Date: 01-May-2013
From: News Center Publications
Dear Friends:
It’s a shocking story.
Two men with butcher knives, a machete and a meat
cleaver attacked and killed a British soldier—identified as 25-yearold Lee
Rigby, of the 2nd Battalion of The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, who served in
Afghanistan in 2009.
The incident occurred near his military barracks in
the south London neighborhood of Woolwich.
One of the two men, shot and wounded by police, was
identified as Michael Adebolajo, a Christian who converted to Islam around
2003.
Adebolajo gave this reason for his action. "We
swear by almighty Allah. We will never stop fighting for you. We must fight
them as they fight us."
He added: “I killed him because he killed Muslims
and I am fed up with people killing Muslims in Afghanistan. They have nothing
to do there.”
Apparently he had forgotten or did not know
history.
From the beginning, Muslims have waged war against non-Muslims.
After the conquest of North Africa and the
conversion of the Berbers to Islam, the Arabs decided to dominate Europe. Their
first attempt was a success with the invasion of Spain [710-711],
but their goal ended in failure with the end of the Battle of Tours near
Paris.
French general Charles Martel set a trap for the
over-confident Arabs. Their dream officially ended on Oct. 10, 732.
It was a defeat Islamic extremists would never
forget. And it was the main reason for the Sept. 11, 2001 attack in New York
City. In short, they want to make up for that long-ago loss and more on to rule
the world.
We say these things because we're interested in
telling a story largely centered on the Caribbean and Latin America.
And we think we've done that in six historical-political
novels. They can be viewed on our WebSite:natcarnes.com.
One of our six novels, ‘Al-Maghred, the Barbary
Lion’ is A Look at Islam.
A Caribbean Memo collection can also be viewed on the
Website by clicking ‘Memo’.
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