- I sent this question to a friend who worked in Saudi
Arabia for 20 years. The following is his reply:
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- Theologically? No, because his allegiance is to Allah,
the moon god of Arabia.
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- Religiously? No, because no other religion is accepted
by his Allah except Islam.
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- Scripturally? No, because his allegiance is to the five
pillars of Islam and the Quran (Koran).
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- Geographically? No, because his allegiance is to Mecca,
to which he turns in prayer five times a day.
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- Socially? No, because his allegiance to Islam forbids
him to make friends with Christians or Jews.
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- Politically? No, because he must submit to the mullah
(spiritual leaders), who teach annihilation of Israel and Destruction of
America, the great Satan.
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- Domestically? No, because he is instructed to marry four
women and beat and scourge his wife when she disobeys him.
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- Intellectually? No, because he cannot accept the American
Constitution since it is based on Biblical principles and he believes the
Bible to be corrupt.
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- Philosophically? No, because Islam, Muhammad, and the
Quran do not allow freedom of religion and expression. Democracy and Islam
cannot co-exist. Every Muslim government is either dictatorial or autocratic.
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- Spiritually? No, because when we declare "one nation
under God," the Christian's God is loving and kind, while Allah is
NEVER referred to as heavenly father, nor is he ever called love in The
Quran's 99 excellent names.
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- Therefore after much study and deliberation...perhaps
we should be very suspicious of ALL MUSLIMS in this country. They obviously
cannot be both "good" Muslims and good Americans.
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- Call it what you wish....it's still the truth.
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- Comment
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- "Theologically - no. Because his allegiance is to
Allah, the moon God of Arabia."
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- The moon God? Allah is a monotheistic God.
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- "Religiously - no. Because no other religion is
accepted by his Allah except Islam (Quran, 2:256)"
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- The last time I looked, the US wasn't a theocracy. Therefore,
it doesn't matter what religion is accepted by Allah, because Americans
can be any (or none) religion they want.
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- "Scripturally - no. Because his allegiance is to
the five pillars of Islam and the Quran (Koran)."
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- The Five Pillars of Islam are:
- * Faith or belief in the Oneness of God and the finality
of the prophethood of Muhammad
- * Saying daily prayers
- * Concern for and almsgiving to the needy
- * Self-purification through fasting
- * The pilgrimage to Mecca for those who are able
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- I fail to see how the Five Pillars prevent one from being
an American.
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- "Geographically - no. Because his allegiance is
to Mecca, to which he turns in prayer five times a day."
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- Does this also mean that Jews can't be real Americans?
Because the Passover Seder ends with "Next year in Jerusalem."
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- "Socially - no. Because his allegiance to Islam
forbids him to make friends with Christians or Jews."
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- Actually it doesn't, but what are mere facts when you're
in full anti-Muslim rant?
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- "Politically - no. Because he must submit to the
mullah (spiritual leaders), who teach annihilation of Israel and Destruction
of America, the great Satan."
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- Mullahs are only found in the Shiite branch of Islam.
The Sunnis have Imams, the Sufis have Shaykhs (sheikhs, which means "leaders")
and the Druse have al-Ajawid, a term that means "The Good Ones."
Not all mullahs teach annihilation of Israel and destruction of America.
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- "Domestically - no. Because he is instructed to
marry four women and beat and scourge his wife when she disobeys him (Quran
4:34)."
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- A Muslim is allowed to have up to four wives, there is
no requirement to have all four.
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- "You will be eager for your husband and he will
rule over you" -Genesis 3:16
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- "Wives be subservient to your husbands" -Ephesians
5:22
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- "Intellectually - no. Because he cannot accept the
American Constitution since it is based on Biblical principles and he believes
the Bible to be corrupt."
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- Since the Constitution is not based on Biblical principles,
this non sequitur is meaningless.
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- "Philosophically - no. Because Islam, Muhammad,
and the Quran do not allow freedom of religion and expression. Democracy
and Islam cannot co-exist. Every Muslim government is either dictatorial
or autocratic."
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- I can think of several Muslim governments which are at
least pro forma democracies. I can think of a whole lot of non-Muslim governments
which are dictatorial or autocratic or both.
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- "Spiritually - no. Because when we declare "one
nation under God," the Christian's God is loving and kind, while Allah
is NEVER referred to as heavenly father, nor is he ever called love in
The Quran's 99 excellent names."
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- Are we talking about the same Christian God (a) who is
not officially part of the American political system and (b) in whose name
numerous religious wars were fought? That Christian God?
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- "Therefore after much study and deliberation....perhaps
we should be very suspicious of ALL MUSLIMS in this country. They obviously
cannot be both "good" Muslims and good Americans. Call it what
you wish....it's still the truth."
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- And while you're at it, watch out for the bogeyman, because
he isn't a good American either.
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