Thoreau72
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Re: ISIS present in All 50 states, FBI director says
I would have the US government follow the advice of Thomas Jefferson: Honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none.
And I would have my fellow citizens to be SIGNIFICANTLY skeptical about what they read, see and hear in the mainstream media.
You consider all muslims to be barbaric and cruel, but that is not really the case. Sharia law is founded upon the Koran, our own Judeo-Christian system is founded upon mostly Old Testament rules and principles. IMO, both of them are barbaric.
Strictly speaking, the word you have chosen simply means "loving islam". There is also that thing Jefferson mentioned--respectful and genuine friendship. One need not love islam nor hate islam, ditto Christianity or any other religion. Here in this country we can honor the spirit and letter of the First Amendment: have the government be neutral in all matters religious, and hopefully a secular society will follow suit.
Maybe not, but when gays are being hanged from their necks, women being shot and beaten, children being refused a proper education, and yet people make excuses for it, then perhaps you can come up with a better word. Would you call that defense 'Islamophilia' or just a lack of knowledge of Islamic terrorist activities around the world? You can answer that best.
yes, few have experienced what happened to the Vietnamese people after the Americans left and the communists took over and llived to tell about it.
Yes, it's the FBI up to their dirty tricks again. How about what happened in the Ivory Coast Sunday? More FBI 'dirty tricks'?
What would you have the American government do?
I would have the US government follow the advice of Thomas Jefferson: Honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none.
And I would have my fellow citizens to be SIGNIFICANTLY skeptical about what they read, see and hear in the mainstream media.
You consider all muslims to be barbaric and cruel, but that is not really the case. Sharia law is founded upon the Koran, our own Judeo-Christian system is founded upon mostly Old Testament rules and principles. IMO, both of them are barbaric.
Strictly speaking, the word you have chosen simply means "loving islam". There is also that thing Jefferson mentioned--respectful and genuine friendship. One need not love islam nor hate islam, ditto Christianity or any other religion. Here in this country we can honor the spirit and letter of the First Amendment: have the government be neutral in all matters religious, and hopefully a secular society will follow suit.