Franklin Graham tells students who refuse to mark 9/11 anniversary: 'Wake up! We live in a dangerous world'

Reverend Franklin Graham says 'not commemorating 9/11 would be like not remembering Pearl Harbor because we don't want to possibly offend the Japanese.' (BGEA)

The University of Minnesota recently rejected a resolution seeking to commemorate the anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks each year because the student government was concerned they might be promoting a culture against Muslims.

American evangelist Franklin Graham writes on his Facebook page that "some students (are) expressing concern that such a measure could foster "Islamaphobia." However, Graham does not see any issue with that.

"You'd better believe we should be afraid of Islam! Islamic terrorists just killed over 129 people in Paris and injured 350. Islamic terrorists brought down a Russian airliner over the Sinai, killing 224 people. Islamic terrorists, in two bombings last night and today, killed 46 and injured 120 in Nigeria," he says.

"And let us never forget that Islamic terrorists took the lives of nearly 3,000 Americans on September 11, 2001 and injured scores at the Boston Marathon bombing. Not commemorating 9/11 would be like not remembering Pearl Harbor because we don't want to possibly offend the Japanese. How stupid is that?"

The current American administration might be walking on eggshells so as not to offend the Muslim community, but former President George W. Bush was not afraid to say that the terror attacks inflicted on America have already changed the course of history.

Graham agrees with the former president wholeheartedly when he said: "Time is passing. Yet, for the United States of America, there will be no forgetting September the 11th. We will remember every rescuer who died in honor. We will remember every family that lives in grief. We will remember the fire and ash, the last phone calls, the funerals of the children."

Billy Graham's son hopes that the students who rejected the resolution will realise their mistake and honour all those who passed away during the 9/11 attack. "Here's my message to the students of the University of Minnesota — Wake up! We live in a dangerous world," he says.

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