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Islam
John Locke
Mrs. Wilmer
Writing Seminar
24 September 2012 The Growing Danger of Islam Islam is currently the fastest growing religion in America. According to the Huffington post, over eighty percent of the Mosques in America have been built within the last twenty years. The majority of Muslims state Islam is a peaceful religion and those that practice Jihad (this means Muslims are waging a “holy war” waged against Infidels or non-Muslims) are taking the religion too far, but those that practice Jihad will tell you that they are practicing true Islam. Islam teaches its followers to practice Taqqiya, which teaches Muslims to use deception to gain the trust of their enemies and later betray them. Once Islam has taken over a certain area they implement what is called Shari’ah law, which regulates private and public life in accordance with Islam. Jihad is the most dangerous Islamic belief; it is what fuels the fire for the majority of terrorist groups that exist. Jihad is the true nature of Islam, yet we are inviting Muslims into our country and catering to them in any way we can. Muslims that become martyrs for their religion have been promised seventy- two virgins in Jannah and forgiveness of sins after death. The last thoughts of the Muslims on the airplanes that slammed into the two towers on nine eleven were of their seventy- two virgins they were going to be greeted by. Taqqiya is what is helping Muslims to earn the trust of nations and allowing Islam to sink its claws into the backbone of that nation’s government. That is exactly what is happening to America. We have brushed off terrorists as unrelated to Islam and therefore deemed Islam a peaceful religion. Once they have gained enough of our trust they will turn that against us and catch us off guard and shoot us in the back. The terrorists on nine eleven had infiltrated our country and enrolled in our flight schools. On that dark day, they used what we taught them against us and

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