| | :"For most of the [[Middle Ages]] and during the early part of the [[Renaissance]] in Europe, [[Islam]] was believed to be [[demon]]ic religion of [[apostasy]], [[blasphemy]], and obscurity. It did not seem to matter that [[Muslim]]s considered [[Mohammed]] a [[prophet]] and not a [[god]]; what mattered to [[Christian]]s was that Mohammed was a [[false prophet]], a sower of discord, a [[sensualist]], a [[Hypocrites|hypocrite]], an agent of the [[devil]]....Real events in the real world made of Islam a considerable political force. For hundreds of years, great Islamic armies and navies threatened [[Europe]], destroyed its outposts, colonized its domains..... Even when the world of Islam entered a period of decline and Europe a period of ascendancy, fear of '[[Mohammedanism]]' persisted. Closer to Europe than any of the other non-Christian religions, the [[Islamic world]] by its very adjacency evoked memories of its encroachments on Europe, and always, of its latent power again and again to disturb the West. Other great [[civilization]]s of the East - [[India]] and [[China]] among them - could be thought of as defeated and distant and hence not a constant worry. Only Islam seemed never to have submitted completely to [[the West]]; and when, after the dramatic oil-price rises of the early 1970s, the Muslim world seemed once more on the verge of repeating its early conquests, the whole West seemed to shudder."<ref>Covering Islam; book by Edward Said; P4-5; 1981</ref> | | :"For most of the [[Middle Ages]] and during the early part of the [[Renaissance]] in Europe, [[Islam]] was believed to be [[demon]]ic religion of [[apostasy]], [[blasphemy]], and obscurity. It did not seem to matter that [[Muslim]]s considered [[Mohammed]] a [[prophet]] and not a [[god]]; what mattered to [[Christian]]s was that Mohammed was a [[false prophet]], a sower of discord, a [[sensualist]], a [[Hypocrites|hypocrite]], an agent of the [[devil]]....Real events in the real world made of Islam a considerable political force. For hundreds of years, great Islamic armies and navies threatened [[Europe]], destroyed its outposts, colonized its domains..... Even when the world of Islam entered a period of decline and Europe a period of ascendancy, fear of '[[Mohammedanism]]' persisted. Closer to Europe than any of the other non-Christian religions, the [[Islamic world]] by its very adjacency evoked memories of its encroachments on Europe, and always, of its latent power again and again to disturb the West. Other great [[civilization]]s of the East - [[India]] and [[China]] among them - could be thought of as defeated and distant and hence not a constant worry. Only Islam seemed never to have submitted completely to [[the West]]; and when, after the dramatic oil-price rises of the early 1970s, the Muslim world seemed once more on the verge of repeating its early conquests, the whole West seemed to shudder."<ref>Covering Islam; book by Edward Said; P4-5; 1981</ref> |
| | + | <ref>[https://www.memri.org/tv/palestinian-islamic-scholar-amira-enemies-allah-conquer-rome-america-australia Palestinian Islamic Scholar Issam Amira: The Enemies of Allah Will be Struck with Humiliation and Misery When Islam Conquers Rome, America; Australians Are Scared to Death of Islamic Fleets Coming from Malaysia], ''MEMRI'', August 29, 2023.<blockquote><small> |
| | + | Palestinian Hizb ut-Tahrir-affiliated Islamic scholar Issam Amira said in an August 29, 2023 lecture posted on the Aqsa Call YouTube channel that the enemies of Allah and His Messenger will be struck with misery and humiliation when they are conquered by Islam. He said that the Palestinian cause cannot compare to the conquest of Rome, North America, Latin America, and the "Islamic fleet" sailing from Malaysia to conquer Australia. He added that the Australians believe that Muslim armies will invade from Indonesia and will "usher Islam into Australia, whether they like it or not."</small></blockquote></ref> |