CAN A GOOD MUSLIM BE A GOOD AMERICAN ?

[Alex The Hawk]

CanagoodMuslimbeagoodAmerican?Isentthatquestiontoa friend
whoworkedinSaudiArabiafor20years.Thefollowingishis reply:

Theologically-no.BecausehisallegianceistoAllah,themoongodof
Arabia.

Religiously-no.BecausenootherreligionisacceptedbyhisAllah
except
Islam
(Quran,2:256)

Scripturally-no.BecausehisallegianceistothefivepillarsofIslam
andtheQuran
(Koran).

Geographically-no.BecausehisallegianceistoMecca,towhichheturns
inprayer
fivetimesaday.

Socially-no.BecausehisallegiancetoIslamforbidshimtomakefrie nds
withChristians
orJews.

Politically-no.Becausehemustsubmittothemullah(spiritual
leaders),
whoteach
annihilationofIsraelandDestructionofAmerica,
thegreatSatan.

Domestically-no.Becauseheisinstructedtomarryfourwomenandbeat
and
scourge
hiswifewhenshedisobeyshim(Quran4:34).

Intellectually-no.BecausehecannotaccepttheAmericanConstitution
sinceitisbased
onBiblicalprinciplesandhebelievesthe
Bible
tobecorrupt.

Philosophically-no.BecauseIslam,Muhammad,andtheQurandonotallow
freedomof
religionand_expression.Democracyand
Islam
cannotcoexist.Every
Muslimgovernmentiseitherdictatorialor
autocratic.

Spiritually-no.Becausewhenwedeclare"onenationunderGod,"the
Christian'sGodis
lovingandkind,whileAllahisNEVERreferredto
asheavenlyfather,noris
heevercalledloveinTheQuran's99excellent
names.

Thereforeaftermuchstudyanddeliberation....perhapsw eshouldbevery
suspiciousofALL
MUSLIMSinthiscountry.Theyobviouslycannotbeboth"goo d"Muslimsand
goodAmericans.
Callitwhatyouwish....it'sstillthetruth.Ifyoufindyo urself
intellectuallyinagreementwiththese
statements,perhapsyouwillsharethiswithyourfriends. Themorewho
understandthis,thebetter
itwillbeforourcountryandourfuture.

PassitonFellowAmericans.Thereligiouswarisbiggertha nweknowor
understand.

[CalHunter]

It sounds like no. Is this your friend Alex or just an email you're passing on? Just curious.

[boysda]

oh lord what drivel

the same arguments in many respects can be made against numerous religions. by way of example, historically some feared catholics because their first allegiance allegedly is to the pope.

i'll leave complete dissection of this garbage to other members of the board who have a much more in-depth knowledge of Islam than i.

[BenGarrett]

I would object to this post because I know several Muslims who are good Americans. As a matter of fact, I'd invite them into my home before I would many white-skinned, red-blooded, Christian-persuased Americans I know.

If, on the other hand, this post was entitled "can a FUNDAMENTALIST Muslim be a good American," I would agree whole-heartedly.

[Champlain Islander]

I don't know any and don't plan to any so I can't comment.

[Charlie P]

Not really even worth responding to. Many outright lies in this isn't there?

God is Love, What are You ?.

You show alot of hate for someone with this as a signature.

[Tazman]

ORIGINAL: BenGarrett

I would object to this post because I know several Muslims who are good Americans. As a matter of fact, I'd invite them into my home before I would many white-skinned, red-blooded, Christian-persuased Americans I know.

If, on the other hand, this post was entitled "can a FUNDAMENTALIST Muslim be a good American," I would agree whole-heartedly.

Very well said Ben, I concur whole heartedly. I do not like bigotry and that is exactly what this is.

[Charlie P]

A person could easily substitute Orthodox Jew or Fundamentalist Christian and make up reasons why they can't be a good American.

There are 5-8 million Muslims in this country your saying none of them are a Good American.

[Tazman]

Charlie thereis probably more religous bigotry then any other kind of bigotry in the world, I would be willing to say that there have probably been more people killed in history due to religion as well.

[Charlie P]

If this had been posted about any other religion it would have been pulled by now.

I agree with Ben BTW, if this was about radical Islam I'd say no they can't be a good American.