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NY Imam to Petition for Muhammad's Birthday as a National Holiday (Absolutely not)
The Christian Post ^ | March 9, 2012 | Luiza Oleszczuk

Posted on 03/09/2012 8:15:28 AM PST by Kaslin

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To: Kaslin

“Show me just what Muhammad brought that was new and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached.” - Manuel II Palaiologos


21 posted on 03/09/2012 8:54:23 AM PST by Peter Vollmer
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To: Kaslin

“Show me just what Muhammad brought that was new and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached.” - Manuel II Palaiologos


22 posted on 03/09/2012 8:54:35 AM PST by Peter Vollmer
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To: Kaslin

Holiday for a child molester?


23 posted on 03/09/2012 8:57:17 AM PST by morphing libertarian
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To: morphing libertarian

Just talking about the “religion of peace”! Nothing to see here.


24 posted on 03/09/2012 9:11:29 AM PST by redflash ("A dog is a dog until you look him in the face, then he is Mr. Dog!")
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To: redflash

The moozies have a great strategy, immigrate and then cultural invasion by increment. They will win if some of us and Europe don’t wake up and smell the couscous.


25 posted on 03/09/2012 9:16:36 AM PST by morphing libertarian
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To: Kaslin

If they approve this, it should be April 1st -— April Fools Day.


26 posted on 03/09/2012 9:24:53 AM PST by Humal
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To: Kaslin

If they approve this, it should be April 1st -— April Fools Day.


27 posted on 03/09/2012 9:25:15 AM PST by Humal
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To: Kaslin
A New York imam has declared that he will start a campaign on April 22 to make the April 26 birthday of the Muslim prophet Muhammad a national holiday celebrated by Muslims

Moslems declared holy war against us in 1996 and 1998. We are still at war with them.

28 posted on 03/09/2012 9:30:37 AM PST by mjp ((pro-{God, reality, reason, egoism, individualism, natural rights, limited government, capitalism}))
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To: SkyDancer

> holiday stuff going on in public schools?

Yeah, like 50 year old teachers raping 9 year old girls, in honor of Mo-HAM-head’s consummation of his “marriage” to 9 year old Aisha.


29 posted on 03/09/2012 10:22:28 AM PST by Westbrook (Children do not divide your love, they multiply it.)
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To: Kaslin

I propose National Pork Rind Day instead. We can celebrate it a mosques if the cleric prefers.


30 posted on 03/09/2012 10:23:14 AM PST by CCGuy (USAF (Ret.))
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To: Kaslin

They can take this gutter “religion” and shove it where the sun never goes.
Do you know you can get a free Koran?
Some islamic group will send you one for free.
Great for starting bonfires.


31 posted on 03/09/2012 10:29:10 AM PST by Joe Boucher ((FUBO) Hey Mitt, F-you too pal)
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To: Westbrook
Maybe they can color pictures like this?

Photobucket

32 posted on 03/09/2012 10:31:42 AM PST by SkyDancer
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To: SkyDancer

LOL!!!!!


33 posted on 03/09/2012 11:03:37 AM PST by Westbrook (Children do not divide your love, they multiply it.)
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To: Kaslin; Yaelle; Jewbacca; All
Unfortunately, given current Supreme Court precedents, it may be impossible not to grant some form of this request in jurisdictions that already allow employees to take time off for Jewish holidays.

My understanding — and please correct me if I'm wrong — is the main legal argument used until now for recognizing Christmas, Easter, Good Friday, and other Christian holidays but not Jewish holidays at the federal level is that Christmas and Easter have acquired secular as well as religious meanings, and no other religious group has anywhere near the number of adherents benefited by observance of Good Friday and other secondary Christian holidays.

If, however, time is allowed off by a local or state government for Jewish observance of Yom Kippur, Passover, and other religious holidays, the number of Muslims in some of our major cities will soon exceed the number of Jews, and at that point it will become legally impossible not to treat Muslims as a significant religious group warranting accommodation of their beliefs.

Again, if I'm wrong — and I hope I am — please show me.

I don't think I have a problem with the post office printing stamps commemorating Eid, as they have done, since they've done the same for years for Christian and Jewish holidays. However, if a government agency refused to acknowledge a Muslim holiday and got sued for doing so, I'm afraid the consequences might lead to even more radical anti-religious court decisions such as banning government observance of Christian holidays, not necessarily accommodation for Muslim holidays.

And yes, I do understand the difference between accommodating an individual employee's sincerely held religious convictions and proclaiming a holiday honoring a day in a specific religion. The legal principles are different but not unrelated.

34 posted on 03/09/2012 11:08:12 AM PST by darrellmaurina
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To: Kaslin

I’ll burn a Koran in honor of it.


35 posted on 03/09/2012 11:09:17 AM PST by jmacusa (Political correctness is cultural Marxism. I'm not a Marxist.)
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To: july4thfreedomfoundation

How ‘bout we just burn the mosque down? Why not? Saracens do that and worse to ‘’other faiths’’ all the time.


36 posted on 03/09/2012 11:19:17 AM PST by jmacusa (Political correctness is cultural Marxism. I'm not a Marxist.)
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To: Kaslin

As the saying goes, “You can’t make this stuff up”.
I didn’t read the whole article, but I will now,
maybe there was something I missed.


37 posted on 03/09/2012 11:26:38 AM PST by supremedoctrine
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I did miss the thing about the interfaith initiative.
I first thought the Imam was trying to promote it as
a Federal holiday where stores are closed, school is out, but
it looks like that’s not it.Or did I miss something again?


38 posted on 03/09/2012 11:33:30 AM PST by supremedoctrine
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“How ‘bout we just burn the mosque down? Why not?”

I have to admit, I like the way you think.


39 posted on 03/09/2012 12:03:05 PM PST by july4thfreedomfoundation (I'm NOT smitten' with Mittens)
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Hey, turn around is fair play, right? Jus’ sayin’. I mean, it’s all about ‘’multicultrual’’ and all, and Saracens are ALWAYS killin’ people and burnin’ stuff(heavy sarcasm here) Maybe they do that ‘cuz, like, they’re ALWAYS doin’ that to ‘’other faiths’’ and nobody’s doing that to them, ya know? Maybe because nobody’s doin’ that to them maybe that’s why they’re ALWAYS so OFFENDED! So maybe if we started killin’ and burnin’ all their stuff maybe they won’t ALWAYS be so OFFENDED. “jus’ sayin’.


40 posted on 03/09/2012 12:12:49 PM PST by jmacusa (Political correctness is cultural Marxism. I'm not a Marxist.)
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