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Less than 1% of our population is Muslim...I guess Obama must have flunked math in school....
WHO flunked English in school:
An explanation for the Limbaugh droolers:
Obama""Now, the flip side is I think that the United States and the West generally, we have to educate ourselves more effectively on Islam. And one of the points I want to make is, is that if you actually took the number of Muslims Americans, we’d be one of the largest Muslim countries in the world. And so there’s got to be a better dialogue and a better understanding between the two peoples.
Hard-core rhetoricians will note that Obama was employing an obscure tense known as the “conditional,” and an arcane rhetorical device known as a “hypothetical.” He said that if you were to take the number of Muslims in America, then one could see America as ranking up there with other Muslim countries — in numerical, hypothetical terms.
What I want to do is to create a better dialogue so that the Muslim world understands more effectively how the United States but also how the West thinks about many of these difficult issues like terrorism, like democracy, to discuss the framework for what's happened in Iraq and Afghanistan and our outreach to Iran, and also how we view the prospects for peace between the Israelis and the Palestinians.
Now, the flip side is I think that the United States and the West generally, we have to educate ourselves more effectively on Islam. And one of the points I want to make is, is that if you actually took the number of Muslims Americans, we'd be one of the largest Muslim countries in the world. And so there's got to be a better dialogue and a better understanding between the two peoples.
No President Obama. It is Muslims and Islam that need to educate themselves about Western society. If Muslim people had a better understanding of Western culture and beliefs, there will be less conflict around the world. More Muslims are immigrating to the West than vice versa so why does the West need to accomodate Islam? That is ridiculous.
As a secular person, the rise of radical Islam in the West is extremely disturbing. We already have extremist Christians to deal so we don't need to add to the problem. I don't want Sharia Law infecting our society, courts, and government.
Last edited by Bostonian123; 05-08-2010 at 06:36 AM..
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