From: Gary Bauer [gary.bauer@amvalues.org]
Sent: Monday,
May 14, 2007 5:22 PM
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Monday, May 14, 2007
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Gary Bauer
Religious Profiling In Europe
Yesterday, the Washington Times reported that security
officials throughout Europe have endorsed a plan to “profile mosques on the
Continent and identify radical Islamic clerics who raise the threat of homegrown
terrorism.” One of the key issues security officials will be investigating is
sources of funding. For years, I have been critical of the role Saudi money is
playing in the spread of Wahabbism, an extremely virulent form of radical Islam
that breeds jihadist sentiment. In my report last Wednesday about the Muslim
radicals arrested for plotting a massacre of U.S. troops at Fort Dix, I
suggested that the mosque they attended should be investigated and more ought to
be done to keep Saudi-funded extremism out of our country.
Let the ACLU
howl about “religious freedom.” Nothing in the First Amendment requires this
country to allow a foreign entity to build and control mosques in the United
States and to “preach” the destruction of the United States and Israel. But that
is exactly what is going on in many mosques around the world. On January 19th, I
wrote about a chilling report by journalists in Great Britain who had gone
undercover into mosques in Britain and Australia. What they found was nothing
short of sedition – praise for Osama bin Laden, calls to turn children into
homicide bombers, hatred of Jews, Christians, and Western Civilization. Now,
European law enforcement officials are taking steps to stop it. One Muslim imam
has been jailed in Great Britain for inciting his followers to “kill the
infidels” and another is facing deportation orders for links to terrorism and
for posing a threat to national security. If European “progressives” can take
such steps to identify the enemy and protect their citizens, surely we ought to
be doing more here to determine the extent of the danger we face.
Move On Folks – Nothing to Worry About
Last week the
New York Times could not ignore the alleged plot by the “New Jersey Six”
to attack Fort Dix and kill as many U.S. soldiers as they could. The story was
right in the New York Times’ “neighborhood,” so it had to be front page
news. Readers were told how the men hated the U.S., shouted “Allah Akbar” during
their terrorist training sessions and wanted to defend Islam.
But now a
week has gone by and the same Times is once again writing leftwing
drivel. Its focus today was how the arrest had made things difficult for several
local mosques, although just how it made things difficult was never explained.
The reporter made this mouth-dropping assertion: “It is unclear what role, if
any, religion played in the attack Mr. Shnewer (one of the accused) and the five
other men are charged with planning.”
All six men are Muslim. They were
prepared to die for Allah. They chanted the same rallying cry as the 9/11
hijackers. Yet the New York Times now feigns ignorance about the role
their faith played in the murderous plot.
The New York Times
historically has not been shy about pointing out the dangers inherent in what
they perceive as religious fundamentalism. Editorially and in columns they have
routinely attacked Christian conservatives, as well as conservative Jews. And I
have no doubt that if six Christians were arrested for plotting to attack the
U.S. military, while shouting “All power to Jesus,” the New York Times
would have no problem condemning Christian conservatives everywhere for their
“intolerance.” But when Muslim extremists are arrested the Times quickly
loses its anti-fundamentalist fervor and warns us all to not jump to conclusions
about the role radical Islam played in a plot by self-described Muslims to kill
in the name of Allah. Maybe some folks at the Times have “their head in
the sand” about Muslim extremism because they fear losing their heads if they
report the obvious truth.
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