I've had some experience dealing with muslims—some who came as refugees, some who simply migrated for more opportunity—and the thing I noticed most was how vulnerable the refugees were in our society, how without American friends to help them adjust. I was working with several families from Afghanistan in the year before 9/11. One of these families, former communists, had suffered terribly from the Taliban, the father had been cruelly tortured, and other family members killed. That family barely escaped intact. There were 400 Afghan families that were settled by the Clinton administration in my city, most of them lacking their menfolk as our proxy, the Taliban, had murdered so many. Those families were traumatized, and coming to the US with their children, the parents—most of whom could not speak English—soon lost control of their children who adapted much quicker, but in negative ways, emulating the worst of American culture. These people were settled in the inner city, and the American churches—being mostly suburban—showed no interest in them. There was almost no outreach. Many of these families were actually interested in exploring Christianity, but there was almost no one to teach them except one very underfunded inner city church which soon folded under the pressure.
I remember that one family—very decent and cheerful people—were sometimes attacked by the locals. Once some redneck threw a rock through their window. Beneath the window lying on a sofa was a sleeping baby. The glass shattered all over her. I was there when it happened. That showed me what America was—mean, un-Christian at its core.
Our government caused the upheavals in many nations through color revolutions, regime changes, outright war since 1945. We created masses of refugees flooding to Europe and our shores for decades, yet most go unnoticed by the average American who fearfully believes all kinds of nonsense about them and views them with hostility. No country wants to be flooded with refugees and yes, our borders should be secure and no one allowed in without being vetted properly. We've also seen that refugees and migrants are used by our leadership as a political football (as in the Biden era). No political party should be allowed to get away with this. But most of all, we should stop supporting our many overseas wars (including the economic wars we wage through sanctions) that create them and quit listening to the propaganda that demands we destroy this nation or that for reasons we really don't know. We created to date 3.2 million Iranian refugees, bombed by us out of their homes. Where are they going to go??
That is heartbreaking! ) : Literally making me cry. I do pray that they find the true Jesus through all that mess. So few are true Christians and I see it all the time. They are hijacked by some other agenda, but it's not His.
What about for-Muslims-only Epic City, TX, and NYC Mayor Mamdani and so many other Muslims (Indians too) taking political office across the country, and not so long after they've come here? Is that typical of what people whose goal is to assimilate, would do? Or is it racist or bigoted to expect a certain degree of assimilation? Is Islam a religion of peace and compatible with the U.S. Constitution? Is Judaism compatible with Christianity? Hinduism too? If no one teaches Christianity to people who want to learn it, maybe it's because few know what Christianity is.
I would not expect a lot of assimilation from the first generation of muslims who immigrate here. Throughout American history, ethnic and/o religious groups tended to segregate themselves into diaspora enclaves, which typically lasted several generations before full assimilation. Italians, Germans, Irish, Chinese and many others did that. Hasidic Jews tightly segregate themselves into closed enclaves on the east coast, speak Yiddish, yet assimilate only just enough to manipulate local politics for their own advantage. Catholics who immigrated here in great numbers during the 19th century were not welcomed by the Protestant majority Americans. If the muslims, like other immigrants of the past, organize their enclaves and take political office, that is their right as citizens. If we want peaceful relations with them, then we need to reach out and make friends with them. We don't have to become muslim to do it, and I have never met a muslim that demanded it.
Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, etc are not compatible with Christianity. Christianity is a kingdom not of this world. Neither is secularism compatible with Christianity, which characterizes most of American culture. But we all have humanity in common and as a practical consideration, we can start from there to begin to live together in peace in this country. As JFK said in his famous Peace speech of June 10 1963 “World peace, like community peace, does not require that each man love his neighbor--it requires only that they live together in mutual tolerance, submitting their disputes to a just and peaceful settlement. And history teaches us that enmities between nations, as between individuals, do not last forever. However fixed our likes and dislikes may seem, the tide of time and events will often bring surprising changes in the relations between nations and neighbors.”
“So let us persevere...”
If any of us sincerely call ourselves Christian, then we should be the first to dare to offer friendship and spread our peace, and not fear and loathing. This does NOT mean surrender of our beliefs, but to spread them. Again, quoting JFK: “And it is the responsibility of all citizens in all sections of this country to respect the rights of all others and to respect the law of the land."
"All this is not unrelated to world peace. "When a man's ways please the Lord," the Scriptures tell us, "he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him." And is not peace, in the last analysis, basically a matter of human rights--the right to live out our lives without fear of devastation--the right to breathe air as nature provided it--the right of future generations to a healthy existence?" https://www.jfklibrary.org/archives/other-resources/john-f-kennedy-speeches/american-university-19630610
It's looking like this ill-advised war with Iran may result in millions more Islamists being sent to the USA, and if Americans really were Christians, they would accept them and try to be friends with them, and maybe even convert them to Christianity? Do I understand your view correctly?
The ultimate goal of Islam is conquest, according to the Quran, and Muslims are either active or inactive in regard to Sharia (this from a former Iranian citizen, now an American, and similar testimony from other immigrants from Islamic countries). How to live in peace with people who regard you as an infidel with no right to your own beliefs?
Hasidic Jews "assimilate only just enough to manipulate local politics for their own advantage", but "if the muslims, like other immigrants of the past, organize their enclaves and take political office, that is their right as citizens." Hasidic Jews are bad but Muslims are good? We should view one with suspicion but be tolerant of the other? Islam and Judaism are both anti-Christian, except for a tiny percentage of the latter, who are Messianic. They have more in common with each other than either has in common with Christians.
2 Corinthians 6:14-18 and other verses in the Bible warn against fellowship with unbelievers, lest one be assimilated into unbelief. Jesus advised to shake the dust off your feet and move on, when proselytizing is not welcome.
We may get many Iranian refugees coming our way but if we do, it is entirely our fault for bombing them out of their homes. Our president did not keep his campaign promise to stay out of wars, and regime change operations. Our government, as it has done in the past, may scoop thousands up from refugee camps and dump them in our cities, and we don't have any voice in this. So what to do?? Shall we go to war with them in the US and bash them in public at every opportunity to show we're boss?? How do you propose we treat these people? You want no fellowship with unbelievers—fine--but we can at least tolerate their presence, act civilly around them and not lynch them. And to remember that among them may be those wanting to hear the Gospel. I stand by trying to live in peace with whomever comes here.
When immigrants came here in the past, they and their children were taught our American principles of government, our value of equality under the law, etc. They became Americans that way. Why aren't we doing that today? Muslims are capable of learning that too. It's our Constitution that makes us a nation, nothing else. If that is not upheld as our principles for existence, then all we have is factional fighting, might over right. If muslims become citizens here, they have the same right as we do. Either we believe all citizens have rights under our law or we really don't. Which is it?
Are muslims all bad?? No, they are not. Most are decent folks. I remember an occasion when an Egyptian muslim, the owner of a coffee shop I used to visit, angrily complained to me, the Christian, about the Episcopalians ordaining a homosexual as a bishop. He asked why we Christians did nothing about this. I tried to explain our divisions which prevents discipline, but he said that is no excuse “I have children to protect from things like this.” What could I say to him? He was right. Christians have allowed our culture to become depraved.
Are there bad muslims? Yes, just like there are bad Christians and Jews. So we should at least vet the bad actors from the refugees that come in. Again, this depends on the willingness of our government to do their job. But they seem mostly unwilling. Our government simply wants to dump the refugees it creates anywhere.
Yes, Islam has a past of conquering by the sword, so did early Judaism from Joshua to David, so did Christianity during medieval times and beyond. Zionism (which is not Judaism, but a ideology using Judaism as a cover), justifies using the sword against the Palestinians and all Middle Easterners (Christian or muslim) as a command to slaughter the “Amalek” mentioned in the Old Testament. Yet the US supports the slaughter of the so-called “Amalek”.
I agree that Judaism and Islam have a lot in common. Sharia law is based on Jewish practices but it's Noahide law that been formally recognized by Congress in 1982. The 7 Noahide laws are vague, but one of them is against blasphemy, which if enforced by Jewish principles and judges, would outlaw Christianity as blasphemous. Currently these laws are not enforceable, but one day they could be. So I think we're already in some danger from that angle, more so than from the Sharia law which is not recognized by our Congress.
Our government is our enemy, and we, not just immigrants, are its prey. How do I propose to treat these people? If they leave me and my own alone, I will leave them alone. It should be needless to say that I don't advocate lynching, nevertheless, it was mentioned. But you know as well as anyone, who will be paying for their upkeep, at least initially. Of course that is the government's fault, and they relish the conflict and resentment that they created. I did not say I wanted no fellowship with unbelievers. That is what the Bible advises when there is a danger of compromising one's faith, for example, in the vain hope of keeping peace. The Constitution is on life-support and is not being taught, and in many cases, is neither upheld nor even consulted. It is not going to save anyone. The last thing we need to do is borrow trouble, but that is what governments do best.
Another excellently written article which addresses the globalist agenda from the 30,000 foot point of view! Thank you for adding sharp nuances and subtle colors to the otherwise opaque snapshot of what is transpiring. They intentionally keep it fuzzy. You help bring clarity. Thanks again Leo.
I was going to mention the word scapegoat but you beat me to it. Time and time again, it is one of their favorite tools to distract. So many are so focused on the trees that they can't see the forest, the bigger picture and plan that's "right in front of our noses".
It’s amazing to me how we are being played by the globalist elites. It just dawned on me a few weeks ago that all the movies like James Bond and mission impossible and other films in that nature. Are designed for us to be programmed into believing that these films are all make believe and fantasy, when it actually is reality. Hollywood is a globalist tool for propaganda and all corporate media. Thank you Leo for your hard work.
Everybody turn off the media and open the Bible and get right with God or time is short.
You’ll get no argument here! And dang those nitwits who constantly use the term “broken” to describe every single intentionally immoral/evil agency and agenda; they really do not get it.
Dr. Breggin calls them "global predators." They have no native lands to give their loyalty to nor do they feel any connection or love or loyalty to their inhabitants.
It's painful to try to explain the way things are or what's really happening to others. So many people have grown mentally lazy and believe narratives simply because they are easy to understand and fit into nice little cubbyholes. I'm tired of trying to tell them much of anything.
It's all about the trade route starting from India, through the Straight of Hormuz, on to railways through Saudi Arabia, Israel, Gaza, and then by sea to Greece. Controlling this trade route for oil and goods, and splitting India away from the BRICS alliance, is worth $trillions over decades. I don't know whether a proposed new canal (the Ben Gurion Canal) stretching across Israel is part of it. They could just use a railway for that section, but the canal through Gaza would eliminate a long stretch of railway and the need to unload and reload cargo onto ships multiple times. A railway through Saudi Arabia, Jordan (a tiny section of Jordan), and Israel is athe option described by Patrick Wood. Developing and expanding both of these trade routes would explain why Prime Minister Modi from India seems to be helping Israel. India could deliver their products to Europe more easily. But shipping through the Red Sea with the proposed Ben Gurion canal seems the cheapest way to get goods from India to Europe. For the record, I'm now anti-Trump and especially anti-Jared Kushner, who will benefit tremendously from all of this because they are teaming up with the global oligarchs to develop these trade routes. Trump lied to us. Democrats will win future elections by telling voters to look at the stupid Iran war that Trump started. The oligarchs can use the trillions gained from this war to build the technocratic control state. The more people who understand the technocratic-AI-social credit score-tokenization plan, the less they will be able to control us.
Excellent summary of what has been going on for decades. People rarely go high altitude to see the whole picture. This is one of those times. Thank you Leo!
On a side note -- It's almost laughable how Brannon Howse day-after-day just keeps posting an endless stream of pro-Iran War//anti-Muslin "terrorist-attacks-will-happen-soon" FEARMONGERING VIDEOS on his youtube channel.
Excellent article, Leo.
I've had some experience dealing with muslims—some who came as refugees, some who simply migrated for more opportunity—and the thing I noticed most was how vulnerable the refugees were in our society, how without American friends to help them adjust. I was working with several families from Afghanistan in the year before 9/11. One of these families, former communists, had suffered terribly from the Taliban, the father had been cruelly tortured, and other family members killed. That family barely escaped intact. There were 400 Afghan families that were settled by the Clinton administration in my city, most of them lacking their menfolk as our proxy, the Taliban, had murdered so many. Those families were traumatized, and coming to the US with their children, the parents—most of whom could not speak English—soon lost control of their children who adapted much quicker, but in negative ways, emulating the worst of American culture. These people were settled in the inner city, and the American churches—being mostly suburban—showed no interest in them. There was almost no outreach. Many of these families were actually interested in exploring Christianity, but there was almost no one to teach them except one very underfunded inner city church which soon folded under the pressure.
I remember that one family—very decent and cheerful people—were sometimes attacked by the locals. Once some redneck threw a rock through their window. Beneath the window lying on a sofa was a sleeping baby. The glass shattered all over her. I was there when it happened. That showed me what America was—mean, un-Christian at its core.
Our government caused the upheavals in many nations through color revolutions, regime changes, outright war since 1945. We created masses of refugees flooding to Europe and our shores for decades, yet most go unnoticed by the average American who fearfully believes all kinds of nonsense about them and views them with hostility. No country wants to be flooded with refugees and yes, our borders should be secure and no one allowed in without being vetted properly. We've also seen that refugees and migrants are used by our leadership as a political football (as in the Biden era). No political party should be allowed to get away with this. But most of all, we should stop supporting our many overseas wars (including the economic wars we wage through sanctions) that create them and quit listening to the propaganda that demands we destroy this nation or that for reasons we really don't know. We created to date 3.2 million Iranian refugees, bombed by us out of their homes. Where are they going to go??
Very many of us do not support these wars. Realistcally, they don't care whether we do or not.
Thank you for sharing!
That is heartbreaking! ) : Literally making me cry. I do pray that they find the true Jesus through all that mess. So few are true Christians and I see it all the time. They are hijacked by some other agenda, but it's not His.
What about for-Muslims-only Epic City, TX, and NYC Mayor Mamdani and so many other Muslims (Indians too) taking political office across the country, and not so long after they've come here? Is that typical of what people whose goal is to assimilate, would do? Or is it racist or bigoted to expect a certain degree of assimilation? Is Islam a religion of peace and compatible with the U.S. Constitution? Is Judaism compatible with Christianity? Hinduism too? If no one teaches Christianity to people who want to learn it, maybe it's because few know what Christianity is.
I would not expect a lot of assimilation from the first generation of muslims who immigrate here. Throughout American history, ethnic and/o religious groups tended to segregate themselves into diaspora enclaves, which typically lasted several generations before full assimilation. Italians, Germans, Irish, Chinese and many others did that. Hasidic Jews tightly segregate themselves into closed enclaves on the east coast, speak Yiddish, yet assimilate only just enough to manipulate local politics for their own advantage. Catholics who immigrated here in great numbers during the 19th century were not welcomed by the Protestant majority Americans. If the muslims, like other immigrants of the past, organize their enclaves and take political office, that is their right as citizens. If we want peaceful relations with them, then we need to reach out and make friends with them. We don't have to become muslim to do it, and I have never met a muslim that demanded it.
Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, etc are not compatible with Christianity. Christianity is a kingdom not of this world. Neither is secularism compatible with Christianity, which characterizes most of American culture. But we all have humanity in common and as a practical consideration, we can start from there to begin to live together in peace in this country. As JFK said in his famous Peace speech of June 10 1963 “World peace, like community peace, does not require that each man love his neighbor--it requires only that they live together in mutual tolerance, submitting their disputes to a just and peaceful settlement. And history teaches us that enmities between nations, as between individuals, do not last forever. However fixed our likes and dislikes may seem, the tide of time and events will often bring surprising changes in the relations between nations and neighbors.”
“So let us persevere...”
If any of us sincerely call ourselves Christian, then we should be the first to dare to offer friendship and spread our peace, and not fear and loathing. This does NOT mean surrender of our beliefs, but to spread them. Again, quoting JFK: “And it is the responsibility of all citizens in all sections of this country to respect the rights of all others and to respect the law of the land."
"All this is not unrelated to world peace. "When a man's ways please the Lord," the Scriptures tell us, "he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him." And is not peace, in the last analysis, basically a matter of human rights--the right to live out our lives without fear of devastation--the right to breathe air as nature provided it--the right of future generations to a healthy existence?" https://www.jfklibrary.org/archives/other-resources/john-f-kennedy-speeches/american-university-19630610
Thank you for your response.
It's looking like this ill-advised war with Iran may result in millions more Islamists being sent to the USA, and if Americans really were Christians, they would accept them and try to be friends with them, and maybe even convert them to Christianity? Do I understand your view correctly?
The ultimate goal of Islam is conquest, according to the Quran, and Muslims are either active or inactive in regard to Sharia (this from a former Iranian citizen, now an American, and similar testimony from other immigrants from Islamic countries). How to live in peace with people who regard you as an infidel with no right to your own beliefs?
Hasidic Jews "assimilate only just enough to manipulate local politics for their own advantage", but "if the muslims, like other immigrants of the past, organize their enclaves and take political office, that is their right as citizens." Hasidic Jews are bad but Muslims are good? We should view one with suspicion but be tolerant of the other? Islam and Judaism are both anti-Christian, except for a tiny percentage of the latter, who are Messianic. They have more in common with each other than either has in common with Christians.
2 Corinthians 6:14-18 and other verses in the Bible warn against fellowship with unbelievers, lest one be assimilated into unbelief. Jesus advised to shake the dust off your feet and move on, when proselytizing is not welcome.
We may get many Iranian refugees coming our way but if we do, it is entirely our fault for bombing them out of their homes. Our president did not keep his campaign promise to stay out of wars, and regime change operations. Our government, as it has done in the past, may scoop thousands up from refugee camps and dump them in our cities, and we don't have any voice in this. So what to do?? Shall we go to war with them in the US and bash them in public at every opportunity to show we're boss?? How do you propose we treat these people? You want no fellowship with unbelievers—fine--but we can at least tolerate their presence, act civilly around them and not lynch them. And to remember that among them may be those wanting to hear the Gospel. I stand by trying to live in peace with whomever comes here.
When immigrants came here in the past, they and their children were taught our American principles of government, our value of equality under the law, etc. They became Americans that way. Why aren't we doing that today? Muslims are capable of learning that too. It's our Constitution that makes us a nation, nothing else. If that is not upheld as our principles for existence, then all we have is factional fighting, might over right. If muslims become citizens here, they have the same right as we do. Either we believe all citizens have rights under our law or we really don't. Which is it?
Are muslims all bad?? No, they are not. Most are decent folks. I remember an occasion when an Egyptian muslim, the owner of a coffee shop I used to visit, angrily complained to me, the Christian, about the Episcopalians ordaining a homosexual as a bishop. He asked why we Christians did nothing about this. I tried to explain our divisions which prevents discipline, but he said that is no excuse “I have children to protect from things like this.” What could I say to him? He was right. Christians have allowed our culture to become depraved.
Are there bad muslims? Yes, just like there are bad Christians and Jews. So we should at least vet the bad actors from the refugees that come in. Again, this depends on the willingness of our government to do their job. But they seem mostly unwilling. Our government simply wants to dump the refugees it creates anywhere.
Yes, Islam has a past of conquering by the sword, so did early Judaism from Joshua to David, so did Christianity during medieval times and beyond. Zionism (which is not Judaism, but a ideology using Judaism as a cover), justifies using the sword against the Palestinians and all Middle Easterners (Christian or muslim) as a command to slaughter the “Amalek” mentioned in the Old Testament. Yet the US supports the slaughter of the so-called “Amalek”.
I agree that Judaism and Islam have a lot in common. Sharia law is based on Jewish practices but it's Noahide law that been formally recognized by Congress in 1982. The 7 Noahide laws are vague, but one of them is against blasphemy, which if enforced by Jewish principles and judges, would outlaw Christianity as blasphemous. Currently these laws are not enforceable, but one day they could be. So I think we're already in some danger from that angle, more so than from the Sharia law which is not recognized by our Congress.
Our government is our enemy, and we, not just immigrants, are its prey. How do I propose to treat these people? If they leave me and my own alone, I will leave them alone. It should be needless to say that I don't advocate lynching, nevertheless, it was mentioned. But you know as well as anyone, who will be paying for their upkeep, at least initially. Of course that is the government's fault, and they relish the conflict and resentment that they created. I did not say I wanted no fellowship with unbelievers. That is what the Bible advises when there is a danger of compromising one's faith, for example, in the vain hope of keeping peace. The Constitution is on life-support and is not being taught, and in many cases, is neither upheld nor even consulted. It is not going to save anyone. The last thing we need to do is borrow trouble, but that is what governments do best.
I appreciate you sharing this. So simply explained! I know you are right and it's true how few people believe it. The end is drawing near.
Another excellently written article which addresses the globalist agenda from the 30,000 foot point of view! Thank you for adding sharp nuances and subtle colors to the otherwise opaque snapshot of what is transpiring. They intentionally keep it fuzzy. You help bring clarity. Thanks again Leo.
I'm in full agreement with you!
I was going to mention the word scapegoat but you beat me to it. Time and time again, it is one of their favorite tools to distract. So many are so focused on the trees that they can't see the forest, the bigger picture and plan that's "right in front of our noses".
Thank you!
Excellent analysis, like always. We appreciate your integrity and honesty! Keep it up!
It’s amazing to me how we are being played by the globalist elites. It just dawned on me a few weeks ago that all the movies like James Bond and mission impossible and other films in that nature. Are designed for us to be programmed into believing that these films are all make believe and fantasy, when it actually is reality. Hollywood is a globalist tool for propaganda and all corporate media. Thank you Leo for your hard work.
Everybody turn off the media and open the Bible and get right with God or time is short.
You’ll get no argument here! And dang those nitwits who constantly use the term “broken” to describe every single intentionally immoral/evil agency and agenda; they really do not get it.
Dr. Breggin calls them "global predators." They have no native lands to give their loyalty to nor do they feel any connection or love or loyalty to their inhabitants.
It's painful to try to explain the way things are or what's really happening to others. So many people have grown mentally lazy and believe narratives simply because they are easy to understand and fit into nice little cubbyholes. I'm tired of trying to tell them much of anything.
Likewise RN - it's a mission impossible. "There are those so blind who choose not to see."
As always the Brits are behind this chaos with hidden forces within their institutions, City of London, and BIS: https://austrianpeter.substack.com/p/wartime-extended-edition-the-hegemon?sd=pf
Well said.
Or simply chickens coming home to roost - come Jesus come quickly!
A UN report.
Replacement Migration.
https://lawyerlisa.substack.com/p/immigration-plan-titled-replacement
Leo Hohmann had an excellent post yesterday where he gave a link to Patrick Wood's substack that I summarize below:
Regarding the Iran war, Patrick Wood has a good explanation-
https://patrickwood.substack.com/p/imec-trumps-war-with-iran-is-about?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
It's all about the trade route starting from India, through the Straight of Hormuz, on to railways through Saudi Arabia, Israel, Gaza, and then by sea to Greece. Controlling this trade route for oil and goods, and splitting India away from the BRICS alliance, is worth $trillions over decades. I don't know whether a proposed new canal (the Ben Gurion Canal) stretching across Israel is part of it. They could just use a railway for that section, but the canal through Gaza would eliminate a long stretch of railway and the need to unload and reload cargo onto ships multiple times. A railway through Saudi Arabia, Jordan (a tiny section of Jordan), and Israel is athe option described by Patrick Wood. Developing and expanding both of these trade routes would explain why Prime Minister Modi from India seems to be helping Israel. India could deliver their products to Europe more easily. But shipping through the Red Sea with the proposed Ben Gurion canal seems the cheapest way to get goods from India to Europe. For the record, I'm now anti-Trump and especially anti-Jared Kushner, who will benefit tremendously from all of this because they are teaming up with the global oligarchs to develop these trade routes. Trump lied to us. Democrats will win future elections by telling voters to look at the stupid Iran war that Trump started. The oligarchs can use the trillions gained from this war to build the technocratic control state. The more people who understand the technocratic-AI-social credit score-tokenization plan, the less they will be able to control us.
Not just an opinion, but actual facts if people would just consider!
Excellent summary of what has been going on for decades. People rarely go high altitude to see the whole picture. This is one of those times. Thank you Leo!
Well Leo, this certainly made me think and reflect deeply about my own attitudes. I appreciate it's timeliness and analysis. Subscribed.
On a side note -- It's almost laughable how Brannon Howse day-after-day just keeps posting an endless stream of pro-Iran War//anti-Muslin "terrorist-attacks-will-happen-soon" FEARMONGERING VIDEOS on his youtube channel.