Dear Islamophobes: Stiffen Thy Spines! Confront The Evil! By Peter Burrows elburropete@gmail.com, silvercityburro.com - 11/12/17

Some months ago, I offered to give my talk, "An Infidel's Guide To The Koran," to three local churches and a university affiliated speakers' forum. To date, only one response, and that was a firm rejection from the Unitarians.

Now, some people may say the Unitarians don't qualify as a "church," which is a place people go to worship, but as someone who has gone to Unitarian services for almost 50 years, I can vouch that Unitarians are ardent worshipers, which is the reason they rejected my offer.

You see, the "God" Unitarians worship is Government, and one of the pillars of Islam says, in part, "None has the right to be worshipped but Allah," which means the Muslims would no doubt classify Unitarians as pagans. Since Allah commands Muslims to "slay the pagans wherever you find them," I can understand why Unitarians would just as soon not spend a Sunday listening to somebody quote the Koran. Islamophobes, indeed!

Now, you're probably thinking, "So much for the Unitarians, what about the other two churches?" I would describe both as being in the Evangelical category, definitely not "pagan," but the Koran has quite a few scary verses concerning Christians (and Jews), so it is understandable why those folks also wouldn't want to be frightened on a Sunday morning.

My Christian friends go to Sunday services to sing, pray, worship with fellow Christians and feel a sense of renewal with their Lord. They don't want to be scared to death, and that's precisely what Islam does. In fact, Allah says, "I will cast terror into the hearts of those who have disbelieved, so strike them over the necks--."

As you may have noticed, Islamophobia is rampant in America. For example, next week the Islamic expert Robert Spencer is supposed to give an address at Stanford, but terrified student organizations are protesting his appearance and urging students to boycott his speech. Sorry, kids, the scary stuff is not going away just because you ignore it. Steel yourselves! Listen!

While Islamophobes understandably fear Islam, Islamofools actually embrace Islam! Ironically, the Islamofools have successfully convinced the mainstream media that anybody who has the courage to honestly discuss Islam is the Islamophobe, not the cowards who refuse to listen!!

I'm afraid the Islamofools are in charge. Notable fools include Presidents G.W. Bush and Barrack Obama; Prime Ministers Blair, Cameron and May; and sadly, Pope Francis.

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