Treat Muslims with Respect, Bush Says

Yahoo! News ^ | 9-17-01

[diotima]

And another thing....(I am not addressing this to you OPH, its to the myopic "kill 'em all" crowd.)

Its very difficult to discern who IS or IS not a muslim or Arab American. Racist vigilantes plan on going around taking out people that may be Hindu or Buddists or even Israelis (Yeah...Israelis look "middle eastern")or Arab Christians. The best thing we can do is make sure the Muslim community here understands that the best thing they can do, is expose the terrorist element within should they be aware of it. Other than that, there is no reason to punish law abiding tax paying Arab/Muslim Americans with legitimate cause.

[Search4Truth]

The good Mr. Danny Thomas was Arab (Lebanese) descent. He founded the St. Judes Children' hopsital. His daugther, Marlos Thomas, is carrying on his good work.

God bless ALL good Americans.

[Frumious Bandersnatch]

Assassin (2) A member of a secret order of Moslem fanatics who terrorize and killed Christian Crusaders.

Comes from hashishan (from their use of marijuana).  These fanatics were controlled by "The Old Man of the Mountain" and were much more of a threat to Moslems than they were to Christians.  Several times, the Moslems tried to destroy them, but weren't successful until Temujin's (also known as Ghenghis Kha Khan) armies (fresh from conquering India) destroyed them.  Omar Khayyim (the great Persian Poet) had a friend who was their chief at one time.  I believe that Omar was also one of the few who actually was able to escape from the fortress of the hashishans when captured.

[Frumious Bandersnatch]

BTW, I look like a wasp....

LOL.  And act like one too...

[6323cd]

I'd like to know how many Muslims were killed in the WTC attack. If few/none, why? Did they get a heads-up?

[P-Marlowe]

If we are not willing to recognize our enemy, then our enemy will be able to infiltrate us with abandon. I have yet to see a single Muslim Cleric deny that the Koran teaches Jihad and Fatwa. I sincerely believe that there are a lot of "Moderate" Musilims out there who would not condone the actions of these Radical Muslims, but I haven't seen anyone who is publicly willing to say that Mohammed himself would disapprove of their methods.

Frankly I believe that most "Moderate" Muslims are afraid to speak out, since to do so would be to invite Fatwa upon themselves. They know there are hundreds, if not thousands of Radical Muslims in the US who would joyously slice their throats for speaking "blasphemy."

[FR_addict]

You said it well.

When so many of the Moslems sects advocating the extermination of the USA and it's people, maybe we need to follow Reagan's saying: "Trust but Verify".

Turning a blind eye to the Moslem teachings is stupid. Any Moslem sect that doesn't advocate the overthrow of the USA should become more vocal in their opposition to the terrorists.

[boris]

"Yowza! You mean I get to deport whole races of people based on the actions of 20 or so evil creeps who, if I am not mistaken, weren't nearly all American citizens."

As I said, we need to deport all non-citizens who are from Arab/Islamic countries and are here on visas or green cards or whatever.

They are here at our sufferance--in effect "guests"--and our hospitality can be revoked at any time.

And, as I said, we must THEN begin scrutinizing all "naturalized citizens" from these nations--knowing that at least one of the terrorists was a "U.S. Citizen".

--Boris

[boris]

"Yowza! You mean I get to deport whole races of people based on the actions of 20 or so evil creeps who, if I am not mistaken, weren't nearly all American citizens."

As I said, we need to deport all non-citizens who are from Arab/Islamic countries and are here on visas or green cards or whatever.

They are here at our sufferance--in effect "guests"--and our hospitality can be revoked at any time.

And, as I said, we must THEN begin scrutinizing all "naturalized citizens" from these nations--knowing that at least one of the terrorists was a "U.S. Citizen".

--Boris

[F.J. Mitchell]

BUMP! for rural.

[Michael2001]

Muslim's generally hate Christians. They don't just come out and say it because then even people like you would wake up. And no, this doesn't make me racist. Just like saying KKK members hate black people wouldn't make me racist against Klan members.

[washington10]

Perhaps you have never had any higher education, or better yet you do not interact with other types of people unless they are like yourself. An educated person or one with intelligence broadens ones bind. No one says you must love them or make them your friend. Perhaps you dont encounter instances of intelligent discussion on diverse topics so its not necessary for you to know a little bit of everything. I will never forget when my boss described a co-worker as lacking an ounce of intelligence. I asked my boss why is this, he stated that the certain employee while at lunch with our boss and several important clients stated that there is no need to study history or any other subject beyond what was learned in college. One of the clients replied it is important for any intelligent human being to take the initiative to learn about one's world. As you can see my co-worker despite his degree's and nice cars he is as intelligent as a bean. I feel sorry for those who do not voluntarily seek to know more than they already do. I will state again no one is forcing you to love or like anyone, but it doesnt hurt to show intelligence. Why else were you given knowledge and history.