I don't agree with President Bush on his defense of Islam but you gotta it hand to him he's given the world a memorable and dowright ironic sobriquet for such an evil and depraved cult. It helps make them stand out every time they refrain from turning the other cheek in the tradition of Jesus and his ministry.From http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2001/09/20010917-11.html:
For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
September 17, 2001"Islam is Peace" Says President
Remarks by the President at Islamic Center of Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
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3:12 P.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: "Thank you all very much for your hospitality. We've just had a -- wide-ranging discussions on the matter at hand. Like the good folks standing with me, the American people were appalled and outraged at last Tuesday's attacks. And so were Muslims all across the world. Both Americans and Muslim friends and citizens, tax-paying citizens, and Muslims in nations were just appalled and could not believe what we saw on our TV screens.
These acts of violence against innocents violate the fundamental tenets of the Islamic faith. And it's important for my fellow Americans to understand that.
The English translation is not as eloquent as the original Arabic, but let me quote from the Koran, itself: In the long run, evil in the extreme will be the end of those who do evil. For that they rejected the signs of Allah and held them up to ridicule.
The face of terror is not the true faith of Islam. That's not what Islam is all about. Islam is peace..."
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