Weekly Think Piece ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Good German and the Good Muslim
"All that is necessary for
the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing."
(Edmund Burke)
I've been thinking about that quote from Edmund and thought
about the phrase "The Good German."
Wikipedia defines "The
Good German" as those Germans who claimed not to have supported the Nazi
regime, yet made no claim to have opposed it in any significant way.
It is a saying among our troops that there are no real Nazis in Germany, only "good Germans." Every crime Germany committed against humanity seems to have been done by someone else.
The term has come to
be used to refer more generically to people in any country who observe
reprehensible things taking place - whether done by a government or by another
powerful institution - but remain silent, neither raising objections nor taking
steps to change the course of events.
Sound a lot like the moderate Muslims - or the 'Good Muslims' - of today.
Excuses are made that the Islamists do not speak for Muslims
and that the radicals represent a small minority of the Muslim population. Yet,
we see little organized efforts of
'Good Muslims' in standing up to this fringe element in their midst that has
supposedly hijacked their religion.
The most visible and organized efforts we see from Muslims
who have the ear of politicians, educational institutions and the media are
those of Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR), Islamic Society of North
America (ISNA), and the Muslim Student Association (MSA) - the first two were labeled "unindicted co-conspirator" in the Holy Land Foundation case. These
supposed 'moderate' Muslim organizations have been proven to have roots in
radical Islam and seek to turn America into an Islamic state - in their own words.
Though there are some anti-Islamist Muslim organizations
like American Islamic Forum for Democracy (AFID) who
try to combat the strategies of CAIR, MSA, and ISNA, their voice and effect
is small. The very same politicians, educational institutions, and media that
give credence to CAIR, MSA and ISNA by submitting to their demands or accept
their propaganda as fact, pretty much ignore these anti-Islamist organizations
and individuals.
Muslims in the West are playing with fire. By standing by
and letting the Islamists set the agenda for their faith, they risk being swept
up in the unbridled and unmitigated retaliation of all 'Good Muslims' when the
Islamists believe we have been weakened enough in both thought and deed to
defend our rights, our nation, our family and our selves.
And this, like all enemies of democracy before them, is a
fatal mistake. No politician. No University President. No civil rights
spokesperson. No leftist columnist or liberal talk show host will be able to
prevent the retribution on 'Good Muslims' wherever they are found when hundreds
of thousands of Americans are killed or hundreds
of threatened suicide bombings like those in Europe take place here in the US.
It's time for all 'Good Muslims' to make their voice heard
in no uncertain terms through at least
one national organization that commands the respect of politicians,
institutions, organizations and the media.
But that will not happen until such an organization finds
the financial where-with-all on the level of the Islamist funded organizations
like CAIR, ASN and INSA and wahhabist mosques.
Money, lots of money, must be acquired by this anti-Islamist
organization from the 'Good Muslims'.
And here's how.
Muslims have an obligation to give a certain amount of their
income to charity. This is called Zakat. If the 'Good Muslims'
don't want the Islamists to speak for them, then take part of that Zakat and
create and fund a moderate Muslim organization that supports the anti-Islamist
view of the supposed Muslim majority. That kind of money from the millions of
Muslims in this country and millions more in the West can mount a strong
opposition to the propaganda of the current Muslim mouthpieces.
If the 'Good Muslims' want to dodge the bullet of
retribution that the Good Germans were unable to, then there's an old infidel
saying that they should take to heart.
"Charity begins at home."
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