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Gold Star parents Khizr and Ghazala Khan are making the
best use of their 15 minutes of fame. They are using their newfound prominence
to defend Muslims and to accuse Donald Trump of fomenting Islamophobia.
Time Magazine has the story:
The
family has continued to criticize Trump, telling USA Today that Trump’s proposed ban on Muslim immigration
is responsible for heightened intolerance. “Most Americans are against this
kind of nonsense, but there is an element that has gotten voice, has been
encouraged by this political rhetoric, and especially this election season has
made it worse,” Khizr Khan, 66, told USA Today. “The voices that wouldn’t dare because they were
afraid of the decent America to condemn them … have gathered courage to show
their ugliness.”
Those who wish to put the issue perspective will note that
the world’s attitude toward Islam is most importantly created by the behavior
of Muslims. Not by Muslims like the Khan family, of course, but by the behavior
of terrorists who act in the name of Islam.
On the Powerline blog John Hinderaker (via Maggie’s Farm) reports the body count from Islamic terrorism… in the last month. He
remarks:
The
Religion of Peace [blog] has compiled a list of Islamic terrorist attacks
during the month of July. As the site notes, the list is probably incomplete,
but it is still remarkable. It itemizes 141 attacks in 22
countries, in which 1165 people were killed and 1803 injured. I might not call
all of them acts of terrorism; for example, there are a few honor killings on
the list. But they all represent Islamic violence of the most unacceptable
sort, with nearly 3,000 victims.
Perhaps the Khan family ought to say a word about the
actions of the world’s Muslims. No one thinks that members of this family are
responsible for terrorism, but the reputation and the good name of their
religion has been systematically defamed by terrorists. About that behavior the
pious Khan family has nothing to say.
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Ask Khan if Islamic law should be imposed in the U.S. (by the will of Allah) in place of the U.S. Constitution. Why will no one ask this question? Honor killings are sanctioned under Islamic law, so they should be included in the body count.
I would like to hear more from Muslims like this one.
http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2016/08/common-sense-from-a-british-muslim.php
Amir Khan, a British fighter, is one of the world’s top welterweights. His trainer Tam Khan (no relation, I believe) recently took to Facebook to express his opinions on Britain’s Muslim turmoil. Through my son, I have more contact with the world of boxing than most people, and have come to view the fight scene as an oasis of sanity (with, of course, some exceptions). So I wasn’t surprised to see that Mr. Khan’s perspective is sensible. This was his Facebook post; click each segment to enlarge if necessary:
(I can't copy his post, but it should definitely be read in entirety).
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Just because I was curious about the Muslim equivalent of "Smith" and "Jones" --
The surname Khan originates with the Mongolian khan. Used in the Rourans firstly, and later more widely by Islamic chieftains in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh.
Stuart: Perhaps the Khan family ought to say a word about the actions of the world’s Muslims. No one thinks that members of this family are responsible for terrorism, but the reputation and the good name of their religion has been systematically defamed by terrorists. About that behavior the pious Khan family has nothing to say.
Having a soldier son who was murdered by the actions of Muslim's isn't enough? What do you want them to say? Do you want them to condemn all Muslims and become atheists to protest against the insanity of using relatively minor religious differences as an excuse for mass murder?
And there has been an effort to demonize those who use Islam to murder. It means choosing to not obsess on their religion but their behavior.
For example, it means calling ISIS murders them a JV team, or Daesh or other dismissing names.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_State_of_Iraq_and_the_Levant#Epithets
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Un-Islamic Non-State is a term used by Ban Ki-moon, Secretary General of the United Nations, to describe ISIL. Similar statements have been made by Muslim groups in Britain. In remarks to the UN Security Council, Ban Ki-moon had said, "They should more fittingly be called the 'Un-Islamic Non-State'". He argued that "Muslim leaders around the world have said, groups like ISIL – or Daesh – have nothing to do with Islam, and they certainly do not represent a state."
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