This has caused outrage and
disgust among many people because we are a country with an open door policy towards
immigrants and visitors. Hundreds of
thousands of visas are granted annually to foreigners to visit our country, to work in our country, to
study in our country, and to move to our country. Some of the people who are fortunate enough to
obtain these visas sometimes overstay their welcome and become illegals in our
country with little or no repercussion. Albeit
a terrible practice, in the past it has not been a great area of concern.
Speak to many Latinos, and they
are offended at what Mr. Trump wants.
Many anti-Trump Americans equate this to acts similar to those committed
by Hitler, one of the great political demons of the world. But how wrong is it to want to implement this
freeze on arrivals when what we are facing is a clear and present danger.
During the first quarter of 2016
there have been 24 terrorist attacks worldwide.
Not on our soil, but worldwide.
You may ask how does this affect us as a nation, and why should we
buckle down and close the door to a particular group of people just because of their
religious beliefs? They can’t all be
terrorists. They can’t all want to cause
harm to our way of life. Can they?
It is difficult question to ask,
and a harder one to answer. The answer
we all want to hear is NO. All Muslims
are not out to make us forcibly succumb to their religious beliefs. They believe in freedom of religion for others, don’t they? We don’t want this to be true because many of
us have met, and are friends with people who are Muslims, and they seem
perfectly fine and similar to us. So why
would we want to ban other Muslims? It
would be like banning our friends. The sad reality is that the
number of terrorist attacks are rising.
In 2015 there were 117 terrorist attacks worldwide. What did the terrorists have in common? They were Muslims. Extremists, Jihadists or whatever you want to
call them, but they were Muslims.
This is not 1945. The world as we know it has changed
drastically. Intel is open to
hackers. Information is passed all
around the globe undetected many times until it is too late. When it comes to terrorism, we are the Monday
morning quarterbacks. What many people
don’t think of, because it is rarely mentioned in the media is that the Middle
East is not the only place where these individuals want to take over. They are imposing their will all over Africa. We may not care because most of us look at
Africa as a distant land full of people living in squalor, what do we
care? We should. If we felt disgusted about what
Hitler did to the Jewish people then we should feel equally as disgusted with
what these savages are doing to the people around the world including the ones
living in squalor in Africa. As their
movement makes its way across the globe, and they continue taking over parts
of different countries and oil fields, as well as other natural resources, it could get a lot
closer to us before we even realize it, by then it may be too late.
Being an immigrant I can say that
under regular circumstances I too would support entry of anyone who can legally
come into this country from any race, religion or cultural background, both for
political or economic reasons. However,
given the state of affairs, I bend more to The Donald’s view in this
matter.
If I were a Muslim American
citizen in this country I would feel the same way I feel right now as a
non-Muslim. My main concern would be the
welfare and safety of my family, and then my religion. I would support any movement towards
resolution and safety. I would be angry that there are those who
share my faith that are causing such destruction and turmoil in the world in
the name of my Lord. I would want them
banished and eradicated. I would not
want to be associated with them in any way, shape or form, because their views
are not my views. Their interpretation
of the Quran is not my interpretation, and their actions
against humanity are not ones that I support.
I would stand by my government and say “keep everyone out until we know
who is who”. This is not a matter of
discrimination. This is not a matter of
profiling. This is a matter of world
security, not national security, world security. How many people have to die or be maimed for
the world to take notice, for all the good peace loving Muslims to come out against
those who share their faith, but not their values? I know I would.
There will always be people who
see this as instilling hatred of a particular group, or politically incorrect,
or whatever other apologist term that makes them feel better. I won’t apologize for wanting my loved ones
to be safe. I won’t apologize for not
wanting to turn on the TV in the morning to hear that yet there was another
terrorist attack somewhere in the world killing innocent people on their way to
work, or to visit family or on vacation.
This is unacceptable to me, and to continue to stick our heads in the
sand and pretend it’s not our problem, and that the group that is committing
these heinous crimes are not really Muslims is stupid and dangerous. It is detrimental to our way of life, and
humanity.
This is not a ploy to ask you to
vote for Trump or any other candidate.
This is a voice of alarm, this is a voice of warning. We must all come together and fight to
protect what we have. By all, I don’t exclude anyone, only those who wish to be
excluded because they don’t share a desire to protect our country or our way of
life. This is one nation under God,
whoever your God is, we are still ONE NATION.
Let’s be indivisible. Let’s be
just.
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