Caesar Alloquitur: A Suggestion for Countries Occupying the Middle East

A Humble Suggestion on How to Surmount the Problem Islam Presents for Peacekeeping Forces in the Middle East

Knights of Outremer, servants of the feudal lords of the Crusader-States. During the time of the Crusader Kingdoms, Muslims kept their religion and practiced it with the protection of law while men dressed as those above fought against the Saracens Jihadists. It is based off of this historical precedent that I loosely base this plan.

 

 

Before going any further, it's crucial that you read this article on Pacifism in Islam. It showing up on my dash is what inspired me to write this piece.

I've often said in a long-term plan for peace to the Middle East that trying to expunge Islam altogether from that region is suicidal at best. What we have to do there is establish a military governorship. In that governorship, among the normal laws of a Western country, we must include that all peoples are equal before the law regardless of creed, race, or wealth. You come in our borders, you play by our rules. No exceptions.

Among these laws we must take particular care for Islam, as it is the center of violence in the region. We made a mistake last time of taking sides in Islam's sectarian conflicts when one was violent just like the other. We cannot do this again and expect success. The government must be a secular dictatorship. If I had my way it would be officially Catholic, but we have no countries willing to do that, and in our democratic mindset we cannot make the official religion of a country Christianity when only 5% of the people in that country are of that religion. If it was me, I'd make it officially Catholic. But I'm trying to speak from a realistic point of view here, as I don't know about you but I don't control an actual Catholic Empire and I don't see any running around at this time.

 

Middle Common Coat of Arms of the Austro-Hugarian Empire in 1915 showing most of the larger possessions of the Austrian Empire and the Kingdom of Hungary. The Austrian Hapsburgs were the last Catholic royalty to have any claim to the Kingdom, and I assume they still do have it.

The country must establish that no form of religious vigilantism is tolerated. Anyone taking up guns to violently attack others in the name of religion will be treated as an enemy combatant and arrest will not be attempted; they will be killed and crucified outside the city's main points of entry as a warning. However, all will have the rights of religious practice and observance unobstructed and religious communities will have the right to live their faith according to its tenets without legal obstruction.

But back to Islam. Only those sects which espouse and practice nonviolence as a clear and present part of their creed will be allowed practice in the country. Those who defy their creed in that respect will be given no quarter and their families will be imprisoned. Their Imams will be held responsible and they will be hung from the burning rubble of their mosques. This will encourage Muslims to inform government offices of those who are contemplating or may be planning violent acts of Jihad, or immigrating to join Jihadi movements. Those accused will be arrested, interrogated, and imprisoned for 72 hours if after a thorough investigation they are found to be innocent. If they are not found innocent, they will be sent for re-education in the importance of living peaceably and tolerantly in our society and shown why Islam cannot resort to violence and how it goes against their religion. They will be released after their re-education is over, so long as they pass an exit exam and they will be identified on legal records as "reformed." Instructors in these places will hopefully all be native Middle-Easterners with accreditation in Islamic theology of the sects we support.
 

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Should after a few generations sufficient that none are left alive who remember the days of Islam before our occupation in the region, and we cannot rule this strategy as successful - providing nothing occurring sooner rules it unsuccessful, we shall present our evidence of this to the UN and to our international allies and make the findings public all over the world for anyone to access. We will then begin a systematic destruction of Islamic places in the country and the deportation of every Muslim resident of the occupied land. I should mention that while the Middle East is under our control I do not think we should let it simply be, but we should begin allowing Americans to come and start businesses and work in the conquered territory, and encourage them to live there - except for Muslims who will not convert to the approved sects. I believe this allows an opportunity for those Muslims who sincerely want Islam to be a peaceful religion to make it one, as the Jihad-supporting sects who still cling to their horrendous history are slowly wiped out or made invalid by their size as the peaceful sect grows in size.

So there you have it in short. A way the US - or anyone - could make an occupation work while still respecting Islam. Those who believe Islam is a peaceful religion should have no problem transferring their practice to or creating a new, completely pacifistic sect. They should also have no problem taking jobs in law enforcement or anywhere else where they help non-Muslims crack down on violent dissenters - this includes being eligible for compulsory military service. They should have no problem with building toward a future where Islam is a completely peaceful religion by default, and the world need not look toward Islam ever again as a threat to peace and prosperity. They should not object to an expunging of hadiths and traditions in Islam that promote violence, and the same with the Quran. They should have no qualms with disowning their religion's history of violence, oppression, brutality, and conversion by the sword. They should have no problem with apologizing repeatedly on behalf of their barbaric religious relatives in violent sects of Islam, or loudly condemning them and all they do and admonishing them to come to peaceful sects.

The Pontifical Noble Guard pays homage to Pope Pius XII, Christmas 1945. The Pope’s nephew, Prince Giulio Pacelli, is the third guard from the left.

Or, if they do, perhaps the Islamic principle of taqqiya has been in use far more liberally than we realize. In which case, these insincere charlatans will be punished with imprisonment and re-education as quite clearly they do not practice what they preach. Those who knowingly helped the charade shall be the first to die.

Picture showing the massacre of Perugia citizens by the Papal troops, 20 June, 1859.