The Root of September 11 -- The Love of Money

"The great rule of conduct for us, in regard to foreign nations, is in extending our commercial relations [but] to have with them as little political connection as possible. Here let us stop."

"And what do you think of usury? -- What do you think of murder?" ~ Cato, De Re Rustica

As words like "Shari'ah Law" and "jihad" are desecrated in Western media from the Muslim perspective, a closer look reveals another side to the story. (This is not to say that Shari'ah Law is entirely good, but rather that some economic elements of it should be seriously considered by Americans in comparison to our current system).

In the 2009 report to the Pentagon, "Economic Warfare: Risks and Responses," Kevin D. Freeman writes,

"...[In Shari'ah Compliant Finance] the investment selections are made for religious and traditional rather than economic reasons. The investment profit motive is a far distant second to achieving jihad aims."

Western media describe the term "jihad" as a holy war with militant implications. On the other hand, the Koran never uses the term for fighting in the name of Allah. According to Wikipedia, the word "jihad" translates as a noun meaning struggle as in striving in the way of God (al-jihad fi sabil Allah.)

For example, modern Arabic speakers would describe Mahatma Gandhi's satyagraha for Indian independence or Martin Luther King's struggle for civil rights as jihads. It could even be said that Jesus had a jihad with the money changers (bankers) of his day -- the only time that Jesus used force.

"And the Jews' Passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem and found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting: And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers' money, and overthrew the tables" John 2:13-15

Jesus, a Jew, was faithful to the teachings of the Torah which forbade usury (interest):

"If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury." Exodus 22:25.

"Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor lend him thy victuals for increase." Leviticus. 25:37

"Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of victuals, usury of anything that is lent upon usury." Deuteronomy 23:19

While the "End the Fed" campaign has gained momentum here in the United States, the motivation seems to stem from economic purposes, rather than religious ones.

As the saying goes, "the Federal Reserve is no more federal than Federal Express," but the "Fed" prints money for literally pennies on the dollar and then lends it to the government with interest and for profit. This is the root cause of inflation and the reason the dollar's value has fallen 96% over the past century.

While all three Abrahamic religions as described in the Bible, Torah, and Koran forbid usury, it is only the Islamic faith (Shari'ah Law) that is faithful to its monetary related teachings. As Tanya Cariina Hsu reported in 2008,

"Islamic banking prohibits the acquisition of wealth via gambling (or alcohol, tobacco, pornography, or stocks in armaments companies), and forbids the buying and selling of a debt as well as usury. Additionally, Shari'ah banking laws forbid investing in any company with debts that exceed thirty percent.

"'Islamic banking institutions have not failed per se as they deal in tangible assets and assume the risk' said Dr. Mohammed Ramady, Professor of Economics at King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals. 'Although the Islamic banking sector is also part of the global economy, the impact of direct exposure to sub-prime asset investments has been low.'

"Eight years ago, in May 2000, Saudi Islamic banker His Highness Dr. Nayef bin Fawaaz ibn Sha'alan publicly gave a series of economic lectures in Gulf states. He warned then that it was a certainty that the US economic system was on the verge of collapse because of its cumulative debts, ever-increasing deficit and the interest on that debt.

"'When the debts and deficits come due, they just issue new Treasury bonds to cover the old bonds due, with their interest and the new deficit too. The cycle cannot be stopped or the debt canceled because the US would no longer be able to borrow. The consequence of relieving this cycle would be a total collapse of their economic system as opposed to the partial, albeit massive, crash of 2008.'

"'Islamic banking', [continued] Dr. Al-Sha'alan, 'always protects the individuals' wealth while putting a cap on selfishness and greed. It has the best of capitalism -- filtering out its negatives -- and the best of socialism -- filtering out its negatives too.

"'The essential difference between the Islamic economic system and the capitalist system', he continued 'is that in Islam wealth belongs to God -- the individual being only its manager. It is a means, not a goal. In capitalism, it is the reverse: money belongs to the individual, and is a goal in and of itself. In America especially, money is worshiped like God.'"("Death of the American Empire, America is self-destructing & bringing the rest of the world down with it" following the financial crisis of 2008)

Meanwhile, Back at the Mob

With dozens of flags erect behind her, Villa Park Republican Councilwoman Deborah Pauly took the stage.

"Let me tell you what's going on over there right now, make no bones about it -- that is sheer, unadulterated evil. I have a wonderful 19 year-old son who is a United States Marine. As a matter of fact, I know quite a few Marines who would be very happy to help these terrorists to an early meeting in paradise."

The crowd laughed and cheered.

One protester shouted, "We love our Constitution and we want it to stay that way! One Nation under God, not Allah! " 

It doesn't appear she knew that the Muslim God they call "Allah" is the same God of Abraham. It also doesn't seem that the patriotic protesters had any understanding of the Constitution they claimed to so dearly "love." For example...

Amendment 1: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.

Amendment 6: In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury, ...and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defense.

Yet these rights, so basic to freedom-loving people everywhere, have been denied to a group of our fellow Americans. This group has suffered for nearly 10 years under a perverted guilty by association, McCarthy-era redux.

Yet it is much worse than that because these Muslims share nothing with the alleged hijackers except perhaps the color of their skin, and the only 9/11 investigative body itself admits its findings were based on official "accounts of 9/11 that were untrue." Wikipedia states,

"...[T]he conclusion [of the 9/11 Commission Report] was that the failures of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency and Federal Bureau of Investigation permitted the terrorist attacks to occur...."

In light of many recent domestic "terrorist plots" which have repeatedly been shown to be instigated by FBI and CIA agents, the question is, were the September 11th attacks "permitted to occur" or orchestrated to occur, and especially if the latter, why is this (Sodom and Gomorrah version of a) "Christian Nation" demonizing Muslim-Americans? "Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor." Exodus 20: 16

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