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Why don't Americans like Muslims?
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| 17 Aug 2010
| Spengler
Posted on 08/16/2010 5:55:43 AM PDT by Palter
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To: mewzilla
“Why don’t Americans like Muslims Islamists?
I wonder why that question wasn’t posed...? “
Because there is no difference?
Presidente Jorgew Boosh gave us that deliberately deceptive “Islam is a religion of Peace” line because the Saudi’s bought him.
Read “House of Saud, House of Bush” and then ask yourself how much influence 1.476 billion bucks buys amongst American politicians.
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posted on
08/16/2010 7:29:17 AM PDT
by
GladesGuru
(In a society predicated upon freedom, it is essential to examine principles,)
To: llandres
Obama is at conflict within himself. A true Muslim would never espouse that he is a Christian. He could never be a true believer and openly say he is other than a follower of the Prophet. No, I believe he is a hybrid. Just as Reverend Wright is.
To: Palter
Perhaps it is because a major tenet of their faith is instruction to lie and deceive the people of any society in which they are the minority as to their true intention to change them into Muslims through jihad. How do you deal with people or trust the words of their “moderates” whose religion instructs them to deceive?
Perhaps it is because polls in Muslim countries say that they don’t like us.
Perhaps it is because a major tenet of their faith is jihad which continues to be interpreted by them as a mandate for ‘struggle’ against other religions. Despite all their protestations that jihad is peaceful, I’ve been unable to find a single instance in history where a society or country has turned Muslim simply by virtue of peaceful missionary work.
Pehaps it is because a major tenet of Muslim faith is to subjugate practitioners of other religions who come under their control into a form of second class citizenship called dhimmitude. Or to die if they don’t accept that second class citizenship. In other words, you lose to our jihad, you’re lucky we let you live.
Perhaps it is because so many of the Muslims pracice a form of religion in which women are treated like dogs.
Perhaps it is because they don’t like dogs. Can you trust anyone who doessn’t like man’s best friend?
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posted on
08/16/2010 7:31:03 AM PDT
by
wildbill
(You're just jealous because the Voices talk only to me.)
To: andy58-in-nh
Maybe there are some moderates, but they are either mute or media will not put them on. Either way the perception becomes tacit approval of the extremists’ tactics.
To: Red in Blue PA
How about that photo of the girl with the hacked off nose.
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posted on
08/16/2010 7:33:46 AM PDT
by
wintertime
(Good ideas win! Why? Because people are not stupid.)
To: padre35
“Americans however, and the majority of Muslims in the US do not align themselves with cut throat terrorists.”
Do at least consider revising the above line of yours. Muslims must adhere to the Koran or be considered “apostate” and therefore subject to killing by other Muslims.
I suspect you have made the common error of confusing the American, Judeo-Christian based right to worship as you see fit with Islam. That is an error. There is NO variation allowed in Islam.
Look it up.
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posted on
08/16/2010 7:42:23 AM PDT
by
GladesGuru
(In a society predicated upon freedom, it is essential to examine principles,)
To: Charles Martel
Have you seen this...Three things about Islam.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ib9rofXQl6w&feature=player_embedded
It's a must watch. Sorry I couldn't link it.
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posted on
08/16/2010 8:02:03 AM PDT
by
lonestar
(Barry is furious the big spill wasn't caused by EXXON...would have nationalized it by now.)
To: GladesGuru
Not necessarily, there are different schools of Imams, fundamentalist and modernist, the Sufi Modernist Imams are not the ones to support the literal interpretation of “spread Islam by the fire and the sword” or “don't take Christians or Jews for friends”.
Fundamentalist Islam is utterly opposed to any sense of Eccumenicalsim..look up Sufi Schools of Islamic Thought..Imam Ghuzali..one is conflating them with Salafistic lines of thought.
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posted on
08/16/2010 8:22:23 AM PDT
by
padre35
(You shall not ignore the laws of God, the Market, the Jungle, and Reciprocity Rm10.10)
To: Palter
The real question should be, "What good reasons are there for Americans to
like Muslims"?".
Ask that and there won't be much discussion, just dead air (apart from a few politically correct fools and the usual America hating subversives).
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posted on
08/16/2010 8:27:11 AM PDT
by
Gritty
(The Ft Hood massacre wasn't intelligence failure. It was leadership, ethical failure-Ralph Peters)
To: ScottinVA
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posted on
08/16/2010 8:43:43 AM PDT
by
algernonpj
(He who pays the piper . . .)
To: meyer
I also remember the news-bimbo on CNN exclaiming what a coincidence it was when the second plane hit the other tower.
Never saw that but it does not surprise me one bit.
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posted on
08/16/2010 8:48:22 AM PDT
by
Red in Blue PA
(Anti-Gunners suffer from Factose Intolerance)
To: Palter
Can someone tell me what there is to like about Muslims? I can’t think of one thing!
To: andy58-in-nh
In the past week, I have heard two brave Muslims on the air not only condemning radical Islamic violence in the abstract, but actually renouncing those who fail to do so. The experience confirmed for me that there are moderate and peaceful Muslims out there - but they are at present a small (and often frightened) minority as the dominant force in Islam at this time is decidedly radical and irredentist.
I came by this
article written by a muslim.
Such people seem very few and far between and largely ignored by the media. They are no doubt at high risk of violence from their 'brethren'. Compounding our problem in believing such people is
Al-taqiyya which allows muslims to advance the cause of Islam by lying.
When we judge Islam, we do so on the basis of the behavior of the overwhelming majority of the worlds billion+ muslims. Our survival depends upon it.
There are times when I wonder how different recent history would have been had the Shah of Iran not been deposed.
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posted on
08/16/2010 9:22:43 AM PDT
by
algernonpj
(He who pays the piper . . .)
To: algernonpj
Thanks for the links - I will read them later today. As for the Shah of Iran, I will only say that the decision of the US not to protect him and preserve his government was a seismic policy shift that set in motion a chain of events that is still unfolding 35 years later.
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posted on
08/16/2010 9:29:22 AM PDT
by
andy58-in-nh
(America does not need to be organized: it needs to be liberated.)
To: rfreedom4u
Oh,,,I have to agree with you about that, then yes, I concede, there are liberal muslims.
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posted on
08/16/2010 9:29:54 AM PDT
by
tillacum
(It's the military, not the press, not the politicians, who keep this country free.)
To: andy58-in-nh
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posted on
08/16/2010 9:31:17 AM PDT
by
tillacum
(It's the military, not the press, not the politicians, who keep this country free.)
To: tillacum
Thanks to jimmah cahtah.Yep. Worst President ever. Until now, that is.
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posted on
08/16/2010 9:37:10 AM PDT
by
andy58-in-nh
(America does not need to be organized: it needs to be liberated.)
To: padre35
Unfortunately, the history of Islam is totally against your position. Since we are discussing “social justice” and the very real possibility that America and other nations may pass, and execute, judgment upon Islam, the issue arises: “We are not G*d, and should we care if there is ‘one righteous man’ in Islam?”
I suggest we follow the profound wisdom of St. Anne - Invade, conquer, convert or kill them”
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posted on
08/16/2010 9:43:12 AM PDT
by
GladesGuru
(In a society predicated upon freedom, it is essential to examine principles,)
To: padre35
Unfortunately, the history of Islam is totally against your position. Since we are discussing “social justice” and the very real possibility that America and other nations may pass, and execute, judgment upon Islam, the issue arises: “We are not G*d, and should we care if there is ‘one righteous man’ in Islam?”
I suggest we follow the profound wisdom of St. Anne - Invade, conquer, convert or kill them”
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posted on
08/16/2010 9:43:21 AM PDT
by
GladesGuru
(In a society predicated upon freedom, it is essential to examine principles,)
To: pnh102
Those whose opinion In value tell me that the essence of the translatios are accurate. In case of any question, use several text by different authors.
Don’t forget Google is your research buddy.
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posted on
08/16/2010 9:45:23 AM PDT
by
GladesGuru
(In a society predicated upon freedom, it is essential to examine principles,)
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