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 NEWSLINE 3-3-09 TO
3-34-09.....
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2. My
Muslim President?
My
Muslim President Obama
By:
Asma Gull Hasan, 02.25.09,
12:00 AM EST
Why members of the Islamic faith see him
as one of the flock.
I know President Obama is not Muslim, but
I am tempted nevertheless to think that he is, as are most Muslims I
know. In a very unscientific oral poll, ranging from family members
to Muslim acquaintances, many of us feel, just as African-Americans
did for the non-black but culturally leaning African-American
President Bill Clinton, that we have our first American Muslim
president in Barack Hussein Obama.
I know it's odd to say this. At first, I
thought I was the only Muslim engaging in this folly, and I am
reluctant to express it lest right-wing zealots try to use "Muslim"
as a smear and cite my theory as proof of an Islamic traitor in the
White House or some such nonsense. But, since Election Day, I have
been part of more and more conversations with Muslims in which it
was either offhandedly agreed that Obama is Muslim or
enthusiastically blurted out. In commenting on our new president, "I
have to support my fellow Muslim brother," would slip out of my
mouth before I had a chance to think twice.
"Well, I know he's not really Muslim," I
would quickly add. But if the person I was talking to was Muslim,
they would say, "yes he is." They would cite his open nature and
habit of reaching out to critics, reminiscent of the Prophet
Muhammad's own approach, and also Obama's middle name, Hussein. Most
of the Muslims I know (me included) can't seem to accept that Obama
is not Muslim.
Of the few Muslims I polled who said that
Obama is not Muslim, even they conceded that he had ties to Islam.
These realists said that, although not an avowed and practicing
Muslim, Obama's exposure to Islam at a young age (both through his
father and his stint in Indonesia) has given him a Muslim
sensibility. In my book, that makes you a Muslim--maybe not a
card-carrying one, but part of the flock for sure. One realist
Muslim ventured that Obama worships at a Unitarian Church because it
represents the middle ground between Christianity and Islam,
incorporating the religious beliefs of the two faiths Obama feels
connected to. Unitarianism could be Obama's way of still being a
Muslim. (And let's not forget that the church Obama worshiped at for
so many years had a minister who reminds most Muslims of their own
raving, excitable ministers. Even if Obama really is Christian, he
picked the most Muslim-esque minister out of the bunch to guide
him.)
The rationalistic, Western side of me
knows that Obama has denied being Muslim, that his father was
non-practicing, that he doesn't attend a mosque. Many Muslims simply
say back, "my father's not a strict Muslim either, and I haven't
been to a mosque in years." Obama even told The New York Times he
could recite the adhan, the Islamic call to prayer, which the vast
majority of Muslims, I would guess, do not know well enough to
recite.
I think many of us Muslims see Obama as
Muslim, or at least of Muslim heritage, because his background
epitomizes one of the major Muslim experiences--a diverse upbringing
that eludes any easy classification as specifically one religion or
one culture. So many of us Muslims around the world have Islam in
common, but an altogether different culture from one another. Many
Muslims share a culture with a Christian, Hindu or Buddhist
community but not the same religion. When faced with such diversity,
there are no hard and fast rules for Muslim identity.
The Qur'an speaks often of the umma, or
the worldwide community of Muslims. In the early days of Islam, the
Prophet Muhammad led the small umma. Every decision, every effort,
everything was for the umma--people who were often unrelated by
blood but had become related by choice as Muslims. In those early
days, many Muslims had gone against the wishes of their own families
in converting to Islam, pitting brother against sister, father
against child. Perhaps that's why the concept of umma became so dear
and is still echoed today--in my opinion, echoed more than that
Western favorite jihad--in Muslim homes, whether those homes are in
the United States or in Palestine. [Editor's note:
See Jeremiah 16:14-16]
3. "A History of Sunday" by CBS
News
A History Of Sunday
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/01/30/sunday/main4764503.shtml
CBS
News Online
4. PASSOVER BEGINS AT SUNDOWN ON APRIL 8TH,
2009
BARUCH HASHEM! (Praise YHWH) PASSOVER IS
JUST TWO WEEKS AWAY!! May all who partake of YHWH's Table
receive the peace of God which surpasses all understanding in
Messiah Yeshua. May this truly be the last Passover in the
Galut--and may YHWH grant that next year we will all be celebrating
in Jerusalem!
5. RUSSIA CALLS FOR NEW "ONE
WORLD CURRENCY"
"At G20, Kremlin to Pitch New
Currency
17
March 2009By Ira Iosebashvili / The Moscow
TimesThe Kremlin published its priorities Monday for an
upcoming meeting of the G20, calling for the creation of a
supranational reserve currency to be issued by international
institutions as part of a reform of the global financial
system." For more see:
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/article/600/42/375364.htm
6. CHINA CALLS FOR NEW "ONE
WORLD CURRENCY"
"China calls for new reserve
currency
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