Bush praises Islam for its 'morality'

Washington Times ^ | 12/06/02 | Bill Sammon

[hoosierskypilot]

President Bush yesterday removed his shoes, entered a mosque and praised Islam for inspiring "countless individuals to lead lives of honesty, integrity, and morality."

For the second time since the September 11 terrorist attacks, the president yesterday visited Washington's oldest mosque, the Islamic Center, where Muslims from 75 nations gather to worship. Mr. Bush marked the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan by praising Islam as a hopeful religion of mercy and tolerance.

"Islam affirms God's justice and insists on man's moral responsibility," said the president, flanked by a half-dozen imams. "Islam gave birth to a rich civilization of learning that has benefited mankind."

The overture to Muslims came four days after religious broadcaster Pat Robertson said Mr. Bush "ignores history" by not acknowledging that Islam is "violent at its core."

[goldstategop]

Oh an I'm sure the Aztecs performing living sacrifices in their pagan rituals had nothing to with the Spanish being appalled at what they saw. It was all about a lust for the gold.

[Momaw Nadon]

Bush praises Islam for its 'morality'

[Luis Gonzalez]

http://www.geocities.com/ucsbmsa/islamscience.html

[MississippiMan]

Where the President is dead wrong I don't hesitate to speak out and let the chips fall where they may.

I agree. And if we don't do this, if we instead find some way to justify and agree with everything he does, we're no different than the other side. We're supposed to be about standards, not blind defense of "our guy."

MM

[Happy2BMe]

PINGING for relevance to current events (Nov 2003)!

[proud American in Canada]

Let's see, Reagan visits a political school in the USSR, circa 1982. He praises the communist party, for giving focus, and teaching morality to its adherents. Although he acknowledged that a few had taken the totalitarian words in Karls book to the extreme, those followers were in the minority. Saying "Communism is a govt of peace", he called on Americans to refrain from judging the whole of communism, by the actions of Stalin.

I have to agree with this.

I want the President back, you know, the one who had the guts to fly to Iraq in the middle of a war!

What is going on? I can understand not wanting to alienate Muslims, but do you have to go out of your way to praise Islam?

[Larry Lucido]

Hmmmm. Speaking of trolls..........

[abigailsmybaby]

No doubt this is some sort of brilliant strategery.