According to White House counter terrorism adviser John Brennan we can no longer call our enemies Jihadists because it gives legitimacy to what they are doing. We cannot call them radical islamists either, because that describes them in religious terms. So, whom are we fighting, who is the enemy? Brennan said the enemy was members of Bin Laden’s network. Okay, but who are they and how do we identify them? Brennan says they are victims of "political, economic and social forces." So the murderous terrorists are victims.
It gets better. Brennan described jihad as “a holy struggle, a legitimate tenet of Islam, meaning to purify oneself or one's community, and there is nothing holy or legitimate or Islamic about murdering innocent men, women and children.” Well the Qu’ran says many things about jihad. Here are some of those sayings.
9:73 “O Prophet! strive hard against the unbelievers and the Hypocrites, and be firm against them. Their abode is Hell,- an evil refuge indeed.”
25:52 “Therefore listen not to the Unbelievers, but strive against them with the utmost strenuousness, with the (Qur'an). “
2:218 “Those who believed and those who suffered exile and fought (and strove and struggled) in the path of Allah,- they have the hope of the Mercy of Allah. And Allah is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful.”
3:142 “Did ye think that ye would enter Heaven without Allah testing those of you who fought hard (In His Cause) and remained steadfast?”
4:95 “Not equal are those believers who sit (at home) and receive no hurt, and those who strive and fight in the cause of Allah with their goods and their persons. Allah hath granted a grade higher to those who strive and fight with their goods and persons than to those who sit (at home). Unto all (in Faith) Hath Allah promised good: But those who strive and fight Hath He distinguished above those who sit (at home) by a special reward,-“
5:54 “O ye who believe! if any from among you turn back from his Faith, soon will Allah produce a people whom He will love as they will love Him,- lowly with the believers, mighty against the rejecters, fighting in the way of Allah, and never afraid of the reproaches of such as find fault. That is the grace of Allah, which He will bestow on whom He pleaseth. And Allah encompasseth all, and He knoweth all things.”
60:1 “O ye who believe! Take not my enemies and yours as friends (or protectors),- offering them (your) love, even though they have rejected the Truth that has come to you, and have (on the contrary) driven out the Prophet and yourselves (from your homes), (simply) because ye believe in Allah your Lord! If ye have come out to strive in My Way and to seek My Good Pleasure, (take them not as friends), holding secret converse of love (and friendship) with them: for I know full well all that ye conceal and all that ye reveal. And any of you that does this has strayed from the Straight Path.”
So based on the parts of the Qu’ran above, the radical Islamists who engage in terrorism believe that they are engaged in a holy struggle against the Unbelievers. Would it not make sense then to acknowledge that they are followers of Islam regardless of the radical view they take of it? They believe that they will have a greater reward in heaven because they have striven and fought in the cause of Allah.
I no longer believe that the President is acting in the best interests of the American people. He and his advisors like John Brennan have weakened the security of the United States by refusing to take a practical look at the enemy we are facing and identify them so that we can take steps to protect ourselves. If you do not identify our enemy and clearly define the things about him that make him want to harm us, then how can you possibly have any hope of stopping him. How do you know what to look for?
I know who our enemy is. Our enemy are the radical adherents of Islam who strictly follow the Qu’ran and have identified us and our allies as their enemies. Let’s find out who they are and deal with them.
Extremus
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