LITTLE BUNNY FOO-FOO THIS IS NOT!

I have to relay a story of my own, one that sort of rocked my world for a bit. While heading out to my car one day, I nearly tripped over a tiny baby rabbit, no more than a few weeks old, "hiding" in the grass right next to the walkway (our yard is full of rabbits). The tiny thing was probably terrified that I was so close to it, but I figured its mother would soon come retrieve it. When I got home hours later, my arms were full, including two gallon containers of water, so I was more heavy-laden than normal. In a rush to get to my door, I cut across the yard, off the concrete walkway. Suddenly there was a sickening crunch beneath my foot. I turned to see what I'd stepped on, only to see that same baby bunny that had been curled up by the walkway now lurching and thrashing all over, blood spattering on the sidewalk, until it finally lay still. I dropped everything and ran over to see if it was still alive, in the hopes of taking it to my local vet hospital. But it was too late. I'd crushed its poor little head. I was devastated and quite shaken up (still am, quite frankly). When I called a friend, hysterical, she assured me that it wasn't my fault, and that nature being what it is, tragedies like this sometimes happen. While I understood this, it didn't make me feel less sick. Now, I'm no fan of Peta. I think veganism and vegetarianism are a bunch of baloney. I'm definitely a carnivore. But that event really tore me up. I have had several pets, and I simply cannot imagine harming them. Moreover, I have difficulty understanding people who purposely kill or destroy the life of an innocent animal, or who delight in cruelly torturing an animal to death. Which leads me to this:

Eid ul-Adha. The most repulsive, bloodthirsty "holiday" in Islam. Not only does Islam lie to its followers about the very foundations of this celebration (saying that Abraham was going to sacrifice Ishmael, rather than Isaac), but the main event of this celebration is tantamount to offering blood sacrifices to Satan, the being Islam truly worships. Because this type of bloody ritual goes part and parcel with the teachings of Islam.

Islam does not teach about loving one's neighbor or oneself, or treating those who are different with kindness and compassion. Instead Islam teaches to not make friends with Jews or Christians, and to "kill the infidel where you find them," as those who do not worship (the demon) Allah, are not worthy of living. Islam's "jihad" (holy struggle) has led to thousands of men killing thousands of people who are not Muslim, or those who will not bend the knee (or wear the burka) to Islam. Thousands of animals are butchered in the streets of Islamic cities, resulting in literal rivers of blood. This vile holiday is carried out in front of tiny children, numbing their emotions, and making killing as commonplace as their 5-a-day-prayers. They cut the animal's throat (or like one of the pictures below, cut it anywhere) and allow it to simply bleed out. S l o w l y. They kill anything: sheep, goats, cattle…even camels. They try and pass it off as a holiday where one shares the kill with neighbors and the poor, but in our 21^st century world, this event seems completely unnecessary. And just where is Peta and other animal rights activists during this bloody celebration? That's right, it's Islam, so: *crickets*

Even more ghastly, it is common practice in Islam to torture or torment animals before killing them, because they believe it makes the meat more tender. As you can see from the photos below (and be warned, they are gruesome and definitely NSFW), this is not a pleasant thing, and is just another way that Satan, through the tenets of "religion," deceives followers. Islam is extremely inhumane toward animals, treating them cruelly and arbitrarily, especially toward things like dogs--man's best friend--whom they consider "unclean" and even their "enemy" (due to this arbitrary slight toward Mohammad). Rituals like this are purposely created to attack and belittle God's creation, by forcing mankind to destroy--in the most abhorrent ways--the very creatures God gave us to watch over, protect and "have dominion over," while man thinks he's actually doing a good work. 

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The dichotomy between my feelings over accidentally killing a tiny defenseless rabbit, and this barbaric ritual of death, is as far as the east is from the west. I will never understand them, and no doubt, they will never understand me. But then, I'm one of the "people of the book" so I know I shouldn't expect much.