We are in some very critical times right now, where the American people need to understand what we are up against as a nation. With the recent shootings in San Bernardino, California, we need to understand what is sponsoring these terrorist attacks in our nation and throughout the world. What cannot be denied, regardless of the comments of the media and the politicians, is that Muslims are behind the terror that is shaking our world. Muslims are individuals that adhere to the religious belief called Islam. The people who are massacring masses of innocent people across the globe are adherents to this religious faith described as Islam. Whether you want to label them as "radical" Muslims or "extremists", the bottom line is, they engage in these acts of war in the name of Islam. For this reason, it is imperative at this juncture that Americans have a better understanding of what Islam is and its perspective on America and the Western world's way of life. What I believe will perpetuate more danger is not necessarily prejudice or divisiveness, but ignorance of what we're up against and what is fueling the hatred that is set on destroying America.
So, what is Islam? Islam is the faith of nearly 1.5 billion people across the world that follows the teachings of the book the Quran and adheres to the teachings of their prophet, Mohammed. Many Muslims, particularly those in America, don't necessarily hold to the beliefs that are sponsoring the deadly acts of the terrorist caliphate called ISIS. However, it needs to be understood, even though they may not be "extremists", they do adhere to the Islamic faith. What we want to lay out is the "brand" of Islam that is sponsoring the war that we are currently in with ISIS. The brand of Islam that is sponsoring the types of deadly attacks that we witnessed last week in San Bernardino, is a supremacist political ideology that insists on imposing sharia, which is Islamic holy law, on the world. This Islamic ideology holds the belief that if a person doesn't convert to Islam, they should be stoned to death and executed. This is the belief of ISIS and other terrorist groups that operate in the name of Islam.
What needs to be understood by everyday Americans is that a June 2015 poll of Muslims living in the United States by the Center for Security Policy showed that 51% seek to embrace sharia over the U.S. Constitution. In addition, nearly one in four of Muslims polled believed that "it is legitimate to use violence to punish those who give offense to Islam by, for example, portraying the prophet Mohammed". One in five respondents agreed that "the use of violence is justified in order to make sharia law the law of the land in this country" while only 39% believed that Muslims in the U.S. should be subjected to American courts.
Why is all of this important? Because there's a seed that has been planted in our country, and the Bible is true, you reap what you sow (Galatians 6). Our departure from God, Christianity, has opened our nation up to the spirit of this religion that outright does not respect nor adhere to the American way of life. Islam, under sharia law, is incompatible with open elections, rights for minorities, trial by jury, and all other institutions familiar to the Western way of life; not to mention freedom of religion and freedom of speech. We are at war saints, in more ways than one. And if we want to survive and for this great nation of ours to be preserved, we need to repent and turn back to God, and submit to the Lordship of Jesus Christ under the Covenant of His Blood.
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