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Bush hosting traditional Muslim fast-breaking dinner
AP ^ | October 28, 2003

Posted on 10/28/2003 6:25:01 PM PST by sarcasm

White House-AP -- President Bush is hosting a White House dinner tonight for Muslims observing Ramadan.It's a traditional "iftar" dinner -- for those breaking the holy month's required daily fast.

The president says he wants the world to know America welcomes Muslims -- as it welcomes adherents of all religions -- and that the war on terror is not a war against Islam.

On a visit to Indonesia last week, Muslim leaders asked Bush why Americans see all Muslims as terrorists. Bush denies that's the case. He says Americans "think terrorists are evil people who have hijacked a great religion."

At a Rose Garden news conference, Bush also again repudiated the remarks of a top Pentagon official who characterized the war as one between a Christian country and Satan. Bush says Army General William Boykin's views "don't reflect" his. But he wouldn't comment on calls for Boykin's ouster, saying the Pentagon is investigating.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bush43; iftar; muslimamericans; newsconference; ramadan; rosegardenspeech
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1 posted on 10/28/2003 6:25:01 PM PST by sarcasm
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To: sarcasm
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2 posted on 10/28/2003 6:26:34 PM PST by chicagolady
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To: sarcasm; BillyBoy; JustPiper; The Brush; spintreebob
for your reading pleasure
3 posted on 10/28/2003 6:27:59 PM PST by chicagolady
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To: chicagolady
Glazed ham, I trust.
4 posted on 10/28/2003 6:28:04 PM PST by glaux
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To: sarcasm
a great religion

I just hope they keep in mind that Bush can only speak for himself. Not all Americans believe it is a great religion. A great religion founded by a pedophile rapist? I don't think so.

5 posted on 10/28/2003 6:29:06 PM PST by FITZ
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What a !*$&*$&*%)%$ joke. Iunderstand the public relations message behind it, but where is there a similar effort to reciprocate in the Muslim world?
6 posted on 10/28/2003 6:32:44 PM PST by oncebitten
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To: FITZ
Jerry Boykin is going to be the guest speaker.
7 posted on 10/28/2003 6:33:22 PM PST by dts32041 (Is it time to practice decimation with our representatives?)
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To: glaux
The months I spent in Saudi Arabia, I fantasized about having a good Ol' NC Pig Pickin' on the side of the coastal highway. I guess that would have got the natives shook up.
8 posted on 10/28/2003 6:33:33 PM PST by Credo
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LOL!
9 posted on 10/28/2003 6:34:27 PM PST by chicagolady
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Roasted pig.
10 posted on 10/28/2003 6:35:16 PM PST by Consort
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To: sarcasm
It's nice to know that Bush and Company know when to pile on the horse dung and play the egalitarian nitwit card, isn't it?
11 posted on 10/28/2003 6:39:17 PM PST by Reactionary
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You gotta unnestan: this gesture will disarm them, literally and figuratively in Iraq, and all the other Muslim trouble spots in the world! A "Win-win situation" as you Americans like to say! "Thinking outside the envelope"? "Pushing the box"? All our troubles are behind us, you see?!
12 posted on 10/28/2003 6:42:17 PM PST by Revolting cat! (Far out, man!)
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To: sarcasm
Bush hosting traditional Muslim fast-breaking dinner

How about serving our famous Classic Southern dish: The HAM Biscuit!

13 posted on 10/28/2003 6:52:09 PM PST by jaz.357 (We should be more open-minded toward people trying to kill us.)
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To: sarcasm
I am not impling anything by what I am sharing. I am only telling you what has happened to me and I keep asking God, "WHY do you keep bringing me back to these verses in the bible."

Now this chapter has come back to me more that 12 times in 2 years
this is the chapter in the bible that I am drawn to over and over!

1Ki 22:20 - 23 "And the LORD said, Who shall persuade Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramothgilead? And in this manner, and another said on that manner.And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will persuade him. And the LORD said unto him,Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt persuade him, and prevail also: go forth, and do so. Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these thy prophets, and the LORD hath spoken evil concerning thee."

And instead of getting the truth, we shall receive a lie, 2 Thessalonians 2: 11 - And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: In other words, if we want flesh, he gives us flesh instead of His Spirit.

I am really meditating on this a lot.
There is something going on and I am wondering if this is what I am seeing for such a time as this.
ONLY SHARING I am in NO way saying THIS IS GOD.

14 posted on 10/28/2003 6:53:35 PM PST by chicagolady
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Some people want to know why kosher excludes shellfish as well as pork, while halal only excludes pork. The story goes like this:

And God said, "Moses, don't be selfish." And Moses replied, "O.K., no shellfish."

And God said, "I said, don't be selfish." Amd Moses replied, "Exactly, no pork and no shellfish."

And God said, "I said, don't be selfish." And Moses replied, "It's not a problem. I don't even like shellfish."

And God said, "Whatever."
15 posted on 10/28/2003 6:53:53 PM PST by Redmen4ever
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To: sarcasm
Third Annual Ramadan dinner at the Whitehouse. This could get to be a permanent tradition like the Whitehouse lawn Easter egg hunt.
16 posted on 10/28/2003 7:17:53 PM PST by Salman (Mickey Akbar)
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To: FITZ
I agree. The problem is islam. Nothing more or less. Take out 90% of them and let the rest run gambling casinos if they are nice acting.
17 posted on 10/28/2003 7:19:09 PM PST by mathurine
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To: sarcasm
This is just too much...and over the top!
19 posted on 10/28/2003 7:39:35 PM PST by USMMA_83
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To: sarcasm
Well he is President of ALL Americans. That includes Muslims as well as Christians.
20 posted on 10/28/2003 7:44:21 PM PST by Jorge
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