Pat Robertson: Islam isn’t a religion; treat Muslims like fascists

[LuckyTheDog]

Conservative commentators are ratcheting up anti-Muslim rhetoric in the wake of last week's Fort Hood massacre, with televangelist Pat Robertson leading the way with a declaration that Islam is "not a religion," but a "political system" bent on destroying all the world's governments.

In a commentary on his show, The 700 Club, Robertson noted that the alleged shooter in the Fort Hood massacre, Nidal Malik Hasan, had come to the attention of authorities prior to the rampage by emailing a radical cleric and trying to contact Al Qaeda.

"Nobody wanted to go after him because of political correctness," Robertson said on Monday. "We just don't talk about somebody's quote 'religion,' even if the religion involved beheading infidels and pouring boiling oil down their throats."

http://rawstory.com/2009/11/robertson-islam-not-religion/

[rd_kent]

1. Do you think he recognizes his hypocrisy?

Or is he truly oblivious to it?

[madrchsod]

5. yes he has`t a clue....by the way

he does`t like the jewish religion either.

[anonymous171]

2. Ohhh the irony. nt

[polichick]

3. Says the ultimate Christo-fascist. nt

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

4. So Robertson wants Muslim treated like he is? Oh, the irony.

[Deja Q]

6. Christianity has a lot to say about the greedy and usury too...

Pat(sy), why not look at our own religion while bashing others?

http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=patsy

[LaPera]

7. Pot calling the kettle....No organization is as fascist as the republican party

which the right-wing huckster Robertson is a member of the republican party and who he represented when he ran for president....Robertson is the consummate fascist!

[closeupready]

8. Does he have dementia?

??

[NoQuarter]

10. Yes.

[FiveGoodMen]

11. Worse. He has an audience.

[imdjh]

9. Well, he is correct.

Religion is a design for government, it's an ancient form of government or tool of government depending upon how you would like to look at it. The difference is that there is one country which is a country specifically for Jews, but which is not a theocracy. There are several countries which are officially Christian, but also not theocracies. There are many countries which are Christian cultures, but officially secular. There is one country which tries to be secular while being officially Islamic. There are a couple of Islamic countries with arguably secular governments. There are a couple of countries with dual governmental systems. And then there are the "Islamic Republic" type places.

So it's rather hard to argue that Islam is not a political system.

[closeupready]

12. OMG, I can not believe you are helping to legitimize his message.

If he says, "the sun will rise in the east tomorrow, right after Massachusetts is destroyed because of its support of gay marriage", would you post a response here that "he is correct"?

Shame on you. :mad:

[sinkingfeeling]

13. Yeah, and the same thing can be said about yours, Pat. How 'christian' is it to drop

cluster bombs and depleted uranium on innocent people? How 'christian' is it to fly people to torture camps?

[LuckyTheDog]

14. Man, oh, man

You have a LOT to learn about the history of "Christendom."

[Initech]

15. Guess it takes one to know one, eh Pat?

[Canuckistanian]

16. "Hello, Kettle? Pot on line 2..."

These people make me sick