Posted on 04/23/2013 12:35:42 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
The Boston bombing crime shows that comprehensive immigration reform should not be only a southern border problem or even just a problem of illegal aliens. It’s also a problem of foreigners who are admitted legally but should never have been admitted, and of others admitted legally on a visa but are not tracked to make sure they depart when their visitor’s time expires, as U.S. law requires.
For starters, why would our government have admitted the Tsarnaev family whose son was named Tamerlan? That should have been a red alert because that is the name of one of the world’s notorious mass murderers, a 14th-century Central Asian warlord named Tamerlan, who killed about 17 million people.
The original Tamerlan was a devout Muslim who referred to himself as the Sword of Islam and was especially known for his shocking brutality. His name is well-known in Central Asia.
Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, said that the Boston bombers’ crime poses questions similar to those we asked after the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in 2001, such as “How did 19 people get in here to kill 3,000 people?” He said the Boston marathon crime is “a reminder that we’ve got to do better than what we’ve done. They were evidently here legally.”
Grassley said the Boston crime should trigger the U.S. “to understand the gaps and loopholes in our immigration system.” He asked, “How do we ensure that people who wish to do us harm are not eligible for benefits under the immigration laws, including this new bill before us?”
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I am a Catholic first.
Me too.
“Moderate” muslims recognized the brothers immediately but admitted in interviews that they did not report this information to the authorities.
“Moderate” muslims witnessed muslims around the world cheering these attacks and said nothing against these celebrations.
CAIR spoke out against the attacks but I didn’t hear condemnations of the celebrations.
1. God
2. Family
3. Country
Followed truthfully and honestly there is no other way
Tamerlan (Timur for short) envisioned the restoration of the Mongol Empire of Genghis Khan.
As a means of legitimating his conquests, Timur relied on Islamic symbols and language, referring to himself as the Sword of Islam and patronizing educational and religious institutions. He converted nearly all the Borjigin leaders to Islam during his lifetime.
His armies were inclusively multi-ethnic. During his lifetime Timur emerged as the most powerful ruler in the Muslim world after defeating the Mamluks of Egypt and Syria, the emerging Ottoman Empire and the declining Sultanate of Delhi. Timur had also decisively defeated the Christian Knights Hospitaller at Smyrna, styling himself a Ghazi.
By the end of his reign Timur had also gained complete control over all the remnants of the Chagatai Khanate, Ilkhanate, Golden Horde and even attempted to restore the Yuan dynasty in China.
Timur’s armies were feared throughout Asia, Africa, and Europe, sizable parts of which were laid to ruin by his campaigns.
Scholars estimate that his military campaigns caused the deaths of 17 million people, amounting to about 5% of the world population.
On the other hand, Timur is also recognized as a great patron of art and architecture, as he interacted with Muslim intellectuals such as Ibn Khaldun and Hafiz-i Abru.
“Moderate muslime” is a myth - they don’t exist in reality.
Ditto.
I think religion comes first with a lot of people
If 9/11 didn’t shock common sense into the majority of the country, nothing short of a nuclear bomb going off will. I don’t know if there is any hope for this country...
Muslims have a word for “moderate” Muslims...
Apostate.
Paraphrasing, “Are you American first, or Democrat first?”
It’s a foolish question to ask a Muslim. Just as so many Christians have pointed out God, Family, Country is the correct priority for a believer of any flavor. The problem is when one of those three wants to destroy the other. If that is the situation then it’s not a matter of priorities but of getting rid of something evil.
If the bloody religion were so peaceful, why the need for ‘’moderates’’, as in ‘’moderation’’ Kind of make the argument it isn’t peaceful. doesn’t ‘t it?
I’m an American, simple as that.
Catholic first... Don’t have to worry about the Pope evolving.
the Constitution of the US allows ad protects your freedom to practice Catholicism within this country.
You want to pledge allegiance to a religion and you are without a here is no Catholic State.
Any and every Catholic needs to be ensuring their country remains free for this purpose.
Culturally you might feel oppression, but not from the Constitution.
Guess the main thing is that our New Testament doesn’t instruct us to kill, lie, deceive others who don’t believe like we do. On the other hand, the Koran instructs and even blesses that kind of negative behavior.
So, are you gonna follow a God who wants you to be a better person and think of others first, be killed for your beliefs as you compassionately/peacefully try to share your beliefs, or do you want to follow a god who tells you to rape an innocent girl, cut off limbs and heads of those who have wronged you, treat women and children like property instead of people, lie to “fool” a nonbeliever, kill someone and then call yourself a martyr, etc.
“As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.” Enough said...
The question is if Islam is compatible with republican democracy, or a free civilized society in general, and the answer I think in the aggregate is a clear “no”.
Individual muslims may vary, because individuals are in the end individuals. But immigration from muslim countries should always be very limited in order that they never form colonies and have every opportunity to assimilate. In numbers, muslims will never assimilate.
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