Posted on 10/04/2007 12:40:03 PM PDT by camerakid400
CBNNews.com - President Bush is hosting a controversial event at the White House Thursday evening, with an invitation to Muslim officials and clerics to join him for prayer and dinner in observance of the holy month of Ramadan.
Many Christians question the president's decision to make the Islamic celebration of "iftar" into a standard religious observance for the White House.
Iftar officially breaks Muslims' daytime fast.
Islam, referred to by some politicians as a religion of peace, is viewed by many conservative Americans as a faith rooted in violence and hostility toward non-Muslims, collectively referred to as "infidels."
One of the invited guests to Bush's annual event is Congressman Keith Ellison of Minnesota. Ellison, the only Muslim elected to office, asked to be sworn into his position in Congress with the Koran instead of the Bible.
The Democrat expressed that he is looking forward to Thursday's iftar event at the White House, and noted that he has also engaged in Ramadan observances at the Pentagon and the Capitol.
This week, the House voted unanimously, 376-0, to recognize Islam's holy month of Ramadan. The resolution commended Muslims and hailed the Islamic faith as "one of the great religions of the world."
More pro-Muslim sentiment by the U.S. government was evident on September 25 when a Muslim cleric delivered the House's daily prayer.
The Bible teaches that leaders who embraced, tolerated or celebrated foreign gods brought suffering and disaster upon their nation.
more GWB PC crap
Religion of Peace
Our Constitution guarantees, and the blood of our own citizens secures, the right of Muslims to practice their faith in our midst. If you don’t like it, then move to some other country that does not proclaim and support the practice of faiths of every kind, even that of atheism.
Well Done.....we deserve to fail
those kids dying for us overseas deserve better than out spineless knee jerk guilt trips
When Muhammad (circa 600 AC) linked the name of Allah to the religious histories of Judaism and Christianity, this was a way to claim them for Islam. In the light of later events, the claim that Islam was the original religion, and that all preceding prophets were Muslims, can be regarded as an attempt to appropriate the histories of other religions for Islam. The effect is to rob Christianity and Judaism of their own histories.
The fact that Mohammed appropriated the Jewish and Christian Traditions, that the Muslim Tradition OWES to those traditions, creates quite a crisis of confidence for the radical Muslim.
Muslims should not take Christians or Jews for friends. (Al-Ma’idah 5:51) They must fight against Christians and Jews who refuse Islam until they surrender, pay the poll-tax and are humiliated. (At-Taubah 9:29) [ To this may be added hundreds of Qur’anic verses on the subject of jihad in the path of Allah, as well as the ‘Book of Jihad’ found in all Hadith collections. ]
Never the less, we should deny this reality and go on asking “...why do they hate us?”
oh shut up.
our Constitution does not guarantee the right for a Religion of Conquest to annihilate us and for us to submit and be destroyed in the name of religious freedom.
Typical Bush stupidity.
This is not a surprise. He pretty much lays down a red carpet for the illegal Mexican immigrants to come on over and do the jobs that Americans don’t want to do.
And do you see anyone on this thread who claimed otherwise? This isn't about denying Muslims the right to practice their cult (as long as it doesn't involve violence), this is about the President shamelessly pandering to that cult.
Perhaps I missed it, but I can't recall the President celebrating Rosh Hashanah in the WH last month. ...or any of the Hindu or Buddhist holidays.
I’m always surprised when people learn of this and they are shocked.
In my mind, it is natural that this event would be observed in Washington.
Nor am I shocked when I see men who work at a local farm in my community, gathering at prayer time in the evenings. It is part of their life.
I’m not a Muslim... but I would defend their right to practice their faith in America.
Bush panders and lays down the red carpet for any group intent on either destroying America or changing it for the (third-world) worse.
Hey, your analysis is spot on. You must read alot of Robert Spencer?
Sickening!
Well, I can only comment on what I see in my community.
I’m not saying that I believe Islam is true and that I want my daughter to marry a Muslim.
But I am saying that I believe in personal freedom. And honestly, I cannot stop someone from practicing their faith, even if I don’t agree with it.
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iftar, another f’ing islamic term I didn’t need to know. Thanks Bush!
First, President Bush is the only reason that the war continues unabated against islamonuts.
Second, General Petraeus is waging the battle in Iraq by establishing alliances with the hoi polloi Muslims who have had it with the islamonuts.
Third, our troops take to the field every day with Muslims hunting islamonuts.
And finally, smacking moderate Muslims in the face is not conducive to what we are trying to accomplish in the Middle East.
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