Or, at least, that’s the nonsense some people are trying to propagate in Texas. Not even a semi-literate Texan would ever believe this, but airheads do exist (I’m ashamed to say) even in my native Lone Star State. I mean, Jasmine Crockett is from Texas (so was Lyndon B. Johnson, and I do cringe at that thought). But fortunately, there are some Texans who are fighting this idiocy, and I am proud of them for it. Here is some information about the story.
An article from Gateway Pundit entitled “WHAT!? Texans being told the Alamo actually is … ISLAMIC!” reported, "'It has come to our attention that an extensive lobbying effort is underway to have the Texas State Board of Education (SBOE) alter curriculum standards in a way that would diminish American and Texas history,' Rep. Brandon Gill, R-Texas, and other Texas Republicans wrote to education officials. Gill, et al, continued, 'The petitioners' efforts claim that Islam influenced our founding, culture, and way of life. For instance, the (board) recently responded to public testimony asserting that the Alamo is an Islamic building.'"
This is as ridiculous as any historical claim could be. The Alamo was originally a Spanish mission established by Catholics as one of the early attempts in the region to convert Indians to Catholicism. There probably wasn’t a Muslim within…well, how many miles is it from San Antonio to Saudi Arabia? But blind people will grope for any black marble they can find in the dark attic they deliberately try to drag others into.
Islamic apologists have long been insisting that America start portraying their religion as positively as possible. It’s been a difficult road for them, given 9/11, Hamas, Hezbollah, ISIS, Iraq, Iran, the Palestinian suicide bombers, etc., etc., etc. This is the radical element of Islam, and it is strong, but I don’t know exactly what percentage of Muslims accept it. I’ve met quite a few Muslims in my travels, and most of them are very nice people, probably just wanting to live a decent, peaceful, comfortable life and serve their god, without being pinned with the radicalism that plagues the more savage elements within their religion. I recoil at the barbarism that has also plagued the history of Christianity, and I fight it as hard as I can. What is done in the name of Jesus doesn’t always have His blessing, and that may be true of Allah, too. But there has been, and is, too much sin in both religions.
Wanting a positive image, as Islamic apologists claim they want, demands being truthful; liars are not viewed with favor (except by Democrats), and lying about the Alamo doesn’t help Islam’s “image” at all. There have been Muslim defenders who also claim that Islam had a vital and integral role in the founding of America. Again, this is wholly fictitious and doesn’t help their cause in the least. This isn’t the route, my Islamic friend, to win the hearts of Americans and prove the veracity of your religion, if that is what you wish to do.
Islam is based upon the Koran and the teachings and life of Mohammed (who was a warrior), and that is what Islam should try to defend and teach, not lies about Texas and American history. If the Koran and Mohammed wouldn’t approve of 9/11, Hamas, Palestinian suicide bombers, etc., then demonstrate that from the teachings of the Koran. The “Inquisition” happened in Catholic history, but I would never defend it as part of the teachings of Jesus; indeed, I would condemn it as strongly as I would any religious barbarity. Muslim apologists need to quit lying and should make their case based on the true teachings of Islam. Maybe they don’t want to do that (like jihads), but the source of Islam is where its teachings are found, just like Jesus and His apostles—the New Testament—is the source and ideal of Christianity. Christians should never defend anything that contradicts the teachings of Jesus and His apostles, and I would hope Muslims would do the same with Mohammed and the Koran. Lying about the Alamo isn’t a good start.
So, U.S. Republican Rep. Gill (TX-26) and other true Texans are trying to nip the “Alamo is an Islamic building” in the bud before some group of brainless educators tries to work it, somehow, into Texas history textbooks. And with profuse apologies, and undying and profound respect for those of you who are good, honest teachers, I want to say that teachers and educators, as a class, are probably the dumbest people I’ve ever met in my life. And I have a right to say that because I’ve been one all my adult life. The pseudo-“intellectual,” Ivory-tower class, who have never in their lives gotten their hands dirty on a farm or small business, has taken over American education over the last few generations, and has done more to destroy the nation than any other group of people, save possibly politicians. But even those politicians were educated by that godless, bubble-headed intellectual class, and because of it, “the Alamo is Islamic” nonsense needs decent people to waste their time writing letters to a state Board of Education, hoping that Board of Education has the sense to flush the preposterous idea down the toilet where it belongs with the other refuse promoted by people who hate America and Christianity. I’m hopeful, but I have no clue what the Texas Board of Education will do. And the fact that I don’t know says volumes about the condition of education in America today.
Incidentally, I did have an ancestor fight and die in the Alamo—a distant cousin. He was fighting, not for Islam, but to free Texas from another barbaric military dictatorship. God rest his soul.
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