"OBAMA'S SELF-PROFESSED CONFUSION ABOUT IS LAMIC TERROR" BY THE HIGHLY RESPECTED RAYMOND IBRAHIM.

Obama’s Self-Professed “Confusion” About Islamic Terror

http://www.raymondibrahim.com/other-matters/obamas-self-professed-confusion-about-islamic-terror/ During the National Prayer Breakfast earlier this month, U.S. President Obama tried to shield Islam from criticism by depicting Christianity as equally violent and intolerant (via comments about crusades, inquisitions, and “high horses”). Much lesser known is that he also tried to shield Islam by invoking Christian virtues. In many ways, his comments on “humility” might be the strangest of his entire speech—to the point that Obama himself got visibly confused by his own lack of coherency and even admitted it. The transcript of the portion in question follows, interspersed with my comments and observations. Said Obama: "So this [Islamic State type violence] is not unique to one group or one religion. There is a tendency in us, a sinful tendency that can pervert and distort our faith. In today’s world, when hate groups have their own Twitter accounts and bigotry can fester in hidden places in cyberspace, it can be even harder to counteract such intolerance. But God compels us to try. And in this mission, I believe there are a few principles that can guide us, particularly those of us who profess to believe." Two important points here to establish context for what follows: 1) Obama is referring to the atrocities being committed by the Islamic State—the beheadings, crucifixions, rape slavery, immolations—which he claims are common to all religions; 2) By invoking “God” and offering principles to “those of us who profess to believe”—a phrase he really stresses in the video—Obama is clearly addressing American Christians in particular. Continues Obama: "And, first, we should start with some basic humility. I believe that the starting point of faith is some doubt—not being so full of yourself and so confident that you are right and that God speaks only to us, and doesn’t speak to others, that God only cares about us and doesn’t care about others, that somehow we alone are in possession of the truth." These are surely some strange remarks in the context of this speech. Obama calls on Americans in general Christians in particular to exercise some “humility” and “doubt”—and he treats the two as interchangeable in meaning, which they most certainly are not.... KEEP READING ALSO NEW ON RAYMONDIBRAHIM.COM ▪ Coptic Monks Lay Before Bulldozers to Protect Ancient Christian Site, Muslim Workers Yell ‘Allahu Akbar!’ ▪ Drive-By Jihadis Murder Another Coptic Christian in Sinai ▪ Cameroon: Boko Haram Slaughters 100, Torches Churches ▪ Pictures of Christian Carnage from Islamic State Raid on Khabur Villages ▪ Islamic State Torches Churches, Takes 200 Christian Hostages, Western Forces Present Do Nothing ▪ Claimed as Wife by Muslim Man, Christian Woman Flees: Christian Experiences in Pakistan ▪ Pictures: IS Prepares to Burn Caged Kurds ▪ Islamic State Poisons Water Stations ▪ ‘Devotion to Islam’ — Not Unemployment — Root Cause of Jihad