Muslims take to Minn. State Fair to repair image

Muslims take to Minn. State Fair to repair image

FALCON HEIGHTS, Minn. (AP) - Despite the smells of fried dough and roasted meat wafting from the Minnesota State Fair, Salim and Zuleyha Ozonder were focused on the people who were leaving, not the food or festivities beckoning from across the street.

Each time a new wave of people exited, the young Minneapolis residents - who hadn’t eaten all day - tried to press into their hands a small, glossy card that read “Islam Explained” on one side. On the other, it had about 180 words of background on a religion whose adherents fear is being misunderstood by too many Americans as violent and depraved.

“You just want people to take the card, spend a minute reading it and say, ‘Oh. They’re not terrorists,'” said 27-year-old Zuleyha. She and her husband, like other Muslims, were fasting during daylight hours for the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.

For most fairgoers, the last thing on their mind is religion - particularly the renewed controversy over Islam in America amid tension over plans for an Islamic center and mosque a few blocks from New York City’s ground zero. But volunteers with the Minnesota chapter of Islamic Circle of North America saw the mostly white, Christian fair crowd as just the type of audience that might benefit from greater understanding.

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Let me tell you, there is nothing that defines *The Religion of Peace* like a trip to the fair, a few funnels cakes, some deep-fried Hostess Twinkies and some Chicken Fried Bacon!

Yum-Yum… 😈

“What are they doing here?” said Paulette Kahlstorf of Zimmerman, who declined a card from Zuleyha as she left the fairgrounds with her husband. “I didn’t come here for that.”

A minute later, Kahlstorf elaborated that she didn’t have a problem with all Muslims: “Just the radical ones.” And she said she didn’t mind their decision to hand out the cards, which include a toll-free number that anyone can call to request a free copy of the Quran.

“You know, I guess we let all the politicians come out here and schmooze, so we might as well let these folks as well,” said Kahlstorf. “Doesn’t mean I need to listen to them.”

So, Paulette only has a problem with ‘the radical ones’?

Tell me Paulette, how do you determine which ones are the radical ones? They all look pretty peaceful, right up until the time the bomb vest detonates or the AK-47’s come out from under the burqas of their women, and they use those women as human shields in their efforts to kill the infidel.

Oh, and Paulette, ‘the infidel’, that would be us. Just sayin’..

One other thing Paulette, you DO need to listen to them, and pay very close attention to every word they say. Muslims and politicians. They’ll both BS you and try to tell you how wonderful they are.

I have used this analogy before, right now seems like a good time to throw it out there again.

There’s 10,000,000 rattlesnakes in a pit. One of those snakes is a great snake. It likes people, all it really wants to do is curl up with you on the sofa and eat Cheetos while you watch Dancing With the Stars or America’s Got Talent.

Your rattler really likes that Nick Cannon guy. 😛

So, do you wade off into the snake pit with 10 MILLION rattlers that are going to bite you and kill you hoping to find that one good snake?

A poll released last week showed many Americans have the same mixed feelings about the Muslim faith. The nonpartisan Pew Research Center found that most Americans doubt that Islam is likelier than other faiths to encourage violence and believe Muslims should have equal rights to build houses of worship. But more people have an unfavorable than favorable view of Islam by 38 to 30 percent - nearly a reversal of findings on the same poll question in 2005, when 41 percent had favorable views compared with 36 percent unfavorable.

By and large, we have some stupid people here in America. ‘Most Americans doubt that Islam is likelier than other faiths to encourage violence’.

Really? When was the last time the Baptist Church marched carrying signs that said ‘Behead those that insult Christianity’? When was the last time the Methodists had a ‘How to make an IED night’?

Oh, maybe it was the Catholics, ‘St. Ann’s will sponsor a Bingo and Bomb Vest Assembly Night next Tuesday. It’s going to be a blast. Bring the whole family!‘ That’s gotta be it. 😛

The point being, Islam is NOT a religion, it’s an EVIL cult and it’s tenets specifically call for YOU and YOUR family to DIE if YOU don’t submit to Islam.

Let me once again point out what the Quran says in that regard;

�? Do not hanker for peace with the infidels; behead them when you catch them (47:4)
�? The unbelievers are stupid; urge the Muslims to fight them (8:65)
�? Muslims must not take the infidels as friends (3:28)
�? Terrorize and behead those who believe in scriptures other than the Qur’an (8:12)
�? Muslims must muster all weapons to terrorize the infidels (8:60)
�? Slay the unbelievers wherever you find them (2:191)
�? Make war on the infidels living in your neighborhood (9:123)
�? When opportunity arises, kill the infidels wherever you catch them (9:5)
�? Kill the Jews and the Christians if they do not convert to Islam or refuse to pay Jizya tax (9:29)
�? Any religion other than Islam is not acceptable (3:85)
�? The Jews and the Christians are perverts; fight them (9:30)
�? Maim and crucify the infidels if they criticize Islam. (5:33)
�? The infidels are unclean; do not let them into a mosque (9:28)
�? Punish the unbelievers with garments of fire, hooked iron rods, boiling water; melt their skin and bellies (22:19)
�? Do not hanker for peace with the infidels; behead them when you catch them (47:4)
�? The unbelievers are stupid; urge the Muslims to fight them (8:65)
�? Muslims must not take the infidels as friends (3:28)
�? Terrorize and behead those who believe in scriptures other than the Qur’an (8:12)
�? Muslims must muster all weapons to terrorize the infidels (8:60)

Nothing says love and peace like the above passages.

“More than one person said to me, ‘You look normal,'” Salim Ozonder said. “So if we can even break down a few misconceptions, that is great. Too many people in this debate are no longer interested in a middle ground.”

That’s the thing, they DO look normal, if there truly is a normal look in America.

There is NO misconception regarding Islam. There is no such thing as a moderate Muslim.

Moderate is not a word they use unless they are attempting to convert someone to Islam. That conversion is their only intent. They speak of the *Religion of Peace* and hide the EVIL that IS Islam, and attempt to brainwash as many weak-minded infidels as they possibly can into following their evil cult.

Handing out cards at the State Fair? Next thing you know they’ll be in the neighborhoods, in a foot race with the Jehovah’s Witnesses to see who can get to your door first.