I stopped going to mosques in my home town after 9/11 -- as many other Muslims did in their quiet manner without seeking public attention -- and severed relations with "official" Islam and its spokesmen who are the most egregious practitioners of bigotry with their hate-filled language that fuels violence.
The cost for me was liberating as I distanced myself from folks who preach a war-mongering ideology masquerading as a religion.
Obama's pastor is a mere sophomore when it comes to the Friday tirades of Islamist imams denouncing and damning America, Israel, Christians, Jews, Hindus, and Muslims who reject their lies and venom.
The Wright controversy has revealed Obama as just another self-serving politician, though gifted with a silver-tongue, and only the incredulous will view him as statesman bearing a transformative vision of a new age.
The cost for me was liberating as I distanced myself from folks who preach a war-mongering ideology masquerading as a religion.
Obama's pastor is a mere sophomore when it comes to the Friday tirades of Islamist imams denouncing and damning America, Israel, Christians, Jews, Hindus, and Muslims who reject their lies and venom.
The Wright controversy has revealed Obama as just another self-serving politician, though gifted with a silver-tongue, and only the incredulous will view him as statesman bearing a transformative vision of a new age.
Dr. Salim Mansur, Canadian Muslim columnist & academic
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