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Paul R. Hollrah, O.E.
The Twenty-Eighth Amendment
November 24,
2009
As a measure of how far Islam has
come in its stated goal of subjugating and/or destroying the Christian
world, consider what Winston Churchill wrote in The River War
(First Edition, Vol. II). He said:
"The fact that in Mohammedan law
every woman must belong to some man as his absolute property, either as
a child, a wife, or a concubine, must delay the final extinction of
slavery until the faith of Islam has ceased to be a great power among
men. Individual Moslems may show splendid qualities, but the influence
of the religion paralyses the social development of those who follow it.
No stronger retrograde force exists in the world. Far from being
moribund, (Islam) is a militant and proselytizing faith. It has already
spread throughout Central Africa, raising fearless warriors at every
step; and were it not that Christianity is sheltered in the strong arms
of science, the science against which it had vainly struggled, the
civilization of modern Europe might fall, as fell the civilization of
ancient Rome."
If Churchill were
alive today he would be horrified to see that Christianity has not been
"sheltered in the strong arms of science,” as he predicted, and that the
civilization of modern Europe has all but fallen to the forces of Islam.
If he could see the streets of London, Liverpool, and Manchester today,
teeming with hordes of Muslims, the unintended consequence of the
British colonial era, and if he could see the extent to which Muslim
populations on the European mainland are within striking distance of
having effective political majorities, he would see it all as an act of
war and take steps to counter it.
Former president Theodore Roosevelt expressed, albeit
unwittingly, the American view of conquest by immigration in a January
3, 1919 letter to the American Defense Society. He said:
"In the first place we
should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes
an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an
exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate
against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin. But
this is predicated upon the man's becoming in very fact an American, and
nothing but an American...
"There can be no
divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but
something else also, isn't an American at all. We have room for but one
flag, the American flag, and this excludes the red flag, which
symbolizes all wars against liberty and civilization, just as much as it
excludes any foreign flag of a nation to which we are hostile... We have
room for but one language here, and that is the English language... and
we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the
American people."
The sentiments expressed
by Roosevelt have not changed much in the last ninety years; they fairly
represent the feelings of the vast majority of Americans...then and now.
He would not understand how our treasured religious liberties have been
used as a Trojan horse to undermine American society, not in the
interest of freedom of religion, but most often to promote
freedom from religion.
Yet, while American
liberals continue their relentless attack on anything remotely connected
to Christianity...even to the point of prohibiting the use of red and
green paper at a pre-Christmas public school fundraising event...they
lean over backward to accommodate the religious demands of Muslims, such
as providing foot-washing facilities in public places, setting aside
class time for Muslim prayer, and making dress code allowances for
Muslim girls and women.
In his discussion of religious liberty
in his best-selling book, Liberty and Tyranny, conservative
commentator Mark R. Levin, tells us:
"A theocracy is not established if
certain public schools allow their students to pray at the beginning of
the day, or participate in Christmas or Easter assemblies; or if certain
school districts transport parochial students to their religious schools
as part of the district’s bus route; or certain communities choose to
construct a manger scene on the grounds of their town hall or display
the Ten Commandments above their courthouse steps.
"The individual is not required to
change his religious affiliation or even accept God’s existence. He is
not required to worship against his beliefs or even worship at all. Some
might be uncomfortable or offended by these events, but individuals are
uncomfortable all the time over all kinds of government activities. Some
might oppose the use of their tax dollars to support these events. So
what? Individuals oppose the manner in which government uses their tax
dollars all the time. That does not make the uses unconstitutional.
"While all religions may not have
similar access to these public places, they are largely free to conduct
themselves as they wish, uninhibited by the community, as long as they
do not engage in criminal or immoral practices…”
But it is the violent and criminal acts
of Muslims...acts which they see as religious imperatives, while to
Christians and Jews they are repugnant acts of violence...that concern
us most. We are told again and again that Islam is a religion of peace
and that the vast majority of Muslims want nothing more than to live in
peace. Although this may be true in most cases, it is entirely
irrelevant so long as peace-loving Muslims fail to stand up and expose
the radicals in their midst. The Muslim who claims to love peace, but
who ignores the radicalism he sees and hears in his mosque is just as
guilty of terrorism as those who carry out terrorist attacks against
innocents.
Today, it is the fanatics who rule
Islam; who war against non-Muslims; who slaughter Christians and Jews
around the world; who bomb, behead, murder, and honor-kill; who take
over mosque after mosque and radicalize its members; who stone and hang
rape victims and homosexuals; and who teach young men that they will
have eternal joy in paradise...to say nothing of seventy-two
virgins...if only they will strap bombs to their bodies and detonate
them in crowded marketplaces. These are the things that the Koran
teaches.
So, given the non-Christian, non-Judeo
teachings of the Koran, what do we do about the millions of Muslims who
are now flocking to our shores? Is it possible for Christians and Jews
to coexist with Muslims if they are prohibited by the Koran from
tolerating and accepting the religious teachings of the Christians and
Jews who were here before them? How can we accept Muslims as Americans
if they are unable, by adherence to the Koran, to assimilate fully into
our society?
When the Founding Fathers drafted the
First Amendment they had not the slightest inkling that one day an alien
culture would come to our shores...an alien culture whose adherents feel
free to capture innocent non-believers and slice their heads off,
unrestrained by religious dictates or doctrines. Nor could they envision
a time when an alien sub-culture would insist upon the right to murder
wives, daughters, and sisters for no reason other than the cleansing of
their family name.
The 1st Amendment to the U.S.
Constitution tells us,
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion,
or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of
speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to
assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
If Islam, as we know it today, had
existed in the day of Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, and had
Muslims been present in large numbers during the early years of our
Republic, religious liberty would today be an entirely different matter.
So perhaps it is now time for a Twenty-Eighth
Amendment, to read:
"The right of the People to be secure
in their persons and property shall not be abridged, and no person, or
group of persons, may interfere or attempt to interfere in the right of
others to pursue life, liberty, religious practice, or freedom of
expression. No religious sect or denomination may advocate violent
opposition to any other religious sect or denomination, or to the
members thereof. Any religious sect or denomination which utilizes its
religious freedoms in pursuit of political ends averse to the general
welfare, at home or abroad, shall be in violation of this provision,
shall forfeit the right to peaceably assemble, and shall not maintain
places of worship.”
Pope Benedict XVI has extended the hand
of friendship to Islam, asking nothing in return but global
reciprocity...the right of Christians and Jews to practice their
religion in Muslim states, just as Muslims are allowed to practice their
religion throughout the Christian world. Judging by the response, to
date, there is little hope for the Pope’s initiative. If we are to save
our nation from total Islamization we must first have a president and
congressional majorities who see the Islamic threat clearly and
objectively.
Now that Obama has decided to give the
9/11 terrorists full constitutional rights in our American courts, it is
all but a certainty that the greatest casualty will be a large measure
of the goodwill that the American people have extended to the people of
Islam. |
