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The AFA and The Muslim Question: Deportation, Reservations, Concentration Camps or Gas Ovens?By Rev. Dan Vojir (Page 2 of 3 pages) Become a premium member to see this article and all articles as one long page. 4 comments
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aside the obvious parallels to Fascism, the Holocaust, and (Michelle
Malkin's favorite spa/resort) Manzanar, let's look at America's most
famous and first foray into mass deportation, also known as The Trail of Tears.
(wikipedia)
The Indian Removal Act, part of a United States government policy known as Indian removal, was signed into law by President Andrew Jackson on May 26, 1830.
The Removal Act was strongly supported in the South, where states were eager to gain access to lands inhabited by the "Five Civilized Tribes". In particular, Georgia, the largest state at that time, was involved in a contentious jurisdictional dispute with the Cherokee nation. President Jackson hoped removal would resolve the Georgia crisis. The Indian Removal Act was also very controversial. While Native American removal was, in theory, supposed to be voluntary, in practice great pressure was put on Native American leaders to sign removal treaties. Most observers, whether they were in favor of the Indian removal policy or not, realized that the passage of the act meant the inevitable removal of most Indians from the states.
But did the Trail of Tears have "simple Judeo-Christian compassion"? Or Brian Fischer or Michelle Malkin to publicize
its "compassion"? Fischer's irrational statements leave something to be
desired. Humanity, possibly? Or has uprooting families from their homes
and forcing them to abandon friends, families, careers, worldly
belongings, education, all those things that attracted them to
immigrate to this country suddenly have God's compassionate permission?
And how do Muslim-Americans feel about people like Fischer?
James Zogby, American Muslim:
But the danger remains and the possibility of violence is real. And those in respected leadership roles need to recognize that in the current environment playing with matches can start fires. We've seen the ugly racist placards, heard the chants and shouted epithets, and witnessed the raw anger at rallies. Can violence be far behind?
Suddenly Fischer's "benign" proposal asks more questions thanit answers:
1. Just WHO will
be deported? Since being Muslim is advocating a religion and not a
nationality, we have many, many people who are citizens of the United
States. Do we deport only Iraqi-Americans? Turkish-Americans?
Saudi-Americans? Lebanese-Americans? Pakistani-Americans?
Egyptian-Americans? Algerian-Americans? Albanian-Americans?
Indonesian-Americans? Libyan-Americans? The list could go on. It would
be convenient to lump them all into "would-be terrorists," but
Americans would start seeing law-abiding, legal citizens hauled off for
no apparent reason. AFA answer: Who cares?
2. How would
Muslim properties be sold, distributed and used? In the early days of
Christianity, pagan temples were turned into churches or brothels. Will
mosques be turned into unusual-looking WalMarts? (The most practical
solution, I suppose). AFA answer: the compassionate thing to do would be to turn them into churches, but brothels would be more profitable.
3. Will Muslims
who convert to Christianity still be forced out? If not, will there be
a tribunal of sorts to ferret out "fake" Christians? Many Jews
pretended to be converted in "Good Queen" Isabella's Spain - they were
called "muranos." And if "fake" Christians are deported, won't theybe
killed as apostates? AFA Answer: Again, who cares?
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