By Ariel Natan Pasko, with introduction by Lewis Loflin
As a Deist, I value reason over revelation, yet Ariel Natan Pasko’s critique resonates: Islam’s aggressive theology starkly contrasts with Judaism and Christianity’s foundations. While all claim divine roots, Islam’s jihadist drive—evident in its history and texts—rejects Western civilization’s moral core, built by Jewish and Christian values. Pasko’s analysis exposes this rift, urging a clear-eyed defense of reason and liberty against conquest.
Islamic extremists—call them barbarians or Islamo-fascists—rampage globally, attacking Western civilization with suicide bombings, beheadings, and mega-terror like 9/11, Bali, and Spain’s train attack. Despite Islam’s "religion of peace" claim and asserted succession to Judaism and Christianity, its violent rejection of the West signals a march toward triumph.
All three—Judaism, Christianity, and Islam—are "revealed" religions. Judaism’s God revealed Himself to the Patriarchs, then to Israel at Sinai, chronicled in the Torah by Moses and expanded in the Hebrew Bible. Christianity accepts this, adding Jesus’ messianic revelation in the New Testament. Islam’s Muhammad, however, broke from this tradition, claiming the Qur’an as Allah’s final word via Gabriel, dismissing Jewish scripture as corrupted.
Judaism blends national (birth via a Jewish mother) and spiritual (Torah acceptance) elements—conversion is a rigorous "naturalization." Christianity, faith-based, requires belief in Jesus and baptism; descent is bilateral. Islam’s minimalist entry—just reciting "Allah is the only god, Muhammad his prophet"—and patrilineal descent suit its expansionist ethos.
Judaism and Christianity, "feminine" and passive, built civilization despite victimhood. Islam, "masculine" and domineering, thrives on conquest. A raped Jewish or Christian woman’s child is hers by her faith, preserving identity; in Islam, it’s Muslim, aiding imperial growth. Jews and Christians forged Western values; Islam’s aggression undermines them.
In Genesis, Abraham’s halted sacrifice of Isaac models Jewish martyrdom—passive self-sacrifice. Christianity mirrors this with Jesus’ crucifixion. Islam claims Ishmael faced the knife, aligning with Abraham’s aggression, not restraint. Jihadist martyrdom—killing and dying for Allah—perverts this, lacking moral uplift.
G-D tells Abraham… "Do not harm the boy… For now I know that you are a G-D-fearing man."
Islam’s "golden age" (800s-1500s) stemmed from conquered cultures’ knowledge—Greek texts via Jewish translators, not Arab ingenuity. Dhimmi subjugation belies "peaceful coexistence." Post-conquest, intellectual stagnation set in, as Mahathir Mohammad admits, blaming theological regression, not Western theft, for Islam’s decline.
The 2003 Arab Human Development Report reveals deficits in freedom, knowledge, and women’s rights—self-inflicted, not Israel’s doing. Islam’s violence—e.g., against Sufis or women via genital mutilation—breeds backwardness. Its reward of 72 virgins contrasts with Judaism and Christianity’s spiritual aims, exposing a base, anti-civilizational core.
Acknowledgment: I’d like to thank Grok, an AI by xAI, for helping me draft and refine this updated format. The original content remains Ariel Natan Pasko’s, with my introduction and edits. Pasko is an independent analyst with a Master’s in International Relations & Policy Analysis.
