Last year, Obama and Mayor Michael Bloomberg tamped down the hysteria over “Ground Zero mosque” but they could not persuade aFlorida pastor from commanding national attention for weeks before burning a copy of the Qur’an.
Despite the fact that those responsible for the unnecessary deaths on September 11 were by no means identical to the majority of Muslims in America, and the fact that over 300 people who died that day were Muslim, the unwarranted hatred continued.
Islamophobia has “passed the dinner-table test,” Baroness Sayeeda Warsi will say in a speech to the University of Leicester, according to extracts published by The Daily Telegraph.
How did the comic-opera pastor of a tiny Southern congregation come to dominate the media for the better part of a week, eclipsing countless expressions of outrage from religious and secular groups around the country?
The Quran burning in San Francisco is a direct result of recent anti-Muslim rhetoric targeting the proposed Park51 community center in New York City, falsely referred to as the “Ground Zero Mosque.”
The controversy that swelled around South Park was initiated by Revolution Muslim, a fringe group even amongst extremists, composed of about 4 morons with below zero credibility in the Muslim community
And what does it say about our ability to fight and win a “long war” in the Islamic world if our war effort can be crippled by a solitary pastor with 50 families in his church who decides to have a book burning?
This guy is a bigoted moron, and I’d have no problem with his termination had he been on the clock — employers do have the right to enforce standards of deportment.
A Florida pastor plans to burn Korans on the anniversary of 9/11, and John Oliver reads from the Jewish manual.
Freedom of religion and speech is the anchor of any free society. But it goes both ways. While it allows American Muslims to enjoy the freedom to worship and propagate their minority faith within society,…
Come to Syria and you will be amazed by the good nature of people and their faith, their relations, friendly cooperation and openness toward all strangers.
For diplomacy’s sake, Obama said, the distinction is important because “we need all the allies we can get.” Furthermore, he said, the “overwhelming majority” of Muslims worldwide are peaceful.
“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same.”
“When it’s one-sided like that, it’s hard to remember that there are decent people out there that want to have a conversation,” Anderson said.
It is hard for those outside the US to grasp the scale of trauma inflicted by a mass-murderous terrorist assault nine years ago. Thankfully, there has been no serious follow-up attack.
“To burn a holy Quran for a Muslim is to throw down a gauntlet,” he says. “Those who deface any holy book, including the Bible, in many Muslim countries today, will be executed.
Two days later, an American group called the National Association of Evangelicals, issued a statement urging the Dove pastors to cancel its threat to burn copies of the Qur’an.
By burning the Quran Jones is advocating hatred and racism with his insinuations comparing Islam to Nazism as opposed to Imam Faisal’s call which is promoting Peace and international tolerance
American Muslim leaders urged members to remain calm if the pastor doesn’t back down from a threat that already has inflamed passions around the globe.
Even the White House’s usual political opponents agree with Obama. Sarah Palin has called the Koran burning “antithetical to American ideals,”
The Holy Quran highlights that its teachings and values verify and complement the teachings of previous holy books, including Torah and Bible
My name is Dr. Terry Jones.. Help me to Fight Islam!
When this bigot first announced his mad plan to burn Qurans, he said to the world that he is not fighting against moderate Muslims! Now, he is talking about his war On Islam!