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- What Obama Said At Baltimore Mosque
From Real Clear Politics: If you seek to understand Barack Obama and his views, the best place to go is his speeches. But you have to read them in their entirety, not rely on hearing them or on the media's summary of them. When you do, you realize...
- How I Helped A Young Man Understand A Central Fact About The Koran
Earlier tonight I worked late and gave one of my workmates a ride home. On the way, I was telling him about a book I am reading: The Pirate Coast. I said, "It's an interesting story and well-written. You know the Marines Hymn? From the halls...
- Is Obama Trying To Make America Part Of The Dar Al-islam?
Pam at Atlas got the same Bad Feeling as I did concerning Obamuhammad's over-emphasis on the alleged Muslim role in American history. So did Frank Gaffney Jr. of the Center for Security Policy. I urge you to follow the link at Atlas to Gaffney's...
- Updated: Obama's Speech At Al-azhar: Seizer Gets His History Wrong
From Jihad Watch: As a student of history, I also know civilization's debt to Islam. It was Islam – at places like Al-Azhar University – that carried the light of learning through so many centuries, paving the way for Europe's Renaissance...
- Keith Ellison Attempts To Rewrite American History
He now claims that "Quran influenced America's founding fathers". Detroit native Keith Ellison, the first Muslim Congressman, told the Free Press Friday that he used the Quran during his oath of office because the Islamic holy book helped influence...
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Obama On Islam In America
KILL THE PIRATES
Post of the day, from LauraW. at Ace of Spades:
A snippet of his speech that deserves to be singled out for special scorn.Obama said that Ramadan is a reminder that Islam has always been part of America. "The first Muslim ambassador to the United States, from Tunisia, was hosted by President Jefferson, who arranged a sunset dinner for his guest because it was Ramadan — making it the first known iftar at the White House, more than 200 years ago."How very disingenuous. We have here a fact presented not merely out of context, but so deceitfully as to be a laughable fraud.
First of all, the term 'a part of America' needs some thoughtful defining. I think we can mostly agree that the implication is that the mere act of feting the Tunisian envoy during his diplomatic mission to the US is some sort of general inclusion of Islam into the American experience at that early date.
How? Merely through his temporary presence in our country? Even though we were in conflict with his state at the time?
This isn't the first time Obama has spouted this same warped poppycock.
From his Cairo speech in 2009:“Islam has always been a part of America’s story. The first nation to recognize my country was Morocco. In signing the Treaty of Tripoli in 1796, our second President John Adams wrote, “The United States has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion or tranquility of Muslims.” ............................."Islam has always been a part of America’s story."
And when the first Muslim-American was recently elected to Congress, he took the oath to defend our Constitution using the same Holy Koran that one of our Founding Fathers – Thomas Jefferson – kept in his personal library.”
Indeed!
That would be the same Treaty of Tripoli that was essentially a protection racket against the United States, requiring that tribute be paid to avoid being the victim of piracy.
That would be the same John Adams who reluctantly figured that bribing the pirates of Barbary was cheaper than military engagement (out of an understanding that the political will and money for creating the necessary naval force was out of reach for the time being).
And that would be the same Thomas Jefferson who, with his great knowledge and understanding of the Koran, reversed our course and decided that military engagement against the various Muslim states engaged in piracy was the only sensible way to proceed.
And then bombarded their coastline, invaded them, and persuaded them to find a new hobby.
This particular piece of history cannot be rewritten to suit current PC needs. The reasons for the envoy's visit cannot be recast into some pap about multicultural understanding.
And this earliest merging of Islam into 'the American story'- where we invade and punish them for their banditry- is not the sort of event someone with half a brain uses as a bragging point about American inclusiveness.
- What Obama Said At Baltimore Mosque
From Real Clear Politics: If you seek to understand Barack Obama and his views, the best place to go is his speeches. But you have to read them in their entirety, not rely on hearing them or on the media's summary of them. When you do, you realize...
- How I Helped A Young Man Understand A Central Fact About The Koran
Earlier tonight I worked late and gave one of my workmates a ride home. On the way, I was telling him about a book I am reading: The Pirate Coast. I said, "It's an interesting story and well-written. You know the Marines Hymn? From the halls...
- Is Obama Trying To Make America Part Of The Dar Al-islam?
Pam at Atlas got the same Bad Feeling as I did concerning Obamuhammad's over-emphasis on the alleged Muslim role in American history. So did Frank Gaffney Jr. of the Center for Security Policy. I urge you to follow the link at Atlas to Gaffney's...
- Updated: Obama's Speech At Al-azhar: Seizer Gets His History Wrong
From Jihad Watch: As a student of history, I also know civilization's debt to Islam. It was Islam – at places like Al-Azhar University – that carried the light of learning through so many centuries, paving the way for Europe's Renaissance...
- Keith Ellison Attempts To Rewrite American History
He now claims that "Quran influenced America's founding fathers". Detroit native Keith Ellison, the first Muslim Congressman, told the Free Press Friday that he used the Quran during his oath of office because the Islamic holy book helped influence...