The Truth about Islam, US Education

Two great posts over at What Would Charles Martel Do?

Re-examining Islam as Heresy and Blasphemy:

Islam is, in my opinion and the opinion of many, nothing more than a cult of personality surrounding a man suffering from increasing delusions of grandeur as his career as an erstwhile "prophet" continued, and I see no reason for this view to become the dominant view for both Jews and Christians. The idea of "interfaith" discourse is absurd when one of the faiths involved blasphemes and threatens the other two, not to mention the other religions of the world. Historically, the relationship between Judaism and Christianity has not at all times been a pleasant one, yet the one is an offshoot of the other.

Our Great Mis-education:

I would, however, like to see someone who holds a grudge against this country, as little "dilbertgeg" over at YouTube seems to, realize for once that they are couching their arguments in the very same Western-ccentric terms that they otherwise rail against. And why? They know nothing else.

" WW1, WW2, Tonkin, Gulf War, and Sept 11 all based on LIES. Right now, US supports MEK terror group, just like US supported Al-Qaeda". ALL based on actions of Western countries, specifically the US. Does anyone even think for a second that this moron knows of the internal wars in China that have raged for millenia? Or of war waged by Japan? Of the constant warfare of the Iriquois? He could have used those examples, he could have used any examples from the ancient world, but he could not. He didn't have them in his head, wasn't even acquainted with them. So he, like others, hyperfocus on US history of the last 100 years. Not that it isn't pertinent and to be understood, but why limit one's knowledge there?

No, if we are to be fully armed in the war of ideas, words, and eventually greater fights for our own civilization, we must know it well but also be able to step outside of it and see those other civilizations for what they are/were. We MUST be able to understand the non-Western perspective, to fully arm ourselves in what may end up academic pursuits.

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