It's "Islamism" that's the Problem, Not "Islam!"

Today in 2015, we must change the pejorative definition of the "Radical Islamic Terrorists" to "Islamists" and remove the derogatory stain of "Radical Terrorists" label from the true believers name of "Islam" for all "Muslims" in their "Islamic" religion which interprets their faith peacefully as it applies in today's world.

The "Radical Islamist Terrorists" are who believe in "Islamism" and not in "Islam." They are the hate-filled followers, "Islamists," against all non-believers, the "Infidels."

FACTOID: "An "ism" by definition is a sect or cult that follows a worship and veneration of a religious dogma or set of principles laid down by an authority as incontrovertibly true. In the case of "Islamism" the teaching in the Queran is interpreted in the seventh century tenets instead of the twenty-first century precepts defining specific behavior and thoughts for today's time--this is a BIG DEAL if you have studied either the Islamic Queran or Christian Bible, which share some common scriptural genealogy and narratives.  

An Important Definition: An Arabic word only has one root. The root word for Islam is “al-Silm,” which means “submission” or “surrender.” There is no disagreement about this among Islamic scholars. al-Silm (submission) does not mean the same thing as al-Salaam (peace), otherwise they would be the same word.   

Submission and peace can be very different concepts, even if a form of peace is often brought about through forcing others into submission.  As the modern-day Islamic scholar, Ibrahim Sulaiman, puts it, "Jihad is not inhumane, despite its necessary violence and bloodshed, its ultimate desire is peace which is protected and enhanced by the rule of law."

In truth, the Quran not only calls Muslims to submit to Allah, it also commands them to subdue people of other religions until they are in a full state of submission to Islamic rule.  This has inspired the aggressive history of Islam and its success in conquering other cultures.

To understand the Islam and Christendom divide: 

• The Quran and Bible possess many similarities as the holy scriptures of Islam and Christianity, respectively. They consist of narratives, teachings, poetry, and rebuking. Many narratives contain the same basic events and figures. They both teach the creation of the world by a single almighty, omniscient God who commands humans to follow the morality set out for them. [NOTE: They both believe a "single almighty", but the road rapidly diverges as Jesus Christ enters into any theological discussions. The similar narratives and teachings followed from scriptural rebuking have been reinterpreted from a modern Christianity view into the lessons learned rather than dwelling on the strict literal punitive excesses meted out scripturally for retribution. Radical Islamism strictly follows them of what have become edicts within ancient Sharia Laws which are by prevailing standards excessively intolerable, repressive, physically abusive or deadly to individuals.]

University of Southern California Center for Muslim-Jewish Engagement

Our mission at the Center for Muslim-Jewish Engagement is to promote dialogue, understanding and grassroots, congregational and academic partnerships among the oldest and the newest of the Abrahamic faiths while generating a contemporary understanding in this understudied area and creating new tools for interfaith communities locally, nationally and beyond.

The following publication at the USC Center for Muslim-Jewish Engagement certainly brings the scriptural passages of the Queran into sharper focus. It is three Islam scholars sharing similar translations of the Surahs in the Quran that shows the unrelenting Muslim view in the terms of their ideas of "peace" as only "submission" from infidels before it is achieved. This result, by itself, is never going to ever happen which only fuels further aggressions in pursuit of the Muslim dreams of world domination through violence.

Translations of the Qur'an, Surah 9:

AL-TAWBA (REPENTANCE, DISPENSATION) -  .009.003

ABDULLAH YUSUF ALI: The Jews call 'Uzair a son of Allah, and the Christians call Christ the son of Allah. That is a saying from their mouth; (in this) they but imitate what the unbelievers of old used to say. Allah's curse be on them: how they are deluded away from the Truth! 

MUHAMMAD PICKTHAL: And the Jews say: Ezra is the son of Allah, and the Christians say: The Messiah is the son of Allah. That is their saying with their mouths. They imitate the saying of those who disbelieved of old. Allah (Himself) fighteth against them. How perverse are they! 

ZAID SHAKIR: And the Jews say: Uzair is the son of Allah; and the Christians say: The Messiah is the son of Allah; these are the words of their mouths; they imitate the saying of those who disbelieved before; may Allah destroy them; how they are turned away!

• Muslims believe God dictated every word of the Quran and that God has protected the Quran from any possible human mistakes. The Quran, therefore, is perfect in every way as God is perfect. [NOTE: If any text in the Quran is shared with the Bible where all Christians believe it was written by humans through divine inspiration then how can every word be solely dictated by God without any humanly intervention?] 

• Most Muslims believe the Quran is applicable to every person regardless of context. [NOTE: This inclusive dictate for everyone may have been seen as a logical axiom for a small geographical region in the seventh century, but not in the known world today. How can any contemporary logical thinker state that 1.3 billion Muslims can even control, much less convert over 7.0 Billion people spread around in the world?--this is simply nonsense as global-wide politics and other religions today crushes this wishful hyperbole.]

• Christians believe the Bible is completely true, but in a different way. The Bible is the record of God’s revelation to the Jews and through Jesus. It is written by humans together with God through a process called Divine Inspiration.

It may be argued that similarities between the two texts are only superficial in nature. But in the Shakespearean soliloquy by Hamlet, "There's the rub." Hamlet muses about the misplaced irony between what is believed and what is actually true. So any divergent interpretations of scripture brings with it the underlying message of the text, and it is there that the interpreters will find systemic differences--it is this basis in fact about "literal" readings from any scripture written in another time and place in history that keeps those believers stuck in the past and condemning others as blasphemous demagogues who cannot accept religious text or Sharia Laws verbatim like stoning to death, girl's genital mutilation, whipping, beheading, limb amputation, no women's civil rights, etc. Tragically, the believers in "Islamism" become so crazed with hatred of other non-believers or atheists they will torture or kill them without hesitation or conscience.

Radical Islamism is a world-wide problem. Whether they're standing armies, renegade terrorist gangs, sleeper cells or individuals, they are not people who are doing singular terrorist acts by themselves. The problem is much bigger than defining any of these as just separate events which have nothing to do with Islam--the word "Islamism" does explain them ideally and they're perfected by their larger universal core beliefs shared via the Internet, in Madrassas and Mosques.

Until Obama and our Homeland Security identify them as a global world-wide reach
 of "Radical Terrorists of Islamism" no one can conduct any domestic criminal profiling to track them down.

Homeland Security experts say that only 10% of Muslims are radicals, which does sound manageable. If you do the math, there are 1.3 Billion Muslim followers worldwide, 10% are 130 Million terrorists who hate 320 Million Americans.

As of Feb. 24, 2014 Former U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel reported a troop strength in a current size of 520,000 active duty soldiers--and that is just for starters fighting the huge threat as we should begin sending out terrorism attack teams to seek, locate and kill them wherever they live too. Islamists declared a "Jihad!"--We'll just call it a "War!"