Is It Fact or Fiction? (Part 7)

   We continue in this month’s article with Myth #3 part 2: “You Can’t Be Muslim and Be Patriotic to America.” (From “Myths and Facts about Muslim People and Islam” ADL.org) The writer of this article continued by stating:

   “Muslim Americans are equally as likely to identify with their faith as they do with the United States; 69% identify strongly with the U.S. and 65% identify with their religion. A 2013 Pew study found that most Muslim-Americans (63%) say there is no inherent tension between being devout and living in a modern society; as a point of comparison 64% of American Christians felt that way. There are currently two members of the United States Congress who are Muslim-American (Keith Ellison of Minnesota and Andre Carson of Indiana) and 5,896 members of the U.S. military self-identify as Muslim.  (Note that of the 2.2 million members of the military, 400,000 of those have not reported their religion so the number of Muslims in the military is likely higher.)”

   What is faith?  “Faith is “the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” (Hebrews 1:1).  Since Islam is a cult built on works, Muslims do things to please Allah and Mohammed as practiced in the seven pillars of Islam: 

   The Shahada (Muslims bear witness that ther ...

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