Posted on 12/04/2006 2:57:58 AM PST by Doctor13
It is certainly no surprise that "Sharia law is spreading as authority wanes" in Britain, as reported in The Telegraph (UK) of 29 November. All the signs of this eventuality were there. Are we ignoring those same signs in this country?
Today in Britain there are more practicing Muslims than there are practicing Anglicans, the religion that saw Britain through two world wars. English history and culture are slowly disappearing. The Observer of 4 November 2001 reported a statement by Omar Bakri, the jihad leader formerly based in Britain: "We will replace the Bible with the Koran." A demonstration held outside of British Parliament some years ago carried signs that read, "Islam. Our religion today, your religion tomorrow." Banks in Britain no longer give out piggy banks to customers for fear of offending the Muslim community. Melanie Phillips provides harrowing details of the transformation of Britain in her book Londonistan, about which jihad expert Steve Emerson writes, "Londonistan is one of the most compelling books you will ever read on the ascendancy of Islamic fundamentalism, violence and intimidation in the West."
Islam has been further spread in Britain with the help of Bonnie Prince Charlie, who has introduced more Islamic studies into their schools. This is ironic, since Queen Elizabeth and her heirs have the title "Defender of the Faith," i.e., Anglicanism. In his commentary, "Is Prince Charles a Convert to Islam?," Daniel Pipes writes, "In a 1997 Middle East Quarterly article titled 'Prince Charles of Arabia,' Ronni L. Gordon and David M. Stillman looked at evidence that Britain's Prince Charles might be a secret convert to Islam." They found a good deal in that evidence that was compelling.
It appears that the metamorphosis from Christianity to Islam in Britain is happening quickly -- faster than anyone could ever have imagined.
Some historical background can be found in Robert Spencer's book entitled The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and the Crusades), which is an excellent account of what we should know about Islam and what we face as Christians. Chapter nine of the book is entitled, "Islam--Spread by the Sword? You Bet." To that I say, "Why do you think there is a sword on the flag of Saudi Arabia?" The renowned historian Bat Ye'or has also written extensively on the transformation of non-Muslim societies into Islamic societies. Her book The Decline of Eastern Christianity under Islam from Jihad to Dhimmitude should be required reading in Britain today. The word, "Dhimmitude," is defined in The Jerusalem Post, of 2 January 1997, as "the Arabic-root term to identify the dehumanized condition of Christians and Jews under the humiliating domination of Moslem power." Is this then to be the legacy the British, Europeans in general, and we in America leave our children and grandchildren if we continue down the path of self-destruction? What ever happened to "Onward Christian Soldiers"?
Don't think that what is happening in Britain, France (which, I might add, is a basket case, pretending that they do not have problems with their Muslim youth), and all over Europe cannot happen in America. Even former Secretary of State Colin Powell once remarked that the U.S. should bring in more clerics, more teachers and more journalists from Islamic nations, without ever suggesting that such new immigrants be screened for jihadist sentiments. There are public schools in California that require students learning about Islam to recite verses from the Koran, dress as Muslims, state their own jihad and pray to Allah (Washington Times, 16 January 2002). Schools throughout the United States provide prayer rooms for Muslim students during their one month of Ramadan, while for decades judges have told us that our own Christian children cannot even bend their heads to say a prayer over their school lunches. It appears that Christ is out of our schools – and Muhammad is in.
Can Islamization and dhimmitude happen here? A Washington Post article of 15 November 2001 entitled “Bountiful, Blessed Month” reported that the 35 children of the Clara Muhammad School in Southeast Washington began their classes with the reading of the Koran followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. During the Pledge students recited: “One nation under Allah, indivisible, with justice and liberty for all, inshallah [Allah willing]." Is this a minor difference? Perhaps not. Daniel Pipes has noted that “the ambition to take over the United States is hardly a new one. The first Islamic missionaries from abroad arrived in the 1920s and unblushingly declared, 'Our plan is, we are going to conquer America.' Such hopes have become commonplace in recent years." In Hamtramck, Michigan the noise ordinance was amended to allow the Islamic call to prayer to sound over loudspeakers at several points during the day.
Meanwhile, Muslim power in the U.S. will continue to grow. Muslims in Michigan can thank former Republican Senator Spencer Abraham for their exceedingly high numbers. In his failed bid for re-election, Senator Abraham stated that if reelected he would increase the quota for bringing in more Muslims into the United States. A convert to Islam, Democrat Keith Ellison of Minnesota has become the first Muslim to be elected into Congress.
And while Muslim influence grows, anti-terror efforts wane. Was the recent high-profile incident of imams being taken off a US Airways flight and now threatening to sue the airline merely a dry run, a test of our homeland security at airports? Or was it an attempt to end scrutiny of Muslims in airports? By playing the part of the victim, was it an effort to intimidate airline security into giving them a pass on future flights by officials not wanting to be accused of racial profiling?
Sounds plausible!
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Sharia law is spreading as authority wanes
In England, there are more practicing Muslims than Anglicans
We will replace the Bible with the Koran
Is Prince Charles a Convert to Islam?
Piggy banks 'offend' UK Muslims
Bountiful, Blessed Month Posted on Free Republic but entire commentary not there
they dont eat em....they just sell em....perfectly acceptable.
Absolute garbage. Read the statistics on Religionj in the UK. 41 million Christians as compared to 1.6 million Muslims.
Next, migration patterns, which is something Melanie Philips and Mark Steyn NEVER talk about show that the vast bulk of recent immigrants to the UK come from Eastern Europe - over 600,000 have done so since EU expansion.
Alarmist nonsense helps nothing.
Regards, Ivan
Expect down the road a major BACKLASH by the American people.
ping
I am really getting tired of this nonsense.
Regards, Ivan
Somebody really needs to check their facts.
"Unlike Britain I dont look for a smooth transition. Many Americans will fight...."
Agreed, Sarge! Unfortunately, we will be arrested and confined under the new PC Police State that will come before we have a chance to organize against any takeover.
what will need to happen if for those states containing the most patriots (red states) to secede....eliminating the PC. but of course, then a whole 'nother fight will ensue...
You are right of course,there will be arrests. Secret societies will form, and be condemned, but they will be formed, the killing may go on for a long time. Buy plenty of ammo now.
It will be a lot like the Muslims now where half the fighters dont know who the other half are. Groups who are fed up will fight and then melt into the walls. You see the Muslims arent the only ones who can fight guerilla wars. They will be upset when their Mosques are burned down,then they will atatck people who didnt do the burning,that leads to more angry people to join the fight.
The Muslims will make the same mistakes fighting guerila war that we make now. The only mistake they wont make will be arresting anyone, They will take no live prisoners.
They taste better that way. ;)
Pray for western civilization.
***There will be no backlash from the American people. Over 50% could care less what is going on in the country***
You asume the country will still be going along like it is now. Certainly if people have their TV sets, their video games, their vacations in Florida, their new cars and plenty of gas, there will be no backlash. However, that will change. When women are dragged off the street an beaten for not wearing a Hajib, when Christians have no jobs. when the food is hard to get, when farmers efforts are taken and not paid for, They WILL react. As we start regressing more and more into the 12th century Muslims live in people will not be so servile.
Some liberals are starting to get the picture. Bruce Bawer (known for his book Stealing Jesus, a criticism of conservative Evangelicals) has written a new book, While Europe Slept, that describes the growing danger from Islamism in Europe. An interesting book because it describes his own shift in views and growing alarm, as a liberal American who moved to Europe (Bawer is fluent in several western European languages). Now this might not be the best book for people at FR (Bawer is openly gay), but it would be an excellent book for clueless liberals who need to get the message about Islam.
My guess is that all of that will happen after the fact.
It will be too late, if not already.
Britain is finished, in our lifetimes it will become a Muslim nation with islamic foreign policy. It will be an enemy of freedom within the next 20 years.
And still we allow them access to OUR military programs !!!
Insanity !
People are too consumed with movies, football games, soccer, and overall entertainment to act.
The average person on the street can point out movie stars and sports stars but don't even know who their senator is.
It's pitiful.
True.
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