Islam
Islam is a respected worldwide religion articulated by the Qur'an, a text considered by its adherents to be the verbatim word of God and by the teachings of Muhammad, considered by them to be the last prophet of God. An adherent of Islam is called a Muslim. With over 1.5 billion followers Islam is the second-largest and one of the fastest-growing religions in the world. In the 21st century, thanks to threats and violence and a vocal minority of Islamic extremists, Islam has gotten a bad name. Some, specifically Osama Bin Laden and his followers, have formally declared war (jihad) on the US and its allies. Recognizing the danger presented by Islamic extremists, there is a natural and necessary need to be alert, defend against and eventually stop Islamic extremist violence. To accomplish this natural and necessary defense while recognizing the individual and religious rights of law abiding Muslims is very difficult. Islamaphobia naturally appears. However, minimizing the threat from Islamic extremists and dangerously limiting our defense against Islamic extremists as most leftists espouse in a foolish attempt to eliminate Islamaphobia is not the answer. We must be aggressive in our response to this obvious violent threat and active war while recognizing law abiding Muslim Americans. As responsible Muslim Americans have accurately stated, until we are able to mute the Islamic extremists it is the primary responsibility of law abiding Muslims to clearly identify themselves by their actions and support to stop the extremists and their publicly distancing themselves from those of their faith who are destroying it for the rest. In a February 27, 2012 TIME Magazine interview, Kareem Abdul Jabbar made this point when he said, "After 9/11, all of a sudden you have this suspicious spotlight on you just because you’re Muslim. It was a radical change, and it really bothered me. People understand that the KKK, even though they take a Christian identity, are not practicing what Jesus was all about. It’s the same thing with the radical Islamic people. They’re about hatred and trying to impose their will on people. I guess that was put in our laps, as American Muslims, to explain that." If you still don't believe the magnitude of this threat, read the articles and thoughts included below. And, to understand the death toll and put the worldwide damage done by Islamic extremists into perspective, read Religion of Peace.
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It's A Terrorist Ban, Not a Muslim Ban

1/29/17
from The Gray Area:
A federal judge granted a stay of President Trump's order to vet refugees from 7 specific countries. The stay is due primarily to the detainment of existing visa and green card holders returning to the US. The noise being heard is coming from radicals in this country, with financial support from radical leftists around the world. The protest & media noise is pulling in concerned Democrats. But, like with the women's march, the purposes of the organizers is other than those decent Democrats believe them to be. It was not a march for women's rights, it was a march against Donald Trump. Reaction to the ban has nothing to do with religious freedom (the left could care less about religious freedom-the Democrats took God out of their platform in 2012), it is to damage Trump's credibility and his presidency. Total resistance to Donald Trump - period. President Trump's executive order included the following actions:
  • A halt to the entire refugee resettlement program for 120 days.
  • An indefinite ban on Syrian refugee arrivals.
  • A decrease in the number of refugee arrivals for fiscal year 2017 - from 110,000 to 50,000 nationwide.
  • A ban on immigration from certain countries - Iraq, Iran, Somalia, Libya, Yemen, Syria, and Sudan - for the next 90 days.
Did President Trump issue his order because he hates immigrants? NO! Of course not. He did it to protect Americans from proven danger. The 7 specific countries are ones which Pres. Obama and Congress also agreed are homes to terrorists. The Trump Administration said that the order does not apply to green card holders. And the 'ban' is for 120 days for all refugees and 90 days on these 7 countries, while we get our vetting program in order from the chaos of the past 8 years. Between Friday's order and Saturday's implementation, there were certain to be some issues. But what is being missed in the media presentation is that this is a terrorist ban, not a Muslim ban. If a terrorist comes in from one of the designated countries and the terrorist happens to be Muslim, are we banning Muslims or banning a terrorist who happens to be Muslim? Clearly if we banned Nazi's in 1941 we would have been banning atheists as 98% of Nazi's were atheist. So we would let the Nazi's in? Trying to signal this as a constitutional issue of religious freedom instead of one of security just defies the reality of our situation in the world. Here are 5 things to know about the rights of refugees at U.S. borders.
from The Wall Street Journal,
1/28/17:
Green-Card Holders Are Exempt from Travel Restrictions, White House Says. Detention of refugees and others is a ‘small price to pay’ for security, says adviser Kellyanne Conway. A senior White House official said on Sunday that foreign nationals with legal permanent residence in the U.S. wouldn’t be affected by Friday’s executive order restricting entry of visa holders and refugees from seven Muslim-majority countries. White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus said green-card holders from the countries designated in the order could face extra scrutiny at U.S. points of entry under immigration officials’ existing authority, but said the order “doesn’t affect them.” Green-card holders are foreign nationals permitted to live permanently in the U.S. “As far as green card holders moving forward, it doesn’t affect them,” he said on ABC News. On CBS he said, “The executive order itself is not placing further burdens on people that hold green cards.” The comments followed an onslaught of criticism from lawmakers from both parties. While Republicans and Democrats criticized the morality and implementation of the measure, Trump administration officials sought to portray the legal roadblocks, affects on travelers, and diplomatic questions surrounding the order as wrinkles that could be ironed out. “The upside being the greater protection of our borders, of our people, it is a small price to pay,” said senior White House adviser Kellyanne Conway on Fox News Sunday. “This whole idea that they’re being separated and ripped from their families, it’s temporary.” Ms. Conway and White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said 46 majority-Muslim counties aren’t included in the ban. Mr. Spicer said on ABC News that the entry into the U.S. of 109 individuals was “slowed down,” while more than 300,000 foreign visitors gained entry to the U.S. on Saturday. Mr. Priebus said, reflecting a comment President Donald Trump made on Saturday, that the order was “not a Muslim ban.” "This was a promise that President Trump had made, and it is a promise the he’s going to keep, and he’s not going to be wrong on this subject,” Mr. Priebus said of the president’s commitment to enforce ”extreme vetting” procedures. Mr. Priebus also defended the speedy rollout of the new policy: “There’s no question of softening the blow, you need to pull the Band-Aid off.” The president, who on Saturday said the measure was “working out very nicely,” weighed in again on Sunday morning, writing on Twitter, “Our country needs strong borders and extreme vetting, NOW,” adding that the refugee situation in Europe is a “mess.” In another tweet Sunday, Mr. Trump said, “Christians in the Middle-East have been executed in large numbers. We cannot allow this horror to continue!” More From The Wall Street Journal (subscription required):


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