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Franklin Graham: Our Government Has Been ‘Infiltrated by Muslims’

Posted by Ellen -7859.80pc on February 27, 2015 · Flag

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Franklin Graham was booked as a terrorism-fighting expert on The O’Reilly Factor tonight. Apparently, his knee-jerk hatred for President Obama was all the credential needed.

“Why do you think the world will not unite to stop ISIS?” Bill O’Reilly asked.

Graham said that first, he wanted Muslims to know that God loves them. He meant, Jesus, of course, not the God Muslims worship – and probably believe loves them. “We love them and pray for them… He sent his son from heaven to this earth, Jesus Christ, for them,” Graham said piously. Right before he rolled out the prejudice.

Graham continued, “One of the problems that we have in the west is that our governments, especially in Washington, have been infiltrated by Muslims who are advising the White House, who I think are part of the problem. And we see this also in Western Europe.”

To his credit, O’Reilly challenged that statement. “Give me some names. …I don’t know any Muslim advisors to President Obama. Do you have any names?”

No, Graham didn’t. There was a pause and finally, he said, “I can get those for you, Bill.” He added, “But I do know that they are there. And I’ve been told this by a number of people that they influence – I’m not saying they’re sitting next to the president, whispering in his ear, but they are in the halls, they are speaking to the staffers.”

O’Reilly interrupted to say that there are Muslim lobbyists and suggested that there was nothing wrong with that.

But you have to question why Graham was considered a credible voice on the subject in the first place. He has no credentials in national security, terrorism, Middle East policy or even Islam. He does, however, have a hatred for President Obama that goes beyond policy. Graham has announced that Obama was re-elected because “we’ve turned our back on God” and he has promoted birther attacks on Obama. Graham has also previously suggested that Obama is “too Muslim.”

So clearly, Fox News producers were looking for more of the same when they booked him in the first place.

Watch it below, via Media Matters. 


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David Severy commented 2015-03-07 09:55:35 -0500 · Flag
If we would pay attention God would show us how to love, and how to be holy.
David Severy commented 2015-03-07 09:55:16 -0500 · Flag
If we would pay attention God would show us how to love, and how to be holy.
Anita Hall commented 2015-03-05 12:45:07 -0500 · Flag
To Glenda Miller ~ he is not being “accused” of anything but a “supposed man of G-d” should know what Christ Jesus meant in Matthew 7:1-3. And if YOU don’t know ~ I strongly suggest you look it up!
Glenda Miller commented 2015-03-05 11:39:54 -0500 · Flag
You accuse him of hating Obama ..when I think that he is just concerned about our country and the directions that it is going…please give the guy a break and look for the things that he has been informed of, by someone…why do we automatically want to condemn him and let other, more detestable things just go on with little or no criticism.
Carole S. commented 2015-02-28 20:38:53 -0500 · Flag
Franklin Graham will continue to be booked by FOX because of his connections with Murdoch. Remember how Mormonism was taken off of BGEA’s “cult list” after the the Grahams endorsed Mitt Romney? Nice! And this whole thing he’s got going with Greta Van Susteren is so odd. Scientologists are not allowed to work for Samaritans Purse, yet they name a school in Haiti after one. Nice, again!
David Severy commented 2015-02-28 14:31:47 -0500 · Flag
yeah, christians might actually influence some politicians to stop sinning…
d d commented 2015-02-27 23:55:17 -0500 · Flag
What Graham and BOR didn’t bother to mention is that our government has ALSO been infiltrated by Christians who are advising and influencing the White House. And the White House even listens to those of the Jewish faith. And Atheists are heard by the White House too. Gasp!

So it’s not only “problem” Muslims (as per Graham) who are getting their voices heard. Our President and the White House are being quite fair & balanced with regards to listening to many religious viewpoints and even those who eschew religion.


“Christian leaders from across the nation met with President Obama Wednesday to ask for a “Circle of Protection” surrounding programs that serve the poor and vulnerable in the face of the ongoing budget crisis.”

Christian leaders who advise President Obama: Rev. David Beckmann, president of Bread for the World; Galen Carey, vice president of government relations for the National Association of Evangelicals; Rev. Sèkinah Hamlin, director of the Ecumenical Poverty Initiative; Rev. Carlos Malavè, executive director of Christian Churches Together; Rev. Larry Snyder, president of Catholic Charities USA; and Rev. Jim Wallis, president and founder of Sojourners.
http://www.uscatholic.org/blog/2011/07/christian-leaders-call-circle-protection-budget-talks

and

“Eight Eastern Christian leaders spent 40 minutes talking to President Barack Obama about the situation of Christians and other minorities in the Middle East.

“…the Christian leaders spoke of the threat to Christians and other minorities posed by Islamic State militants, particularly in Iraq and Syria. Several said they were advocating religious freedom, an inherent right.”

Cardinal Rai; Catholicos Aram of Cilicia, patriarch of the Armenian Apostolic Church; Syriac Catholic Patriarch Ignace Joseph III Younan; Melkite Catholic Patriarch Gregoire III Laham; Syriac Orthodox Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem II; Bishop Angaelos, general bishop of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria; retired Chaldean Bishop Ibrahim Ibrahim of St. Thomas the Apostle of Detroit; and Antiochian Orthodox Metropolitan Joseph of New York and All North America.
http://ncronline.org/news/global/christian-leaders-meet-obama-discuss-concerns-mideast-minorities

and

“Obama met with the Executive Committee of the National Association of Evangelicals, which represents 45,000 churches from 40 denominations across the United States…”

NAE leaders that attended the unprecedented meeting included Pastor Joel C. Hunter of Northland, A Church Distributed near Orlando, who was a member of the White House’s faith-based initiative advisory committee; Williams Roberts, national commander of The Salvation Army; and Leith Anderson, president of the NAE; among others.
http://www.christianpost.com/news/evangelical-leaders-meet-president-barack-obama-at-white-house-58071/

and

“A group of rabbis and leaders from the Conservative movement of Judaism are commending President Barack Obama after a White House meeting on Tuesday, when they questioned him on issues ranging from the environment and immigration to the Israel-Palestine conflict and sanctions against Iran.

Rabbi Steven Wernick, chief executive officer from the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism (USCJ), and 19 associated leaders met with Obama and White House Chief of Staff Jack Lew.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/30/jewish-leaders-praise-obama_n_1556130.html

and

“In a visit to the White House today organized by American Jewish World Service (AJWS), 30 Jewish leaders and rabbis from across the nation met with White House officials to learn about the administration’s strategy to end violence against women, girls and LGBT people.

AJWS is the leading Jewish international development and human rights organization working to end poverty and realize human rights in the developing world."

The long list of 30 names is available at the below link.
http://ajws.org/who_we_are/news/archives/press_releases/thirty_jewish_leaders_and_rabbis_visit_white_house.html

and

“American Atheists will be among the non-believer groups led by the Secular Coalition for America for an historic briefing with the Obama Administration in Washington, DC, on Friday, 26 February 2010.

The American Atheists delegation will include Dr. Buckner; AA Vice President and National Spokesperson Dave Silverman; Vice President and Military Director Kathleen Johnson; Indra Zuno, AA general member, translator, and writer; Ellen Birch, Chair of the American Atheists Life Membership Committee and systems engineer; and Camille A. Brewer, AA general member, political/freethought activist and art expert.
http://www.opposingviews.com/i/obama-to-meet-with-atheist-groups-on-friday
mlp ! commented 2015-02-27 17:53:14 -0500 · Flag
What really worries me are his christian advisers….
Sue Keller commented 2015-02-27 17:23:06 -0500 · Flag
Arif Alikhan – Assistant Secretary for Policy Development for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Mohammed Elibiary – Former Homeland Security Adviser
Rashad Hussain – Special Envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC)
Salam al-Marayati – Obama Adviser and founder of the Muslim Public Affairs Council and is its current executive director
Imam Mohamed Magid – Obama’s Sharia Czar from the Islamic Society of North America
Eboo Patel – Advisory Council on Faith-Based Neighborhood Partnerships

source: “4 Star Admiral Blasts Obama Administration over Muslim Brotherhood Infiltration” February 6, 2015 Freedom Outpost. com
Anita Hall commented 2015-02-27 15:46:31 -0500 · Flag
Billy Graham has got to be sooooooooooooooooo proud of his son. It’s a shame he didn’t turn his ministry over to his daughter Anne. At least she does the next right thing & keeps her opinions to herself.
jan currier commented 2015-02-27 14:08:40 -0500 · Flag
Makes sense to me. And He is truthful!
David Severy commented 2015-02-27 14:01:16 -0500 · Flag
lol. At the time of the nation’s founding, hardly anyone ever thought religions other than Christianity would be problematic or would be need protection. It is not well known but the reason the first amendment was written was to prevent the congress from authorizing a state church like the ones the colonists fled from over across the pond.

Governments everywhere are never free from religious influence. But in America people enjoy “freedoms” others do not enjoy. And religious influence on American government today includes influence from Christians, Jews, Mormons, Muslims, Atheists, Pagans and Witches!

John 3:17
…God did not send his Son (Jesus) into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. [English Standard Version]
David Severy commented 2015-02-27 12:46:28 -0500 · Flag
Dalia Moghaed, Arif Alikhan, Mohammed Elibiary, Rashad Hussain, Salam al-Marayati, Imam Mohamed Magid, Eboo Patel. That is just a short list of Pres. Obama’s Muslim advisors.
Chuck Rock commented 2015-02-27 12:38:55 -0500 · Flag
I hope no one is awaiting a list of names.
Richard Santalone commented 2015-02-27 12:01:44 -0500 · Flag
Hmmmmmmmmm, it sure as hell looks like there’s another 1950s Joe McCarthy clone on the loose at Faux Spews. Ergo, from this moment onward I will call Franklin Graham “McCarthy Graham”.

’Nuff said.
truman commented 2015-02-27 11:25:36 -0500 · Flag
Hatemonger Franklin better pray that his God is a very forgiving God.
d d commented 2015-02-27 11:09:24 -0500 · Flag
Franklin Graham? Really, BOR? Franklin Graham who has, as Ellen pointed out, “no credentials in national security, terrorism, Middle East policy or even Islam”? Are you freakin’ kidding me?

What’s even more hysterical is that Graham claimed that the WH has been infiltrated by Muslims yet he arrived for the interview without having even a single name of these Islamic infiltrators? Geez.

I really don’t understand why BOR would have Graham on to discuss such issues. Even BOR would surely realize that Graham has no expertise on these matters. My best guess is that BOR is looking to further hype his idea that we need to have a “Holy War”. He’s been taking some heat for his remark online and on some of the talking head shows. He’s probably thinking that there’s no better way to reinforce his call for a “Holy War” and get the FOX “news” Christian base fired up than to have on Graham so he can fear-monger about Muslims (and, by extension, the bogus talking point of Obama’s supposed Muslimness).
Thx4 Fish commented 2015-02-27 11:09:09 -0500 · Flag
How embarrassing, Graham can’t name any of these Muslim advisors. I’m concerned that even though Bill rightly suggests that they have every right to be involved in government, he still would like to publicize their names to his loony tunes audience.
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Hatred for Obama seems to be Graham's only credential as a Fox News "islamic terror" expert.








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