We Are Stealing Our Children's Innocence

We have witnessed some shocking footage, this week, of radical Islamist preachers, in Australia, teaching children the mantras of hate. It's both incredibly sad and alarming.

It's sad for a number of reasons. First and foremost because their childhood and their innocence is being stolen. Children are meant to be enjoying their lives. Playing with their friends. Learning, and being opened up to the wonders of the world. They should not be, being brainwashed and taught to hate and taught that killing innocent people is noble. Is the worst sort of child abuse. It's sad because these children will grow up to feel as though they are victims. Their only goal is to go and fight the 'unbelievers'. What type of future is that? They in turn should they marry and have children will teach the same to their team.

And so the vicious circle will continue.

On the outside, we we have the anti-Muslim, anti-Jew, anti-left or right adults. They are equally as culpable as the radical preachers. One can safely assume from some of the comments we see from these adults, that they are also teaching their children to hate and to vilify. We bear witness to that, with some of the comments that the young make on social media. In their defacing of places of worship. In their abuse of innocent people. We see this with children holding up wicked signs at protest rallies. These children have also been brainwashed, but I expect the anti-brigade would deny that. They can deny all they like, it's true.

So, it is equally sad that the children of the 'anti-brigade' will also grow up to hate people based purely on what they are, and not who they are. The only difference being these children are not likely to take up arms and kill those they oppose. Although we can never guarantee that at some point this might not change.

And so once again the vicious circle will continue.

I have always subscribed to the theory that we are a product of our environment. I know I certainly am and the environment being created for so many is disturbing to say the least.

Was Jedidiah Morse Right?

Jedidiah Morse, father of Samuel Morse (the inventor of the Morse Code) said this about the importance of Christianity to the culture and the administration of government: “To the kindly influence of Christianity we owe that degree of civil freedom, and political and social happiness which mankind now enjoys. In proportion as the genuine effects of Christianity are diminished in any nation, either through unbelief, or the corruption of its doctrines, or the neglect of its institutions; in the same proportion will the people of that nation recede from the blessings of genuine freedom, and approximate the miseries of complete despotism… Whenever the pillars of Christianity shall be overthrown, our present republican forms of government, and all the blessings that flow from them, must fall with them.” Was Jedidiah Morse right about this? Asked another way: How is this multiculturalism working out for our culture? Looking at the degrading of western Christian society and those western countries who are sanitising their Christian foundations you would have to think; yes he was right and that multiculturalism is starting to erode the framework of social happiness and therefore cultures of peace and freedom in our society. Source of Morse quote: politicaloutcast.com

FGM and MGM

People who seek to promote #FGM as a single group, single ideology/religious problem, not only highlight their gross lack of knowledge, but they also completely denigrate a large section of society whilst ignoring the fact that the practice cuts across a number of religious, cultural and tribal groups.

The elimination of this practice is extremely complex.  It requires different approaches in a number of areas (not necessarily in order of importance or priority) to deal with; cultural, legal, tribal, religious, educational, patriarchal and economic challenges (as examples). These vary in importance depending on what country & often regions within the country that we are working with. Progress is slow, painstaking and as mentioned complex.

Whilst many on social media in particular raise FGM (regardless of how ill informed some are) it keeps the practice front of mind, but they completely ignore the plight of hundreds of young boys subjected to horrific practices as part of the initiation to manhood ceremonies.  If people are genuinely concerned about genital mutilation then there needs to be a focus on both.

The subject is too important to be used as a tool in the global Muslim bashing frenzy that we are currently witnessing.