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American Muslims Strive to Become Model Citizens
Spiegel Online ^ | September 13, 2007 | Marc Hujer and Daniel Steinvorth

Posted on 10/01/2007 3:35:30 AM PDT by america4vr

After the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, Muslim immigrants were seen as a potential threat in the United States. They have since become model citizens -- and now they want a greater say in politics. Why shouldn't we wear head scarves?

It is almost 1 p.m., time for noon prayers, and Abdul Malik Mujahid, 55, is in his office on the second floor of Chicago's Downtown Islamic Center, preparing for his sermon. On his desk are a Koran, a pad of paper and a Blackberry. A telephone rings in the next room as people hurry through the corridors.

Soon Mujahid takes the elevator to the fourth floor, carrying the text of his sermon under his arm. The 200 men waiting for him in the prayer room are dressed in jeans and in suits. They have slipped away from their offices for lunch, removed their shoes and staked out their spots on the carpet. Now they want to hear Mujahid's Friday sermon.

He nods to the congregation. Mujahid is a short, elegant man. His gray beard is carefully trimmed and he has a smooth voice. He turns toward Mecca and recites the Fatiha, the opening Sura in the Koran. Then he quickly gets to his point: "My brothers, we can all contribute to reducing our energy consumption," he says. "That must be your very own jihad, your fight against global warming." When he speaks he sounds like Al Gore, the former vice president of the United States and the man who is now leading America in the battle against climate change. "This wonderful country," says Mujahid, "depends on its immigrants. Show that you are good Americans and good Muslims."

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Government
KEYWORDS: americanmuslim; americanmuslims; assimilation; europe; integration; islam; islamiclaw; islaminamerica; moderateislam; moderatemuslims; muslims; puffpiece; racism
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To: america4vr

Poor things. They just want what everyone else wants. A home, a lawn, a white picket fence and all Christians and Jews dead.


41 posted on 10/01/2007 6:05:37 AM PDT by Leftism is Mentally Deranged
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To: Redleg Duke
LOL. ROTF.. At first iIdidn't get it but then it hit me. You got me. ha ha. Yes, indeed, if ever a story deserved a 'hurl alert status' this is it especially when you consider the source for the article.

But you know, several times in the past when posting bona fide 'hurl alerts', describing and tagging it as such I've had it removed by moderators/others for whatever reason. But you are definitely right on about it.

42 posted on 10/01/2007 6:07:46 AM PDT by america4vr
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To: america4vr
They know very well that the slightest inflammatory rhetoric secures them a one way ticket back to the middle ages courtesy of the US Govt.

Huh? CAIR gets lunch in the White House.

43 posted on 10/01/2007 6:15:31 AM PDT by ModelBreaker
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To: america4vr

Entire title of this post is an oxymoron.....


44 posted on 10/01/2007 6:17:10 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: ModelBreaker
I am sorry for not qualifying that comment in the manner it deserved.

Yes, you are quite correct to express incredulity in regards to what I said, especially in lightof what has transpired since 9-11.

I meant to say they may have chosen sermon subject matter such as global warming for fear they might attract the attention of the government.

45 posted on 10/01/2007 6:24:32 AM PDT by america4vr
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To: kellynla
"all I want to know is how many of them enlisted in the U.S. military since 9/11..."

The most desirable answer to your question is, zero.

They are a fifth-column. We do not want them in the military at all.

AV

46 posted on 10/01/2007 7:50:38 AM PDT by Atomic Vomit
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To: Atomic Vomit

“US Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., whose roughly 4,000 cadets include 32 Muslims, 12 of whom are foreign students.”

Apparently, the US military does not agree with your assessment. An education at West Point is paid for with taxpayer money, and paid back by mandatory military service.


47 posted on 10/01/2007 8:05:45 AM PDT by ga medic
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To: america4vr
One of the most important questions, is one that is mostly ignored by the proponents of things multi-culture. It is all in the numbers. Certainly if one group is only one in fifty persons, they may effect certain rules and customs in a minuscule way.

If that group has a much larger effect that their numbers reflect- watch out. Tragically the real test, is one that would be enacted if this group became a majority. Even to some extent a much larger minority.

How would these persons THEN, behave toward non-muslims? There are virtually few instances where such people will still declare the multi-cultural dogma, that all cultures are equal.

We are seeing a lie. If the proof comes that it is a lie, then it will be too late.

48 posted on 10/01/2007 8:27:41 AM PDT by Peter Libra
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To: america4vr
“Why shouldn’t we wear head scarves? “

i think they should. Makes them easier to identify.

49 posted on 10/01/2007 8:48:40 AM PDT by monday
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To: All

To become a model American citizen, muslims must reject the koran, as it is a war manual that is directly at odds with a free people and a free will...


50 posted on 10/01/2007 9:34:27 AM PDT by Maverick68
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To: Sherman Logan

Jihadists commit hate crimes too.

Every act of domestic terrorism (and there have been dozens) was a hate crime.

Islamic supremacists engage in hate speech too.


51 posted on 10/01/2007 10:10:18 AM PDT by weegee (NO THIRD TERM. America does not need another unconstitutional Clinton co-presidency.)
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To: Jedi Master Pikachu

I’ve seen more reports of hate crimes against Christians in this country too (especially vandalism of churches on 06/06/2006).

It is never discussed as a trend.


52 posted on 10/01/2007 10:13:15 AM PDT by weegee (NO THIRD TERM. America does not need another unconstitutional Clinton co-presidency.)
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To: monday

Why? Because we don’t have sand storms.


53 posted on 10/01/2007 10:14:05 AM PDT by weegee (NO THIRD TERM. America does not need another unconstitutional Clinton co-presidency.)
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To: MarineMom613

Thanks for posting that.

I see there is also an FR thread (not much traffic though)

The Islamist Head Fake
INVESTOR’S BUSINESS DAILY ^ | 9/28/2007
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1904433/posts


54 posted on 10/01/2007 10:28:34 AM PDT by weegee (NO THIRD TERM. America does not need another unconstitutional Clinton co-presidency.)
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To: Sherman Logan
Anti-Jewish, anti-Christian fliers found on cars (Michigan-"Kill Jews and Christians") (Macomb Daily | 9-28-07 | Gordon Wilczynski)
55 posted on 10/01/2007 10:39:23 AM PDT by weegee (NO THIRD TERM. America does not need another unconstitutional Clinton co-presidency.)
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To: MarineMom613

“From LGF re: Holy Land Trial . Very interesting read. Shows
how they work with deception to ingratiate themselves with US Gov,
politics etc. This link includes government wiretapes that uncovered
a lot of their plans.”

A month or so ago, I heard Stephen Emerson (Jihad In America) say
that The Holy Land trial should be on the front page of every newspaper.
And note that the wiretaps are the sort of thing the NYTimes, ACLU,
and our Islamic-Americans want to neuter.

AND, having read the well-reasearched (scholarly) “Alms of Jihad” last
year, I shuddered to see this virtually “press-embargoed” report.
(See linked thread below and short excerpt)
Someday we’ll not know what the Islamics have done with the USA.
Because they’ll buy or threaten anyone willing to report the truth.
Maybe truth is “the first casualty of war”...truth also vanishes
when Muslim petrodollars and lawyers for Muslims come calling.

Saudis Sue for Secrecy
The New Media Journal ^ | August 11, 2007 | Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1879734/posts

Facing the mere threat of a lawsuit from Saudi billionaire Khalid
bin Mahfouz, Cambridge University Press agreed to pulp all the unsold
copies of “Alms of Jihad: Charity and Terrorism in the Islamic World,”

.....

Bin Mahfouz never sued the authors, J. Millard Burr and Robert O.
Collins, both U.S. citizens, who had provided their publisher
with all the sources to back their allegations that bin Mahfouz,
his family and his former bank, the National Commercial Bank of
Saudi Arabia, funded Hamas and al Qaeda. Yet Cambridge University
Press still caved - and even asked the authors to join its apology to
bin Mahfouz. (They rightly refused.)


56 posted on 10/01/2007 10:41:08 AM PDT by VOA
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To: ga medic
"Apparently, the US military does not agree with your assessment. An education at West Point is paid for with taxpayer money, and paid back by mandatory military service. "

So, of 4000 congressionally awarded appointments 32 are politically correct mistakes. 12 of those are ridiculous mistakes. Probably all lib-sponsored.

These 32 muslims are 32 potential/likely moles.

You actually think this is a good idea? If you do then repeat slavishly: "Islam is a religion of peace" until you convert or die.

Muslims are a cancer. You are a host.

AV

57 posted on 10/01/2007 12:52:33 PM PDT by Atomic Vomit
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To: Atomic Vomit

I never said I thought it was a good idea. I was just pointing out that not only does the military make efforts to attract muslim soldiers, they recruit them to the highest level of service.


58 posted on 10/01/2007 2:29:09 PM PDT by ga medic
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