A Letter to the U.S. Congress
By Paul R. Hollrah
DrRichSwier.com
The Hon. James M. Inhofe
205 Russell Senate Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20510
The Hon. James Lankford
316 Hart Senate Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20510
The Hon. Markwayne Mullin
1113 Longworth House Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20515
Gentlemen:
As a concerned constituent, I would like to express
my concern over the apparent unconcern of the
Congress for what is perhaps the greatest danger our
nation has ever faced. I refer, of course, to
the dangers posed by the ever-increasing “invasion”
of radical Islamists into our country.
Although there are approximately 1.4 billion Muslims
on Earth, we are told that we should not be overly
concerned because only about 5% of them are
radicalized, hell-bent on killing as many
non-Muslims… me and you and our families… as
possible. Of course, 5% of 1.4 billion comes
to roughly 70 million terrorists and suicide
bombers. During World War II, the combined
military forces of Germany, Japan, and Italy
numbered only 34.1 million combatants.
In the years immediately following World War II, our
principal internal security threat came from the
international communist conspiracy, represented
domestically by the Communist Party, USA. It
was the stated purpose of the communist conspiracy
to seek the destruction of our constitutional
republic through any means necessary, including
force and violence. In response, the U.S.
Congress took appropriate steps to eradicate the
clear and present danger posed by the communist
conspiracy through passage of the Communist Control
Act of 1954, outlawing communism in the United
States.
But now, in the closing years of the 20th century
and the early years of the 21st century, we find
ourselves endangered internally by an enemy far more
numerous and far more deadly than was posed by the
presence of communists in our midst. Yet, it
appears as if the Congress prefers to take the
politically correct approach to radical Islam,
treating radical Islamists as if they are just
another religious sect with First Amendment rights
and privileges.
Islam is not a “religious denomination” in the
generally accepted sense of the term. Instead,
it is a complete social, economic, legal, political,
and military entity with a religious component.
As such, it does not merit First Amendment
protections under the U.S. Constitution, and it
cannot be allowed to impose itself as a protected
political and religious institution within our
borders.
As we see endless streams of Muslim “asylum seekers”
crossing the Mediterranean from North Africa into
Italy and Spain, and as we see hundreds of
thousands, perhaps millions, of Muslims from Iraq,
Syria, Yemen, and other Middle Eastern nations
flooding across Eurasia, overrunning police and
military forces of the invaded countries on their
way to sanctuary in Western Europe, we know that we
are witnessing the greatest human migration in
history… a transmigration of cultures that is
certain to devour Christianity, Judaism, and the
richness of Western culture. Unless we take
steps to return the waves of Islamists, who kill and
rape their way across civilized nations, to their
own section of the Earth, none of what we have known
as western civilization will exist a decade or two
from now. Just imagine the world that our
children and grandchildren will inherit if we fail
to take appropriate action now, while we still can.
What I suggest is that the Congress rewrite sections
of the
Communist Control Act of 1954, a statute that
has not been overturned by the courts and is still
in force, to read as follows:
SEC. 1. PURPOSE. The Congress hereby finds and
declares that certain organizations exist within our
borders which, although purporting to be political
or religious in nature, are in fact
instrumentalities of foreign political or religious
entities or ideologies whose purpose it is to
overthrow the Government of the United States by any
available means, including force and violence.
Such organizations operate as authoritarian
dictatorships within our borders, demanding for
themselves the rights and privileges generally
accorded to all political parties and religious
denominations, but denying to all others the
liberties guaranteed to them by the U.S.
Constitution.
SEC. 2. PROSCRIBED ORGANIZATIONS. Any
political or religious organization as described
herein, or any successors or affiliates of such
organizations, regardless of the assumed name, whose
object or purpose it is to overthrow the government
of the United States, or to force the political or
religious conversion of its people by force or
violence, or threats thereof, are not entitled to
any of the rights, privileges, and immunities
attendant upon legal bodies created under the
jurisdiction of the laws of the United States or its
political subdivisions; and whatever rights,
privileges, and immunities heretofore granted to
said religious or political organizations, or any
subsidiary or affiliate organizations, by reason of
the laws of the United States or any political
subdivision thereof, are hereby rescinded:
Provided that nothing in this section shall be
construed as amending the Internal Security Act
of 1950, as amended.
My question is this: If we could find the
courage in 1954 to outlaw an ideology that sought
only to convert us through political subversion, why
can we not find the courage in 2015 to outlaw a
foreign ideology that offers us only a choice
between religious subservience and death… the
ultimate Hobson’s Choice. I would appreciate
having your specific reactions to my concerns. I
would prefer not to have generic boilerplate
responses prepared by staff members.
Respectfully,
Paul R. Hollrah