Muslim Marine Beheaded, What Does Islamism Permit?

Reports are that Ansar al-Sunna Army claims to have beheaded Lebanese-born US Marine, Wassef Ali Hassoun.

The terrorist, Abu Abdullah al-Hassan bin Mahmoud said:

"We would like to inform you that the Marine of Lebanese descent has been killed, and you will soon see the movie with your own eyes."

This is probably true, unfortunately. Some raised the question of whether this man would be beheaded because he is a Muslim. No matter if he is a Muslim or not, he's still a United States Marine. Islamists proclaim that one should not be loyal to a country, but to Allah's desires. In their minds, Allah desires one Islamic state or Ummah, and that nobody should pledge any sort of allegiance to any other country until then. This pan-Islamism is a deadly poison.

Islamists, seeing it as their power to define "believer and "non-believer," seek the complete eradication of anyone who does not practice their version of Islam.

They claim that apostasy, or a person who has been raised a Muslim but turns away from their faith (and remember, Islamists are defining what faith is here, so Mr. Wassef could've been very well a good Muslim, but not according to their standards), is worse that kufr (unbelief).

In other words, it is more sinful to be an apostate who has seen "the way" than to be an infidel. So according to Islamist terrorism, they have every right to put him to death.

UPDATE:

Now the group is saying that it has NOT killed Hassoun.

This is a letter (via Rantingprofs via Iraqnow) from a US Marine to these terrorists:

To the terrorists currently operating in Iraq,

I see that you have captured a U. S. Marine, and that you plan to cut off his head if your demands are not met. Big mistake. Before you carry out your threat I suggest you read up on Marine Corps history. The Japanese tried the same thing on Makin Island and in a few other places during World War Two, and came to regret it. Go ahead and read about what then happened to the mighty Imperial Army on Tarawa, Iwo Jima and Okinawa. They paid full price for what they did, and you will too.

You look at America and you see a soft target, and to a large extent you are right. Our country is filled with a lot of spoiled people who drive BMWs, sip decaf lattes and watch ridiculous reality TV shows. They are for the most part decent, hard working citizens, but they are soft. When you cut off Nick Berg’s head those people gasped, and you got the media coverage you sought, and then those people went back to their lives. This time it is different. We also have a warrior culture in this country, and they are called Marines. It is a brotherhood forged in the fire of many wars, and the bond between us is stronger than blood. While it is true that this country has produced nitwits like Michael Moore, Howard Dean and Jane Fonda who can be easily manipulated by your gruesome tactics, we have also produced men like Jason Dunham, Brian Chontosh and Joseph Perez. If you don’t recognize those names you should. They are all Marines who distinguished themselves fighting to liberate Iraq, and there will be many more just like them coming for you.

Before the current politically correct climate enveloped our culture one of the recruiting slogans of our band of brothers was “The Marine Corps Builds Men.” You will soon find out just how true that is. You, on the other hand, are nothing but a bunch of women. If you were men you would show your faces, and take us on in a fair fight. Instead, you are cowards who hide behind masks and decapitate helpless victims. If you truly represented the interest of the Iraqi people you would not be ambushing those who come to your country to repair your power plants, or sabotage the oil pipelines which fuel the Iraqi economy. Your agenda is hate, plain and simple.

When you raise that sword over your head I want you to remember one thing. Corporal Wassef Ali Hassoun is not alone as he kneels before you. Every Marine who has ever worn the uniform is there with him, and when you strike him you are striking all of us. If you think the Marines were tough on you when they were cleaning out Fallujah a few weeks ago you haven’t seen anything yet. If you want to know what it feels like to have the Wrath of God called down upon you then go ahead and do it. We are not Turkish truck drivers, or Pakistani laborers, or independent contractors hoping to find work in your country. We are the United States Marines, and we will be coming for you.

Comments

it's a race war, not a war against western culture or ideas.

[athena]

No it's very much a war against anything other than Islam.

It's not a race war, they seek to enslave everyone of every color under their form of Islam.

Why else would they let John Walker Lindh live?

because he was stupid enough to fight for them.

why else take caucasian muslims (such as pakistanis) hostage? if it's a war against everything but islam, why kill muslims?

[casey]

Because the Muslims that don't believe exactly what they do are considered worse than the infidels.

It's just like the Christian churches...there are differences in beliefs. For the most part, however, the Christian churches no longer try to exterminate the heretics through brute force.

so then how is it a war against anything not islam? it can't be by definition when they are killing muslims

[athena]

It's a war against their version of islam.

That's what I tried to explain in the above post...

This man was not even a true "Muslim" to them because they define what is and is not Muslim.

[JWo]

Let me just say this. Islam is not a religion of killing. Any who thinks it is is a robot who is enslaved by the hipocracy explained by Jesus in the Bible. God never justifies the killing of other men. God is love and God is peace. I, as an American, have no control over the decicions my leaders make on any particular day. Do I agree with all of them? No. Do I disagree with all of them? No. But killing helpless people helps no one. I will say that I support my military. And while I don't agree with my Congress for allowing war without having the balls to declare it, I stand behind my folks for carrying out what they have been told to do. Americans loathe war. But when we are attacked you better believe we will destroy anything that had something to do with it.

To anyone who thinks we will bow to the pressure of brutal beheadings, etc.: fuck you. All you will gain is the loss of your country. Once again, the sleeping giant was awoken on Sept. 11, and you will not win. You cannot kill Americans without sacrificing yourselves.

I hate war and I hate killing, and to my fellow Americas I would tell them that it is not a Democrat or Republican issue. But I will say that I will defend my people, and I will continue that defense until the threat is gone. And if that means that every confused Jihadist has to die, so be it.

Long live peace...but don't tread on me.

[Bob]

boooom

[Daniel]

why would you expect them to face us head on, i mean we havent even realy done that either cruise missiles and airstrikes are pretty pussy shit tactics why would they face us in a fair fight? im not saying its right for them to take people hostage, but there not going to give us a fair fight when the odds are against them.

[SGT Slaten]

I am a soldier in the United States military. I have many friends over in Iraq, even as I am typing this letter. I can consider myself lucky to not have lost any of them. Many of them have returned, with stories. A few of the stories have reflected the stories that you see on the various news channels, but more seemed quite different. I choose not to watch the news any more due to all of the bad things they report about the on going war. They always fail to mention the schools that we are rebuilding, the restored electricity, running water....the list can go on for days. Despite all of the attacks, there is more good things happening in that country because of my brothers in arms, your brothers, sisters, friends, mothers and fathers who are serving this wonderful country.
Rebuilding a country that is filled with these so-called terrorist cells is not going to be an over night operation. More people, than are reported by these liberal news stations, from Iraq are relieved that we are there doing something about the problems that they are faced with. Leaving Iraq now would be like asking a dieing man if he is ok, then leaving him on the side of the road...to die alone with the roaches.