Muslim Radicalization Hearing is a Bad Idea
It’s amazing what lawmakers are doing with taxpayers’ money. Representative Peter T. King, the New York Republican and Chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, began a “congressional investigation of Muslim American radicalization.”[1] King claims that the catalyst which led him to conclude that a hearing was necessary, was the consistent warning from the Obama administration concerning the rise of homegrown terrorism. I see more problems than benefits. Here are three: A Commercial for Radical Islam The hearing provides an opportunity for real Islamic radicals to argue that their hatred for America, and the west for that matter, is reciprocal. They will be
Burning the Qur’an: How to Further Fuel Radical Islam’s War with the West
All the world wonders after Islam, so it seems. As if the controversy over the mosque wasn’t enough, a pastor by the name of Terry Jones has become the personification of American hatred towards Islam. Jones, with his congregation, is planning to have a burn the Qur’an day on September 11, the anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the pentagon and the world trade center. Though many religious leaders, the white house, and Gen. Petraeus have spoken out against this act, Jones seems unswayed and is determined to carry it out. The most immediate impact of this decision is the danger that pastor
The Wisdom of a Ground Zero Mosque
If you haven’t heard about the mosque/Islamic center debate then you must be hiding under a rock. Ever since the proposal – a mosque and center to be located near ground zero – has been made public, those who are pro and con have found themselves locked in verbal combat seemingly to the death. The controversy over the mosque has greater significance for the faith world than most realize. Politically speaking, Democrats, who probably would have been quick to speak up in favor of the mosque under different circumstances, have brought down their microphones to the levels of silence. They have gone