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Interpreting the Islamic Bombings

In Australia there has so far been very little attempt to interpret the wider significance of the BBs and the issue seems to be dying here. In the US , however, ongoing interpretations have been occurring through various media outlets and, as it happens, they are coinciding with the upcoming Congressional inquiry on another BB type episode viz, the Administration’s handling of the attack on the US Benghazi consulate. This is now acknowledged even by the Administration to have had an al Qaeda involvement which was initially covered up. But despite the “clearing of fault” report by the Administration, there are indications that much more could now be revealed about the handling of the situation.

It is encouraging that there is an on-going media/think-tank exposure in America of what now appears to be a deliberate and worrying cover up by the US Administration of the Islamic influence. It would also be helpful if Obama is forced to reveal more of his own position. It is now possible that details of the cover-up will develop into an active involvement in Congress.

Durie Interview

From the Australian end the most important development is an interview  on Christian Worldview Radio conducted with Dr Mark Durie, an Anglican preacher in Caulfield, Victoria. This interview was published in America on 27 April by the Middle East Forum, a think-tank established in Philadelphia by Daniel Pipes, an American with Jewish origins and well known and respected in Australian circles. Durie’s interview is likely to get some attention within the US – but presumably not here!

Following are important points made by Durie (the full interview is available here):

• “The root of the problem is in the Qur'an. The Qur'an says "Fighting is obligatory for you, though you dislike it." [Sura 2:126]. The word in Arabic for fighting means "to kill." And it says also "I shall cast terror into the hearts of the disbelievers. Cut off their heads, and cut off their limbs." [Sura 8:12] There's a stream that's at the core of Islam that generates hatred against non-believers. Christians are being killed and attacked in Nigeria and in the Sudan, and that's not because they are a world power or a dominant force.
  
  
• Obama has a secular liberal view that all religions are much the same. So he denies that Islam is the reason or makes any contribution to these acts. Furthermore he identifies with Islam – as he has explained to the Muslim world – because his father was a Muslim and he was exposed to Islamic worldview and background when he was a kid. So he is very deliberate about deflecting attention away from Islam. He has forbidden his spokespeople to make any links between Islam and terrorism. It is his deliberate policy to do that.
  
  
• ...those on the left wouldn't last long in an Islamic state, but they support the Islam project. That's a really fascinating thing and there's a number of reasons that all come together. One is that the left hasn't really come to terms with the failure of communism, and they don't actually have an ideal to hold out as a result, except that they hate capitalism, and thus they hate America as well, and they share that hatred with radical Islam. So on the basis that "Whoever is my enemy's enemy must be my friend," there's a natural partnering there.
  
  
• This is one reason why I find it very distressing when people in the West speak of "the prophet Muhammad". He's not a prophet. He's a false prophet. And we need to find ways that really distance ourselves from the claims of Islam, so that we don't just accept them or speak about it with reverence and respect. Because it is not a true religion.
  
  
• Some Muslims have had difficulties settling here, and we have certainly have the radicals here too – as in the US, where I think there have been hundreds of potential Boston bombings that have been thwarted by the FBI – we've had issues here too: people have been arrested and imprisoned for plotting here. In general most Muslims are doing pretty well and adapting well to Australia, but it's not all roses by any means.
  
  
• One really good thing that's happened here is that both sides of politics have repeatedly said very clearly we're not going to have sharia law here. There's one law for all. All people are going to be equal before the law. That's our common law tradition. And if you want to live in Australia that's what have to put up with, and that's the way it works. That's been good: our government has made very clear statements about our values and our legal system to the Muslims that have come into the country. And I wish government leaders around the world would say that very clearly to their Muslim immigrants.

Ex Judge Pirro

Another promising development is the active involvement in the issue of a former Judge, Jeanine Ferris Pirro (born 1951). She is the daughter of Lebanese immigrants to the U.S. and a former prosecutor, judge, and elected official from the state of New York, who is currently a legal analyst and television personality. She is currently contributing to Today, Fox NY Good Day New York, and is a Fox News legal 'analyst' appearing on various shows.  I am trying to obtain the transcript of her devastating TV attack on (in particular) the mother of the two bombers.

Benghazi Inquiry

Available here for download is an article suggesting that this congressional committee inquiry will be “the beginning of the end” of the Obama administration. Whether that turns out to be the case remains to be seen. But there seems little doubt that the inquiry will reveal more cover ups on the Islamic influence.

My 2GB Interview

Also available here is the transcript of the interview I had last week on 2GB Sydney.

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