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Islam and the Politically Correct White House

Al341 Wrote: Oct 20, 2010 1:27 AM
From a Western perspective, Mohammedanism (Islam) is not to be seen as a religion as we understand such, but instead as a totalitarian political philosophy incompatible with the basic tenets of Democracy. Re-read that last sentence carefully. Before I elaborate, let me make the observation that in treating the problems that Mohammedanism brings to our shores as mere "quirks" of the Mohammedan religion, we surrender the high ground and condemn ourselves to certain defeat at the hands of enemies pounding the Constitution, Declaration of Independence and the principle of freedom of religion. But those documents were not drafted to protect the quasi-political doctrines of Mohammedanism, which go hand in hand with its religious...

Most Americans are sympathetic to public references to Islam and to Muslims that do not offend patriotic American Muslims or affix to the Islamic religion the rantings of al-Qaeda. But sensitivity to the need to be civil to Muslims doesn’t—or shouldn’t—obviate the need for intellectual honesty when discussing or analyzing America’s Islamist political foes.

At a recent briefing to scholars and reporters at Washington’s Center for Strategic and International Studies, John Brennan, assistant to the president for homeland security and counter-terrorism, went into contortions to avoid admitting what seems commonsense to most Americans: there is a connection between some parts...