Exploiting Muslims and Jews

Thank You! I enjoyed this.

A. Khan @ 5:50 PM PDT, Jun 30, 2008

As a person whose ancestors , and in my lifetime,were shunned and persecuted for their relligion, I vehemently protest the like treatment for any group, including Muslims.

Hazel Krantz @ 9:45 AM PDT, Jun 29, 2008

They tell the Muslim narrative as if the Muslims themselves were merely victims of western bias. 90% of the open conflicts in the world right now are between Muslims and someone else, be they Christians, Jews, Copts, or Hindus. If the Muslim world wants to have politicians come to their mosques and be at their beckon call, they need to stop trying to rid the planet of nonbelievers and to purge their religion of its destructive and hate-filled attitudes towards women and non-Muslims.

Joshua Pincus @ 1:00 PM PDT, Jun 27, 2008

This article is a crock based on a lie: "We acknowledge the tension between our communities created by the Palestinian-Israeli conflict." Muslims have been killing Jews for hundreds of years. Long before the state of Israel, there was the slaughter of Jews in Baghdad, Tsfat, Egypt, Syria, and Yemen; pogroms throughout the Middle Ages and 19th century; and all the Jew-Hatred in the Koran. The so-called Rabbi who wrote this piece knows perfectly well that the root of the problem goes back to Hashem's different blessings to Isaac and Ishmael and the Muslim need to supplant that blessing. The problem is ancient and intractable.

Joshua Pincus @ 12:59 PM PDT, Jun 27, 2008

Obama may be ahead in the game and while it may seem politically expedient to scape goat Muslims it is a dangerous game. Bush won the first term because he reached out to Muslims, Kerry may have lost his bid because he didn't. Here is a op-ed I wrote in September 2004. See: http://news.ncmonline.com/news/view_article.html?article_id=eae0c3b2d35497ff80d53620dd8303d5

Javed Ellahie @ 12:28 PM PDT, Jun 27, 2008

Right on point. Great article.

A. Hasan @ 11:53 AM PDT, Jun 27, 2008

Gimme a break! There are many groups who do not get attention from political candidates. As an atheist, I can certainly relate to the feeling of being a pariah to candidates no less than Mr. Al-Marayati might. But even though atheists make up a larger percentage of the populace than Jews and Muslims combined, I don't attribute it to "atheist discrimination" as much as I do to the corruption of money in our political process. The Jewish community is far more willing to contribute to political candidates than either Muslims or atheists. So why wouldn't political candidates be pandering to them?

gr nt h st @ 11:05 AM PDT, Jun 27, 2008

This is a magnificent Op-Ed by two magnificent people As a Christian who knows them both, I salute their never-ending work toward peace - globally and here at home. They are invested with the goodwill and desire for a peaceful life that we all want to have. How can the three of us - Salam Steven, and I - come together in total solidarity over most issues and have that NOT be a good thing?

Church Lady @ 9:34 AM PDT, Jun 27, 2008

American voters are not stupid. When a Muslim organization endorses a presidential candidate it sends a valuable message about that candidate. It says that a well-funded, highly motivated organization conducted an in-depth analysis of the candidate's sentiments and likely policies and concluded that they are not incompatible with the organization's ideology or agenda, in other words, that the candidate is likely to bend American policies to the whims of the Arab community. This is valuable factual information, not prejudice.

Copernicus @ 11:49 PM PDT, Jun 26, 2008

will anyone ever be happy? maybe i should cry rasism too, he forgot to go visit rome to show he supports the catholics too.

a a @ 10:06 PM PDT, Jun 26, 2008

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