Posted on 12/07/2015 3:56:22 AM PST by markomalley
The “millions of patriotic Muslim-Americans who reject their hateful ideology” are not doing anything to counter it. There is no program in any mosque or Islamic school in the U.S. teaching young Muslims why they should reject the understanding of Islam that the Islamic State propagates. Obama’s solicitude for these patriotic Muslim-Americans rules out any possibility of understanding the ideology, motives and goals of the jihad terrorists — and that in turn rules out any possibility of defeating them.
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“FULL SPEECH: Obama says ‘Freedom is more powerful than fear,’” PBS, December 6, 2015:
…Here’s what else we cannot do. We cannot turn against one another by letting this fight be defined as a war between America and Islam. That, too, is what groups like ISIL want.
ISIL does not speak for Islam. They are thugs and killers, part of a cult of death. And they account for a tiny fraction of a more than a billion Muslims around the world, including millions of patriotic Muslim-Americans who reject their hateful ideology.
Moreover, the vast majority of terrorist victims around the world are Muslim.
If we’re to succeed in defeating terrorism, we must enlist Muslim communities as some of our strongest allies, rather than push them away through suspicion and hate.
That does not mean denying the fact that an extremist ideology has spread within some Muslim communities. It’s a real problem that Muslims must confront without excuse.
Muslim leaders here and around the globe have to continue working with us to decisively and unequivocally reject the hateful ideology that groups like ISIL and Al Qaeda promote, to speak out against not just acts of violence, but also those interpretations of Islam that are incompatible with the values of religious tolerance, mutual respect, and human dignity.
But just as it is the responsibility of Muslims around the world to root out misguided ideas that lead to radicalization, it is the responsibility of all Americans, of every faith, to reject discrimination. It is our responsibility to reject religious tests on who we admit into this country. It’s our responsibility to reject proposals that Muslim-Americans should somehow be treated differently. Because when we travel down that road, we lose. That kind of divisiveness, that betrayal of our values plays into the hands of groups like ISIL.
Muslim-Americans are our friends and our neighbors, our co- workers, our sports heroes. And, yes, they are our men and women in uniform who are willing to die in defense of our country. We have to remember that….
It’s exactly what it is dumbass!
I think I see your problem, right there.
Islam has already chosen too go to war with the United States and the entire western world.
This writer is a little late.
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No. It’s a war between radical Jihadi Islamists who want to establish a Dark Age Khalifate and civilization. All Jihadis may call themselves Muslims but not all Muslims are Jihadi Islamists.
The war is between islam and infidels. Sadly, most of the infidels don’t know it, yet.
“slam has already chosen too go to war with the United States and the entire western world.
This writer”
I’m sorry.The writer of the article wasn’t late It was King Obama.But not only is he late.He’s always wrong.
Except it is.....This guy was born and raised by Muslims and atheists along with a gay babysitter. Every bit of it shows.
Islam has declared war on us infidels.
We can’t let “this fight be defined as a war between America and Islam”>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Oh yes we can.
Obama is a Muslim and he is at war with Judeo-Christian Americans.
Today is the 74th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. If Obama had been president then, he would have told the nation: “We should not judge all of the Japanese by the actions of a few pilots.”
Actually this WAR is on Americans by Democrats!
ISIS has no Navy, no boats, no ships, no submarines. They have no Air Force, no bombers, no fighters, no troop carriers or refueling planes. ISIS has no ballistic missiles, no scuds, no short range missiles. They have no Space Program, no satellites, no real time intelligence.
THE ONLY WEAPON SYSTEM ISIS HAS THAT CAN KILL AMERICANS IS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY THAT DEMANDS WE ALLOW THEM TO IMMIGRATE!
The hell we can’t.
I’m Choctaw. Indians I know are proud to be known as AMERICAN Indians, with America always coming first. Our Code Talkers and other veterans were proud warriors for the Red White and Blue.
BUT, every time president ubama talks about muslims in this country, it is always muslim first.
“Muslim-Americans” . . . the phrase itself identifies the problem.
Oldplayer
“All Jihadis may call themselves Muslims but not all Muslims are Jihadi Islamists.”
Then they better get off their ass and start coming out publicly denouncing these terrorists.
Repeating a comment from another thread:
Let’s be clear: The reason Obama says global warming is a bigger threat than Islamic terrorism is because he welcomes the caliphate that ISIS seeks to create. He’s rooting for the terrorists so, of course he doesn’t see them as a threat.
"Before I was nine I had learned the basic canon of Arab life.
It was me against my brother; me and my brother against our father;
my family against my cousins and the clan;
the clan against the tribe;
and the tribe against the world
and all of us against the infidel."
Leon Uris, 'The Haj'
I’m surprised, but well put.
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