Three Faiths -- Has the United States Become Judeo-Christian-Islamic?

NewHouse News Service ^ | 5/15/03 | Mark O'Keefe

[Incorrigible]

"The Jewish movement in this country made people allergic to mention even a single word that could possibly be construed as anti-Jewish, and people don't even think about such words, much less speak them, now."

Unless you're a member of the Nation of Islam or the Democratic Party.

 

[w_over_w]

Leading Muslim organizations say it's time for Americans to stop using the phrase "Judeo-Christian" when describing the values and character that define the United States.

Yeah . . . well we'll just see about that.

Lucifer has always been lurking and operating in our nation under one true God . . . the enemy's presence is just more prevalent with Islam.

[TLBSHOW]

Agha Saeed, founder and chairman of the American Muslim Alliance, a political group headquartered in Fremont, Calif.

Other national Muslim groups supporting a change include the Council on American-Islamic Relations [CAIR], the Muslim American Society and the American Muslim Council.

The budding movement is largely unformed, and religion watchers question whether it will succeed. Still, the call for new terms shows that words carry huge symbolic importance for Muslims trying to find their role in America after Sept. 11 and the Iraq war.

"These are not just let's-make-you-feel-good words," Saeed said. "These are words that define how we're related to each other."

Others take offense, arguing that to alter the phrase "Judeo-Christian" is political correctness and revisionist history at its worst.

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Agha Saeed = Hillary's outreach and terrorist front groups


The American Muslim Alliance's June fund-raiser for Senate candidate Hillary Clinton was simply a culmination of her outreach to militant Islamic groups. Beyond its anti-Israeli postings on its Web site, the AMA's head, Agha Saeed, has openly sanctioned the use of "armed resistance" against Israel and declared that the "Zionist occupiers of Palestine can be beaten back." At its 1997 annual convention, the AMA distributed an article by S.A. Ahsani, head of the AMA's Texas chapter, denying the existence of "Auschwitz, Birkenau and Majdanek." At AMA national conferences in 1997, 1998 and 2000, numerous speakers numerous speakers condemned the "Jewish and Zionist" lobbies and their "control" of the United States.

In the end, the issue is whether Mrs. Clinton has unwittingly enabled these groups to gain legitimacy. Clearly she is aware of the danger attending to associations with extremists. In January of this year, Mrs. Clinton's campaign criticized New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani--then a prospective Senate opponent--for sharing a dais in New York with Joerg Haider, the far-right Austrian head of the Freedom Party. In March, the Clinton campaign manager attacked the mayor for hiring fund-raiser Richard Viguerie--who Clinton aides pointedly noted, had raised money for Patrick Buchanan and had once praised David Duke.

Later, when Rick Lazio said he would be willing to accept an endorsement from the New York branch of the Reform Party, whose presidential candidate is Mr. Buchanan, Mrs. Clinton blasted Mr. Lazio: "I think his [Buchanan's] record--anti-Semitic comments, his record of intolerant and prejudicial remarks--are ones that I don't want to be associated with."

These are noble sentiments. If Mrs. Clinton is willing to denounce Messrs. Haider and Buchanan, why has she associated with groups that have espoused anti-Semitism and supported terrorism?
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/1100/emerson.asp

[keithtoo]

The Moon god - Allah, has nothing in common with Yahweh, the God of Jews and Christians.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Allah is not the God of Abraham.

[goodnesswins]

Is this Affirmative Action for Muslims????? THIS country was based, NO FOUNDED, on Christian ideals....when they take that away from us, we are lost.

[Lee Heggy]

"why has she associated with groups that have espoused anti-Semitism and supported terrorism?"

Because this 'woman' will do ANYTHING' to satisfy her ambitions for power, control and self-gratification.

[RLK]

Has the United States Become Judeo-Christian-Islamic? ------------------

The United States has become nuts.

[Incorrigible]

"Islamic values are not only compatible with American values, they're almost identical. I personally believe the most Islamic country in the world is America, where we believe in freedom of religion, freedom of the press and equality of all."

I had to check and see if that quote was attributed to Baghdad Bob!

[Grand Old Partisan]

The phrase "Abrahamic" implies an acceptance of Islam as true.

[Sender]

"What we call Western culture is in fact based on Muslim Middle East culture, but the average American doesn't know that"

Some of it, yes. Chopping off limbs and requiring hefty bags on women, no. Blowing ourselves up to take out our enemies, definitely not. Ameriku akbar!

[Gritty]

Part of the Islamic creed is lying is OK to promote Islam.

Why should what is said by Isamics in this article be any different than their usual pack of lies?

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Not exactly the "values and chararter that define the United States."

[Bikers4Bush]

The leading muslim organizations can go back to wherever it is they've come from and fix those places instead of trying to corrupt ours.

This country has been doing just fine without them and will continue to do so.

[pkjeff]

Why I Can Never Be a Muslim - message by Dr. Robert Reymond

Part 1 http://www.coralridge.org/BroadcastArchives.asp#585

Part 2 http://www.coralridge.org/BroadcastArchives.asp#586

[jscd3]

"What we call Western culture is in fact based on Muslim Middle East culture, but the average American doesn't know that"

I think that you picked out the single stupidest sentence in this entire article. You have a future as an editor...

[ChadGore]

That image makes me wretch in horror that muslims are still useing 911 to prostilitize their fair in the country while standing on the dead burned bodies of those who fell on 911.

[LiteKeeper]

Rememer the truth of the following:

"Islam is a religion in which [their] god requires you to send your son to die for him."

"Christianity is a faith in which God sent His Son to die for you."

[pkjeff]

My links were supposed to be to the May 15 and May 16 "Truths That Transform" radio broadcast.

Also note the book Secrets Of The Koran by Don Richardson.

[gcruse]

The Moon god - Allah, has nothing in common with Yahweh, the God of Jews and Christians.

Does it matter, though?  If five million people in the US believe it,
at minimum the same size group as the Jewish, then it is as worthy
of recognition as Judaism in describing American religious culture.
Whether the religion is 'true' has little to do with its viability and worth.
The only difference between a cult and denomination is size, isn't it?