Concerned with Collins’ Turkey Trip

Dear Editor,

I have become worried about Rep. Neal Collins’ recent trip to Turkey that he claims “has been a political, cultural and economic tour.”

After reading all his posts and viewing all his pictures he posted on Facebook about this trip, it became obvious to me that Collins has buried his head in the sand and is in denial of what Muslims believe and what “taquia” means to Muslims.

“Taquia” is permission for a Muslim to lie under three conditions including advancing the cause of Allah and to deceive your enemies. It becomes very difficult to trust Muslims, because you don’t know if they are saying what they really believe or they are lying to Americans until they are in a stronger position within the government to fight and express their true feelings of establishing a caliphate.

I have to question Collins’ loyalty to the safety of Pickens County citizenry, as well as the safety of the citizenry of state of South Carolina and the United States of America. Did he really mean it when he swore to protect our country from all enemies, both foreign and domestic?

Here are Collins’ Facebook status quotes:

“This is an example of what I learned on this trip. My ignorance. My racism. My fears have been challenged. I know I am a better person.”

So after all these years of being a Christian and being surrounded by Christians his whole life — now that he has been around Muslims, he is a better person?

Collins wrote on Facebook that he stayed with “a wonderful Muslim family” and that “the whole family denounced Muslim extremists.” When he calls these Muslims “God-fearing people,” he is either ignorant of Islam and their ideology and beliefs and ignores the fact that Sharia law and the Constitution cannot coexist or he is complicit and is a Muslim sympathizer.

The Atlantic Institute is who sponsored the majority of the costs for Collins’ trip along with other S.C. legislators. The Atlantic Institute supports growth of Muslim Gulen charter schools here in the U.S. There is one in Greenville operating now. Many of you may know, Collins is on the House Education Committee, and this sends up red flags to me. Was their purpose to soften him up?

Please don’t vote to re-elect this man to the S.C. House, Easley voters!

Johnnelle Raines

Pickens