Posted on 09/16/2014 6:29:35 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
Secretary of State John Kerry said Monday that to counter the ideology of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and its claim of a "religious foundation" for its actions, part of the strategy of the international coalition he is attempting to assemble must be to "begin to put real Islam out there." Kerry, in Paris for talks with various world leaders to build that coalition, further said that all of the Arab leaders he had spoken with earlier concurred about their focus on "real Islam and how important the Friday sermons are." The secretary of state recently said that ISIL's ideology "has nothing to do with Islam" and President Obama echoed these words, saying that "ISIL is not 'Islamic.'"
Kerry's remarks about "real Islam" came during a "roundtable discussion" with the press after the secretary met with representatives from twenty-six countries to discuss how to confront the threat posed by ISIL. In recent days Kerry has alternated between calling the action against ISIL "war" and "counter-terrorism," but in any case he downplayed the military aspect of the operation. The military piece, he said, is a "critical component", but "probably far more important" will be the effort to "start drying up this pool of jihadis who get seduced into believing there’s some virtue in crossing into Syria to fight or to join ISIL."
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Hey doofus, we’ve had nearly 1500 years of “real” Islam.
Idiot.
Dies John Kerry know Islam better than Muslims?
That's what ISIS is doing.
Real Islam says “Kill all the Christians and Jews”. And every muslim....every one of them....supports the atrocities by being a muslim.
Kerry failed to act on pre-9/11 tip.
Kerry helped found the terrorist mosque
that led to the Boston Atrocity.
Kerry finally helped Hamas weaponize (demilitarized) Gaza
and build tunnels using US taxpayer money.
Kerry, Obama, and the WEF’s $4 Billion Bailout Plan for PLO/Hamas
So one of the key goals in destroying ISIS will be to barrage us with propaganda to make us believe that Islam is the religion of peace, do I have this right?
Then when JK and 0bama get up and make speeches to flaunt U.S. progress in destroying ISIS, they can talk about how many billion dollars they spent in “information campaigns” to help people understand that Islam is not the problem.
We are so screwed.
John Kerry needs to be made to define where the standard for “Real Islam” can be found.
Then we’ll discuss what that standard says, and whether most Muslims agree with it.
If they would stop the violence, forced conversions, genital mutilation, headchopping, crucifying, blowing up buildings and buses and complaining about normal people not liking them, they might be OK people.
So whom are we to believe as to what constitutes “real” Islam? Renowned Islamic scholar John Kerry or the imams in charge of Islamic studies at Al-Azhar University in Cairo?
Separation of church and state in action.
bump
Are they still trying to find moderate muslims outside of Albania?
... as much as he served in Viet Nam, doe'n-I know.
A moderate Muslim is a terrorist that hasn’t come up to bat yet. Emphasis on YET.
What an addled-brain nincompoop. Scary wouldn’t recognize a muslim if one slithered up and bit him in the ass.
Shouldn’t the “separation of church and state” crowd be screaming bloody murder about the US State Department becoming a taxpayer-funded propaganda mouthpiece for the Muslim religion?
So what is this “real” Islam I keep hearing about?
Is it how it is in Saudia Arabia? Sudan, or where?
How did this clown get out of the loony bin?
Yes. We must.
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