Islam has always been a part of America's story

Subject: Islam has always been a part of America's story


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> Barack Obama said, in his Cairo speech:
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> "I know, too that Islam has always been a part of America's story."
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> AN AMERICAN CITIZEN'S RESPONSE
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> Dear Mr. Obama:
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> Were those Muslims that were in America when the Pilgrims first
> landed? Funny, I thought they were Native American Indians.
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> Were those Muslims that celebrated the first Thanksgiving day? Sorry
> again, those were Pilgrims and Native American Indians.
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> Can you show me one Muslim signature on the United States Constitution?
> Declaration of Independence? Bill of Rights? Didn't think so..
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> Did Muslims fight for this country's freedom from England? No.
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> Did Muslims fight during the Civil War to free the slaves in America?
> No, they did not. In fact, Muslims to this day are still the largest
> traffickers in human slavery. Your own 'half brother' a devout Muslim
> still advocates slavery himself, even though Muslims of Arabic descent
> refer to black Muslims as "pug nosed slaves." Says a lot of what the
> Muslim world really thinks of your family's "rich Islamic heritage"
> doesn't it Mr. Obama?
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> Where were Muslims during the Civil Rights era of this country? Not
> present. There are no pictures or media accounts of Muslims walking
> side by side with Martin Luther King Jr. Or helping to advance the
> cause of Civil Rights.
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> Where were Muslims during this country's Woman's Suffrage era? Again,
> not present. In fact, devout Muslims demand that women are subservient
> to men in the Islamic culture. So much so that often they are beaten
> for not wearing the 'hajib' or for talking to a man who is not a direct
> family member or their husband. Yep, the Muslims are all for women's
> rights aren't they?
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> Where were Muslims during World War II? They were aligned with Adolf
> Hitler. The Muslim grand mufti himself met with Adolf Hitler, reviewed
> the troops and accepted support from the Nazi's in killing Jews.
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> Finally, Mr. Obama, where were Muslims on Sept. 11th, 2001? If they
> weren't flying planes into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon or a
> field in Pennsylvania killing nearly 3,000 people on our own soil, they
> were rejoicing in the middle east. No one can dispute the pictures
> shown from all parts of the Muslim world celebrating on CNN, Fox News,
> MSNBC and other cable news networks that day. Strangely, the very
> "moderate" Muslims who's asses you bent over backwards to kiss in
> Cairo, Egypt on June 4th were stone cold silent post 9-11. To many
> Americans, their silence has meant approval for the acts of that day.
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> And THAT, Mr. Obama, is the "rich heritage" Muslims have here in
> America.
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> And now we can add November 5, 2009-- the slaughter of American
> soldiers at Fort Hood by a Muslim major who is a doctor and a
> psychiatrist who was supposed to be counseling soldiers returning from
> battle in Iraq and Afghanistan. That, Mr. Obama is the "Muslim
> heritage" in America.
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> Paul S. Laskodi
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> U.S.M.C. Retired
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> Semper Fi