Obama Distorting Muslim Role in America's History

By Larry Tomczak, Op-ed contributor Monday, March 09, 2015

President Jefferson was a brilliant academic and did something it would do us well to imitate. He secured a copy of the Koran from England and studied its tenets. He then called Muhammad a "military fanatic" and one who "denies that laws were made for him; he arrogates everything to himself by force of arms."
Finally, when Pres. Obama lectured the Christians at the National Prayer Breakfast in 2015 concerning the Crusades (Christian leader Star Parker labeled it "verbal rape"), let's establish that in the 800s Muslims were taking control of the entire Mediterranean territory. Paris almost fell. It was not until 250 years later that the first Crusade was initiated to stop Muslim aggression, advancement and destruction of human lives. My friend Nicholas Papanicolaou, author of "Islam vs. the United States", says it best, "We must immediately change the narrative that our president is presenting and stop indicting Christians falsely for their response to terrorism and destruction by Muslims during the era of the Crusades."

Exactly 100 years ago Armenian Christians were being slaughtered by Islamic militants during a seven-year period. The parallels to ISIS and their savage aggression today are frighteningly similar. One major difference: America did not remain silent or retreat. We were the Armenians biggest defender! Pastors across this nation informed their congregations and financial aid along with prayers and volunteers helped bring about rescue and recovery.

Today the drumbeat gets louder each day with militant jihadists drawing their ideology from the Koran and their perceived lack of morality in the West--pornography, fornication, adultery, cohabitation, homosexuality and casual divorce. Many ISIS young men are recruited as they serve to cleanse themselves of guilt for earlier viewing of pornography coming from us.

Here's the deal: We must start by understanding and facing the disturbing reality of this ideology and changing the narrative being rolled out by politicians today. It's not too late but the clock is ticking. The challenge of Islam is the defining issue of our generation. May we teach our children well and may we pass along this commentary to awaken unaware multitudes.

"It cannot be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was founded not by religionists, but by Christians, not on other religions but on the gospel of Jesus Christ."
- Patrick Henry, American patriot

Larry Tomczak is a best-selling author and cultural commentator with over 40 years of trusted ministry experience. His passion is to bring perspective, analysis and insight from a biblical worldview. He loves people and loves awakening them to today's cultural realities and the responses needed for the bride of Christ—His church—to become influential in all spheres of life once again.