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Posted on 04/12/2011 10:22:13 AM PDT by OldDeckHand
So it’s not all about the president’s birth certificate after all. It’s also the Koran. In an interview with CBN, Donald Trump reveals there’s a bit of a religious scholar under all that wonderful hair. Discussing the Muslim holy book, Trump says “The Koran is very interesting. A lot of people say it teaches love and there is a very big group of people who really understand the Koran far better than I do. I’m certainly not an expert to put it mildly, but there’s something there that teaches some very negative vibe.”
Trump suggests that suicide bombings may be motivated by a hatred that derives from the Koran itself:
There‘s a lot of hatred there that’s someplace. Now I don‘t know if that’s from the Koran. I don‘t know if that’s from someplace else but there‘s tremendous hatred out there that I’ve never seen anything like it. So, you have two views. You have the view that the Koran is all about love and then you have the view that the Koran is, that there’s a lot of hate in the Koran.
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What's wrong or extreme with that, that it needs to be mocked?
RE: Donald Trump Claims The Koran ‘Teaches A Very Negative Vibe’
Trump will get close to ZERO VOTES from voters living in Dearborn, Michigan.
I like that he’s not afraid to talk about it. And that he seemed to be able to without being too disrespectful.
So Trump shouldn’t make comments about the Koran because he’s not a religious scholar?
So is this Mike Joyella a journalist or a religious scholar?
Agreed.
How about Sec of State?
Granted, the pay scale could be a problem..how about salary with a commission?
It doesn’t take a religious scholar to figure this out - learned all I needed to know about islam on 9/11/01
Exactly! Like I said, I'm EXTREMELY skeptical of Trump as President. BUT, he was on Letterman several months ago, and the topic of the Victory Mosque came up. Trump, unlike so many others, didn't wither in front of Letterman on the subject, and he said without equivocation (but respectfully) that the Mosque should be built someplace else. Letterman unsurprisingly bristled, but the crowd enthusiastically applauded.
Trump, for all his faults, really knows how to manage a hostile press. The other candidates could learn A LOT from and he's not unlike Christie in this regard. He can forcefully fight back without looking petty or shrill or desperate.
Just because people of one religion talk about another religion doesn’t mean they are being extreme. Trump is just pointing out the facts. Another fact he should point out is that the Koran is not a part of “OUR” culture and we don’t have to pay any attention to it. If the Middle East wants to follow the Koran, that’s their decision. As long as they are willing to take responsibility for their actions.
I go to church with 'Christians' who don't dare badmouth the Koran, and when I do, they say it's "offensive". Any Christian who bows the knee to Islam is an idolater.
bttt
It’s obvious that both halves of what he said are correct. The Koran has lots of noble teachings. However, it also calls for a theocracy, discriminates, makes women second class, and supports warfare, to name a few. The history of Islam has involved violence from the very beginning.
“I go to church with ‘Christians’ who don’t dare badmouth the Koran, and when I do, they say it’s “offensive”.”
Tell those stupid idiots to go to any Islamic country and see how tolerant they are of Christians and Jews.
Not exactly Churchillian.
Really? Name one.
Good comments, both of you. In fact, we are considering another church. However, I do have to say, that one of pastors of the church saw my smackdown of the Koran on Facebook, and after church, he encouraged me to keep it up.
“Trump suggests that suicide bombings may be motivated by a hatred that derives from the Koran itself”
Exactly, Plus the Qur’an declared War on us!
Where was Mediaite when Rosie O’Donnell said Christianity was as dangerous as radical Islam?
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