The Patriot Post® · Islam Cannot Be a Religion of Peace

In remarks to the UN in September, Barack Obama repeated his false refrain: “Islam teaches peace. Muslims all over the world aspire to live with dignity and a sense of justice.” This is demonstrably not true, and the Reverend Franklin Graham took appropriate exception to the idea in his commentary on the subject. “While I commend President Obama for deploying U.S. military forces to fight this vile and wicked threat, I also believe our president is completely and fundamentally mistaken about the intolerant and violent nature of hardened Islamic followers,” Graham wrote. “For Muslims, peace comes only through submission to Islam. When they speak of peace, they mean submission to their religion. Worldwide, tens of thousands of men, women and children have been slaughtered in the name of Allah, under the bloody flag of Islam.” More to the point, Graham argued, “It is impossible for a false religion to be a true religion of peace, since it can never reconcile a holy God and sinful man, and it can never bring lasting peace between men or nations.” Well said. More…