Bush has cooled toward American Muslims, groups say

AP - Nando Times ^ | August 19 2002 | RACHEL ZOLL

[Bommer]

What do these idiots expect. If a Christian group pulled off 9/11, there would be mass demonstrations of Christians denouncing it. With the phucking Muslims, the denounce it on web sites that no one goes to and still raise money in Mosques to continue to kill innocent Americans.

I don't think its so much bush fed up with Muslims, its this country that is!

[cajungirl]

A magnificent post!! You ought to write a column. The best I have seen on the subject. It is passing strange to me that so many are so willing to forget the enormous barbarity of 911. Just breathtaking.

[American Preservative]

....What would have happened to Christians living in muslim countries(particularly saudi arabia) if some Christian terrorist blew up muslim holy places in Saudi Arabia, and killing 3000 arabs in the process? Would the Saudi King proclaim the Christian religion a peacefull religion? Would the Saudi King visit a Christian Church?

Uhhh...is there even one Christian church in Saudi Arabia?

Hey dennis, or anyone, can you find out how many mosques are in Saudi Arabia? How many churches? How many synagogues? Might be an interesting comparision. TIA

[Campion]

Uhhh...is there even one Christian church in Saudi Arabia?

Officially there are none. The Vatican has even formally asked the Saudis to permit the building of a Catholic mission in one of the major cities. Official Saudi response: "Not needed." Of course, there are thousands of Catholic guest workers from the US, Europe, and the Philippines in the kingdom; to say there is no need is disingenuous.

There are underground churches, however, both Protestant and Catholic. Needless to say, anyone operating such a church, if discovered, risks imprisonment, deportation, or death.

BTW, Saudi customs agents are perfectly happy to confiscate all Christian religious articles, including those for private use, from foreign visitors upon arrival. I asked a Catholic friend who used to work there how he practiced his religion when he was there -- he said he made a cross from two paper clips, got ten coins or beans together, and that was his "rosary".

[willyone]

The only regret they have is that they did not kill more of us. And now most of us are on to them.

[MissAmericanPie]

I wonder how many voters, if any, Bush alienated by celebrating Rahmadan at the "People's House"?

[ImphClinton]

No the Saudi king would throw you in jail or even cut off your head for daring to read your bible in his country.

Religion of peace ma arse.

The quoran says over and over death to the infidels. Those who are not muslims are your enemies. Women have no rights their husbands and/or fathers own them. No other religion is tolerated in any country ruled by muslims.

This is the most evil religion on earth. Even more evil than Satanist religions.

[river rat]

Correct...

I believe Bush also considered that he didn't want "Islam is a religion of Peace"... to be his "Read my Lips" screw up.

Bush is always saying he is patient.... He waited nearly a YEAR for the Muslim community to do SOMETHING of substance to reflect their sympathy with America and their condemation of the radicals who committed these high crimes against civilization.

Nothing happened, except more Arab bitching about how unbalanced America's support is in the Middle East... Screw them - it's about to get a lot more unbalanced.

For all intents and purposes --- Arafat is done, Iraq will soon be done, House of Saud is in critical condition - and democracy is threating in Iran......The Arab despots have good reason to be concerned. Radical Islam has good reason to be concerned.
Semper Fi

[Robert_Paulson2]

because they want justification for killing us... jews and christians that is...

they are a hateful lot... by and large.

[desertcry]

I think you are right on every count.

[desertcry]

The saudi king will have to go to Turkey(I believe to have the nearest Christian Church in the region) to go inside a Christian Church.

[MissAmericanPie]

What a huge embarassment...gad, what were they thinking?

[WaterDragon]

Bush does not suffer fools and terrorists and traitors forever. He gave them plenty of opportunity to show where they stand. Where those organizations stand is not with this country. Bush's country.

[Always Right]

....some blame conservative Christians and pro-Israel lobbyists for the reversal.

Perhaps all those "Bush must die" buttons had something to do with it.

[RushLake]

"There's sort of a right wing - whether Christian fundamentalists or pro-Israel groups - that tries to drive wedges between us and decision makers," he says.

As opposed to their left wing that does everything and everything to murder innocent people and otherwise leave an unremovable stain on humanity in the name of their gutter religion perhaps?