Posted on 10/05/2002 8:40:24 AM PDT by dark_lord
... (Exerpt because this is the Chicago Tribune) ...
We did not learn after the attack on Pearl Harbor. We interned more than more than 100,000 Japanese-Americans just because of their ethnicity. We did not learn after World War II. German- and Italian-Americans were harassed because of their heritage. We did not learn from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. African-Americans are still being stopped solely because of the color of their skin..
And now we look suspiciously upon Muslims or Arab-Americans because of their faith and country of origin. Are we ever going to learn?
Arsalan Tariq Iftikhar, Midwest communications director Council on American-Islamic Relations St. Louis
(Excerpt) Read more at chicagotribune.com ...
Imagine the horror, looking suspiciously upon Muslims! And of course this is directly comparable to the internment of Japanese-Americans in WWII. Yes, losing property and being interned in a guarded camp == "suspicious looking".
Gee, do ya think the suspicious looking might be due to
(a) all the islamic terrorists and Al Qaeda wanna be's, and
(b) the fact that the islamic "community" has been silent on condemning and outing these turkeys?
If the mullahs in the mosques in the "islamic communities" in America were loudly denouncing Al Qaeda, and if the "leaders" like the turkey in the article above were vocal in denouncing these islamic terrorists, and if the islamic population were active in hunting down and turning over the Al Qaeda sympathizers, maybe things would be different. But they aren't. How about that.
Silence equals complicity.
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(1)Muslim clerics and leaders of the world start using the Koran to demand the tolerance and acceptance of Christianity.
(3)Muslims acknowelege the right of Christians (or any other religion for that matter) to evangelize and convert among the Muslim ranks.
(3)Muslim clerics, worldwide, encourage their followers to rout out and condemn anyone who advocates or promotes the spread of Islam by force and coercion.
Until then, I will consider them to be on the other side. I will assume that they are bent on destroying Christianity and killing me if I don't convert to Islam. That, at best, I will be forced to accept Islam as supreme above all other religions. I will behave as if they and I are on different sides in a final spiritual war, and in the end there can be only one.
I will oppose them and fight them on every front, but not with violence. My weapons will be only truth and prayer. My religion, unlike theirs, requires that I love them and wish for their salvation as much as my own.
We have had several muslim attacks since 9/11 and near attacks (including the shoe bomber to Charles Bishop/Bishra to the LAX Israeli Air shooting).
Denial ain't just a river and no one has been ousted from their property.
And just a historical note, there were acts of sabotage during WWII and we did have enemy subs off the coasts in the Atlantic, Pacific, and Gulf.
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