President Bush, in his State of the Union address a few weeks ago, continued to push the false notion that lslam is a peaceful, tolerant religion. He said, "Let the skeptics look to Islam's own rich history with its centuries of learning and tolerance and progress." Earlier Bush said, "The Islam that we know is a faith devoted to the worship of one god, as revealed in the Holy Koran. It teaches the value and importance of charity, mercy and peace." While visiting a Mosque, Bush said, "Islam is peace." We must conclude that either Bush is totally ignorant about the Islamic religion, or he is purposely trying to deceive the American people in an effort to avoid offending the Muslim religion. The Muslim religion has been a bloody, murderous religion since its inception. Mohammed built the Islamic faith on violence, deceit, and terror. In spite of Bush's claims the Koran is anything but "holy." In fact, it is among the most unholy books ever written. It openly and repeatedly calls for and encourages terrorism and plunder. Christians and Jews are specifically targeted for discrimination in the Koran. Only communism rivals Islam in total number of people persecuted and killed. Yet President Bush is not the only professing Christian who has such a mistaken and misguided impression of the Islamic religion. In churches across the country, pastors and Christian leaders continue to repeat opinions similar to those of the President. It is incredible that a religion that, for some fifteen centuries, has been the chief persecutor of the Christian faith should now suddenly receive such acclaim! America seems absolutely beside herself with not offending Islam! It appears that, from a public relations perspective, the attack against the United States on September 11 was the best thing Muslims could have done to promote Islam within the U.S. - Trumpet Editor

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