Tony Perkins.....Family Research Council Ramadan Order Cant Mosque Intolerance in Military Apparently, Ramadan isnt just a holy day for Muslims -- but the military too. On the same day the U.S. Supreme Court had to force President Obama to respect the rights of Christians, our troops overseas are being ordered to change their routines to accommodate the Islamic religion. In one of the greatest examples of hypocrisy of this administration, Stars and Stripes explains that service members wont even be allowed to drink coffee on the way to work in places like Bahrain -- one of the many sacrifices troops are making to honor the requirements of the Muslim area. Businesses and government offices will reduce hours and most restaurants will be closed during the daylight hours, a nod to the strict sunrise to sundown fasting from food and drink of the Islamic countries. Navy officials, the newspaper reports, are even requiring U.S. personnel to dress more conservatively off-base during Ramadan... Base cultural advisers have spent the last few weeks conducting Ramadan briefs to educate Americans about the holy month. Although not a requirement by Bahraini authorities, the Navy is demanding that men wear long-sleeved shirts and women wear sleeved blouses that cover their elbows. This Muslim sensitivity, which was already an overreach, is even more frustrating to troops now, after the Presidents assault on Christianity within the ranks of the military. While the Pentagon works overtime to appease Muslims, their own soldiers, Marines, and airmen are banned from even displaying a Bible on their desks or a Bible verse on a message board. In a military thats grown increasingly hostile to Christianity, this grasp at political correctness is a slap in the face to the overwhelming number of practicing Christians in our Armed Forces. Hows that for irony? Our troops are expected to observe the religion of Muslims while their own faith is unwelcome in the military fighting for it. And unlike these Muslims, our service members simply asked for the opportunity to practice their faith -- not impose it on others. Meanwhile, some liberals say theres no room for faith in the public square -- but obviously, what they meant was that theres no room for Christianity. While the governments kicking Bibles out of military hospitals and crosses off base chapels, this administration is endorsing a religion linked to extremism.
Posted on: Tue, 01 Jul 2014 03:45:00 +0000
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