STimothy A. Van Eck 200 Wildwood Lane Whittier NC 28789-8672
September 17, 2010
Smoky Mountain News PO Box 629 Waynesville NC 28786
Dear Sir:
The Peace Committee writing last week’s letter must live in a fantasy world. They should consider MLK’s words about those “who prefer[s] a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice.”
They claim, "recent attacks on Muslims." What attacks?
They claim "virulent attacks on Islam around the country, both verbal and physical."
What physical attacks? And why do they inflammatorily categorize these imaginary attacks as “virulent” while glossing over the very real, meticulously planned and murderous atrocities of 9/11 as "the events of September 2001."
"Events?" How very euphemistic of them.
If their allusion is to the planned burning of the Koran and the Ground Zero mosque protests, here is the key difference: Terry Jones was restrained by media and political pressure. Do they believe that the 9/11 “events” could have been called off similarly? Do they believe that if they had submitted a letter in late August or early September 2001 exhorting terrorists to stay grounded and pursue “interfaith dialogue,” they would have warded off the “events” that they apparently think Americans are now, after nine long years, finally cooking up retaliation for? Contrary to the writers’ contention, we don’t need to “overcome our [so-called] fear, anger, and ignorance.” We have nothing to apologize for as a nation. The rest of the world owes their freedom, both physically and financially, to us.
Are they aware the threat is actually from those they think they need to protect?
They offer Rauf’s “What’s Right With Islam” as a standard of interfaith dialogue. However, in Malaysia, the Arabic version was published as “A Call to Prayer from the World Trade Center Rubble: Islamic Dawa in the Heart of America.” Yusuf Qaradawi, the spiritual leader of the Muslim Brotherhood and an influential Islamic cleric, boldly proclaimed that Islam will “conquer America” and “conquer Europe” through dawa.
Qaradawi, who is banned from entering the U.S. or U.K., has urged Muslims to “fight the American military if we can, and if we cannot, we should fight the U.S. economically and politically.” In 2004, he issued a fatwa calling for Muslims to kill Americans in Iraq.
A “non-commercial edition” of Rauf’s book was later produced by two American affiliates of the Muslim Brotherhood: the Islamic Society of North America and the International Institute of Islamic Thought—both active promoters of Hamas which has been designated as a terrorist organization for the last 15 years. ISNA and IIIT have been unindicted co-conspirators in terrorism financing by the Justice Department. Some of us understand all too well the “mission that Imam Rauf has so bravely undertaken.” We also remember Winston Churchill’s words, "An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last.” The letter writers believe the “Cordoba Initiative” is one “of interfaith dialogue to strengthen these democratic institutions and advance the work of interfaith cooperation.” Reading that, I picture Ricardo Montalban hawking a Chrysler Cordoba with soft Corinthian leather, then morphing into Mr. Roark at Manhattan (not Fantasy) Island with Tattoo crying, “de plane, de plane” as the Twin Towers are destroyed because in March, 2010, Rauf was quoted in an article in Arabic entitled “The Most Prominent Imam in New York: ‘I Do Not Believe in Religious Dialogue.’” So much for “interfaith cooperation.” Rauf must have implanted Ceti eels into his adherents. (Ricardo Montalban as) Khan: “You see, their young enter through the ears and wrap themselves around the cerebral cortex. This has the effect of rendering the victim extremely susceptible to suggestion.” (to be continued)
They write, “[Rauf] outlines the ways Islam, like Judaism and Christianity, share an ‘Abrahamic tradition.’” That is true, but is also the problem. Most Americans are tolerant of Muslims because they see their religion in the context of Judeo-Christian values. However, once you learn more about Islam it becomes obvious we share no common values.
A basic tenet of Islam is for everyone to convert to Islam; live as a "dhimmi"; or be killed as an infidel. The second option is not always offered, so for all practical purposes the only options are: convert or die.
Finally, Rauf says "it is clear an Islamic state can ... be established through a kingdom or a democracy. The important issue is to establish the general fundamentals of Sharia that are required to govern."
Christianity teaches its adherents to turn the other cheek when someone wrongs them. Sharia cuts off hands, noses and ears. Rauf invokes Jesus Christ to support the roots of "true" Islam. But, Jesus stopped a mob intent on stoning a woman "taken in adultery.” Muslims are the mob.
Anyone who tolerates and supports this evil is complicit in the subjugation and murder of women and anyone else they deem inferior or apostate.
Islam holds that the Koran was revealed from God to Muhammad orally through the angel Jibrīl (Gabriel) and is literally the word of God. In Luke 1, Gabriel states that Jesus, "will be known as the Son of God." The angel that came to Muhammad denied that Jesus was the Son of God. One of the angels must be lying. Decide for yourself who this ‘deceiver’ could possibly be.
The main difference between Christianity and Islam is based on blood. One began with the founder shedding his own blood for his followers’ salvation. The other was started and continues to be based on shedding the blood of “infidels” —first by the founder and currently by his followers. They are diametrically opposed. How can there be dialogue, much less peace?
STimothy A. Van Eck
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Whittier NC 28789-8672
September 17, 2010
Smoky Mountain News
PO Box 629
Waynesville NC 28786
Dear Sir:
The Peace Committee writing last week’s letter must live in a fantasy world. They should consider MLK’s words about those “who prefer[s] a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice.”
They claim, "recent attacks on Muslims." What attacks?
They claim "virulent attacks on Islam around the country, both verbal and physical."
What physical attacks? And why do they inflammatorily categorize these imaginary attacks as “virulent” while glossing over the very real, meticulously planned and murderous atrocities of 9/11 as "the events of September 2001."
"Events?" How very euphemistic of them.
If their allusion is to the planned burning of the Koran and the Ground Zero mosque protests, here is the key difference: Terry Jones was restrained by media and political pressure. Do they believe that the 9/11 “events” could have been called off similarly? Do they believe that if they had submitted a letter in late August or early September 2001 exhorting terrorists to stay grounded and pursue “interfaith dialogue,” they would have warded off the “events” that they apparently think Americans are now, after nine long years, finally cooking up retaliation for? Contrary to the writers’ contention, we don’t need to “overcome our [so-called] fear, anger, and ignorance.” We have nothing to apologize for as a nation. The rest of the world owes their freedom, both physically and financially, to us.
Are they aware the threat is actually from those they think they need to protect?
They offer Rauf’s “What’s Right With Islam” as a standard of interfaith dialogue. However, in Malaysia, the Arabic version was published as “A Call to Prayer from the World Trade Center Rubble: Islamic Dawa in the Heart of America.” Yusuf Qaradawi, the spiritual leader of the Muslim Brotherhood and an influential Islamic cleric, boldly proclaimed that Islam will “conquer America” and “conquer Europe” through dawa.
Qaradawi, who is banned from entering the U.S. or U.K., has urged Muslims to “fight the American military if we can, and if we cannot, we should fight the U.S. economically and politically.” In 2004, he issued a fatwa calling for Muslims to kill Americans in Iraq.
A “non-commercial edition” of Rauf’s book was later produced by two American affiliates of the Muslim Brotherhood: the Islamic Society of North America and the International Institute of Islamic Thought—both active promoters of Hamas which has been designated as a terrorist organization for the last 15 years. ISNA and IIIT have been unindicted co-conspirators in terrorism financing by the Justice Department.
Some of us understand all too well the “mission that Imam Rauf has so bravely undertaken.” We also remember Winston Churchill’s words, "An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last.”
The letter writers believe the “Cordoba Initiative” is one “of interfaith dialogue to strengthen these democratic institutions and advance the work of interfaith cooperation.”
Reading that, I picture Ricardo Montalban hawking a Chrysler Cordoba with soft Corinthian leather, then morphing into Mr. Roark at Manhattan (not Fantasy) Island with Tattoo crying, “de plane, de plane” as the Twin Towers are destroyed because in March, 2010, Rauf was quoted in an article in Arabic entitled “The Most Prominent Imam in New York: ‘I Do Not Believe in Religious Dialogue.’” So much for “interfaith cooperation.” Rauf must have implanted Ceti eels into his adherents. (Ricardo Montalban as) Khan: “You see, their young enter through the ears and wrap themselves around the cerebral cortex. This has the effect of rendering the victim extremely susceptible to suggestion.”
(to be continued)
They write, “[Rauf] outlines the ways Islam, like Judaism and Christianity, share an ‘Abrahamic tradition.’” That is true, but is also the problem. Most Americans are tolerant of Muslims because they see their religion in the context of Judeo-Christian values. However, once you learn more about Islam it becomes obvious we share no common values.
ReplyDeleteA basic tenet of Islam is for everyone to convert to Islam; live as a "dhimmi"; or be killed as an infidel. The second option is not always offered, so for all practical purposes the only options are: convert or die.
Finally, Rauf says "it is clear an Islamic state can ... be established through a kingdom or a democracy. The important issue is to establish the general fundamentals of Sharia that are required to govern."
Christianity teaches its adherents to turn the other cheek when someone wrongs them. Sharia cuts off hands, noses and ears. Rauf invokes Jesus Christ to support the roots of "true" Islam. But, Jesus stopped a mob intent on stoning a woman "taken in adultery.” Muslims are the mob.
Anyone who tolerates and supports this evil is complicit in the subjugation and murder of women and anyone else they deem inferior or apostate.
Islam holds that the Koran was revealed from God to Muhammad orally through the angel Jibrīl (Gabriel) and is literally the word of God. In Luke 1, Gabriel states that Jesus, "will be known as the Son of God." The angel that came to Muhammad denied that Jesus was the Son of God. One of the angels must be lying. Decide for yourself who this ‘deceiver’ could possibly be.
The main difference between Christianity and Islam is based on blood. One began with the founder shedding his own blood for his followers’ salvation. The other was started and continues to be based on shedding the blood of “infidels” —first by the founder and currently by his followers. They are diametrically opposed. How can there be dialogue, much less peace?
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