LETTER: Good Muslim, American?

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LETTER: Good Muslim, American?

By Cy Stapleton, Lufkin

Saturday, August 05, 2006

I am not an expert on the Muslim religion. I simply do not understand that faith. I have a major problem that our Muslim citizens so often fail to speak out against their fellow Muslims who are terrorists and the below has given me some food for thought.

A retired Marine friend, who is now a minister, sent the above question to a fellow Marine who has spent some 20 years in the Far East.

The following is that Marine officer's reply:

Theologically - no. Because his allegiance is to Allah, the moon god of Arabia.

Religiously - no. Because no other religion is accepted by his Allah except Islam (Quran, 2:256)

Scripturally - no. Because his allegiance is to the five pillars of Islam and the Quran (Koran).

Geographically - no. Because his allegiance is to Mecca, to which he turns in prayer five times a day.

Socially - no. Because his allegiance to Islam forbids him to make friends with Christians or Jews.

Politically - no. Because he must submit to the mullah (spiritual leaders), who teach annihilation of Israel and Destruction of America, the great Satan.

Domestically - no. Because he is instructed to marry four women and beat and scourge his wife when she disobeys him (Quran 4: 34).

Intellectually - no. Because he cannot accept the American Constitution since it is based on Biblical principles and he believes the Bible to be corrupt.

Philosophically - no. Because Islam, Muhammad, and the Quran do not allow freedom of religion and expression. Democracy and Islam cannot co-exist.

Every Muslim government is either dictatorial or autocratic.

Spiritually - no. Because when we declare "one nation under God," the Christian's God is loving and kind, while Allah is never referred to as heavenly father, nor is he ever called love in The Quran's 99 excellent names.

Therefore after much study and deliberation... perhaps we should be very suspicious of all Muslims in this country. They obviously cannot be both "good" Muslims and good Americans. Call it what you wish... it's still the truth.

After reading this, I can only hope that my Muslim friends are not good Muslims. I truly believe that my Muslim friends are good Americans.