In an article published on CAIR’s (Council of American Islamic Relations) website, January 21, 2016, National Executive Director Nihad Awad defends suspended Wheaton College professor Larycia Hawkins. Hawkins was placed on paid administrative leave from her position after posting the following on Facebook: “I stand in religious solidarity with Muslims because they, like me, a Christian, are people of the book, and as Pope Francis stated last week, we worship the same God.” Wheaton College decided to suspend her after reading this statement, claiming they needed “more time to explore significant questions regarding the theological implications of her recent public statements, including but not limited to those indicating the relationship of Christianity to Islam.” Ms. Hawkins declined to participate in further sessions meant to explore Wheaton College’s questions, and her employment at the college could be terminated.
This private, Christian college has the right to hire and fire whoever it likes if they feel that an employee has violated the college’s Statement of Faith. I understand the nature of some of the questions Wheaton College might have for Ms. Hawkins. I would want to discuss exactly what she is trying to say when she says she “stands in religious solidarity with Muslims.” Islam explicitly denies the Trinity. It denies Jesus was the Son of God. It says the crucifixion never occurred. It denies the Resurrection of Jesus, and the idea that Jesus died so that sinners may be forgiven. It relegates Jesus to the status of just another prophet, and says that he was merely a man. Where are the grounds for Christians to stand in religious solidarity with Islam? If I was a Christian, I would, indeed, have some serious questions for Ms. Hawkins.
Mr. Awad discusses his belief that the Christian God and the Islamic God are the same. He quotes a line from the Quran meant to soothe us, meant to assuage our fear and unreasoning Islamophobia:
“(Rest assured that) those who believe (in the Quran), and those who follow the Jewish (scriptures), and the Christians. . .whoever believes in God and the last day and performs good deeds – will be rewarded by their Lord. They will have nothing to fear or to regret.” (The Holy Quran, 2:62)
This verse is nothing but Taqiyya-mush. Mr. Awad neglects to tell us that this verse has been abrogated. Briefly, abrogation is an Islamic belief (backed up by Quran 2:106) that Quranic doctrine and practices revealed later, supersede earlier verses that might be contradictory. Therefore, this verse is rendered completely irrelevant by the much later Quran 9:29—
“Fight those who believe not in Allah nor the Last Day, nor hold that forbidden which hath been forbidden by Allah and His Messenger, nor acknowledge the religion of Truth, (even if they are) of the People of the Book, until they pay the Jizya with willing submission, and feel themselves subdued.”
Mr. Awad implicitly takes the college to task when he says, “Throughout history, rigid – and inaccurate – theological positions on the nature of God and on the beliefs of other faiths resulted in conflict and lost opportunities for mutual understanding.” Who set him up as an authority to judge whether or not theological positions on the nature of God are inaccurate? He gives the usual vague condemnation of ISIS as “anti-Islamic” but offers no details. He throws in a blanket condemnation of Donald Trump and Ben Carson, smearing them as religious and political extremists. He then finishes his taqiyya-burst with this deliciously ironic gem: “It is up to the mainstream followers of all faiths to reject rigid and extremist ideologies and to come together to marginalize extremists of all stripes.”
Great, Mr. Mainstream Follower of Islam, Nihad Awad! I’m sure you are itching to do just that…reject rigid and extremist ideologies. I DARE you to do more than make vague promises. If CAIR really represents the mainstream followers of the one true religion, then CAIR should be able to come out with a statement explicitly condemning the brutal apostasy laws in Islamic countries. You should also condemn the sickening blasphemy laws that imprison, torture, and kill people just for the words out of their mouths. While you’re at it, you should specifically protest against the second class status for women that is a part of Sharia in many Islamic countries. Women and men have equal souls, Nihad, and should be equal in ALL facets of the law. CAIR should also protest against the laws that oppress homosexuals in Islamic countries. In our enlightened 21st Century, Nihad, there is no room for rigid and extremist ideologies like these. I think CAIR should come out against all these practices, in an effort to “marginalize extremists of all stripes.”
I’m sure you won’t have the guts to come out against any of these practices, Nihad Awad. No real god would want these things going on in its name. If Allah needs these things to happen, then he is no true God. CAIR needs to come out against these evil practices that were sanctioned by Mohammed. I’m not going to hold my breath waiting for your condemnation of these practices of Islam, however. You’re only good at spewing taqiyya. You haven’t had much experience with the truth.
~Mike S.
Michael X. Shapson, Author 
“Muchadoo:
Do you support death for apostasy? Mohammed did.
Do you support death for blasphemy? Mohammed did.
Do you support sex with 9 year olds? Mohammed did.
Do you support death for gays? Mohammed did.
Do you support women getting half the inheritance of men? Mohammed did.
My bet is that you won’t be able to answer these questions with a simple yes/no answer. I am able to answer them with a simple one word answer for each question: NO. Can you do the same? I doubt it. If it’s the perfect religion, and Mohammed was the perfect man and prophet, you should be able to shout your agreement with these views of Mohammed from the rooftops! But deep inside, you know your religion is false…and so you won’t be able to do so. Leave the cult NOW, Muchadoo. Allah is false. You have been deceived.”
The next day, I added this:
“Notice, folks, how the poor, deceived little Muslim girl couldn’t refute one single FACT I stated about Islam. Poor Muchadoo couldn’t bring herself to answer a single simple yes/no question! It’s clear she’s well beyond her limited intellect trying to defend something as eminently indefensible as the cult of Islam. I am ABSOLUTELY ready for an educated discussion…while Muslims can’t even answer simple yes/no questions about their supposedly “perfect” faith. Give it up, Muchadoo. If you can’t defend it simply and easily, then it’s NOT a perfect religion. And if it’s not a perfect religion, then Mohammed lied. What else did he lie about? Islam is false, Muchadoo. Your inability to defend it should clearly indicate that to you. Take off that foolish hijab. Pleasing a false god is pleasing NOTHING. You’re in over your head here, Muchadoo.”
To which she finally replied:
“Goodness, the least you could do is tag me so I know you’ve been talking to me, sheesh. What a mess I’ve come back to. As a British Muslim I can safely reply NO to each and every question because of one simple fact: as Muslims WE MUST ABIDE BY THE LAW OF THE LAND. It’s that simple. SO does the UK support killing for blasphemy; no. Does the UK…. etc etc, To which I answer to all your questions, no, no and no again. I lived in Saudi for 2 years and other Muslim countries and not once did I hear anyone being killed for any of the things you mention nor do I know of any Muslim country that supports any of those things you said. To use the word “support” is interesting. The reason women are given half the inheritance of men is simply because women in Islam are taken care of. When I work my money is mine and my husbands money is also mine but as a Muslim man he cannot take my wealth! Bet you didn’t know that. So do I support that, knowing full well I have accumulated all my wealth, heck yeah. As for Aisha (yeah that’s the name of the 9 year old you were referring to) one only need to look back into history of Europe, America and Asia to see that there were such incidences all over the world. Centuries ago, this was the norm ALL OVER THE WORLD. Your hate is blinding you. It’s really sad that you have this mentality where you’re trying to dictate how I should live my life: take off my hijab, really? Doesn’t that take away from my human right and choice as a human being? The contradictions are astonishing, Some people in the West want to act like ambassadors for Human Rights and can’t even give people the freedom to wear what they please. The hijab is my choice. Respect that. Thanks.”
My response:
Muchadoo,
“I don’t believe you know your religion well at all. Let’s talk for a minute about a part of the quran which is very suited for this discussion. Here’s verses 57-62 from Surah 33…have you forgotten, or just never read?
“Those who annoy Allah and His Messenger – Allah has cursed them in this World and in the Hereafter, and has prepared for them a humiliating Punishment. And those who annoy believing men and women undeservedly, bear (on themselves) a calumny and a glaring sin. O Prophet! Tell thy wives and daughters, and the believing women, that they should cast their outer garments over their persons (when abroad): that is most convenient, that they should be known (as such) and not molested. And Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful. Truly, if the Hypocrites, and those in whose hearts is a disease, and those who stir up sedition in the City, desist not, We shall certainly stir thee up against them: Then will they not be able to stay in it as thy neighbours for any length of time: They shall have a curse on them: whenever they are found, they shall be seized and slain (without mercy). (Such was) the practice (approved) of Allah among those who lived aforetime: No change wilt thou find in the practice (approved) of Allah.”
Let’s summarize. Allah hates people who annoy him or Mohammed, and he is waiting in the after life with a terrible punishment for those who do so. Those who annoy muslims have committed a glaring sin. Women should cover their persons when out and about. If the people who do not stop annoying muslims don’t stop their behavior, Allah will stir the muslims to such a rage that the offenders will be driven out, cursed forever. Since they are cursed, they shall be slain, without mercy, of course, wherever they are found once they are driven out of town. Allah approved of killing such offenders in the past, and Allah’s opinion on this is not going to change.
This is your quran, Muchadoo. People who annoy the Believers undeservedly should be driven out of town and killed? Seriously? This is part of where the apostasy law is derived from. People who rejected Mohammed’s “religion” were seriously annoying to him. Allah declared that “they shall be slain.” Notice also that verse 59 is part of where the “thou shalt cover” part of Islam comes from. I’m sure you know this already. Sorry, but in Islam, your hijab is NOT a choice. And you know it.
And , once again, weasel words, weasel words, weasel words. You don’t believe in apostasy or blasphemy laws because British Law doesn’t believe in them? We are not discussing British law here…we are discussing islam and your adherence to its unsavory tenets. I was proven right…you couldn’t give a simple yes/no answer. There are many tens of millions of muslims worldwide who believe in the apostasy and blasphemy laws, and act as if they are divinely inspired. Pakistan, as you know, is notorious for erupting into “mob justice” when someone has seriously offended the believers. Here’s another link for you… https://islamqa.info/en/20327 the shayk here, unlike you, Muchadoo, has some serious guts. He takes on the task of defending the apostasy, and by extension, the blasphemy laws, using islamic texts in such a way that it couldn’t have been done any better if it was done by a notorious islamophobe like myself. His defense is pretty airtight….to not believe in the apostasy and blasphemy laws is unislamic. So I will rephrase a couple of my questions for you, Muchadoo:
Do you believe it is right to kill people because they stop believing in a religion and start talking badly about it?
Do you believe it is right to kill those who mock the religion of another by word or deed?
Why don’t you take on these questions after you’ve read the Shayk link I left. Perhaps his brave but futile defense will give the widdle Cowardly Lioness some courage….”
And her comment about “The reason women are given half the inheritance of men is simply because women in Islam are taken care of.” shows her complete and total blindness to the true nature of human and women’s rights. I would pose her yet another simple question: what if a woman did not WISH to be “taken care of” by a man? What if she wanted to be independent? Well, that’s too damn bad…she would still get half as much inheritance as her brother got. Doesn’t that take away from her “human right and choice as a human being,” Muchadoo? Doesn’t that “dictate how she should live her life?” The contradictions ARE astounding, indeed, Muchadoo, but they’re not with me. They’re in YOUR head. And they originate directly from the flawed and poisoned seed of islam.
LOVE takin ‘dem Muslims to school!
~Mike S.