It is time someone finally came out and said it. Since our politicians can’t or won’t, they either don’t believe it, or don’t feel they can survive saying it. If they don’t believe it, they are in denial.
We are in a war against all of Islam.
We are not in a war against fanatics. Islam is not a religion of peace, except in the form muslims identify with. That is, peace is a result of all the world’s population being muslim and following the Quran and hadiths. There is no tolerance in Islam for any other religion. And there is no tolerance for atheism. There is no allowance for any government because Islam is religion, government, and culture all neatly tied up in a single package.
Not convinced? Take a look at the “Terrorism Essentials” page for some insight into Islam. I’ve offered sites both pro and con so you can make up your own mind. Maybe I’m wrong.
Of course, there are many Muslims who are not true believers. They drive cars, listen to music, accumulate wealth. These, too, will eventually have to choose between Islam and the rest of the world.
Last week, someone in San Antonio threw gasoline on three different convenience stores and set them on fire. All three were owned by muslims. At first, I was mad that anyone would do something so vile and hateful. Then the radio folks interviewed one of the victims. “Everyone in the community needs to support us in this.” My sympathy changed instantly to something else. I wanted to ask that woman whether she supported our fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq.
I don’t know why my attitude changed so quickly. It was like a switch which changed instantly. I obviously don’t want to see people singled out by religion. But there has been no support from the American Muslim community for our actions to eliminate terrorism. So what makes them feel we owe them support when they are, themselves, terrorized?
If they want me to believe the “Religion of Peace” line, things will have to change.
UPDATE: I found someone with another point of view, similar in many ways, but far more literate. Theodore Dalrymple is a name which may be familiar to many of you. He thinks Islam may be about to self-destruct. And he equates the fall to a devotion we might find odd:
But if we made a fetish of Shakespeare (much richer and more profound than the Qu?ran, in my view), if we made him the sole object of our study and the sole guide of our lives, we would soon enough fall into backwardness and stagnation. And the problem is that so many Muslims want both stagnation and power: they want a return to the perfection of the seventh century and to dominate the twenty-first, as they believe is the birthright of their doctrine, the last testament of God to man.
They just can’t seem to get past the past.
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