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Treat Muslims with Respect, Bush Says
Yahoo! News ^ | 9-17-01

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.


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To: likeitis
Yeah, I'm a human too. I just do not see how justice is served by abusing some innocent person, who merely has the ethnic characteristics of the bottom feeder who committed the atrocity.

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.

63 posted on 09/17/2001 6:39:21 PM PDT by F.J. Mitchell
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To: dandelion
"NOT by most of us - the few haters/shills/diruptors who are here WILL try to make themselves look like they are many, but considering the number of Freepers out there, they are but a few."

And you will find them all on the left side of the bellcurve french kissing their sisters.

64 posted on 09/17/2001 6:44:35 PM PDT by Aedammair
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To: dandelion
"NOT by most of us - the few haters/shills/diruptors who are here WILL try to make themselves look like they are many, but considering the number of Freepers out there, they are but a few."

And you will find them all on the left side of the bellcurve french kissing their sisters.

65 posted on 09/17/2001 6:44:39 PM PDT by Aedammair
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To: Central Scrutiniser
And I'll bet he does not hang around, trying to "witness" to you

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......

68 posted on 09/17/2001 6:56:16 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco
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To: Dale 1
All the Whites in florida"??? What does that mean? And how could that possibly relate to anything I might have said? Very Strange!

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?

70 posted on 09/17/2001 8:29:23 PM PDT by Dave S
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To: likeitis
Are most of these Muslims citizens?? Do they honor the American flag?? Would they say the "Pledge of Allegiance"??. Would they fight for the U.S. against any Muslim country?? Don't know, but do know most of our "typical" citizens, the ancestors of those who fought two world wars!

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.

71 posted on 09/17/2001 8:38:41 PM PDT by Dave S
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To: BibleBeliever
And you dont think we couldnt go into the Old testament and maybe even the New Testament and find similar statements and report them out of context? Seems like Jews after wondering through the dessert practiced a bit of genocide on those living in Israel prior to their arrival.
74 posted on 09/17/2001 8:44:33 PM PDT by Dave S
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To: likeitis
I bet your "citizen" friend has received more advantages in this country than most of us have that were born here. No wonder he loves the U.S. Did he buy his own business with his own money or did he receive one of those "low interest" loans -- something that most ordinary citizens in this country can't obtain. Seems like all those "foreigners" have businesses of their own.

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.

75 posted on 09/17/2001 8:53:13 PM PDT by Dave S
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To: Malcolm
Prejudice is sooooo kewl.
76 posted on 09/17/2001 8:54:31 PM PDT by Conservative til I die
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To: tm22721
You're an ass.
77 posted on 09/17/2001 8:55:16 PM PDT by Conservative til I die
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To: Dale 1
I have to wonder why they are allowing terrorist to live among them.

Either they eradicate their evil members or they suffer the consequence with their evil members. Their choose

Cool! Does that mean I'm personally responsible for rooting out the problems caused by 190 million other White European-Americans?????

Logic: Look into it.

78 posted on 09/17/2001 8:58:23 PM PDT by Conservative til I die
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To: Central Scrutiniser
Yeah, but he's not white or Christian, and lets face it, *this* is the reason for the dirtballs on these threads wanting to go after Muslims.
79 posted on 09/17/2001 9:00:27 PM PDT by Conservative til I die
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To: likeitis
Wow! How frickin pathetic! You justify hating a race/religion of people because you "don't feel like it."

Wow! Maybe I can kill your family and friends because I'm not in a tolerant mood myself. Hypocrisy is so cool!
80 posted on 09/17/2001 9:02:08 PM PDT by Conservative til I die
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