Posted on 05/13/2002 11:18:03 PM PDT by JohnHuang2
;^)
Thanks for posting.
From an economic standpoint, I have big problems with Bush's policy, but Mexicans aren't Algerians and that does make a difference.
For the 8 zillionth time, around here, Reagan signed on to blanket amnesty for illeagals ; President Bush has NOT ! The4 so called " amnesty ", that this airhead author is talking about, was for a few thousand people ( 3, I think is the number ) , whodue to 9/11/01 had their applications for a greencard, lost, shreded. or held back / undone. When one is in the midst of this process, unless the paper work has been expidited, you become "illegal " ; but it is NOT what is being inferred here. Sheeeeeeeeeesh !
Oh, now it's President Bush's " PC " instructions, to the FBI, which held back the inept, Clinton trashed FBI ? REALLY ? Bovine excriment !
There may be a lot of Muslims, in France; but, the aren't" running " that country ; yet. More codswallop.
The USA has well over 200 million people, the Muslims comprise about 1.8 % . Far too many, under current circimstances ; however , there are more Jews here, more Catholics, here, more Protestants here, and yes, even more agnostics and atheisits ( sp ? ) here ... which makes this bubbleheaded author's flamable prose, even more over the top !
A junk posting, John.
If I had known Bush fought for and won the endorsement of this group over Al Gore I never would have voted for him.
It will be interesting to see how the Bush-bots will try to defend this.
It's still an AMNESTY.
This author is right. It's about time that we NOT ALLOW any muslim immigration. That means none from any Arab/Muslim nations. Furthermore, it's time we kick all illegals out of our country. This includes Mexicans, Russians, Middleeasterners, Chinese, Columbians, Guatamalans, Irish, whoever.
It looks like France has quite a dilemma. They should start the roundup, or it's going to be too late, and why do I think that political correctness will not allow that to happen.
Na !
Tancredo for President?
No, just a patriotic American, like I thought Bush was.
With Debbie as his running mate he would have a good shot at winning.
Will France do anything to solve their problem ? I don't know . They way things are now, it's doubtful.
Think again..... Islam in Latin America...
There are now as many as 7 million Muslims in the United States -- half of them American-born. In recent years, Americans of African, European, Southeast Asian, Latin American and American Indian descent have left their parents' spiritual paths to follow Islam, a religion that includes more than 1 billion believers from nearly every country.At 10 p.m. on a recent Thursday, Wilson joined several dozen worshippers of different races and ethnic backgrounds at SALAM Mosque in North Sacramento for the last of the day's five prayers. Wilson, who teaches sixth grade in Elk Grove, observes his midday prayer between classes.
A one-time Marxist who still has posters of the late revolutionary Che Guevara, Wilson says Islam gives him a sense of peace and connectedness he never found in Catholicism, the religion of his parents. He and other made-in-America Muslims often combine the American values of democracy and gender equality with Islamic ideals, such as devotion to family, charity, modesty (women often cover their heads, arms and legs) and bans on alcohol, pork, smoking and premarital sex.
The growth of Islam in America has led to a growing acceptance of the hijab (the head cover worn by many Muslim women) and daily Muslim prayers during breaks at schools and workplaces.
Sacramento, home to the oldest mosque west of the Mississippi, at 411 V St., now has nine mosques, several Islamic schools and a Muslim cemetery. Community leaders estimate 35,000 Muslims live in the Sacramento area. Wilson, Loun and dozens of others interviewed say they were drawn to Islam because it places emphasis on prayer rather than on place of worship - no idols or icons are found in mosques, which tend to be relatively spare - and because it attracts a diverse group of followers across the economic and ethnic spectrum.
While many people associate Muslims with Arabs, most Muslims aren't Arabs, and millions of Arabs aren't Muslim. At a Muslim picnic in Sacramento's Haggin Oaks Park last summer, believers from 20 nations prayed and ate barbecue together...
Latino Muslims
In April, California State University, Sacramento, hosted a forum on the "Islamic Presence in Latin America" before and after Columbus.
One of the speakers, Salvadoran-born AbdulHadi Bazurto (President of Latin American Muslim Unity), said the more he examined his roots, the more he questioned the validity of Catholicism in his life.
"Since the day the Spanish arrived, we as people have suffered a lot," he said. "Christianity's 'white God' concept was harmful to our people, who were definitely not white."
Another speaker, Daniel Denton, a Stockton elementary school teacher who was born in Mexico, said he was a hard-drinking veteran of the Gulf War when he began to explore Islam in 1994. At the invitation of Muslims at Delta College, he went to a mosque.
"There was a carpet on the floor, and the walls were bare. I wondered, 'Where is everything?' and then I realized that was everything. If you go to a Catholic church, every few feet they have an image or a statue, but in Islam, there is no association between God and any image."
Denton also was impressed by the Islamic belief that each individual will be judged by their deeds on Judgment Day. That night, he took the shahada, the Muslim vow that says "There is only one God, Allah, and Muhammad is his messenger."
When he started fasting for Ramadan, "I heard my relatives in Stockton were calling my mom in San Diego and telling her I had become a terrorist and was doing drugs," Denton said. "When I went down to San Diego toward the end of Ramadan, I had lost 15 pounds and was starting to grow my beard. My mom was just in tears for days."
But, Denton said, his mother soon realized that instead of partying, he was staying home and talking to her as he had never done before.
"As she began to see the change, she came to accept it, and now she's happy. There's a saying in Islam that goes, 'Heaven lies at the feet of the mother. You have to treat her well at all times, take care of her.' "
Denton, 29, sees similarities between Islamic and Latino culture. "I've noticed that if you take away the crosses, the alcohol and the pork, the smells in my house are similar to Muslim homes. So is the behavior -- the respect for family."
Link to article HERE.
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