Comments on: Vote for Me! http://muslimmatters.org/2008/01/10/vote-for-me/ Discourses in the Intellectual Traditions, Political Situation, and Social Ethics of Muslim Life Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:58:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Abdullah http://muslimmatters.org/2008/01/10/vote-for-me/#comment-42198 Abdullah Mon, 27 Apr 2009 15:32:14 +0000 http://muslimmatters.org/2008/01/10/vote-for-me/#comment-42198 It started as a serious article but half way through I realised it was a joke... funnnnnnnnnyyyy lol It started as a serious article but half way through I realised it was a joke… funnnnnnnnnyyyy lol

]]> By: Open Thread Sunday 10/12/09 | MuslimMatters.org http://muslimmatters.org/2008/01/10/vote-for-me/#comment-28304 Open Thread Sunday 10/12/09 | MuslimMatters.org Sun, 12 Oct 2008 15:32:15 +0000 http://muslimmatters.org/2008/01/10/vote-for-me/#comment-28304 [...] Vote for Me!  [...] [...] Vote for Me!  [...]

]]> By: muslimmatters.org » Super Tuesday: Why Obama? http://muslimmatters.org/2008/01/10/vote-for-me/#comment-13205 muslimmatters.org » Super Tuesday: Why Obama? Tue, 05 Feb 2008 01:17:36 +0000 http://muslimmatters.org/2008/01/10/vote-for-me/#comment-13205 [...] I would have taken Dr. Ron Paul any day over any of the current candidates (with the exception of Musa Maguire), but only IF he could be elected. And yes, we can continue to be in a state of denial and believe [...] [...] I would have taken Dr. Ron Paul any day over any of the current candidates (with the exception of Musa Maguire), but only IF he could be elected. And yes, we can continue to be in a state of denial and believe [...]

]]> By: momorsi http://muslimmatters.org/2008/01/10/vote-for-me/#comment-12438 momorsi Tue, 15 Jan 2008 20:51:13 +0000 http://muslimmatters.org/2008/01/10/vote-for-me/#comment-12438 salam alikm now that was so long ..lol .. and wat u been saying about egypt man .. .. the lebanise textile one was good ;) keep it up salam alikm

now that was so long ..lol .. and wat u been saying about egypt man .. .. the lebanise textile one was good ;) keep it up

]]> By: Siraaj http://muslimmatters.org/2008/01/10/vote-for-me/#comment-12409 Siraaj Mon, 14 Jan 2008 06:57:20 +0000 http://muslimmatters.org/2008/01/10/vote-for-me/#comment-12409 SGI, You're conflating Muslim aversion to the government with Muslim aversion to America as a whole. And when I say the government, I mean the people in office making the decisions. Muslims are guilty of the same mistake as well. Siraaj SGI,

You’re conflating Muslim aversion to the government with Muslim aversion to America as a whole. And when I say the government, I mean the people in office making the decisions.

Muslims are guilty of the same mistake as well.

Siraaj

]]> By: Musa Maguire http://muslimmatters.org/2008/01/10/vote-for-me/#comment-12407 Musa Maguire Mon, 14 Jan 2008 05:19:10 +0000 http://muslimmatters.org/2008/01/10/vote-for-me/#comment-12407 Wow, maybe I should colonize Egypt too... "Al qiyaadah, wal 'uboor, lil mustaqbal"....or maybe just "batal al harb was salaam." That sounds nice. Wow, maybe I should colonize Egypt too… “Al qiyaadah, wal ‘uboor, lil mustaqbal”….or maybe just “batal al harb was salaam.” That sounds nice.

]]> By: osama fadel http://muslimmatters.org/2008/01/10/vote-for-me/#comment-12393 osama fadel Sun, 13 Jan 2008 20:23:25 +0000 http://muslimmatters.org/2008/01/10/vote-for-me/#comment-12393 my vote will not avail you, but anyway it is yours ya basha my vote will not avail you, but anyway it is yours ya basha

]]> By: inexplicabletimelessness http://muslimmatters.org/2008/01/10/vote-for-me/#comment-12386 inexplicabletimelessness Sun, 13 Jan 2008 16:06:06 +0000 http://muslimmatters.org/2008/01/10/vote-for-me/#comment-12386 Peace sgi, Nice to know you want to talk. As a Muslim youth who was born and raised in the US, I feel there are many benefits and great things about this country. I wouldn't have worked the polls for our local elections in November if I didn't. ;) No nation is perfect however and I feel that today our government is not following the constitution enough and looking out for the rights of citizens enough. But doesn't it make me more patriotic to point out my country's shortcomings so we can fix them? It is when one party, one group or one person has hegemony over the citizens that our country fails to be the one intended by the founders: for and by the citizens. Peace sgi,

Nice to know you want to talk. As a Muslim youth who was born and raised in the US, I feel there are many benefits and great things about this country. I wouldn’t have worked the polls for our local elections in November if I didn’t. ;) No nation is perfect however and I feel that today our government is not following the constitution enough and looking out for the rights of citizens enough. But doesn’t it make me more patriotic to point out my country’s shortcomings so we can fix them? It is when one party, one group or one person has hegemony over the citizens that our country fails to be the one intended by the founders: for and by the citizens.

]]> By: Musa Maguire http://muslimmatters.org/2008/01/10/vote-for-me/#comment-12382 Musa Maguire Sun, 13 Jan 2008 14:42:08 +0000 http://muslimmatters.org/2008/01/10/vote-for-me/#comment-12382 sgi, I don't think you're reading this post in the right spirit. Most of it is criticizing Muslim countries, not America, and for the record, I am no less American than anyone else because i am Muslim. If you look at some of the other posts on this site, that should become clear. Perhaps the most cynical parts of this post were my comments on Israel (though I'd say I let them off a little easy given that I promised to colonize Iraq and invade Saudi Arabia). I assure you that it is possible to be pro-American and anti-Israel. That said, I am neither. I prefer to forego the idolatry of nationalism and recognize the complexity of good and evil, virtue and vice, in every society. I don't think anyone here would mind having reasonable dialogue with you. sgi,

I don’t think you’re reading this post in the right spirit. Most of it is criticizing Muslim countries, not America, and for the record, I am no less American than anyone else because i am Muslim. If you look at some of the other posts on this site, that should become clear.

Perhaps the most cynical parts of this post were my comments on Israel (though I’d say I let them off a little easy given that I promised to colonize Iraq and invade Saudi Arabia). I assure you that it is possible to be pro-American and anti-Israel. That said, I am neither. I prefer to forego the idolatry of nationalism and recognize the complexity of good and evil, virtue and vice, in every society.

I don’t think anyone here would mind having reasonable dialogue with you.

]]> By: Ahmad AlFarsi http://muslimmatters.org/2008/01/10/vote-for-me/#comment-12374 Ahmad AlFarsi Sun, 13 Jan 2008 07:00:37 +0000 http://muslimmatters.org/2008/01/10/vote-for-me/#comment-12374 <blockquote>I would rather eat glass than vote for a muslim…</blockquote> This speaks volumes really...

I would rather eat glass than vote for a muslim…

This speaks volumes really…

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