The not-so-veiled threat to non-Muslims in Tennessee

[ScreamingEagle]

The attempted snow job by the American Muslim Advisory Council (AMAC) of Tennessee which sponsored the joint Department of Justice/FBI event, "Public Disclosure in a Diverse Society," Tuesday night in Manchester, Tennessee, did not work with the 2,000 attendees. Claims that American Muslims are loyal citizens, partners in counterterrorism investigations, part of radicalization prevention efforts, and an integral part of American society for centuries fell flat, especially coming from the host organization that was formed only two years ago in response to anti-shariah legislation in the Volunteer State.

A well-informed crowd responded with calls of "taqiyyah" when members of AMAC, a group that bills itself as "a bridge between the Muslim community and law enforcement," touted Muslim contributions to U.S. society and their dedication to upholding American values. (Taqiyyah doctrine obligates Muslims to deceive infidels as part the required effort or jihad to institute Islamic doctrine or shariah). In actuality, Muslim organizations have specifically instructed Muslims not to cooperate with law enforcement and have demanded that all counterterrorism-training materials be expunged of critical references to Islam and Muslims, as well the training instructors fired or retrained who fail to follow along.
....

As for government officials, they ostensibly conducted an informational session on legal statutes related to offensive statements and reassured the crowd that arrests would not take place. But the covert message was clear: This event was held to reinforce the supremacy of Muslims and their civil rights as no other group has been afforded this level of deference or accommodation. It was a veiled threat to non-Muslims that Muslims and Muslims alone will receive special protection by the government and hate crime prosecutions are on the table at some future point. Americans beware.


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how come the government doesn't speak up in the same way for Christians.....?

 

[Osomir]

The attempted snow job by the American Muslim Advisory Council (AMAC) of Tennessee which sponsored the joint Department of Justice/FBI event, "Public Disclosure in a Diverse Society," Tuesday night in Manchester, Tennessee, did not work with the 2,000 attendees. Claims that American Muslims are loyal citizens, partners in counterterrorism investigations, part of radicalization prevention efforts, and an integral part of American society for centuries fell flat, especially coming from the host organization that was formed only two years ago in response to anti-shariah legislation in the Volunteer State.

A well-informed crowd responded with calls of "taqiyyah" when members of AMAC, a group that bills itself as "a bridge between the Muslim community and law enforcement," touted Muslim contributions to U.S. society and their dedication to upholding American values. (Taqiyyah doctrine obligates Muslims to deceive infidels as part the required effort or jihad to institute Islamic doctrine or shariah). In actuality, Muslim organizations have specifically instructed Muslims not to cooperate with law enforcement and have demanded that all counterterrorism-training materials be expunged of critical references to Islam and Muslims, as well the training instructors fired or retrained who fail to follow along.
....

As for government officials, they ostensibly conducted an informational session on legal statutes related to offensive statements and reassured the crowd that arrests would not take place. But the covert message was clear: This event was held to reinforce the supremacy of Muslims and their civil rights as no other group has been afforded this level of deference or accommodation. It was a veiled threat to non-Muslims that Muslims and Muslims alone will receive special protection by the government and hate crime prosecutions are on the table at some future point. Americans beware.


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how come the government doesn't speak up in the same way for Christians.....?

A couple of comments from me:

1.) The source strikes me as a rather hate filled one. Particularly given its presentation of the Islamic concept of taqiyya. simply put it was being dishonest it what Taqiyya actually is. Under no school of Islamic Jurisprudence is taqiyya an obligation for Muslims to lie to non-Muslims as part of a greater jihad. The concept of taqiyya allows Muslims to lie about their religious affiliation under the circumstance of heavy persecution or torture. (Aka renouncing your religion under torture is forgivable in Islam; or saying that you aren't a Muslim to persons should it mean your death is also forgivable). In fact Taqiyya is mostly our term for it, under Islamic jurisprudence sets it is generally reference as something that you are coerced to do under direct threat of violence from others. Even then under mainstream Sunni jurisprudence sets the higher path is to take death over lying.

2.) Minorities are often what are known as "vulnerable populations" it makes sense to work with vulnerable populations to make sure that they are protected and taken care of since they are historically so prone to abuse by majorities. This also safeguards societies from larger sectarian or ethnic based violence and encourages integration over division.

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

The attempted snow job by the American Muslim Advisory Council (AMAC) of Tennessee which sponsored the joint Department of Justice/FBI event, "Public Disclosure in a Diverse Society," Tuesday night in Manchester, Tennessee, did not work with the 2,000 attendees. Claims that American Muslims are loyal citizens, partners in counterterrorism investigations, part of radicalization prevention efforts, and an integral part of American society for centuries fell flat, especially coming from the host organization that was formed only two years ago in response to anti-shariah legislation in the Volunteer State.

A well-informed crowd responded with calls of "taqiyyah" when members of AMAC, a group that bills itself as "a bridge between the Muslim community and law enforcement," touted Muslim contributions to U.S. society and their dedication to upholding American values. (Taqiyyah doctrine obligates Muslims to deceive infidels as part the required effort or jihad to institute Islamic doctrine or shariah). In actuality, Muslim organizations have specifically instructed Muslims not to cooperate with law enforcement and have demanded that all counterterrorism-training materials be expunged of critical references to Islam and Muslims, as well the training instructors fired or retrained who fail to follow along.
....

As for government officials, they ostensibly conducted an informational session on legal statutes related to offensive statements and reassured the crowd that arrests would not take place. But the covert message was clear: This event was held to reinforce the supremacy of Muslims and their civil rights as no other group has been afforded this level of deference or accommodation. It was a veiled threat to non-Muslims that Muslims and Muslims alone will receive special protection by the government and hate crime prosecutions are on the table at some future point. Americans beware.


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how come the government doesn't speak up in the same way for Christians.....?

Because you’re reading lies contrived by an American Thinker opinion piece, a discredited rightwing site completely devoid of credibility.

 

[jwoodie]

The very purpose of a Bill of Rights was to withdraw certain subjects from the vicissitudes of political controversy, to place them beyond the reach of majorities and officials and to establish them as legal Principles to be applied by the courts. One's right to life, liberty, and property, to free speech, a free press, freedom of worship and assembly, and other fundamental rights may not be submitted to vote; they depend on the outcome of no elections. Justice Robert H. Jackson, West Virginia Board of Education vs. Barnette, 1943

Why don't you quote Plessy Vs. Ferguson, if you think SCOTUS judges are such geniuses?

 

[Pete7469]

The attempted snow job by the American Muslim Advisory Council (AMAC) of Tennessee which sponsored the joint Department of Justice/FBI event, "Public Disclosure in a Diverse Society," Tuesday night in Manchester, Tennessee, did not work with the 2,000 attendees. Claims that American Muslims are loyal citizens, partners in counterterrorism investigations, part of radicalization prevention efforts, and an integral part of American society for centuries fell flat, especially coming from the host organization that was formed only two years ago in response to anti-shariah legislation in the Volunteer State.

A well-informed crowd responded with calls of "taqiyyah" when members of AMAC, a group that bills itself as "a bridge between the Muslim community and law enforcement," touted Muslim contributions to U.S. society and their dedication to upholding American values. (Taqiyyah doctrine obligates Muslims to deceive infidels as part the required effort or jihad to institute Islamic doctrine or shariah). In actuality, Muslim organizations have specifically instructed Muslims not to cooperate with law enforcement and have demanded that all counterterrorism-training materials be expunged of critical references to Islam and Muslims, as well the training instructors fired or retrained who fail to follow along.
....

As for government officials, they ostensibly conducted an informational session on legal statutes related to offensive statements and reassured the crowd that arrests would not take place. But the covert message was clear: This event was held to reinforce the supremacy of Muslims and their civil rights as no other group has been afforded this level of deference or accommodation. It was a veiled threat to non-Muslims that Muslims and Muslims alone will receive special protection by the government and hate crime prosecutions are on the table at some future point. Americans beware.


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how come the government doesn't speak up in the same way for Christians.....?

Because you’re reading lies contrived by an American Thinker opinion piece, a discredited rightwing site completely devoid of credibility.

Discredited by whom? Media Matters?

Not that I'm even worried about jihadists or Sharia at this point. The greatest threat to this country is the moonbat messiah and his acolytes.

 

[Crackerjaxon]

The attempted snow job by the American Muslim Advisory Council (AMAC) of Tennessee which sponsored the joint Department of Justice/FBI event, "Public Disclosure in a Diverse Society," Tuesday night in Manchester, Tennessee, did not work with the 2,000 attendees. Claims that American Muslims are loyal citizens, partners in counterterrorism investigations, part of radicalization prevention efforts, and an integral part of American society for centuries fell flat, especially coming from the host organization that was formed only two years ago in response to anti-shariah legislation in the Volunteer State.

A well-informed crowd responded with calls of "taqiyyah" when members of AMAC, a group that bills itself as "a bridge between the Muslim community and law enforcement," touted Muslim contributions to U.S. society and their dedication to upholding American values. (Taqiyyah doctrine obligates Muslims to deceive infidels as part the required effort or jihad to institute Islamic doctrine or shariah). In actuality, Muslim organizations have specifically instructed Muslims not to cooperate with law enforcement and have demanded that all counterterrorism-training materials be expunged of critical references to Islam and Muslims, as well the training instructors fired or retrained who fail to follow along.
....

As for government officials, they ostensibly conducted an informational session on legal statutes related to offensive statements and reassured the crowd that arrests would not take place. But the covert message was clear: This event was held to reinforce the supremacy of Muslims and their civil rights as no other group has been afforded this level of deference or accommodation. It was a veiled threat to non-Muslims that Muslims and Muslims alone will receive special protection by the government and hate crime prosecutions are on the table at some future point. Americans beware.


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how come the government doesn't speak up in the same way for Christians.....?

Because you’re reading lies contrived by an American Thinker opinion piece, a discredited rightwing site completely devoid of credibility.

What a wonderfully lazy ad hominem attack. Anyone with a lick of sense knows that valid information can come from any source. Do you want to address the article, or simply bury your head in the ground and ignore it?

 

[ShootSpeeders]

The very purpose of a Bill of Rights was to withdraw certain subjects from the vicissitudes of political controversy, to place them beyond the reach of majorities and officials and to establish them as legal Principles to be applied by the courts.

The courts?? Judges are also officials you nitwit. And very corrupt ones, let me add. All federal judges are appointed for life which proves they take bribes on every case before them. And you want them to have final say on everything?

 

[ScreamingEagle]

The attempted snow job by the American Muslim Advisory Council (AMAC) of Tennessee which sponsored the joint Department of Justice/FBI event, "Public Disclosure in a Diverse Society," Tuesday night in Manchester, Tennessee, did not work with the 2,000 attendees. Claims that American Muslims are loyal citizens, partners in counterterrorism investigations, part of radicalization prevention efforts, and an integral part of American society for centuries fell flat, especially coming from the host organization that was formed only two years ago in response to anti-shariah legislation in the Volunteer State.

A well-informed crowd responded with calls of "taqiyyah" when members of AMAC, a group that bills itself as "a bridge between the Muslim community and law enforcement," touted Muslim contributions to U.S. society and their dedication to upholding American values. (Taqiyyah doctrine obligates Muslims to deceive infidels as part the required effort or jihad to institute Islamic doctrine or shariah). In actuality, Muslim organizations have specifically instructed Muslims not to cooperate with law enforcement and have demanded that all counterterrorism-training materials be expunged of critical references to Islam and Muslims, as well the training instructors fired or retrained who fail to follow along.
....

As for government officials, they ostensibly conducted an informational session on legal statutes related to offensive statements and reassured the crowd that arrests would not take place. But the covert message was clear: This event was held to reinforce the supremacy of Muslims and their civil rights as no other group has been afforded this level of deference or accommodation. It was a veiled threat to non-Muslims that Muslims and Muslims alone will receive special protection by the government and hate crime prosecutions are on the table at some future point. Americans beware.


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how come the government doesn't speak up in the same way for Christians.....?

A couple of comments from me:

1.) The source strikes me as a rather hate filled one. Particularly given its presentation of the Islamic concept of taqiyya. simply put it was being dishonest it what Taqiyya actually is. Under no school of Islamic Jurisprudence is taqiyya an obligation for Muslims to lie to non-Muslims as part of a greater jihad. The concept of taqiyya allows Muslims to lie about their religious affiliation under the circumstance of heavy persecution or torture. (Aka renouncing your religion under torture is forgivable in Islam; or saying that you aren't a Muslim to persons should it mean your death is also forgivable). In fact Taqiyya is mostly our term for it, under Islamic jurisprudence sets it is generally reference as something that you are coerced to do under direct threat of violence from others. Even then under mainstream Sunni jurisprudence sets the higher path is to take death over lying.

2.) Minorities are often what are known as "vulnerable populations" it makes sense to work with vulnerable populations to make sure that they are protected and taken care of since they are historically so prone to abuse by majorities. This also safeguards societies from larger sectarian or ethnic based violence and encourages integration over division.

1.) Taqiyya offers two basic uses. The better known revolves around dissembling over one's religious identity when in fear of persecution. Such has been the historical usage of taqiyya among Shi'i communities whenever and wherever their Sunni rivals have outnumbered and thus threatened them. Conversely, Sunni Muslims, far from suffering persecution have, whenever capability allowed, waged jihad against the realm of unbelief; and it is here that they have deployed taqiyya—not as dissimulation but as active deceit. In fact, deceit, which is doctrinally grounded in Islam, is often depicted as being equal—sometimes superior—to other universal military virtues, such as courage, fortitude, or self-sacrifice.
How Taqiyya Alters Islam's Rules of War: Defeating Jihadist Terrorism :: Middle East Quarterly

2.) Jews are also a minority religion.....where are the government informational sessions for them....? And so what if you are a 'minority'....freedom of religion is protected under the Constitution yet Obama rolls out the red carpet for Muslims and denigrates Christians...what's with that? And how does Islam treat minority religions like Jews and Christians in their countries....? they kill them.....so why should we be so welcoming to a political/religious/social system that kills others, will not assimilate into our country, that puts Sharia above our Constitution, and treats others with such hatred...? Islam uses 'religion' as a cover for all its other anti-American aspects....it is not simply a 'religion'...

 

[9thIDdoc]

I am a Tennessean and was at that "meeting". Attempts to ignore my Constitutional rights are a very very bad idea that will not be tolerated..

 

[g5000]

how come the government doesn't speak up in the same way for Christians.....?

A couple of comments from me:

1.) The source strikes me as a rather hate filled one. Particularly given its presentation of the Islamic concept of taqiyya. simply put it was being dishonest it what Taqiyya actually is. Under no school of Islamic Jurisprudence is taqiyya an obligation for Muslims to lie to non-Muslims as part of a greater jihad. The concept of taqiyya allows Muslims to lie about their religious affiliation under the circumstance of heavy persecution or torture. (Aka renouncing your religion under torture is forgivable in Islam; or saying that you aren't a Muslim to persons should it mean your death is also forgivable). In fact Taqiyya is mostly our term for it, under Islamic jurisprudence sets it is generally reference as something that you are coerced to do under direct threat of violence from others. Even then under mainstream Sunni jurisprudence sets the higher path is to take death over lying.

2.) Minorities are often what are known as "vulnerable populations" it makes sense to work with vulnerable populations to make sure that they are protected and taken care of since they are historically so prone to abuse by majorities. This also safeguards societies from larger sectarian or ethnic based violence and encourages integration over division.

1.) Taqiyya offers two basic uses. The better known revolves around dissembling over one's religious identity when in fear of persecution. Such has been the historical usage of taqiyya among Shi'i communities whenever and wherever their Sunni rivals have outnumbered and thus threatened them. Conversely, Sunni Muslims, far from suffering persecution have, whenever capability allowed, waged jihad against the realm of unbelief; and it is here that they have deployed taqiyya—not as dissimulation but as active deceit. In fact, deceit, which is doctrinally grounded in Islam, is often depicted as being equal—sometimes superior—to other universal military virtues, such as courage, fortitude, or self-sacrifice.
How Taqiyya Alters Islam's Rules of War: Defeating Jihadist Terrorism :: Middle East Quarterly

2.) Jews are also a minority religion.....where are the government informational sessions for them....? And so what if you are a 'minority'....freedom of religion is protected under the Constitution yet Obama rolls out the red carpet for Muslims and denigrates Christians...what's with that? And how does Islam treat minority religions like Jews and Christians in their countries....? they kill them.....so why should we be so welcoming to a political/religious/social system that kills others, will not assimilate into our country, that puts Sharia above our Constitution, and treats others with such hatred...? Islam uses 'religion' as a cover for all its other anti-American aspects....it is not simply a 'religion'...

Obama denigrates Christians? Evidence, please.

Did he shit on the Easter eggs or something?

 

[ScreamingEagle]

A couple of comments from me:

1.) The source strikes me as a rather hate filled one. Particularly given its presentation of the Islamic concept of taqiyya. simply put it was being dishonest it what Taqiyya actually is. Under no school of Islamic Jurisprudence is taqiyya an obligation for Muslims to lie to non-Muslims as part of a greater jihad. The concept of taqiyya allows Muslims to lie about their religious affiliation under the circumstance of heavy persecution or torture. (Aka renouncing your religion under torture is forgivable in Islam; or saying that you aren't a Muslim to persons should it mean your death is also forgivable). In fact Taqiyya is mostly our term for it, under Islamic jurisprudence sets it is generally reference as something that you are coerced to do under direct threat of violence from others. Even then under mainstream Sunni jurisprudence sets the higher path is to take death over lying.

2.) Minorities are often what are known as "vulnerable populations" it makes sense to work with vulnerable populations to make sure that they are protected and taken care of since they are historically so prone to abuse by majorities. This also safeguards societies from larger sectarian or ethnic based violence and encourages integration over division.

1.) Taqiyya offers two basic uses. The better known revolves around dissembling over one's religious identity when in fear of persecution. Such has been the historical usage of taqiyya among Shi'i communities whenever and wherever their Sunni rivals have outnumbered and thus threatened them. Conversely, Sunni Muslims, far from suffering persecution have, whenever capability allowed, waged jihad against the realm of unbelief; and it is here that they have deployed taqiyya—not as dissimulation but as active deceit. In fact, deceit, which is doctrinally grounded in Islam, is often depicted as being equal—sometimes superior—to other universal military virtues, such as courage, fortitude, or self-sacrifice.
How Taqiyya Alters Islam's Rules of War: Defeating Jihadist Terrorism :: Middle East Quarterly

2.) Jews are also a minority religion.....where are the government informational sessions for them....? And so what if you are a 'minority'....freedom of religion is protected under the Constitution yet Obama rolls out the red carpet for Muslims and denigrates Christians...what's with that? And how does Islam treat minority religions like Jews and Christians in their countries....? they kill them.....so why should we be so welcoming to a political/religious/social system that kills others, will not assimilate into our country, that puts Sharia above our Constitution, and treats others with such hatred...? Islam uses 'religion' as a cover for all its other anti-American aspects....it is not simply a 'religion'...

Obama denigrates Christians? Evidence, please.

Did he shit on the Easter eggs or something?

The hostility of President Obama toward Biblical faith and values is without equal from any previous American president.

1. Acts of hostility toward people of Biblical faith:

April 2008 – Obama speaks disrespectfully of Christians, saying they “cling to guns or religion” and have an “antipathy to people who aren't like them.” 1


February 2009 – Obama announces plans to revoke conscience protection for health workers who refuse to participate in medical activities that go against their beliefs, and fully implements the plan in February 2011. 2


April 2009 – When speaking at Georgetown University, Obama orders that a monogram symbolizing Jesus' name be covered when he is making his speech. 3


May 2009 – Obama declines to host services for the National Prayer Day (a day established by federal law) at the White House. 4


April 2009 – In a deliberate act of disrespect, Obama nominated three pro-abortion ambassadors to the Vatican; of course, the pro-life Vatican rejected all three. 5


October 19, 2010 – Obama begins deliberately omitting the phrase about “the Creator” when quoting the Declaration of Independence – an omission he has made on no less than seven occasions. 6


November 2010 – Obama misquotes the National Motto, saying it is “E pluribus unum” rather than “In God We Trust” as established by federal law. 7


January 2011 – After a federal law was passed to transfer a WWI Memorial in the Mojave Desert to private ownership, the U. S. Supreme Court ruled that the cross in the memorial could continue to stand, but the Obama administration refused to allow the land to be transferred as required by law, and refused to allow the cross to be re-erected as ordered by the Court. 8


February 2011 – Although he filled posts in the State Department, for more than two years Obama did not fill the post of religious freedom ambassador, an official that works against religious persecution across the world; he filled it only after heavy pressure from the public and from Congress. 9


April 2011 – For the first time in American history, Obama urges passage of a non-discrimination law that does not contain hiring protections for religious groups, forcing religious organizations to hire according to federal mandates without regard to the dictates of their own faith, thus eliminating conscience protection in hiring. 10


August 2011 – The Obama administration releases its new health care rules that override religious conscience protections for medical workers in the areas of abortion and contraception. 11


November 2011 – President Obama opposes inclusion of President Franklin Roosevelt’s famous D-Day Prayer in the WWII Memorial. 12


November 2011 – Unlike previous presidents, Obama studiously avoids any religious references in his Thanksgiving speech. 13


December 2011 – The Obama administration denigrates other countries' religious beliefs as an obstacle to radical homosexual rights. 14


January 2012 – The Obama administration argues that the First Amendment provides no protection for churches and synagogues in hiring their pastors and rabbis. 15


February 2012 – The Obama administration forgives student loans in exchange for public service, but announces it will no longer forgive student loans if the public service is related to religion. 16


January 2013 – Pastor Louie Giglio is pressured to remove himself from praying at the inauguration after it is discovered he once preached a sermon supporting the Biblical definition of marriage. 17


February 2013 – The Obama Administration announces that the rights of religious conscience for individuals will not be protected under the Affordable Care Act. 18


2. Acts of hostility from the Obama-led military toward people of Biblical faith:

January 2010 – Because of "concerns" raised by the Department of Defense, tiny Bible verse references that had appeared for decades on scopes and gunsights were removed. 19

June 2011 – The Department of Veterans Affairs forbids references to God and Jesus during burial ceremonies at Houston National Cemetery. 20


August 2011 – The Air Force stops teaching the Just War theory to officers in California because the course is taught by chaplains and is based on a philosophy introduced by St. Augustine in the third century AD – a theory long taught by civilized nations across the world (except now, America). 21


September 2011 – Air Force Chief of Staff prohibits commanders from notifying airmen of programs and services available to them from chaplains. 22


September 2011 – The Army issues guidelines for Walter Reed Medical Center stipulating that “No religious items (i.e. Bibles, reading materials and/or facts) are allowed to be given away or used during a visit.” 23


November 2011 – The Air Force Academy rescinds support for Operation Christmas Child, a program to send holiday gifts to impoverished children across the world, because the program is run by a Christian charity. 24


November 2011 – Even while restricting and disapprobating Christian religious expressions, the Air Force Academy pays $80,000 to add a Stonehenge-like worship center for pagans, druids, witches and Wiccans at the Air Force Academy. 25


February 2012 – The U. S. Military Academy at West Point disinvites three star Army general and decorated war hero Lieutenant General William G. (“Jerry”) Boykin (retired) from speaking at an event because he is an outspoken Christian. 26


February 2012 – The Air Force removes “God” from the patch of Rapid Capabilities Office (the word on the patch was in Latin: Dei). 27


February 2012 – The Army ordered Catholic chaplains not to read a letter to parishioners that their archbishop asked them to read. 28


April 2012 – A checklist for Air Force Inns will no longer include ensuring that a Bible is available in rooms for those who want to use them. 29


May 2012 – The Obama administration opposed legislation to protect the rights of conscience for military chaplains who do not wish to perform same-sex marriages in violation of their strongly-held religious beliefs. 30


June 2012 – Bibles for the American military have been printed in every conflict since the American Revolution, but the Obama Administration revokes the long-standing U. S. policy of allowing military service emblems to be placed on those military Bibles. 31


January 2013 – President Obama announced his opposition to a provision in the 2013 National Defense Authorization Act protecting the rights of conscience for military chaplains. 32


April 2013 – Officials briefing U.S. Army soldiers placed "Evangelical Christianity" and "Catholicism" in a list that also included Al-Qaeda, Muslim Brotherhood, and Hamas as examples of "religious extremism." 33


April 2013 – The U.S. Army directs troops to scratch off and paint over tiny Scripture verse references that for decades had been forged into weapon scopes. 34


April 2013 - The Air Force creates a "religious tolerance" policy but consults only a militant atheist group to do so -- a group whose leader has described military personnel who are religious as 'spiritual rapists' and 'human monsters' 35 and who also says that soldiers who proselytize are guilty of treason and sedition and should be punished to hold back a "tidal wave of fundamentalists." 36


May 2013 - The Pentagon announces that "Air Force members are free to express their personal religious beliefs as long as it does not make others uncomfortable. "Proselytizing (inducing someone to convert to one's faith) goes over that line," 37 affirming if a sharing of faith makes someone feel uncomfortable that it could be a court-marital offense 38 -- the military equivalent of a civil felony.


May 2013 - An Air Force officer was actually made to remove a personal Bible from his own desk because it "might" appear that he was condoning the particular religion to which he belonged. 39


3. Acts of hostility toward Biblical values:

January 2009 – Obama lifts restrictions on U.S. government funding for groups that provide abortion services or counseling abroad, forcing taxpayers to fund pro-abortion groups that either promote or perform abortions in other nations. 40


January 2009 – President Obama’s nominee for deputy secretary of state asserts that American taxpayers are required to pay for abortions and that limits on abortion funding are unconstitutional. 41


March 2009 – The Obama administration shut out pro-life groups from attending a White House-sponsored health care summit. 42


March 2009 – Obama orders taxpayer funding of embryonic stem cell research. 43


March 2009 – Obama gave $50 million for the UNFPA, the UN population agency that promotes abortion and works closely with Chinese population control officials who use forced abortions and involuntary sterilizations. 44


May 2009 – The White House budget eliminates all funding for abstinence-only education and replaces it with “comprehensive” sexual education, repeatedly proven to increase teen pregnancies and abortions. 45 He continues the deletion in subsequent budgets. 46


May 2009 – Obama officials assemble a terrorism dictionary calling pro-life advocates violent and charging that they use racism in their “criminal” activities. 47


July 2009 – The Obama administration illegally extends federal benefits to same-sex partners of Foreign Service and Executive Branch employees, in direction violation of the federal Defense of Marriage Act. 48


September 16, 2009 – The Obama administration appoints as EEOC Commissioner Chai Feldblum, who asserts that society should “not tolerate” any “private beliefs,” including religious beliefs, if they may negatively affect homosexual “equality.” 49


July 2010 – The Obama administration uses federal funds in violation of federal law to get Kenya to change its constitution to include abortion. 50


August 2010 – The Obama administration Cuts funding for 176 abstinence education programs. 51


September 2010 – The Obama administration tells researchers to ignore a judge’s decision striking down federal funding for embryonic stem cell research. 52


February 2011 – Obama directs the Justice Department to stop defending the federal Defense of Marriage Act. 53


March 2011 – The Obama administration refuses to investigate videos showing Planned Parenthood helping alleged sex traffickers get abortions for victimized underage girls. 54


July 2011 – Obama allows homosexuals to serve openly in the military, reversing a policy originally instituted by George Washington in March 1778. 55


September 2011 – The Pentagon directs that military chaplains may perform same-sex marriages at military facilities in violation of the federal Defense of Marriage Act. 56


October 2011 – The Obama administration eliminates federal grants to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops for their extensive programs that aid victims of human trafficking because the Catholic Church is anti-abortion. 57


July 2012 - The Pentagon, for the first time, allows service members to wear their uniforms while marching in a parade - specifically, a gay pride parade in San Diego. 58

4. Acts of preferentialism for Islam:

cont. at WallBuilders - Issues and Articles - America’s Most Biblically-Hostile U. S. President

 

[Uncensored2008]

Because you’re reading lies contrived by an American Thinker opinion piece, a discredited rightwing site completely devoid of credibility.

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Someone is discredited Clayton, but it ain't The American Thinker...

 

[Uncensored2008]

What a wonderfully lazy ad hominem attack. Anyone with a lick of sense knows that valid information can come from any source. Do you want to address the article, or simply bury your head in the ground and ignore it?

And of course "American Thinker" is one of the more intellectual and well reasoned sites on the net.

Clayton is partisan above all.

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

Anyone who advocates imminent lawlessness or violence against a particular class of persons – be they Muslim or Christian – is subject to potential criminal prosecution, such speech is not entitled to First Amendment protection. See: Wisconsin v. Mitchell (1993).

To say the Federal government is protecting Muslims only at the expense of Christians is ignorant idiocy.

The law will be applied consistently to whomever violates it, Christian or Muslim.

 

[ScreamingEagle]

Anyone who advocates imminent lawlessness or violence against a particular class of persons – be they Muslim or Christian – is subject to potential criminal prosecution, such speech is not entitled to First Amendment protection. See: Wisconsin v. Mitchell (1993).

To say the Federal government is protecting Muslims only at the expense of Christians is ignorant idiocy.

The law will be applied consistently to whomever violates it, Christian or Muslim.

Nobody was advocating violence....Tennessee folks just saw through the lying propaganda....

The government is being quite prejudiced when according to 2009 statistics Jews are 8 times more likely to experience religious hate crimes...so why do Muslims get the special red carpet treatment when there are no similar government sessions for the Jews....?

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

The ‘How to Wink at a Muslim’ image that contributed to the controversy is an example of hateful, ignorant, repugnant, but nonetheless protected free speech. See: R.A.V. v. City of St. Paul (1992).

Had an image, message, or other form of expression that specified a time and place to meet to kill Muslims, however, such as at a mosque on a particular day and time, then such expression is not subject to First Amendment protection, and those advocating such violence may be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

 

[gallantwarrior]

The attempted snow job by the American Muslim Advisory Council (AMAC) of Tennessee which sponsored the joint Department of Justice/FBI event, "Public Disclosure in a Diverse Society," Tuesday night in Manchester, Tennessee, did not work with the 2,000 attendees. Claims that American Muslims are loyal citizens, partners in counterterrorism investigations, part of radicalization prevention efforts, and an integral part of American society for centuries fell flat, especially coming from the host organization that was formed only two years ago in response to anti-shariah legislation in the Volunteer State.

A well-informed crowd responded with calls of "taqiyyah" when members of AMAC, a group that bills itself as "a bridge between the Muslim community and law enforcement," touted Muslim contributions to U.S. society and their dedication to upholding American values. (Taqiyyah doctrine obligates Muslims to deceive infidels as part the required effort or jihad to institute Islamic doctrine or shariah). In actuality, Muslim organizations have specifically instructed Muslims not to cooperate with law enforcement and have demanded that all counterterrorism-training materials be expunged of critical references to Islam and Muslims, as well the training instructors fired or retrained who fail to follow along.
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As for government officials, they ostensibly conducted an informational session on legal statutes related to offensive statements and reassured the crowd that arrests would not take place. But the covert message was clear: This event was held to reinforce the supremacy of Muslims and their civil rights as no other group has been afforded this level of deference or accommodation. It was a veiled threat to non-Muslims that Muslims and Muslims alone will receive special protection by the government and hate crime prosecutions are on the table at some future point. Americans beware.


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how come the government doesn't speak up in the same way for Christians.....?

Christianity is so passe. Christians are not currently threatening to murder or enslave all who fail to comply with their edicts. At least not Western nations.

 

[ScreamingEagle]

The ‘How to Wink at a Muslim’ image that contributed to the controversy is an example of hateful, ignorant, repugnant, but nonetheless protected free speech. See: R.A.V. v. City of St. Paul (1992).

Had an image, message, or other form of expression that specified a time and place to meet to kill Muslims, however, such as at a mosque on a particular day and time, then such expression is not subject to First Amendment protection, and those advocating such violence may be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

right.....it also applies to Muslims who engage in violent jihad....

 

[gallantwarrior]

1.) Taqiyya offers two basic uses. The better known revolves around dissembling over one's religious identity when in fear of persecution. Such has been the historical usage of taqiyya among Shi'i communities whenever and wherever their Sunni rivals have outnumbered and thus threatened them. Conversely, Sunni Muslims, far from suffering persecution have, whenever capability allowed, waged jihad against the realm of unbelief; and it is here that they have deployed taqiyya—not as dissimulation but as active deceit. In fact, deceit, which is doctrinally grounded in Islam, is often depicted as being equal—sometimes superior—to other universal military virtues, such as courage, fortitude, or self-sacrifice.
How Taqiyya Alters Islam's Rules of War: Defeating Jihadist Terrorism :: Middle East Quarterly

2.) Jews are also a minority religion.....where are the government informational sessions for them....? And so what if you are a 'minority'....freedom of religion is protected under the Constitution yet Obama rolls out the red carpet for Muslims and denigrates Christians...what's with that? And how does Islam treat minority religions like Jews and Christians in their countries....? they kill them.....so why should we be so welcoming to a political/religious/social system that kills others, will not assimilate into our country, that puts Sharia above our Constitution, and treats others with such hatred...? Islam uses 'religion' as a cover for all its other anti-American aspects....it is not simply a 'religion'...

Obama denigrates Christians? Evidence, please.

Did he shit on the Easter eggs or something?

The hostility of President Obama toward Biblical faith and values is without equal from any previous American president.

1. Acts of hostility toward people of Biblical faith:

April 2008 – Obama speaks disrespectfully of Christians, saying they “cling to guns or religion” and have an “antipathy to people who aren't like them.” 1


February 2009 – Obama announces plans to revoke conscience protection for health workers who refuse to participate in medical activities that go against their beliefs, and fully implements the plan in February 2011. 2


April 2009 – When speaking at Georgetown University, Obama orders that a monogram symbolizing Jesus' name be covered when he is making his speech. 3


May 2009 – Obama declines to host services for the National Prayer Day (a day established by federal law) at the White House. 4


April 2009 – In a deliberate act of disrespect, Obama nominated three pro-abortion ambassadors to the Vatican; of course, the pro-life Vatican rejected all three. 5


October 19, 2010 – Obama begins deliberately omitting the phrase about “the Creator” when quoting the Declaration of Independence – an omission he has made on no less than seven occasions. 6


November 2010 – Obama misquotes the National Motto, saying it is “E pluribus unum” rather than “In God We Trust” as established by federal law. 7


January 2011 – After a federal law was passed to transfer a WWI Memorial in the Mojave Desert to private ownership, the U. S. Supreme Court ruled that the cross in the memorial could continue to stand, but the Obama administration refused to allow the land to be transferred as required by law, and refused to allow the cross to be re-erected as ordered by the Court. 8


February 2011 – Although he filled posts in the State Department, for more than two years Obama did not fill the post of religious freedom ambassador, an official that works against religious persecution across the world; he filled it only after heavy pressure from the public and from Congress. 9


April 2011 – For the first time in American history, Obama urges passage of a non-discrimination law that does not contain hiring protections for religious groups, forcing religious organizations to hire according to federal mandates without regard to the dictates of their own faith, thus eliminating conscience protection in hiring. 10


August 2011 – The Obama administration releases its new health care rules that override religious conscience protections for medical workers in the areas of abortion and contraception. 11


November 2011 – President Obama opposes inclusion of President Franklin Roosevelt’s famous D-Day Prayer in the WWII Memorial. 12


November 2011 – Unlike previous presidents, Obama studiously avoids any religious references in his Thanksgiving speech. 13


December 2011 – The Obama administration denigrates other countries' religious beliefs as an obstacle to radical homosexual rights. 14


January 2012 – The Obama administration argues that the First Amendment provides no protection for churches and synagogues in hiring their pastors and rabbis. 15


February 2012 – The Obama administration forgives student loans in exchange for public service, but announces it will no longer forgive student loans if the public service is related to religion. 16


January 2013 – Pastor Louie Giglio is pressured to remove himself from praying at the inauguration after it is discovered he once preached a sermon supporting the Biblical definition of marriage. 17


February 2013 – The Obama Administration announces that the rights of religious conscience for individuals will not be protected under the Affordable Care Act. 18


2. Acts of hostility from the Obama-led military toward people of Biblical faith:

January 2010 – Because of "concerns" raised by the Department of Defense, tiny Bible verse references that had appeared for decades on scopes and gunsights were removed. 19

June 2011 – The Department of Veterans Affairs forbids references to God and Jesus during burial ceremonies at Houston National Cemetery. 20


August 2011 – The Air Force stops teaching the Just War theory to officers in California because the course is taught by chaplains and is based on a philosophy introduced by St. Augustine in the third century AD – a theory long taught by civilized nations across the world (except now, America). 21


September 2011 – Air Force Chief of Staff prohibits commanders from notifying airmen of programs and services available to them from chaplains. 22


September 2011 – The Army issues guidelines for Walter Reed Medical Center stipulating that “No religious items (i.e. Bibles, reading materials and/or facts) are allowed to be given away or used during a visit.” 23


November 2011 – The Air Force Academy rescinds support for Operation Christmas Child, a program to send holiday gifts to impoverished children across the world, because the program is run by a Christian charity. 24


November 2011 – Even while restricting and disapprobating Christian religious expressions, the Air Force Academy pays $80,000 to add a Stonehenge-like worship center for pagans, druids, witches and Wiccans at the Air Force Academy. 25


February 2012 – The U. S. Military Academy at West Point disinvites three star Army general and decorated war hero Lieutenant General William G. (“Jerry”) Boykin (retired) from speaking at an event because he is an outspoken Christian. 26


February 2012 – The Air Force removes “God” from the patch of Rapid Capabilities Office (the word on the patch was in Latin: Dei). 27


February 2012 – The Army ordered Catholic chaplains not to read a letter to parishioners that their archbishop asked them to read. 28


April 2012 – A checklist for Air Force Inns will no longer include ensuring that a Bible is available in rooms for those who want to use them. 29


May 2012 – The Obama administration opposed legislation to protect the rights of conscience for military chaplains who do not wish to perform same-sex marriages in violation of their strongly-held religious beliefs. 30


June 2012 – Bibles for the American military have been printed in every conflict since the American Revolution, but the Obama Administration revokes the long-standing U. S. policy of allowing military service emblems to be placed on those military Bibles. 31


January 2013 – President Obama announced his opposition to a provision in the 2013 National Defense Authorization Act protecting the rights of conscience for military chaplains. 32


April 2013 – Officials briefing U.S. Army soldiers placed "Evangelical Christianity" and "Catholicism" in a list that also included Al-Qaeda, Muslim Brotherhood, and Hamas as examples of "religious extremism." 33


April 2013 – The U.S. Army directs troops to scratch off and paint over tiny Scripture verse references that for decades had been forged into weapon scopes. 34


April 2013 - The Air Force creates a "religious tolerance" policy but consults only a militant atheist group to do so -- a group whose leader has described military personnel who are religious as 'spiritual rapists' and 'human monsters' 35 and who also says that soldiers who proselytize are guilty of treason and sedition and should be punished to hold back a "tidal wave of fundamentalists." 36


May 2013 - The Pentagon announces that "Air Force members are free to express their personal religious beliefs as long as it does not make others uncomfortable. "Proselytizing (inducing someone to convert to one's faith) goes over that line," 37 affirming if a sharing of faith makes someone feel uncomfortable that it could be a court-marital offense 38 -- the military equivalent of a civil felony.


May 2013 - An Air Force officer was actually made to remove a personal Bible from his own desk because it "might" appear that he was condoning the particular religion to which he belonged. 39


3. Acts of hostility toward Biblical values:

January 2009 – Obama lifts restrictions on U.S. government funding for groups that provide abortion services or counseling abroad, forcing taxpayers to fund pro-abortion groups that either promote or perform abortions in other nations. 40


January 2009 – President Obama’s nominee for deputy secretary of state asserts that American taxpayers are required to pay for abortions and that limits on abortion funding are unconstitutional. 41


March 2009 – The Obama administration shut out pro-life groups from attending a White House-sponsored health care summit. 42


March 2009 – Obama orders taxpayer funding of embryonic stem cell research. 43


March 2009 – Obama gave $50 million for the UNFPA, the UN population agency that promotes abortion and works closely with Chinese population control officials who use forced abortions and involuntary sterilizations. 44


May 2009 – The White House budget eliminates all funding for abstinence-only education and replaces it with “comprehensive” sexual education, repeatedly proven to increase teen pregnancies and abortions. 45 He continues the deletion in subsequent budgets. 46


May 2009 – Obama officials assemble a terrorism dictionary calling pro-life advocates violent and charging that they use racism in their “criminal” activities. 47


July 2009 – The Obama administration illegally extends federal benefits to same-sex partners of Foreign Service and Executive Branch employees, in direction violation of the federal Defense of Marriage Act. 48


September 16, 2009 – The Obama administration appoints as EEOC Commissioner Chai Feldblum, who asserts that society should “not tolerate” any “private beliefs,” including religious beliefs, if they may negatively affect homosexual “equality.” 49


July 2010 – The Obama administration uses federal funds in violation of federal law to get Kenya to change its constitution to include abortion. 50


August 2010 – The Obama administration Cuts funding for 176 abstinence education programs. 51


September 2010 – The Obama administration tells researchers to ignore a judge’s decision striking down federal funding for embryonic stem cell research. 52


February 2011 – Obama directs the Justice Department to stop defending the federal Defense of Marriage Act. 53


March 2011 – The Obama administration refuses to investigate videos showing Planned Parenthood helping alleged sex traffickers get abortions for victimized underage girls. 54


July 2011 – Obama allows homosexuals to serve openly in the military, reversing a policy originally instituted by George Washington in March 1778. 55


September 2011 – The Pentagon directs that military chaplains may perform same-sex marriages at military facilities in violation of the federal Defense of Marriage Act. 56


October 2011 – The Obama administration eliminates federal grants to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops for their extensive programs that aid victims of human trafficking because the Catholic Church is anti-abortion. 57


July 2012 - The Pentagon, for the first time, allows service members to wear their uniforms while marching in a parade - specifically, a gay pride parade in San Diego. 58

4. Acts of preferentialism for Islam:

cont. at WallBuilders - Issues and Articles - America’s Most Biblically-Hostile U. S. President

Wow. I guess you just pwned his ass.

 

[Uncensored2008]

The ‘How to Wink at a Muslim’ image that contributed to the controversy is an example of hateful, ignorant, repugnant, but nonetheless protected free speech. See: R.A.V. v. City of St. Paul (1992).

Had an image, message, or other form of expression that specified a time and place to meet to kill Muslims, however, such as at a mosque on a particular day and time, then such expression is not subject to First Amendment protection, and those advocating such violence may be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

Clayton, do you belong to the Nation of Islam?

You sporting a little bow tie, sport?