A good article by Mr. Lehman, but pretty frustrating because as he lists the litany of crimes -- he also states the obvious -- we (America, and the West) ignore them. So we continue to reap the crop of our willful blindness. Islam is at war against the West, it always has been (since the mid-seventh century), and it always will be. It isn't just a 'Wahhabi Jihadism heresy'. It is Islam. The heretics are the twirling dervishes, or those that want to be cultural muslims - but don't want the bloodshed. I.e., those muslims that put loyalty to the human race (and to the conscience that God implanted into all of us) over loyalty to the Satanic moon-god that Mohammad worshiped. But don't pretend that this 'Wahhabi Jihadism' is some grotesque mutation of Islam. It is Islam.
You are correct!
Focusing on “Wahhabi Jihadism” rather than Islam itself is just a milder form of the Political Correctness that began this whole “War on Terrorism” charade.
Until “moderate Muslims” begin to publicly denounce “extremist Jihadism” and actively work to expose these ‘Muslim heretics’ they are a part of the problem. Sides MUST be chosen.
Last month Obama said “The future must not belong to those who slander the prophet of Islam. ... It is time to heed the words of Gandhi: “Intolerance is itself a form of violence and an obstacle to the growth of a true democratic spirit.”
He could not be more completely wrong. He would have us believe that the world is a campfire gathering, complete with S’mores, hot cocoa and the guitar accompanying us as we sing “Kumbaya”, all the while never asking the questions, “Who is this Lord we are asking to come by here, and why do we want Him to do so?”
Many things in the world are very definitely INTOLERABLE. Toleration of cancer in your body leads to death from it. Toleration of unchecked international travel by Ebola patients will lead to a pandemic.
If Muslims want to worship Allah by praying five time each day, making the haji, fasting, alms giving, etc. they are to be tolerated in those religious activities. But as soon as they begin to even talk of the oppression or forcible conversion of “infidels”, they have become intolerable.
There is a word for such Muslims: APOSTATES. To a true Islamist they are as worthy of torture and death as we Infidels.