Until Islam is Held to the Same Standards as Other Religions, Terrorism Wins [+video]
By Fox News Insider. Lt. Col. Ralph Peters (Ret.) said on “Fox and Friends Weekend” this morning that President Obama’s inaction and lack of urgency in the fight against terrorism inspires aggression against the West.
“The only religion this president is willing to come out and publicly defend is Islam,” Peters said. “He clearly romanticizes Islam and treats it as if Islam is above all criticism.”
“We’ve got this problem where everybody on the left in the United States romanticizes Islam. They’re always scolding us, ‘Beware of Islamophobia, you can’t indulge in Islamophobia,'” Peters said.
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Study: Quarter of Americans Say ISIL is True Islam
By Aamer Madhani. More than a quarter of Americans and nearly half of senior Protestant pastors say the Islamic State terrorist group offers a true representation of Islamic society, according to a pair of new surveys by LifeWay Research.
The findings that indicate many Americans have a dim outlook on Islam come as President Obama sent a formal request to Congress on Wednesday to authorize the use of military force to combat the Islamic State. Meanwhile, police in North Carolina tried to determine whether the shooting deaths of three Muslim students were hate-motivated.
Forty-five percent of 1,000 senior Protestant pastors surveyed say the Islamic State, also known as ISIL or ISIS, “gives a true indication of what an Islamic society looks like.” Forty-seven percent disagreed with the statement, according to LifeWay, a Nashville-based, non-profit Christian research group. LifeWay surveyed only clergy who identified themselves as the top pastoral officials in their organizations. (Read more from this story HERE)
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