RSSPolitical correctness once again rearing it’s dangerous head
Michael Haltman | January 27, 2011
Worldwide Muslim population is expected to grow from 1.6 billion today to 2.2 billion is 2030 according to a Pew Research study.
Today, in 2011, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt and now Yemen face citizen uprisings and calls for pro-western governments to step down.
What does all of this mean to the United States and the rest of the world not directly in the Middle East and Northern Africa?
If one is of the opinion that radical Islamists pose a threat, then it could mean quite a bit. If one is to believe that poverty, limited access to education and a focus on the tenets of Sharia Law poses a threat, then it could mean quite a bit.
If, as the quote below by Rep. Peter King, chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security indicates, that 80% of the Imams in the United States could be radicalized, then it could mean quite a bit. This, even if Rep. King is way off base and the real number is only 15%.
At only 15% we still face a major problem here, and in other countries around the world that have an even larger percentage of the population being of Muslim faith.
Poverty, hopelessness, lack of education, religious indoctrination in Madrassas and radicalized Imams combine to create a population that can be easily swayed to move in the direction of problem solving through terrorism.
"The only real testimony we have on it is from Sheikh Kabbani who was a Muslim leader during the Clinton Administration, he testified back in 1999 and 2000 before the State Department that he thought over 80 percent of the mosques in this country are controlled by radical imams. Certainly from what I’ve seen and dealings I’ve had, that number seems accurate." Peter King on the Laura Ingraham Show
The general conversation in the public domain is focused on the politically correct argument, moving the discussion in exactly the wrong direction!
Many in the mainstream media or the ACLU crowd will focus in on the percentages laid out by Rep. King rather than the scope of the problem. They will call King an Islamophobe, a racist or worse rather than acknowledge that while the numbers he cites may be off target, the problem and danger posed by Islamic radicalism is clear and present.
We can stick with the PC approach to national and global security, or we can recognize the problem, as Rep. King does, and develop a strategy to try and deal with it.
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