Posted on 09/04/2009 4:48:28 AM PDT by bestintxas
Muslims are what make America great, if President Obama is to be believed. At a White House interfaith dinner honoring Ramadan on Tuesday, he said that "the contribution of Muslims to the United States are too long to catalog because Muslims are so interwoven into the fabric of our communities and our country." We would be intrigued to see that long list and to learn more about how Muslims have been part of the woof and warp of America.
It is no slight to acknowledge that most Muslims are relative newcomers to the United States and they lack the numbers and longevity to have yet made as significant a contribution to the country as other groups. Instead of saying "the best is yet to come" -- which would be a reasonable enough statement -- the president chose to engage in the worst sort of identity-politics pandering, inventing a history and tradition where none exists.
Mr. Obama mentioned the best-known American Muslim, Muhammad Ali, the former boxing champion and draft dodger who declared that he would not "take part in Christian wars or wars of any unbelievers." He also recognized Kareem Khan, a soldier from New Jersey who, unlike Mr. Ali, chose to serve his country and was killed in Iraq. Mr. Obama noted that "a crescent is carved into his grave, just as others bear the Christian cross or the Jewish star." We assume he meant carved into the headstone; and lest we begin to hear about America being a "Judeo-Christian-Muslim" country, we hasten to note that other stones at Arlington National Cemetery bear Buddhist, Baha'i, Sikh, Hindu, humanist, atheist and even Wiccan symbols. There are many threads in the national tapestry, some stronger than others
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Again I ask, someone name one single thing that they have contributed to this country?
It is becoming obvious that the millions of dollars that poured into his campaign came from Muslim sources in the Middle East. EVERY politician takes care of the hand which feeds him/her. Our media is so negligent that historians will have to write extensive chapters on its failure to report what has happened here.
Yep that about says it all (Heros all, except the arrogant mulatto America hater)
I knew there some Jewish people who helped this country during the revolutionary war... I know of no muslims helping this country..
not my POTUS....not anybody’s POTUS
he is the POSOTUS...or the TOTUS
but not nor never the POTUS
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They contribute the same as they do in their own countries-
Nothing! They can go woof and warp themselves!
They contributed The Odious One and 1400 years of warfare against Christianity. The Odious One at his socialist/fascist finest. Four years of my live devoted to killing Muslims, and there is nothing of which I am prouder.
I am actually quite serious about the question. I asked it on another thread and got a bunch of humorous replies but nobody could come up with one thing. I honestly want to know if there is one single positive thing ever done by Muslims for this country.
Me too. I'm sure it's just as ridiculous as the list of muslim Nobel Peace Prize winners.
Of course he believes Muslims made great contributions! They gave us a President!
Thank you. You should be proud.
Well I was just going to say "see post #5".
He'll go down in history as "Wrong Way" Obama.
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