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Ben Shapiro: Is Barack Obama a Muslim?
Townhall ^ | August 25, 2010 | Ben Shapiro

Posted on 08/25/2010 7:15:20 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

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To: jessduntno

If it quacks.....


21 posted on 08/25/2010 8:33:44 PM PDT by expatpat
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To: patriot08

...“And since our founding, American Muslims have enriched the United States.”...

Here’s a book about islam’s contribution to our Nation “at our founding”:

http://www.amazon.com/Victory-Tripoli-Americas-Barbary-Established/dp/0471444154


22 posted on 08/25/2010 8:39:58 PM PDT by Honorary Serb (Kosovo is Serbia! Free Srpska! Abolish ICTY!)
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To: Valin
Say for the sake of argument he is...So What.

I'd say that if he is, I don't see how he can uphold our Constitution while believing that it should be sublimated to the dictates of a revealed religion that requires all adherents work toward that goal.

23 posted on 08/25/2010 8:48:08 PM PDT by A_perfect_lady (So, kids can't wear American flag shirts on Cinco de Mayo but we'll have a mosque at Ground Zero?)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet; All
I do not think Obama can be defined or placed into a box conventionally as either being a Muslim or Christian as it pertains to religion.

Looking at the big picture and considering all the supposed religious ideological conflicts and the confusion created comparing what he says with what he does one may conclude he is himself confused and without direction. I suggest that what makes sense considering all -the simple answer is what reality actually is.

I conclude that Obama is neither Muslim nor Christian in the convential sense but rather a synthesis of portions of both premised in perversions of each focused upon what furthers his cause which is simply put socialism -Islamic Liberation Theology is his religion...

Remarks by the President at Easter Prayer Breakfast

For even after the passage of 2,000 years, we can still picture the moment in our mind’s eye. The young man from Nazareth marched through Jerusalem; object of scorn and derision and abuse and torture by an empire.

This quote is troubling -was Jesus an object of scorn and derision and abuse and torture by an empire? If so, which 'empire'? Some may assume the 'empire' Obama refers to was Roman not Jewish or for that matter not both Roman and Jewish... What if it was the "Western Empire" e.g. that reprsented by the west -the primary member being yours truly, the United States of America?

Islamic Liberation Theology - Resisting the Empire by: Hamid Dabashi (PDF ebook)

-excerpt from conclusion of book:

Resisting the US-inspired globalized empire (which should never be equated with Americans at large, the overwhelming majority of which have a healthy dose of either active resistance to or else nagging suspicion about its efficacy) can no longer be in terms of a singular ideology embedded in a medieval theology, or an ideologically updated version of it to resist a center-based ‘‘Western’’ empire, or else contingent on spectacular acts of senseless and iconic violence. Resisting that empire requires regional alliances based on crosscurrents of ideas, sentiments, ideologies, and cultures. The worst aspect of Islamic ideology was its persistent reliance on Islamic Law (Shari’ah), the consequences of which for a free and democratic society is simply catastrophic, for it mutates the free and autonomous citizens of a potential republic into the legal subjects of a medieval jurisprudence that no matter how liberally it is interpreted it remains deadly contrary to creation of free and autonomous citizens of a republic. The only way that an (Islamic) liberation theology can be part of a global resistance to the US (or any other) empire is to be party to an equally liberating and global conversation, safeguard its theological monotheism by embracing it within a multifaceted theodicy that instead of trying to account for the existence of evil in the world in fact embraces its own alternatives and oppositions.

24 posted on 08/25/2010 8:52:57 PM PDT by DBeers (†)
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To: Gumdrop
Shapiro thinks Hitchcock is the number one most overrated director of all time, so his opinion isn't that important.
25 posted on 08/25/2010 8:58:11 PM PDT by Rastus
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To: A_perfect_lady

“Say for the sake of argument he is...So What.”

“I’d say that if he is, I don’t see how he can uphold our Constitution while believing that it should be sublimated to the dictates of a revealed religion that requires all adherents work toward that goal.”

JUST WHERE IS HE UPHOLDING THE CONSTITUTION??

Sorry for the caps, but I’m pissed !


26 posted on 08/25/2010 9:13:04 PM PDT by Senormechanico
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To: Cicero
No? He’s not a Muslim? Why not? Evidence, please.

The White House said he is "obviously" a Christian. Isn't their word good enough for you?

27 posted on 08/25/2010 9:19:05 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: expatpat

“If it quacks.....”

Well, yeah, there’s that, too, I guess ... heh heh.


28 posted on 08/25/2010 9:21:07 PM PDT by jessduntno (The Grand Old Potty needs to be flushed ... vote for Conservatives in November.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
I remember seeing a video for rent with Obama's face on the front at the local video rental store with the caption, "Who is this guy?"

Honest people have to admit they they still don't know. That in itself is scary.

29 posted on 08/25/2010 9:55:33 PM PDT by TheThinker (Communists: taking over the world one kooky doomsday scenario at a time.)
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To: A_perfect_lady
Say for the sake of argument he is...So What.

I'd say that if he is, I don't see how he can uphold our Constitution while believing that it should be sublimated to the dictates of a revealed religion that requires all adherents work toward that goal.

That's a powerful point. A good Muslim could never make a good US president by definition.

30 posted on 08/25/2010 9:59:40 PM PDT by TheThinker (Communists: taking over the world one kooky doomsday scenario at a time.)
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To: Honorary Serb


31 posted on 08/25/2010 10:05:50 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (I don't need a newspaper to know the world's been shaved by a drunken barber.)
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To: TheThinker

I agree. Islam and the Constitution are mutually exclusive, as far as I can see.


32 posted on 08/25/2010 10:07:15 PM PDT by A_perfect_lady (So, kids can't wear American flag shirts on Cinco de Mayo but we'll have a mosque at Ground Zero?)
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To: Honorary Serb

Yes, I’d read about that.
I’ll check out the book. Thanks.


33 posted on 08/25/2010 10:43:42 PM PDT by patriot08 (TEXAS GAL- born and bred and proud of it!)
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To: Gumdrop

Ben Shapiro is Jewish.


34 posted on 08/26/2010 3:45:16 AM PDT by Tax-chick (The girl looked in annoyance at her party ...)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

He’s POTUS and that’s what bothers me!


35 posted on 08/26/2010 4:12:01 AM PDT by Iowamerican
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To: Robert A. Cook, PE

questions which this press or so called press and media will not ask.

If they are so quick to tell us he is a Christian which they are then tell us which church does he go to?
Why does he not go?
Why not celebrate Christmas and Ester.
Why not shout up a religion they say he is?

No the so called press will just repeat white house talking point and that is why they have become a joke.


36 posted on 08/26/2010 4:42:58 AM PDT by manc (WILL OBAMA EVER GO TO CHURCH ON A SUNDAY OR WILL HE LET THE MEDIA/LEFT BE FOOLED FOR EVER)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet; P-Marlowe; blue-duncan; Quix

Obama is a socialist opportunist.

He worships no god except himself and marxism’s law of conflicting economic forces.

sort of a “god of forces.”


37 posted on 08/26/2010 4:58:34 AM PDT by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain and proud of it. Those who truly support our troops pray for their victory!)
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To: manc
and now for the start of muslim holy month he goes on vacation AGAIN .

I've seen pictures of Mooshell and Obey-me coming out of restaurants after dark on this vacation. Near 10:00 on Tuesday evening I think.

Anyone seen a picture of them eating breakfast or lunch? Bacon and eggs anyone?

38 posted on 08/26/2010 5:03:25 AM PDT by IamConservative (Two wrongs don't make a right, but you might get even.)
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To: manc

Obama may not be a Muslim. But until he comes out and says, “Jesus is the only way to the Father and heaven,” he is not a true Christian either.

When Jesus claimed that He is the only way, the only truth, and the only giver of eternal life (John 14:6), He drew a line in the sand. You either believe Me and my claims or reject Me. And wanting it or not, by rejecting Me, you would be joining forces with all My enemies.


39 posted on 08/26/2010 5:10:01 AM PDT by Broker (Ecclesiastes 10:2 (NIV))
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To: IamConservative

interesting point
I’ve only seen photo’s of them coming out of restaurants when it is dark or getting dark.

Wouldn’t it be nice for many talk show hosts, right wing folk on TV and the so called press/media stop being PC and actually ask questions, investigate and do their job.


40 posted on 08/26/2010 6:36:06 AM PDT by manc (WILL OBAMA EVER GO TO CHURCH ON A SUNDAY OR WILL HE LET THE MEDIA/LEFT BE FOOLED FOR EVER)
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