This article first appeared with Independent Journal. Originally published under the title “Anyone Using The Phrase ‘Islam Is A Religion Of Peace’ Needs To Read This”
Days after the ISIS-inspired terrorist attack in San Bernardino,
President Obama’s address to the nation concerning the threat of ISIS
missed the mark. In fact, President Obama seemed at times to be more
concerned with Americans ostracizing Muslim communities through
“suspicion and hate,” than he was with protecting innocent American
civilians from murder in the name of radical Islam.
It is high time for western political leaders to stop responding to
terrorism by naming Islam as ‘the religion of peace’. It is time to have
a hard conversation about Islam.