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America's top military officer has condemned a course taught about Islam at one of America's top military schools as "totally objectionable". It is not surprising. The story, first broken by Wired, is fairly astonishing, and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Martin Dempsey, must be furious. The course taught officers there was no such thing as moderate Islam and that they should consider the religion their enemy. It advocated "total war" against all the world's Muslims, including possible nuclear attacks on the holy cities of Mecca and Medina and the wiping out civilian populations. The Pentagon has confirmed the course material found on their website is authentic.
Originally posted by faceofcydonia
The course taught officers there was no such thing as moderate Islam and that they should consider the religion their enemy.
MI5 has estimated that up to 4,000 British Muslims had travelled to Pakistan and, before the fall of the Taliban, to Afghanistan for military training.
In a letter to the president, Sue Myrick, a member of the House of Representatives select committee on intelligence, says that America is for the first time exporting Islamist terrorism.
She accuses the US of complacency in dealing with the issue and says the country in "far behind" Europe in having measures in place to deal with the growing problem of the radicalisation of young men and their willingness to carry out terror attacks.
"Today there is no doubt that radicalisation is taking place inside America. The strikingly accelerated rate of American Muslims arrested for involvement in terrorist activities since May 2009 makes this fact self-evident. What has been missed is that our home-grown terrorists are now becoming a global threat."
The Telegraph
Originally posted by ollncasino
Originally posted by faceofcydonia
The course taught officers there was no such thing as moderate Islam and that they should consider the religion their enemy.
In the UK, according to MI5, 4,000 British Muslims have received military training from the Taliban
MI5 has estimated that up to 4,000 British Muslims had travelled to Pakistan and, before the fall of the Taliban, to Afghanistan for military training.
By the way, those 4,000 Taliban trained UK Muslims have British passports. British passports holders don't need a visa to enter the USA.
Originally posted by faceofcydonia
The course taught officers there was no such thing as moderate Islam and that they should consider the religion their enemy.
Originally posted by ollncasino
Originally posted by faceofcydonia
The course taught officers there was no such thing as moderate Islam and that they should consider the religion their enemy.
While it is true that not all Muslims are radicals, by the same token the question could be asked why Islam compared to other religions produces so many?
After all, we don't hear people saying that not all Hindu, Buddhist or Sikh immigrants are terrorists.
Is the difference Islam itself?
edit on 11-5-2012 by ollncasino because: Fix error
Originally posted by faceofcydonia
I think the answer is yes.
Their greatest prophet Mohammed was a military general, en.wikipedia.org... and the religion was initially spread by force.
But, does this mean the whole of Islam now believes that it should be spread at the cost of non believers? I can not see this happening with the Muslims I know and call friends.
Originally posted by ollncasino
While it is true that not all Muslims are radicals, by the same token the question could be asked why Islam compared to other religions produces so many?
After all, we don't hear people saying that not all Hindu, Buddhist or Sikh immigrants are terrorists.
Is the difference Islam itself?