{"id":29812,"date":"2014-09-02T00:30:53","date_gmt":"2014-09-02T03:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/?p=29812"},"modified":"2016-11-25T01:15:45","modified_gmt":"2016-11-25T04:15:45","slug":"military-christians-targeted-in-face-of-islamic-extremism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/02\/military-christians-targeted-in-face-of-islamic-extremism\/","title":{"rendered":"Military Christians Targeted in Face of Islamic Extremism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Recent news reports indicate two US citizens <a href=\"http:\/\/www.christianpost.com\/news\/second-american-dies-fighting-for-isis-125497\/\">were recently killed<\/a> while fighting on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/article\/20140827\/NEWS08\/308270096\">side of the terror group<\/a> known as ISIS, which has declared an &#8220;Islamic state&#8221; in northern Iraq and eastern Syria.\u00a0 (Reports indicate that makes at least three Americans killed <a href=\"http:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/article\/20140828\/NEWS08\/308280073\">fighting on the side of the Islamic extremists<\/a> so far, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/news\/national\/american-wannabe-isis-member-practicing-muslim-hoping-join-caliphate-article-1.1926931\">others want to<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>A second American citizen who died fighting for terror group ISIS in Syria has been identified as Abdirahmaan Muhumed of Minneapolis, reports have said.<\/p>\n<p>Fox News reported that the 29-year-old Somali-American died in the same battle as Douglas McArthur McCain, the first American to be identified as having died on the Islamic militant side.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It turns out former US Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan, the man sentenced to death for killing more than a dozen of his fellow soldiers in the 2009 massacre, wants to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/2014\/08\/29\/fort-hood-shooter-says-want-to-become-citizen-islamic-state-caliphate\/\">become a citizen of this new Islamic state<\/a> (more proof, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.onenewsnow.com\/national-security\/2014\/09\/02\/imprisoned-ft-hood-terrorist-tries-to-join-isis\">some say<\/a>, the attack was an act of terrorism, not &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2012\/10\/19\/video-fort-hood-victims-want-massacre-declared-terrorism\/\">workplace violence<\/a>&#8220;).<\/p>\n<p>In an interesting bit of timing, Army Sgt Hasan Akbar &#8212; sentenced <!--more-->to death in 2005 for a grenade attack on his fellow troops in Kuwait &#8212; had <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stripes.com\/news\/army\/appeal-for-us-soldier-convicted-in-03-grenade-attack-in-kuwait-1.300197\">his appeal heard last week<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Both Akbar and Hasan were US soldiers who killed their fellow troops in attacks motivated by their Islamic faith. They were joined by <a href=\"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2012\/04\/23\/fort-hood-plotter-abdos-confession-allowed-to-stand\/\">PFC Naser Abdo<\/a> and Marine Reservist <a href=\"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2011\/12\/07\/pentagon-shooting-suspect-a-loyal-american\/\">Yonathan Melaku<\/a>, who were likewise motivated by their Islamic faith to attack or plan attacks against the US military.<\/p>\n<p>During the period of the <a href=\"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/26\/former-air-force-airman-charged-with-terrorism\/\">13 attacks or planned attacks on the US military by men motivated by their Islamic faith<\/a> &#8212; four of which came from within by Islamic US military troops &#8212; exactly <strong><em>zero<\/em> <\/strong>attacks or planned attacks were waged against or within the US military by men motivated by their <em>Christian<\/em> faith.<\/p>\n<p>Yet Michael &#8220;Mikey&#8221; Weinstein has clamored for years that <em>Christians<\/em> are the <em>real<\/em> threat &#8212; even going so far as to call Christians &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2012\/04\/24\/michael-weinstein-us-marines-are-threat-to-national-security\/\">national security threats<\/a>&#8221; who should be <a href=\"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2014\/02\/13\/mikey-weinstein-its-not-about-eliminating-god\/\">disqualified from public service<\/a>.\u00a0 Interestingly, Weinstein claims it is <em>Christians<\/em> who want to take over the world in a battle for Armageddon, while Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen Marty Dempsey says Islamic extremists are the ones with the &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/2014\/08\/22\/army-gen-dempsey-asserts-islamic-militants-have-apocalyptic-end-days-strategic\/\">apocalyptic, end of days strategic vision<\/a>.&#8221;\u00a0 al Qaeda even named the US Air Force Academy &#8212; another frequent Weinstein victim &#8212; as a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stripes.com\/news\/air-force\/online-al-qaida-magazine-lists-air-force-academy-as-target-1.300609\">potential target<\/a> of its extremist Islamic vendetta.<\/p>\n<p>Hypocritically, Weinstein has said little to nothing about any of these attacks motivated by Islam, even though he had <a href=\"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2011\/08\/01\/terror-plot-soldier-naser-abdo-defiant-weinstein-equivocates\/\">personal contact with one of the now-jailed extremists<\/a>. Instead, Weinstein&#8217;s vitriol is aimed at Christians &#8212; whom he claims are the <em>real<\/em> threat to America.\u00a0 In fact, Weinstein has even gone so far as to say Christians are <a href=\"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2009\/11\/25\/weinstein-and-the-court-martial-of-maj-nidal-hasan\/\">the <em>cause<\/em> of Islamic extremist attacks<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Ironically, some &#8216;militant&#8217; atheists have sided with Weinstein, apparently abandoning their normal skeptical demands for evidence in favor of Weinstein&#8217;s religious fervor targeting Christians.<\/p>\n<p>In the face of attacks by Weinstein, the US Congress has passed laws requiring the US military to protect religious liberty within its ranks.\u00a0 Weinstein&#8217;s attacks have exclusively been on <em>Christians<\/em> in the US military.\u00a0 Even now, the controversy continues as Weinstein asserts US military Christians are <a href=\"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/08\/religious-freedom-advocate-predicts-christian-nuclear-war\/\">trying to start a nuclear war<\/a> and deserve to be punished if they <a href=\"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2014\/03\/12\/usafa-defends-cadets-against-mikey-weinstein-sort-of\/\">write a Bible verse<\/a> on a white board.<\/p>\n<p>Mikey Weinstein has been enriching himself <a href=\"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2007\/01\/01\/93\/\">tilting at windmills<\/a> for years &#8212; while intentionally ignoring the <em>real<\/em> giants.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">Also at <a href=\"http:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2014\/08\/27\/world\/meast\/syria-american-killed\/\">CNN<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-like\" data-share=\"true\" data-show-faces=\"true\" data-size=\"small\" data-action=\"like\" data-layout=\"standard\"><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"><strong>ADVERTISEMENT<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><!-- blogpost --><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-ad-slot=\"2728423835\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6450825356098669\"><\/ins><script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recent news reports indicate two US citizens were recently killed while fighting on the side of the terror group known as ISIS, which has declared an &#8220;Islamic state&#8221; in northern Iraq and eastern Syria.\u00a0 (Reports indicate that makes at least three Americans killed fighting on the side of the Islamic extremists so far, and others want to.) 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