The United States is a melting pot – a wealth of diversity and that will
always be as free people come to seek the light. To indict a group who want to
emigrate to our country is wrong. To draw up accusations and biased comments to
spew hate is not what this country is about. There are many who feel Muslims
have no place in our society. They can’t be further from being wrong on that. These
men, women and children have every right as free people to come here.
Growing Islamic Terrorism is a problem and a threat to our way of life. I
am the first to speak out and say, the faith of the masses who practice Islam
are misunderstood. There are people who want to live in peace. There are
families who want the best for their children and do so with choices they are
denied in many parts of the world today. Out of 49 Islamic populated countries,
they seek America because it is the land of the free- religiously, democratically
and with justice for all.
There are some assertions out there they are the ‘evil ones’ and should
be denied into our country. That is wrong and that is a false perception that
we must address. We should welcome every person, regardless of their religious
preferences to come to America. Now, today we must assure that can still happen
but it must happen with a degree of certainty that we acknowledge that Islamic
Terrorism is a growing evil in this world. That it’s militancy, its intolerance
to Western civilization cultures is often the spark of conflict, hate and
violence. Other religions should not be proselytizing this process of banning
immigration but support it.
Don’t let the fear rule your hearts. Don’t let the political rhetoric
change your minds and project evil to all and not just those who actually
engage and preach the hate of the Islamic Terrorist way of life under a law
that I man-made and 1400 years old.
Accept the process with tolerance BUT ensure the government exercises its
main responsibility to keep you safe. Demand the government conduct thorough
background checks and keep the process legal and non-discriminatory. Do not
treat Muslims different from other refugees or immigrants coming here legally.
Do not exercise what we have done in the past and look the other way. We need
to hold the government to the fire to ensure our safety while allowing others
to come here and be free. Do not engage in the hype or fear mongering of our
politicians. They have their own motives and agendas for others they represent.
Do not buy into the fear mongering of Muslims bringing violence into our
community and crossing our laws with bloody intentions. A thorough screening
will eliminate the risks involved to the same level as we eliminate current
risks in our society today. We are a nation of peace and we would expect others
to be the same and most will come here with peace in their hearts. Others will
manipulate and find a means to come her to do harm – we should reject the fact
that all Muslims are evil or no-good. There is no such truth.
There are four realities here; peace and war and love and hate. Within the
Muslim world, there is conflict as well. There are clashes of cultures among
themselves for centuries and it is all about power and control. Not just a caliphate
or country but the minds and hearts as well. They too are dealing with these
same realities.
Jihadists or Islamic Terrorists are
by no means a majority in the Islamic world. They are feared and hated in those
areas where they rule and deny humans the basic human rights they are entitled
to as people. In our country, there are those non-Muslims who preach fear and
hate just like the Jihadists do. The difference is they have a different name
but do the same hate.
What we need to do as people is to
come together and show the Muslim world we can love them when they love us
back. What we can say is come into my home and eat besides me and talk to me as
I talk to you and explain how I feel about my God. Do not insult the prophet
and do not insult my Jesus Christ.
Make the word known that if they are
to act on the truth that there is but one God and His son Jesus Christ but do
not force them into believing what we believe in; that it is the only way to
live in harmony. Respect and dignify their beliefs as they do yours. If they
choose to worship Allah, then respect them and live your life for God, not with
resentment or hate.
How do we deal with this
irreconcilable conflict between a secular West and a resurgent Islam is based
on how we love and respect each other? Do not sympathize but empathize; do not
resent or hate but try to understand them better. Do not fear someone who has
done you no harm, for fear is the evil that grows the demons inside us and
changes the way we feel and see thing around us when in all reality, there is
nothing to fear.
There is a
dark side to diversity. It causes fear. There is a dark side to different
cultures and theologies – it makes us scared to think we are going to lose our
own faith. That is the darkness of diversity, as it invades our hearts and
minds and makes up an impression of losing our freedom of practicing our own
religion and give up hope that what we believe in was not strong enough to
overcome the hate around us and diminish our ability to love one another. The dark
side of diversity is you, me and anyone who doesn’t have the faith, the
perseverance and the love in God to belief that all men, women, and children
were created equal and deserve the best of what the world can offer.
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