Posted on 12/09/2001 8:41:41 PM PST by TonyTheTigger
November 20, 2001 (AgapePress) - In what is believed to be a first in American history, there were prayers to Allah last night at the White House where President Bush hosted a formal Ramadan celebration with dozens of Muslim leaders.
The Ramadan event was another effort by the Bush Administration to prove its war on terrorism is not a war against Islam. However, conservative voices like Gary Bauer have been sharply critical of that effort. He says he has heard from a number of people within the U.S. intelligence community who are shocked and demoralized that some of the Muslim leaders who have been spending time with the President have been known to speak out in favor of terrorism.
Bauer notes that while these people are getting the red carpet treatment at the White House, reports indicate the President is distancing himself from one of the country's best-known evangelicals. According to reports, Franklin Graham upset the Bush Administration when he recently referred to Islam as being "wicked, violent, and not of the same God."
Shortly after the attacks of September 11, Graham had commented, "I don't believe [Islam] is a wonderful, peaceful religion." Asked by NBC News on Friday to clarify his statement, he repeated his charge that Islam, as a whole, was evil.
"It wasn't Methodists flying into those buildings, it wasn't Lutherans," he told NBC News. "It was an attack on this country by people of the Islamic faith." In a follow-up statement yesterday, Graham said he is deeply concerned with "the teachings of Islam regarding the treatment of women, and the killing of non-Muslims or infidels."
The son of Rev. Billy Graham and the designated successor of his father's extensive evangelical ministry, Graham delivered the benediction at Bush's inauguration in January. As NBC News observed, "A presidential friend and supporter now finds himself at odds with both the Muslim world and the message from the White House." But conservative columnist Chuck Baldwin calls Graham "a breath of fresh air" for standing firm and not apologizing for his statements.
Meanwhile, The New York Times reports a Muslim advocacy organization has sent a letter to Graham inviting him to meet with them to discuss his remarks. In the letter, Nihad Awad of the Council on America-Islamic Relations says, "Negative impressions of Islam are most often based on a lack of accurate and objective information."
That might be next but it wouldn't be worse than what was done last night. Humans are sacrificed to allah and they pray to him in our White House???
The same thing with W, he is catering to the Moslems, and obviously getting no positive press from them. The left will use him, and in the election, they will forget him!
jumbo shrimp.
Is there cheese in heaven ?
All the brou-ha-ha about religions since 9/11 only confirms to me that I made the right decision in being an atheist, thank you.
:-)
You can't rewrite historical facts, just to support your own suppositions !
You can't rewrite historical facts, just to support your own suppositions !
Each and every example in the Old Testament where the Jews were overrun demonstrates my point that you seem to miss.
It is not tripe; it's there for you to read. The Jews turn from God, worship idols and other cultures, and God gives them over to their enemies.
The story of Gideon and the rebuilding of the Temple would be good stories to educate yourself on, friend.
I suggest that you read the Old Testament for the first time and understand my point before you begin shouting at me for no reason about a subject you obviously can't or won't understand.
I've read Josepheus. In fact, I have the book. DO YOU, FRIEND. So, screw off or on or whatever.
In White House:
"Mr. President, we just got word from the Embassy."
"Which Embassy?"
"Islamabad."
"Islamabad? No, no, no, havent you got the message? Islam not bad. Islamagood. "
It should be understood that Mr. Franklin Graham is not in the vein of his father, but instead of is practicing Judo-Christian values.
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