Jordan's Islamists Seek Offices Their Allies Scorn by Thanassis Cambanis
Read the Article at NYTimes.com
Hamas militants in Palestine
Thanassis Cambanis conveniently masks the truth by simply omitting much of it and then adopting a politically correct tone, regardless of its accuracy. This positive picture of the Jordanian political party will not offend the ACLU, nor will the New York Times be bombarded with hate-mail accusing it of discrimination; however, minimal research is required to cloud the sunny portrait given to us in the article. Our country needs to rise from our politically correct media-induced coma and accept the truth for what it is!
"If Islam is the solution as the party's slogan proclaims, and the political system is corrupt, some religious voters wonder why the Islamist bloc should take part in elections at all."
Apparently the IAF has hidden their intentions from both the Jordanian citizens and the New York Times journalist, but I will expose it: THEY WANT TO ESTABLISH A GLOBAL ISLAMIC STATE (aka. a caliphate). If they gain enough power in the Parliament, they would disband it immediately and form a new government, where their slogan "Islam is the solution" would become literally the way the entire government functions. A man cheated on his wife? Well then, the solution is in Islam; he will be stoned to death. A woman was with a man who wasn't her husband or in her family? The solution is in Islam; she will be stripped, her hands bound, and then lashed a minimum of 100 times.
The funny thing is that the IAF doesn't even try to hide the fact that they want to establish an Islamic state. Zaki Saad, the party leader, said "We not only have the right to participate in elections, but to form a government if we win."(1) This is just another case of either a lazy journalist or one afraid to admit the truth for fear of a media and ACLU backlash.
"Yet they also seem willing to set aside the frustrations of their daily lives to cast their votes for a group of Islamist candidates whom they fault at times for not being radical enough."
You can almost hear the reader sigh in relief when she realizes that the Islamic Action Front isn't just another radical sect trying to institute Sharia law or support militaristic jihad in the Middle East. The IAF is just a moderate Muslim political party, tamer than a lamb. After all, they're actually condemned for not being radical enough, and their "quintessential" candidate is a female!
OH WAIT....
You'd never know from the journalist's quote that this political party is sympathetic with Hamas, a terrorist organization that only last November publically urged Muslims from around the world to murder all Americans. In fact, the leader of the Islamic Action Front (IAF) publically stated, "We have a special feeling for Hamas in the face of the Zionist project,"(2) thereby exposing their tolerance of killing civilians. Moreover, it is well known that the IAF believes Israel is a "militant society" (since all Israelis must serve in the military), therefore the murder of any citizen is considered an act of holy jihad.
When asked about their opinions about terrorism, leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood (the IAF is the political branch of the Muslim Brotherhood) stated that they condemn terrorism, but maintain that jihad is a "divine legal right" that can be used to defend himself/his people and spread Islam (3). To me, that response makes it obvious that he believes the murder of Israelis and their supporters doesn't define terrorism. Or, if its a "divine legal right" that can be used to spread Islam, Muslims are justified to utilize military force to crush any opponents of Islam, i.e. to murder non-muslims.
Furthering the IAF's ties with radical Islam is a recent incident where 4 of the 17 members of the IAF serving in the Parliament of Jordan paid their condolences to mass-murderer Al-Zarqawi, a man responsible for gruesome beheadings of hostages and thousands of suicide bombings. Not only did they pay condolences, one even called him a "martyr," while his Jordanian victims in one bombing were "mobs and ignorant people" (4).
Another side note: Al-Zarqawi was a member of the Muslim Brotherhood (5)before he became one of the two most prominent members of Al-Qaeda.
Also, take a look at the Muslim Brotherhood's slogan beside Hamas's slogan; they are identical in content and ordering:
Muslim Brotherhood: "Allah is our objective. The Prophet is our leader. Qur'an is our law. Jihad is our way. Dying in the way of Allah is our highest hope."
Hamas: "God is its target, the Prophet is its model, the Qur'an its constitution: Jihad is its path and death for the sake of God is the loftiest of its wishes."
The truth is the IAF is inextricably tied with radical Islam, and with a terrorist organization hell-bent on destroying Israel and their supporters (i.e. the Jews and Christians).
"Ms. Massimi, a mother of five, is the quintessential Islamic Action Front politician: professional, bilingual, capable of both restrained political speech and impassioned religious discussion."
This quote is completely counterfactual,and worse, obscures the plight of women in the Middle East. The only reason the IAF allows women to run for office is because Jordan legally requires at least 6 females in the Parliament, so why not one from their own party? If the IAF gains enough power to alter the government and therefore establish Sharia law, women's rights would inevitably regress to an even further subjugated status. Here's a short list of some of human rights, specifically those of women, that dissolves in "the solution of Islam":
1. Protection from domestic violence
2. Ability to marry whoever you choose
3. Ability to divorce without husband's consent
4. Opportunity to learn in a co-ed environment
5. Ability to leave the home without husband's permission
6. Guarantee of a fair trial (6)
THESE ARE NOT GHOSTS! THESE ARE MUSLIM WOMEN!
4 comments:
Liberals in America and around the world now have a new ally to support after the defeat (yes I said defeat) of the Soviet Union in radical Islamic terrorists. Some openly do as a response to misguided theories of "western imperialism" but most do out of ignorance. This article is, I believe, an example of the latter. The writer, like most liberals, goes through great pains to deny the threat of radical Islam and apologizes for it. In doing so, he is playing into the Islamists' hands. He and other liberals are in effect promoting Islamic terrorism in this way. They are letting America be defeated from within. I strongly believe in this quote of Abraham Lincoln given during the Civil War. I actually believe it rings even more true today: "America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
- President Abraham Lincoln
The article quotes a supporter who is just biding time until Islam takes over the "currupt" government. Jordan has been a relatively stable country to date in the ME, yet it spawned Zarkowi, and obviously has the rumblings of Islamist takeover. Note the proximity to Jerusalum on the map-
Harrison, you are right: Instead of Liberals constantly bashing America, we need a serious education effort (home and abroad) extolling the virtues of American democratic society.
our educators are only interested in teaching that America is evil
They've dumbed down enough that Rosie becomes a spokesperson!
I presume most teachers do their best to be even-handed despite their political leanings.
I think what happened was that in the Vietnam era the radical left intellectuals (read communists/socialists) whose aim was revolutionary change to our system, had merged with and used violent extremists (i.e. Weathermen) and student anti-war demonstrators to advance their cause. In the war's aftermath being anti-capitalism and anti-patriotism I'd say the university became the "refuge for these scoundrels".
Today we have the result of prolonged hiring of left-thinking educators. Today few may be malevolent but our textbooks and curriculum bear their imprint.
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