Posted December 20, 2015 1:57 pm by Comments

By Justin Stakes

Question of Semantics: What Do “Radical Islam” and “Terrorism” Really Mean?

by Dr. L. John Van Til

Question of Semantics: What Do “Radical Islam” and “Terrorism” Really Mean?
The Center For Vision & Values
The Center For Vision & Values

Grove City, PA -(AmmoLand.com)- President Obama and his administration’s spokespersons continue to explain the eruption of bombings and mass shootings as “lone wolf attacks” or “workplace violence.”

The cause, they often say, is too many guns in society. Their response is a further demand for sweeping gun laws. Many others, however, refer to these events as radical Islamic terrorism. Is this a game of semantics or is there a real difference between the two terms?

As the title implies, there are two terms involved here: “Radical Islam” and “Terrorism.” Defining each will tell us much about the president’s confusion and the reality that has him befuddled.

Let’s look at radical Islam first. The term “radical Islam” implies that there is a normal Islam but its 1,400-year history has spawned dozens of sectarian splinter groups—that is, “radical” Islamic groups. It takes volumes to account for the history of these developments. For the last century or so, however, some parts of Islamic culture have been dominated by Western political and economic developments. In …Read the Rest

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