January 28,2011
Rising Worldwide Jihad
by Guy Rodgers, Excecutive Director
Dear Harold,
A recent column by Jeffrey Kuhner in The Washington Times reported the following:
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Other reports that have come across my desk in recent weeks report increased Islamic terror activity in
Sweden. Thousands of Hindus have fled Pakistan’s Sind province due to increased persecution by Muslims.
While the church bombing in Egypt received some worldwide press, none of these developments I refer to
above have received much worldwide attention.
Meanwhile, after Pakistani’s Punjab governor Salman Taseer was assassinated because he opposed Pakistan’s
anti-blasphemy laws, over 500 Muslim clerics defended the actions of the murderer. What’s more, when Pope Benedict XVI urged Pakistan to repeal these laws, the leader of the nation’s most powerful Islamic party
declared “The Pope’s statement is an insult to Muslims across the world.”
Crime perpetrated by Muslims against non-Muslims throughout Europe is accelerating. Terrorist threats
re on the rise. Counterterrorism forces in Great Britain are tracking some 30,000 potential Islamic terrorist suspects in that country alone. Jews are fleeing Europe in response to increased persecution.
All of this is occurring against the backdrop of decades of appeasement and accommodation extended by
European governments to militant Muslims.
Lebanon’s government was recently toppled by Hezbollah. Now, for all practical purposes, Hezbollah is in
control of Lebanon.
Throughout history Islamic jihad has ebbed and flowed – but it has never completely ended. Today we are witnessing an emboldened and empowered worldwide jihad the likes of which has not been seen since
before the collapse of the Ottoman Empire.
In the face of this reality Rep. Bennie Thompson criticizes Rep. Peter King’s plan for hearings on Muslim radicalization, foolishly arguing that Muslim radicalization shouldn’t be singled out when we have mass
shootings like the one recently in Tucson.
Organizations like CAIR, the Council on American-Islamic Relations, insist that terror and violence around
the world, perpetrated by Muslims, has nothing to do with any doctrines of Islam. This in spite of the fact
that since 9/11 over 17,000 incidents of Islamic terror have been documented worldwide. CAIR’s contentions
would be laughable if this weren’t so tragic.
Over the past two years we saw more homegrown terrorists arrested than in the previous eight years since
9/11. Yet the Obama administration can’t even bring itself to use terms like “jihad” and “radical Islam” in
its assessment of this worldwide threat.
The good news is the 2010 elections elevated Members of Congress like Peter King to chairmanships of key committees. Many of the new freshman class are more aware of the threat of radical Islam – and more willing
to define it as such. More Americans than ever have heard of sharia law.
While issues like jobs, the economy, and exploding federal deficits dominate the headlines and are the top
concerns of most Americans, we who understand the seriousness of the threat of rising worldwide jihad
must continue to be the voices of warning to America. We must be the modern-day Paul Revere’s, who sound
the alarm while most people don’t see what’s coming. We must connect the dots so that people understand
why we are threatened by both cultural and violent jihad.
This year we have many big plans to ensure this happens. Our TV program premieres February 5th at
2:30 PM Eastern Time on Family Net and on February 6th at 4:00 PM Eastern Time on ALN.
Our National Conference and Legislative Briefing will take place in Washington, DC, June 22 – 24.
We will conduct several Citizens in Action training conferences.
We will host webcast training sessions for our chapter leaders.
Early next month we will announce a new initiative: Open the Qur’an Day.
I believe that, in spite of rising worldwide jihad, the tide is turning. Leaders and citizens in Europe are
pushing back. ACT! for America doubled its membership in 2010. More and more Americans are rejecting
the foolishness of political correctness.
This is not a year to lose hope. This is a year to build on what we have accomplished thus far.
Yours for a safe and free America,
Guy Rodgers
Friday, 28 January 2011
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