Saturday, March 30, 2013

Sorry James Holmes, Jihad is not retroactive!

Robert Spencer reports at PJ Lifestyle that James Holmes, the killer at the Aurora movie theater, has

converted to Islam. He has become quite devout: he has grown a lavish beard, eats only halal food, prays the obligatory five daily prayers, and studies the Qur’an for hours every day.

Unfortunately for Holmes, however, jihad is not retroactive. If Holmes was an infidel at the time of the murders, then it doesn’t make his actions jihad to convert to Islam afterward.

Nonetheless, his conversion illustrates yet again why Islamic supremacist groups make such a concerted effort to make converts in prison. They know that men who are already in many cases notably aggressive and violent, and who have a grievance against society, are perfect fits for a religion that contains teachings that are themselves aggressive and violent, and that sets itself against infidel society. Islamic proselytizers in prisons hope to channel that aggression by sanctifying and thereby justifying it – as Holmes seems to be trying to justify his murders by affecting Islamic piety now.

Read more here: http://pjmedia.com/lifestyle/2013/03/29/james-holmes-it-serves-him-right-to-suffer/?singlepage=true

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