Favorite Islamic T-Shirt Slogans

The t-shirt slogan contest over at jihadwatch.org has over 300 submissions so far, and some real good ones.  Here's my top ten favorites (#6 is one of mine).

My favs, in descending order:

1. Nobody's Dhimmi
This is the best!  Short, memorable, defiant without being insulting, and educational to boot.  Let people seek out jihadwatch.com or dhimmiwatch (both should probably be listed)

2. Jihadwatch.org (bulls-eye on back)
Wickedly subtle.  Love it.

3. Say we're a religion of peace or I'll kill you!
A succinct and pithy saying that clearly shows the hypocrisy, illogic, and evil of Islam.  But maybe too insulting (but it is indirect - doesn't even mention Islam).

4. Prevent Global Warring
Also nice, no mention of Islam or the murderous prophet directly.

5. GLOBAL JIHAD - The *REAL* Inconvenient Truth
This is catchy, but will probably unnecessarily alienate those who are concerned about global warming.  We want libs on our side on this one.

6. You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and has nothing to do with the truth. - Jesus
This is a shorter version of my submission above, has extra impact because of it's somewhat obvious application to Islamists from the words of Jesus.

7. Muhammad: The World's First Islamic Terrorist
Well, this is insulting to the pedophile prophet, so probably too dangerous to wear.  But so true.

8. America Akbar!
Not sure why, but I like this one.

9. KNOW ISLAM--NO PEACE
Again, a direct attack on Islam maybe not the smartest thing, but it is catchy and true in many of our opinions.

10. Scripture Quotes
- "Kill the unbelievers wherever you find them" Qur'an 9:5
- "Love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, pray for those who persecute you." Matt 5:44

Comments

This is insulting Islam. The verses that you are quoting such as:Kill the unbelievers wherever you find them" Qur'an 9:5, has alot of other things before it. SO you really dont know anything about islam yh dont just say things you low life. you couldnt find anything to d but to insult islam.

[Benjamin9]

"This is insulting Islam. The verses that you are quoting such as:Kill the unbelievers wherever you find them" Qur'an 9:5, has alot of other things before it. SO you really dont know anything about islam yh dont just say things you low life. you couldnt find anything to d but to insult islam."-->

louis? Is that you?

one of my fav tee shirt sayings is just the word "Infidel".

[Mohammed Sajid]

hey do u know the word BASTARD is 3 times in bible (hahaha word of god), hey do u know bible is banned in many places as it contain PORNO stuff, hey do u know in it there are cases of son having sex with mother, bro and sis, prophet with daughter in law etc etc.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=AIhUdb-IzDQ -- watch this

Fools judge Islam by Holy Quran and authentic prophets sayings , not by what media says.
Muslims and islam is only faith where we make an article of faith that Jesus(pbuh) is the mighty prophet of Allah, and no muslim is muslim until he belives this, just one mans authority ie Prophet Mohammed (peace and blessings of allah uopn him) and u people make fun of him.

ACCECPT ISLAM NOW.

[keith johnson]

From our Bible:

16 The seventh time around, when the priests sounded the trumpet blast, Joshua commanded the people, "Shout! For the LORD has given you the city! 17 The city and all that is in it are to be devoted [a] to the LORD...

20 ...When the trumpets sounded, the people shouted, and at the sound of the trumpet, when the people gave a loud shout, the wall collapsed; so every man charged straight in, and they took the city. 21 They devoted the city to the LORD and destroyed with the sword every living thing in it—men and women, young and old, cattle, sheep and donkeys... Joshua 16-16, 20-22

O Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction,
happy is he who repays you
for what you have done to us-

9 he who seizes your infants
and dashes them against the rocks. Psalm 137:8-9

How do any of us Christians get off telling Muslims that their holy books shows their religion to be inherently violent? None of us Christians believes that those verses can properly be used to condemn Christianity as a violent religion; we recognize that snatching a few passages from the Bible is a stupid and mean way to seriously examine the whole of the faith. The same goes for Islam.

your friend
Keith

[seeker]

I think there actually is a difference, and a reason to defend this passages. These aren't standing commands to christians or jews, but a one time historical event. I see your point, but I don't think that it is entirely valid.

[keith johnson]

Hi Seeker:

I think there actually is a difference, and a reason to defend this passages. These aren't standing commands to christians or jews, but a one time historical event. I see your point, but I don't think that it is entirely valid.

I'm not sure the same isn't true for the "Q'uranic" passages, but that's a separate argument. The real point is that you cannot properly say Islam is a terrorist religion unless every subgroup of Islam preaches terrorism, and they don't. Snatching a few verses from the Q'uran to claim that Islam demands the killing of non-Muslims is a game Muslims can easily play too with the Bible. It is far less stupid and mean to allow Muslims to speak for themselves instead of trying to tell them what they really believe (the Muslims I know are appalled by Bin Laden theology). Anti-Muslim tee shirt slogans is an expression of hate and bigotry and not something that ought to be promoted on a Christian website.

your friend
Keith

[seeker]

The real point is that you cannot properly say Islam is a terrorist religion unless every subgroup of Islam preaches terrorism, and they don't. Snatching a few verses from the Q'uran to claim that Islam demands the killing of non-Muslims is a game Muslims can easily play too with the Bible.

I totally agree on cherry picking verses. However, I would say that what we CAN criticize and affirm is that:

1. The Koran asserts, not just in certain passages, but *as a consistent doctrine*, such violent actions.

While cherry-picking can help you defend whatever idea you want, consistent hermeneutics leads towards a singular and clear understanding.

However, that begs the question - does the Koran teach one thing, or does it contradict itself? In Biblical hermeneutics, we assume that the scriptures do NOT contradict themselves. What hermeneutic do Islamists follow? One rule is that latter teachings that contradict earlier ones are the more authoritative, and it is clear that Mohammed's earlier "peaceful" doctrines are superceded by his later violent ones.

Even if you accept this type of hermeneutic for the Bible, you would conclude that Jesus' teachings would supercede the OT passages you quote.

While pacifist Islamic theologians might disagree with my assertion that the consistent and final, authoritative teaching of the Koran seems to be murderous and intolerant, I would argue that their liberal hermeneutics do not do justice to the intent and meaning of the text.

It's like pro-gay theologians trying to argue that the bible does not condemn homosexuality. Sure, such Christians exist, but I would say that reasonable interpretation (that is, using acceptable intellectual rules for interpretation) exclude that translation.

2. Sub-groups and fringe minorities can be ingored *if* it can be shown that their hermeneutic is weak. There are always subgroups, and the question must return to - what do their authoritative texts say and mean?

Again, I think that once we apply some generally accepted rules of interpretation to these texts, the pattern of murderous commands appears clear.

3. The passages you cite from the Bible are NOT ongoing commands or general principles, while the violent passages in the Koran are.

This makes them very different. You have to remember that the Canannites, like Sodom and Gomorrah, and pre-flood humanity, were extraordinarily wicked. As I've said, even God sometimes must resort to destroying irretrievably wicked people.

4. The example of Mohammed was that of violent Jihad, and he is their prime example.

Compare the actual lives of the prophets we pretend to follow, and you will quickly see that the life that Mohammed modeled is much closer to terrorism than that of Jesus.

5. The history of Islam has been consistently bloody and oppressive

While some suggest a 'golden age' of enlightened Islam, I strongly suspect that this is not only exxaggerated, but ignores the much more consistently supported violent history of Islam, and not by 'extremists' or those who 'abuse' the faith, but by those who I think are logically following the teachings and examples of Mohamed. I believe that a direct, logical argument from the Koran to the actions of Islamists can easily be made. The same connection between Christianity and the teachings of Christ, or even the OT, is very difficult to make.

6. The current history of Islam is violent

Yes, there are millions of non-violent Muslims, but the violent faction is much more than a minority. The consistent character of Islam in today's nations is, with some exceptions, oppressive, abusively patriarchal, and violent.

CONCLUSION

While the more violent OT passages are somewhat difficult to defend, I think it is a grave overstatement to compare these and the character of the Jewish God to that shown in the Koran. It's like comparing the actions of a just judge to a mass murderer. They both kill, but they are not the same.

[keith johnson]

Hi Seeker:

Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan completely disagrees with the claim that Islam is a violent religion. His interpretation of the Q'uran is undoubtedly different from yours. If you say your interpretation is right this implies his is wrong. But the Muslim believes that the Q'uran is the word of God, so misinterpreting the Q'uran wrong means that God meant something else when he dictated the Q'uran! A Christian cannot hold this idea since the Christian doesn't believe God dictated the Q'uran at all.

How the Q'uran ought to be interpreted is a question for Muslims; it's not our field. All we can properly do is talk to Muslims and ask them questions about their interpretations. None of the "Islam is a violent religion crowd" do this.

your friend
Keith

[seeker]

How the Q'uran ought to be interpreted is a question for Muslims; it's not our field. All we can properly do is talk to Muslims and ask them questions about their interpretations. None of the "Islam is a violent religion crowd" do this.

That depends. Do former Muslims count? How about ones that were Muslim scholars? What about people like Ibn Warraq?

Look, there are always 'liberal' scholars in any religion who don't really hold to the fundamentals of the faith, but through liberal (sloppy and illogical) hermeneutics try to metaphorize and contextualize their way out of clear and straightforward teachings. I'm sure there is a Muslim version of this. But the life and teachings of Mohamed, and the chaos they have always caused, speak pretty clearly.

Nice liberal Muslims are not being true to their prophet, imo. They can't be if they want to be nice.

[Benjamin9]

Another fav:

"Allah sucks, Jesus told me so".

[Benjamin9]

Another fav:

"Allah sucks, Jesus told me so".

[keith johnson]

Hi Seeker:

How the Q'uran ought to be interpreted is a question for Muslims; it's not our field. All we can properly do is talk to Muslims and ask them questions about their interpretations. None of the "Islam is a violent religion crowd" do this.

That depends. Do former Muslims count?...

They can tell you about their own variant of Islam. But by definition of "true Islam", the proper way to interpret the Q'uran is how it was intended by God. Christians since we don't believe God dictated the Q'uran therefore cannot logically believe that one variant is the real Islam while others are not.

Look, there are always 'liberal' scholars in any religion who don't really hold to the fundamentals of the faith, but through liberal (sloppy and illogical) hermeneutics try to metaphorize and contextualize their way out of clear and straightforward teachings.

For any religion that claims to be revealed by God, the only hermeneutical question is whether or not you are reading scripture as God intended it. No man-made hermeneutic rule can answer that. To criticize "metaphorizing" and "contextualizing" as sloppy hermeneutics begs the question as to whether the thing being interpreted IS metaphorical or more dependent on context than you think. Now as a Christian you can logically believe that YOU are right about what parts of the Bible should be taken literally and which are metaphors, but you cannot logically take sides on what's the appropriate way to interpret other religions since you do not believe that any of the interpretations are God's revelation.

I'm sure there is a Muslim version of this. But the life and teachings of Mohamed, and the chaos they have always caused, speak pretty clearly.

The teachings of Muhammed have caused my Muslim friends to be unbelieveably kind and compassionate--the proof is in the pudding and your broad brush criticism ignores the fact that there are hundreds of millions of Muslims just like my friends. Seriously Seeker, your position here is pure bigotry.

Nice liberal Muslims are not being true to their prophet, imo. They can't be if they want to be nice.

The obligation of a Muslim is to be true to God, you do not believe that the Muslims who fit your stereotype are being true to God either.

your friend

keith

[keith johnson]

Hi Benjamin:

The word "allah" means "God" so your tee shirt would say "God sucks; Jesus told me". Suffice it to say I will not be wearing such a shirt.

your friend
keith