Posted on 03/18/2009 8:28:13 AM PDT by gitmogrunt
Even before their conquest of Constantinople in 1453, Ottoman Turks referred to The City’s inhabitants as “Rum,” or “Romans.” In this, they were simply following the local practice: that’s how Constantinopolitan Christians referred to themselves, and continue to refer to themselves to this day. They knew themselves to be citizens of the Christian Roman Empire. They would never have heard of the word “Byzantine,” a term first used to describe the Eastern Roman Empire in the 16th century, and had you called them “Hellenes” or “Greeks” they would have felt affronted, thinking you were calling them pagans. No, they were Romans, thank you very much. And that’s why, if you Google Earth “Istanbul,” you’ll find that the place where our OCF Real Break team has spent the past couple of days working is labeled “Egrikapi Rum Mezarliki,” or “the Cemetery of the Romans at the Crooked Gate.”
(Excerpt) Read more at myocn.net ...
Islam is here. Big time. It is strange how they have flourished all over the U.S. presumably under the radar ... so to speak..
Sharia law is in Michigan, Training centers for tactical warfare are operating in several sites around the country; and there is no notice or worry about them ... except the people that live nearby. Operating under posted private property ... KEEP OUT signs, they carry on anti-American tactics.
We lightly ignore these actions.
To our own PERIL. STUPIDLY!
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