At the Hamas-linked Islamic Society of North America annual convention, Julián Castro said: “Muslim Americans for generations have been part of the fabric of our American family. They have helped make America the great nation it is.” He did not, apparently, provide even a single example of how Muslims “have helped make America the great nation it is,” but since “Muslim Americans for generations have been part of the fabric of our American family,” it shouldn’t be hard to list a few, right?
You remember learning about the great contributions of Muslims in America when you were back in school, don’t you? Remember the Muslim signers of the Declaration of Independence? With Yahya al-Hanqoq’s large signature front and center, so that the infidel King George III could read it without his spectacles? And then there was Ibrahim Clark of New Jersey and El-Bridge Gerry of Massachusetts. Remember also the Muslims who gave Yaqoub Madison information about Muhammad’s Constitution of Medina – which, as we all know, granted equal rights to women and religious minorities, predating such documents in the West by 1,000 years. Madison, of course, used the Medina Constitution as a model when framing the U.S. Constitution.
Then there were the Muslims who fought so valiantly during the War of 1812 and the Mexican War. And in the titanic struggles over slavery, Muslims were front and center: remember the Muslim abolitionist Senators such as Qarles Sumner, who faced down the South in the antebellum Senate, the Senate chamber ringing with their oratory about how the Qur’an says to free slaves and so the U.S. government should, too? Remember the Muslim regiments in the Civil War (all on the Union side, of course!)? Then in the aftermath of the Civil War came the Muslim industrialists who brought us railroads, the telegraph, the telephone.
Not to be forgotten are the Muslims who also fought courageously in the Spanish-American War, World War I and World War II, and the Muslim entertainers who kept us laughing on the Vaudeville circuit and on the home front during those terrible world wars with their jokes from the Hadith.
None of this rings a bell? Not to worry. Before too long it will be taught in all the textbooks. Absurd? Maybe – but no more than Castro’s statement itself. And even if they don’t go so far as to Islamize John Hancock and imagine Muslim Americans fighting against slavery and defending America in world wars, public school textbooks already present a ridiculously rosy picture of Islam. And no one in the establishment media has the wit or will to challenge what Castro said or even ask him to elucidate it.
“Castro, Sanders court Muslim vote in Houston,” by Patrick Svitek, Texas Tribune, August 31, 2019:
HOUSTON — Democratic presidential candidates Julián Castro and Bernie Sanders pitched their candidacies Saturday to one of the largest Muslim gatherings in the country, earning recognition as the only White House hopefuls to show up and address a voting bloc deeply alienated by President Donald Trump.
Addressing the annual convention of the Islamic Society of North America, Castro and Sanders pledged to overturn Trump’s travel ban, which targets several Muslim-majority countries, and vowed to create a vastly more welcoming environment for Muslims in the United States.
“It begins at home by saying that you are full partners in American progress,” Castro told thousands of attendees inside the George R. Brown Convention Center. “The fact is, as I know, that Muslim Americans for generations have been part of the fabric of our American family. They have helped make America the great nation it is, and we need to fully embrace it. Too often in our country’s history, the message to the Muslim American community has been that somehow you’re the enemy or you’re the problem, and I completely disagree with that.”…
No Muzzies Here says
This is bad, but it means that these Democrats are ready and willing to say and do anything to gain the favor of Muslims, including the outright betrayal of this country, as evidenced by the actions of Barack H. Obama.
The Democrat party will willingly allow Sharia law to be implemented in the USA, in full violation of the Constitution, which they lyingly swore to uphold.
Kris Weatherly says
Oh the Muslims did a Lot for us! The restrooms at the WTC needed remodeling anyway… to Gender Nuetral!
Bless their black hearts…
gravenimage says
Grimly hilarious.
Me says
Castro… Doesn’t that name resonate in History with other questionable motives & affiliations ?
Jay says
Castro is a traitor to everything America stands for. He is a lying liberal progressive communist, akin to Bernie Sanders! I think he should move to Iran asap! Absolutely disgusting that he lies and rewrites history!
Thank you Robert Spencer for your excellent editorials on a daily basis!
Bless you sir!
God bless and save America from the enemies within!
Trump,2020 our only hope to keep America soverign ‘
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mortimer says
Julián Castro is clueless about Islamic terrorism. He comforts Hamas, and thus he has declared himself an enemy of Israel who cannot be trusted.
The Dems are now America’s anti-Semitic party and Jews that vote for them are helping the enemies of Jews. As a result of this split, the terrorist enemies of Israel, Jews and the US are emboldened to think they will get away with attacks. We see the way Arab terrorism is ignored or barely reported by certain globalist media companies.
Emilie Green says
“[Muslims] have helped make America the great nation it is”
For example, they’ve shown us how to “unbuild” two sizeable skyscrapers, which took several years to construct, in a mere 2 hours.
David Macaulay’s highly successful book, Unbuilding (1980), now in a revised format, has an added chapter, Unbuilding, Muslim Style.
gravenimage says
Grimly true, Emilie.
andra says
That sounds familiar for Germans. Here in Germany they make up the ttory that the Turks rebuilt Germany after WW2, when they first came in 1960. At the same time they disgrace the women we call “Trümmerfrauen”, translated the nubble women. The Munic Greenies demanded to remove a Monument for them because they were all terrible Nazi women who stole the food stamps from others by pretending to straighten up the devastation. Fact is though that the “Wirtschafswunder” was already going down by the time the first Turk moved to Germany. And the nubbles had already been removed so that there was no possibility for the Turks to rebuild Germany.
You will see the Lefties are able to rewrite history.
gravenimage says
Thanks, Andra–more ugly bs. Germany was largely rebuilt by 1960.
mortimer says
One of the first things Marxists do is to re-write history to suit their propaganda needs. While there are a few dozen references to the presence of the Islamic religion in early American writings, there is no case to make to say Muslim slave laborers made unique contributions to early America. However, today apart from being 20% of the prison population, Muslims in the US tend to be somewhat more educated than the average and very ambitious and high-performing. They do not feel marginalized and don’t need anyone to pander to them like Castro. Many of these well-educated Muslim Americans may even feel politicians like Castro are condescending. Only 15% of Muslims worldwide endorse terrorist groups like Hamas. Too bad Castro doesn’t realize that Hamas is a terrorist group and that he is emboldening them to further acts of terror.
Shirley Ann says
I’m surprised that Mr.Julian Castro didn’t announce to the Mob that he had become a Convert to the Religion of Peace & Sharia should be the Law of America. The Castro Bros. will say or DO anything to become the Messengers of Islam & since there are two of EM, we will be getting Two for the Price of One!
Ronald says
These lawmakers really need to go back to school, For instance,Before the beginning of the USA we were at war with the muslims for they have been raiding our mercantile shipping. Muslims were not allowed in USA since, for our forefathers knew exactly what they were all about. Again in 1952 a law was passed to ban muslims in this country. country.When Jimmy Carter was president and the revolution in Iran, he allowed the muslims in to this country. after thirty years their populations has grown and as it grown the trouble has increased by the year.
George Hurry says
The Muslems supported the Nazis during WW11. They advised Hitler on handling the Jewish problem. They were instrumental in selling blacks during the slave trade . They have been a big help.
James Lincoln says
Ronald,
I think that you are referring to a law passed in 1952, Public Law 414, from the Immigration and Nationality Act.
In essence, it prohibits entry to the US if the alien belongs to an organization seeking to overthrow the government of the United States.
It would appear to me that Muslims seeking to replace the U.S. Constitution with sharia law should be caught in that web, however the law does not specifically ban all Muslims.
I wish that it did…
Goralski Steve says
I disagree, it specifically means muslims due to their doctrine.
gravenimage says
There was never a specific law banning Muslims from the US. This is a canard. To this day most Americans have no idea what Islam teaches about conquest.
somehistory says
When a parent, or other person, is teaching life lessons, sometimes a *good bad example* is used to make an important point.
For many, satan is the best “good bad example” of the harm evil does. Others want something they can see with the physical eyes, hear with their ears, etc.
For those who need the physical, just look at islam and the evil of it. Just look at the ones devoted to islam and the evil they do and have shown they are more than capable of doing….over the past 1400 years…and in the news every day.
Evil is what islam produces. Only evil moslims carry this evil wherever they go and thus their only “contribution” is a terribly “good bad example.”
FYI says
Didn’t the muslims come over on the Al Mayflower in the year 677?
“Despite his catholic background..castro is pro-choice[on abortion}”:{wikipedia;what are the odds.Democrats,muslims,lefties and false catholics in coalition?}
FYI says
“And when the first muslims came over, they landed at Al Buquerque{Arabic word meaning “The place where the abdools landed”} and where the first ever ramadan was celebrated with halal turkey”
That is a true story.
Well,it is as true as muhammed’s epic flight to Jerusalem from mecca{k17:1} on his MAGICAL FANTASY FLYING WINGED HORSE WITH THE FACE OF A WOMAN AND A PEACOCK TAIL that nobody{let’s face it-not even muhammed} saw to visit a mosque that didn’t actually exist in mo’s time.
As true as saying “islam is the religion of peace”,”muhammed was a prophet”,”the koran is perfect and has no errors in it” or that white folk were entierely and solely responsible for the slave trade{which had nothing to do with muslim slave traders like muhammed or African chieftains selling their OWN people into slavery for money …as the Lefty Historians don’t want you to know;That’s just being racist and islamophobic isn’t it?}
Of course they would have probably brought their own African slaves with them[as muhammed used to sell them Sahih muslim 3901..}
Angemon says
I remember a discussion on this topic a few year back, when Obama uttered something along the lines of Castro’s nonsense. One of the usual islamic apologists at the time huffed and puffed about the truthfulness of Obama’s allegations and managed to come up with one example of an allegedly important muslim in American history… who converted to Christianity. Before coming to America.
gravenimage says
Yep.
Naram-Sin says
True, Muslims “have helped make America the great nation it is.” America’s first war after kicking the British out was with Muslims (and we keep having t fight them). That set us on the path to becoming the military superpower we are. Thanks Muslims.
gravenimage says
+1
Michael Copeland says
“Too often in our country’s history, the message to the Muslim American community has been that somehow you’re the enemy….” – Julian Castro
No, Mr. Castro: that is the wrong way round. The message is FROM the muslim community:
“Muslims in the West must have an attitude of enmity & hatred of the kaffirs. All of kuffaar
are the enemies of the Muslims” – http://www.islamqa.com
Truth Triumps says
It is Nothing but Taqiyaah to Blabber Muslims helped America to become Great Nation, and the pesron might have done Parrot Work; for own Reasons.
Filthy Islam says
Muslims help make America the country it is today, absolutely right with our endless lines and security to get on planes to deblasio plan to use 50mill on truck barricades to our NYC tack force we need to spy on these people. God knows what they’re up to and these socialist/communist sucking up to them for votes absolute traitors smfh why should we tolerate this treason Trump better win 2020 if these Democrats get in God help us
Alexios Ckmnenis says
Since musobama left, I have never ever heard such an idiotic and absurd statement until this American traitor and a democrat claiming muslims made this country great! These are the most dangerous elements within our society. It seems like every other empire, America is getting closer to its demise. If this evilness will not be stop in the political arena, America will become like Eurabia (Europe today).
Ren says
Muslims have helped make any country a retarded country with their backward values.
James Lincoln says
I am thoroughly convinced that both Castro and Sanders are enemies of both the United States of America and Israel.
I have thought that through carefully – and I do not state it lightly.
gravenimage says
Julián Castro at Hamas-linked ISNA convention: Muslims “have helped make America the great nation it is”
…………………
Another ignorant useful idiot.
BOBO Cannoli says
I seem to remember reading About MUSLIMS causing the BARBARY WARS by attacking and pirating American Merchant Shipping which spurred the creation of the US Navy, a backhanded contribution!!
When asked WHY they were attacking American shipping and STEALING CARGOES and RANSOMING merchant seamen the CALIPH said THE KORAN directed muslims to rape, steal, pillage and steal from filthy infidels. They’ve done F.A to make ANYwhere great!
I remember 19 of the “CONTRIBUTORS” “RENOVATING” the World Trade Center on September 11th and hundreds of their fellow co-religionists CHEERING and DANCING and handing out CANDY.
It is MY OPINION that America owes NOTHING to it’s enemy, ISLAM.
gravenimage says
+1
Michael Pugh says
Yes sir they have done so much like come over here with thier 4 wives and 16 kids and take our welfare and benifits.which is in lock step with the Islamic agenda of brunch bringing down America..they are out breeding us 8 to 1 and with those numbers America WILL become a Muslim nation before the end of the century..Sadly Great Britain will become a Muslim nation by 2050…they. Said that they would use our constitution against us and that is exactly what they are doing..dont forget to thank Obama for dumping 80 thousand Muslims into Michigan.how did you think the that Rashida Tlaib got elected.the poor people in Dearborn don’t even recognize the town anymore they call it little samalia..as long as they have the liberal courts on their side they will keep playing the victim..the police in England will come an arrest you if you say anything about a Muslim or even or complain about your neighbor getting stabbed by one..i never thought that I would see the day when the leaders of great country’s would be complicit in bringing about their own destruction..And retarded imbeciles like these two want to sing praise to them..probably converted to islam before they left
J D S says
Is Castro an Islamist? He seems to love islam so much.
toomanyhobbies says
Apparently that TERRORIST loving BOZO has never read a lick of world history. He should be evicted post haste…