Posted on Oct 29, 2015
Islamic opening prayer to Allah in the House of Reps, how much more of this can we stomach?
21.2K
510
344
8
3
5
Islam
United States
Responses: 51
1
1
0
1
1
0
1
1
0
PV2 Scott Goodpasture I trust a person of the Islamic faith just as much as someone of the Christian faith or any other faith for that matter. I do not judge people of any faith because of the actions of the extremists in their faith. If that were the case I wouldn't be able to trust anyone of any faith.
(1)
(0)
1SG (Join to see)
PV2 Scott Goodpasture That's ok, I will ensure my friends of the Christian faith, Islamic faith, Jewish faith, etc. get a fair shake in this country and I will die preserving their freedom as American citizens. That is why I am on this earth, to protect my brothers and sisters of THE WORLD and ensure that everyone is treated fairly. I am only 1 person but I will do as much as I can for all that I can until the day I die.
(4)
(0)
SGT (Join to see)
1SG (Join to see) - thank you 1SG. As a Muslim AND a US Soldier, I will do the same to protect all Americans, even those who cannot accept that Extremists do not represent a whole religion
(3)
(0)
SGT (Join to see)
Sgt Richard Buckner - in total honesty, I don't even see it as a problem. I despise what the extremists are doing and cannot accept it. The way I look at it, they won't care that I'm Muslims if I were to fall into their hands. They will just see that I have BDUs on and treat me like everyone else.
I grew up in a Muslim household but I was raised in the US. Therefore,the US is now my home to defend and I will do so without any hesitations against anyone who wishes to destroy it.
I however won't forget that there are good Muslims people also exist in this world.
I grew up in a Muslim household but I was raised in the US. Therefore,the US is now my home to defend and I will do so without any hesitations against anyone who wishes to destroy it.
I however won't forget that there are good Muslims people also exist in this world.
(1)
(0)
1
1
0
Capt Whitney Davis
SGT James Hastings, The First Amendment states that "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof." That, you are correct, does not contain the specific phrase, but it does outline the same intent. I imagine that people got tired of reciting the entire sentence over the last few hundred years and shortened it to "separation of church and state."
Do you believe that it was our founders' intent to found a Christian nation. One that excluded or persecuted Catholics, Muslims, Hindus, Jews ...? If so, how have we gone so far down this secular path?
Do you believe that it was our founders' intent to found a Christian nation. One that excluded or persecuted Catholics, Muslims, Hindus, Jews ...? If so, how have we gone so far down this secular path?
(2)
(0)
COL Ted Mc
Capt Whitney Davis - Captain; The "establishment" clause meant - to the Founding Fathers - that a person had to belong to a specific religion in order to be able to vote or hold office.
At the time the Constitution was ratified, nine of the states had their own "established" religions and the Constitution didn't abolish the rights of the STATES to have "established" religions - it only precluded the NATIONAL government from having one (not so much because the Founding Fathers didn't necessarily think that was a good idea but more likely because they couldn't agree on WHICH religion was going to be the NATIONAL "established" religion [In other words "If I can't have mine, you can't have yours, nyah, nyah, nyah.]).
At the time the Constitution was ratified, nine of the states had their own "established" religions and the Constitution didn't abolish the rights of the STATES to have "established" religions - it only precluded the NATIONAL government from having one (not so much because the Founding Fathers didn't necessarily think that was a good idea but more likely because they couldn't agree on WHICH religion was going to be the NATIONAL "established" religion [In other words "If I can't have mine, you can't have yours, nyah, nyah, nyah.]).
(0)
(0)
Capt Whitney Davis
COL Ted Mc, left without any of the founding fathers to make tell me that they meant anything different than what they directly wrote. Thus, no one religion should be elevated above any others (to include not elevating religion above non-religion, or vice verse). Nowhere in the Establishment Clause does it mention individual religiosity. It does not say anything regarding whether an office holder has to believe in Christian God, Catholic God, Yahweh, Allah, or no God at all.
(0)
(0)
COL Ted Mc
Capt Whitney Davis - Captain; I agree. Of course the "Founding Fathers" had had direct experience with what an "established religion" was.
And, of course, the "Founding Fathers" were writing the rules for the Federal government ONLY. If they'd tried to compel the several states to change their INTERNAL governance then the Constitution would never have been ratified (which is the main reason why the first ten amendments were added to it).
And, of course, the "Founding Fathers" were writing the rules for the Federal government ONLY. If they'd tried to compel the several states to change their INTERNAL governance then the Constitution would never have been ratified (which is the main reason why the first ten amendments were added to it).
(0)
(0)
1
1
0
0
0
0
New ISIS manual shows US in crosshairs; FBI has 900 ongoing ISIS-related investigations | Pamela...
“You should make sure to not look particularly attached to religion. A man who works on a secret operation should meddle in the general population. If you can avoid having a beard, wearing qamis (Islamic clothes), using miswak (a sort of toothbrush recommended in the hadiths), and have a booklet of dhikr (Islamic devotional booklet) with you, it’s better. Also, you shouldn’t be going to often to places like mosques, Islamic institutes or...
(0)
(0)
0
0
0
you know whats great about america? is the freedom of religion. be the bigger man and allow it.
(0)
(0)
0
0
0
Just to throw a different view, if they do an Islamic prayer on government property etc..... then that means any other religion can do the same.... fair is fair?
(0)
(0)
0
0
0
I am mormon and would rather hear God called upon to support and sustain our nation and leadership than not. I pray to my Heavenly Father, and I would suppose that He would hear the honest prayer of another. Muslim's must take control of their own religion, Catholicism went through the Reformation which resulted in all of the Protestant sects of today - and pretty much the end of that theocracy. The church of England being a tawdry offshoot also. I hope that islam will under go a similar experience before the rest of us have no choice remaining but to turn Mecca and Medina into glassy waste lands and to hold the name 'muslim' in the same contempt we do 'nazi'. Humanity cannot survive several billion of it's members who wish to subjugate all others at all cost, one will win - one to the enslavement of vast numbers of 'non-believers' - and the other to the massive lost of life of misguided persons. I believe in the right of every person to worship God in the manner they believe is correct or to not worship at all - at the same time I am not naive enough to believe that the theocracy practiced by islamist can co-exist with any liberty loving peoples. If that theocracy continues to prevail globally - it will be war to the knife for us all.....
(0)
(0)
0
0
0
He's the trifeca god isnt he? The jews, christians, muslims a worship him. Its all lame to me.
(0)
(0)
Read This Next
Continue with Facebook 
Continue with Google