August 17, 2010 7:41 AM
Obama's Islamic America
Obama lied and this idea needs to be resisted. Parents need to tell their children this is absolutely untrue because they will surely crusade in the schools this year to echo Our Glorious Leader. It's really time to get a grip on our out-of-control "tolerance" drive. Yes, we are all for equal treatment, but stuff like this goes beyond tolerance to favored status - in this case completely unwarranted.
This Washington Times editorial asks the question on everyone's mind:
Obama's Islamic America
What country is he talking about?
Thursday, August 12, 2010President Obama says Islam has always been part of America, which raises the question, does the president know something about American history that we don't?
It has become customary for presidents to offer greetings to various religious communities on the occasion of their most holy days. Presidents Ford and Carter both issued Ramadan messages, as did Presidents Clinton and George W. Bush. The Ramadan greeting became intensely political during Mr. Bush's tenure because he was seeking to dispel the charge that the war on terrorism was a crusade against Islam. But Mr. Obama has used the occasion of Ramadan to rewrite U.S. history and give Islam a prominence in American annals that it has not earned.
In this year's greeting, Mr. Obama said the rituals of Ramadan "remind us of the principles that we hold in common and Islam's role in advancing justice, progress, tolerance and the dignity of all human beings. Ramadan is a celebration of a faith known for great diversity and racial equality. And here in the United States, Ramadan is a reminder that Islam has always been part of America and that American Muslims have made extraordinary contributions to our country."
That Islam has had a major role in advancing justice, progress, tolerance and the dignity of all human beings may come as a surprise to Muslim women. Young Afghan girls who are having acid thrown in their faces on the way to school might want to offer their perspectives. That Islam is "known" for diversity and racial equality is also a bit of a reach. This certainly does not refer to religious diversity, which is nonexistent in many Muslim-majority states. This is a plaudit better reserved for a speech at the opening of a synagogue in Mecca.
Read more at the Washington Times.
Barton article HT: A Mac and a Mug o' Joe
Cartoon from TownHall.
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