Pop Quiz
What priest said: “Sharia is the most oppressive system on earth. It encourages people to lie, if it’s for the benefits of Islam. It doesn’t allow Muslims to leave Islam, and there’s a death penalty in all the schools of Sharia against those that leave Islam. Sharia defines what jihad is.”?
What European politician said: “If you’ve been to the city of Malmo in Sweden, or to Berlin or to Hamburg or to London or to Paris in the suburbs, or Rotterdam in my own country. You see many cities where there is a city within a city – where even today in the United Kingdom – I don’t know if you’re aware of that – there are even sharia courts active, whether it’s rulings that the worth of a woman is half of that of a man.”?
What American politician said: “We’re talking about a militant terrorist situation, which I believe it isn’t a widespread thing, but it is enough that we need to address, and we have been addressing it. My thoughts are these, first of all, Dearborn, Michigan, and Frankford, Texas are on American soil, and under constitutional law. Not Sharia law. And I don’t know how that happened in the United States. It seems to me there is something fundamentally wrong with allowing a foreign system of law to even take hold in any municipality or government situation in our United States.”?
What Egyptian President said: “Jihad is our path and death in the name of Allah is our goal.”?
What American media figure said: “The UK population became, for lack of a better term, Balkanized. And then all of a sudden Sharia mosques started popping up all over the place. And before you knew it, the most popular or frequent male baby name was Mohammed.”?
Answers at the end of the post.
There occur from time to time dramatic events that have a sudden and immediate impact on the world. For parents of the Baby Boomers Pearl Harbor was such an event. For the Boomers the assassination of President Kennedy brought an end to their innocence. For their grandchildren the Islamic attack on the World Trade Center on 9/11 changed the world political dynamic.
Other seminal events are less dramatic but forever bend the curve of history. The ego driven decision by Theodore Roosevelt to run for President in 1912 guaranteed the election of Woodrow Wilson and escalated the Progressive assault on the Constitution. The stock market crash of 1929 led to the Great Depression which levitated FDR to the White House which, in turn, led to a chain of very bad political decisions. The events surrounding the Watergate break-in left an indelible imprint on American politics and the media, unfortunately for the worst in both cases.
There are also events that occurred without much comment or scrutiny which have had serious adverse effects that only become evident after the passage of time. One such event was the disastrous decision by President Carter to support the removal of the Shah of Iran and the return, in February 1979, of Ayatollah Khomeini to power in Iran. The short-term result was the seizure of the US embassy in Tehran. 52 Americans were held hostage for 444 days while Carter dithered. The only positive result of the hostage taking was that it ensured the defeat of the manifestly incompetent Carter in the 1980 election.
The long-term result of Carter’s decision has been the subversion of peace in the Middle East and a renewed peril to the US and the rest of the world…
The return of the Ayatollah was one of the most destabilizing events in the last 200 years. Iran became the epicenter of the spread of terrorism throughout the Middle East and the world. The Ayatollah gave us, directly or indirectly, Hezbollah, Hamas, the Muslim Brotherhood, al Qaeda, ISIS, the Taliban and Zohran Mamdani. The cost to Western Civilization has been incalculable.
Islam has always been an imperialist religion. Claims of religious tolerance are belied by reality. The Taliban in Afghanistan destroyed centuries old Buddhist shrines. In the Middle East there are Muslim countries who have no Jewish citizens: Saudi Arabia, Gaza, Afghanistan, Jordan and Oman. In Syria there are, according to Google 3 to 7 Jews in the country…not thousands or hundreds…3 to 7. In Egypt there are less than 10…not thousands or hundreds…less than 10. The Jewish presence in Iraq, the country from which Abraham brought the Jews to Zion, is described as “very small.” Intolerance is not limited to religion. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad famously stated at Columbia University that “In Iran, we don’t have homosexuals, like in your country. We don’t have that in our country.” And to boost his credibility he said the Western powers “launched the myth of the Holocaust. They lied, they put on a show and then they support the Jews.”
Over the centuries since 632 A.D. (the year the Koran was published) Islam has been spread through military conquest. By the end of the 7th century Muslim armies had conquered the Levant and Egypt. The rest of North Africa fell by the end of the 8th century. Muslim armies invaded Spain in 711 A.D. and their advance was stopped in France at the Battle of Tours in 732. The Byzantine Empire, including Turkey, Greece and Bulgaria, was annexed militarily in the 15th century. The attempted Muslim conquest of Europe was halted at the gates of Vienna in 1683. The Ottoman Empire ceased to exist in 1922 after the end of World War I. It was the cost of having taken the side of Germany in that conflict.
Iran was largely ignored after 1922. That blind eye treatment ended in the early 1950s when the Truman Administration refused to support a British plot to remove the duly elected Iranian President Mohammad Mosaddegh. President Eisenhower reversed Truman’s decision and Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi was placed on the Peacock Throne in 1953. The Shah had worked to modernize Iran which included extending basic rights to women in the country. He also reduced the force of Sharia Law. He was Westernizing the country which did not sit well with the fundamentalists. However, the imperialist dreams of Muslim leaders went quiescent until President Carter’s ill-fated decision to restore the Ayatollah to power. It should be noted that the coup of 1953 created a deep hostility among the Iranian people toward the United States and Britain.
Since that time Islamic imperialism has taken two forms. Proxies of the Iranian government have engaged in extensive terrorist activities in the Levant. 9/11 introduced America to the world of Islamic destruction. The attack on Israel on October 7, 2023 is the most recent example of this violent militarism.
The second form is less obvious and it is more insidious. It involves immigration and the high birthrate of those immigrants. Europe has been “invaded” by Islamic immigrants and countries like Sweden and England have been profoundly affected. Within these countries Islamic enclaves have been established where Sharia law prevails and local laws and customs are ignored. The EU is our petri dish and the evidence suggests that the Islamic invaders are more interested in reviving what ended at the gates of Vienna 340 years ago than allowing themselves to be assimilated into the European social order..
Has the US been impacted by Muslim immigration?
America has always welcomed diverse immigrant populations but historically the Muslims have not had a significant presence in the US. Today we have a US city, Dearborn, Michigan, that is majority Muslim. Minneapolis has a significant Somali Muslim population and Ilhan Omar is one of four Muslim members of the House of Representatives. The focus on Muslim government officials is now heightened because of the election of Zohran Mamdani to be the next Mayor of New York City.
Mamdani has no real world experience and his political resume is filled with socialist/communist flapdoodle. His grasp of economic theory is naive at best, destructive at worst. It is to be determined if he will subordinate his Muslim beliefs to the rule of law under the Constitution.
A Federal judge in Oregon ruled that no Federal law enforcement may be used in Portland. This a typical power grab by a judge who has only a passing knowledge of Constitutional law. If you check Karin Immergut’s resume you will discover that she was previously a Qadi, a Sharia judge. As Sharia law is antithetical to the US Constitution it is not unreasonable to question her legal loyalties.
E Pluribus Unum
America has always accepted immigration but it has not always been a smooth process. The Irish were confronted with “Irish need not apply” signs at business locations. The Chinese faced exclusionary laws such as the Anti-Coolie Act of 1862 and the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882. The treatment of Black American slaves was shameful but the Civil War, at a terrible cost in blood and treasure, led to the 13th Amendment and ultimately to equality before the law. Millions of immigrants have been assimilated into the Melting Pot that is the United States…From Many One,
That concept is now in jeopardy. Former President Obama chastised Americans about criticizing Hispanic immigrants for speaking Spanish suggesting it would be wise for Americans to learn Spanish. Our Islamic immigrants appear to be intent on maintaining a culture and religion that are at odds with the legal precepts of our civil society. We are being divided not united and the rhetoric of Mamdani, AOC and Rashida Tlaib support that disunity.
E Pluribus Unum…Now and forever!
Answers to the pop quiz:
What priest said: “Sharia is the most oppressive system on earth. It encourages people to lie, if it’s for the benefits of Islam. It doesn’t allow Muslims to leave Islam, and there’s a death penalty in all the schools of Sharia against those that leave Islam. Sharia defines what jihad is.”? Mark Durie
What European politician said: “If you’ve been to the city of Malmo in Sweden, or to Berlin or to Hamburg or to London or to Paris in the suburbs, or Rotterdam in my own country. You see many cities where there is a city within a city – where even today in the United Kingdom – I don’t know if you’re aware of that – there are even sharia courts active, whether it’s rulings that the worth of a woman is half of that of a man.”? Geert Wilders
What American politician said: “We’re talking about a militant terrorist situation, which I believe it isn’t a widespread thing, but it is enough that we need to address, and we have been addressing it. My thoughts are these, first of all, Dearborn, Michigan, and Frankford, Texas are on American soil, and under constitutional law. Not Sharia law. And I don’t know how that happened in the United States. It seems to me there is something fundamentally wrong with allowing a foreign system of law to even take hold in any municipality or government situation in our United States.”? Sharron Angle
What Egyptian President said: “Jihad is our path and death in the name of Allah is our goal.”? The late Mohammed Morsi
What American media figure said: “The UK population became, for lack of a better term, Balkanized. And then all of a sudden Sharia mosques started popping up all over the place. And before you knew it, the most popular or frequent male baby name was Mohammed.”? El Rushbo
Ron
El Rushbo was intellectually so far advanced beyond 99% of the rest of humanity. It is sad that we’ve failed to immortalize him and have allowed him to fade into absurdity so quickly. He was the only one I know, who openly addressed the insidious Muslim “creep” into western societies world wide. Some European countries may well be too far gone to be saved.
The USA is not, but it’s in serious danger.
First, there was Keith Ellison in the early 2000s.
Now, a mere 20 years later, there are five. They have no intention of assimilating.
They are here to conquer and must be stopped.
America needs to get past the knee jerk reaction of “racism”, when someone with a bully pulpit sounds the alarm about Muslim immigration. I don’t see that happening, and so I fear for my future grand children.
This post is important!
Deborah L
I don’t have time to comment with any depth on this really really important post right now.
I will just share something about the Qur’an. which we learned from a friend who took over teaching a class on terrorism which my husband taught until he retired. (He had practiced actively in the criminal justice area in various posts. It was not theoretical from afar).
Others may be well familiar with this it already — I have never confirmed this. Our friend was told by a Muslim source that the Qur’an., which, though by the single auther was not written all at once, becomes less tolerant and recommends more violence as the book goes along. Early passages support democracy, tolerance, respectful behavior toward women, et al. The Prophet required that teachings be followed per the chronology; thus true Muslims replace the moderate behavior required in the early passages with the increasingly stern and violent behavior which becomes more progressively prominent and dark, in the book’s later passages.
This is the dilemma of the so-called “moderate Muslim” whom the hard-core Muslim, as defined by the late pages in the Qur’an., considers an infidel.
The Observer
Do you think it was a mistake supporting the removal of President Mohammad Mosaddegh? I wonder how different things would be now.
Linda Strawbridge
Another great piece, I have lot’s of questions.