Of course, how else do the Muslims respond to every slight?
Spring Hope — Words like "bomb" and "die" draw attention to the small sign in front of Good News Independent Baptist Church.
Rev. Gary Murrell put up the sign, which on one side claims the message of Islam is "submit, convert or die."
The other side reads: "When is the last time you heard of a Jew or Christian with a bomb strapped to their body?" Despite some in the Islamic community who claim the sign is offensive, Murrell says it is not a hate sign.
"It was not put up there with the purpose of showing that we hate those people," he said. "It’s not the people, it’s the religion."
Murrell says it is a violent religion compared to Christianity. But not everyone agrees.
"I would really say that the actions of one individual really do not represent the Islamic faith," said Debbie Jaunich, with the Islamic Center of Raleigh. "The Islamic faith really calls for peace."
One person? Apparently, Miss Jaunich has not been paying attention to world affairs. Was it just one person who rioted after Newsweeks bogus story about Koran flushing? Or going ape after the Danish Mohammed cartoons? Or attacked the USA on 9/11? Attacked Britian on 7/7?
In retrospect, she is partially correct, as it is typically "the actions of one individual" when suicide bombings happen. It was just one individual who blew up a pregnant Israeli woman and her child. It was one individual who walked on to a bus or into a pizza parlor and blew themselves, and those around them, up.
But, it was not one individual who killed a Buddist villager and two police officers in Thailand, murdered three Afghani’s, or killed two civilians by roadside bomb in Somailia, in recent days. Or attacked a school in Gaza. It is not individuals, as the attacks are all done in Allah’s name.
It is not one individual who is is teaching hatred and violence at mosque’s and Islamic schools around the world.
If Muslims really want to believe their religion is about peace, then perhaps they should get up on their soapboxes and start decrying the murder and wonton violence perpatrated in the name of their religion. Because no one is buying the whole "Islam is a religion of peace" gig. Maybe most are not involved, but they give their tacit approval but keeping quiet.
And, just for clarification, both sides of the sign are correct, and, of course, Juanich is pushing the bigotry and intollerance meme, rather the addressing the actual substance.
More: A Blog For All discusses extremism in Islam.
The problem for Muslim leaders who make these pronouncements denouncing terrorism and violence is that they’re not only in the minority, but the extremists consider such views to be apostasy punishable by death.
And more: Michelle Malkin writes about the sign.
Bullwinkle has video from WRAL.
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