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2003-05-17 Home Front

Muslims Stress Abrahamic Character of America

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Posted by Fred Pruitt 2003-05-17 09:39 am|| || Front Page|| [11136 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 yeah, why not judeo-christian-buddhist-zoroastrian-hindu-shinto-atheist-islamic values?

Come off it, Western Society was built on Judeo-Christian ethics as promoted by the Roman Empire and developed by the English over a few hundred years.

It has nothing - NOTHING - whatever in common with Islamic philosophies or ethics. Islamic ethics and traditions are completely foriegn to those of a Western background/education upon which America's culture is based.

Posted by Anon1 2003-05-17 10:10:50|| 2003-05-17 10:10:50|| Front Page Top

#2 I'd be willing to bet that there are more "Neo-Pagans" in the U.S. than Muslims.

Posted by Parabellum 2003-05-17 10:40:27|| 2003-05-17 10:40:27|| Front Page Top

#3 As the West's centuries-old war with Islam resurges again, in large part based on the wealth we gave them from oil, I marvel at how we fight the overt assaults by terrorists but allow the covert infiltration. They are now emboldened to the point of openly trying to affect cultural norms in their long-term efforts to destroy Western culture and Western ideas. Wake up people, these purportedly peaceful clerics are not your friends. In their private meetings, in foreign languages, they say other things and accept other tactics to bring the end of the West.

Posted by Cynical Look 2003-05-17 10:50:53|| 2003-05-17 10:50:53|| Front Page Top

#4 Well at least as far as the intolerant and self-righteous culture with the ends justifying any means, I guess that term could be applied to several of the more liberal locales

Posted by Frank G 2003-05-17 12:43:40|| 2003-05-17 12:43:40|| Front Page Top

#5 Figures that Bob Edgar, head of the National Council of Churches Nobody Goes To Anymore would support this ridiculous idea. Considering that Islam and Islamic values had no influence whatsoever on the formation of this country while the Jewish influence was formidable(one proposal for the Great Seal pictured Moses at the Red Sea) and the Christian influence goes without saying, one can add titantic arrogance to the list of Muslim "virtues."

Posted by Christopher Johnson 2003-05-17 13:00:29|| [mcj.blogspot.com/] 2003-05-17 13:00:29|| Front Page Top

#6 "Islamic values are not only compatible with American values, they're almost identical."

Don't think so, bub. Pay no attention to those buildings exploding in the name of the Prophet.
This isn't France or Belgium. Go sell this bullshit over there. Some of the clueless PC airheads will buy into this, but to most of us, the phrase "Religion Of Peace" is a sick joke.

Posted by tu3031 2003-05-17 14:19:05|| 2003-05-17 14:19:05|| Front Page Top

#7 Oh, gosh. Here we go again. As a language student and teacher, the socio-linguistic question of what terms are acceptable or not is fascinating. Martin Luther King referred to himself as a Negro; later, after his loss, it became black, now Black in some quarters. Now we've got African-American. These terms have become more mainstream in the media and education because whites (Whites?)in the these fields felt/feel that whites are showing flexibility, understanding, and empathy with blacks, in the hope that giving blacks this recognition, everybody will get along better. Very Clintonian, leftish idea. But are things better for blacks because of these changing labels? No, opportunity and a good economy help blacks.

Soo, I'll stick with Judeo-Christian for the same reason set forth by Anon1. BTW, I use the term about once every two years.

Posted by michael 2003-05-17 15:56:49|| 2003-05-17 15:56:49|| Front Page Top

#8 It seems to me that America was founded by people who yearned to be free, and Islam yearns to enslave. What the hey, no big dif....!
True freedom is definitely worth fighting for. The sleeping giant has been awakened.

Posted by Anon 2003-05-17 18:44:27|| 2003-05-17 18:44:27|| Front Page Top

#9 America - '...the most Islamic country in the world...' ??? Whatever happened to : "America, the Great Satan"???

Is Iran (Syria, Turkey, Lebanon, Pakistan, Libya, etc etc) 'the Great Satan' now since we're supposedly 'MORE Islamic' than them?... I'm confused...

Posted by Steve W 2003-05-17 23:24:37|| 2003-05-17 23:24:37|| Front Page Top

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