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Mr. William Warner, Director, Center for the Study of Political Islam, breaks down the anti-sharia legislation just introduced in Tennessee. Excellent piece of law, I might add.

Tennessee has a bill in the legislature that works to protect its citizens from jihad as legalized by Sharia law.

Legislation Introduced in the Tennessee General Assembly to enhance Tennessee’s anti-terrorism law.
NASHVILLE, TN – February 28, 2011 – As many of you may have already read, two great legislators from Tennessee have sponsored a state terrorism material support bill.  Between Carlos Bledsoe (Arkansas Army recruiting station killer) and the latest Saudi student jihadist who has ties to Nashville, this bill couldn’t have come quickly enough.  As expected, the mainstream media has done everything they know to do to skew, misconstrue, and otherwise fail to understand what the proposed legislation actually does.
Legislation has been introduced in the Tennessee General Assembly to enhance Tennessee’s anti-terrorism law and allow state and local law enforcement to act decisively at the earliest point to stop terrorist acts. The bill, sponsored by Senate Republican Caucus Chairman Bill Ketron (R-Murfreesboro) and House Speaker Pro Tempore Judd Matheny (R-Tullahoma), aims to curb the incidence of homegrown terrorism like that of Memphian Carlos Bledsoe who stated he was following the call to “jihad” when he shot and killed a serviceman at the Arkansas Army recruiting station.

“The top priority of government should be to protect our citizens,” said Senator Ketron.  “The nine-eleven attack and subsequent terrorist attacks have turned a new page in our nation’s history.  All levels of government — national, state and local — must be a part of this effort.  This bill seeks to enhance legislation we already have on the books to provide our state and local law enforcement agencies the tools they need to enable them to intervene against those who plan, finance and assist others who commit acts of terrorism before they occur.”

The bill is modeled after the federal Material Support law which has been upheld by the Supreme Court as constitutional.

Just the Facts, Sir, Just the Facts

February 28, 2011

Tennessee has a bill in the legislature that tries of protect its citizens from jihad as legalized by Sharia law. The local paper has responded with the same tired argument–Islam is a religion and we are bigots to try to do anything about a religion. The usual suspects are interviewed, some Muslim leader and a liberal apologist who assure us that we are immoral by trying to protect ourselves from the violence of Islamic jihad.

Knowledge can teach us what is, but wisdom allows us to see what is not there. When you read the inaccurate articles published in the papers, there is something that is absent—knowledge about the subject at hand. Instead of facts about Islam, we get “expert” opinions from those who cannot even define Islam, which goes a long way to explain why there are no facts, only viewpoints.

It is exceedingly simple. Islam is the doctrine found in the Koran, Sira (Mohammed’s biography) and the Hadith (his traditions). The Koran does not have enough information in it to be a Muslim. The bulk of Islamic doctrine is taken from the Sunna of Mohammed (found in the Sira and the Hadith). All of the Sharia is based on Koran, Sira and Hadith, the Trilogy.

And do we find even one reference to the Islamic doctrine in such opinion pieces that are found in the media? No, not one. The media can talk about jihad without ever referring once to the doctrine of jihad found in the Trilogy.

The odd fact about the Islamic doctrine is that most of it is not about how to be a Muslim, but instead, the majority of it is about the non-Muslim, the Kafir. For instance, 64% of the Koran deals with Kafirs, which is not religious in nature, since none of the Kafir doctrine can be about religion, since the Kafir is strictly excluded from any aspect of the religion of Islam. The Islamic doctrine about Kafirs is purely political, hence it is Political Islam. The long and short of it is: forget about the religion of Islam unless you are a Muslim. Keep your eye on Political Islam if you are a Kafir.

One of the ways Political Islam manifests is jihad. To show how extensive jihad is in the Trilogy, consider that 31% of the Trilogy deals with jihad. Jihad is not just a verse or two; it is a major part of the Islamic political doctrine.

But our media shows us that they do not have any access to any expertise about Islam. There are no facts, just opinions. Fact-based reasoning does not deal with personal denigration of the opponent. Anyone who does not agree with the doctrine of ignorance as found in the media, the classroom and the pulpit is a bigot. Fact-based reasoning deals with the facts of the doctrine. However, our media “pundits” and apoligists are not able to even define Islam, much less hold a fact-based discussion.

Here is the rule: if there is no mention about the Trilogy of Koran, Sira and Hadith, then it is just another opinion and is not factual. Shouldn’t we demand that our reasoning be based on facts?

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Bill Warner, Director, Center for the Study of Political Islam
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“Tennessee, like the federal government, has a compelling state interest to protect our citizens from jihad terrorism,” added Representative Matheny.  “The incidence of homegrown terrorism is rising and our local and state law enforcement officers are on the frontlines in preventing such attacks.  Tennessee’s current law addresses terrorism after the fact.  This legislation aims to prevent acts of terrorism before they occur.”

Open source reporting shows that between 2001 – 2008, there were one or two terror attempts per year.  That number jumped in 2009 – January 2011 to one or two cases uncovered nationally per month.  The lawmakers said the bill protects the right of political speech and the right of citizens to practice freedom of religion.

“This bill does not interfere with the constitutionally protected rights of those who practice Sharia religious law,” added Senator Ketron.  “This is not about religious rights or about those who practice Islamic beliefs.  It’s about protecting our citizens from acts of terrorism that come from Sharia jihad which is a growing threat in all our states.”