CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- U.S. Rep. Sue Myrick argued that the threat of homegrown terrorism is real and defended herself against charges by Muslims in North Carolina that she was spreading fear about their religion.
The Charlotte Observer reported Myrick told a crowd of about 175 people that she has never condemned Islam or linked moderate Muslims with terrorism. She spoke at a town hall meeting on Thursday night.
The former Charlotte mayor said she wants constituents to understand that her concerns aren't about the rising visibility of the Islamic faith.
Myrick has said Islamic extremists are working their way into U.S. Muslim communities, infiltrating government institutions and influencing American citizens to attack their own country.
While members of a local Muslim group decided not attend the meeting, other Muslim groups did attend.
Information from: The Charlotte Observer
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Islam's issue is Islam.
My understanding / thinking is:
Islam means peace with god - little 'g' intended.
However,one of it's main tenets is death to those who do not accept Islam.
Some time ago, I read an article that the Islamic "chaplain" at Harvard was asked by a student if beheading was appropriate for those who leave Islam, and that "chaplain" said that it was.
A president of that same school was lambasted by media saturation for suggesting a reason there are relatively few women in engineering courses, and was forced to leave his position.
However, not a peep from that same media over a letter suggesting that beheading is, evidently, a good thing to do if someone leaves Islam.
Well, I guess we can see where priorities are.
We had the Crusades because Islam swarmed out of what is now Saudi Arabia through North Africa, into Europe, until they were stopped in France.
We know Christianity because of the efforts of people who went into Europe, however, when Islam appears, much of Egypt and North Africa, and such where Christian through the efforts of others.
Today, people might be offended at the evangelistic efforts of Christians standing on a street corner handing out literature, but the Islamic evangelistic effort was centered on telling people to change from Christianity to Islam or die.
Who knows how many people literally had their heads cut off for, I guess, giving the wrong answer?
I occasionally hear some pretty negative comments about the crusades, mostly from people who would seem to have European origins, but, mostly I just think that those folks who swarmed out of the Arabian Peninsula should have kept their beheadings and such to themselves.
Queen Isabella, hocked her jewels to finance Columbus in 1492 because 1492 was the year the last of the Islamic invaders was kicked out of Europe through what is now Spain.
In the 70's Lebanon was a prosperous nation where Beirut was considered one of the most beautiful cities in the world. In the 80's it was being destroyed by civil war.
There were a number of Lebonese students I went to school with at Central Piedmont Community College in Charlotte. I asked them what happened. They all told me they were a prospering Christian nation who felt sorry for their destitute Arab neighbors and began allowing Arab immigration into their country in an effort to help them.
At first, things went well, but, as Arab numbers increased, trouble began. The Arabs infiltrated weapons, formed militias, and began a civil war to conquer Lebanon for Islam.
Look at track records. Christianity = peace / freedom / prosperity for as many people as possible.Islam = death / destruction.
Here is a link that should curl your hair ( or straighten it if it's already curly ).
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=c3a_1264541434&c=1
Does anyone really believe that God would send the same angel he sent to some women named Elizabeth and Mary to announce the birth of Jesus; to some guy named Muhammed to announce the failure of "Plan A" and that now there's a "Plan B"?
Would a passage such as the one from II Corinthians 11:14, "Satan can appear as an Angel of Light" seem to be appropriate?
In our own country, Christianity has been under an onslaught for at least 40 years, in the news media, movies, television, education, etc., in a concerted effort to reduce / eliminate it's impact on our society.
In the past, people like Hitler and Stalin, did everything they could to destroy / invalidate Christianity because they had to destroy Christianity's impact on a society, before or as they implemented policies that eventually destroyed the society.
In our own society, you can't implement the levels of depravity and governmental irresponsibility that saturate our society without first destroying the standards that would prevent the implementation.
Does anyone really believe the process of transforming an unborn child into chunky red liquid ( abortion ) is anything other then the stuff monsters are made of and that partial birth abortion isn't the stuff the ghouls of Nazism would dream of? That generational welfare isn't anything else then economic slavery and tax supported vote buying for the Democratic party? - I'm personally an independent, never voted in a party oriented primary?
The "Liberal Revolution" has really done nothing but put our society on the down trend and has destroyed the lives / quality of lives of how many millions of people - here.
Not surprising that Christianity in our country has been so vilified.
You just have to denigrate good / responsible to implement destruction.
I suppose some groups are dedicated to destruction through violence and hate, while others through distortion and hate.
Well, I wonder how many groups are outraged at me by now.
I think I'll add one more.
I know people who go deer hunting.
On one hand they say they "love" deer, and the other hand they kill deer, and on the third hand they say they are doing them a favor because there is an over population of deer, and they are saving them from suffering.
But, I don't think they "love" or are being compassionate to deer. I think they are just using deer for what they can for whatever purpose it serves them; thrill of the hunt, food; and, everything else is just the justification, excuse, whatever.
Is this a good time to thank Barney Franks & Co., for our current state ( and not just recently ), for the criminality and depravity that pervades it, and for the denigration of the lives of millions of people who could have had prosperous, self-directed, contributing lives instead of federally funded ( that's you and me people ) subsistence?
We'll leave out some of the other effects of these things. Schools, for instance. Why learn to read / rite / do rithmatic when you won't need to use it; along with the ripple effects of that dynamic.
No wonder parents who have children trapped in some schools want vouchers!
I've heard that Barney is openly homosexual who was shacked up with the guy who was running either Fanny Mae or Freddy Mack.
The guy in the mortgage business was racking in hundreds of millions of dollars for himself by churning "sub-prime" mortgages.
In 2002 the Bush Admin lobbied Congress - Barney and the Finance Committee - for stricter mortgage regulations because of problems the administration started to see in the mortgage industry.
Barney and the committee refused to take action, even denigrating the regulators, and votes went down party lines, all Democrates voting against increased regulation, all Republicans for increased regulation.
-- The videos are on YouTube ---
So,
1. There's a mortgage guy raking in the cash.
2. An administration trying to rein in / prevent mortgage abuses and resulting economic problems.
3. A committee leader who is sleeping with the guy who is raking in the cash ( hundreds of millions ).
4. The same committee leader who is sleeping with the guy who is raking in the cash sees "no problems" with the system that is allowing the guy he is sleeping with to churn mortgages which is allowing that guy to make hundreds of millions of dollars.
Is there something wrong with that picture?
However, I don't know if this is some kind of "urban legend" or something a "special prosecutor" would be interested in.
In all these things, you be the judge.
Can Muslims be good Americans?
CAN MUSLIMS BE GOOD AMERICANS? Maybe this is why our American Muslims are quiet and not speaking out about any atrocities.
Can a good Muslim be A good American?
Theologically - no... Because his allegiance is to Allah, The moon God of Arabia.
Religiously - no... Because no other religion is accepted by His Allah Except Islam (Quran, 2:256)(Koran)
Scripturally - no... Because his allegiance is to the five Pillars of Islam and the Quran.
Geographically - no... Because his allegiance is to Mecca, to which he turns in prayer five times a day.
Socially - no... Because his allegiance to Islam forbids him to make Friends with Christians or Jews .
Politically - no... Because he must submit to the mullahs (spiritual Leaders), who teach annihilation of Israel and destruction of America, The great Satan.
Domestically - no... Because he is instructed to marry four Women and beat and scourge his wife when she disobeys him (Quran 4:34 )
Intellectually - no... Because he cannot accept the American Constitution since it is based on Biblical principles and he believes the Bible to be corrupt.
Philosophically - no... Because Islam, Muhammad, and the Quran does not allow freedom of religion and expression. Democracy and Islam cannot Co-exist. Every Muslim government is either dictatorial or autocratic.
Spiritually - no... Because when we declare "one nation under God," The Christian's God is loving and kind, while Allah is NEVER referred to As Heavenly father, nor is he ever called love in the Quran's 99 Excellent names.
Therefore, after much study and deliberation.... Perhaps we should be Very suspicious of MUSLIMS in this country.
They obviously cannot be both "good Muslims" and "good Americans" at the same time due to the fundamentals. Call it what you wish, it's the simple truth.
nice
Very nicely done. It's the cold hard truth, even though alot of Muslims aren't "strict" in their own religion/sharia system. However, if the situation were forced to choose, they ALL, or at least the majority will choose religion/sharia instead of Constitution/America ideals.
What is Religion?
I just read a diatribe about "What is Religion?". Whomever wrote that apparently assumes that the only Religions are Christianity, Judaism, Islamic. Where he/she is correct that they all pray to the same God. However, there are several hundred religions in this world, that are relevant.
Now you may ask what are these other religions? How about Buddhism, and Hinduism.
In Buddhism there are many Buddhist in the USA. While their may not be as many Hindus in this country, they do have a presents here. They presumedly pray to a different God, or in the case of the Hindu religion many Gods. So it does not matter to which God you pray if you want evil that is bad and must be stopped. I would have no problems with any religion that will leave me along to believe in good, non violence, and the ability to defend myself, if you insist that I must live and believe as you do!
WHAT IS RELIGON?????
FAITH.....
IN WHAT?????
GOD......
WHO DOES EVERY RELIGON PRAY TO???????
GOD.......
THEN WHAT SEEMS TO BE THE PROBLEM.....
IF EVERY ONE IN THE WORLD, WOULD LEARN TO LIVE, LOVE, LAUGH,RESPECT,CHEARISH WITH EACH OTHER, AND PRAY WITH EACH OTHER,RELIGON DOES NOT MATTER. WE ARE ALL PRAYING TO THE SAME GOD ANY WAY.
WHERE DOES THE NEW TESTAMENT COME FROM?????
THE OLD TESTAMENT.......
WHAT IS THE KORAN BAISED ON?????
THE OLD TESTAMENT.....
IS EVERY ONE JUST CRAZY OR WHAT??? OH YA CANT SPELL...BUT I KNOW GOD....DO YOU????
Get real, please!
If Muslims want people to stop viewing their faith with suspicion, then THEY need to clean out the whacko, violent nutjobs that want to kill "infidels."
Not one of the September Eleventh hijackers or London bombers were named O'Neil, Rabinowitz, D'Angelo, or Hoffmeister. Nor were any of them a Protestant, Jew, Catholic, Mormon, Sikh, or Hindu.
Every day we hear about another Muslim arrested or on trial for trying to kill non-Muslims.
If "The Religion of Peace" has a problem, it's bad PR that THEY have caused. Let's hear more mullahs and imams on TV and radio condemning these homicidal lunatics. Let's hear about more cases where mosque leaders have turned these people over to law enforcement. Then we might start believing that you really can be peaceful.
Until then, your silence is tantamount to support.
It is Real.
Their silence IS their support and as more time passes and we hear little or no overt condemnation it becomes painfully obvious that Islam is not so peaceful after all.
Ms Myrick's comments should be a wakeup call to Americans. As Islam grows throughout the world Muslims are becoming more and more a part of state and local governments and want to see Sharia Law become the law of the land.
This is already happening in Great Britan and the Netherlands.
Even worse, there is currently a Binding Resolution being put forth in the United Nations that, if adopted, would make it a crime in member nations to critisize religion, in particular, Islam.
One of the foundations of this country is the seperation between Church and State. As this slowly gets eroded by our own religious zelots, it makes it easier for the Islamic extremists to gain a foothold in this country as it is presently doing on other Western nations.
hence the meeting. hopefully
hence the meeting. hopefully this wont be the last opportunity for open dialogue, as it seems that even Rep. Myrick believes some things to be representative of islam and sharia law when they just happen to be customs local to a region and may even be contrary to Qur'an.