"Ayaan Hirsi Ali: The Growing Threat of Radical Islam" -- "Ethics of Banning an Ideology" ...
Courtesy of Triggernometry ...
Ayaan Hirsi Ali is a Somali-born human rights activist, writer and former politician. To escape an arranged marriage, she sought political asylum in the Netherlands at the age of 23. In her early 30s, she renounced the Islamic faith of her childhood and began identifying as an atheist, becoming an outspoken critic of Islam in the wake of the September 11th terrorist attacks. In late 2023, Ayaan shocked many by announcing her conversion to Christianity. She has recently launched a new platform, Restoration, which aims to unite and equip those who want to restore the confidence and institutions of the West. — Triggernometry
Willful blindness. Chosen blindness — because, to level with the truth one sees clearly in the true light of day, is to be, for far too many a westerner, uncomfortable, disturbed and unsettled …
Because it is to level with the reality, here in our “western” nations, we have, in all too many instances, in all too many ways, we have advanced, sanctioned, and fortified the freedom of the free functioning in our nation of the Army of Muhammad …
Thus, with respect to the realities of Islam, and those who live guided by it, we elect to embrace a lie. One we created. One the jihadist manufactured for our “ease.” Our “comfort” and “benefit.” So that they, as they, bit by bit, usher in the rule of Allah … while we sleep, while we doze … while we boast of our strong ties with our alleged “Moderate” Muslims … we will remain albeit possibly “passive partners” in their mission, partners all the same …
“We have opened ourselves up for the establishment of a huge infrastructure of Dawah …. through practically peaceful and legal means” we are allowing a restructuring of our nation. One structured in accord with the word of Allah…
So states Ayaan Hirsi Ali.
She states, it is her hope that here in the U.S. it is not possibly too late for us save this nation from Islam.
‘ truth is it likely is too late — too late, that is, absent severe cost, and miraculous intervention from on high.
Ayaan Hirsi rightly speaks of what she sees as the only hope for us — the lot of us: “boring,” regular old Christianity, which has a beautiful and hope-filled story to tell.
As rule by Shari’ah of Islam sneaks, pushes, then forces and, furtively, demands its authoritative right be regarded; the west, unawares of its steady gradation to compliance with such; Ayaan Hirsi Ali speaks a statement that begs to be framed, wrapped in gold, ever to be preserved in the record of the history of humanity.
As hope for that species – but for One source -- flickers, fades like a dying-out fuel-starved cold-surrounded and hard-countered fading campfire, one hope to keep alive and rekindle the flame of freedom is offered…
Hence, for a moment, hear Ayaan Hirsi Ali speak: “What do we have that can inoculate young hearts and minds against the message that radical Islamist are spreading?
“We have a very beautiful old counter-message, and it is called Christianity. And the Christian message, for those who are seeking, spirituality, or a meaning and a purpose in life ….
“Good-old-boring Christianity, if you want to put it that way – though I hate that …
“The west has a loving story to tell … it is a beautiful story to tell if we want to tell it ….”
Amen, and Amen. I for one, will tell it.
Ayaan Hirsi goes on to tell of how, finding herself in a sad depressed condition of spiritual bankruptcy, she came to a moment when then, as an atheist, by choice she decided to believe in God. What’s more, believe in the God presented in the Bible. The one who came to earth in the form of a man. Gave himself on a cross, a propitiation for the penalty of the sins of all mankind.
She tells of how in making such a decision to believe, she fell to her knees and prayed…
And she tells of how she found, what all have found who having ever found themselves as was she then, at wits end, and came, as it were, to the foot of the Cross. There, broken, laid your burden of sin and cares down …
She tells of how, “only then, did I feel something was lifting.” And she wanted more.
Poor, pitiful Muslims, ever trying to earn their forgiveness of sins. Even yearning for their children to die young, martyred in the way of Allah, so that therein those children can earn the right to open the door to paradise for their family members…
Foolishly, needlessly electing to believe a falsehood, thus, closing their eyes and ears to the Gospel of Salvation through and in Jesus Christ alone. Disregarding thus, the fact that on the cross the penalty and debt for all our sins was paid – there, Jesus for all paid it all.
Some call foolishness, idiocy, “Theological B…S..t” such statements, methods and beliefs of “salvation.”
They are free to do so… Doing so is nothing new. But making such claims does nothing for those who are blest to know the knowledge of God through and “in the face of Jesus Christ.”
“For God, who said, ‘Let there be light in the darkness,’ has made us understand that it is the brightness of his glory that is seen in the face of Jesus Christ” (II Corinthians 4: 6, KJV, courtesy of biblehub.com).
I pray, may all who thirst and hunger for fulness of life and joy, peace that passes understanding; may they all know that irreplaceable inestimable unique blessing. Be they today Muslim, atheist, “Christian” or otherwise.
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