Islam and Obama

We all belive in one God & President elect Obama .the approach of Obama Toward solving the Economical & social Problems & applying Justice to everyone are the Answers to his Election & I hope he will fullfillite Good Elias G Atallah

1. ANY RELIGION CAN BE HI-JACKED BY NUT JOBS. EX. TIMOTHY MCVEIGH AND JEFFREY DAHMER-BOTH DEVOUT CHRISTIANS.

2. THERE ARE PEOPLE OF THE MUSLIM FAITH IN IRAQ AND AFGHANASTAN-IN OUR BLEEPING ARMY FIGHTING FOR OUR FREEDOMS

3. QUESTIONING SOMEONE ELSE'S FAITH IS THE SOLE RESPONIBILITY OF GOD. IT STATES IT 1000 TIMES IN THE HOLY BIBLE. SO YOU ARE RATHER GOD OR VERY IGNORANT OF YOUR OWN CHRSITIANITY TO QUESTION OBAMA'S FAITH-AFTER HE HAS STATED HE IS A CHRISTIAN.

Excellent article. The land of the free should not discriminate between people based on there religion or there skin color.

President Elect Obama will , I have no doubt take his oath with the Holy Bible. I beieve him when he says he is a Christian. It was not his choice as to what religion he had to study when he was a child. We do not get to choose our parents or thier teachings. When he became an adult and was able to make his own decisions he chose to be a Christian. He was baptised a Christian as were his wife and children.

You can be born into any kind of family, and religion but when you can make the choice for yourself, that is when it counts. If his step father was Islam and made him as a child go to an Islamic school or church that was not his fault. I believe this man was chosen by our Lord to bring peace to this country and maybe to some of the world. I believe he had a plan for him from when he was a child and made it so he would have a wide variaty of studies of differnt faiths for this purpose.

The vast amount of Muslims are very devout people. Thier religion is marred by the crazy ones that become terrorists but they are not all terrorists. Our religions here are no diferent. We have bad in all religions that go to extreme measures in the name of God. Look at people who kill doctors in the name of God. The last time I looked the Christian religion said Thou shall not kill. Does the ones who do things in the name of God that we do not believe in make all of us Christians bad? Of course not.

Mr Obama did not choose his name he was named after his father. We can not judge people by thier name or thier religion without knowing them first. I beleive he is a good man and he loves his family just like most of us. I beleive he wants a better world for his daughter as do the rest of us. I do not think he will care if the Muslims are upset if he takes his oath on the bible because he loves his Lord Jesus Christ. Lets give him a chance and then make our critisisms.

I AM A BLACK WOMAN I UNDERSTAND YOUR FEELING AND I THINK OBAMA PRESIDENT ELECTED DID THE RIGHT THING HE IS NOT A RACIST NO HE IS NO A MUSLIN .THERE ARE GOOD AND BAD PEOPLE EVERY WHERE HANNITY, PALIN AND RUSS THAT HATER THEY HAVE TRY TO DESTROY HIM BUT WE WERE THERE FOR HIM WHEN IT COUNTED THANK YOU . OBAMA WILL DO HIS BEST TO SERVE ALL AMERICA

Obama is a Muslim but what I don't understand is why so many people get upset with that statement just like when somebody uses his middle name Hussein and everybody gets upset. There is some level of denial amongst those who follow Obama which shows a sense of insecurity. And notice that I use the word "follow" to describe those who look to Obama as " the one " because this election showed troubling signs of a mass
cult within American society being entrenched which could only lead to a lot of friction and divisiveness. Its like watching the gay marriage protestors....they're basically a cult that have no intentions of compromise or no interest to just be allowed to live in society without having to wave their flag of sexual orientation. Its a sign of insecurity and its a psychological trait that I see in all gays and lesbians...its like they always have a chip on their shoulders...don't they realize they can do whatever the heck they want but they don't have to rub into the publics face but they do because like I said , they all carry some sort of chip on their shoulder..which is sad.

Why should it surprise anyone that Muslims voted for Obama, the McCain campaign used the word Muslim as though it were synonymous with terrorist or a piece of dog crap. The fact even one Muslim voted for McCain is what should be surprising, about as likely some one who considered themselves a liberal voting for any Republican.
Just a clear example of the end result of divisive politics and campaigning Republicans have practiced for 40 years.

I believe Muslim's are good people. Religious faith should not be used as a bias and neither should a small segment of fundamentalists cause us to brand all followers of that faith as jihadists. Also a lot of anger in Arab and Muslim countries around the world has been fuelled by blatant American rashness towards them. 9/11 is not a justification for our country not to treat them with respect and dignity. Even in the case of Iran - I think that with agreed supervision, they should be allowed to develop nuclear technology if it is for peaceful means. After all, we have 6000 nuclear warheads and don't have a problem with that. Nor do we chide Israel for their nuclear capability. So why should Iran or any other country be deprived of that privilege? The truth of the matter is that all countries will eventually learn the technology themselves. Do we think that 50 years from now there will still be only 9 or 10 nuclear capable countries? I don't think so.

Our nation is a melting pot of all cultures AND religion. President-elect Obama is a Christian and worships in a church of United Church of Christ. Vice-president Joe Biden is Roman Catholic and worships in a Cathiloic church. Many people have seen churches and synagogues , but I bet many Americans have yet to see a mosque, or a temple where Arab-Americans and many Asian-Americans worship respectively.

GTraynor

Your example drives to the point that racism is all about fear. Unless you are related to the girl that carved the B on her face to divide a nation.

Thanks to McCain/Palin's negative campaign, conservative "Whisper Internet" and other ilk such as Hannity/FOX News, many conservcatives believed Obama was Arab/Muslim, and even a terrorist. Of course none of this is true. In the meantime Muslim Americans were feeling this bigotry not unlike the days of Japanese Internment Camps. As Colin Powel said, the question s isn't whether Obama is Muslim, but what if he was? Since Obama has been subjected to racism and such bigotry in general, it makes sense that Muslims would vote for him. After all the negative, devisive garbage that has come from the Republicans, why would any minority, including women, vote for McCain/Palin or any Republican ticket? The GOP/conservatives knows they must change their ways. I wonder if they really can--We can start with Hannity and see how he does. Rush Limbaugh--no hope.

Concerned Canadian

Why is it always the coffee pot calling the tea kettle black? If you can tell me Rev Wright NEVER was a victim of racism while he served in the Marines and again when he served in the Navy then you can call him a racist.
If you can tell me that black churches were not created because blacks were not ALLOWED to pray next to white people then you can call him racist. If you can tell me black Chistians were not hung and/or castrated then you can call him racist. The man has lived through the darkest times in America, and you want to play arm chair quaterback and tell people what's what. If Rev Wright only said what was said in the youtube clip and ended the sermon, that would be bad as a pastor. However he did not, he continued to say "for turning its back on its citizens." The sad thing is that Trinity church's member are mostly black but they ALLOW different cultures to join. If they don't, it is because they are uncomfortable with the community topics and/or makeup of its members. As I have read its member are not exclusively black but they do address concerns in their community which is mostly black I presume. If we compare that to churchs today that have to vote to allow blacks to attend, it is clear which church is racist. http://www.djournal.com/pages/archive.asp?ID=226460.

When a person doesn't like who they are in ANY culture, they will start to self destruct and in the process affect the people around him causing a chain reaction. I just think the black churches have always been a way to stop the negative seed from taking root. When a group is proud of themselves, the community benefits. If the community benefits, then the city benefits and so on. As far as I have seen, Muslims DO NOT have their kids baptized in a Christian church, not matter what theory you can surmise. Here is how Trinity Church describes their history.

"God has superintended our pilgrimage through the days of slavery, the days of segregation, and the long night of racism. It is God who gives us the strength and courage to continuously address injustice as a people, and as a congregation."
http://www.trinitychicago.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12&Itemid=27