Posted on 10/16/2003 6:49:20 PM PDT by chance33_98
Top U.S. General Says Muslims Worship 'Idol'; Islamic group calls for Reassignment Over 'Extremist' Views
10/16/03 2:18:00 PM
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 /U.S. Newswire/ -- A prominent national Islamic civil rights and advocacy group today called for the reassignment of a top U.S. general who says he is in "the army of God" and claims Muslims worship an "idol."
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is responding to investigative reports by the Los Angeles Times and NBC News that paint Lt. Gen. William G. Boykin as an "intolerant extremist...who believes that Islam is an idolatrous, sacrilegious religion against which we are waging a holy war." In a discussion of his efforts to capture a Muslim Somali warlord, Boykin said, "I knew my God was bigger than his. I knew that my God was a real God and his was an idol."
Speaking in uniform before a Christian group in June, Boykin claimed "radical Islamists" hate America "because we're a Christian nation, because our foundation and our roots are Judeo-Christian...and the enemy is a guy named Satan." Our "spiritual enemy," Boykin said, "will only be defeated if we come against them in the name of Jesus."
Boykin, the new deputy undersecretary of defense for intelligence, is assigned to track down Osama bin Laden, Saddam Hussein and other high-profile targets in the Muslim world.
SEE: "The Pentagon Unleashes a Holy Warrior" and "General Casts War in Religious Terms" at http://www.latimes.com/. Search using the term "Boykin."
SEE ALSO: "Quotes from Gen. Boykin Speeches," http://www.msnbc.com/news/980841.asp and "Top Terrorist Hunter's Divisive Views," http://www.msnbc.com/news/980764.asp.
"Putting a man with such extremist views in a critical policy-making position sends entirely the wrong message to a Muslim world that is already skeptical about America's motives and intentions," said CAIR Executive Director Nihad Awad.
"Everyone is entitled to their own religious beliefs, no matter how ill-informed or bigoted, but those beliefs should not be allowed to color important decisions that need to be made in the war on terrorism. General Boykin should be reassigned to a position in which he will not be able to harm our nation's image or interests."
Awad said Muslims worship the same God as Christians and Jews. He noted that Arabic language Bibles use the word "Allah" when referring to God and quoted the Quran, Islam's revealed text, which states: "Say ye: 'We believe in God and the revelation given to us and to Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob, and the Tribes, and that given to Moses and Jesus, and that given to (all) Prophets from their Lord. We make no distinction between one and another of them and it is unto Him that we surrender ourselves.'" (Quran, 2:136)
"We call on Americans of all faiths to reject any attempts to turn the war on terrorism into a religious crusade. President Bush and Secretary Rumsfeld should also take this opportunity to further distance themselves from those who actively promote the clash of civilizations and religions," said Awad. CAIR, America's largest Islamic civil liberties group, is headquartered in Washington, D.C., and has 16 offices nationwide and in Canada.
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The good general is blaspheming the name of Jesus. A "Christian" nation that murders one-third of its own babies? Come, come.
This bothers me. I am a Christian and I serve proudly in the United States Marine Corps and I have given readings in church and have been in heated exchanges about religion in public forums. I, however, do not do it in uniform. By doing so, it gives an air of approval or sanction by the US Government. I know the government did not pre-approve his comments, but being in uniform and making despairing (or if that is too-harse let's say "less than flattering") comments about other religions is improper.
Now before I am flamed non-stop, tell me how many here would not be screaming from the highest roof-tops if a Muslim service member, general grade in uniform, said that Christians worship a dead man, and that he was fighting a war in Allah's army?
Except allah's army has declared a jihad against the USA so there would be reason not to have such a Muslim service member in uniform. If the Vatican or some other Christian group sends 19 terrorists to kill as many Americans as they possibly can --- then that Christian group should be suspect too.
A man after God's own heart. How refreshing.
Then why do Mulims call Christians and Jews "unbelievers" and "infidels"?
The study of Islam is veritable crotchology and you're mind must be wiped often....
A man can have sexual pleasure from a child as young as a baby. However, he should not penetrate; sodomising the child is OK. If the man penetrates and damages the child then he should be responsible for her subsistence all her life. This girl, however, does not count as one of his four permanent wives. The man will not be eligible to marry the girl's sister.--Ayatollah Khomeini
A man can have sex with animals such as sheeps, cows, camels and so on. However, he should kill the animal after he has his orgasm. He should not sell the meat to the people in his own village; however, selling the meat to the next door village should be fine.--Ayatollah Khomeini
(Quotes above are from Khomeini's book, Tahrirolvasyleh, vol. 4, Darol Elm, Gom, Iran, 1990, Source: Homa)
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