Islam

I also want to speak tonight directly to Muslims throughout the world. We respect your faith. It’s practiced freely by many millions of Americans, and by millions more in countries that America counts as friends. Its teachings are good and peaceful, and those who commit evil in the name of Allah blaspheme the name of Allah. The terrorists are traitors to their own faith, trying, in effect, to hijack Islam itself. The enemy of America is not our many Muslim friends; it is not our many Arab friends. Our enemy is a radical network of terrorists, and every government that supports them. Our war on terror begins with al Qaeda, but it does not end there. It will not end until every terrorist group of global reach has been found, stopped, and defeated.

George W. Bush: Address to a Joint Session of Congress on Terrorist Attacks
delivered 20 September 2001

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  1. Raven on 02 Jun 2005 at Thu 02 June 2005 04:55:31 #

    We need to stop enabling terrorist supporting states to continue on…Like Syria, Saudi Arabia. Islam. I don’t know if it really is such a peaceful religion anymore.

  2. Mustang on 02 Jun 2005 at Thu 02 June 2005 18:10:13 #

    Islam has never been a peaceful religion in its entire history. Let me emphasize, NEVER.