Can a Pious Muslim Become a Loyal American?

Chronicles Magazine ^ | 01/20/2006 | Srdja Trifkovic

[Jeremydmccann]

“We must never forget . . . that as Muslims, we are obligated to desire, and when possible to participate in, the overthrow of any non-Islamic government—anywhere in the world – in order to replace it by an Islamic one,” the speaker concluded his remarks. The venue was a mosque, not in Rawalpindi or Jeddah but in San Francisco. When a recent convert noted that if Muslims are obligated to overthrow the U.S. government then accepting Islam was tantamount to an act of political treason, the lecturer responded matter-of-factly, “Yes, that’s true.”

He was right both technically and substantively. A breach of allegiance to the United States by naturalized Muslims is not a rarity, it is an integral part of the Muslim-American experience. It is an inherent dilemma for many; it leads the serious few to give aid and comfort to the enemy. The problem will be solved only if and when Islamic activism is treated as grounds for the loss of acquired U.S. citizenship and deportation. The citizenship of any naturalized American who actively supports or preaches jihad, inequality of “infidels,” the establishment of the Shari’a law, etc., should be revoked, and that person promptly deported to the country of origin.

[Americanexpat]

I can remember some Army training subjects we attended in the 70´s and they showed us a film taken in a Mosque in St. Louis. The guy speaking to the congregation was an imam from Egypt and he was preaching the defeat of America from within. He advocated that true Muslims prepare for the day when they would destroy America.

IMO there are probably hundreds if not thousands of Muslims in this country ready to do just that.

[ClearBlueSky]

And damn near all of them are smiling when they serve you, or being just the most normal neighbors.
And the fools among us think that because Mohammed is polite he's an A-ok American.
How far would he get if he was frothing at the mouth and screaming in the streets as they do in the Mid East?

[cookiedough]

I agree with you. I met a bunch of nice arabs a few decades ago, when I was in college. As I got to know them, I discovered a couple of things: they hated Americans, some of them were here to recruit their fellow arab students into the PLO,and they were adept liars.

It's not that difficult for them to present a nice face to Americans, and in the company of their own people, show their true hatred of us.

I don't understand why we let them stay here, unless they are citizens of our country.

My views are probably simplistic. I just don't understand how we can be at war with them and welcome them into our country at the same time.

My daughter's Girl Scout troop is going to a mosque "to worship" this Sunday. She won't be going. We are in Massachusetts, so I'm not surprised that most of the girls in the troop are going.

[Lauretij2]

One thing Christianity does really well is adapt to modern government. The simple 'Do unto Caesar's' line really makes the difference.