Saudi Venom in U.S. Mosques — And we’re in Iraq, because? And why is this situation not part of the US Government’s war on terrorism? Does anyone know?
Freedom House’s Muslim volunteers went to 15 prominent mosques from New York to San Diego and collected more than 200 books and other publications disseminated by Saudi Arabia (some 90% in Arabic) in mosque libraries, publication racks, and bookstores.
What they found can only be described as horrifying. These writings – each and every one of them sponsored by the kingdom – espouse an anti-Christian, anti-Semitic, misogynist, jihadist, and supremacist outlook. For example, they:
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Reject Christianity as a valid faith: Any Muslim who believes “that churches are houses of God and that God is worshiped therein is an infidel.”
*Insist that Islamic law be applied: On a range of issues, from women (who must be veiled) to apostates from Islam (“should be killed”), the Saudi publications insist on full enforcement of Shariah in America.
*See non-Muslims as the enemy: “Be dissociated from the infidels, hate them for their religion, leave them, never rely on them for support, do not admire them, and always oppose them in every way according to Islamic law.”
*See America as hostile territory: “It is forbidden for a Muslim to become a citizen of a country governed by infidels because this is a means of acquiescing to their infidelity and accepting all their erroneous ways.”
*Prepare for war against America: “To be true Muslims, we must prepare and be ready for jihad in Allah’s way. It is the duty of the citizen and the government.”
related links:
IslamOnline
Interesting Shia Take on “Death to America” noting that most radical Islamists hate the Shiites too.
In addition to ACAIR, the counter to much of what CAIR puts out, another fascinating site is:
http://www.faithfreedom.org
It is truly heavy reading.
Its from freedom house who seem to have no credentials at all – I call bullshut and FUD
What Bush and all supporters of the war have to ask themselves is whether we could actually win a war against the entire middle east.
However your government considerer them a “friend country”, along with Egypt, both western hating dictatorships. You even send them billions of dollars each year.
Then Bush says he will spread democracy, what a joke.
Instead of invading Iraq and Afghanistan, you should have went after those 2 countries.
We are in Iraq because it made the Saudis happy.
And to answer your other question as well as to continue to answer the first: the Bush family has been paid about 40 times more by the Saudi government than by the US government. And that doesn’t count indirect payoffs like Dick Cheney’s Haliburton shares, the Saudis buy lots of things through Haliburton and other even shadier contractors connected with Bush associates.
The War on Terror ended right after they declared an alert on the same day as the most important Democrat media event in the election campaign.
I love the pamphlets Muslims give out in English too! They read like something from a hippy commune in the 60s.
The only reason we are in Iraq is because they were an easy target, and had the least consequential ($$$$) ties with America. Period.
I think, though, if Democracy takes hold in the Middle East and as a consequence there is more peace in the world for our great grandchildren, then Bush will go down as one of our greatest presidents. The remaining question to which historians would have to contend with would be: was the lying, bullying, killing and dollars worth it? Has any progress ever come without a price?
Reading this thread, it’s hard to draw the line between Bush bashing and America hating. I can see it, but nuance isn’t the strong suit of our political discourse right now.
The idea that an elected official of this country would take us to war solely because of money, personal interest, and _foreign_ influence is ludicrous.
Conspiracy theories are mostly boring. But this kind of cynicism can only fester in a climate that so completely distrusts America and our system of government.
I disapproved of Clinton’s personal behavior, and I dispprove of this President’s professional behavior. But I have never doubted that both men acted with the best interests of America at heart, however divergent their courses of action may have been.
Meanwhile, on the Topic Of This Post:
It’s hypocritical for most any religion to criticize Islam for its intolerance, considering the history of the human race. But we are living in the here and now. Most religions seemed to have called a truce with regard to proselytizing, and persecuting their fellow man. But Islam continues to preach intolerance and hatred of outsiders. Criticizing the extreme (and not so extreme) elements of Islam that espouse this view would seem to be the duty of tolerant folk everywhere, especially tolerant Muslims.
To do so is not an endorsement (or any comment whatsoever) on the actions of the Bush administration, or the current world order.
Which is why I find the topic of the posts above so dissappointing, and revealing.
Supporting the House of Saud is an unfortunate policy of this country, but I don’t really see any alternative. There aren’t many tolerant voices of dissent in Saudi Arabia right now. In fact all the dissent is intolerant and dangerous. Now is not the time to destabilize that critical country, no matter how hypocritical our supporting it may be.
They did just have their first election in over 30 years. Pathetic, but a move in the right direction. Someone got the message.
The shiites are relatively peaceful because the orders are not coming from al-sadr as he is not qualified to issue a (fatwa) a religious ruling they come Ayatollah Sestani (the pope so to speak) anyway the Shiites were enraged when the Sunnis leveled a Shiite shrine then everyone say sectarian violence just.. erupted really the shiites have t hehe most to gain in Iraq not the Sunnis hence the support and the violence respectively.
The Saudi wahabi/salfi mentally is *the* extreme branch of sunni islam they hate everyone who does not accept their beliefs.
And the Muslim word in general dislikes America/Israel due to it manipulating the region around the start of th cold war like the shah’s disgusting regime which is why the Iranian (a shia country)to this day hate/dislike America due their support of the shah.