http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Fatiha_Foundation

That’s right, people. They got fatwas issued against them and must live in secrecy.

It is they who must accept us, accept modernity, and must forgo their 12th century barbarianism, in order for there to be a chance at anything resembling peace.

“Mr. Farrakhan, who also traveled to Iran, Nigeria and Sudan, called parts of his trip ‘statesmanlike’ and said he was on ‘fact-finding missions.’ He said he accepted a pledge from Colonel Qaddafi to provide at least $1 billion to build the black community’s political power.”

Earth to Merrill: a $1 billion “pledge” to “build the black community’s political power” is rather general. It does not require electing a president, and the “pledge” was from 1996, a time when there were not any credible black candidates for president on the horizon. You could easily spend that much money on mailers for electing black candidates to city councils – it amounts to around $14 per U.S. household over a multi-year period. One company spends more than that on me each year trying to get me to buy some product I don’t want as they continually bombard me with junk mail.

Saddam was secular. Gaddafi came up with Islamic Socialism with an emphasis on the latter (he did however ban alcohol and gambling, but wanted things updated to fit the modern world). He had delusions of unifying the Arab world, so the Islamic part of his term may be more marketing than reality – you appeal to rather vague text in the Koran (or other “sacred text” that your culture accepts) and spin it into whatever you want, which is how politicians have sometimes exploited the religious beliefs of the masses.

If you look at http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/MFAA.....ntries.htm (which is from the Israeli Minsitry of Foreign Affairs, so hardly pro-Islamic) it describes various abuses in Arab and Muslim countries (dated 2001). The ones given for Libya are political in nature with other countries being noteworthy for traditional Islamic punishments.

“Two encounters with the Middle East had particular importance. When Malcolm X, one of Elijah Muhammad’s top lieutenants, traveled to the Middle East, he became aware of the disparity between his faith and its supposed progenitor. On his return to the United States, he demanded that Elijah Muhammad adopt Islamic practices. These efforts failed, and Malcolm X left the fold to become a Muslim, taking some of Elijah Muhammad’s followers with him.”

You are the exact reason that the President and his generals scrambled to get in front of this story. Your boundless ignorance and inability to learn is threatening to the sanctity of this country. The Nation of Islam is nothing more than a cult that was denounced by one of the supposed prophets own son. There sordid attempt to fight racism with racism and there racialization of the church not only fell flat but ran afoul of a fundamental tenant of Islam. After members of the church traveled to the middle east and found out they had been conned the church fractured forming the American Muslim Mission. Farrakhan seizing the opportunity to line his pockets took over the Nation of Islam and continued with his bigotry and tenets that have nothing to do with Islam. Saying that the Nation of Islam is truly Islamic is like saying that David Koresh and the Branch Davidians were truly Christian.

The Nation of Islam is a Muslim stepping stone to being a Sunni. Farrakhan and his over 20,000 followers will eventually convert.
List of converts so far (source Wikipedia)

Malcolm X – Later converted to Sunni Islam
Betty Shabazz – Later converted to Sunni Islam
Muhammad Ali – Later converted to Sunni Islam
Warith Deen Mohammed – Later converted to Sunni Islam
MC Ren – Later converted to mainstream Islam
Ice Cube – Was associated with the Nation of Islam, but never a regular member and became a Sunni Muslim.[33]
KAM- member of the Nation Of Islam and former associate of Ice Cube

You really are clueless. The Nation of Islam is not truly Islamic. It’s a hodgepodge of Islam and science fiction. No on in the Islamic world cares a hoot about Louis Farrakhan. He doesn’t represent any of the major branches of Islam, Sunni, Shia, or Sufi.

Your ignorance is astounding but most likely only eclipsed by your xenophobia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nation_of_Islam

http://www.nytimes.com/1996/02.....eader.html

“Given all of the love Obama has thrown to the Christians, from Rick Warren to others, his administration’s refusal to come out strongly for gay rights, you idiots are so blind to how much Obama attempts to curry favor from Christians.”

Nobody is more aware of that more than I am, but currying favor from religious fanatics is not a zero sum game.

We don’t need to generalize. We have evidence of the bigotry that is pandemic in much of the Islamic world, and those who carry it out. And the last thing we need is your patronizing scolding.

Your completely correct, thanks for providing more clarity to my previous post.

I am sure most Americans don’t even think of this man when they think of Islam.

Idiotic xenophobes.

All of this crap about Obama standing by Muslims over non-Muslims is vile and shameful. It’s the same racist crap that the birthers spew.

Given all of the love Obama has thrown to the Christians, from Rick Warren to others, his administration’s refusal to come out strongly for gay rights, you idiots are so blind to how much Obama attempts to curry favor from Christians.

Moreover, you also dismiss the reality that George Bush came out after the 9/11 attacks to lend similar defense to Muslim Americans.

Wasn’t it some nice Christian who shot up his church last year killing and maiming congregants for their liberalism? Wasn’t it a supposed Christian who murdered an abortion doctor in his church earlier this year?

Anyone with a brain knows that not all Christians are murderers. It’s the same for Muslims.

Murderers come in all shapes and forms.

This need to generalize and damn all members of a community that many of you are doing is the very same thing that anti-gay forces use against GLBT Americans. When the D.C. shooter was caught with his young protege, Right-wingers immediately began to speculate that they were gay lovers.

Lol, are you joking? I hope so because I really got a kick out of that. I always thought Farrakhan was some off brand heretical sect that was looked upon with amusement by Arab Muslims. Correct me if I am wrong. As for the President of the United States being chosen by Farrakhan and Qadaffi, I am still laughing. It sounds like something they came up with at a tea party after ingesting some strange putrid liquid. If only the Israelis still believed Rahm is a Zionist maybe there would be some movement towards peace in that region.

“I don’t see where Iran and Tel Aviv enters into this equation,”

Because it’s obvious he has an ambiguous at best attitude towards Israel, or any of this country’s supposed allies for that matter. He seems to be cold to them and warmer to the Muslim states, regardless of their human rights records and their attitudes towards America.

What he mentioned are the categories (racial/ethnic, religion, immigrant/non-immigrant) that people might try to blame. Nobody is suggesting that Hasan was gay. Some nut case is not likely to engage in some gay bashing due to what happened.

Usually such remarks get televised, and the length of time even the president gets in a news broadcast is very small.

Unless he made ending DADT a large part of his campaign, then there is no reason to leave out the single largest group screened out of the military. He is naming off a list of people in the military that make up it’s diversity and yet left out the group that he promised to add in to the mix.

I didn’t even have to scratch the surface to find Muslim “leaders” condemning the atrocity. http://americanmuslimjournal.t.....ilies.html

We should clearly investigate extremism of any kind in this country, carryout an investigation in the Hasan tragedy to see where we can make improvements to keep our military and country safe. I think the point of the sensitivity is not to be political correct, but to avoid carrying out another tragedy by scapegoating innocent Muslims who just want to go about their daily lives like any other American. The sensitivity is recognition that there are crazy people like Hasan in this country that are non-Muslims, and would love to disgustingly capitalize on the murders of Americans to incite violence, discrimination, and hatred on more innocent Americans.

Every time a gay person kills someone in this country I don’t expect my so called leaders that I never appointed to make a statement, and I certainly don’t have the time or inclination to make a statement though it certainly doesn’t mean that I don’t care.

Addressing ATTMAY, I don’t see where Iran and Tel Aviv enters into this equation, but America has spent enough treasure, blood, and presidential capital in that region while our own house is decaying. We should be worried about containing the enemies of America exclusively, and spend the rest of the time focusing on problems in our own country like civil rights, energy, and education. This country has enough debt on its books; it makes no scenes to pour endless resources into a black hole that has no intent of reconciling the situations that they are in. Everyone has their grubby hands in our pocket, and then thank us by spiting in our face. It is time for America to show the harsher side of its hand, welfare is not unlimited. We should follow the Texas model three more years and then you are on your own, granted several Middle Eastern recipients have had a free lunch for several decades. Maybe then will people over there get of their lazy a#$#@ to reach peace agreements, and focus on bettering the lives of their citizens.

@ Jake the libertarian

Because they’re trying to detour idiots like you from causing a panic against Muslim Americans.

We need to fight for our rights.

Did you see this?

NYC: Cabbie Boots Gay Couple

Muslims throwing rocks at a homosexual man in Minn, a Muslim in Washington D.C. stating that homosexuals should be killed under Sharia law, and now this. Is this the “tolerant” part of Islam, that we keep hearing about?

http://islaminaction08.blogspo.....ouple.html

It would be hypocritical for him to act like we matter to him.

This is why I grieve for the families of the victims. It is also why I stand proudly and firmly with the enemies of Jihad, and every gay man and woman with a brain and his head needs to as well.

@6 Jake the Libertarian:

Obama made a greeting video for the people of Iran, where homosexuality is punishable by death. He apparently doesn’t care if bombs rain over the streets of Tel Aviv or if Iran gets nukes. If that doesn’t tell you about where his “sensitivities” lie, nothing will.

What I wonder is why we’re sitting around, holding our breath and waiting for any mention from this admin. I’ve heard enough talk already and see it doesn’t bring any action. I’m done with talk and won’t react to any of it or any lack of it. Action is now the only measuring stick for me.

Frankly I don’t understand how in the hell the Army as well as the White House keep calling for calm on all of this. This was an abject failure of our security and screening processes in the Army of monumental proportions. Where in the hell is the anger here? The fucker was under investigation as a terrorist and was still walking around an Army post armed and with Major insignia… ON HIS WAY TO BEING DEPLOYED DOWN RANGE WITH OUR FUCKING TROOPS!!! Obama is bending over so hard for the poor misunderstood Muslims that he wont even call what happened a terrorist attack. I’d be fucking ecstatic if he gave half that much consideration to the gays.