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Are Barack Hussein Obama Muslim roots beginning to show through?
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Are Barack Hussein Obama Muslim roots beginning to show through?
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"Are Barack Hussein Obama Muslim roots beginning to show through? "
This seems to imply that you have to be a Muslim to support the mosque near GZ.
To explain: If Obama's muslim roots are showing because of his stance on this issue (which is to support the mosque), then that implies that he's supporting the mosque because he has muslim roots and not for any other reason. Therefore, the implication seems to be that if you probably need to be a muslim to support the mosque near ground zero.
Doesn't that seem illogical?
This seems to imply that you have to be a Muslim to support the mosque near GZ.
To explain: If Obama's muslim roots are showing because of his stance on this issue (which is to support the mosque), then that implies that he's supporting the mosque because he has muslim roots and not for any other reason. Therefore, the implication seems to be that if you probably need to be a muslim to support the mosque near ground zero.
Doesn't that seem illogical?
/// "Therefore, the implication seems to be that you probably need to be a muslim to support the mosque near Ground Zero" ///
No not necessarily Kromo, but stating his support for the Mosque at the Iftar dinner he put on for Muslims at the White House, to celebrate the beginning of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, gives one a slight inkling don't you think?
Was there one of these bashes put on at the 'Mansion House' do you know?
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No not necessarily Kromo, but stating his support for the Mosque at the Iftar dinner he put on for Muslims at the White House, to celebrate the beginning of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, gives one a slight inkling don't you think?
Was there one of these bashes put on at the 'Mansion House' do you know?
http://i.dailymail.co...005DC-576_634x456.jpg
http://urbanlegends.a...rack_obama_muslim.htm
He's a Christian isn't that the religion that preaches forgiveness not that any sane person could possibly blame all Muslims for the actions of a minority .
Anyway as much as it might be considered distasteful so near to ground zero it's not against the law to build a Mosque in New York so they are perfectly entitled to do so.
He's a Christian isn't that the religion that preaches forgiveness not that any sane person could possibly blame all Muslims for the actions of a minority .
Anyway as much as it might be considered distasteful so near to ground zero it's not against the law to build a Mosque in New York so they are perfectly entitled to do so.
"but stating his support for the Mosque at the Iftar dinner he put on for Muslims at the White House, to celebrate the beginning of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, gives one a slight inkling don't you think? "
Not in the context of American politics, no.
It's pretty much standard practice for events of that kind to be held or attended in Washington by the political top dog - it's all part of usual politicking and is a very normal way of approaching or sending a message to whatever group is intended.
And before you say it, the fact that he's obviously trying to maintain the support of American muslims (which as far as I know he's had for a long while) doesn't mean he's a muslim either.
Not in the context of American politics, no.
It's pretty much standard practice for events of that kind to be held or attended in Washington by the political top dog - it's all part of usual politicking and is a very normal way of approaching or sending a message to whatever group is intended.
And before you say it, the fact that he's obviously trying to maintain the support of American muslims (which as far as I know he's had for a long while) doesn't mean he's a muslim either.
I wouldn't back the building of any mosque - or any church or synagogue for that matter - but as far as I'm aware this mosque is going to be built several blocks from Ground Zero. It it were overlooking the area or prominent in the area I could understand all the fuss, but it isn't.
As for Mr Obama's muslim roots beginning to show through, that's an incredibly naive thing to say and it's stupid. I guarantee you'll never see Michelle banged up in a burqa.
As for Mr Obama's muslim roots beginning to show through, that's an incredibly naive thing to say and it's stupid. I guarantee you'll never see Michelle banged up in a burqa.
As a white American who didn't vote for Obama (based on his politics not his skin color) I agree with him in this case. As usual The Economist said it best in its Lexington column in the August 7 issue:
"Cordoba House is not being built by al-Qaeda. To the contrary, it is the brainchild of Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, a well-meaning American cleric who has spent years trying to promote interfaith understanding, not an apostle of religious war like Osama bin Laden. He is modelling his project on New York’s 92nd Street Y, a Jewish community centre that reaches out to other religions. The site was selected in part precisely so that it might heal some of the wounds opened by the felling of the twin towers and all that followed. True, some relatives of 9/11 victims are hurt by the idea of a mosque going up near the site. But that feeling of hurt makes sense only if they too buy the false idea that Muslims in general were perpetrators of the crime. Besides, what about the feelings, and for that matter the rights, of America’s Muslims—some of whom also perished in the atrocity?"
Later in the piece: "Imam Feisal says he chose “Cordoba” in recollection of a time when the rest of Europe had sunk into the Dark Ages but Muslims, Jews and Christians created an oasis of art, culture and science."
I encourage all to read the full article to see a well-reasoned argument as to why the mosque/community center should be built.
"Cordoba House is not being built by al-Qaeda. To the contrary, it is the brainchild of Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, a well-meaning American cleric who has spent years trying to promote interfaith understanding, not an apostle of religious war like Osama bin Laden. He is modelling his project on New York’s 92nd Street Y, a Jewish community centre that reaches out to other religions. The site was selected in part precisely so that it might heal some of the wounds opened by the felling of the twin towers and all that followed. True, some relatives of 9/11 victims are hurt by the idea of a mosque going up near the site. But that feeling of hurt makes sense only if they too buy the false idea that Muslims in general were perpetrators of the crime. Besides, what about the feelings, and for that matter the rights, of America’s Muslims—some of whom also perished in the atrocity?"
Later in the piece: "Imam Feisal says he chose “Cordoba” in recollection of a time when the rest of Europe had sunk into the Dark Ages but Muslims, Jews and Christians created an oasis of art, culture and science."
I encourage all to read the full article to see a well-reasoned argument as to why the mosque/community center should be built.
Here’s the actual site of the proposed mosque (red box) and its proximity to Ground Zero. (Courtesy of Gromit).
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http://2.bp.blogspot....+of+Cordoba+House.png
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