04 October 2007
Bush White House Event Celebrates Islam
CBNNews.com - President Bush is hosting a controversial event at the White House Thursday evening, with an invitation to Muslim officials and clerics to join him for prayer and dinner in observance of the holy month of Ramadan.
Many Christians question the president's decision to make the Islamic celebration of "iftar" into a standard religious observance for the White House.
Iftar officially breaks Muslims' daytime fast.
Islam, referred to by some politicians as a religion of peace, is viewed by many conservative Americans as a faith rooted in violence and hostility toward non-Muslims, collectively referred to as "infidels."
One of the invited guests to Bush's annual event is Congressman Keith Ellison of Minnesota.
Ellison, the only Muslim elected to office, asked to be sworn into his position in Congress with the Koran instead of the Bible.
The Democrat expressed that he is looking forward to Thursday's iftar event at the White House, and noted that he has also engaged in Ramadan observances at the Pentagon and the Capitol.
This week, the House voted unanimously, 376-0, to recognize Islam's holy month of Ramadan. The resolution commended Muslims and hailed the Islamic faith as "one of the great religions of the world."
More pro-Muslim sentiment by the U.S. government was evident on September 25 when a Muslim cleric delivered the House's daily prayer.
The Bible teaches that leaders who embraced, tolerated or celebrated foreign gods brought suffering and disaster upon their nation.
Sources: The Associated Press, CBN News
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Ahmadinejad threatens to kill every Jew in our world, Moslems clerics don't speak out against Ahmadinejad and Bush celebrates with Moslems in the White House.
Posted by: Lujack Skylark | 04 October 2007
Ahmadinejad threatens to kill every Jew in our world, Moslems clerics don't speak out against Ahmadinejad and Bush celebrates with Moslems in the White House.
Posted by: Lujack Skylark | 04 October 2007
What do Christians call non-Christians? Heathens! What do Jews call non-Jews? Gentiles! Allah is not a foreign God, you should know that if you even speak Arabic. Islam is THE greatest religion in the world! And America was *never* a Christian country. Go back and read the writings of the founding fathers and people like Thomas Paine too - his book on reason might enlighten you a bit.
Just because you think kissing an icon is only a part of veneration and not worship does not make it so. Just because your forefathers tell you this does not make it so. What did God tell you? No graven images! None! -He didn't change his mind about that.
If you want a Christian country to live in then you need to go to the Vatican or go to Greece (Officialy Christian Countries). You will see however that it isn't a very good "Christian" country either just like the "Muslim" countries you discuss. They also ask for ids to state your religion in Greece however I am sure there, you would not see it as a bad thing since you would be in the majority. That would be very hypocritical of you.
Posted by: Yasimi | 18 October 2007
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