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Kerry: We Must 'Put Real Islam Out There'
weeklystandard.com ^ | Jeryl Bier

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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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Syria
KEYWORDS: aclumia; iraq; isil; isis; islam; islamicimperialism; joebiden; johnkerry; kerry; lurch; mosqueandstate; mred; obamalegacy; plugs; proislamist; realislam; religion; secstatekerry; statesponsored; talkinghorse; theocracy
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To: RoosterRedux

21 posted on 09/16/2014 6:56:40 AM PDT by Sans-Culotte (Psalm 14:1 ~ The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.”)
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To: RoosterRedux

I found out everything I need to know about “real Islam” on 9-11.


22 posted on 09/16/2014 6:58:14 AM PDT by GreenHornet
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To: RoosterRedux
Infidel John knows what the real islam is? For myself, I've seen plenty of the real islam from September 11, 2001, to the present.
23 posted on 09/16/2014 6:58:22 AM PDT by Rummyfan (Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
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To: Sans-Culotte

Since when is it the job of the US Secretary of State to promote a particular interpretation of any religion?


24 posted on 09/16/2014 7:00:49 AM PDT by slumber1 (Islam delenda est)
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To: RoosterRedux

You stupid slab-faced idiot, the “real Islam” has been “out there” since its beginnings.


25 posted on 09/16/2014 7:02:20 AM PDT by CatherineofAragon ((Support Christian white males---the architects of the jewel known as Western Civilization.))
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To: RoosterRedux
...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 real Islam as practiced by Allah's prophet Muhammed, can be found in the Hadiths. Or observing how ISIS, Boko Haram Al Qaeda etc. operate today.

That is why most Muslims are not going to go against the practitoners of Islam as written in the Koran and Hadiths. -Tom

26 posted on 09/16/2014 7:02:51 AM PDT by Capt. Tom (Don't confuse U.S. citizens and Americans. They are not necessarily the same. -tom)
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To: RoosterRedux

Please someone, make it stop!

If that sounds like desperation, it is.


27 posted on 09/16/2014 7:04:12 AM PDT by dforest
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To: RoosterRedux

FWIW, CodePink just interrupted the Senate hearings. Funny how they always tend to get in when Democrats are in charge.


28 posted on 09/16/2014 7:06:46 AM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: Diogenesis

Your descript is about the best one I have ever seen. Can’t get any plainer than that. A few years back, when CAIR was, nationally, spewing their rhetoric about Islam to the Nation, a Muslim poll was made. In the poll, there was a question asked “...would you support a Caliphate Islamic State in America?” 80% of the respondents answered YES.


29 posted on 09/16/2014 7:07:17 AM PDT by D.A.Veteran
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To: RoosterRedux

Put REAL Islam out there?

ISIS has already done that.


30 posted on 09/16/2014 7:09:14 AM PDT by Jack Hammer
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To: RoosterRedux

NASA’s stated mission is to make Muslims feel good about their scientific accomplishments. Apparently the job of the Secretary of State is to promote a sanitized version of Islam.


31 posted on 09/16/2014 7:12:18 AM PDT by Interesting Times (WinterSoldier.com. SwiftVets.com. ToSetTheRecordStraight.com.)
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To: RoosterRedux

John Kerry, thinking he is the Pope of Islam?


32 posted on 09/16/2014 7:12:28 AM PDT by blackdog (There is no such thing as healing, only a balance between destructive and constructive forces.)
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To: RoosterRedux

Promotion of a specific religion is not the “job” of the US federal government.


33 posted on 09/16/2014 7:15:18 AM PDT by rod1 (CTLY)
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To: RoosterRedux

Lurch wouldn’t know real Islam if it bit him on his arse...


34 posted on 09/16/2014 7:15:28 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Rip it out by the roots.)
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35 posted on 09/16/2014 7:19:49 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: RoosterRedux

He’s beginning to sound just like GW on this ‘peaceful religion’ BS...


36 posted on 09/16/2014 7:21:26 AM PDT by logi_cal869
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To: RoosterRedux

Kerry sure is stuck on stupid.

Stupid voters = Stupid leaders


37 posted on 09/16/2014 7:22:40 AM PDT by Rome2000
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To: NEMDF
No one will confront a Muslim on what he means by 'peace.'
It's certainly not what we think is the definition of the word.
38 posted on 09/16/2014 7:25:42 AM PDT by RightField (one of the obstreperous citizens insisting on incorrect thinking - C. Krauthamer)
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To: RoosterRedux; wagglebee; GeronL

Where is the ACLU? Where is the Freedom From Religion Foundation?

FUJK


39 posted on 09/16/2014 7:59:14 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Hey Obama: If Islamic State is not Islamic, then why did you give Osama Bin Laden a muslim funeral?)
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To: RoosterRedux

I don’t know what’s more pathetic. Idiots like Kerry, or the people who believe them.


40 posted on 09/16/2014 8:13:20 AM PDT by vpintheak (Keep calm and Fire for Effect!)
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