By Peter Burrows 7/17/16 elburropete@gmail.com  - silvercityburro.com  

The Federal Bureau of Investigation, the FBI, has shamed our nation with its abject cowardice or corruption'take your pick'in the Hillary Clinton email case. Now, they have added stupidity to the list.

The following is from a Washington Post article by Adam Goldman, dated July 15, 2016:

FBI has found no evidence so far that Orlando shooter targeted Pulse because it was a gay club.

The FBI has found no evidence so far that Omar Mateen, who killed 49 people and wounded more than 53 at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, chose the popular establishment because of its gay clientele, said U.S. law enforcement officials. GǣWhile there can be no denying the significant impact on the gay community, the investigation hasn't revealed that he targeted pulse (sic) because it was a gay club,Gǥ a U.S. law enforcement official said.

Attention FBI Director Comey: Of course he targeted Pulse because it was a gay club. He's a devout Muslim. Add in gun-free zoning laws, and the Pulse was a sitting duck.

The FBI is way, way, past the point where ignorance becomes stupidity. I wonder how many Americans will have to die at the hands of fanatical Muslims before somebody in law enforcement learns the essentials of Islam. Mateen declared his Muslim bona fides with a 911 call to affirm his allegiance to ISIS, WHILE HE WAS KILLING PEOPLE AT PULSE. Director Comey: Don't you think that's a clue?

Let me help you out. Devout Muslims follow the teachings of the Koran, but only some of the teachings, depending on the chronology of the GǣrevelationsGǣ in the Koran. One of those Koranic teachings, found only once in the Meccan verses but numerous times in the Medina verses, is that Muslims must obey Allah AND HIS MESSENGER, or obey Allah AND HIS PROPHET, Muhammad being the Messenger/Prophet.

Nowhere in the Koran is this command cancelled by a later revelation from Allah, and thus it is a command for Muslims to obey forever. Muslims consider the Koran to be the timeless word of God, proving how stupid people can be when it comes to their religion. (I could give examples other than Islam, but not now.)

A kafir like myself reads the Koran and sees the all-too-human Muhammad at work making his life as easy as possible, which in this case is the (expletive deleted by editor) telling people to do as he says because Allah commands it. How convenient.

Obeying Muhammad today, the devout Muslim looks to the Gospels of Islam, called the hadith, and the biographies of Muhammad, called the sira. The two together are called the sunnah of Islam. Since Allah, in the Koran, also declared Muhammad a good example for Muslims to follow, it means not just Muhammad's sayings but also his deeds are sanctified. Oh, my. Decapitation, anyone?

Through the centuries, Islamic scholars, using the Koran and the sunnah, have developed a body of Islamic law called sharia. There are different schools of Islamic jurisprudence, both between Sunni and Shia Muslims, as well as within the Sunni and Shia sects, but there is universal agreement on about 75 percent of what constitutes sharia, the remainder a matter of interpretation and execution.

The most respected book of sharia laws in the Sunni sect is GǣReliance of the Traveler and Tools for the Worshiper. Gǥ This 14th Century compilation of sharia has pages of mind-numbing instructions on such things as personal hygiene and prayer rituals, as well as what we Westerners would consider traditional law.

The GǣRelianceGǥ on page 665 quotes the Koran to declare that homosexuals Gǣare people who transgress.Gǥ Then comes the coup de grace: GǣThe Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) said: Kill the one who sodomizes and the one who lets it be done to him.Gǥ Remember, Muslims must obey the Prophet.

Director Comey and AG Lynch, now do you see any evidence that the Orlando shooter, a Muslim, may have in fact targeted the Pulse because it was a gay club? What say? Oh, you're going to arrest ME for hate speech because I called Muhammad (expletive deleted by editor)? Why am I not surprised?