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A study in contrasts: President Obama's Rosh Hashana message compared to EID-UL-FITR and Ramadan
IMRA ^ | 9-21-09

Posted on 09/21/2009 5:43:47 AM PDT by SJackson

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1 posted on 09/21/2009 5:43:47 AM PDT by SJackson
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2 posted on 09/21/2009 5:44:44 AM PDT by SJackson (In wine there is wisdom, In beer there is freedom, In water there is bacteria.)
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muslims get a big wet kiss, Jews get a lecture about needing to work harder on their values

“Like many people of different faiths who have known Ramadan through our communities and families, I know this to be a festive time ... “

uh, yeah, we just bet you do


3 posted on 09/21/2009 5:46:16 AM PDT by silverleaf (If we are astroturf, why are the democrats trying to mow us?)
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To: SJackson

and BTW, I have yet to find any WH statement congratulating Christians at Easter. Just releases about the egg roll


4 posted on 09/21/2009 5:47:31 AM PDT by silverleaf (If we are astroturf, why are the democrats trying to mow us?)
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...to confront common health challenges like H1N1 - which I know is of particular to concern to many Muslims...

Hmmmm...so that's why they change the name of it to "H1N1".

5 posted on 09/21/2009 5:50:18 AM PDT by babyfreep
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ping (oy - I have a headache)


6 posted on 09/21/2009 5:53:06 AM PDT by Mrs. B.S. Roberts
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To: silverleaf
Oddly I cannot find text of the speech, only video/audio, which is hard to excerpt. Surely the 404 I got from the WH is an oversight.

From The White House Blog

Saturday, April 11th, 2009 at 5:30 am

Weekly Address: Passover & Easter

This week the President discusses the multitude of problems and opportunities before the world through the prism of Passover and Easter: "These are two very different holidays with their own very different traditions. But it seems fitting that we mark them both during the same week. For in a larger sense, they are both moments of reflection and renewal. They are both occasions to think more deeply about the obligations we have to ourselves and the obligations we have to one another, no matter who we are, where we come from, or what faith we practice.

7 posted on 09/21/2009 5:54:01 AM PDT by DBrow
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To: silverleaf
He covered Easter in his weekly address along with Passover. Christians need to be told how to act too.

This week the President discusses the multitude of problems and opportunities before the world through the prism of Passover and Easter: "These are two very different holidays with their own very different traditions. But it seems fitting that we mark them both during the same week. For in a larger sense, they are both moments of reflection and renewal. They are both occasions to think more deeply about the obligations we have to ourselves and the obligations we have to one another, no matter who we are, where we come from, or what faith we practice.
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Video here

8 posted on 09/21/2009 5:57:29 AM PDT by SJackson (In wine there is wisdom, In beer there is freedom, In water there is bacteria.)
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good point.


9 posted on 09/21/2009 6:00:13 AM PDT by SueRae
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Will I be able to have a twelve year old bride now? I’m jus sayin.


10 posted on 09/21/2009 6:02:12 AM PDT by 724th (A full two thirds of Congress belongs behind bars.)
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To: SJackson

Any questions now about whether Obama Hussein is a Stealth ARAB Muslim??????


11 posted on 09/21/2009 6:06:19 AM PDT by True Republican Patriot (May GOD Continue to BLESS Our Great President George W. Bush!!)
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ah, so Easter was diluted by being cited along with Passover- and vice versa. Moral ambiguity. Move along folks, nothing to see here.

Easter is a joyous time. I see no joy in those words.
Now ramadan- there’s his joy.

Can’t wait for our Hanuukah/Christmas lecture


12 posted on 09/21/2009 6:21:38 AM PDT by silverleaf (If we are astroturf, why are the democrats trying to mow us?)
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To: DBrow

There was no special holiday greeting for Easter or Passover from this WH. Only mention in his weekly address.


13 posted on 09/21/2009 6:23:06 AM PDT by silverleaf (If we are astroturf, why are the democrats trying to mow us?)
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"Ramadan is the month in which Muslims believe the Koran was revealed to the Prophet Muhammad, beginning with a simple word - iqra.

What a Joke. Mohammad is busy practicing his pagan rock idol worship in a cave, then a scary "angel" appears, starts beating on the illiterate retard insisting that he "read". "What shall I read?" a terrified illiterate Mohammad asks!
"Qur'an 96:1 "Read in the name of your Lord who created man out of clots of congealed blood. Read, for your Lord is the most generous. He who taught the use of the pen that man might be taught that which he did not know."

And that's it. The moment of moments- the birth of Islam. An unnamed spirit, representing an unidentified entity, reveals itself to Muhammad, and all we get is this.

Why would an all-knowing deity ask an illiterate man to read? Why does the spirit tell us that man was created from blood clots when it's not true? If this spirit "taught by the pen what men did not know," where are those words? And why digress to an oral recital when written testimony is superior? Why gloat, saying he's generous - in what way and to whom? But the real question is: if this spirit "taught by the pen what men did not know," where are those words?

These rituals remind us of the principles that we hold in common, and Islam's role in advancing justice, progress, tolerance, and the dignity of all human beings.

I'm flabbergasted. Did Obama ever look inside a history book? All Islam has ever done is advance into growing industrious nations at the point of a sword, raping pillaging slaughtering, and leaving a river of blood and misery behind. Nations progresses were instantly stopped, and after their previous cultural identity was swallowed up and replaced by islam, they reverted back to 7th century Islam, as it was at the very beginning when Mohammad was sitting in a cave practicing his pagan rock worshiping rituals, which BTW, were adopted by Islam, and are practiced during Ramadan pilgrimages to Mecca still today

14 posted on 09/21/2009 6:24:21 AM PDT by Nathan Zachary
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To: DBrow
the President discusses the multitude of problems and opportunities before the world through the prism of Passover and Easter:

"They are both occasions to think more deeply about the obligations we have to ourselves and the obligations we have to one another, no matter who we are, where we come from, or what faith we practice."

As compared to:

"Muslims remember those less fortunate, including those impacted by poverty, hunger, conflict, and disease. Throughout the month, Muslim communities collect and distribute zakat-ul-fitr so that all Muslims are able to participate in this day of celebration. As I said in Cairo, my Administration is working to ensure that Muslims are able to fulfill their charitable obligations"

Judaism and Christianity care for the world. Islam is for Islam. Did I interpret that right?

15 posted on 09/21/2009 6:28:53 AM PDT by Right_Handed_Writer (He's a product, not a president)
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To: True Republican Patriot

Certainly he is a devout multiculturalist. Like the public schools, he would “educate” his “pupils” on the merits of Islam while ignoring Christianity. Twenty years ago I began to realize that almost all students thought that Martin Luther was a black civil rights leader. That was during the course of a lesson on the faith of the New England Puritans. So naturally they were confused when I brought up the name. I then looked at the world history book our school was using and found that they were gliding over the Reformation in a couple of paragraphs in which the Reformers were barely mentioned. My guess is that western civ began losing out more than a generation ago and the schools are not determined to ignore it as much as possible. Generalization, of course.


16 posted on 09/21/2009 6:31:09 AM PDT by RobbyS (ECCE HOMO!)
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buck ofama....


17 posted on 09/21/2009 6:32:11 AM PDT by Maverick68 (w)
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To: Right_Handed_Writer
"Judaism and Christianity care for the world. Islam is for Islam. Did I interpret that right? " Yep. And we can interpret- "Islam's role in advancing justice, progress, tolerance, and the dignity of all human beings."
As all the world belongs to "Allah" and Allah Alone, so beware, soon the western world will be living in the 7th century drinking camel urine too.
18 posted on 09/21/2009 6:33:46 AM PDT by Nathan Zachary
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Barack Hussein Obama has banned the National Day of Prayer from the White House, now get a load of THIS!!

ISLAM ON CAPITOL HILL 2009 - islamonca http://islamoncapitolhill.com/Home_Page.htmlpitolhill.com

As many as 50,000 Muslims are expected to congregate at the Capitol with the blessings of the usuper.
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Read their plans for ‘Muslims on Capitol hill’!!
Alarming! Infuriating!!

Does THIS leave any doubt as to what we have sitting in the White House?
Be sure to read every page!
Every page ends with ‘OUR TIME HAS COME’!!

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19 posted on 09/21/2009 8:44:11 AM PDT by patriot08 (TEXAS GAL- born and bred and proud of it!)
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Barack Hussein Obama has banned the National Day of Prayer from the White House, now get a load of THIS!!
ISLAM ON CAPITOL HILL 2009 - islamonca http://islamoncapitolhill.com/Home_Page.htmlpitolhill.com

As many as 50,000 Muslims are expected to congregate at the Capitol with the blessings of the usuper.
.
Read their plans for ‘Muslims on Capitol hill’!!
Alarming! Infuriating!!

Does THIS leave any doubt as to what we have sitting in the White House?
Be sure to read every page!
Every page ends with ‘OUR TIME HAS COME’!!
.
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20 posted on 09/21/2009 8:44:57 AM PDT by patriot08 (TEXAS GAL- born and bred and proud of it!)
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