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Obama: Muslim Americans Are Sporting Heroes – Are They?
breitbart ^ | Dec. 7, 2015 | Raheem Kassam

Posted on 12/07/2015 10:40:43 AM PST by PROCON

U.S. President Barack Obama tonight addressed lectured the American people about the San Bernardino attack, gun control, Islamic State (or rather 'ISIL' - still better than Daesh) and Muslim Americans.

After talking about his plus ça change strategy to tackling the Islamic State, he began telling Americans what they "should not do". Because everyone loves that estranged father who comes back into your life just in time to tell you how to behave.

Curiously, he used this part of his lecture to state:

Muslim-Americans are our friends and our neighbors, our co- workers, our sports heroes. And, yes, they are our men and women in uniform who are willing to die in defense of our country. We have to remember that.

~~SNIP~~

1. Kareem Abdul Jabbar

It'd be a stretch, because Mr. Abdul Jabbar is 68 years old. So not exactly current. In 1968, Abdul Jabbar – then named Lew Alcindor - boycotted the U.S. national Olympic basketball team. Sounds like a patriotic American eh? Well he's also spoke in defence of Shariah Law, claiming: "None of the people that have that criticism of Shariah law have checked out the law because it’s not even for non-Muslims. Sharia law is for ruling an Islamic state" and in supporting Shariah, with all its violent and oppressive components. He said: "Shariah law is for Muslims. So if there is a Muslim majority state then it has to be run by sharia law".

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KEYWORDS: muslims; sports
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To: PROCON

IS Beheading a Sport?


21 posted on 12/07/2015 12:46:01 PM PST by eyeamok
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To: PROCON

D’ese guys ain’t no stinking mohammedans:
Sandy Koufax, Mickey Mantle, Don Drysdale, Pete Maravich, ‘Daddy” Don Garlits, Shirley Muldowney, Craig Prudhomme, Lou Garigiola, Mark Spitz, John McEnroe, Sam Sneed.


22 posted on 12/07/2015 1:03:33 PM PST by Terry L Smith
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To: PROCON


23 posted on 12/07/2015 1:27:26 PM PST by x
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To: PROCON

I don’t consider paid performers to be heroes. They may be stars, but not heroes.

Heroes risk their lives unselfishly trying to help others.

That is NOT what football & basketball players, tennis stars & croquet masters do. Race car drivers & bull riders are brave, but they do it for selfish reasons & are not heroes.

Pro sportsmen are out to help themselves, not others.

The saddest part of this crap from Obama is that there are many muslim heroes in this country, mostly veterans. He could have mentioned them.

This reminds me of Britain that, left without military heroes or even honorable men & women, resorted to knighting entertainers. Apparently that they bravely paid their enormous taxes is proof enough of their heroics.


24 posted on 12/07/2015 3:06:21 PM PST by Mister Da (The mark of a wise man is not what he knows, but what he knows he doesn't know!)
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To: Mister Da

I agree.
There is no such thing as a sports “hero”.


25 posted on 12/07/2015 3:16:19 PM PST by CPONav
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