Islam is Not the Enemy
Posted in The N.C. Way by R Lee Wrights on September 29th, 2002 by Sean Haugh
In hitting the campaign trail as a US Senate candidate, I’m getting lots of interesting questions. The war and the consequences of 9/11 are at the top of everyone’s minds.
I don’t know if this is happening outside NC or the South, but one consistent question I get is about the nature of Islam. Many want to demonize Islam and portray it as the enemy, so they can feel justified in supporting the ever-expanding war.
Franklin Graham, Billy’s son and heir, has probably been the most outspoken proponent of the anti-Islam view. As a born-again Christian myself, it pains me to see so many of my fellows go to so much trouble to sow hatred for any group of people. That’s not what I read in the gospel. In a recent interview with the Asheville Citizen-Times, Graham summed it up pretty well:
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“If tyranny and oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy.”
