Straight Platform Politics

American Jews – Part 4

In A Quandary

Almost 80% of American Jews voted for Barack Obama and they do not want to admit that they helped elect an enemy of Israel. But they might have to.

Melanie Phillips, a British journalist and author See Part 3, has written, “For most American Jews, the horror of even entertaining the hypothetical possibility that they might ever in a million years have to vote for a Republican is so great they simply cannot see what is staring them in the face – that this Democratic President is lethal for both Israel and the free world.” (7/6/09)

She has explained why she thinks President Obama is no friend to Israel. She notes his words and his actions See Part 1 not only toward Israel but also toward Arabs and Muslims. The comparison is telling.

No wonder American Jews are in a quandary. The handwriting is there on the wall for all to read. How long do they think they can ignore it?

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What a Choice: Capitalism or Islam – Part 2

Even though the U.S. government can legally prevent foreign Muslims from entering the country to attend the Hizb ut-Tahrir conference, that’s not enough. The conference presents a homeland security risk. See Part 1

Bob Blitzer, who headed the FBI’s first unit on Islamic terrorism, said that the danger of having such a conference is in the results of exposure to HT’s extremism. Attendees may become fired up, go home, and then commit violent acts anywhere in the U.S.

A former member of HT, Maajid Nawaz, has stated that the HT ideology certainly leads to violence. Its members have been arrested for inciting national, racial, religious, and ethnic strife in countries around the world.

The group is regarded as such a threat to governance that it has been banned in most of the Arab countries in the Middle East; it also has been banned in many non-Arab Muslim countries. Both Germany and Russia banned the Hizb ut-Tahrir in 2003.

Hizb ut-Tahrir has decided to come out of hiding in the U.S. Hopefully Oak Lawn, a community southwest of Chicago, has beefed up its police force. Hopefully Homeland Security is on alert.

Islam is not a choice for America.

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What a Choice: Capitalism or Islam – Part 1

Some people view Hizb ut-Tahrir (Party of Liberation) as an international extremist movement; others view it as a global Islamic political party. Either way it is not well received by many countries, especially those in the Middle East.

Hizb ut-Tahrir (HT) seeks to establish a global Islamic state – a Caliphate. It operated secretly in the U.S. but this has recently changed. It will be holding a public conference in a suburb of Chicago on July 19 titled “The Fall of Capitalism and the Rise of Islam.”

Capitalism or Islam: that’s quite a choice. And it is telling that HT views Islam not only as a religion but also as an economic system. So it’s not surprising that HT rejects both religious freedom and economic freedom.

Hizb ut-Tahrir promotes orthodox Islam and Marxist-Leninist economics and opposes democracy as a form of government. It promotes anti-Semitism and opposes the state of Israel It demands military training for males 15 years and older in order to be ready for jihad – the holy war.

The U.S. government has not listed it as a terrorist organization because there are no clear ties between HT and any recent acts of terrorism or violence. There is also no proof that it financially supports terrorist groups. The U.S. government does monitor HT and can legally prevent foreign Muslims from entering the country to attend the conference.

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