If it actually is NOT, this phenomena is baffling, to say the least.
Maybe these confused people are not a big threat to Texas or anything else, but what they’re up to is of course pointless and ridiculous.
As a true friend of The US, I urge all Americans to reflect upon this question:
- Are Sharia laws compatible with The US Constitution?
Over here in Europe, we have arrived at the conclusion that “sharia is incompatible with the fundamental principles of democracy” (Quote from The European Court for Human Rights).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharia#Sharia.2C_democracy_and_human_rights
He is nuts.
http://counterterrorismblog.org/site-resources/images/SITE-OBL-transcript.pdf
It looks pretty authentic to me, besides IIRC, the locations and occupations of the people mentioned in it are talked about. I think if someone did try hard enough, the people in it could be traced.
Ditto...some on FR came to the same sober conclusion. It remains to be seen if Islam as a whole can sustain distance from these extremist teachings in a democratic setting on their own. The prospects were looking pretty grim there for a while. Maybe we will have an answer to that question in our lifetime.