Posted on 09/17/2001 2:49:33 PM PDT by socal_parrot
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Bush (news - web sites) said on Monday that American Muslims must be treated with respect after last week's attacks, saying ``the face of terror is not the true faith of Islam.''
``In our anger and emotion, our fellow Americans must treat each other with respect,'' Bush said, standing in his stocking feet in the Islamic Center of Washington, a mosque in the heart of the nation's capital.
The president said he had heard reports that some Muslim American women who veil themselves are afraid to go out, fearing they will be harassed following last Tuesday's attacks on New York's World Trade Center and the Pentagon (news - web sites).
Muslim American groups have reported a surge in anti-Muslim threats, harassment and assaults since the attacks.
``Those who feel like they can intimidate our fellow citizens to take out their anger don't represent the best of America, they represent the worst of humankind and they should be ashamed of that kind of behavior,'' Bush said.
The United States suspects Muslim militants of launching the attacks against the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, which killed several hundred people and have left more than 5,000 people dead or missing.
``These acts of violence against innocents violate the fundamental tenets of the Islamic faith and it's important for my fellow Americans to understand that,'' Bush said. ``The face of terror is not the true faith of Islam.''
Respecting Muslim custom, Bush, his White House aides and Secret Service agents removed their shoes before entering the mosque, which sits in a leafy neighborhood of the nation's capital surrounded by embassies.
At one point, the president quoted a translated verse from the Koran, saying: ``In the long run, evil in the extreme will be the end of those who do evil.''
Police in Dallas are investigating whether the weekend slaying of a Pakistani grocer was part of a string of backlash attacks against Muslims and Arab-Americans.
An Indian man running a gas station in Arizona was shot and killed on Saturday, prompting the Indian government to urge the United States to take steps to protect Sikhs, members of a religion based in northern India, in the United States.
If life on this planet turns into dog eat dog, our enemy will feel right at home, but I hope that grand children and great grand children never feel comfortable in such a world. If they do, the terrorists have won and we will have lost.
I would be willing to pay for the wanted dead or alive-preferrably dead- posters for Bin Laden and others of his ilk.
And you will find them all on the left side of the bellcurve french kissing their sisters.
And you will find them all on the left side of the bellcurve french kissing their sisters.
No, he doesn't. When I happen to be out in the metal assembly area where he is a metal finisher, he complains about the other metal finishers sitting around on their asses. Did I happen to mention that we are a UAW plant?
In all fairness to my Muslim friend, knowing how loyal he is to the U.S. and the fact that he is such a gentle person and is so proud of his honor roll children, I can't imagine the feelings of fear he is probably experiencing right now......
You were wondering why the Muslims were allowing terrorists to live among them. Blaming the other American Arabs for not turning them in. Well most of these terrorists were living in Florida in white middle class neighborhoods, not in urban areas of NJ or other arab neighborhoods. Now do you get it or do I have to explain to you each and every word? Or dont you even understand what you were saying?
So what do you consider a "typical" citizen? Sounds like code word to me. How many of those ancestors you rightly praise for fighting for us in the two big world wars were of German or Italian ethnicity? Apparently many. Did you or any other Americans question their patriotism? Dont think so, at least we didnt heard them into concentration camps like we did the Japaneese. Curious, that we automatically believed in the patriotism of our white brothers but we look in fear at the Japaneese and Arabs. Curious.
These "foreigners" have close family relationships. They pool their money together to fund these businesses. Once one is successful, they in turn help the others. Few, if any of these businesses receive low interest loans from the government. What these people have that a lot of the gripers in this country dont have is that they believe in the American dream and they work to make it happen. They dont sit at their local union hall and watch their industry go down hill for five years and sit paralyzed doing nothing to improve their prospects, the whole time pitcing about them foreigners and all the breaks they get.
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