Islam is a religion practiced by millions of people. A week ago, I attended a study of how the Islamic faith differs from Christianity. The speaker was an ex-cia agent who lived for many years in Islamic countries and knows every facet of that religion. There it was on the board, the differences of the two religions.
As to this article, Cruz is right that no American Citizen should be registered by religion by the government, and that includes any American Citizen whose religion is Islam. Once government has the power to register Islamic American Citizens, we are all in danger of the government registering all American Citizen Catholics, all Baptists, etc..
If you are in a group in the majority who can bring about a law that smashes a minority group, that law is still there when you become the minority group and you get smashed. Any law should be FAIR and necessary; no law should be written to be vindictive just because the majority group can. It WILL come back to hurt you in the future.
Now, not registering American Citizens by religion does not mean the government cannot have a list of suspect Muslims, citizens or not, plus any other person, citizen or not, and suspect means they have exhibited behavior that may be criminal. Certainly there already is a list the government (FBI, NSA, Homeland Security) is watching, Muslim or not, citizen or not, with suspect behavior. They are already watching over 700 such individuals in the USA since the Paris massacre.
By the way, I just spoke to my son in London where he has lived for over twenty-five years. He assures me the office where he is editing a documentary film, is a number of blocks from central London where terrorists would be most likely to hit.
He said the borders of Britain were tightened some time ago, and are more secure than the French borders were. Also said for some time now, their police and special units stay armed and ready to respond.
A few days ago, he sent a picture of himself to me that was made in Monroe County, Arkansas. He was there this last weekend, and he had on a bullet proof vest and I asked him why he was wearing that. He was with the sheriff of the county, riding on patrol with him. He and the sheriff are friends since that sheriff was in one of the documentary film series, “Heroes Behind The Badge” son did two years ago. It appears another "Hero" series will be made next year.
Yes, he was wearing that bullet proof vest - what is a Mother to do? I can't protect him like I could when he was four and a big dog was chasing him - I stopped that dog but I can't stop bullets. Pray for all our law enforcement officers who never know when they will face bullets.
Sorry, you’re wrong. Ask your son what London and the rest of England was like twenty five years ago and what it is like now. Ask your son about SHARIA law being recognized in England. Ask your son about entire townships in England where Englishmen don’t dare tread. Ask your son about the thousands of Englishmen who leave England every year and move to France, Australia, and elsewhere because “England isn’t England anymore”.
ISLAM is NOT a religion, it is a political scheme to force submission of entire countries with the end view of a WORLD WIDE CALIPHATE of one religion, ISLAM! The very meaning of the word Islam is SUBMISSION. It is NOT compatible with the United States Constitution. It is NOT compatible with Christianity or ANY other bonafide religion.
ISLAM declared war on the United States years before 9/11. It is STILL waging war against us and unfortunately has the blessing of Obama and his gang of One World Order Lunatics.
Islam is a disease much like the Stockholm Syndrome. It needs to be wiped out or at the very least CONFINED TO ITS OWN TERRITORY. It does NOT belong in America....the former land of the free.