Very interesting

This book by Brigitte Gabriel is very enlightening. I highly recommend it everyone. Last night I found her recommended websites on Saudi sponsored curriculum for use in American Muslim schools. It's very disturbing. Here are some links:

STATEMENT OF NINA SHEA*
DIRECTOR, HUDSON INSTITUTE’S
CENTER FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
BEFORE THE
FAIRFAX COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
ON THE
COUNTY LEASE EXTENSION FOR THE
ISLAMIC SAUDI ACADEMY

The report on Saudi textbooks:

2008 Update Saudi Arabia's Curriculum of Intolerance

Very interesting reading and very disturbing. While, like most Americans, I support the freedom of religion and have no desire to prevent any group of people from practicing their religion in my country, I can not abide a religion that has waged war on my religion and my country.

Don't get me wrong. There are MANY Muslims, living here and abroad, who do not agree with this aspect of their religion. They do not like it, they would never in a million years do anything to harm another person just for not choosing Islam, and have good friends of various faiths. It is not my desire to offend them or make them feel ashamed of their faith. I wish strongly for there to be more of them. I support those who speak out on the terrorists who committing these atrocities and plan to post more articles or editorials written by them.

However, this hatred is out there. It is taught in the Koran and by *mainstream* clerics. It is not something to file away under religious tolerance on our part. We must keep our eyes and ears open and learn how to decipher the dissimulation by organizations that are terrorist organizations in disguise.

I honestly feel torn in two. I have dear friends that I miss terribly. We've worked together, laughed together, vented together over way too much fattening food after parent-teacher conferences, watched out children play together. I've admired my friends for their devotion to prayer (while I can barely stay awake long enough or keep my mind on one track long enough to get to "amen"). I've enjoyed discussing our religions in very polite, non-provocative ways and being able to go them and ask, "What does this mean? Is this true?" One example, I'd heard somewhere that there are Muslims who will not even swallow their saliva during daylight hours during Ramadan. I found it a bit difficult to believe, especially since I was surrounded by Muslim friends and colleagues all day and didn't notice a sudden increase in saliva around the school. My friend laughed and said, "What would we do with it?!"

But I also feel a fear and distrust of so much that is Islam. And for good reason. I'm not a bigot. However, that doesn't mean I'm going to tolerate or even embrace something that is a menace to me, my family, and my church. Or my country.

I hate this. I really, really hate it. I do wish it were possible for us to live in peace, live and let live, and just get along. But that will never be. So I guess I'll go and make breakfast.