23 February 2006 - Allah is NOT God

Dear Editor,

I wasn't really surprised when our former Vice-President apologized to
the same folks who launched the attack on America on 9/11.  While 100%
of the terrorists who brought down the Word Trade Center were Islamists,
there might be the possibly that an undercover cell of Methodist or
Catholic terrorists are also waiting for us to let our guard down.  Come
on folks, that's just plain ludicrous!  It's about time we started
calling as spade a spade.  The only terrorist threat to our county comes
from some embracing the Muslim religion.  Some Islamic apologists
attempt to draw a line of distinction between so-called moderate Muslims
and the radicals who are bent on our destruction The fact is, their
"prophet," Mohammed, has a well documented past.  A bloody warrior, he
sought to destroy all those who refused to embrace Islam.  They were
called "infidels" and the Koran mentions them throughout its
blood-soaked pages.  It claims that unbelievers ("infidels") of Islam
are enemies of God (Allah).  Mentioned more than 125 times in the Koran,
Islam has declared open season on unbelievers.  This book is the same
book that is proclaimed as "holy scripture" by terrorists and so-called
moderates alike.  Make no mistake about it.  There is absolutely no
correlation between the God of Creation; the triune Father, Son and Holy
Spirit and the angry Allah of the Koran.

The origin of Islam is well documented in the Bible.  The ancient
ancestor of Israel, Abraham, failed to wait on God's promise and took a
concubine, Hagar.  She bore him a son, Ishmael, who was the founder of
Islam.  In Genesis 16:11-12.  We read:  "Behold, you are with child, And
you shall bear a son.  You shall call his name Ishmael, Because the Lord
has heard your affliction.  He shall be a wild man; His hand shall be
against every man, And every man's hand against him.  And he shall dwell
in the presence of all his brethren."

Whether it be in Lackawanna, New York, the West Bank, or in large
European cities, the children of Ishmael are currently waging a terror
campaign against those who don't believe as they do.  They bomb
railroads in Spain, they kill children in Baquabah, they destroy the
mosques of their brothers.  Whether it be fellow Arabs or Christians,
their hatred knows no bounds.

Should we suddenly be surprised?  When terrorist Muslims hijacked TWA
flight 847 on June 15, 1985 and murdered Navy enlisted man, Robert
Stethem because he was an American, we should have prepared for what we
now face.

If Americans are not aware of it, WE ARE AT WAR and have been for twenty
years!  Make no mistake about it.  Islam has declared war against the
United States.  And now we have a former Vice-President making apologies
to them because those of us who have backbones finally recognize that
Islam is dedicated to our destruction.

Derick S. Hartshorn
Conover, NC 28613