the EU providing 11 million dollars to highlight the contributions of the Qur’an and Islam to European civilization, a Canadian Islamic scholar who praised children who die for Islam (Jim provided audio), the latest concerning the exclusive Islamic city taking shape near Dallas and special news for listeners in Pennsylvania and Florida.
Usama Dakdok is Founder of the Straight Way of Grace Ministry. He is the speaker on the daily radio broadcast Revealing the Truth About Islam. Born and raised in Egypt, Usama learned about Islam just as every other student does in a Muslim country. He also studied for a university degree in Egypt which included the study of Sharia, which is Islamic law. He first came to America in 1992. With his knowledge of Islam, he founded The Straight Way of Grace Ministry. Usama speaks fluent Arabic and has translated the Quran into English. He is the author of Exposing the Truth about the Qur’an, Exposing the Truth About Jihad, The Violent Truth about Islam and The Straight Way to Eternal Life. For many years Usama has travelled the country to equip the church to minister to Muslims and to warn Americans about the deceptive methods being used that lead many into the cult of Islam.
While many have falsely called Islam “a religion of peace,” Islam continues in its threats against Israel, Europe and the United States of America. And yet Islam is viewed by many as just being another religion.
Some erroneously teach that the god of Islam and Jehovah God are one in the same. Don’t be deceived. They are not one in the same.
Rapes and sexual assaults continue rampantly in the name of Allah. There are so-called “honor killings” from Muslims against their own family members who leave the teachings of Islam. Threats continue against Jews, Christians and nations that have not surrendered to the teachings of Islam. Usama Dakdok has been trying to awaken many out of their slumber on this issue.
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