Obama has to be a Muslim so he can be a terrorist, of course, and the Antichrist in order to bring on the End Times, thank you very much, or I should say, Hallelujah. We begin with how to fund terrorism and tyranny.
Do you remember when candidate Obama told Joe the Plumber that he wanted to "spread the wealth around"? Of course that makes Obama a Communist who wants to rob the rich and give to the poor. But did you know that sharing the wealth is an essential duty of every Muslim? (Some will tell you that the same applies in Christianity, but that's just Social Justice crazy talk.)
You should have heard by now that 18% or more of Americans claim to believe that President Obama is a Muslim, according to Pew Research and Time Magazine polls. But what does that mean for the nation and the world? What do the believers intend to do about it?
Or is this all just a bad dream that we will all wake up from in a few years, sort of like the Cold War, or World War II, or the Civil War, or whatever?
I'll give you a hint. We're not all going to wake up any time soon. Do you know what's even worse than Obama being a Muslim Antichrist?
The obligation on Muslims to share the wealth is called "zakat". I was thinking of linking to the Wikipedia article on Zakat, but it is agreed there that the article is incomplete and misleading. The following quotations are also incomplete. In fact, the rate of zakat is different for different kinds of property, and in different Muslim societies. In many countries, religious authorities collect and disburse zakat, while in Pakistan, the government collects it. But there is no accurate and complete account of zakat in English, as far as I know. We'll just have to make do.
Calculate Zakat
The basis of Zakat is given in the Quran:
"Of their goods take alms, that so thou might purify and sanctify them; and pray on their behalf, verily thy prayers are a source of security for them."
(9:103)
The Prophet said: 'Charity is a necessity for every Muslim’. He was asked: 'What if a person has nothing?' The Prophet replied: 'He should work with his own hands for his benefit and then give something out of such earnings in charity.' The Companions asked: 'What if he is not able to work?' The Prophet said: 'He should help poor and needy persons.' The Companions further asked 'What if he cannot do even that?' The Prophet said 'He should urge others to do good.' The Companions said 'What if he lacks that also?' The Prophet said 'He should check himself from doing evil. That is also charity.
Here is our President talking about zakat, and some of the usual gang of idiots claiming that that means he supports terrorism.
But no, that isn't the reason why a ridiculous number of people claim openly that Obama is a Muslim, and twice that many claim not to know what his religion is. The real problem is
OMG, HE'S BLAAAAACK!!!!
As we know, the historically Black (and secretly Muslim) churches are all about that great Glenn Beck bugaboo, Social Justice, aka coming after Real Americans for Reparations, etc., etc. (Disclosure: Wikiality is in no way affiliated with Stephen Colbert or Comedy Central, but they can dream, can't they?)
Besides that, Newt Gingrich wants you to think that our President is a Kenyan Mau Mau anti-colonialist rebel. A (take a deep breath here) Muslim Kenyan Mau Mau Nazi Communist pro-gay-agenda abortion-in-the-streets anti-American North Korean Stalinist Black Supremacist Antichrist. Whew! And much worse, besides. Why, he was even a community organizer at one time, advising White guys on how to run prostitution rings, stealing elections, and setting up concentration camps for FEMA to run.
Coming back to what is sometimes laughingly referred to as reality, here is a bit more of the story on zakat.
One of the most important principles of Islam is that all things belong to God, and that wealth is therefore held by human beings in trust.
The word Zakat means both 'purification' and 'growth'. Our possessions are purified by setting aside a proportion for those in need, and, like the pruning of plants, this cutting back balances and encourages new growth.
Zakat is the amount of money that every adult, mentally stable, free, and financially able Muslim, male and female, has to pay to support specific categories [of] people.
This category of people is defined in surah at-Taubah (9) verse 60: "The alms are only for the poor and the needy, and those who collect them, and those whose hearts are to be reconciled, and to free the captives and the debtors, and for the cause of Allah, and (for) the wayfarers; a duty imposed by Allah. Allah is knower, Wise." (The Holy Qur'an 9:60).
Islamicity: Zakat
Just like tithing, almost, except when it isn't because Christianity has nothing in common with the Godless worship of the demon false prophet Mahound.
Zakat Foundation of America is an international charity organization that helps generous and caring people reach out to those in need. Our goal is to address immediate needs and ensure the self-reliance of the poorest people around the world with Zakat and Sadaqa dollars of privileged Muslims and the support of other generous donors.
We believe that those whom God has granted wealth need to cleanse that wealth through charity, and those whom God has tried with loss are accorded a rightful share from the resources of the affluent.
See, that's why GOP fat cats hate Islam. Paying taxes is a religious duty? Puh-leeeze! ^_^ Next you'll be telling us to render to Washington what is Washington's.
More definitions
What is Zakât?
"Take from their wealth a portion for charity, in order to clean them thereby, and sanctify them."
ZAKAT: (Alms) The Zakat is a form of giving to those who are less fortunate. It is obligatory upon all Muslims to give 2.5 % of wealth and assets each year (in excess of what is required) to the poor. This is done before the beginning of the month of Muharram, the first of new year. Giving the Zakat is considered an act of worship because it is a form of offering thanks to God for the means of material well-being one has acquired. --An introduction to Islam
The Qur'an says that only those who pay zakat are in the "brotherhood of faith".
--Source: What is Zakat?
Zakat is distributed among 8 asnaf (categories) of people, namely:
1. Fakir - One who has neither material possessions nor means of livelihood.
2. Miskin - One with insufficient means of livelihood to meet basic needs.
3. Amil - One who is appoint
4. Muallaf - One who converts to Islam.
5. Riqab - One who wants to free himself from bondage or the shackles of slavery. (In Singapore, zakat due to this category of recipients is spent on those who need help to pursue education or to improve their standard of living).
6. Gharmin - One who is in debt (money borrowed to meet basic, halal expenditure).
7. Fisabillillah - One who fights for the cause of Allah.
8. Ibnus Sabil - One who is stranded in journey.
(Source: MUIS in Singapore)
Five categories of poverty or need, plus zakat-gatherers, converts to Islam, and the Cause of Allah.
Category 7 is the one that the Right seizes on, just as Al-Qaeda seizes on the hymn, Onward, Christian Soldiers and the whole Crusader ethos. Naturally, there are some Muslims who want to apply the entire Fisabillillah to violent Jihad, while others think it is meant for defense. You know, like the US Department of Defense. So you can see why the Right thinks that Islamic charity is all lies. They know all about that.
Why Obama has to be the world leader of all Muslims
Now here is where it gets interesting. Obama is also the Antichrist, who is going to organize and bring on Armageddon, starting with a war between Israel and all Muslim nations. That's why he has all of those bogus peace initiatives, so we can get down to real war.
The details are confused and contradictory, but among the expected consequences are
- The Rapture (all good Christians are taken up to Heaven)
- The Tribulation (vast suffering among those remaining on Earth)
- The conversion of the remaining Jews to Christianity
- The thousand-year reign of Christ on Earth.
- And then Eternity, which you get to spend singing self-congratulatory hymns in Heaven, or writhing in agony in the undying flames of Hell, etc.
Armageddon can only begin when all of the Jews on Earth are gathered in to Israel, which would seem to require Middle East peace, at a minimum. Then, according to "Pastor" John Hagee, it requires a nuclear holocaust (I use the term advisedly. This isn't my mistake I'm describing.) between Israel and the surrounding Muslim nations, specifically beginning with Iran. So we can't have Middle East peace.
Well, probably it's OK if Israel makes peace with the Palestinians, and maybe Lebanon, even Syria, but definitely not Iran. But they aren't allowed to mean it, because the plan always has to be to wipe out all Muslims and nearly all Jews in Armageddon, except for a few Jews who will convert to Christianity just before Jesus turns up for the start of the Thousand-Year Rei—Kingdom of God on Earth.
Have fun with that.
Anyway, Obama, as a good Muslim Antichrist Nazi and acknowledged leader of all Muslims worldwide, is organizing all of this for us, including applying zakat to building the bomb in Iran. But not one God-damned Christian, Jewish, or Muslim wingnut has ever thanked him for fulfilling God's Final Solu—God's Plan.