Nidal Malik Hasan and the Power of Belief

Part Three - Nov. 18,2009

            Why is the Obama administration playing down the probable cause that Hasan committed a terroristic act of war, and that Islamic fundamentalist beliefs explain his motives?  Is it a stratagem, strategy – or compassion? 

            President Obama seems to be going out of his way not to antagonize or insult Islam. 

            We infidels can be glad that Islam is not united under one supreme leader like Catholicism and the LDS Church.  For example the Grand Ayatollah of Iran, Ali Khomeini like the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini and other Ayatollahs seem to be laws unto themselves, dispensing Sharia (divine laws) and issuing fatwas (legal opinions) as they see fit.  In 1989 Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued a death fatwa against Salman Rushdie for authoring the novel, Satanic Verses. 

            Islam like Mormonism is a way of life – a theocracy that intrudes into every aspect of life.  According to Wikipedia in 2000 there were 4,596,000 Muslims living in America.  According to Kathy Lynn Grossman who is quoted by an American pro-Islamic website there could be over 6 million Muslims in America.  That is on a par with Mormon demographics.  If true there are as many Muslims in America as there are Mormons. 

            Wikipedia tells us there are 1,571,198,000 Muslims worldwide in over 50 countries.  That makes the Mormon worldwide number of 13 million look pretty small. 

            Just think of the chaos that could be created if only a third of the Muslims were united under Osama bin Laden. 

            In scanning an American pro-Islamic website it condemns terrorism and the Fort Hood attack.  According to other Internet sources the buildup of Muslims comes primarily from emigration.  Most American converts are African Americans and those Americans living in high density urban areas.

            These statistics tend to corroborate my contention that Islam appeals to the impotent population, just as Mormonism appealed to the impotent factions of the British Islands in the Nineteenth Century.  Even now when you talk to recent emigrants from the UK they say the main reason they come to America is for a better life and opportunities for their children.  An important part of Mormonism’s appeal in the Nineteenth Century was as an instrument or means to come to America.  Islam, like Mormonism, gives the impotent a feeling of being unified with a powerful entity or cause.

            As a theocracy and way of life Imams in America are encouraging Muslims to become involved in American politics as a means to demonstrate their benign nature and so that Islam will be represented in American politics.  This of course should be no surprise. 

            So what might we expect if Islam continues to grow at its current pace and Muslims are elected to powerful political offices?