Tony Blair Praises the Quran

Tony Blair made some chilling comments about the Quran in a speech given to the Foreign Policy Centre and Reuters. I fear he will regret his words. Saying:

"The Qur’an "is practical and way ahead of its time".

"The most remarkable thing about reading the Koran – in so far as it can be truly translated from the original Arabic - is to understand how progressive it is.

"I speak with great diffidence and humility as a member of another faith. I am not qualified to make any judgements. But as an outsider, the Koran strikes me as a reforming book, trying to return Judaism and Christianity to their origins, rather as reformers attempted with the Christian Church centuries later. It is inclusive. It extols science and knowledge and abhors superstition. It is practical and way ahead of its time in attitudes to marriage, women and governance," he said.

He added that under the guidance of the Qur’an, the spread of Islam and its dominance over previously Christian or pagan lands was "breathtaking".

"Over centuries it founded an Empire, leading the world in discovery, art and culture. We look back to the early Middle Ages, the standard bearers of tolerance at that time were far more likely to be found in Muslim lands than in Christian," he declared. source

What is Tony Blair thinking? He obviously has not read an ACCURATE translation of the Quran. Is he just trying to suck up to the enemy? Is he so afraid of the large number of muslims in his own country that he would make these obviously incorrect statements?

Mike Jericho at Adversus Monstrum says:

Incorrect in every meaningful sense.

At the time of the Islamic invasions, non-Muslims were forced to convert or face death or enslavement. Those who eventually escaped enslavement either converted or were forced to pay the Jizyah (a form of religious tax which Muslims did not pay) and they were relegated to second-class citizens under the process of Islamic religious persecution known as Dhimmitude.

I cannot understand how Blair - himself allegedly a Christian - has the cojones to do this as in Afghanistan, a Christian convert is under sentence of death for the heinous crime of rejecting Islam.

But I can't say much. While I haven't heard President Bush mention the Quran, he always refers to Islam as the religion of peace. Our leaders, both US and British, need to see Islam and the Quran realilstically. I have a few books I would recommend they and everyone read.

Eurabia: The Euro-Arab Axis, Bat Ye'Or

The Force of Reason, by The Force of Reason

The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (And the Crusades), by Robert Spencer

The Dawning of a New Dark Age: A Collection of Essays on Islam, by Mark Alexander

Here is a book review from Amazon.com on just one of the books, Eurabia: The Euro-Arab Axis:

Bat Ye'or is the world's preeminent historian of Islam, jihad and dhimmitude--the reduced state of non-Muslim peoples living under Islamic rule. Here, she has masterfully portrayed the means by which the Euro-Arab Dialogue (EAD) unfolded over the past 30-plus years, and how that process relates to the World War II Axis--as well as the historical, 1,400-year jihad.

"There are three forms of jihad," says Bat Ye'or today, "the military jihad, the economic jihad and the cultural jihad." The EAD between the European Union and the Arab League has been a means of spreading the economic and cultural jihads from the Middle East to Europe.

The process outlined here began with Charles DeGualle's 1967 pronouncement that henceforward, France would assume a pro-Arab policy. In 1971, France began selling arms to Qaddafi, a step from which the EAD flowed as naturally as it did from DeGualle's policy initiative.

Another factor, according to Bat Ye'or, was the French desire to regain a leading role in European history; Georges Pompidou furthered the process in October 1973, following the Syrian and Egyptian Yom Kippur war with Israel.

At that time, the Arab world imposed an oil embargo on Denmark, Holland and the U.S., cut oil production and began to raise oil prices by five percent a month. These new global geopolitics terrified the leaders of Germany and France.

Before it agreed to establish the EAD, the Arab League had demanded that Europe establish pro-Arab and anti-American policies in all their united political, cultural and economic endeavors. The oil embargo was the catalyst which finally moved the European Economic Community to action. Now, writes Bat Ye'or, EEC ministers enacted resolutions that met the Arab demands, and which at the same time reversed the true intent of United Nations Resolution 242. Only then was the Arab oil embargo to Europe lifted.

Through this give and take, Europe was mostly on the losing end, for the EAD contained from the start a significant rider to its economic agreements concerning oil. Now, a process unfolded whereby Arab culture, politics and faith were imported into Europe along with a militant Muslim population that refused to assimilate into European culture. Arab culture did not change, while European universities and politics changed radically.

Bat Ye'or also shows how the EAD renewed and fostered Europe's Axis ties to the Middle East: In the late 1940s and 1950s war criminals fled Europe to Egypt, Syria and other Arab nations. Now, Axis links to Europe were rekindled through the Middle Eastern policies imported into Europe. The new Europe was built on a unified anti-Israel and anti-American policy.

As Bat Ye'or also suggests, America is the last frontier, and the American people should take it as their duty to avoid Europe's fate.

Read this book for the depressing details.

--Alyssa A. Lappen, Amazon.com

If that doesn't go against what Tony Blair said, I don't know what would.

Comments

[Mike's America]

If a politician in this country made overt references to the Bible the way Blair did to the Koran, he would probably face prosecution for violating separation of church and state.

But of course if a politico in this country wished to cite the Koran he would probably be praised in the media for demonstrating such sensitivity to Islam.

[A.C.]

Stunning. This certainly sounds like he's trying to use reverse psychology in an effort to turn Islam around on itself or shame them into behaving. It won't work.

[enzo]

I agree with you, A.C.
"We" have tried to turn Islam around on itself for about 1,500 years. We either didn't do well at all or it's just impossible to do so. I only know of one person who is capable to treat this disease with the right medicine: President Bush!

[ak47]

You wankers are so full of shit, Have you sad people nothing else to do than disrespect other peoples religion. Try looking at your own or whats left of it.

[bl52]

We wankers have educated ourselves to the ak47 ways of Islam.

No disrespect just knowledge. Wank that :-)

[Amatullah]

i don't know where to begin. i know you're free to believe whatever you please even if it's completely ignorant and wrong. so i'm not going to argue with you. believe what you want.

you should know that jizyah was what non-muslims paid to be protected by the muslim army. muslims have to pay zakat several times a year which helps the poor and maintains that army.

[jack]

Amatullah,

In Islam "jizyah" is mandatory for a non-muslim and collected.

Zakat is also mandatory for a muslim but it's all done on the honor system.

There is a huge difference.

[POWERSHAKER]

Well, Tony Blair, might as well just join Al Qaeda now you stupid politician! Saying that Islam is "breathtaking" over Jesus! He makes me sick!

[Mike]

Instead of reading books, why dont you get the real deal and walk into a mosque and ask questions yourselves. Get the real picture of whats going on and stop listening to what you hear in the media.

Thank you and Please be respectful

[Jonathan O'riely]

Islam is the perfect relgion, and the right path for mankind

[Jonathan O'riely]

Islam is the perfect relgion, and the right path for mankind

[Omar]

You ( the writer of the article ) clearly don't know enough about islam, to the point even tony blair knows better, go educate your self a bit, read some books about Islam, and how they should treat the Dhimmitude people... instead of using what you hear from the media and other sources

[William Nabil George]

nothing of what you translated from quran is true and am sorry to say that i don't expect much more than that

[Niaz Ahmad]

I can bet the columnist and the Mike even don’t know the abc of Islam. Instead of admitting his ignorance and meagre knowledge about Islam and hailing the truth he is just deriding the readers by his hubris thoughts. Can he corroborate any tangible example of 2nd citizen treatment in conquered nations by Muslims? Unlike other religions, for example, Christianity, Quran condemns all sorts of forced preaching and protects the basic rights of every individual regardless of his/her beliefs. Quran is the biggest preacher of peace in the world. Regarding taxes, he emulated in one of his references from a hypocrite, Muslims also pay the tax that is known as Zakat and it is not taken from the non-Muslims.

I will strongly urge you all to read the Quran yourself instead of blindly believing the hype created by media.

[Nicolas Krebs]

"I have a few books I would recommend they and everyone read.

Eurabia: The Euro-Arab Axis, Bat Ye'Or" (Debbie Hamilton)

Conspiracy theory.

[mad]

only people who have heart can see the truth.. that islam is a wonderfull religion.. (u must see without jews shit propaganda that blacksheep mosleems)

[Alana]

Maybe you should try to see Islam and the Quran realistically, without prejudice & free from propaganda. (:

[ashraf]

Gospel of John chapter 16 verse 12-14:

"I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now. Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth is
come, he will guide you unto all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come. He shall glorify me".

The Sprit of Truth, spoken about in this prophecy referes to none other than Prophet Muhammad (pbuh)

[Moeflich]

The only fair way to understand Islam is not from the outsiders or insiders, but reading its main source, the Qur'an, with your pure heart, you will find out what Islam really is.

[imki]

I think that Islam is a true religion of peace. I dnt give you shit of what the media sez.. I think we should go back toour scriptures, Listen to Dr Zakir Naik lectures on channel 820

[George]

Can't people have freedom of speech? where's our morality gone?

[Harrison Abdul]

Do not be misled by countless number of books which belittle Islam. Put aside the prejudice and read the Koran with an open mind. Unlike the Bible, believe it or not, there is not even a single flaw in the Koran e.g. in scientific facts.

[Eric]

So ashraf, how does the quran glorify Jesus as those scriptures say the "spirit of truth" will in verse 14, It doesn't. The quran glorifies mohammed, so as usual misqupoting of Biblical scripture is easily proven by, as what the Bible calls false prophets, teachers and religions.

[Ammar]

have u ever heard of a muslim who turns to christinism...? no, but the christians does turn to muslims and that is happenening really fast.

just read quran once with an open mind, u will get all the answers to your questions..
there is nothing more logical than the quran.

[Quran]

it is really great to listen this, Quran is reality, I Slam is reality, the truth, in the this world, and the only religion which focus on the rights, and the purpose of life, which give the guidance to the world and the creation.....
Every truth do have its own attraction, and islam do have that, because we can see i today world, there a lot of people are converting to Islam the only reason is it is truth,,,, and they understand it....

[islamul haqh]

this is the true lesson that the quran deliver for all human kind,who ever you are if you open your eyes and read the quran your miss understanding to words the religion of true is corrected.Those who were confused with their religion and defiantly defend the false can gets lots of knowledge from this.this is why we say always Islam is the solution of man kind.MAY ALLAH GUIDE THOSE OF YOU WHO GIVE YOUR BACK TO TRUTH ON THE CORRECT PATH_ISLAM

[Fowad Hamza]

. Soon will We show them our Signs in the (furthest) regions (of the earth), and in their own souls, until it becomes manifest to them that this is the Truth. Is it not enough that thy Lord doth witness all things? Holy Quran (41.53)

[IFTI]

If you compare with the rest of world at the time of Quran and Prophet Muhammad then the whole world was much backward from Islam in human rights, women rights, laws of war and state.

[wotbwd]

Well after reading the above article it blows my head to try and understand why Tony Blair has converted to Catholicism. It Also blows my head to think the 33rd level of Freemasonry requires one to convert to Islam....

Interestingly have a good look at todays England considering where modern day Freemasonry originated....

Further to that it blows my mind that most a majority of American Presidents are Freemasons.

[Stacy Wilson]

We are surrounded with many books to read that will make us change the way we are today. Had I have the skill to read the and understand the language of Qur'an, I would have read it already.

[Bertha Barlow]

We have different religions today, thousand if may I add. But the bottom line of this all is that, there is only one GOD, the one that everybody praise and believe. The best thing we can do is to respect individual’s religion. We may have different religions but still, there is only one GOD we both worship.