French Journalists Killed

by Jesus Alaniz

My condolences to France’s twelve courageous cartoon journalists who lost their lives in the battle between a free press and corrupt religious principles. The battle that began between non-believers and Islam on September 11, 1683 known as the Battle of Vienna expanded when Europeans, more especially, English settlers left England and settled in what we now call America. Thomas Jefferson also had his problems with Islam. The Barbary pirates had been taking ships in the name of Islam. Thomas Jefferson & John Adams sought to make peace and assure the Muslim leaders that America meant them no harm. Shocked by the outcome of a meeting Jefferson & Adams write in a March 28, 1786 letter to John Jay, “The Ambassador answered us that it was founded on the Laws of their prophet, that it was written in their Koran, that all nations who should not have acknowledged their authority were sinners, that it was their right and duty to make war upon them wherever they could be found, and to make slaves of all they could take as Prisoners, and that every musselman who should be slain in battle was sure to go to Paradise.” The end of the letter and the attacks on September 11, 2001 substantiate Surat Al-‘Anfāl 8:12.

I’ll admit that Christians also have a violent past. After Pope Clement V had disbanded the Templars King Philip IV of France had French Templars arrested in an effort to abscond their treasure to pay off his debts. The Templars were tortured into falsely confessing to acts of heresy & killed under the auspicious of that pope and their Grand Master Jacques de Molay was burned alive. The arrests occurred on Friday, October 13, 1307 and many of those false accusations still linger today.

Libertarian Michael J. Badnarik once told the story of a lawyer who observed a man being whipped by the British for several days as he traveled into town. The man finally died from the lashings a few days later. His crime was a refusal to obtain a license from the Church of England to preach. The lawyer, states Badnarik, would later proclaim the words “Give me Liberty or Give me Death”.

Martin Luther was the voice against the corrupt acts of the Roman Catholic Church. The Framers guaranteed our right to worship as we please under the I Amendment. In my opinion Islam lacks the courageous voices & unity to condemn acts of violence, and the degradation of women & non-believers. I believe in the Almighty and reject any “religion” or leader such as Pope Clement V, the old Church of England, Islamist extremists etc. Romans 12:19 teaches that vengeance belongs to God and that we are to leave punishment to Him. As with government, religion is not the problem but rather violent individuals with corrupt ideals who believe they are equal to God due to our silence. A free press, journalism and satirist are obligated to reign when political correctness, silence & cowardice rules.

References

Battle of Vienna

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Vienna

History of Islam and the influence on the U.S. – Thomas Jefferson Letter

http://www.danielpipes.org/comments/195692

Photo Copy of Jefferson Letter http://memory.loc.gov/master/mss/mtj/mtj1/005/0400/0430.jpg

Text of Jefferson Letter http://freepages.misc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~argyll/From%20JOHN%20ADAMS%20And%20THOMAS%20JEFFERSON.pdf

Surat Al-‘Anfāl 8:12

http://quran.com/8/12

Jacques de Molay

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_de_Molay

History of the Templars (Arrest of the Templars)