American Muslims and Presidential Elections 2008

Re: # 152 Bravo, Abu bayTa. Well said.

Zeena bibi is a tremendous lady of many talents. As you said, she is a good hard working woman who, I am sure, has a dream for this world (most of us do). Dreams of different people do differ; nothing unusual about that.

But your point in not sucking up to cliques and fraternties on Chowk (or anywhere else for that matter) is worth its weight in gold.

I hope you'd NEVER change :-).

Shukriya viqar bhai..zarra nawazi hay aapki...

Re: # 160

Hamza:

"...an equal opportunity abuser..."

You gave me the first laugh of the day, you can have your first wish of the day.

Anil, r u related to bipasha basu by any chance?

Re: # 164

Hamza sahib:

Darn it... Hamza, you missed it. Now you may have to stand it a very very long line for a very very long line. In the mean time it can be a very good idea, don't you think, to respect women folks.

tahmed writes "attempt to get attention to your otherwise barren posts"

Let me ask your unholy shallowness a simple question. You start by saying that you don't read my posts and end by saying that they are "barren" How in hell do you know that if you don't read them, liar! Then you calim I am insulting in my posts and yet your entire post is insult after insult multiplied. Like I said this snake is a lying hypocrite with the morals of a pig and the intellect of a rat, he might try all kinds of fluff to mask his dirty stench but somehow it always come through pungent and strong....

#166 masadi: That was very good. (applause). Write more often. :-)

masadi: but seriously - are you really so stupid as to think that i had to read your last two posts in order to know that they would be a bunch of abuses, false accusations, lies, hypocrisy? Or do you merely act stupid?

Tauheed, it is better for you not to write if you're doing to write to make a damn fool of yourself...

"These are challenging times for Muslims around the world for more than one reason but from challenges sometimes triumphs can come to fruition as well. Post 9/11 Muslims living in the west were under severe scrutiny. Some of it was probably justified but mostly it was paranoiac & reactionary which in some instances resulted in oppressive & unfair treatment.

But by & large Muslims that follow the law of the land & live in peace are still more prosperous, freer in practicing their religion & enjoy more civil liberties in west than in some so called Muslim countries. If you doubt that than you wouldn’t be able to explain an absence of any mass migration of Muslims from west to their native lands, on the contrary, given the dismal human-rights condition & corruption throughout the Muslim world, immigration to west is still the most attractive & lucrative game in the business. Another fact that is interesting & its something that I have iterated on these same pages before is that every year 20,000 Americans are converting to Islam, most of who are women. So if west was truly threatening to the religion of Islam than I think they should have done something to curb this phenomenon. That’s not to say that everything is hunky dory in Washington. I don't, & 73% Americans don't either so I have a little company."

Absolutely in agreement with the foregoing having experienced the fourth decade of existence in the land of free

"Disagreeing with American foreign policies doesn't really mean that you are against 'us'. That stupid train has thankfully left the station & hopefully it won’t return in Nov. 2008. Please understand that most likely the next president of USA would probably be someone who is not too hot about current American Foreign policy so American Muslims should not be afraid about their discontent & should be vocal about their angst at the American foreign policy."

while remaining optimistic with reference to above, this is where there are some reservations and don't believe that people addressed here should be blindsided because the grass appears greener than it really may be

As anyone should be optimistic & hopeful & so are the core Republicans, there is cause for concern keeping in mind that certain cliques in addition to the AIPAC in USA that are up to a lot more than one can think of, while they are also crafty & creative in manipulating & mutilating the affairs of US & well equipped in concealing the truth to portray themes in the manner they would like the common & quite innocent people of the land to visualize, not to mention they also have a great support from within the media the legislature, executive & the judiciary if not entirely.

It is no hidden matter now that, a lot has gone in the preparations to become attack & invade Afghanistan & then prepare a case & invade Iraq as well as there is a lot in works & happening to strike Iran which is a long term massive plan of those neocon cliques of which the current regime is a sole part of not just a puppet; while at home a lot has been done to prepare for incarcerating masses of people in concentration &/or internment camps, the most favored outfit of Haliburton & it's subsidiary which was previously owned & operated by Lady Johnson (widow of Pres. Johnson) has been busy as they secured an uncontested contract. One would ask what is the legitimate reason for building & renovating of so many prison camps all over USA & why are so many Non-Republicans pointing a finger towards such a project undertaken by the current regime?

One would hate to think of the worst however something is up the sleeves & in works & people should at the least be cautious without panicking since, this is a matter of serious concern & there are too many ideas flying around such preparations.

Since the appearance of this particular issue I personally feel concerned not about myself but about those next generations of ours and their off-springs who are still in infancy or will be born in the future.

I am not sure if the author is aware of such crafty projects that are being worked upon however, in case the esteemed author is not aware I would sincerely recommend a research on his part.

I find myself in agreement with the author for the most part except, the concerns as described, as this is my, my children's and my grand-children's homeland and I feel very proud on the level of Islam held & practiced in this land as compared to other so-called Islamic countries for whom I pray that Allah SWT blesses all of those with appropriate wisdom and vision with true spirits in accordance with the true message of Allah SWT and as conveyed by our beloved Prophet(PBUH) ameen.

JazakAllah