Even before they have
taken office, facts have emerged that dispel the assumption that they are
merely good Americans seeking to work for America and the American people. But
is that true?
Ilhan Abdullahi Omar
of Minnesota and Rashida Harbi Tlaib of Michigan have made history by becoming
the first Muslim women to be elected to Congress. But not all history is good
history.
Rashida Tlaib has
chosen to be sworn in, not on the Bible, but on the Qur’an once owned by
President Thomas Jefferson. She claims it as a symbol that Muslims have always
been here in America. True to form, she is seeking to deceive America. Thomas
Jefferson did indeed own that Qur’an, but it was not because he sought to
embrace or even to include Islam in the American landscape. He acquired it as a
means by which to know his enemy.
In 1786, Jefferson
and John Adams traveled to London to meet with Sidi Haji Abdrahaman, the aid to
Tripolitania’s Ambassador to London. Jefferson’s concern was understanding why they
sought to wage war against America when we had not shown aggression against
them. The reply he got was a warning then, and a warning now, to America.
Jefferson wrote that
the Ambassador stated that their reason for aggression “was founded on the Laws
of the Prophet, that it was written in their Koran, that all nations who should
not have answered their authority were sinners, that it was their right and duty
to make war upon them wherever they could be found, and to make slaves of all
they could take as prisoners, and that every Mussulman (Muslim) who should be
slain in battle was sure to go to Paradise.”
This sentiment is still prevalent and exhibited in the
terrorist attacks around the world today. It is the underlying theme of modern Islamic
terrorism and it is also the underlying theme of Muslims that seek to obtain
office in a country they are instructed to abhor.
The elected Muslim
women bring with them other concerns as well. America has a tremendous ally in
Israel and considering the fact that Islam is anti-Israeli as established in
their Qur’an and their Prophet’s lifestyle, their election is not beneficial
for American-Israeli relations.
Both women proclaimed
themselves to hold a “moderate” view of Israel but their past shows something
different. They both have supported the BDS Movement. The Boycott, Divestment,
Sanctions Movement challenges Israel’s right to exist. They oppose continued military
aid to Israel and oppose the two-state solution to the Israeli-Arab conflict,
which would allow for the Palestinian state to exist along side of Israel.
Instead, they support a one-state solution which would, over time, by sheer
numbers, replace Israel with a Palestinian state, erasing Israel from the map,
as many Islamic dictators vow to do.
Ilhan Omar replaces a
Muslim man, Keith Ellison in Minnesota’s 5th congressional district.
In her acceptance speech, she opened with the typical Arabic greeting, “As-Salam
Alaikum” and there was no America flag present, a disconcerting fact in itself.
She also noted in her
speech that she was the first woman in her new position to wear a hijab, the
Islamic head covering that some see as a symbol of oppression of women who are
seen as second-class citizens in Islam.
Her troubling past
includes a Tweet from November 2012 where she wrote, “Israel has hypnotized the
world, may Allah awaken the people and help them see the evil doings of Israel.”
Such statements would seem to disqualify her to be in support of workable American-Israeli
relations.
After her Tweet came
to light, she attempted to walk it back and denounced her support for the BDS
Movement. However, a week after being elected, her office released a statement
which read in part, “Ilhan believes in and supports the BDS movement, and has
fought to make sure people’s rights to support it isn’t criminalized. She does,
however, have reservations on the effectiveness of the movement in accomplishing
a lasting solution.”
On September of this
year, she spoke at a fundraiser which was attempting to raise money for Palestinians
in Gaza, which is controlled by Hamas, an organization that has been designated
as a terrorist group by the U.S. State Department. Hardly an endorsement for a
representative of the United States.
The other Muslim
woman to be elected to Congress, Rashida Tlaib, won a race where she had no
Republican challenger, practically ensuring her victory. The night of her acceptance
speech, no American flag was seen in the room and she draped herself in a
Palestinian flag. She declared, “A lot of my strength comes from being Palestinian.”
As far as being
supportive of Israel, she changed her public persona, as did Ilhan Omar, when
after winning the Primaries she stated when asked if she supported a two-state
solution, “One state. It has to be one state. Separate but equal does not work…
This idea of a two-state solution, it doesn’t work.”
“Separate but equal”
is not the Islamic stance concerning Israel and Israel’s right to exist is
always threatened by any opposition to that idea. So, while many applaud the
election of these two Muslim women to Congress as being historic, when you look
beyond the surface and see the implications of those victories, there is cause
for concern. And while they are still outnumbered in Congress and their views
are not held by the majority, Islam now has a growing foothold in the process
by which America is governed.
2018 saw a record number
of Muslims being elected to various offices in America, from local to the
federal level. As Omar Ahman, the founder of the Council for American Islamic
Relations, CAIR, once stated proudly, “Islam isn’t in America to be equal to
any other faith, but to become dominant. The Qur’an, the Muslim book of
Scripture, should be the highest authority in America, and Islam the only
accepted religion of earth.”
So, instead of
celebrating the election of Muslims into our government perhaps it should not
be celebrated as much as viewed with suspicion. This has nothing to do with
embracing “diversity” or “cultural sensitivity” but is an ominous warning of
the dilution of American values, a dangerous trend.
The Democratic Party,
of which these two Muslim women are a member of, have been seeking to rewrite
history by erasing the Confederate portion of it by crumbling statues and
misinterpreting historical facts. Trying to weave Islam into the fabric of
America is both deceptive and devious.
Yes, Islam has played
a role in the history of America, but it has been as an enemy, not a friend.
While no Islamic army is powerful enough to force its desire to have America
become an Islamic nation upon us directly, Islam is now working from within to
accomplish that same goal it declared to Thomas Jefferson early in our
existence.
Just as Jefferson did
in 1805 and again in 1815, we must resist the Islamic demands that would bind
us to a philosophy that is contrary to all we stand for. Call it Politically
Incorrect or whatever you want to. America’s survival depends upon recognizing
our enemies, knowing how they operate, and acting accordingly to preserve this
great American experiment.
The old question, “How
do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time,” still holds true. America cannot
be devoured instantly, but by one bite at a time it can disappear into the dust
bins of history as have all of what used to be the Christian Middle East and Europe.
Islam needs to know
that America is off the menu.
