Posted on 05/10/2015 6:17:56 AM PDT by HomerBohn
Nestled in the heart of Virginia and the Blue Ridge Mountains lies an Evangelical Mecca, where Christianity and Country music are as indigenous to the region as the seven hills of Lynchburg and thousands of students make their annual pilgrimage, every fall, to study at the largest Christian University in the world. But in the ‘buckle of the bible belt,’ some residents answer a different call to prayer.
And if Obama has his way, many of the 100,000 Muslim refugees expected to arrive this year will be dumped right in the heart of America’s Bible Belt, transported and supported on the backs of hardworking US taxpayers.
WSET: The Muslim community in the Lynchburg area is made up of around 50 families. Like many of those families, Mohammad and Asma Rahman moved here to seize a better opportunity.
Going only on his word, Asma, Mohammad, and their two sons made their way to Lynchburg in 2006. “We knew about Liberty and Jerry Falwell.”
Asma Rahman says she had reservations and was a little scared. “Here when we came at first, I was a little bit, because I knew there weren’t that many Muslims” said Asma Rahman. “We didn’t have a mosque at the time,” added Mohammad Rahman.
A stark contrast to the mosque in New Jersey where their kids attended Islamic school– or their native Bangladesh — home to some of the largest mosques in the world. “People in the Boonsboro area and the Lynchburg area were praying in people’s homes on Fridays,” said Mohammad Rahman.
So a group of Muslim families, including the Rahmans, formed the Greater Lynchburg Islamic Association and raised enough funds to buy and repurpose a home. “Alhamdullilah, we’ve been very grateful,” said Mohammed Rahman.
At the same time GLIA was constructing Lynchburg’s first mosque — tensions overseas were escalating as the U.S. entered its 7th year in the “War on Terror.” And Al-Qaeda militants and its subsidiaries’ claims to be fighting in the name of Islam, were further changing perceptions of Muslims at home.
9/11 put Islam in the national and international spotlight, often in the context of terrorism. But Asma Rahman can recall an incident that predates the attacks. “When my children were young, I was in New Jersey, my son came home a couple of times even before 9/11 and said mom why do they talk about that we are terrorist?” said Asma.
Since, headlines have been filled with Islamic extremist claiming responsibility for a number of attacks — the Boston Marathon bombings, the Charlie Hebdo attack, brutal beheadings. But how can a religion many of its believers argue is peaceful… be used to justify such atrocities?
“In any religious text out of its content, it becomes a pretext. You can use it for whatever you mean,” said Liberty University professor and Theologian Dr. Chris Gnanakan. Dr. Gnanakan says terrorism justified by religion is often rooted in power and politics.
“Religion was never meant to be volatile. I think peace is what all religions seek. Muslims will say that, Hindus live that and Christians pursue peace,” said Gnanakan.
Many Muslims in the U-S have publicly condemned and disassociated themselves from extremist views. “We are non-violent people… Sometimes people get scared because of hearing all the news. And sometimes that may lead to something but fortunately for me I haven’t been exposed to any of that,” said Mohammed Rahman.
The Rahman family has now lived in Lynchburg for 8 years. They say from the start, their neighbors welcomed them with open arms. “As they interact with us, they see what we are, so I never felt any kind of discrimination,” said Mohammad Rahman.
To see the ABC Special Report Video of this story click HERE
Tennessee alone will get up to 10,000 Somali Muslims this year. As crime rates soar in every city in America that has a significant Somali Muslim population, home values drop like a stone.
“Their” plan to destroy America....he’s got lots of help. In fact, he’s not smart enough to pull this off on his one. Unless he really is the AC.
I agree with everything you wrote.
Not really. They open mosques in predominantly black areas and pull from the gangs and prisons. There are no Christian men to counterbalance the influence. Mosques are all over the South in urban areas and area spreading to rural areas.
And Congress sits back and does absolutely nothing. Every single last one of them are traitors as far as I’m concerned.
Are we a lucky country or not?
Our security chief is named Jeh (whatever that hell that means) and our president is Barack Hussein.
Does America even have a chance?
....and groping my aged testicles.
And some lousy Americans toss babies into dumpsters!
These new arrivals are savages.
Why aren’t these ass-holes we’ve elected doing SOMETHING about this as well as all the other crap that Bathhouse Skeeter is edicting?
Home churches is where the first churches met. There was no church on the corner. I suspect in these coming days of persecution, and scripture is CLEAR that we WILL suffer persecution, that home churches for true, blood bought, Christians will be in home churches. The Joel Osteen, Rick Warren, Joyce Meyer types will be able to continue to go to the mega church and have no problem. Opra will show up and all have a bang up good time. But true Christians will most likely be in home churches.
This nails the evil that is upon us.
Thanks Republicrats for not fighting for America!
"Death to America!"
Obaka must get as many illegals and muslim refugees to swing states. It is the surest way possible to guarantee a democrat president.
The mega churches will probably be government run I’m sure.
Go in there and convert them to Christ. If they go for someone’s head deport or jail and deport.
ISIS Jihadists Disguised as Muslim Refugees Smuggled into Europe
Anyone who didn't is a moron.
People here who said there was no difference are damned fools, and unfortunately we're all going to pay for it in spades like this article demonstrates. They made a deal with the devil to feel good about themselves, convinced a ton of people not to vote, or vote for some third party stooge, and they still preen around here as if they should be proud of themselves for leaving a pro-Marxist, pro-Muzzie, American hating destroyer in office.
Voted for Romney because of Obama too and I was told that there was no difference and I should stay at home.
I’m seeing a difference.
Isn’t that how most of the cockroaches survive by depleting the host and leaching as much as they can?
Yes why aren’t the governors saying no?
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