By Bill Wilson
The man who occupies the Oval Office (OOO) characterized Islam as a great contributor to the world by using misleading phrases, half-truths and out and out lies in his attempt to reset world concepts of Islam to have moral equivalency with Christianity and Judaism.
Today's Daily Jot will set the record straight about these fallacies:
- He spoke of "civilization's debt to Islam" by mentioning several historic credits. Al-Azhar University, he said, paved the way for Europe's Renaissance and Enlightenment.
A study of history on this period in no way mentions Islam, the university or even Arab names. The University today is a hotbed for radical Islamic thought.
- He said that Muslims developed algebra, the magnetic compass and mastery of printing.
Algebra was actually in use by the ancient Egyptians, Babylonians, Hindus and Greeks thousands and hundreds of years before Islam. Even Arabic algebra, developed after Mohammed conquered India, was derived from the works of and interpreted into Arabic by Greek, Christian, Jewish and Persian scholars. The compass was invented by the Chinese around 200 BC and was perfected in the 17th century by English scientist Edmond Halley. The Chinese developed woodblock printing around 220 BC. Arabs copied the technique about 1,000 years later. And Gutenberg used his printing press to print the Bible in 1455.
- OOO said that Islam "has always been a part of America's story" in citing the Treaty of Tripoli in 1796.
For some 300 years Islamic pirates stole ships and enslaved their crews off the coast of Africa. The treaty required America to pay fees for protection from the pirates. The treaty was violated upon demand for more money and President Thomas Jefferson birthed the US Navy to defeat the Islamists. Asked why Islam was attacking our ships, Tripoli's ambassador said, "it is written in the Koran, that all nations which had not acknowledged the Prophet were sinners, whom it was the right and duty of the faithful to plunder and enslave."
- OOO said, "And throughout history, Islam has demonstrated through words and deeds the possibilities of religious tolerance and racial equality."
The Koran instructs its followers to kill Jews and Christians if they do not convert to Islam. Islam has warred against Jews and Christians since its inception and continues to do so today. Islamic nations rank at the top of the State Department's most egregious violators of human rights irrespective of race or gender.
The Apostle Paul warns in 2 Timothy 3:13,
"But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived."
OOO has deceived the world by attempting to place Islam on moral equivalency with righteousness.
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