The other day Michael Hayden joined the chorus of those who assert that Donald Trump's anti-Islamic terrorist rhetoric is helping ISIS
recruit more jihadis.
“The jihadist narrative is that there is undying enmity between Islam and the modern world so when Trump says they all hate us, he’s using their narrative … he’s feeding their recruitment video.”
Hayden joins
Tom Friedman of the NY Times and others.
The new Muslim mayor of London also warns that this country must allow Muslims in
or they will attack us.
The new Muslim mayor of London has issued a warning to Donald Trump: Moderate your stance on Muslims, or they will launch more attacks against America.
Trump recently praised Sadiq Khan for winning London’s mayoral race, and said he would be willing to create an exception in his policy restricting Muslim entry into the United States in order to allow Khan to visit. But in a statement Tuesday, Khan dismissed Trump’s invitation, and also denounced his views on Islam as “ignorant,” suggesting Trump’s policies would increase the terrorist threat in both the U.S. and U.K.
This is not a winning argument. If they could attack us
for any reason I for one do not want them or that culture here. What Khan sort of forgot to mention was this:
While Khan touted the liberal values of British Muslims, some polls have found worrying indicators that their assimilation is incomplete. A poll in April, for instance, found that two-thirds of British Muslims would not tell the government if a friend or family member became involved with extremists. Half of them said homosexuality should be illegal and over 20 percent supported establishing sharia in the U.K.
We've been handed these lines repeatedly but there are some questions that burn to be answered. Ever get the feeling that all Muslims are potential powder kegs? Ever get the feeling that the least offense could ignite the powder keg?
We are told to suppress our right to free speech so as not to offend Muslims and boost recruitment of jihadis. What other rights must we subsequently suspend to avoid offending Muslims and not rouse them to jihad? If rhetoric alone is sufficient to radicalize a people it's a sign of something deeper being wrong. In January the Pakistani issue of the New York Times
removed a front page article critical of Islam so as not to offend. Really?
Read more:
http://www.floppingaces.net/2016/05/31/is-every-muslim-a-powder-keg/
