CAN MUSLIMS BE GOOD AMERICANS? This is very interesting and we all needto read it from start to finish and sendit on to anyone who will read it. Maybe this is why our American Muslimsare so quiet and not speaking out about any atrocities. Can a good Muslim be a good American?This question was forwarded to a friendwho worked in Saudi Arabia for 20 years.The following is his reply: Theologically - no. . . . Because hisallegiance is to Allah, The moon Godof Arabia. Religiously - no. . Because no otherreligion is accepted by His Allahexcept Islam (Quran,2:256) (Koran) Scripturally - no. . Because hisallegiance is to the five Pillarsof Islam and the Quran. Geographically - no ...Becausehis allegiance is to Mecca , to which he turns in prayer fivetimes a day. Socially - no. . . Because hisallegiance to Islam forbids himto make friends with Christiansor Jews. Politically - no. . . Because hemust submit to the mullahs(spiritual leaders), who teachannihilation of Israel and de-struction of America , the greatSatan. Domestically - no. . . Becausehe is instructed to marry fourwomen and beat and scourgehis wife when she disobeys him.(Quran 4:34) Intellectually - no. .Becausehe cannot accept the AmericanConstitution since it is basedon Biblical principles and hebelieves the Bible to be corrupt. Philosophically - no. . . . BecauseIslam, Muhammad, and the Qurandoes not allow freedom of religionand expression. Democracy andIslam cannot co-exist. Every Mus-lim government is either dictatorialor autocratic. Spiritually - no. . . Becausewhen we declare 'one nationunder God,' the Christian's Godis loving and kind, while Allahis NEVER referred to as Heavenlyfather, nor is he ever called lovein The Quran's 99 excellent names. Therefore, after much study anddeliberation....Perhaps we shouldbe very suspicious of ALL MUSLIMSin this country. - - - They obviouslycannot be both 'good' Muslims andgood Americans. Call it what you wish it's still the truth.You had better believe it. The morewho understand this, the better itwill be for our country and our future. The religious war is bigger thanwe know or understand. . ... And Barack Hussein Obama, aMuslim, wants to be our President?You have GOT to be kidding! Wake up America ! Obama even says if he winsthe election, he will be swornin on the Quran---not a Bible! Footnote: He was sworn in onthe Quran for his current officeand he refuses to pledge allegianceto the United States or put his handover his heart when the NationalAnthem is played! The Muslims have said they willdestroy us from within. Hello! Having a Muslim president wouldseem to fit the bill! Will you trust this man with our national secrets? SO, FREEDOM IS NOT FREE! THE MARINES WANT THIS TOROLL ALL OVER THE U. S. Please don't delete this until yousend it on. Let's send it around the world. Have a Great day!

HARD TO READ

You could at least have proofread this chain letter before you posted it. Tsk!

Not all muslims are extremists first and foremost. Muslims live in peace with other religions just as Christians live in peace with other religions. Both religions, actually, ALL religions state they are the one true religion and all others are doomed.

Obama is not a muslim, he was raised Christian by his mother so this is more of the hatemongering lies to be spread.

Only the ignorant believe this stuff.

looks like a copy and paste failure

OMG! I have read this B.S. before.

It's all nothing but racist lies.

Obama is not even Muslim!

Sworn in on the Quran.

This is what I found..

Was Obama's father, Barack Hussein Obama, Sr., a "radical Muslim who migrated from Kenya to Jakarta, Indonesia?"

No. Though Barack Hussein Obama, Sr. was raised a Muslim, he had lost his faith and become a "confirmed atheist" by the time he attended college, according to his son. Obama's parents separated when Barack was two, his father moving not to Jakarta, but to the United States, where he attended Harvard. Eventually he returned to Kenya.

Did Obama's mother go on to marry another Muslim named Lolo Soetoro who "educated his stepson as a good Muslim by enrolling him in one of Jakarta's Wahabbi schools?"

Yes and no. When Obama's mother remarried, it was indeed to an Indonesian man named Lolo Soetoro, whom his stepson describes as a "non-practicing" Muslim. But it was his "secular" mother who supervised his education, Obama has written, sending him to both Catholic and Muslim primary schools after the family moved to Jakarta. There is nothing on record to indicate Obama attended a madrassa (Muslim religious school) run by Wahabbists, and in any case it's unlikely his mother would have chosen to expose him to such an extreme form of Islam given her stated abhorrence of religious closed-mindedness and her stated goal of giving him a well-rounded education, including in matters of faith.

(Update: CNN has tracked down the school in question, the Basuki School in Jakarta, which a deputy headmaster described as a "public school" with no particular religious agenda. "In our daily lives, we try to respect religion, but we don't give preferential treatment," he told CNN. A classmate of Obama's described the school as "general," with students of many religious backgrounds attending. Obama entered the school at the age of 8 and attended for two years.)

Is it true that "Obama takes great care to conceal the fact that he is a Muslim while admitting that he was once a Muslim?"

Once a Muslim? When? Unless I missed it while skimming Obama's two books and sundry news interviews, the senator has never mentioned being a Muslim at any point in his life. Yes, he lived in a Muslim country during part of his childhood and briefly attended a Muslim school there, but he certainly wasn't raised a Muslim and has never been, so far as I have been able to determine, a practitioner of that faith.

That anyone, let alone a sitting U.S. senator with designs on the highest office in the land, would conceal being a Muslim for twenty-odd years while going through the outward motions of practicing Christianity (or vice-versa, for that matter) is a bizarre accusation. I would be tempted to dismiss it as paranoid lunacy if it weren't so obviously a crass, politically-motivated smear.

Is it true that when Obama was sworn into office he used the Koran (Qur'an) instead of the Bible?

No. According to news accounts Barack Obama placed his hand on his personal Bible during his Senate swearing-in ceremony, which was conducted by Vice-President **** Cheney. Those making this allegation have apparently confused Obama with Congressman Keith Ellison, who actually is a Muslim and was sworn in on January 4, 2007 using a copy of the Koran.

I was thinking the post wasn't worth responing to, then I noticed the ad for Muslim dating!

Thats good ad placement.

I saw that too.. talk a about irony...

I was thinking the same thing myself!!!!

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I love propoganda... It warms my heart so.

I still can't believe that anybody would believe that crap on the email.

Winx, if it's in print it's true doncha know?

Shoot. I forgot.

Look...

I'm the Queen of Egypt.

See???

I believe it. It has to be true! I just read it.

Magicdave, I would highly recommend reading the Koran yourself before passing judgment on an entire religion. The fact that you are willing to pass this garbage is testament that you have not, as it's teachings and the moral fabric with which it is written in no way reflect the extremest religious thinking that is readily unveiled by our media. Media is a highly ineffective educational resource. IMO