Posted on 09/11/2003 3:59:17 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Edited on 04/13/2004 2:43:38 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
The ABC News poll found that one-third of Americans now think the religion encourages violence against non-Muslims. That is double the number of people who felt that way 20 months ago.
Four months after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, 14 percent believed mainstream Islam encourages violence. That figure is now at 34 percent.
(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...
This is a good start, but there are many still buying into the "Religion of Peace" BS, or asleep.
Yeah, it's been a couple of months and I've been wondering what happened to it...until the media went on this anti-Bush propaganda blitz, showing they simply changed tactics.
No doubt this poll will have the ABC (All Bullshit Channel) News bigwigs doing a 20/20 propaganda puff-piece on how Muslims feel so oppressed living in America.
This is the statement I don't get.
How can anybody who is "familiar" with Islam take a positive view of it, especially if you are not a Muslim.
This is a murderous cult with no redeeming virtues! It seeks to convert by the sword if necessary and has no provision for individual human freedoms.
NEVER FORGET.
NEVER AGAIN.
LET'S ROLL!
"Our war on terror begins with al Qaeda, but it does not end there. It will not end until every terrorist group of global reach has been found, stopped and defeated."
Fellow citizens, we'll meet violence with patient justice -- assured of the rightness of our cause, and confident of the victories to come.
I will not forget this wound to our country or those who inflicted it. I will not yield; I will not rest; I will not relent in waging this struggle for freedom and security for the American people...
President George Walker Bush
September 20, 2001
As we remember September 11, 2001, we reaffirm the vows made in the earliest hours of our grief and anger. As liberty's home and defender, America will not tire, will not falter, and will not fail in fighting for the safety and security of the American people and a world free from terrorism. We will continue to bring our enemies to justice or bring justice to them. This Patriot Day, we hold steady to this task.
President George Walker Bush
September 11, 2003
Because they were muslims and are allowed to lie to present the evil religion in good light to gain converts by deceiving. Any non-muslim who has studied the religion knows without doubt that it is anything but peaceful.
Well, the statement is a non-sequiter. I'm familiar with it, I'm a Christian. I don't have a more positive view of ISLAM, but do have understand human nature a little and know that some very devout Muslims simply ignore the passages which condone violence and lying. Therefore, a cleverly worded poll question where I tried to give an honest answer MIGHT - though unlikely - make it seem I have a more positive veiw of ISLAM than the average American, simply because poll questions aren't geared toward people who have a specialty in a particular field.
Odds are that since 9/11/01, more and more Americans have been studying Islam just to figure out the mind of the enemy, while trying to keep an open mind. That can and will scew the results of the general poll, because more "average" Americans will have more specialized knowledge.
Actually, they're allowed to decieve to defeat their infidel enemies, because infidels follow Satan, and Satan lies to the infidels, so they're supposed to do what Satan does. Make nice promises, give presents...then stab and kill when the enemy is lured in. Sound familiar?
The message must not cease: Islam worships hatred and violence. "Allah" is an excuse for ordinary evil.
And the related message: a "moderate" Moslem is only moderate to the degree that he rejects Islam.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.