Radical Islam has it roots in the Koran, and its tenets are totally congruent with the present terror inflicted on the non muslim nations and people. There are many muslims that do not share these radical tenets of the Koran. However until they stand up and fight against this they are not sheep but part of the problem.
The Koran as written is a battle plan against all non believers. The Koran is not just a belief but is a total guide to government, and religion and thus one and the same. All power must come from the Koran
Until those beliefs are changed from within the muslim faith will by doctrine be an enemy. They will commit file acts of terror and believe it is totally and 100 percent acts of good.
Until we can confront this and understand this, we will be victims of their faith.
I lived and worked in the Middle East for several years. I worked with Muslims and most were very good people that only wanted to provide for their families and have a decent life. They were in abject fear of the Muslim Radicals. They said nothing because of fear and their fear was well founded.
PS
My best man at my wedding was a Palestinian Muslim. I would trust him with my life!
Very interesting post and badly needed.
What “radical Islam” or “extremist Islam” really are, are the purest form of the religion of Islam, followed to the word with all its atrocities and genocide as policies.
In order to compare ISIS/ISIL, Al Qaeda, Boko Harum, Al Shahab, etc to something, we must look at Hitler’s National Socialism/Nazism, Stalin’s “NKVD/KGB” led by Beria and his “Great Terror” slaughter, the rule of the Maoist Khmer Rouge in decimating Cambodia (where I was as a short-term journalist), Ho Chi Minh’s wiping out his own people in No. Vietnam in the 50’s, Mao’s greatest mass murder in history of the Chinese people between 1949 and 1969, and No.Korea’s institutionalized Marxist insanity and it’s first family of genocide.
Other than that, ISIS are pretty good guys, according to Obama (JV) and Ernest (the greatest White House spokesliar in US history).
PS: Ernest. The Russians carried out more air strikes against targets in Syria in a few days (122 or so), than the US carried out in several months (12 in 5 days).
Oh yes, our fearless leader is leading the way in the fight against ISIS (aka “Islamic extremism”, but, as the song went “Only in your dreams”.