Will ignoring Islamic militants make
them go away? Never! … because wherever
evil exists it will destroy.
The other week, Islamic gunmen
(including a woman) laid siege to the popular, up-scaled Westgate Shopping Mall
in Nairobi, Kenya … telling Muslims to leave and then executing non-Muslims. Four Americans were reported injured. According to one witness, the jihadists shot
hostages who could not name Muhammad's mother. Reports indicated that as many as 70 people
are dead and at least 175 wounded. The
extremist group al-Shabaab has taking credit for this massacre. Attacks on soft civilian targets like this
are reminiscent of the horrors of Islamist attacks in Beslan (a school) and
Mumbai (hotels).
While the United States condemned
the despicable bloodbath of innocent men, women and children at the Westgate
Shopping Mall, the Obama Administration refers to it as “violent extremism”
with no reference to Islam or Jihad or terrorism. “We stand together with Kenya in our resolve
to confront and defeat violent extremism. We stand ready to assist Kenya in finding
those who did this and in holding them accountable.”
In Pakistan, two Islamist suicide
bombers detonated at All Saints Church in Peshawar claiming to be doing the
will of Allah … killing 85 people and wounding 140 more … including many
children as they left their time of Sunday worship. The Pakistani Taliban eagerly claimed credit
for the bombing. Several mainstream news
sources called the barbaric assault in Pakistan “the deadliest-ever attack
against the nation’s Christian minority” and included a picture with a caption
describing “a relative of victims of the Christian church bombings.” Yet, again, the news media made no reference
to Islam or Jihad or terrorism.
If Americans are serious about
preventing such nightmares from happening in the United States, it's time to
stop crying racism at those calling for better border security, and start
paying attention at who's coming, who's here … and why.
Finally, I must say of the
Christians dying from the brutality of Islamic militants – The blood of the
martyrs is the seed of the Christian Church.
Christian martyrdom is different from Islamist martyrdom. Christians don’t kill for Jesus – they die
for Him and live for Him. There is no
other hope and no other way!
Rev.
Dr. Kenneth L. Beale, Jr.
Chaplain
(Colonel-Ret), U.S. Army
Pastor,
Ft. Snelling Memorial Chapel
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