Publié par Center for Security Policy | Aug 09, 2010
By Frank Gaffney, Jr. *
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Suddenly, it seems, everyone is talking about Shariah. In particular, growing controversies over proposed mosques at Ground Zero and other sites are becoming powerful “teaching moments” – raising awareness about the repressive theo-political-military-legal doctrine that animates the builders and that their fellow adherents seek to impose on the entire world.
This is a most welcome development in light of the grave and growing threat posed by this agenda and the concerted effort being made – here and elsewhere, through violent jihad and the stealthy kind – to realize that goal.
Unfortunately, too many Americans still remain unaware of the magnitude of the danger we face from Shariah. Worse yet, their ability to comprehend this threat, let alone respond appropriately to it, is being seriously disserved by people who know better – or should. Specifically, the public is being seriously misled by 1) some journalists and politicians who are obscuring the true nature of Shariah and 2) Shariah practitioners who engage in deliberate deception to facilitate the penetration of their doctrine into Western societies.
As an example of the former, consider the article that led the New York Times front page on Sunday entitled “Battles around Nation over Proposed Mosques.” It accurately reported that Americans from the Ground Zero neighborhood in Lower Manhattan to San Bernardino are expressing growing concern about Muslim mosques that “seek to replace the U.S. Constitution with Islamic Shariah law.”
Yet, the Times proceeded to dismiss the idea that such mosques are a problem. It cited “interfaith groups led by Protestant ministers, Catholic priests, rabbis and clergy members from other faiths [who] have defended the mosques.” One such individual was quoted as saying that the opponents “have fear because they don’t know” those involved in such mosques.
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* Frank J. Gaffney, Jr. is President of the Center for Security Policy, a columnist for the Washington Times and host of the syndicated program “Secure Freedom Radio” heard in Washington weeknights at 9:00 p.m. on WTNT 570 AM.
