The Insanity Of Radical Islam

Zubeidat Tsarnaeva

by Gary Bauer, Contributing Author: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was sentenced to death Friday for his role in the Boston Marathon bombing that killed three people and wounded more than 260 others. There was no doubt about his guilt. Tsarnaev's defense lawyers did not even try to portray him as innocent. Instead they attempted to blame his actions on the influence of his older brother.

This much is absolutely clear: The radical Islamic household they grew up in had an influence on both of them. When Zubeidat Tsarnaeva learned of her son's sentence, she condemned America in an online rant. Here is some of what she wrote:"we are the ones who will rejoice when Allah grants us the chance to behold [America] in the flames of an eternal and terrifying fire. . . I love my sons. With this love I will stand in front of Allah. Thank you dear and may Allah be happy with you."No amount of prattling by a clueless president or a Boston district attorney about terrorism having nothing to do with religion will change reality. It will only confuse many Americans about what we should be doing.

For example: As long as we continue to insist that acts of jihad have nothing to do with Islam, it sounds extreme to suggest that we ought to limit immigration from Muslim countries.

The Tsarnaev family sought refuge here from the ethnic fighting in the former Soviet Union. Their sons showed their gratitude by killing and maiming scores of Americans. The Somali families who settled in Minneapolis have many decent, hardworking members among them. But we know that area is perhaps the biggest recruiting center for jihadists.

There is no conceivable immigration system that can conduct adequate background checks on the millions of people being brought into the country under various legal schemes, let alone all the illegal immigrants we know absolutely nothing about. Not surprisingly, the FBI says that it is investigating ISIS recruits in all 50 states.

Given that the Islamic world is seething with anti-American, anti-Christian and anti-Semitic worldviews, it is societal insanity -- bordering on suicide -- not to limit the number of immigrants from Muslims nations. And yet in the middle of this resurgence of radical Islam, we are actually increasing the number of Muslim immigrants.

Controlling our borders and having responsible immigration policies is just common sense. There is something deeply wrong when neither political party is willing to make this case in the interest of national security.

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Gary Bauer is a conservative family values advocate and serves as president of American Values and chairman of the Campaign for Working Families

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