Muslims, America, and Immigration

Two friends write on two topics that mesh perfectly. Glen Reinsford, editor of The Religion of Peace website and author of a must read book, Age of Tolerance, writes an article today about Muslim immigration to the United States at Family Security Matters.

Muslim Immigration: A Winning or Losing Proposition for America?

Pardon the crude analogy, but what if someone handed you a revolver with one bullet and five empty chambers and asked you to put it to your temple and squeeze the trigger? Would you indulge them?

If you are a sane person, then you would naturally decline the offer, regardless of the number of empty chambers. Even a one in a hundred chance of doing harm is hardly a reason, in and of itself, for taking an unnecessary risk.

Consider the similarities to Muslim immigration:

1) In most cases, nothing bad will happen.
2) In some cases, it will.
3) The risk increases as the process continues.
4) There is an utter pointlessness to the whole affair.

First, let’s concede that the majority of Muslim immigrants mean Americans no harm. They have their reasons for not wanting to live in Muslim countries and these aren’t hard to guess. Of the fifty-three Islamic nations on the planet, there is hardly a single one that isn’t characterized by some combination of debilitating corruption, economic blight, third-world standard of living, political repression, or an appalling human rights condition.

Unfortunately, however, more Muslims in America will inevitably result in a more Muslim America, which ultimately means having to deal with the problems that plague Muslim society. If there are tangible benefits that offset the added strain of trying to accommodate a religion that is very much at odds with Western liberal values (including freedom of conscience, social tolerance, democracy, and the equality of women), then they are not immediately apparent.

That's only the beginning of the article, go read it all here

The take-away quote for me from Glen Reinsford is this, " ... the message should be clear: "If you want to live in a Muslim country, then go live in one. On the other hand, if you don’t want to live in a Muslim country, then stop trying to turn America into one." This could be adapted to any group of immigrants to the US. The group that obviously comes to mind are the Mexicans. The impression I get is that many of the pro-open borders groups supporting the Mexican illegals, are not hoping to assimilate into the United States and become Americans. On the contrary, their goal seems to be taking back portions of the US they believe should be part of Mexico.

Another friend, R.J. Godlewski, author of the book Integrated Technical Warfare, describes his article like this ... "an article about personal observation not international relations or even history", he begins:

Looking for a few good Muslims…

“The Lord replied, ‘If I find fifty innocent people in the city of Sodom, I will spare the whole place for their sake.'" -- Gn 18:26)

We all know how the Genesis story ended; persistent Abraham worked the Lord’s patience down to ten innocent people before God finally nuked the damn place off of the planet and into the annals of Biblical history. Well, maybe He didn’t nuke the place, but He sure as hell carpet bombed Sodom and Gomorrah into non-existence leaving countless generations wondering what exactly was so evil about the two cities that couldn’t even account for ten decent souls. Flash ahead a few thousand years and I, myself, wonder about the prospects of finding innocent people living within the Middle East; perhaps the entire region is under some divine justice that will allow itself to disintegrate into utter chaos.

Yes, I know. There are at least ten decent, law-abiding, faithful citizens living in the region. I just wonder about their leaders – particularly those among the ranks of the ulema (religious scholars). The region is disintegrating into complete mayhem and yet I don’t see many – if any – people calling for peace, compassion, or tolerance. What I do see, however, is blame. Blame against Israel. Blame against America. Blame against globalization. Even blame against other Muslims (e.g., Sunni versus Shiite and vice versa). Apparently, the greatest effort from the Muslim elite is simply pointing the finger at others. (more)

You should go read it all here, because Godlewski ends his excellent article with a challenge for Muslim individuals. I hope they will respond. I really do.

Others:
The REAL Battle is For America’s Sovereignty, Stanky
Course of Human Events, Toms FlashBacks
DEAD REPUBLICANS WALKING……………, stickNstein
Illegal Alien Crime: No One Wants to Talk About It, Maggie's Notebook
A new American Revolution, Fought with words and ideas, Conservative Common Man
In Consideration of Hunkering Down and Waiting, DeMediacratic Nation
The Parade of the Lemmings Continues, Common Sense America
Sanctuary Cities "SOL" on Homeland Security Funding and Safe Sex in Monterrey (safe from violence that is), Stormwarning's Counterterrorism Blog
Web Reconnaissance, from Thunder Run
Goliath's Challenge - Islam and the World, Sultan Knish
Saturday's Hellfire and Brimstone, The Virtuous Republican

Linked with:
The Human Face of Illegal Immigration, Pursuing Holiness
What I'm Reading today, The Amboy Times
Dumb Ox Daily News Shakira Monday?
High Desert Wanderer, I'm With Fred and Michelle Malkin Redesign here
Ellen Sweeps the Daytime Emmies (Should we all become lesbians?), Adeline and Hazel

**This was a production of The Coalition Against Illegal Immigration (CAII). If you would like to participate, please go to the above link to learn more. Afterwards, email stiknstein-at-gmail-dot-com and let us know at what level you would like to participate.

Comments

[saxa]

Hey Ibrahim,

I had no idea Muhammed was a fruit... Thanks for sharing.

[my name is ibrahim]

i will only advice you to , prepare defending all you might have said in front of the allmightly GOD on the day of judgement, you infidels are always waiting for a non existing misatakes in islam, the one that the devil himself is directing the whole world into and the one that GOD as fore warned, and the devil himself has promised to cast nearly 90%of the children of adam in to hell by gettingyou people astray the situation in which you re among them, islam is a religion that no man can fall, even allmighty america will fail. islam is a religion of hatred among every non believer, muhammad peace be upon him was the only prophet of the tribe of the arab, and the last prophet of GOD,who was an off spring of of the first fruit fruit of ABRAHAM,MUHAMMAD IS THE LAST PROPHET .eighter you want it or not its only and your grave by that time your eyes will open to reality. the last messager is muhammad which no one will come again. exept jesus peace be upon who will re emerge to cast his last warning of you people calling him god or whatever, but the devil told you that he is coming to judge the world which is far from the fact. no one will will judge no one exept GOD.leave islam alone and let the world search for the mistake which leads to the issue of terorism. im not realy ready to say things yet. i hope to get more time and opportunity.

[Debbie]

Gravelrash, you are a hero in my eyes. The situation with Sheik Taj e-pDin al-Hilali has been followed here at this blog. I regret I have not posted on him or the situation recently.

Keep up the good fight. As you say, Muslim leaders who are willing to speak our are a rare commodity. Australia has her problems, but we are beginning to see those same problems here in the USA.

Keep up the good fight.

[Gravelrash]

Loved your piece, "Looking for a few good Muslim".
I've been on that wild goose chase myself and continually come up empty.
I've known some good muslims, but never a good muslim leader.
You may know we, in Australia, have just endured the debacle of the public removal of the disgraceful Sheik Taj el-Din al-Hilali from the exacrable role of "Grand Mufti of Australia". While John Q Public seems to think that is the end of the issue, his replacement, Sheik Fehmi is a Wahabist and astute at taqiya. We ain't seen the half of it yet!