Comments on: Another Islamic Attack: Déjà vu All Over Again

By: Tom Autry

Tom Autry — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:49:47 +0000

I guess I’m a redneck. Jihad is Jihad, Muslems are Muslem. There are no moderate muslems. Their standing order, according to the Koran, is for all Muslems to kill as many infidels as possible when ever possible. So they take their time, pick their place and boom more dead Americans, or infidels if you wish.

If I hear someone shout “Allah Akbar” I guess I could look in Shakespeare’s mirror and watch myself being blown away…or apologize to the shouter for being the world bully…or begin debating the differences between the Bible and the Koran and Torah…or threaten to never buy any more of his oil…or appeal to the moderate Muslem community to denounce the action…or face the reality that the Jihadist is going to kill me because that is what he has been taught to do.

If Jihad has infiltrated our military, which it obviously has, then Jihad has infiltrated every room of our house. It has become a personal war. Are we prepared to fight a personal war? Are we prepared to protect our lives in the streets, the work place, at a football game, at the mall? No we are not, and we will die. Just ask the citizens of Israel what its like to live and die in the face of Jihad.

Good Luck to every one.

By: Jeanne

Jeanne — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:26:29 +0000

What do we do about it? We learn the truth about Islam, and then we tell others.

But first, we must each understand what we believe and WHY, and defend our beliefs. We must understand where our beliefs conflict with Islam and we must be able to offer sound arguments against this world view. We must be able to recognize why our form of government is incompatible with Islam — because it is — and we must be able to articulate the differences. We must be willing to say that Islam is at war with us, for it is. It has been at war with the entire world since its inception.

If you are a follower of Jesus Christ, you better be able to defend what you believe and recognize the differences in Christianity and Islam, of the differences between Jesus Christ and Mohammed, for there is an unbridgable gap between the two. It is the difference of infinity. There is no comparison. Muslims believe Jesus was a just a prophet; Christians believe he is the Son of God. We don’t worship the same God as the Muslim. Ask a Muslim, for example, if Allah is the father of Jesus……). And remember, this is a spiritual battle.

If you don’t know why you believe what you claim to beleive, and if you can’t defend what you say you believe, you will have absolutely no defense against this world view.

By: Sheila

Sheila — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:25:20 +0000

The real question is what to do about it. Many believe (I among them) that the moderate Muslims are the key to this horror story..while I am certainly not privy to all the goings-on in the various levels of government, it certainly seems that we have yet to engage/mobilize the moderate Muslims in their full force. I have attached a link to a 2005 Rand study which presents recommendations that sound reasonable and pragmatic. http://www.allbusiness.com/professional-scientific/scientific-research/402594-1.html
I think we are very fortunate, at this juncture in our history, given the world political climate, to have an African American President who can work to diminish our reputation as an isolationist bully, which is a part of what what fanned the flames of US ignominy around the globe and fed the growth of radical Islam throughout the Middle East and Europe. In this regard, we western democracies need all the help we can get.

By: Fred Mayer

Fred Mayer — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:49:48 +0000

WE have just read a very good analysis of what the non -muslim world is up against.
What can we do about it ?
1. As far fetched as it sounds , but one answer is not to buy any arab oil. This would remove some of the finances which power the jihad.
2.We have to reach the muslim world to convince them that it is to their interest to cooperate with the non-muslim world .
Is there a “free arab ” radio station or T.V. station to counteract the imams and ayatollahs ?
3. Any muslim living in a the non- muslim country must obey the laws of that counrty and not sharia under the pretext of religious freedom.
4. Make women aware that they are human being and not chattel.

By: Iyablans

Iyablans — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:56:01 +0000

A very good summation of the nature of Islam. It is helpful that you acquaint those who are not aware of the Islamic command for conversion of the Infidel to that fact. This is demanded of every muslim . Of course,the vast majority of muslims do not spend their days prostelyzing but when you consider that a billion people follow the faith, it takes only a fraction of that number to cause great mischief.
It was wise to point out that the three books, old and new testaments and the koran come in conflict with enlightened modernity and 21st century lifestyles. However,as you remind us, it is only Islam that institutionalizes the use of the sword as to force submission and punish non believers. I know of no other religion that encourages murder. Their clerics issue fatwas ordering true muslims to kill those whom they have deemed apostates or blasphemers,witness the case of salaman rushdie.
O.K…..How do we meet this threat. with all respect, nothing in your writings proposes a course of action that would have any material effect on the spread of fundemantalist islam. We cant, declare war on a religion…Can we? or should we? Do we bomb the Kabah, deport all us muslims. Require loyalty oaths… what?
You see I am as concerned as anyone bit find no solutions forthcoming. Perhaps we need to round up about 10,000 knights and ride out……….to where?
No doubt about it, these people are on the offensive under the banner of Islam

By: Emily

Emily — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:42:15 +0000

Ben, your comment is crazy. Do you suggest we “hold a mirror” up to terrorists of our touchy-feely, “give peace a chance” approach and then we who choose not to “fight fire with fire” can all feel good about ourselves and feel closer to one another? it’s one thing to enjoy Shakespeare but it’s another thing to use him as our foreign policy advisor. Those suicidal terrorists will laugh themselves all the way into their next target as we sit around hugging one another and feeling proud of ourselves for taking the high road.

By: Ben Donenberg

Ben Donenberg — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:25:04 +0000

The fly in the ointment here is that few wish to convert. For what you argue to be true, we’d have to believe that the goals of conversion are viable. I doubt that many in America would wish to convert. I say the threat is the violent strategies employed.

As a stage director and artist, I routinely find myself engaged in staging war scenes and battles in Shakespeare’s plays. I must convey through story-telling why characters choose violence and why they they seek to destroy those they construe to be an enemy.
Some of Shakespeare’s characters choose violence because they are bred to resolve conflicts through force. The wheel is set in motion almost at birth. For others, violence is a means to connect when words fail. But Shakespeare is clear, over and over again. He finds violence as a means to solve problems is only temporarily effective and that ultimately, violence begets more violence and it breeds discontent. Violence, like suffering, is a part if the human condition. We each wrestle with a way to harness our energies and teach our children how to harness their energies. There is no politically correct or incorrect way to address those who seem bent on violent destruction. The question violence poses is who do we wish to be in the face of terror, destruction, murder and what face do each of us wish to present those he’ll bent on war. There is no good or bad answer. No right or wrong. Each act of violence is an opportunity to look into ourselves and ask, who do we wish to be in this moment and respond forcefully from our beliefs. Shakespeare wrote to hold a mirror up to nature, to show virtue her own feature, scorn her own image and the very age and body of the time it’s form and pressure. If these unfortunate incidents can draw us closer to each other and help each of us clarify how we wish to choose uo respond individually and collectively, at least we know where we stand as a community with many differences and many shared hopes and aspirations.

When any position is offered as the only right way, it becomes part and parcel of an extremist continuum.