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Homeland Security Chief: We won’t call Chattanooga ‘Islamic terrorism’ out of respect for Muslims
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/198858#.Vbt0yZOrQvp ^ | July 31 2015

Posted on 08/01/2015 9:21:32 PM PDT by Whenifhow

Why won’t the Obama administration call Fort Hood Islamic Terrorism? Why aren’t they calling Chattanooga Islamic Terrorism? Because it’s disrespect to Muslims and Islam is about peace:

ARUTZ SHEVA – Homeland Security chief Jeh Johnson announced the policy this past Friday at Aspen Institute’s annual security forum in Washington, D.C. He explained that though it was a Muslim terrorist who shot to death four unarmed Marines in Tennessee two weeks ago, the government will call the attack, and other similar ones, “violent extremism” and not “Islamic terrorism” – out of respect for the Muslim community.

Johnson said it is “critical” to refrain from the “Islamic” label in order to “build trust” among Muslims.

The Tennessee murderer, Mohammad Abdulazeez, is officially a “homegrown violent extremist,” according to the government – even though he blogged about his Islamic religious motivations for the attack. He and his family also attended a local mosque controlled by a terror-tied Islamic trust.

Johnson explained that if officials called Islamic terrorism “Islamic,” they’d “get nowhere” in gaining the “cooperation” of the Muslim community.

The moderator of the panel tried to protest: “Isn’t [the] government denying the fundamental religious component of this kind of extremism by not using the word Islamic?”

“I could not disagree more,” Johnson responded, and explained that Islam “is about peace.”

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; US: Tennessee; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: abdulazeez; bhodhs; chattanooga; dhs; islamic; jehjohnson; jihadinamerica; tennessee; terrorism
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So if we say we want Muslims to stand up against Islamic extremism but we won’t call it Islamic extremism, how will they know it’s Islamic extremism if we won’t even tell the truth about it?

Heck, it’s not even extremism, really. It is simply Muslims taking their religion very, very seriously and trying to walk in the footsteps of Muhammad. Now there is an extreme component to it, as some believe the time is now to wage Jihad and others believe that time will come when their Mahdi returns. But that’s just a matter of ‘when’, not ‘what’.

1 posted on 08/01/2015 9:21:32 PM PDT by Whenifhow
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To: Whenifhow
*SIGH*
2 posted on 08/01/2015 9:22:49 PM PDT by null and void (If the government can't protect the Marines, how can we expect it to protect us?)
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To: Whenifhow

Somebody needs to explain to this clown that the Muslims will NOT respect us — for being weak.


3 posted on 08/01/2015 9:23:53 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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Johnson responded, and explained that Islam “is about peace.”

This mutt is either completely delusional or an agent of Islam. Even Muslims don't believe that bullshit.

If Johnson's position 'wins', we are lost.

4 posted on 08/01/2015 9:26:29 PM PDT by Gritty (A citizenry that votes for an asshole is less deluded than one that votes for a messiah-Mark Steyn)
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To: BenLurkin

Meh Johnson...


5 posted on 08/01/2015 9:27:32 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (FR NEEDS YOUR DONATION!)
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To: Whenifhow
When Obama’s Administration “respects” Muslims/Islam, he is insulting everyone else.
6 posted on 08/01/2015 9:27:33 PM PDT by Chgogal (Obama "hung the SEALs out to dry, basically exposed them like a set of dog balls..." CMH)
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To: Gritty

He is muslim. Explain a lot?


7 posted on 08/01/2015 9:28:01 PM PDT by 17th Miss Regt
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To: Whenifhow

Was watching the movie Fury the other day. If obama was president in 1940s he wouldn’t be declaring war against Germany and Japan so they won’t be offended.


8 posted on 08/01/2015 9:28:15 PM PDT by RginTN
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Blatant liars in our Government who fear nothing because Congress has
been taken over by frat punks. They all deserve prison..
9 posted on 08/01/2015 9:28:45 PM PDT by MaxMax (Call the local GOP and ask how you can support CRUZ for POTUS,)
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...and this idiot is the head of “homeland security”???? This truly is Bizzaro World.


10 posted on 08/01/2015 9:28:53 PM PDT by ogen hal (First Amendment or reeducation camp)
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To: Whenifhow

Jeh? Rhymes with “meh”. Johnson is an appropriate name for this guy. He won’t call it ‘Islamic terrorism’, but we will.


11 posted on 08/01/2015 9:29:15 PM PDT by windsorknot
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And we won’t call the DHS chief an asshole out of respect for assholes!!


12 posted on 08/01/2015 9:31:53 PM PDT by JaguarXKE (n1973: Reporters investigate All the President's Men. 2013: Reporters ARE all the President's men d)
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We can't call a spade a spade because that would upset Soetoro. Same thing with muzzie extremist terrorism.
13 posted on 08/01/2015 9:32:24 PM PDT by immadashell (The inmates are running the asylum.)
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To: Whenifhow

The Feds during the Bush administration (circa 2006) along with the media decided that Islamic terrorism would not be called that anymore. That was about six months after the UK government decided to do so.


14 posted on 08/01/2015 9:34:59 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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I like this approach....(WAIT)

So, the next time a crazy fool shoots up a church, ‘THEY’ will be extra careful to not blame ALL Whites for the attack.

The next time some idiot fires a gun and kills an ‘innocent bystander’, ‘THEY’ will not claim that ALL law abiding gun owners are just murderers waiting for the chance to murder someone.

Still waiting for ‘OUR PEOPLE’ to start using the Supreme Court to demand a Concealed Carry Permit issued by one state is good in all.

That is the premise they used to shove gay marriage down our throats.

These present day wordsmiths are making Clintons ‘depends on the meaning of is’ look like 2nd grade material.


15 posted on 08/01/2015 9:36:01 PM PDT by xrmusn ((6/98)"IF Congress approval hangs around 15-20 % how come 90% get reelected?")
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To: Whenifhow

To be politically correct is to be delusional.


16 posted on 08/01/2015 9:37:09 PM PDT by allendale
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We don’t have a chance with people like this in charge.


17 posted on 08/01/2015 9:37:45 PM PDT by umgud
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So, the next time a crazy fool shoots up a church, ‘THEY’ will be extra careful to not blame ALL Whites for the attack.

No, of course not: they will blame all whites. The absolution of blame only applies to moslems.

18 posted on 08/01/2015 9:41:45 PM PDT by Ethan Clive Osgoode (We have had enough of immorality and the mockery of ethics, goodness, faith and honesty.)
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To: Whenifhow

Jeh Johnson is a male version of the noxious Susan Rice, in other words a “Paid Liar” who thinks he is serving his president with honor and distinction.


19 posted on 08/01/2015 9:44:11 PM PDT by lee martell (The sag)
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To: umgud

mohammed was a caravan and city raider who stole, raped, murdered men, sold boys and women and girls into slavery. His youngest of many wives was 9 years old. AQ and ISIS are not doing anything mohammed did not do first.


20 posted on 08/01/2015 9:44:56 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For views of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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