— In the Aug. 25 letter to the editor entitled “Exclamation points no substitute for logic,” the author from Lithia Springs professed to having read the Qu’ran and professed knowledge of the Bible, while evidencing a deep dislike for the latter, for Thomasville and for the South.

The purpose of the rant could best be understood by answering the question: Are Muslims permitted to lie? And the answer is: apparently, yes.

Go to www.google.com and enter “TheReligionofPeace — Islam: Taqiyya and the Truth.” Then in Google again, go to “Islam Watch — ‘Taqiyya and kitman: Role of Deception in Islamic terrorism’ by Author.” And when have read both, ask yourself if any of these tactics were used by the letter writer, by Muslims interviewed lately on TV and by a politician elected to office in America  who wrote in The Audacity of Hope, “Should the political winds shift in an ugly direction I will stand with the Muslims.”

The next question that begs an answer is: Where are the ‘Christian’ extremists the writer mentions?” We have Christians in Indonesia being murdered by Islamic extremists, Christians in the Sudan being raped and murdered by Muslims there, in Kenya we have seen similar programs, and in Uganda scores were recently killed in a bombing by Muslim extremists

No Christian can enter Mecca or Medina in Saudi Arabia, much less build a church, and if a Muslim wishes to convert to Christianity, he or she is forbidden to do so under the pain of beheading. And in some Muslim countries, all it takes for Christian to be executed is that a Muslim accuses him, or her, of speaking ill against Mohammed. Again, where are the Christians of equivalent extremism the writer mentioned?

Beware the trojan horse of pronouncements of a “religion of peace” by those writing letters and giving interviews who use taqiyya and kitman to deceive and confuse. These are dangerous times. The camel’s nose is in the tent.

And lastly, for all living among us who wish to live peaceably, supporting our laws and government, citizenship requires the same treatment afforded each of us be equally afforded them — without exception,



Jack Pope

Thomasville