Frank Wolf is an asshole xian exceptionalist to ignore. On Friday, April 8, 2016 at 2:09:46 PM UTC-5, Travis wrote: > > > > > > [[ Islamoshit vs Everything. ]] > > > > > http://www.christianpost.com/news/world-war-iii-frank-wolf-radical-islamic-terrorism-frc-hardwired-global-161039/ > > 'We Are In World War III,' Frank Wolf Says of Spreading Radical Islamic > Terrorism > > > <http://www.christianpost.com/news/world-war-iii-frank-wolf-radical-islamic-terrorism-frc-hardwired-global-161039/email.html> > > [image: Description: > http://graphic.christianpost.com/images/new_article/ic_email.gif] > <http://www.christianpost.com/news/world-war-iii-frank-wolf-radical-islamic-terrorism-frc-hardwired-global-161039/email.html> > > [image: Description: Radical Islam](Photo: Paul Hackett/Reuters) > > Signs with radical Islam statements in this undated photo. > > Former Congressman Frank Wolf believes that the rise of radical Islamic > terrorism around the globe is an indication that World War III has arrived, > yet the United States government is doing little to nothing to address the > threat of jihad. > > In a panel discussion focusing on religious freedom and Islamic violence > across the world hosted by the Family Research Council on Wednesday, Wolf, > who's the distinguished senior fellow at 21st Century Wilberforce > Initiative, stressed that the Obama administration and Congress are > standing idle while terrorist groups like the Islamic State (IS), Boko > Haram, the Taliban, al-Shabaab and others continue to commit atrocities > against religious minorities worldwide. > > Wolf, the former Republican representative for Virginia's 10th > Congressional district who is known as a leading advocate for international > human rights, followed up on a comment by fellow panelist Thomas Farr, the > director of Georgetown University's Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and > World Affairs. > > [image: Description: Frank Wolf](Photo: FRC/Brynne Krispin)Former Rep. > Frank Wolf, R-Va., speaks at a Family Research Council panel discussion on > international religious freedom in Washington, D.C. on April 6, 2016. Wolf > was joined on the panel by Hardwired Global's Tina Ramirez, former > Pakistani Parliament member Pervez Rafique and Georgetown professor Dr. > Thomas Farr (not pictured). FRC's Travis Weber moderated the discussion. > > Farr stressed that Islamic extremism is a "global threat" which threatens > not only the U.S., Christians and other religious minorities, but also > Muslims, who are "the greatest victims numerically" of radical Islamic > violence. > > "I agree with the pope, we are in World War III," Wolf said, explaining > that more members of Congress need to visit victims displaced by Islamic > terror and listen to the first-hand stories of rape, torture and mutilation. > > "President Reagan said the words of the Constitution and the Declaration > of Independence were a covenant, not only to the people in Philadelphia in > 1776 and in 1787," Wolf continued. "We are violating the covenant." > > Wolf said he has no confidence that President Barack Obama or his > administration will take any concrete steps to help combat the terror > problem, but stressed that Congress has the responsibility to hold > "extensive hearings" to understand the connections between the jihadi > violence happening in different corners of the world. > > "There is a connection between Boko Haram. They pledged to ISIS. There is > a connection to al-Shabaab in Somalia. There is a connection to what took > place in Libya. We saw what took place in France. We saw what took place in > San Bernardino. We are in World War III," Wolf argued. "Congress should be > dealing with this. Forget the administration. Hold extensive hearings. > Bring in the best political minds, the best military minds in dealing with > this." > > "We will pay the price," Wolf added. "We will pay it now or pay it later." > > Although the U.S. government is leading an international coalition > airstrike effort to help defeat IS in Iraq and Syria, the airstrikes have > done little to solve the big picture problem of global terror. > > Wolf continued by questioning Obama's leadership. > > "We just don't have a leader like we had in President Reagan or in Winston > Churchill or in President Kennedy or in President Truman," Wolf stated. "Do > you think if this was taking place during the Truman administration, > President Truman would just be doing nothing? Of course he would be doing > something, and so would the Congress." > > Wolf recalled a quote by the anti-Nazi theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer and > argued that if the United States continues to neglect the global problem > then "bad things are going to happen." > > "Silence in the face of evil is evil itself. Not to speak is to speak and > not to act is to act,'" Wolf recited. "If we don't speak, we are saying we > really don't care. They are coming and they are coming to kill people. We > are in World War III and Congress and the administration is going to have > to deal with it or else very bad things are going to happen in the world." > > Panelist Tina Ramirez, the executive director of Hardwired Global, an > organization focused on training and promoting religious freedom around the > world, said even though Congress and the administration might not be acting > swiftly to defeat radical terrorism, it is still possible to plant seeds > that will help religious liberty grow in troubled areas around the world. > > "After many years of working in Washington, I have realized that policy > often comes too late," she said. "Our mission is to make it possible for > more people to experience religious freedom and that is a pretty big goal." > > Hardwired Global is working with leaders in countries like Sudan, Iraq and > Nigeria to train them on the true definition of religious freedom so that > they can defend themselves and promote change in their countries. > > "If we don't want that to happen again or continue to happen in Iraq than > we have to do something to make it possible for them to do something right > where they are," Ramirez explained. > > In the past year, Ramirez's organization has worked with 60 leaders from > various religious backgrounds in Iraq to train them on what religious > freedom really is and to know that dignity should be given to all people, > no matter their religion or race. > > "In that, they were empowered. They came to respect one another," Ramirez > said. > > Even a member of the Muslim Brotherhood who was involved in the gathering, > who at first thought it is right to implement Shariah law on religious > minorities, was able hear about the pain that Islamic radicalism has caused > on others. Hearing those stories helped the Muslim Brotherhood member > realize that people of other religions and even atheists have rights. > > "What happened is he had a perspective shift, he had a conceptual change > in his mind, and that is what we are working toward at Hardwired," Ramirez > said. "People can change their own mind and thoughts about other people. As > their perspective shifted, they began to realize together that they could > actually make a difference in their country. Now, we have 60 leaders who > are working together to implement religious freedom programs in their > communities all over Iraq." > > "For the first time in Iraq's history, you have people defending religious > freedom for one another," she added. > > > Read more at > http://www.christianpost.com/news/world-war-iii-frank-wolf-radical-islamic-terrorism-frc-hardwired-global-161039/#4jMQhXS4hyosLQrt.99 > > > Read more at > http://www.christianpost.com/news/world-war-iii-frank-wolf-radical-islamic-terrorism-frc-hardwired-global-161039/#eI12RM4SQr6w9ou4.99 > > > Read more at > http://www.christianpost.com/news/world-war-iii-frank-wolf-radical-islamic-terrorism-frc-hardwired-global-161039/#TCMbxdT4THtgCkX1.99 > > > > > __._,_.___ > ------------------------------ > Posted by: "Beowulf" <[email protected] <javascript:>> > ------------------------------ > > > Visit Your Group > <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/grendelreport/info;_ylc=X3oDMTJmMTc2YjUxBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzIwMTk0ODA2BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTMyMzY2NwRzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2Z2hwBHN0aW1lAzE0NjAxMzcwOTM-> > > > > [image: Yahoo! 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