A recent piece by Tom Tancredo in The Denver Post said, “The recent indictment and arrest of Aurora resident and Afghanistan immigrant Najibullah Zazi on terrorism charges has again put a spotlight on the problem of Islamic radicals plotting acts of violence. But a book released this past week raises the question of whether our nation’s response to the terrorist threat is being deliberately undermined by U.S.-based organizations whose mission is the eventual Islamization of America.

“Muslim Mafia: Inside the Secret Underworld that’s Conspiring to Islamize America, was released Oct. 15 and is already gaining attention from national lawmakers. Four members of Congress have asked the House sergeant-at-arms to investigate allegations in the book of double agents placed inside Congress by the Council for American-Islamic Relations.”

Typically, there were comments.  One recurring theme is, “What is simply incorrect and not factual is the notion purveyed by the uninformed that all Muslims believe the same way. There are Muslims who believe in violence. There are Muslims who do not believe in violence. I think that the facts show that the vast majority of Muslims are in the latter category.”  Disregarding the unknowable nature of the last line, it’s patiently true that not all Muslims believe alike.  In fact, the Sunni and Shiite branches of the faith regularly murder each other.  They are not unique. If you have not read Fox’s Book of Martyrs, you should at least try.  I was never able to finish it. 

 I would like to propose an analogy-not an allegory, where every part has significance, but a simple analogy where one concept sheds light on another. 

Not all firearms are alike.  Some are as small as .17″, some as large as 16″.  Some fire one projectile, some many.  Some are loaded manually, one round at a time, and some fire 6000 rounds per minute.  Some are ugly, and some works of art.  I don’t fear any of them.  My grandfather’s 20-gage, Model 37 Ithaca hangs over the fireplace in my Wisconsin home.  It is out of reach of children, and has a trigger lock.  In another life, I carried various side arms and shoulder weapons through miles of jungle.  None of them bothers me-until someone aims one at me.  At that point, my choices are surrender, or quick and decisive action.

The followers of Islam come in many forms-male and female, young and old, violent and peaceful, middle-eastern, and not.  None of them bothers me until one of them cocks Islam and aims it at me.  At that point, the same two choices apply.  If we are apathetic, the freedom-of-religion clause of the constitution is in danger of being drowned in political correctness.  When you hear terms like “Islamophobic hate monger,” your adrenalin should surge.

Tags: Islamophob, Muslim Mafia, Najibullah Zazi, Tom Tancredo