Many commentators and bloggers, including this one, have criticized Muslim leaders in this country for not condemning Islamofascism in no uncertain terms. Islamist apologists have responded by saying, “We have, we have.” But anyone who consumes news knows that the number of Muslim leaders who have done so forcefully are almost non-existent.
Now comes information via a Pew Research study that our criticism has been well-placed. A new poll shows that most Mulsims actually agree with us:
The Pew study found that six in 10 U.S.-born Muslims faulted Islamic leaders for not speaking out against extremism, as did 43 percent of Muslim immigrants.
The usual suspects were quick out of the block to say we, and half of all Muslims in the country, are simply mistaken:
Officials with Muslim advocacy groups say that they have spoken out repeatedly against extremists but that the American public, including Muslims, often doesn’t hear about it.
Sure, because the news media is arrayed against Muslims. Riiight.
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2011 At 11:12 am, J in Raleigh Said:
It is futile for us for us to continue coaching Muslims on how to handle their own affairs and lead their own flocks. A far more effective strategy would be for us (Christians, that is) to encourage and demand our own Church leaders speak and act to oppose the infectious heresy of Zionism. Once that plank is removed, we’d likely be better suited toward counseling Muslim members of our community.
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2011 At 11:57 am, Jon Ham Said:
“Infectious heresy”? That sounds vaguely anti-Semitic.
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2011 At 12:19 pm, J in Raleigh Said:
How so?
Although I should have been more specific to say “Christian Zionism,” it is indeed infectious and heretical within Christian communities. There are hundreds of thousands of Semitic people who would agree with that.
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2011 At 12:36 pm, Jon Ham Said:
Let’s expand your analogy. Infections COME from somewhere. So, where did the virus, or bacteria, if you prefer, of Zionism that you say “infects” the Christian community come from, in your view? As I said, sounds vaguely anti-Semitic.
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2011 At 12:57 pm, J in Raleigh Said:
Don’t all heresies have the same source? As it is a spiritual matter, its origin would lie with “that old serpent, the devil.”
From my understanding, and I may be incorrect, the first person to truly began espousing Dispensationalism, which is the theological home of Christian Zionism, was John Nelson Darby. If I’m wrong on that please correct me. His personal theology really caught on in this country via C.I. Scofield. And currently, it’s championed by the biggest names in Evangelism.
So, in what way do you view this as being vaguely anti-Semitic?
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2011 At 2:22 pm, Skyler the Weird Said:
Sounds like youre saying that Israel shouldn’t exist, some of the Zionism is Racism heresy which is indeed Anti Semitic in the practical use of the term(none of this Arabs are semitic so I’m not Anti Semitic stuff). If the Jews have been out of Israel and Philistia since between 70 AD and 1919 who were the Jews the Crusaders killed?
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2011 At 5:59 pm, J in Raleigh Said:
Skyler, I’m not saying that at all. My comments are directed toward Christians, in that all support for a concept that is not Christian should cease. Zionism is a Judaic concept, and it is the free will of followers of Judaism as to whether they participate in it or not. Jesus Christ did not preach it. It was not taught by any Christian Church – whether Orthodox, Roman Catholic, or Protestant – for nearly 1800 years prior to John Darby.
I reject your concept of practical use of a charge of anti-semitism as well. The word should be inclusive of all that are technically Semitic, whether Arab, Jewish, etc. By doing so, perhaps more Christians would come to understand that the religion itself is Semitic in origin, which is important when coming to understand its spiritual concepts and how they differ from other world religions. Our Saviour was Semitic, as were the Apostles, and most of the early Church’s Saints and Fathers. If you want to allege that someone is anti-Jewish, then do so. However, any Christian who holds contempt against someone due to race is in serious error.