Moslems For Bush

Sometimes I think the surrealists took over the World.

The next time you see a radical-right pundit advance the idiotic and racist "all moslems are Islamofascists" meme, throw this article from the BBC in their faces.

Traditionally, American Muslims have voted Republican because of their emphasis on moral values and a strong belief in God.

Take Seeme Hasan and her husband, for instance. In an interview they confirmed that they remain staunch supporters of President Bush. -

Not only do they get personal birthday wishes from the president, but they are also regular guests at his ranch in Texas.

So strong are their convictions for Bush that they set up Muslims for Bush, a website that encouraged Muslims to vote Bush into office for a second term.

While most Muslims were unhappy with Bush's war in Iraq, Seeme believes that Bush is good for Muslims and unquestioningly supports his actions.

"Personally I wanted to invade Iraq," she tells Salman, "because I think if there is a country that will not allow us into its borders and it has the money and the reasoning to attack the US, then we have to go in."

Salman believes that courage, determination and hard work is where the future lies for Muslim Americans, no matter where their political allegiances lie.

"Unlike some other parts of the world where Muslims seem to see themselves just as victims," he says, "Muslim Americans are fighting for their rights and blending Islam with a modern American identity.

"They don't want to be tolerated in their adopted country, they want to be accepted for what they are, Americans who just happen to be Muslims."

So I have a question. Why does the sane right keep allowing these radical right morons a platform for their barely disguised white-supremacist venom? For the sake of their fellow Republicans who happen to be Moslem, let's see some of them grow a backbone and denounce the "all moslems are Islamofascists" meme and it's perpetrators long and often.