Posted on 12/22/2011 6:35:29 AM PST by Cronos
Seen as the front-runner to challenge incumbent president Barack Obama in next year's presidential elections, US Republican president hopeful Newt Gingrich has a history of anti-Islam slurs, who sees Shari`ah a mortal threat to the United States.
I believe Shari`ah is a mortal threat to the survival of freedom in the United States and in the world as we know it, Gingrich said in a speech to the American Enterprise Institute in Washington in July 2010and cited by The New York Times.
I think its that straightforward and that real.
The former speaker of the House of Representatives in the mid-1990s believes in the theory that advocates of Shari`ah are radical Islamists.
"Stealth jihadis use political, cultural, societal, religious, intellectual tools; violent jihadis use violence, Gingrich said in the speech.
"But in fact theyre both engaged in jihad, and theyre both seeking to impose the same end state, which is to replace Western civilization with a radical imposition of Shari`ah."
In 2010, Gingrich and his wife produced and narrated a film, "America at Risk", about what they say the threat of "radical Islam".
In the film, they discuss what they say the danger of terrorism and Shari`ah against a lurid background of terrorist bombings, bloody victims, wailing sirens and chanting Muslim crowds.
Gingrich had once called for a ban on all mosques near Ground Zero "so long as there are no churches or synagogues in Saudi Arabia."
Shari`ah has come under scrutiny recently in the US, with right-wing campaigners and politicians questioning its role and operating system.
Lawmakers in at least 15 states have introduced proposals forbidding local judges from considering Shari`ah when rendering verdicts on issues of divorces and marital disputes.
In Islam, Shari`ah govern issues in Muslims lives from daily prayers to fasting and from to inheritance and marital cases to financial disputes.
The Islamic rulings, however, do not apply on non-Muslims, even if in a dispute with non-Muslims.
'Islamic Terrorism'!
Gingrich has also been critical of president Obama's refusal to label terrorism as "Islamic" or "jihadist".
The lefts refusal to tell the truth about the Islamist threat is a natural parallel to the 70-year pattern of left-wing intellectuals refusing to tell the truth about communism and the Soviet Union, Gingrich said.
Administration officials say that labels smear the entire Islamic faith with terrorism.
Gingrich was the front-runner in the Republican race recently, just ahead of former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney.
However, Gingrich's lead has evaporated in national polls amid a barrage of Romney television ads that have cited, among other things, the ethics charges Gingrich faced as House speaker.
Gingrich, who had a reputation in Washington for counter-punching when criticized, has fired back at Romney on occasion, but vowed to continue running a positive campaign.
Gingrich's anti-Islam slurs are not the first by Republican presidential aspirants.
Former candidate Herman Cain had said that he would not appoint a Muslim in his administration.
Cain, who withdrew from the race for the White House, later modified his position by calling for an unconstitutional "loyalty" oath for Muslim appointees.
Republican aspirant Rick Santorum had also describes Islamic Shari`ah as "an existential threat" to America.
US Muslims have been sensing a growing hostility following a hearing presented by Republican representative Peter King on what he described as radicalization of US Muslims.
Recently, a Republican Missouri lawmaker described Islam as a disease like polio while another Alaska Rep. branded Muslims as occupiers of American neighborhoods.A US survey has revealed that the majority of Americans know very little about Muslims and their faith.
“It amazes me, that Palin fanatics sent her huge amounts of money for vague concepts that she Might, just maybe, possibly, run, if the conditions are right, Venus aligns with Jupiter, The sky turns red in the East at Sunset, etc,,,, But keep that money coming in! (And it did).”
Agreed. Palin has turned out to be all about Palin and how much money she can rake in for her family. And, she does keep making reallly, really stupid comments like she did last week.
Hopefully, all the conservatives she betrayed will finally she her for what she is and send Newt some of the dollars they were foolishly sending to her.
.. and Islamists (political Islam, sharia law advocates) know NOTHING about our heritage of freedom and inalienable rights.
They are here and want us to learn about them?! It don't work that way, you political Islam, sharia law advocates. You learn about America or get the hell out!
As William F. Buckley (Oct., 2001) said (So You Want a Holy War? We have now Islam to deal with. October 2, 2001 1:25 p.m.)
Either restore the proper Allah or get ready for a holy war.
IOW reform Islamism or we will do it for you.
Let's get this over with! Whatever it takes.
same here
Following 9/11 and their demands that we understand them, the Islamists (political Islam, sharia law advocates) should be the ones sensing "a growing hostility."
But we who are hostile toward political Islam, sharia law advocates must have compassion and understand their fear.
For Japanese Americans had the same fear after Pearl Harbor and FDR relocated huge numbers of them for their own protection -- we can do no less. Yes the ones FDR suspected of spying were interned.
One more, of many, reason to get behind Newt!
I am not impressed. Gingrich has proposed opening the floodgates of Muslim immigration.
You are saying Quanta Cura is wrong?
Communism is constitutionally protected under the First Amendment, freedom of speech.
If you’re referring to the Smith Act, it was ruled unconstitutional by the SCOTUS in 1957, though the law is still on the books.
Even if you re-classified Islam as a purely political group, political parties are still protected under the First Amendment.
There’s no need to resort to heavy-handedness in dealing with ideological opposition....the American system has it’s own unique way of ultimately neutralizing any truly radical sociopolitical movements. Why be a follower of Che Guevara when you can just buy a T-shirt with his visage emblazoned on it?
Besides, if you wish to deny Islam religious protections, you would have to either a)amend the Constitution, or b)open up a Constitutional Convention. Amending the Constitution is far easier said then done.....ask the supporters of the ERA. The second course I find distinctly unwise.
If you really want to neutralize Islam.....Americanize it. No greater disaster could befall Islam then for it to be turned into yet another homogenized American pop-culture artifact. Like Kabbala for instance. Get a few brain-dead celebrities to embrace the Americanized, watered-down neo-hippie-dippie version of Islam, and any revolutionary potential it may have will dwindle away to nothing in a generation or two.
As an example, think of what would’ve happened if the Roman Empire had simply made Jesus Christ just another one of the gods in their pantheon; over the course of a century or so, it would’ve likely faded into obscurity as just another sect or mystery religion. By persecuting the early Christians, the ancient Romans inadvertently spurred its growth.
I did not know that — please could you elaborate?
I remember recently reading that Gingrich proposed bringing students from Muslim countries into American universities to teach the ways of democracy. However, I have not been able to find the article in Google.
Most students from poorer countries choose to settle in the US.
She is right! if a UCLA Scientist is afraid of Newt..we KNOW he is the right man for the job. Gingrich would shred, chew up and spit out Obama in a debate.
Wish Romney would take Newt UP on a 90 min debate to answer his smear attacks by the super pacs but Mittens is a coward. Shows me he will allow lies to stand so long as it helps his poll numbers. I don’t want a president that wins on lies by his supporters.
yes and no. that depends on whether they find jobs and can negotiate the ways to getting a green card (which takes years and the lottery system is really stupid)
“A US survey has revealed that the majority of Americans know very little about Muslims and their faith.”
A bunch of folks have been suckered into believing it’s a religion of peace.
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