Posted on 11/17/2003 9:20:45 AM PST by presidio9
I recall when Iraqi Freedom Operation started. It brought about a mushroom cloud of affection toward Islam. A school in a neighboring city opened up a prayer room for the Muslim students. They could go there to pray.
Where was the prayer room for Christians? Of course, it didn’t exist. Nor did time out from classes open up for Christians to pray. But it did for Muslim students. They bow down to pray 5 times a day; therefore, the public school system allowed for that during the school day.
There were numerous feature articles in the city newspaper about Islam — all glowing, of course. When it came time for Muslims to honor their holy seasons, another spate of columns appeared giving fine line detail of those Muslim rituals.
Christians could never have requested like space and received it. In years past, newspaper space was always given to Christmas traditions and biblical data when December arrived. Easter was given its spread for detail regarding local church sunrise services and the like.
But all that is past history in many parts of the United States of America. Further, another generation has come to the fore with no personal memory of such Christian traditions accented.
I was thinking the other day that even when two Christians work at the same site, they must whisper about their religious faith. There is fear that someone may overhear who will call NOT.
I had taped on the top of my desk a small postcard sized depiction of a blue sky with a faint imprint of a cross atop the clouds. There was also an American flag waving as a part of the graphic. JUSTICE AND PEACE were imprinted on the card. One day I came to work to find it had been torn off. When was it taken away from my desk? During the summer month vacation, when I returned after being away, it was no longer there.
I never asked who did it. I never said a word to anyone about it being gone. But I did find another like card and taped it in the very same spot that the first one had been affixed. Thus far, it stays. But then again, one never knows when it may disappear.
Being a Christian in America is risky business today. Being a Muslim is a privileged position. Doesn’t make any sense on many levels; but that’s reality.
However, with the increased carnage at the hands of Muslim murderers, I find that there is diminished newspaper coverage in these parts concerning Islam. I don’t believe there is the Muslim prayer room offered this school year. And there is not the reporters’ stroking of local Muslim customs as there used to be.
This recent killing spree in Turkey once again has brought to the fore that the Koran demands loyal Muslims killing off the non-Muslims, the "infidels." That is bottom line Koran doctrine, though many still do not know that.
Just today I received another email stating Islam to be a peace religion, that only the misinformed are making it out to be violent in its intent. I thought, "When is the true message going to get out to everyone about the killing religion known as Islam ('Muslim' being its synonym)?"
"Two bombings in Istanbul Saturday killed at least 23 people and wounded hundreds more." That’s Yigal Schleifer’s headline printed in the CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR.
Istanbul, Turkey is the location. Dead bodies are the focus. The Saturday truck-bomb attacks leveled two Istanbul synagogues. "Turkey is being forced to confront what may be a harsh new reality," the media coverage continues.
On and on and on the specifics are spilling out from the news, even the liberal media having to report the bloody facts regarding the Muslim religion.
Consequently, I have concluded that the good that has come out of the Muslim murder scheme is that Islam is being revealed truly as the killing religion that it is. Moderate Muslims are merely those who don’t see through the explicit demands of the Koran; but the absolutely aligned Muslim believers are being orthodox in their acts.
They are carrying out exactly what their so-called holy writ demands — killing off those who don’t agree with their Allah, their Koran, and their religion.
That’s the only good that continues to flow from the blood spilt. The only good.
Another in a long line of reasons why I am planning on leaving the country.
Well, at least one Muslim dies in a suicide bombing, so that's a start.
Q.E.D.
Frankly, I think that most reasonable folks understand exactly who, and what, America is at war with...that the label "radical" is necessary for modern political correctness. The people who get it, get it, and those who don't:
1. Are so far left that they don't matter.
2. Don't vote anyway (which is probably a good thing).
But remember.......we treat our animals better than our children.
Christians could never have requested like space and received it.
If Christian parents would strike or boycott the public schools for a week, cutting the pay for teachers a week, then you would see prayer back in the schools really fast!
I was thinking the other day that even when two Christians work at the same site, they must whisper about their religious faith. There is fear that someone may overhear who will call NOT.
That was exactly the way it was in the beginning.
This country is on the verge of a reakakening!!
This recent killing spree in Turkey once again has brought to the fore that the Koran demands loyal Muslims killing off the non-Muslims, the "infidels." That is bottom line Koran doctrine, though many still do not know that.
In the rapidly approaching final conflict between the dark forces of fundamentalist Islam and the enlightened optimism of fundamentalist Christianity, I'll put my money on the Christians!
Moderate Muslims are merely those who don’t see through the explicit demands of the Koran; but the absolutely aligned Muslim believers are being orthodox in their acts.
Some great thinker once said that evil will win if good men do nothing.
I'm still waiting to see any "good" Muslims step forward and denounce the evil that is rampant in the Islam of today!!
Cut and run?
There is no escape from evil!
Some great thinker once said that evil will win if good men do nothing.
I know who I am.....who are you?
The torrent of hatred raining on our President is merely the worldwide forces of evil trying to counter THE............
Christian Soldier of our time!
What? No "separation of church and state?" The ACLU better not get wind of this.
I send my kids to a private school. It's secular, but hey, Christmas is not "Winter Holiday", and my kids don't have to take the public shool AP sex class: 20 interesting ways to put a condom on a cucumber...
The conflict is not between men and armies, but rather between the True God and some pretender named allah.
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