See No Evil and Speak No Truth

Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney and ISIS Mujahideen Edward Archer (right)

One of the great attributes of leftists is their amazing ability to tell folks what their motives are even when those people disagree with them. Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney demonstrated that axiom recently after a 30-year old ex-con and ISIS protege named Edward Archer was arrested after he shot police officer Jesse Hartnett 13 times.

Fortunately, Hartnett's going to survive, although he could lose partial or complete use of his left arm that took most of Archer's bullets. And unfortunately, the No Islam to See Here excuse is also going to survive because soon after Archer was captured and confessed Islam as his motive for shooting Hartnett, Kenney dismissed Archer's confession.

Here's what Kenney said: In no way, shape or form does anyone in this room believe that Islam or the teaching of Islam has anything to do with what you’ve seen on that screen (displaying the video of the shooting). That is abhorrent, it's just, it's terrible and it does not represent the religion in any way shape or form or any of its teachings. This is a criminal with a stolen gun who tried to kill one of our officers. (It) has nothing to do with being a Muslim or following the Islamic faith.

In fact, Islam had everything to do with Archer's actions. And yet Kenney, who evidently fancies himself as an expert on Islam, denied that Islam promotes jihad and violence against non-Muslims. Kenney sounded as though he was reading from a prepared statement written by one of Barack Obama's speechwriters. It wasn't only factually wrong, it was also insulting to the millions of folks who know what the Quran truly teaches.

However, Kenney knows better because he's a brilliant man and you're just some bigoted, racist, xenophobic, Islamophobic rube who clings to your guns and religion when the times are tough. And so, when Kenney states that Archer's actions had nothing to do with Islam, who are you going to believe? A professed Muslim such as Archer who's been to Saudi Arabia and Egypt? Or Kenney, who claims to know Islam even though he's probably never read the Quran?

Kenney should study these Islamic scriptures before he decides to taste his shoe-leather again in front of the cameras: Those who disbelieve follow falsehood, while those who believe follow the truth from their Lord... So, when you meet (in fight Jihad in Allah's Cause), those who disbelieve smite at their necks till when you have killed and wounded many of them, then bind a bond firmly (on them, i.e. take them as captives)... If it had been Allah's Will, He Himself could certainly have punished them (without you). But (He lets you fight), in order to test you, some with others. But those who are killed in the Way of Allah, He will never let their deeds be lost. (Sura 47:3-4)

He (the Messenger of Allah) did that and said: There is another act which elevates the position of a man in Paradise to a grade one hundred (higher), and the elevation between one grade and the other is equal to the height of the heaven from the earth. He (Abu Sa'id) said: What is that act? He replied: Jihad in the way of Allah! Jihad in the way of Allah! (Muslim 20:4645)

Fight everyone in the way of Allah and kill those who disbelieve in Allah. (Ibn Ishaq/Hisham 992)

Allah's Apostle said, "The Hour will not be established until you fight against the Jews, and the stone behind which a Jew will be hiding will say. "O Muslim! There is a Jew hiding behind me, come and kill him." (Bukhari 52:177)

O you who believe! Do not take the Jews and the Christians for friends; they are friends of each other; and whoever among you takes them for a friend, then surely he is one of them; surely Allah does not guide the unjust people. (Sura 5:51)

Allah said, "A prophet must slaughter before collecting captives. A slaughtered enemy is driven from the land. Muhammad, you craved the desires of this world, its goods and the ransom captives would bring. But Allah desires killing them to manifest the religion." (Ibn Ishaq/Hisham 484)

Those are just a few examples taken from the Quran and the Hadith (Teachings of Muhammad) that contain approximately 160 verses that exhort Muslims to spread Islam by the sword. Those are the verses that the mujahideen such as Edward Archer use as their motivation for killing in Allah's name. And as long as Islam exists, there will be more Edward Archers who will believe they are serving God by murdering the infidels.

Two thousand years ago, Jesus Christ issued this caveat: "In fact, the time is coming when anyone who kills you will think they are offering a service to God. They will do such things because they have not known the (Heavenly) Father or me." (John 16:2-3) 

Edward Archer is a prophetic fulfillment of that scripture. If he knew the true God of the universe, he never would have attempted to murder a police officer. But he serves a false god who loves death and destruction.

Jim Kenney is also a prophetic fulfillment of scripture. Which one? This one: "For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear." (2 Timothy 4:3)

Kenney rejects the sound truthful doctrine that reveals the violent theology of Islam. Instead, he seeks out false teachers who sooth his itching ears by telling him that Islam is a religion of peace. Will he still believe that when a mujahideen such as Edward Archer comes looking for him?