Posted on 06/23/2007 11:39:01 AM PDT by rogernz
Serving America's 'Muslim army' Arab-Americans have been fighting in Iraq since the very beginning of the conflict there. Many simply see it as their duty to serve their homeland, America. Others who have ended up on the frontlines in the so-called "war on terror" have suffered a crisis of conscience, having had to fight fellow Arabs and Muslims as the "enemy".
Three Arab-American marines tell their stories.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...
See: http://newsbusters.org/node/13530
Loyal American Soldiers who are Muslim have my full respect. God Bless them.
But I am appalled by the label American “Muslim Army”. That’s the last thing the US Armed Forces are. There is either the US Army or no army at all.
However I suspect this is rather an invention by the BBC... so no surprise.
Q: Is it allowed to obtain United States Citizenship so that travelling for deen becomes easier?They require you to promise to bear arms for the country.A:The oath of allegiance is as follows:
The Oath of Allegiance I hereby declare, on oath, that I absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty, of whom or which I have heretofore been a subject or citizen;
that I will support and defend the Constitution and laws of the United States of America against all enemies, foreign and domestic;
that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same;
that I will bear arms on behalf of the United States when required by the law;
that I will perform noncombatant service in the Armed Forces of the United States when required by the law;
that I will perform work of national importance under civilian direction when required by the law;
and that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; so help me God.If they require or ask you to bear arms against a muslim country, what should be the response. Their laws are against 4 marraige law of Islaam. Does the pledge cause any "Ilhaad" or any such anti-islamic view? Please answer according to Hanafi Fiqh.
1. If your intention is solely to facilitate easier travel, you are permitted to obtain US citizenship. Although the oath of allegiance is un-Islamic in nature, it will not be treated as an 'Islamic oath'.Therefore, you are not compelled to execute the oath.2. If you are called up to bear arms against Muslims, you are not permitted to do so by Islamic law.
3. The pledge does not constitute Ilhaad.
and Allah Ta'ala Knows Best
Mufti Muhammad Kadwa FATWA DEPT.
CHECKED AND APPROVED CORRECT: Mufti Ebrahim Desai
As a white man, I would have absolutely no problem beating the living sh*t out of, or even killing, if necessary, another white man who was about to harm my family. Should I have a crisis of conscience about it?
Sgt. Akbar was a member of the muslim army. He launched a grenade attack against his fellow officers, killing 2 and wounding another dozen.
Muslims belong to the Nation of Islam (not Louis Fahrakhan’s MMM, but the Islamic empire) and pledge loyalty to it and muslims above all other peoples. They bow to the segregated city of Mecca five times every day and yet never speak out against the discimination against non-muslims. Jews cannot enter the country of Saudi Arabia. Non-muslims cannot practice their faiths there. Non-muslims are prohibited from entering the cities of Mecca and Medina under penalty of death. Muslims are probited from converting away from the faith under penalty of death. Non-muslims are second class citizens with fewer rights and protections under Islamic law. Kufir (non-muslims) seized in jihad (holy war) must be brought back to “Islamic territory” before they are divided up.
It is a totalitarian system of rule. It is not a racial identity. Arabs, Indonesians, etc. who convert away from Islam are even more reviled than that kufir who are “upsetting” the Islamic supremacists who demand that we leave “muslim lands” (ladns such as Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Turkey, Kosovo, Indonesia, Spain, Michigan...).
It’s all beeb crap. German-Americans and Japanese-Americans killed German and Japanese enemy during WWII, religions included. If you want to see what good Germans can do to bad Germans check out a guy named Eisenhower.
Thanks, BBC. Meanwhile your British Muslim Army is trying to blow up London.
BTW, why don’t we just nuc Medina and Mecca and call it checkmate?
I was surprised to read there are over 10,000 muslims serving in US forces. Does anyone know if they get special privelidges for prayer, halal food etc?
There are 350 muslims in the UK forces and as far as I have been told, they get no different treatment.
‘More left-wing, pro-Muslim propaganda from the BBC, which was toatlly discredited last week. Actually, the beeb discredited itself.’
The BBC has admitted it’s bias because it is pubicly accountable and had no choice. Just because other news providers aren’t publicly accountable doesn’t mean they are not biased! :)
In a different theatre, an admiral named Nimitz, who came out of the hill country of Texas.
Guess that condemns 3/4 of the Islamic world to hell for slitting their own brothers throats!
you gotta point, there.
‘why should they get any special tratment?’
I’ve no idea why, but they appear to. Nice of the Pentagon to celebrate ramadan with them and build mosques inside US bases:
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=42671
Roger.
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