Fort Hood & Separation of Mosque and State

by William J. Federer

Everyone has heard of "Separation of Church & State," but what about "Separation of Mosque & State"?

Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan yelled "Allahu Akhbar," Arabic for "Allah is great," before killing 13 and wounding 31 at Fort Hood, Texas.

He had praised Muslim suicide bombers on the Internet; refused, in the name of Islam, to be photographed with female colleagues; listed his nationality as "Palestinian"; dressed as a fundamentalist Muslim when not in uniform and attended the same Mosque as the 911 terrorists.

Some question if Hasan's killing of U.S. soldiers was motivated by his belief in Islam.

But before we condemn as "hateful" those who dare ask such a question, it should be determined what is meant by the term "Islam."

Is Islam:

1. a religious system,
2. a political system, or
3. a military system?

The answer is all three, as Mohammed was:

1. a religious leader,
2. a political leader, and
3. a military leader.

One may ask, what relevance does Mohammed's life 1400 years ago have to us today?
Well, since Mohammad was the best Muslim, those striving to be better Muslims are trying to imitate him, just as Christians try to imitate Jesus, as in 'WWJD: What Would Jesus Do'.
Mohammed's life is called "the Sunna," which means "the way," or "the example."
By examining Mohammed's life, one gains insight into the motivations of his followers.

1. Mohammed was a religious leader in Mecca for 12 years, beginning in 610AD, making around 100 converts. When he became confrontational and threatening, the Meccans chased him out in 622AD.
   
   
2. Claiming to be a victim of harassment, Mohammed fled 200 miles north to the predominantly Jewish city of Medina. The Jews rejected Mohammed, so he went into the minority pagan neighborhoods where he made converts, gained a political following, and in a sense, acted as a community organizer.
   
   With his new following, he went back to the Jews as a candidate of change, promising to be objective and fair as he was a newcomer to the city's heated partisan politics.
   
   The Jews made a treaty and Mohammed became a political leader in Medina.
   
   
3. When Mohammed's followers back in Mecca began to threaten the city's political stability, they were chased out and their houses were confiscated. Fleeing as victims to Medina, Mohammed permitted them to rob the caravans headed to Mecca in retaliation for their harassment.

The Meccans then sent 1000 soldiers to protect their caravans, and Mohammed, with just 300, defeated them at the Battle of Badr in 624AD. This amazing victory, being outnumbered 3 to 1, convinced Mohammed he was to be a military leader. He won 66 battles and raids in the next 8 years before he died.

Mohammed even sent his warrior, Abdullah, in 625AD, to lie in order to infiltrate the military base of his enemy, chief Sofyan ibn Khalid. Abdullah convinced Sofyan of his loyalty, so Sofyan let down his guard. When the moment was right, Abdullah committed a terrorist attack, beheading Sofyan.

Since Mohammed was the best Muslim, those wanting to be better Muslims gravitate to following his example, religiously, politically...and militarily.

Most Americans do not care what religion someone has, or in which direction someone prays, or if someone believes in a paradise with 72 virgins.

But what Americans do care about is if their political freedom of speech is taken away; if their wives and daughters are threatened if not veiled; if nations, such as Israel, face extinction; or if terrorists attack their military bases.

It is political/military Islam that concerns Americans, not the religion of Islam.

When a political/military Muslim bows toward Mecca, he is effectively pledging allegiance to something other than the United States.

For the sake of discussion, let us not be concerned with religious Islam, and, for the moment, just examine political/military Islam.

Political/military Islam has two features:

1. A global conquest aspect, and
2. Wherever it takes over, non-Muslims are not equal to Muslims.

THE QUESTION IS:

What other political/military systems has America had to face in the last 60 years that had:

1. A global conquest aspect, and
2. Wherever they took over, non-adherents were not equal to adherents?

Beginning in the 1930's, Americans had to say: "We love Germans, but we have to identify and resist the political/military system of Nazism."

Why? Because it had a global conquest aspect and wherever it took over, non-Nazis, like Jews, were not equal.

During World War II, Americans had to say - "We love Japanese, but we have to identify and resist the political/military system of Hirohito's Imperialism," and "We love Italians, but we have to identify and resist the political/military system of Mussolini's Fascism."

During the Cold War, Americans had to say: "We love Russians, but we have to identify and resist the political/military system of Stalin and Khrushchev's Soviet Communism."

Americans had to say: "We love North Koreans, Vietnamese, Cambodians and Chinese, but we have to identify and resist the Communist political/military systems of Kim Il-sung, Ho Chi Minh, Pol Pot and Mao Zedong.

Why? Because Communism has a global conquest aspect and wherever it takes over, non-Communists are not equal.

Today, Americans love Arabs, Indonesians, Turks and Egyptians, but Americans have to identify and resist the political/military system of Islam.

Why?

1. It has a global conquest aspect, and
2. Wherever Islam takes over, non-Muslims are not equal to Muslims.

Political/military Islam, though, has been harder to identify and resist, as it can advance under the cloak of religion.

Could it be that some Muslims with a political/military agenda are taking advantage of the freedom extended to Muslims who are simply practicing the religion of Islam?

In order to prevent more tragic episodes as the killings at Fort Hood, maybe a little more attention should be given to the separation of Mosque and State.

© 2009, used with permission.

Islam's world peace: Now or later?

by William J. Federer

Islam is a religion of peace, but in the world of paradoxical definitions, perhaps some explanation is needed.

The word "Islam" means submission to the will of Allah.

A "Muslim" is one who has submitted.

Whereas most think world peace will be when people just learn how to get along, faithful Muslims think world peace will be when the whole world submits to the will of Allah.

In other words, world peace means world Islam.

To a fundamental Muslim, submission to Allah means submitting to Islamic law, called Shariah.

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Islamic Shariah law governs every aspect of human life, including:

• What to eat
• How to dress
• when to pray
• In what direction to pray
• What position to be in when you pray
• How many wives to have
• The correct way to beat a wife
• Who must accompany a woman in public
• Who cannot be your friends
• How to treat a non-Muslim infidel
• Whether to drink alcohol
• When to lie
• When to kill an apostate
• How to run a government
• How to cut off the hand of a thief
• How many times to whip a woman who has been raped
• Whether one can listen to music
• Whether one can play a musical instrument
• What pets are permitted
• How to wash parts of your body
• The correct way to clean you teeth with a twig
• And even what direction to face when using the restroom!

Islamic Shariah law is the complete submission of one's life, marriage, family, community and country to the will of Allah as revealed to Muhammad.

In its fullest sense, the word "Islam" actually means the opposite of the words "freedom" and "liberty."

But what about the majority of moderate Muslims?

Moderate Muslims believe the world will submit to Allah later, maybe at the end of the world, or maybe just figuratively.

Since it is so far off in the distant future, moderate Muslims have a more relaxed, patient attitude that allows them to get along in a friendly way with non-Muslim infidels.

Moderate Muslims can live comfortably in a free, democratic society.

Fundamental Muslims, on the other hand, think the world is in the process of submitting to Allah now. They are very excited and want to establish Shariah law, even justifying threats of violence and terrorism.

What are moderate Muslims, who believe the world will submit to Allah later, supposed to think when they see unprecedented acts of acceptance of Islam right now?

Such as:

• U.S. Postal Service issuing Islamic postage stamps (September 2001; October 2002)
• President Bush removing his shoes and visiting a mosque (Dec. 5, 2002)
• President Bush putting a Quran in the Presidential Library (October 2005)
• President Bush celebrating Ramadan for the first time in the White House (Oct. 18, 2005)
• U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison, a Muslim, taking his oath of office upon a Quran (2007)
• Presidential candidate Obama reciting Muslim prayers in Arabic, saying it is "one of the prettiest sounds on Earth at sunset" (New York Times, Feb. 27, 2007)
• U.S. Speaker Nancy Pelosi putting on Muslim hijab veil during a trip to Syria (April 2007)
• President Bush appointing a Muslim, Zalmay Khalilzad, to be the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations (April 17, 2007)
• President Bush removing his shoes and visiting a Mosque a second time (July 27, 2007)
• U.S. First Lady Laura Bush putting on Muslim hijab veil during trip to Persian Gulf (Oct. 29, 2007, Jerusalem Post)
• A second Muslim, Andre Carson, is elected to the U.S. Congress (2008)
• Presidential candidate Obama mistakenly says in a George Stephanopoulos interview, "My Muslim faith" (Sep. 7, 2008)
• President Barack Hussein Obama elected, whose middle name is that of Muhammad's grandson (November 2008)
• President Obama bows to Saudi King Abdullah (April 1, 2009)
• President Obama says America is not a Christian nation (April 6, 2009)
• President appoints devout Muslim Arif Alikhan to key position in the Department of Homeland Security (May 6, 2009)
• President Obama does NOT publicly recognize America's traditional National Day of Prayer (May 6, 2009)
• President Obama says America is one of the largest Muslim countries (June 3, 2009)
• President appoints Syrian-born devout Muslim Kareem Shora to key position in the Department of Homeland Security (June 5, 2009)
• President Obama broadcasts a Ramadan message to Muslims of the world (Aug. 22, 2009)
• President Obama publicly recognizes the Muslim Ramadan with a dinner at the White House (Sept. 1, 2009)
• Hundreds of Muslims gather at the U.S. Capitol to bow toward Mecca (Sept. 25, 2009)
• White House's first full-veiled Muslim woman adviser, Egyptian-born Dalia Mogahed, praised Shariah law as "gender justice" (Oct. 4, 2009, on London-based TV discussion program "Muslimah Dilemma," hosted by Ibtihal Bsis, a member of the extremist Hizb ut Tahrir party)
• Again, the question is, what is a moderate Muslim, who believes the world will submit to Allah later, supposed to think when they see these unprecedented acts of acceptance of Islam right now, especially in a nation where 77 percent still identify themselves as Christian, 2 percent Jewish, etc., ... and only 0.6 percent Muslim? (Pew Religious Landscape Survey, 2008)

Understandably, the bipartisan actions of America's leaders showing tolerance and acceptance of Islam are exciting for Muslims, resulting in an increased enthusiasm for their faith.

As a result, many moderate Muslims are being persuaded that the world is submitting to Allah now rather than later.

Thus, the dilemma for the West is that the more it bends over backwards in unprecedented ways to show acceptance of Islam, the more moderate Muslims become enthused and gravitate to become fundamental Muslims.

They move from the moderate "LATER" peaceful camp into the fundamental "NOW" camp, which advocates Shariah law and justifies threats of violence and terrorism.

So in the world of paradoxical definitions, world peace means world Islam, and the more the West accepts Islam, the more it can expect threats of violence.

Now or later – are you ready for Islam's world peace?

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William J. Federer is the author of the best-selling book, "What Every American Needs to Know About the Qur'an: A History of Islam & the United States," as well as "America's God and Country Encyclopedia of Quotations" and "Treasury of Presidential Quotations."

© 2009, used with permission.

The U.S. Constitution went into effect JUNE 21, 1788

The U.S. Constitution went into effect JUNE 21, 1788, when New Hampshire became the 9th state to ratify it.

The 55 writers of the U.S. Constitution consisted of:
26 Episcopalians, 11 Presbyterians, 7 Congregationalists, 2 Lutherans, 2 Dutch Reformed, 2 Methodists, 2 Roman Catholics, 2 Quakers and 1 Deist - Dr. Franklin, who called for prayer during the Constitutional Convention, June 28, 1787:

"I therefore beg leave to move - that henceforth prayers imploring the assistance of Heaven, and its blessing on our deliberations, be held in this Assembly every morning."

The Journal of the U.S. House of Representatives, March 27, 1854, recorded the unanimous vote of the 33rd Congress to print Congressman James Meacham's report, which stated: "At the adoption of the Constitution, we believe every State - certainly 10 of the 13 - provided as regularly for the support of the Church as for the support of the Government...

Down to the Revolution, every colony did sustain religion in some form.

It was deemed peculiarly proper that the religion of liberty should be upheld by a free people."

Congressman Meacham concluded:
"Had the people, during the Revolution, had a suspicion of any attempt to war against Christianity, that Revolution would have been strangled in its cradle."

(courtesy of Bill Federer, American Minute: click here for more)

JUNE 5, 1967, the Six-Day War Began

From the American Minute with Bill Federer

Egypt sent 80,000 troops and 900 tanks to attack Israel.

Jordan and Syria, with Soviet weapons, violently shelled Jerusalem and Israeli villages.

Cairo radio announced: "The hour has come in which we shall destroy Israel."

The hot line between Washington and Moscow was used for the first time.

In a surprise move, Israeli Air Force destroyed 400 Egyptian planes, courageously drove Syria from the Golan Heights and captured all of Jerusalem.

In a CBS-TV interview, Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion stated:

"In Israel, in order to be a realist you must believe in miracles."

Seven months after the War, on Jan. 7, 1968, President Lyndon B. Johnson toasted Israeli Prime Minister Levi Eshkol, saying:

"Welcome to our family table...All Americans-and all Israelis-know...that none...can ever live by bread alone...

One of your ancestors said it for all men almost 2,000 years ago...for peace it is written, 'pursue it.' That is our intention in
the Middle East...To pursue peace...

If we are wise, if we are fortunate, if we work together - perhaps our Nation and all nations may know the joys of that promise God once made about the children of Israel: 'I will make a covenant of peace with them...it shall be an everlasting covenant.'"

May 15 - Armed Forces Day

ARMED FORCES DAY

from the American Minute with Bill Federer
May 15

Army Day, Navy Day and Air Force Day were combined in 1949 to be Armed Forces Day, celebrated the 3rd Saturday of May.

Army Day formerly was the date the US entered World War I, Navy Day was President Theodore Roosevelt's birthday and Air Force Day was the day the War Department established a division of aeronautics.

On Armed Forces Day, MAY 15, 1995, Secretary of Defense William Perry
said:

"In World War II, the United States Armed Forces helped defeat the forces of aggression and oppression on two sides of the globe...

In the Cold War, we faced down the global Soviet threat. Today, our forces stand guard, at home and abroad, against a range of potential threats."

Secretary Perry continued:

"On Armed Forces Day, the nation says thank you to our men and women in uniform, their families, and the communities that support them...

Daniel Webster said, 'God grants liberty only to those who love it and are always ready to guard and defend it.'"

U.S. Army Chaplain Father William Thomas Cummings, who was among those captured by the Japanese at Bataan, Philippines, and died when the prisoner "hell ship" he was on was hit with a torpedo, said in a battlefield sermon:

"There are no atheists in the foxholes."

St. Valentine and the Real Love Doctor

In the 3rd Century A.D., Emperor Claudius II was faced with defending the Roman Empire from invading Goths.  He believed single men made better soldiers so he temporarily forbade marriage. Claudius also forced the Senate to deify the former Emperor Gallienus, including him with the Roman gods to be worshipped.  

Legend has it that Saint Valentine was a bishop in Italy who risked the Emperor's wrath by refusing to worship idols and for secretly marrying young couples.  Saint Valentine was dragged before the Prefect of Rome, who condemned him to be beaten to death with clubs and have his head cut off on February 14, 296 A.D.  While awaiting execution, it is said he prayed for the jailer's sick daughter, who miraculously recovered.  He wrote her a note and signed it, "from your Valentine." 

In 496 A.D., Pope Gelasius designated February 14th as "Saint Valentine's Day." Signing an X for a kiss began in Medieval times where those who could not write their name marked a criss-cross or "Christ's cross" in the presence of witnesses and kissed it to show sincerity as a form of the oath "so help me God."  In the Greek alphabet, X is called Chi, and it is the first letter of the Greek name of Christ, giving rise to the use of X-mas for Christmas.  

(from Bill Federer's "American Minute" and taken from Movieguide's souvenir program of its 16th Annual Faith & Values Awards Gala, February 12, 2008, thanks to Dr. Ted Baehr, Chairman.)   

Battle Hymn of the Republic (from "American Minute")

Bill Federer in his "American Minute" for February 1st shared that five dollars was all she was paid by the Atlantic Monthly Magazine for Julia Ward Howe's poem, Battle Hymn of the Republic, on Feb. 1st of 1862; Federer continued: The Union's theme song during the Civil War, Julia Ward Howe wrote it while visiting Washington, D.C., and seeing the teeming military, galloping horses and countless campfires. Sleeping unsoundly one night, she penned:

"Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord: He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored; He has loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible swift sword: His truth is marching on. I have read a fiery gospel writ in burnished rows of steel; 'As ye deal with my contemners, so with you my grace shall deal'; Let the Hero, born of woman, crush the serpent with his heel, Since God is marching on. He has sounded forth the trumpet that shall never call retreat; He is sifting out the hearts of men before His judgement-seat: Oh, be swift, my soul, to answer Him! Be jubilant, my feet! Our God is marching on. In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea; With a glory in his bosom that transfigures you and me: As he died to make men holy, let us die to make men free, While God is marching on."