Yup, you heard that right:
President Obama’s warm wishes to Muslims around the world
On behalf of the American people, Michelle and I extend our warmest wishes to Muslim Americans and Muslims around the world at the start of Ramadan.
For Muslims, Ramadan is a time of fasting, prayer, and reflection; a time of joy and celebration. It’s a time to cherish family, friends, and neighbors, and to help those in need.
This year, Ramadan holds special meaning for those citizens in the Middle East and North Africa who are courageously achieving democracy and self-determination and for those who are still struggling to achieve their universal rights.
The 1/2 million Muslims ho have made Sweden their home are suffering more that all others.
In Stockholm in July the sun rises at 3:40AM and does not set until after 10:00PM.
The days are slowly getting shorter so that be the end of Ramadan the days only last from 4:35AM until after 9PM.
These Muslims will actually go as much as 18 and a 1/2 hours between meals.
But so what?
Most people who fast for a day go 24 hours.
Technically it isn’t a ”sacrifice,” it is what Jesus condemned, a ”showy display of false devotion.”
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“He who controls the present, controls the past. He who controls the past, controls the future.”
George Orwell
I am waiting for the movie with Morgan Freeman playing the wise Muslim who gives Thomas Jefferson all his concepts and is actually the one who wrote the Declaration of Independence.
Greg yesterday;
I wonder how Greg will spin this as another “positive” for Obama?
Of course, if you question the affinity that this current administration seems to have for Muslims. you will be labeled an Islamafobe and accused of “racism.” This tactic is especially helpful when the administration has to answer for its failure of national security policy and its rubbing elbows with groups like CAIR and the Muslim Brotherhood.
I give you no greater example of this tactic of the current administration than DHS Secretary Janet Napalitano, who not only refused to answer a direct question about the security of her own department but decided that calling a sitting Congressman nothing more than a bigot was a winning tactic:
Makes me wonder, why would this ? Christian? President feel the ‘need’ make such a ‘mass media announcement’ of this “Muslim custom” ??…..
Ofraud, Wife, his base, ‘friends’, Hollyweird and fellow politicians can hardly cough up a “Merry Christmas” or announce a Jewish Holiday – Rosh Hashanah or Yom Kippur during these religious Holy days…
…..who is he afraid of offending? Certainly not the Christian or Jewish Faiths – or many other non-Muslim Faiths….
I have Muslim friends so I am not being biased… I am just pointing something out.
re: ‘Islam is part of the fabric of our Nation’
More like a stain on the fabric of humanity?
I used to come to the defense of Islam and Muslims until around 2006. Before that I was just plain ignorant. Ignorance of an individual can be resolved. The ignorance of a large group of people worldwide who have a fractured leadership and accepts that lies to bring about dominance of their teachings in the world is not something easy to be resolved, particularly when you cannot keep your job and feed your family unless “you get on and stay on the bus.”
@NotinsomeGodforesakenplace:
President Obama would seem to have some actual basis for his claim if understood in the context of actual American history. There was the First Barbary War between the USA and Muslim jihadists between 1801–1805 …
Our Country was founded on Christianity – anyone think our ‘Christian’ President will defend this?? Embrace it???
So, why have we come to this??….
Roanoke takes part in “Stand for Religious Freedom” rally
“He also said, “What we are experiencing, however is that everybody pretty much has religious freedom, except there is an aggressive attack against those who are Christian and pray in Jesus name.”
http://www.wdbj7.com/news/wdbj7-roanoke-takes-part-in-stand-for-religious-freedom-rally-20120721,0,4882661.story
Islam is the second largest religion in the world. If we recognize the holidays of a small non-Christian religion—Judaism—why not Islam.
@Liberal1 (objectivity):
Tell me just where and when do we recognize Jewish holidays? And who is this “we”?
There are not only more Jews and Mormons in this country than Muslims, there are more Buddhist in the USA as a matter of fact than there are Muslims in the USA. Why give Muslims preferential treatment?