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This site is a member of WebRing. To browse visit here. Monday, November 15, 2004 "You owe the infidels nothing . . . " Daniel at Now Entering Laboville has the best response I've seen so far to Bob Jones' letter to George Bush. I don't usually quote entire blog entries, but this one deserves repetition: Would you recognize radical fundamentalism if you saw it? Here it is in "recognizable" form, if you'll excuse the stereotype for a moment: Dear Mr. President: The glory of Allah be upon you! The media tells us that you have received the largest number of popular votes of any president in America's history. Congratulations! In your election, Allah has graciously granted America—though she doesn't deserve it—a reprieve from the agenda of paganism. You have been given a mandate. We the people expect your voice to be like the clear and certain sound of a trumpet. Because you seek the Prophet daily, we who know Allah will follow that kind of voice eagerly. Don't equivocate. Put your agenda on the front burner and let it boil. You owe the infidels nothing. They despise you because they despise Allah. Honor the prophet, and he will honor you. Had your opponent won, I would have still given thanks, because the Koran says I must (Shura 11.123). It would have been hard, but because Allah lifts up whom he will and pulls down whom he will, I would have done it. It is easy to rejoice today, because Allah has allowed you to be his servant in this nation for another presidential term. Undoubtedly, you will have opportunity to appoint many judges who are faithful to the will of Allah and exercise forceful leadership with the Congress in passing legislation that follows the Koran regarding the family, sexuality, sanctity of life, religious freedom, and freedom of speech. You have four years—a brief time only—to leave an imprint for righteousness upon this nation that brings with it the blessings of Allah himself. As it is said in the holy Koran, "O men! serve your Lord Who created you and those before you so that you may guard against evil." (Shura 2.21) The student body, faculty, and staff at Al Ibrahim Madrasa commit ourselves to pray for you—that you would do right and honor Allah. Pull out all the stops and make a difference. If you have weaklings around you who do not share the values of the Prophet Muhammed, shed yourself of them as it is commanded in the Koran, "O Prophet! Make war against the unbelievers and the hypocrites and be merciless against them." (Shura 9.73). Muslims Americans who are true believers in the way of the Prophet would love to see one president who doesn't care whether he is liked, but cares infinitely that he does right. Best wishes. Sincerely your friend, Azam ibn Said, Imam PS: A few moments ago I read this letter to the students in the mosque. They applauded loudly their approval. On occasion, Muslims have not agreed with things you said during your first term. Nonetheless, we could not be more thankful that Allah has given you four more years to serve Him as President, never taking off your faith and laying it aside as a man takes off a jacket, but living, speaking, and making decisions as one who knows the word of the Prophet to be eternally true.Now consider that the letter was actually written and delivered to the President by a leader of the Christian right (though, obviously, with quotes from the New Testament instead of similar quotes from the Koran)? Would you still recognize it as fundamentalism? It happened. Here's the link to the letter, by Bob Jones III, president of Bob Jones University. http://www.bju.edu/letterI can't think of a more effective way to illustrate just who the real enemy is. posted by Liz @ 9:39 PM | The template is set to display 10 posts. To see all the posts for this month, click on the month name in the Archive section RSS Feed PERSONAL Send email toliz at life-as-a-spectator-sport.com Home I'm a mother, grandmother, a computer professional, Democrat, Christian. I welcome politely worded comments and email, my spam filter throws the rest away, so don't bother to flame me WHY 'LIFE AS A SPECTATOR SPORT' "If you're lucky not to live in the gutters of a slum, but still can't afford to take vacations in the Alps, you're part of that enormous middle class who lives life through the medium of the television, further separated from "real" life by air conditioner, by automobile, by dishwasher, microwave and ice-in-the-door refrigerator, by automatic washer and dryer, and all the other appliances and conveniences that make it possible for America to live life at second hand. I'm not sure why Americans decided that televised drama was better than the real thing, that cardboard microwave food containers were an adequate substitute for real dishes, and their contents for real food, or that cooking, dishwashing and face-to-face conversation wasn't worth the effort and time it required. Someone fed this nation a plastic crate of out-of-season tomatoes and told us it was life and we took them at their word, and we're so much the poorer for it that it's hard to know where to start to list the shortcomings." I wrote this a couple of years ago, but I have to admit it's much less amusing than I thought it would be to see the artifical construct falling apart. 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Daniel at Now Entering Laboville has the best response I've seen so far to Bob Jones' letter to George Bush. I don't usually quote entire blog entries, but this one deserves repetition: Would you recognize radical fundamentalism if you saw it? Here it is in "recognizable" form, if you'll excuse the stereotype for a moment: Dear Mr. President: The glory of Allah be upon you! The media tells us that you have received the largest number of popular votes of any president in America's history. Congratulations! In your election, Allah has graciously granted America—though she doesn't deserve it—a reprieve from the agenda of paganism. You have been given a mandate. We the people expect your voice to be like the clear and certain sound of a trumpet. Because you seek the Prophet daily, we who know Allah will follow that kind of voice eagerly. Don't equivocate. Put your agenda on the front burner and let it boil. You owe the infidels nothing. They despise you because they despise Allah. Honor the prophet, and he will honor you. Had your opponent won, I would have still given thanks, because the Koran says I must (Shura 11.123). It would have been hard, but because Allah lifts up whom he will and pulls down whom he will, I would have done it. It is easy to rejoice today, because Allah has allowed you to be his servant in this nation for another presidential term. Undoubtedly, you will have opportunity to appoint many judges who are faithful to the will of Allah and exercise forceful leadership with the Congress in passing legislation that follows the Koran regarding the family, sexuality, sanctity of life, religious freedom, and freedom of speech. You have four years—a brief time only—to leave an imprint for righteousness upon this nation that brings with it the blessings of Allah himself. As it is said in the holy Koran, "O men! serve your Lord Who created you and those before you so that you may guard against evil." (Shura 2.21) The student body, faculty, and staff at Al Ibrahim Madrasa commit ourselves to pray for you—that you would do right and honor Allah. Pull out all the stops and make a difference. If you have weaklings around you who do not share the values of the Prophet Muhammed, shed yourself of them as it is commanded in the Koran, "O Prophet! Make war against the unbelievers and the hypocrites and be merciless against them." (Shura 9.73). Muslims Americans who are true believers in the way of the Prophet would love to see one president who doesn't care whether he is liked, but cares infinitely that he does right. Best wishes. Sincerely your friend, Azam ibn Said, Imam PS: A few moments ago I read this letter to the students in the mosque. They applauded loudly their approval. On occasion, Muslims have not agreed with things you said during your first term. Nonetheless, we could not be more thankful that Allah has given you four more years to serve Him as President, never taking off your faith and laying it aside as a man takes off a jacket, but living, speaking, and making decisions as one who knows the word of the Prophet to be eternally true.Now consider that the letter was actually written and delivered to the President by a leader of the Christian right (though, obviously, with quotes from the New Testament instead of similar quotes from the Koran)? Would you still recognize it as fundamentalism? It happened. Here's the link to the letter, by Bob Jones III, president of Bob Jones University. http://www.bju.edu/letterI can't think of a more effective way to illustrate just who the real enemy is.
Would you recognize radical fundamentalism if you saw it? Here it is in "recognizable" form, if you'll excuse the stereotype for a moment: Dear Mr. President: The glory of Allah be upon you! The media tells us that you have received the largest number of popular votes of any president in America's history. Congratulations! In your election, Allah has graciously granted America—though she doesn't deserve it—a reprieve from the agenda of paganism. You have been given a mandate. We the people expect your voice to be like the clear and certain sound of a trumpet. Because you seek the Prophet daily, we who know Allah will follow that kind of voice eagerly. Don't equivocate. Put your agenda on the front burner and let it boil. You owe the infidels nothing. They despise you because they despise Allah. Honor the prophet, and he will honor you. Had your opponent won, I would have still given thanks, because the Koran says I must (Shura 11.123). It would have been hard, but because Allah lifts up whom he will and pulls down whom he will, I would have done it. It is easy to rejoice today, because Allah has allowed you to be his servant in this nation for another presidential term. Undoubtedly, you will have opportunity to appoint many judges who are faithful to the will of Allah and exercise forceful leadership with the Congress in passing legislation that follows the Koran regarding the family, sexuality, sanctity of life, religious freedom, and freedom of speech. You have four years—a brief time only—to leave an imprint for righteousness upon this nation that brings with it the blessings of Allah himself. As it is said in the holy Koran, "O men! serve your Lord Who created you and those before you so that you may guard against evil." (Shura 2.21) The student body, faculty, and staff at Al Ibrahim Madrasa commit ourselves to pray for you—that you would do right and honor Allah. Pull out all the stops and make a difference. If you have weaklings around you who do not share the values of the Prophet Muhammed, shed yourself of them as it is commanded in the Koran, "O Prophet! Make war against the unbelievers and the hypocrites and be merciless against them." (Shura 9.73). Muslims Americans who are true believers in the way of the Prophet would love to see one president who doesn't care whether he is liked, but cares infinitely that he does right. Best wishes. Sincerely your friend, Azam ibn Said, Imam PS: A few moments ago I read this letter to the students in the mosque. They applauded loudly their approval. On occasion, Muslims have not agreed with things you said during your first term. Nonetheless, we could not be more thankful that Allah has given you four more years to serve Him as President, never taking off your faith and laying it aside as a man takes off a jacket, but living, speaking, and making decisions as one who knows the word of the Prophet to be eternally true.Now consider that the letter was actually written and delivered to the President by a leader of the Christian right (though, obviously, with quotes from the New Testament instead of similar quotes from the Koran)? Would you still recognize it as fundamentalism? It happened. Here's the link to the letter, by Bob Jones III, president of Bob Jones University. http://www.bju.edu/letter
Dear Mr. President: The glory of Allah be upon you! The media tells us that you have received the largest number of popular votes of any president in America's history. Congratulations! In your election, Allah has graciously granted America—though she doesn't deserve it—a reprieve from the agenda of paganism. You have been given a mandate. We the people expect your voice to be like the clear and certain sound of a trumpet. Because you seek the Prophet daily, we who know Allah will follow that kind of voice eagerly. Don't equivocate. Put your agenda on the front burner and let it boil. You owe the infidels nothing. They despise you because they despise Allah. Honor the prophet, and he will honor you. Had your opponent won, I would have still given thanks, because the Koran says I must (Shura 11.123). It would have been hard, but because Allah lifts up whom he will and pulls down whom he will, I would have done it. It is easy to rejoice today, because Allah has allowed you to be his servant in this nation for another presidential term. Undoubtedly, you will have opportunity to appoint many judges who are faithful to the will of Allah and exercise forceful leadership with the Congress in passing legislation that follows the Koran regarding the family, sexuality, sanctity of life, religious freedom, and freedom of speech. You have four years—a brief time only—to leave an imprint for righteousness upon this nation that brings with it the blessings of Allah himself. As it is said in the holy Koran, "O men! serve your Lord Who created you and those before you so that you may guard against evil." (Shura 2.21) The student body, faculty, and staff at Al Ibrahim Madrasa commit ourselves to pray for you—that you would do right and honor Allah. Pull out all the stops and make a difference. If you have weaklings around you who do not share the values of the Prophet Muhammed, shed yourself of them as it is commanded in the Koran, "O Prophet! Make war against the unbelievers and the hypocrites and be merciless against them." (Shura 9.73). Muslims Americans who are true believers in the way of the Prophet would love to see one president who doesn't care whether he is liked, but cares infinitely that he does right. Best wishes. Sincerely your friend, Azam ibn Said, Imam PS: A few moments ago I read this letter to the students in the mosque. They applauded loudly their approval. On occasion, Muslims have not agreed with things you said during your first term. Nonetheless, we could not be more thankful that Allah has given you four more years to serve Him as President, never taking off your faith and laying it aside as a man takes off a jacket, but living, speaking, and making decisions as one who knows the word of the Prophet to be eternally true.
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Cleaning, 1 Cleaning, 2 Cleaning, 3
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Extravayarnza Knitting Heretic Mind of Winter Pie Knits Persistent Illusion See Eunny Knit The Keyboard Biologist Taleweaver's Ramblings TECHnitting Wendy Knits
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