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 The ruins of a mosque in Joplin, Missouri, after a fire last month that Muslims leaders suspect was an arson.
September 5th, 2012
01:19 PM ET
Rising anti-Islamic sentiment in America troubles MuslimsBy Moni Basu, CNN On the program, called "The Threat in Our Backyard," is a lecture on Islam in public schools and a short film on Sharia finance. It's a program organized by people who feel the American way of life is threatened by Islam - in particular, Sharia, or Islamic law. Sharia would bring ruin to America, says Greg Johnson, vice president of the 9/12 Project Tennessee, a sponsor of the event that advocates for shifting government back to the intent of the Constitution's authors. He says he has nothing against Muslims, but he takes issue with the tenets of Islam. Sharia, he believes, would mean that practicing homosexuals would be put to death, women would not be educated and would be married off to men chosen by their fathers, and non-Muslims would become kafirs - nonbelievers - relegated to second-class citizenship. My Faith: After my mosque was torched "And I don't want that coming to America," Johnson says. He's not alone in his fears. A tide of anti-Islam sentiment has been swelling across America in recent months, strong enough to prompt one imam to wish for the days immediately after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks when President George W. Bush declared that Muslims were not our enemies; that the war on terror was against a select few who acted upon their hate for America. "In the 11 years since, we have retreated," says Abdullah Antepli, the Muslim chaplain at Duke University who likes to call himself the Blue Devil Imam. Muslims make up less than 1% of the U.S. population. Yet, say Muslim advocates, they are a community besieged. Hate crimes against Muslims spiked 50% in 2010, the last year for which FBI statistics are available. That was in a year marked by Muslim-bashing speech over the Islamic center near ground zero in Manhattan and Florida Pastor Terry Jones' threats to burn Qurans. Why some American Muslims wear the hijab Antepli likens the current climate to McCarthyism. Left unchecked, he says, anti-Muslim fervor, like racism and anti-Semitism, has the potential to evolve into something dangerous. This year's holy month of Ramadan, which ended August 19, was marred by a spate of violence at U.S. Islamic centers that included a fire, a homemade bomb and pig parts. The incidents were unprecedented in scale and scope, says the Council on American-Islamic Relations. At least seven mosques and one cemetery were attacked in the United States during Ramadan, according to the council and other groups that track such incidents. Particularly visible on the anti-Muslim radar has been the state of Tennessee, where a mosque opened during Ramadan after two years of controversy. The new Islamic center in Murfreesboro opened a few weeks ago after delays caused by legal wrangling, community protests and vandalism. Also in Tennessee, incumbent congresswoman Diane Black found herself publicly opposing Sharia after her opponent Lou Ann Zelenik made it a campaign issue. Follow the CNN Belief Blog on Twitter State senatorial candidate Woody Degan's website also mentions Sharia: "VOTE CONSERVATIVE! VOTE Anti-Sharia, VOTE Against Internet Taxes, Vote FOR Gun Carry Rights! VOTE for your PERSONAL RIGHTS!" And Gov. Bill Haslam recently came under fire for hiring lawyer Samar Ali, a Muslim woman from Tennessee, to work in the international division of the state's economic development department. Ali's critics called her Sharia-compliant and a website called Bill H(Islam) attacked the governor for pursuing "a policy that promotes the interest of Islamist (sic) and their radical ideology." The website links to another that discusses, among other things, Islamic infiltration of public schools. "I cannot stress enough the seriousness of their push to spread their religion to all non-Muslims throughout our country," says website author Cathy Hinners, another speaker at next Tuesday's 9/11 event in Franklin. Why do Muslims pray five times daily? "Why? Why are Muslims so adamant that we accept their religion? The answer is simple. The answer is in black and white. The answer is in the Muslim brotherhoods "Strategic Goal for North America." It's called a global caliphate. One religion, one government, one law... called Sharia." In November 2010, more than 70% of voters in Oklahoma approved a ballot initiative to amend the state's constitution that banned courts from looking at "legal precepts of other nations or cultures. Specifically, the courts shall not consider international law or Sharia law." The amendment died after a federal court ruled it discriminatory. "That was very explicitly anti-Islamic," says Glenn Hendrix, an Atlanta lawyer who specializes in international law. "It specifically referenced Sharia." This year, 33 anti-Sharia or international law bills were introduced in 20 states, making it a key issue. Six states - Louisiana, South Dakota, Kansas, Arizona, Louisiana and Tennessee - adopted such laws prior to 2012. Two Tennessee lawmakers attempted to pass a bill this year that would have made it a felony to practice Sharia, but it failed. The Council on American-Islamic Relations says the anti-Sharia bills are based on draft legislation promoted by David Yerushalmi, an anti-Islamic lawyer from New York. Yerushalmi founded the Society of Americans for National Existence, an organization devoted to promoting his theory that Islam is inherently seditious and Sharia is a "criminal conspiracy to overthrow the U.S. government," according to the Southern Poverty Law Center, which tracks hate groups. "Ideally," says the center, "he would outlaw Islam and deport its adherents altogether." Hendrix says anti-Sharia legislation is not necessary since U.S. courts ultimately are beholden to U.S. law. But it sends a strong message to the Muslim community. CNN’s Belief Blog: The faith angles behind the biggest stories The American Bar Association, which opposes federal or state laws that impose blanket prohibitions on foreign laws, says such legislative initiatives stigmatize an entire religious community and "are inconsistent with some of the core principles and ideals of American jurisprudence." Valarie Kaur, a legal advocate and hate crimes specialist, says proponents of anti-Sharia bills are battling an imaginary threat. "There is no push to install Sharia law in the U.S.," she says. "Anti-Sharia bills target the religious principles of Muslim Americans and fuel anti-Muslim rhetoric and bias. As a Sikh American whose community has too often become the target of hate, I believe it's time to stand against all forms of racism and religious bigotry." An attack at a Wisconsin Sikh temple last month killed six people. Many believe the shooter mistook Sikhs for Muslims. A Sikh gas station attendant in Arizona was the first victim of reprisal after the 9/11 attacks. Kaur blames tough economic times and an amplification of hateful speech for incidents like the temple shooting and the momentum behind the anti-Sharia campaign. For Muslims, Sharia - which means "path to the watering hole" in Arabic - is the divine law revealed centuries ago in the Quran that governs all aspects of life. More often than not, it's the most sensational parts of Sharia - like cutting off a thief's hand - that garner the most publicity. U.S. courts bump up against it in cases of divorces, inheritance, child custody, enforcement of money judgments and commercial disputes or tort actions. A trial court in New Jersey, for instance, ruled that a husband, who was Muslim, lacked the criminal intent to commit sexual assault on his wife because Sharia permits a man to have sex with his wife whenever he wants. That's the kind of ruling that fuels anti-Sharia activists. Nashville health-care investor Andrew Miller says there's no room for democracy within Islamic ideology. All you have to do is look to any Islamic state, he says. "If you wanted to pray to a large rock and that was your God, I could care less," he says. "But the minute you want to put a gun to my head and say you will pray to this large rock and your family will or you will pay the price, that's when I see a bully. I see an overbearing ideology that wants to force and coerce people. Miller describes himself as a tolerant person but not when it comes to people dictating how others will live. "That's antithetical to the freedoms that we value, the liberty we value," he says. The message that Islam is evil has been repeated so many times - sometimes directly, sometimes in a more subtle fashion - that it has sunk in as reality in the hearts and minds of many Americans, says Antepli, the Duke chaplain. Part of it is fear of the unknown, he says. "I, too, would have a monstrous image of Islam if I did not know any better." But another part of it is orchestrated, he says, referring to "well-organized and polished" anti-Islam websites that have sprouted in recent years. Marry that with ignorance and the end result is lethal, Antepli says. The Center for American Progress, a liberal research and advocacy organization, published a report last year that attributed the rise of Islamophobia to a "small, tightly-networked group of misinformation experts." The report called "Fear, Inc." lists seven foundations that gave $42.6 million to think tanks to promote anti-Islamic thought. It describes "deeply intertwined individuals and organizations" that "manufacture and exaggerate threats of 'creeping Sharia,' Islamic domination of the West, and purported obligatory calls to violence against all non-Muslims by the Quran." The issue of Sharia, say some Muslims, has become a political hot potato in an election year. GOP candidates Newt Gingrich and Michele Bachmann mentioned Sharia in their campaign speeches. This year's Republican Party platform makes mention of foreign laws: "Subjecting American citizens to foreign laws is inimical to the spirit of the Constitution. It is one reason we oppose U.S. participation in the International Criminal Court. There must be no use of foreign law by U.S. courts in interpreting our Constitution and laws. Nor should foreign sources of law be used in State courts' adjudication of criminal or civil matters." That's the message Miller hopes people will take away from next week's 9/11 meeting; that the tenets of Islam go against the constitution of the United States. It's diametrically opposed to what people like Antepli and Kaur will be saying as America remembers the horror of terrorism. Hateful sentiment, they say, is not the answer. soundoff (2,383 Responses)« Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 Next »
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What a sorry collection of ridiculous, backward bumpkins. Sadly, our country has a very long and colorful history of this kind of hateful, willfully ignorant, xenophobic behavior. Consider that the "true patriots" of 150 years ago were cheerfully persecuting the Irish. Not much has changed.
What does Abdullah Antepli have to say about his Muslim brethren all over the world in numerous countries who are committing atrocities and murder in their attempts to take over their communities? And why should we believe him when he says that would never happen here?
1. Religion is not a race. It is a belief system and being someone challenging it's followers for their actions does not make you a racist. Maybe a bigot depending upon your reasoning.
2. Who cares what your books say. How about focusing on the actions of the individuals and groups who claim some higher being gives them permission to behave in what ever manner.
As someone who travels extensively for business please feel free to hit the countries of the world and draw your own conclusions about where you would choose to raise your children. I would focus on the safety of your daughter who was gay and where she would have most opportunity to live without fear. Not acceptance, because it is not a requirement for you to accept my child, but you have no right for her to feel fear because of whatever your book says.
Mohammad is burning in hell right now for not following Jesus' truth. I haven't been out side the Mecca for three years. It smells like pigs here. Satan Mohammad is expert at spreading his lies to make you follow his lies about God. Read the Quaran and secure yourself a place in His hell.
Amen.
hinduism, absurdity of a hindu, pagan from hindered gutter land india, looking at hindu stinking streets of hindu gutter land india and assuming to be in Mecca,
Keep believing the lies of Satan Mohammad. Heaven will not miss Musalman like you. I still have four toes left but I have lost feeling when I kicked the Mohammad in back. God wants Muslims to join him in paradise and all you have to do is love Him.
What should trouble Muslims the most as well as everyone else is the ridiculously disproportionate number of fundamentalists among them relative to all other religions combined. Muslims should be most concerned with 'cleaning their own house' before being concerned about any other group of people having anti Muslim sentiments. If their 'moderates' would have stood up against the fudamentalists in the first place, anti lslamic sentiments would virtually be a non issue.
tell that to the US government that created those mujahedin terrorists and provided them with weapons and money.which caused the afghans to suffer for more than three decades.
Nothing can be beautiful, in perfection without strict following of fundamental of design, Every one should follow fundamental of truth absolute extremely beautifully, in perfection for a beautiful, perfect results, No human can have problem with following of fundamental but hindu's criminals out to deny other's their right of peace, Islam.
Word Jew is based on Latin word Yahood, Je or Ja, Ye, or Ya, meaning from heart and mind base word for Yes in English, HOOD, habit or habitat, meaning, self centered or a secular, denier of truth absolute, such as King, or Pig, in disregard to truth absolute and Judaism, One who takes a wow to be in violation of truth by his intent, considering himself to be the God, the truth absolute, same as in hindu, denier of truth absolute, word hindu is based on Latin word hindrance, negativity, HAN, great, Hun, to be in greatness and hin, to be negative to both of them, hindu, a noun in negativity, hinduism, way of negativity, as in word Jew, a self centered or a criminal, otherwise known as a goon, a shaman. Judaism is not a religion but in opposition, defiance to truth absolute in self center ism. To learn more, visit http://www.limitisthetruth.com/
Mohammad, cough, piggy boy, you can use your fake handles all day to bash Hindus. I use Mohammad's bones for toothpics. It won't save you from having your own personal worm to feed on your fat drippings for all eternity.
@saywaaat
Your belief that the US created the mujahideen is not correct. The government of Pakistan created the current world wide group of Islamic (pick your word) fighters following the loss of East Pakistan, now known as Bangladesh, to India. Having Pakistani Army Officers who had been professionally trained in England, it was easy for them to come to the conclusion that they would counter the much larger Indian army by creating an insurgency. The mujahideen existed before the Soviet Union entered Afghanistan. What the US did was supply the Pakistan Agencies with money and arms to counter the Soviets. Pakistan then in turn supplied those arms and weapons to the same groups that they had previously created within their own borders.
Religion is evil and islam is one of the worst, Keep it out of america
God is an ever-receding pocket of scientific ignorance that's getting smaller and smaller and smaller as time moves on.
I totally agree. Organized religion is and has always been a cancer on this planet. And Islam tops the list as one of the most intolerant, repressive and dangerous cults throughout human history.
Hmmm.... Let's see....let's find the Koran 9:111.....oh this is the part that talks about being a martyr for islam....how interesting...is that what they were....martyrs for Islam...or plain terrorists klilling innocent people.
Depends on the perspective. To them they were martyrs, and to us they were terrorists. Just like in the first few centuries, christians that were killed were seen as martyrs by other christians, and by radical monotheistic (debatable), dangerous weirdos by the rest of rome.
9/11 was an inside job! WTC BUILDINGS FELL AT SIX SECONDS EACH! This is a controlled demonlision FREE FALL WITH NO RESISTANCE. 9/11 was a zionist inside job. Melted metal that was consistent with explosion melting were found in all of the buildings' metal foundations after the collapses. The buildings were also hit by REMOTE-CONTROLLED airplanes from WTC 7. This is also why this building was brought down by controlled demolision. The pentagon was also hit by a drone or missile, and no airplane was found in the PA field. Muslims HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH 9/11. PERIOD. It was the sub-humans who rule this country that did it. The zionists are worse than satan himself!! Hell is their final abode!
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Some of the Glorious Quran's beautiful teachings:
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".....Help ye one another in righteousness and piety, but help ye not one another in sin and rancour: fear God: for God is strict in punishment. (The Noble Quran, 5:2)"
"O ye who believe! stand out firmly for God, as witnesses to fair dealing, and let not the hatred of others to you make you swerve to wrong and depart from justice. Be just: that is next to piety: and fear God. For God is well-acquainted with all that ye do. (The Noble Quran, 5:8)"
"Fight in the cause of God those who fight you, but do not transgress limits; for God loveth not transgressors. (The Noble Quran, 2:190)"
"But if the enemy incline towards peace, do thou (also) incline towards peace, and trust in God: for He is One that heareth and knoweth (all things). (The Noble Quran, 8:61)"
"God does not forbid you from showing kindness and dealing justly with those who have not fought you about religion and have not driven you out of your homes. God loves just dealers. (The Noble Quran, 60:8)"
"Let there be no compulsion in religion: Truth stands out clear from error: whoever rejects evil and believes in Allah hath grasped the most trustworthy handhold, that never breaks. And Allah heareth and knoweth all things. (The Noble Quran, 2:256)"
VISIT: www(dot)answering-christianity(dot)com....
Allah, all praise be unto Him, actually has both male and female genitalia (how could it be otherwise?). Ibrahim knew this and was ashamed of Allah, all praise be unto Him, and began the lie that so many believe today that Allah, all praise be unto Him, is somehow male. Nothing of the sort! Self-copulation, practiced by those truly made in the image of Allah, all praise be unto Him, has always been the right and good practice of all who have been faithful to Him from the beginning. All should pray fervently that the sons of Ibrahim should turn away from Ibrahim's lie and self-copulate to the glory of Allah, all praise be unto Him.
I think every time a journalist writes about Muslims loving me they should have to link a video of an entire city of Muslims, Dearborn Michigan, erupting into spontaneous jubilation after the September 11th attacks.
One punishing a hindu terrorist for his hinduism terrorism against innocent, justified by hindu Judaism, filthy self center ism is not a hindu, terrorist, but a martyer by any standard, If it was not hinduism, terrorism of hindu Jew's, criminal self centered and their hindu terrorist Christians against Muslim's and Islam, 9/11 would not have happen, What goes around, comes around, also known as Karma hindu, ignorant. Visit http://www.limitisthetruth.com/ for more
You believe in the lies of the Mohammad. God does not recognize heathens. Turn to the Holy Bible and hear God's truth. A roach climbed in my nose while I was drinking from the Mohammadian cat dish. If you insist on believing Satan Mohammad's lies you burn in his kitchen, hell.
Amen
Just picked up the Qu'ran I keep laying around for any id10ts who either claim dum8 things in the name of....or against Islam. Nope...that's not what Surah 9:11 says at all. It talks about performing three of the pillars of Islam as a duty to Muslims. Maybe you were referencing a verse before or after that one? Either way, your statement reeks of ignorance
With all the money, power and strength America has I wonder why are the people here so scared of Islam.Every muslim country has been bombed, forcing democracy on them which they don't want. 1% trying to enforce Sharia Law ( which is totally misinterpreted in this report to cause more paranoia).I'd like to see that. Right now all i see is freedom ( meaning women can run around naked and men have no rights) being enforced on muslim countries. Father's marrying thier daughters to men is a grave sin( Oh godforbid that happens in America), but your daughter dancing naked in clubs is a blessing I guess and thats freedom. The family unit in America no longer exists, thats what destroys a society, not imaginary sharia law.
When the daughter is dancing naked, it's her choice. That's how freedom works. Without choice, there's no freedom.
A hindu criminal has faith in no one and always accusing others to deflect attention from their hinduism criminality, Way of hindu Jew's, criminal self centered, secular s and their hindu gentile, terrorist slave Christians. For more visit http://www.limitisthetruth.com/
@hinduism source
you need to humble yourself in the face of God. You prideful muslims will not listen to the Truth, the Holy Bible. I don't really noice the stench of Mohammadian cat pee anymore. Take your walk with Jesus and discover God's love for us all.
Vote Republican and "Take Back" the Holy Lands for the Christians
1st Holy land to be reclaimed United states of America. Romney / Ryan 2012
And people wonder what the harm in religion is. They just need to look at you two. I'm wondering, what denomination of christian do you want to "take back" something that wasn't "christian" to begin with?
hnduism absurdity of hindu gentiles, ignorant slaves of hindu Jew's, terrorist self centered, secular s, First they deny truth absolute God, foundation of American consti tution and than accepted truth absolute God not by their mind and heart, but for a hindu self serving reason, Turned around and declared Jerusalem capital of hindu Jew's terrorist self centered, secular's, deniers of truth absolute people. Way of hindu Pharisees, criminal goons to hind fool humanity.
Hindu Mithra ism, pagan savior ism labeled as Christianity is an off shoot of hinduism, denial of truth absolute by hinduism, corruption of truth absolute by hindu Pharisee's, criminal self centered and promoted with sword by hindu criminal king's and their hindu pagan Magi' fortune teller Prophets to make humanity their gentile, slave, A hinduism, crime against humanity and truth absolute.
Nazi racist ideology has its roots in hindu, pagan Egypt, ancestral home land of Saxons, meaning tied to or forged with essence, meanings god's, subcontinent never was part of hindu denial of truth absolute but hinduism, racism was imposed by force by hindu's, criminals of Egypt and Persia on nomadic population of subcontinent by declaring themselves to be god's, while native's of Europe were slaughtered to extinction by hindu Gaul's, criminal self centered after they were defeated as hindu, deniers of truth abolute Pharaoh's by the king's of Sudan. Letter X, Hinduism, forgery of word, tied to or forged with. hindu criminal sign of swastika is formed by joining of upright hindu criminal Pharaoh's pyramid and up side down on same axis, invisible pyramid of his hindu pagan Priest, crossing point of both pyramid's creates Swastika above burial chamber of hindu, pagan, self centered Pharaoh. Envisioned by hindu, pagan Zoroaster, preached by hindu, criminal Plato and displayed in Physical form by hindu sanatan, filthy goon Pythagoras. Presence of hinduism, racism is less than 3000 thousand years old in sub continent , not as hindu's, deniers of truth absolute hind, lie of 6000 years in their Hinduism, absurdity. hindu filthy sign of hinduism, pagan ism labeled as Star of David by hindu Jew's, pagan secular s has nothing to do with Israelite but top view of meeting of two hindu, fabricated pyramid to illustrate god hood of two hindu, criminal person's.
Word Jew is based on Latin word Yahood, Je or Ja, Ye, or Ya, meaning from heart and mind base word for Yes in English, HOOD, habit or habitat, meaning, self centered or a secular, denier of truth absolute, such as King, or Pig, in disregard to truth absolute and Judaism, One who takes a wow to be in violation of truth by his intent, considering himself to be the God, the truth absolute, same as in hindu, denier of truth absolute, word hindu is based on Latin word hindrance, negativity, HAN, great, Hun, to be in greatness and hin, to be negative to both of them, hindu, a noun in negativity, hinduism, way of negativity, as in word Jew, a self centered or a criminal, otherwise known as a goon, a shaman. Judaism is not a religion but in opposition, defiance to truth absolute in self center ism. To learn more, visit http://www.limitisthetruth.com/
You really need to double up on those pills, bud.
If you insist on following the lies of the Mohammad, God has an oppointed for you in Satan's kitchen, hell, which is hot. I would use the toilet papers if I could find it in Mecca, but Sharia calls it un-Islamic . I come on these blogs to remind you Muslims and non-believers of Jesus' love for you.
When did you arrive on earth again?
You know,,,these comments just PROVE how arrogant, racist, and uneducated the Americans are...
Too Bad, US, you are a loser culture.. can't even follow your own laws, and you want to "rule" everyone else’s ???
Loser Boys,, big cry babies
Why don't you take a look at yourself, your just as ignorant as everyone else.
9/11 was an inside job! WTC BUILDINGS FELL AT SIX SECONDS EACH! This is a controlled demonlision FREE FALL WITH NO RESISTANCE. 9/11 was a zionist inside job. Melted metal that was consistent with explosion melting were found in all of the buildings' metal foundations after the collapses. The buildings were also hit by REMOTE-CONTROLLED airplanes from WTC 7. This is also why this building was brought down by controlled demolision. The pentagon was also hit by a drone or missile, and no airplane was found in the PA field. Muslims HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH 9/11. PERIOD. It was the sub-humans who rule this country that did it. The zionists are worse than satan himself!! Hell is their final abode!
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Some of the Glorious Quran's beautiful teachings:
*************************************************************
".....Help ye one another in righteousness and piety, but help ye not one another in sin and rancour: fear God: for God is strict in punishment. (The Noble Quran, 5:2)"
"O ye who believe! stand out firmly for God, as witnesses to fair dealing, and let not the hatred of others to you make you swerve to wrong and depart from justice. Be just: that is next to piety: and fear God. For God is well-acquainted with all that ye do. (The Noble Quran, 5:8)"
"Fight in the cause of God those who fight you, but do not transgress limits; for God loveth not transgressors. (The Noble Quran, 2:190)"
"But if the enemy incline towards peace, do thou (also) incline towards peace, and trust in God: for He is One that heareth and knoweth (all things). (The Noble Quran, 8:61)"
"God does not forbid you from showing kindness and dealing justly with those who have not fought you about religion and have not driven you out of your homes. God loves just dealers. (The Noble Quran, 60:8)"
"Let there be no compulsion in religion: Truth stands out clear from error: whoever rejects evil and believes in Allah hath grasped the most trustworthy handhold, that never breaks. And Allah heareth and knoweth all things. (The Noble Quran, 2:256)"
VISIT: www(dot)answering-christianity(dot)com...
Stop posting trash. I can sit here and spout jibberish all day long, but just because you can quote a holy book or point fingers at someone in power without backlash, does not mean you should. Just because it is your right to be an idiot, doesn't mean you have to be.
Tom tom just in case you don't have time to view Wikipedia here is the section:
Ancient J@pan
Emperor Hirohito was the last divine Emperor of J@pan
In ancient J@pan, it was customary for every clan to claim descendancy from gods (ujigami), and the royal family or clan tended to define their ancestor as the dominant, or most important kami of the time. Later in history, this was considered common practice by noble families, and the head members of the family, including that of the imperial family, were not seen to be divine. It was not until the Meiji period, that the J@panese Emperor began to be venerated under a system of State Shinto, along with a growing sense of nationalism.
Arahitogami – the concept of a god who is a human being applied to Emperor Hirohito, up until the end of World War II.
Ningen-sengen, the declaration with which Emperor Hirohito, on New Year's Day 1946, (formally) declined claims of divinity, keeping with traditional family values as expressed in the Shinto religion.
If you live in the United States of America you live by our laws,no one else's....afraid of being overrun by muslims, yes . They can learn about our laws but they can NOT preside in any capacity in our government......
Do you mean their laws or them as individuals?
You should definitely check "our laws" because last time I checked I don't see CANNOT BE A MUSLIM as a government job requirement. Plus how can less than 1% overrun the US its a demcoracy based on voting. If your so afraid move to another country. FREEDOM OF RELIGON = LAW
*RELIGION
Prayer changes things.
what exactly does prayer do?? Prayer is a complete waste of time, you should do something instead of wishing for it.
Google Neil deGrasse Tyson, try to learn something about the world we live in, your baby jesus dosent actually exist.
You are obviously a brainwashed loon.
@patrick...
You could not be more wrong and no serious student of antiquities denies the existence of Jesus.
You pray to a God who's face and name has changed a dozen times in the last few millennium. I am not an atheist, but just shouting that prayer can change things and denouncing atheism is the most pointless argument ever. The only reason why Judaism, Christianity, or Islam have survived this long was because they were religions that back in the day brainwashed people into worship, and gave power to mosques, temples, and churches, and those that ran them.
The only thing prayer changes is the time that is wasted doing it. If this god had not allowed whatever it is that happens to you there would be no need for prayer. How come this god of yours gets credit for all of the wins and none of the losses?
Republicans "own" America, it's their country,,,and they should rule ALL people, because they "deserve it" ,,,
that's what they said, anyway
Sounds like a win / win scenario. Excellent. Romney / Ryan 2012
Romney and Ryan joined at the anus by a steam-powered pearl-encrusted double penetration dildo. Feel the love Republicans.
Tom Tom, to get you started in examining the belief of the J@panese emperor as god.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_cult have a look at this Wikipedia page and check out the info on J@pan.
Remember that today talking about the emperor and his divinity especially expressing open doubt of it, has gotten people killed in J@pan. Hence most J@panese publishers omit controversial topics such as this from their books.
"killed" ???? Really? and your sources are?
but, to stay on topic here :::::
Being Black or Mexican in America has definitely gotten people killed,,,maybe they should change, huh?
Yeah, and blacks and Mexicans have killed lots of people also.
Read about the politician that was killed on his way to his home in Fukuoka. Yes really you can be killed for questioning the divinity of the emperor openly. And it has happened.
The extreme right wingers in J@pan and many of the general populace hold this belief as well as their divine blood line as being true. They do not openly discuss it, but it is still a part of the culture.
I lived there and I have seen it first hand.
better check your tunnel vision there, Scott
Many claims against what is clearly a part of the culture in J@pan. I do not see a logical reason for the denial.
The belief does still exist. And people have murdered in the name of that belief.
orange wedge why do you accuse me of tunnel vision?
Orangewedge your comment was nonsensical. Perhaps you need to reread my original post you may not have understood the context.
Muslims have killed thousands of Christian worldwide and the fact that people do not trust them as a result is the real issue? Pathetic article.
and the Crusaders never hurt anyone because they have God On Their Side
ww1,ww2,vietnam,korea,100 year war,krimean war.enslaving millions of africans and killing millions.colonizing and stealing whole continents,killing tens of millions of natives of americas and australia,etc etc looks like that you are no fan of history ,because if you were you knew that judeo christians have been causing far more death and destruction that any other religion.them moslems are far far behind you.you should be proud of that buddy.
saywaaat WW1, 2 etc,. , were not fought in the name of Christianity. Speaking of history, you clearly do not understand it at all. Islam was spread at the point of a sword and in doing so killed a larger percentage of the world's population than any war fought in the name of Christianity. Quit making excuses for your religion.
Why did the apostles deny jesus? These men walked with the god-man for 3 full years and witnessed over 1,000 miracles including walking on water, calming the elements by command, and raising the dead. However, the very first time they are threatened with arrest, every one of them says "I never knew the guy!" This event never happened or it happened but the apostles never saw any true miracles. My point is you could not hand-pick 12 cowards who would all abandon a man after seeing a single resurection of the dead or watching you walk on water even once. If yu ask a preacher he'll say, "You don't know how scared you'd be!" Answer the fool with, "And you don't know how brave I'd be!" 18 year old soldiers have died many times for honor. They never saw any living god amongst them, but they didn't run. They stayed and died. Therefore we can know that this integral part of the gospel lie is untruth.
That's all just fiction Roycie girl. How come your goddy can't do any miracles today that can credibly be shown to be his?
Because he doesn't exist.
PAUL-CHILD.........read the comment before you post........you are being laughed at by people who read more than the first sentence. You are a low intellect fool and the type of fool who rushes to judgement without even reading completely. You give atheist a bad name dummy.
500 eyewitnesses to Jesus' resurrections ... who did not recant even when persecuted and martyred. If you or I knew we were lying ... neither of us would be willing to be martyred for the lie that we had been telling.
If I believed in the 500 witnesses I would certainly believe that the apostles denied jesus. As a human being you can know this is a lie if you will use your head. Twelve people have not been born to woman that would renounce, betray, deny, abandon, etc. any man whom they just witnesses raise the dead. The apostles may have denied jesus, but my point is that IF they did then they never saw anything close to what we're told. I'm sorry.
9/11 was an inside job! WTC BUILDINGS FELL AT SIX SECONDS EACH! This is a controlled demonlision FREE FALL WITH NO RESISTANCE. 9/11 was a zionist inside job. Melted metal that was consistent with explosion melting were found in all of the buildings' metal foundations after the collapses. The buildings were also hit by REMOTE-CONTROLLED airplanes from WTC 7. This is also why this building was brought down by controlled demolision. The pentagon was also hit by a drone or missile, and no airplane was found in the PA field. Muslims HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH 9/11. PERIOD. It was the sub-humans who rule this country that did it. The zionists are worse than satan himself!! Hell is their final abode!
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Some of the Glorious Quran's beautiful teachings:
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".....Help ye one another in righteousness and piety, but help ye not one another in sin and rancour: fear God: for God is strict in punishment. (The Noble Quran, 5:2)"
"O ye who believe! stand out firmly for God, as witnesses to fair dealing, and let not the hatred of others to you make you swerve to wrong and depart from justice. Be just: that is next to piety: and fear God. For God is well-acquainted with all that ye do. (The Noble Quran, 5:8)"
"Fight in the cause of God those who fight you, but do not transgress limits; for God loveth not transgressors. (The Noble Quran, 2:190)"
"But if the enemy incline towards peace, do thou (also) incline towards peace, and trust in God: for He is One that heareth and knoweth (all things). (The Noble Quran, 8:61)"
"God does not forbid you from showing kindness and dealing justly with those who have not fought you about religion and have not driven you out of your homes. God loves just dealers. (The Noble Quran, 60:8)"
"Let there be no compulsion in religion: Truth stands out clear from error: whoever rejects evil and believes in Allah hath grasped the most trustworthy handhold, that never breaks. And Allah heareth and knoweth all things. (The Noble Quran, 2:256)"
VISIT: www(dot)answering-christianity(dot)com..
What a ridiculous preponderance....such ignorance...that coming from a religion whose "Prophet” was a pedophile (marrying a 6 year old child) and whom was a warlord (having killed many people). Yeah…you would like to be like him….and does it not clearly states in the Koran that it is the duty of all Muslims to convert all non-believers or else treat them as you would treat the Jews and the Christians (low lifes).
9/11 was an inside job! WTC BUILDINGS FELL AT SIX SECONDS EACH! This is a controlled demonlision FREE FALL WITH NO RESISTANCE. 9/11 was a zionist inside job. Melted metal that was consistent with explosion melting were found in all of the buildings' metal foundations after the collapses. The buildings were also hit by REMOTE-CONTROLLED airplanes from WTC 7. This is also why this building was brought down by controlled demolision. The pentagon was also hit by a drone or missile, and no airplane was found in the PA field. Muslims HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH 9/11. PERIOD. It was the sub-humans who rule this country that did it. The zionists are worse than satan himself!! Hell is their final abode!
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Some of the Glorious Quran's beautiful teachings:
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".....Help ye one another in righteousness and piety, but help ye not one another in sin and rancour: fear God: for God is strict in punishment. (The Noble Quran, 5:2)"
"O ye who believe! stand out firmly for God, as witnesses to fair dealing, and let not the hatred of others to you make you swerve to wrong and depart from justice. Be just: that is next to piety: and fear God. For God is well-acquainted with all that ye do. (The Noble Quran, 5:8)"
"Fight in the cause of God those who fight you, but do not transgress limits; for God loveth not transgressors. (The Noble Quran, 2:190)"
"But if the enemy incline towards peace, do thou (also) incline towards peace, and trust in God: for He is One that heareth and knoweth (all things). (The Noble Quran, 8:61)"
"God does not forbid you from showing kindness and dealing justly with those who have not fought you about religion and have not driven you out of your homes. God loves just dealers. (The Noble Quran, 60:8)"
"Let there be no compulsion in religion: Truth stands out clear from error: whoever rejects evil and believes in Allah hath grasped the most trustworthy handhold, that never breaks. And Allah heareth and knoweth all things. (The Noble Quran, 2:256)"
VISIT: www(dot)answering-christianity(dot)com.....