12 February 2014

The Pentagon’s bow to Islamic extremism

.... And so, at a time when the U.S. should at the very least be wary of those who openly wear their Islamic radicalism around their face and head -- beards for males, hijabs for females -- the U.S. Pentagon (of all places) is embracing them in “celebration of multiculturalism.”

No-one is arguing that a beard or a hijab makes for an automatic link with radicalism. But it would be foolish and would go against all the available evidence to deny that a link of some sort exists at some level.

Where loyalty to the U.S. is most needed, the Pentagon embraces those who may be showing that their loyalty is elsewhere (among other things, the beard and hijab are meant to separate “pure believers” from “impure infidels”). [The Commentator] Read more