Not only do the politically correct and willfully ignorant such as Senator Brown do all they can to avoid acknowledging that there is any connection between jihad terrorism and Islam, but they also enforce that willful ignorance upon the rest of us: unless you confess with his lips and believe in your heart that the Islamic State is not Islamic, you will be subjected to a chorus of opprobrium, along with ostracism and ongoing vilification.
“Dem Senator Unsure If ‘Enemy Is Connected to Islam,’” by Adam Kredo, Washington Free Beacon, December 11, 2015:
Sen. Sherrod Brown (D., Ohio) struggled to explain whether he believes there is a connection between Islam and terrorist forces aiming to launch strikes at the United States when questioned by another leading lawmaker Thursday evening on the Senate floor, according to video of the exchange.
Asked by Sen. Ben Sasse (R., Neb.) during an exchange on the Senate floor if he believes “there is any connection between our enemy and Islam,” Brown appeared confused and struggled to respond.
“I’m sorry, excuse me?” Brown said in response to Sasse’s question.
When asked again if he believes there is any connection between the radicals waging terrorist attack on the West and Islam, Brown said he is not sure.
“I guess, I don’t know, I’m not here to debate this,” he said. “I don’t know exactly what that means, ‘A connection between our enemy and Islam.’”
“I know that semantics matter and the criticism of our president in this body is kind of front of center” as a result of the recent terror attacks in San Bernardino, Calif., Brown continued….
The White House made clear this week it has a “strong belief” to not “treat the [Islamic State] terrorists as leaders of some religious movement.”
Sasse described this response as “lunacy.”
“This is lunacy,” he said. “First, while the White House is insisting that no one use the word ‘Islamic’ or note any connection between the war that we’re facing and some subset of Islam—even as the White House insists that no one use the word—their own preferred adjective—ISIL or ISIS—begins with an ‘I,’” Sasse said….

خَليفة says
Well Ohio, I think you know what to do when elections come due.
Vote the bum out.
We don’t need such people in office, they make our country the laughing stock of the world.
Alarmed Pig Farmer says
Ohio is a hotbed of voter fraud. In other words, fake votes for Democrats. So Trump would have to win by at least 4% to take the state.
Rob says
The only people who can decouple Islam from terrorism are Muslims.
So far they seem remarkably disinclined to do this.
paul says
that means decoupling it from sharia and the koran
Dan says
Well Senator D-OH probably considers Homer Simpson a genius.
خَليفة says
Homer Simpson? You mean that really smart guy in a talking wheel chair?
Adrian says
don’t forget, this is coming from a loyal soldier of the same party where their former fearless Leader was parsing “what the meaning of ‘is’ is…”
Al Fabeech says
Give Brown credit for saying ” I don’t know”. I’m not sure how anyone can learn about Islam unless they are a complete pessimist and determined to wade through all of the disinformation on the internet regularly. I credit an obscure ” Islamophobic” movie I stumbled upon called “What the West needs to know” on Snagfilms less than a year ago, that opened my eyes and got me started on changing my views. Thank you Robert Spencer. I now read and watch as many conflicting MSM outlets, YouTube and other sites and opinions as I can, and I am still confused.
mortimer says
To de-confuse your conflicting thoughts quickly, read Bill Warner’s book series as well as Robert Spencer’s books.
When you are confused by the question ‘Is this Islam?’…simply look at the Life of Mohammed and the hadiths. Whatever Mohammed said or did is Islam. If Mohammed did not say it or do it, it is not Islam. Muslims are commanded to act like Mohammed.
Al Fabeech says
I prefer to rely on both faces and actions to help me form opinion’s. I’ve seen Warner’s YouTube videos. (It’s interesting knowing that the Koran that Keith Ellison used to swear in on was Jefferson’s because of the Barbary pirates) I’ve watched many, many, other experts besides Spencer. I watch and judge constantly. It would be impossible for me to read the quantity of Islamic literature to form my own opinion. I have to depend on other’s opinion’s. There is little direct proof from Islamic experts to refute Spencer. Their responses and evasions are instructive.
I think you are missing my point. I’m mostly talking about Brown’s opinion. It seems a genuine response about not knowing. That’s better than most regressive Liberals will admit. Finding the truth amongst the overwhelming bias towards anyone taking a negative stance against Islam is huge. Is Frank Gaffney wrong?
Champ says
Another Obamatron …Brown’s a sly devil, too.
Michael Copeland says
Consult the Downing Street spokesman on Islam:
https://www.facebook.com/LibertyGBParty/photos/pb.376566465793805.-2207520000.1449953985./866284000155380/?type=3&theater
Angemon says
It means exactly what it reads: do you think that the enemy you’re fighting is connected to islam?
gravenimage says
Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) not sure if “enemy is connected to Islam”
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The willful ignorance is becoming more willful all the time.
Kudos to Senator Ben Sasse for addressing this lunacy.
mortimer says
Yes, thank you, Senator Sasse, for asking a valid and clear question. What does Senator Brown think is causing all the jihad? Where does he think jihad comes from? Buddhism?
Senator Brown is running scared now. His hypocrisy about Islamic terrorism is out in the open.
Leftists have imported Muslims so as to destroy Western civilization. Islam has the seeds of hate to demolish democracy, freedom and the Golden Rule.
I have my own question for Senator Brown: Is there a Golden Rule in Islam?
citycat says
Islam is sick to the core, and anyone who says otherwise is a Muslim, or a traitor, or a coward, or an ignoramus, or a liar.
Such people are over the top in their expression of their view of the Beast that is constantly devouring all that is good on Earth.
Such people will not engage in normal debate, they get angry, or mock with illogical low level ranting, or they have sick grins like do the western ostriches who i suspect to be traitors, or they try being clever with pathetic nonsense.
The Vampiric Narcissist behind Islam manifests through such people who effuse its sickness with each and every word.
Such people are mindbent and should be forced to see a shrink.
mortimer says
How does Sherrod Brown ‘know’ ISIS is un-Islamic?
Did he read Islam’s source texts, the Sira, the hadiths, Koran and hadiths? No? Then what is the source of his ‘knowledge’ of Islam? The Ouija board? Marxist ‘grievance’ theory? Guessing?
There is an old saying that to ‘assume’ makes an ‘ass’ or ‘u’ and of ‘me’.
Sherrod Brown’s approach to Islam is un-intellectual. A senator must not make guesses and present them as ‘fact’.
David says
Try to understand the connection between Communism, Islam and Nazis, they are all leftwing socialist, fascist and totalitarian political ideologies and they hate the Jews and they hate religion in general, Christians included. And no, Hitler wasn’t a Christian. ‘’The only religion I respect is Islam. The only prophet I admire is the Prophet Mohammad ‘’ – Adolf Hitler (Aug 28, 1942)
Alarmed Pig Farmer says
The difference is that Adolph operated by the old rules: uniforms, open field battles, war for territory. The followers of the Prophet Mohammed rules are even older, but seem brand new to us now: attack by migration war from amidst a friendly or host population , attacks on civilians over attacks on soldiers, demographic and legal Jihad. It is unlikely Moslems will come out into the field to sort things out, except perhaps for missile warfare.
Greyhound Fancier says
Old Adolf and the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem were buddies. The Grand Mufti gave some advice on how best to exterminate Jews.
Hitler persecuted Christians who wouldn’t toe the line and let the Nazi govt run the churches. “First the Saturday people, then the Sunday people”.
Edwin1683 says
Not this doofus Sherrod Brown again.