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Evil Personified 2016-44 PART 2

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Evil Personified 2016-44 PART 2

I attended a discourse over a number of weeks that was published by the Lutheran social Service of Minnesota,  entitled “My Neighbor is Muslim”. I did not object to the content of the presentation, because it was factual and explained much about the Islam faith that was very correct. I do NOT have a problem with followers of Islam or the Islam faith. The only thing I did NOT comment on were my thoughts about radical extremist Muslims.

Part of my objections would have been about the radical Muslims that do terrible things in the world. The following is about them and some of the leaders of Islam that, I believe ARE part of the problem  worldwide. There ARE people, other than Muslims that are terrorists, but radical Muslims are in the news as being the main culprits of horror against people of the world including other Muslims.

I blame some of the leaders of the Islam faith in teaching the masses that Allah (God) wants them to do these dastardly acts in His name. I think of those religious leaders, and some that are not really religious, as the final end cause of terrorism. They are the ones that ferment dissent and discord that is the foundation of these acts by those they have misguided by their statements.

People like, for instance, the Ayatollah Khomeini in Iran who died in 1989, but continued by the current Ayatollah Khamenei, in control now. This man calls the U.S.A. and Israel, the Great Satanists. Another religious leader of Iran, such as Ayatollah Ahman Jannati (aged 89) recently said, “We are an anti-American regime. America is our enemy, and we are the enemies of America.” He and his group will be selecting the next Supreme Leader to replace Khamenei.

On 19 July 2015, while speaking at a mosque in Tehran, Khamenei said to his supporters that the policies of the United States in the region were “180 degrees” opposed to Iran’s political and religious movement. The speech was punctuated by chants of “Death to America” and “Death to Israel”. Khamenei said in regards to the 2015 nuclear deal that “Even after this deal our policy towards the arrogant U.S. will not change.”[ John Kerry said that if the comments reflected policy, it was “very disturbing”, and “very troubling”. DUH! KERRY!!!!!!

Khamenei has frequently stated that Israel should be destroyed. He warned in September 2015 that Israel will not exist as a country in 25 years. “I’m saying [to Israel] that they won’t live to see the end of these 25 years,” he said. “With Allah’s help, there will be no such thing as a Zionist regime in 25 years. Again, using the word God (Allah) in his verbiage of hate. Bull crap!!!!! Where does this religious leader think he has the right to say what God will do and why does he think God will help him?????

I don’t look at it as disturbing; I see it as downright scary and horrible. This leader is at the top of leadership of the Islamist faith in Iran. He now has a clear field to make nuclear weapons in a time table that is long range, but is on a definite track for Iran to become a nuclear power. Scary is not the word!

AND, we as the United States made a treaty with Iran, releasing held monies, giving foreign countries the OK to deal with this despot regime, and allowing this time table for them to still research and make a nuclear device. What was the President thinking???? Can the poor excuses in the U.S. Congress retract this treaty? Should I vote for Da TRUMP who said he would tear the treaty up?

The treaty by President Obama and Sec. of State Kerry was NOT ratified by Congress, but agreed to by both countries regardless. Time will tell if we will be sorry that this action was undertaken. To make it the Obama legacy, might be a horrible legacy to look at in the past, sometime in the future.

Evil personified by religious people, led by horrible leaders, are a sad, sad, sad state of affairs for the world and a blemish on the Islam faith………………  There are reformist Muslims that would be able to make changes of the mindset of how extremist radical Muslims think or at least how others perceive the Islam faith. They are in the minority and their voices are muted by those that do not want any changes made…….

 

Den Betts

Radical Islamist Thoughts 2015-30

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This post is somewhat convoluted and I apologize. The current actions of ISIS, the radical Islamist group creating turmoil in the mideast ,makes me bring up many expressions of thought. I welcome any comments or additional thoughts on this issue, thank you………

Radical Islamist Thoughts  2015-30

I was reading the newspaper and read that President Obama or his administrative people are refraining from using the words Islamist, radical, and terrorists in their language to the press. They want to use a more generic “violent extremism” instead. Obama is trying to be mindful of the impact that his words can have abroad, it stated.

Hmmmmmm!  The French Prime Minister suggested that the world is “waging a war against Islamist extremists, and the British Minister stated that Europe and the U.S. face a “very serious Islamist extremist terrorist threat”.

My question is “Who are we trying to appease” by not calling the terrorists— Islamists, if that is what they are? It must be mentioned by any that do so, to explain also, that it is the terrorists that try to justify their actions by invoking the religion of Islam and their own deviant view of it, and it is NOT the typical Muslim adherent to the religion that are doing the vile things the terrorists do.

The word “Islamist” is caricaturized by describing a supporter or advocate of Islamic fundamentalism and is said to make a moral conservatism, and attempt to implement Islamic values in all spheres of life. If that person or group uses terrorism as means of doing so, then it is indeed appropriate to use the words together.

A general in the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) told a conference in January that “You cannot defeat an enemy you do not admit exists.”  The same words were used by a Democratic congressman, Tulsi Gabbard, who stated the same context, on Fox news. Is is in response to President Obama’s article in the press.

The battles with ISIS in the Mideast are ones that are taking a toll on many people of many countries. There are many people that have been displaced, killed, mutilated, beheaded, etc. by these Islamist killers. They are supported by unknowns and this compounds the problems. They, the Islamists, are sons and daughters of people that live in the areas that do their deeds and I question this. In this, I wonder if family members see their sons or daughters as being righteous in their actions. Some religious leaders do not just support them, but promote their causes of killing, for various reasons. Many times the actions are against the everyday people that live there, the majorities, of which, are Muslim.

I bring up the battle cry that the terrorists sometimes use, as was done in France, in January 2015, of Allah Akbar, or God is the Greatest, in English. (This phrase is used by Muslims for nonviolent reasons also, as a note.)  This signifies or tries to show that what they do is for their god, Allah, and that their god approves of the action they are doing. Nothing can be further from the truth. Just as the word God was used during the Crusades, using the word god today for their actions is incorrect. The Crusades are mentioned, because it is an example of how those that committed terrible deeds in the name of Christ, used religion as a basis of doing wrong. And it was wrong! It was wrong to kill innocent people to justify the religious reasons at the time. I believe that leaders and fighters of conflicts might well be careful in using God as a reason for their actions. Nobody can speak for God in what they do!!!

President Obama at a breakfast recently (Feb 2015) made a statement using the word Crusades, and the former VA Governor Gilmore stated that his (President Obama’s) remarks were the “most offensive I’ve ever heard a president make.” I do not agree. The whole text of the speech reads differently and it was taken out of context in my opinion. This happens many times unfortunately and this type of action is wrong also. The President also stated “Part of what I want to touch on today is the degree to which we’ve seen the professions of faith used both as an instrument of great good, but also twisted and misused in the name of evil,”.

Right-side radio host Rush Limbaugh made the Christianity reference the subject of one of his segments on his show. “Why would you attempt to downplay Islamist extremism?” Mr. Limbaugh said. “Why would you attempt to put in perspective the actions taken today by Al Qaeda and ISIS and Boko Haram and the Khorasan Group and all of the rest of them by claiming that just as many atrocities have taken place in the name of Christ?”  Why? Becasus it may be true in the past and it is hard sometimes to admit it…….

These are examples also, of using sound bites to promote the opinion of the day. It becomes political and if ALL the facts or total speech is available then the truth comes out. It is the way it is though and I have to be careful I do not allow these sayings to sway my opinion.

That being said, I think President Obama and those of his administration are incorrect in many things they do, and many of the other foreign policies they promote can also be criticized. I feel fortunate that he is in the last tenure of his leadership and although there are many areas of his Presidency that can be applauded,( or not) this type of policy thinking  and trying to be politically correct in his speeches, are not correct either.

Den Bett