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Rudy is dangerous, he cannot be allowed to become President. We cannot blame Islam for these things. There are radicals within the religion, but we can't blame all Islam followers. This is unfair, stupid, and dangerous.

Watch the movie "The Siege" with Denzel Washington. The type of retaliation is probably close to what Rudy would do.

Guilani and Amadou Diallo are two names that should always be associated. Remember Amadou Diallo? He was a LEGAL immigrant shot 41 times by Rudy's cops in his vestibule in the dark only because he held his wallet WITH ID. Guilani vigorously defended the shooting. BTW, Diallo was a Muslim. Quite an American story. If Diallo was 'fighting rather than just surrendering to those cops, at least he would have died with some dignity'- and that's where radicalism comes from.

Trekks Kansas,I wouldn't call Kansas a place where you'd find solid footing on earth.Didn't your state try to brainwash all of it's public school kids?Wasn't that embarrassing enough?We need to focus on defeating theocracy.That is the reason we oppose Iran.The principle of democracy over theocracy is the guiding moral principle at work here.Bush and the republicans lost sight of this and promoted theocracy here instead of opposing it everywhere else.That is precisely why the republicans are such hated anti-americans.Their blind faith in the supernatural tricked them into a holy conflict that undermines the mission at hand.The longer you drive down the wrong road,the longer it will take to go back and find your way.Attack theocracy,not democracy,and the whole world will follow.Promote theocracy,attack democracy and only the jihadists will follow.These radical islamists love Bush,just like bush loves ahmedinejad.The production of whackos is in full swing until we condemn our theocrats and effectively cut off the islamists' recruiting ability.If you intend to practice a religion,it's in your best interest to protect it from the state.Just ask your leader how he'd feel about the government scripting his/her sermons.

National secruity > freedom of religion

There are too many evangelical churches in this country....

Republicans are always covering their dirty tracks...They can't help it...It's just the way they are...

Lawanda in MO... What are you talking about? Maybe this country should start reporting in the news everday about the abuses that go on here. There have been many Female presidents / prime minister in Muslim Countries. We currentyl have Benazir Bhutto in Pakistan talking about being in office again and not one mention of weather her being a female has anything to do with it. We are here in the US and I can still see news stories about weahter or not America is ready to have a women as a president. Give me a break. Yeah you have some backwards thinking in some backwoods are. I might be wrong, but wasn't it in Kansas City your home town where last year some guy set fire to his wife because she left him?

Yes let us all be open-minded about Islam. Islam is not tolerant of other religions, kill a Christian go to heaven. Women are second class citizens; I have been there and experienced it first hand. If you haven't, don't preach. Islam opposes Western values and captialsm. Look at the recent issues experienced in London and Paris. No knee jerk reactions; everyone should reseach Islam. To my fellow feminists, in an Islamic country, we wouldn't be able to voice an opinion.

"Do you!? It's pretty obvious who wants to destroy us. HELLO! ISLAM!! Wake up man.
Posted By Bloodstripe, Texas : September 20, 2007 9:51 pm

Wow, someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning. First off, you're intelligence and understanding of foreign affairs is mind bending, I'm guessing you went to an Ivy League school, am I right? All kidding aside, statements like this just fuel ignorance, hatred and bigotry. You realize that just like Christianity and Judaism, there are different sects right? And not all want to harm the US, if I recall correctly 9/11 was perpetrated by a group of radical TERRORISTS, fifteen of whom were from Saudi Arabia, another two from the United Arab Emirates, one from Egypt and one from Lebanon. Yet we invade Iraq and Afghanistan and single out Muslims as conspirators and terrorists just because. I think I've rambled on quite long enough... Islam is NOT the enemy...

Wasn't it this kind of "thinking" that led to the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War Two?

How does Rudy know what someone else meant to say. We heard what he said, not what Rudy interpreted he said. Maybe we need to check some christian churches to see if radicals are speaking in them.

He said there are too many mosques[Islamic houses of worship]we have to spy on them. We can not trust them.
That's what Republican Congressman Peter King meant and you know that's what he meant Mr. Giuliani, and not the spin you and he are trying to put on it.

I don't see a big problem with Peter King's remarks (I have not studied his beliefs or record so I can only analyze his statement here). I focused on the part after the comma - “there's too many people who are sympathetic to radical Islam." He may have been using the words mosque and people interchangeably - not smart but it happens when generalizations are not carefully formulated. I don't care about law enforcement infiltrating Muslims because most of us are peaceful, law-abiding citizens. I will be worried when our innocent words and actions are twisted to serve an aggressive, bigoted agenda to hunt down and persecute Muslims; unfortunately, that has been the case sometimes. If they infiltrate us and find radicals planning to blow something up, then that's well and good - if we can't clean our own house, then someone else will do it for us.

Mr. King,

Which mosque did Timothy McVeigh attend?

There are many religiious extremists right here on our shores, and they are not Muslims!!

If Rudy gets the Republican ticket, hopefully the Democrats will point out his racism and his siding with racists like Peter King. There's no excuse for being a racist. If its not racism, then it is at least a threat against religious freedom. If the Republicans don't like religious freedom, then they're in the wrong country.

To Angela of Alexandria, VA:

America did NOT invade Iraq for "no apparent reason".

Saddam Hussein broke the treaty that ended the Gulf War of 1991 as follows:

(1) Broke 17 United Nations Resolutions over 12 years;

(2) Fired at American and British military planes that flew over the "No Fly Zones" in southern and northern Iraq (to keep Saddam from murdering the Shiite and Kurds; remember the mass graves we found?);

(3) American, British, French, and Russian Intelligence concluded that Saddam had WMDs. In the Post-9/11/01 world, we could NOT allow this to happen.

(4) Threw out the United Nations weapons inspectors (if there never were weapons, why did Saddam do this?)

Hope you continue to enjoy your kool-aid.

Which mosques preach violence, care to elaborate? That means Mr Giuliani has been to several mosques and heard what they have been teaching over there which we gave never heard or seen.....HUh Somebody needs to tell him difference between MUSLIMS AND RADICAL MUSLIMS

Ofcourse and obviously Mosques should be infiltrated by the FBI. There is 'fact based' information regarding many Imams who preach the violent, intolerant extremes of 'Jihad' agains ALL who don't believe as they do. What would have happened had the FBI NOT infiltrated the KKK? Radical Islam Extremists are NO LESS harmful to a civil society than the KKK or the NEO-Nazi's. They are HATE groups. So, in the interest of society, better to error on the safe side to TRY to help stem the tide of this EXTREMELY violent wing of the Muslim faith. After all, FREE Americans have the RIGHT to be able to walk down the street feeling very safe and we also have the right to believe and say what we want within the law. Radical Extremist Islam must be eradicated as an acceptable form of practicing religion as all of the rights, and indeed existence, of the non-conforming world is targeted for extinction according to 'Jihad' and these folks have a very long term view, they have a very high motivation as by committing 'Jihad' they are assured of going to Heaven and being with numerous Virgins. Given their lives, what Islamic extremist wouldn't choose to go to Heaven and be with numerous virgins? Just look at how they force the own to live? Look at how they live? Look at their intolerant behavior. Look at the freedoms allowed in the countries that they control and are trying to overthrow and control. It has been a worldwide crusade for centuries and has picked up steam over the last 4 decades. As their populace becomes better educated, better financed, more entrenched in power, and seems to appeal to the sensibilities of 'tolerant' societies, their poison will spread faster and faster and indeed is most probably spreading at such a rate the eradication is impossible and the inevitable will most probably happen. Nuclear insanity. This result, it seems, will be the only way the 'tolerant' will wake up (if they wake up literally)and see what this cancer has wrought and finally decide the doing something about it really would have been the right decision a long time ago and hopefully their will be some civilization left to salvage.

If King's quote is the extent of the "explanation," I'm going to need a little more. I don't care about Rudy's interpretation of it. Wow. Just wow. Can you imagine him saying "There are too many chruches in this country. We need to infiltrate and find the Christian terrorists." Give me a break. What was the clarification that King gave? Because all I can glean from that brief is that he made a stupid, ignorant, prejudiced statement.

First off, a few of you should try reading a few books and I'd suggest starting with any addressing the clash of civilizations theory. I'd also like to say outright that's it's ridiculous to state that no Mosques preach hate and anyone foolish enough to believe that probably has issues remembering to breathe.

The evidence is clear Islam and other religions have been in conflict since their inception and this historical fact will never change. How we adjust in the future is another matter. I do believe that the vast majority of Muslims in this country indeed wish to live their lives in harmony and contribute to society in very positive ways.

This however doesn't not invalidate the fact there hate is being preached in this country by Muslims. It also doesn't change the fact that there is hatemongering in many other affiliations, but claiming because others exist we should ignore one is just ignorant. At what point do we stop the self-hatred in our attempt to be fair and wake up to realize reality calls for action, not words.

I'd call on the Muslim community to as adamantly denounce the actions of extremists outright. I have yet to see this in a whole-hearted way... perhaps that's because the media isn't covering it. I can't be sure, but I know this, that no one else is going to shape the future image of Islam, but the most vocal Muslims and if that ends up being extremists then that is what people will see Muslims as and I’m concerned for the day when more people see Islam as a threat then a benefit to society.

it seems like EVERYONE out of texas is a complete moron. Bloodstripe, you are no exception.

So Islam wants to destroy America, huh? Who invaded Iraq for no apparent reason? Who helped the Taliban financially? Who made a safe haven for Al-Qaeda?? America did. Real islam and real Muslims dont want to destroy anybody or anything. We just want to live in peace. Correct yourselves..it is RADICAL MUSLIMS. See there IS a difference between us.

Thomas in St. Petersburg hit the nail on the head. For too long the silent majority has let any faction with any agenda dictate "political correctness" in this country to the point that it is in every nook of our society. Get over it!! I for one applaud Mr. King for publicly stating his opinion, even though it may or may not have been fully explained. It's called FREE SPEECH – deal with it.

I am a Christian and I find Peter King's abhorrent and indicative of the systemic Islamophobia and Racism that is prevalent in the Republican party today. They have forget where they came from.

Why didn't anyone say there were too many churches in America after Timothy McVeigh killed 600 people when he blew up the FBI building.

How about the decades of the Christian Klan hanging black men from trees?

For the person who asked for an Atheist terrorist, Ted Kaczynski, the unabomber

If we want to talk about RADICAL then let's include the far-right here in America. They profess to be Christians yet have no sympathy towards others and choose to bend the Bible towards their means. If the far-rigth came into power in this country we would be banning other religions, persecuting people for believing in other gods, and setting women back ... all in the name of Christianity. Yet, their prophet, Jesus, did not do this and had compassion for all and equality for all. If we want to abolish radicalism, then let's include the far-right in this country too.

I believe he hates Muslims and he will not get my vote.

no defense needed....there are

Destroy America. It sucks, and it's the only way to be truly FREE.

(patiently waiting for the gestapo to come pick me up for my trip to gitmo)

*roll eyes*

Giuliani is lying as usual. Which mosques preach violence, care to elaborate? If these mosques are inticing violence, which is against the law, then why is'nt the republican regime and the law enforcement agencies, working on a arrest first, investigate later modus operandi and mere hearsays go after these mosques? The answer is simple, there aren't any such mosques in the country. Giuliani is a bona fide Islamphobe and he has surrounded himself with people with similar baggage.

This country is formed by immigrants who landed from different parts of the world consisting of various religions and ethnicity. No religion can claim that it is their country and only their places of worship be allowed. Can Peter King tolerate a comment if made by native Indians that there are too many churches in this country? Rudy Guliani who supports such extreme right personality should applogize. If that is what your attitude towards other religion, then you are no different than Talibans.

I agree that religion should be 100% seperate from government and its policies, but unfortunately precent circumstances prevents us from doing so. Al Qaida is a religion group and we can much MUCH better recognize active terrorists by their religious agenda and affiliations. Our government doesn't have a choice but to discriminate. I am not promoting prejudices against all muslims (I am extremely passionate about equality for all), I am just pointing out that religion is an issue.

It's really quite simple. You can criticize our government all you want no matter who you are. But if you say "destroy America" it should be a one way trip to Gitmo. Hell, that's better than what we did in World War II where you didn't even have to say anything. If you were German or Japanese, kiss your civil liberty goodbye. Simpler times.

Keep up the good work Mr. Giuliani. Looks like you're gonna talk your way right out of the nomination.

I agree completely with Congressman King. America needs to ensure that those emigrating to our nation share our values and do not wish to do us harm.

Both England and France have Muslim immigrants who have NOT assimilated into those respective cultures.

Remember the chaos the French Muslims caused in 2006?

Remember the Muslim murder missions thwarted by British police within the last few years?

If we continue to live and breath via political correctness, Al Queda and it's sympathizers are going to prevail in the War on Terror. We must NOT allow this to happen.

Bloodstripe, I've never been threatened by one Islamic American citizen, and I've visited Dearborn, MI frequently. Please stop comparing radicalism with Islam, they're different. This story is embarassing.

Hmmm, lots of good comments showing up and being deleted...

Good job on the censorship, CNN !

Mike from Cleveland-

Don't fall for the media's use of the descriptor, "RADICAL", when placed in front of some religious nut who kills or advocates killing other religious people or non-believers.

Because so-called "mainstream" or "moderate" Christians, Jews, and Muslims all tolerate these killers and propagandists within their ranks, they're just as guilty as those who are labeled, "radical". There are radicals in Christianity and Judaism, just as there are in Islam- and they spew the same hateful language. Don't think for a moment that if the "Religious Right" ever gained power in the United States, that they wouldn't try to rewrite the Constitution to put non-believers, minorities, and women in their place. Arguably, they've already tried this and still are.

The problem won't be solved, until religion as a whole is stamped out within government, and its sympathizers are removed.

"there are mosques where violence is preached"? There is violence where humans are. Goodness.

It's interesting for me to read that comment, considering that I lived in a 99% Muslim country, Turkey, for six years and I felt that the Turks were far more hospitable and all-around kind to me and my family than most Americans would be.

There is nothing wrong with mosques, and Islamic radicalism is not as much of a problem in America as it is in Europe because Muslims are able to integrate into society and pursue the American dream.

Perhaps we should have more mosques, actually; we should have stable religious institutions from all faiths that work to benefit their communities.

What Peter King said was disgusting. I felt like what he said was an attack, not only on Islam, but on all religions. And I was disappointed that not more leaders in the Republican Party spoke out strongly against that kind of statement. Most Republicans are afraid of irritating a right-wing groupie like Peter King and they are more afraid of irritating them than they are of irritating God.

I am not American. I stay away from the substance of your comments.

Politically, not one day goes by w/out some sort of mindless, misspoken ghost comes out from Mr Giuliani's closets.
The question is: how long can he survive?

Let's bury our heads, it will go away.

All muslims are NOT terrorists, but ALL (with a few RARE exceptions) terrorists are muslims.

Probably not the smartest thing to say or it was said poorly, but the same people who were OK with the Jews being maligned on a posting yesterday will rush to these peoples defense today.

I agree with that. I say we tear them down and put up a Walmarts!

Ed- begin your descent to Earth please. Yeah we have a few loose guns here when it comes to the extreme right, but Islamic fundamentalists in the Middle East will kill you as an American regardless of your religious or poltical idealism. Overall dissenttion of support for our troops and their mission in Iraq has killed more of our soldiers, and keeps them in harms way as Al-Qeada now knows the more they kill and attack us the more support the gain from liberals and democrats to pull out. My brother is on his 3rd tour in Iraq, and trust me, he and other soldiers are now very clear on the fact that Democrats DO NOT support their efforts, their safety, and thier fellow soldies who have already been killed or wounded.

no worries Rudy is dead in the water.

I think that the radical religious right is a FAR bigger threat to our freedoms and liberties than innocent Muslims trying to live their lives in America. It's repulsive that ANYONE would stand behind that kind of lack of respect for religious freedom. Every time an abortion clinic is bombed, do the Feds send spies into Churches? NO!

For shame! How DARE he say that! I am shocked and I demand that Giuliani retract this statement. Why, he's as closely associated with this evil slander as Hillary was with the MoveOn ad, so why isn't he dropping out of this race?

I think it's Guliani that misinterpreted what his cronie said.

"Unfortunately we have too many mosques in this country, there's too many people who are sympathetic to radical Islam." this statement does not differentiate. This is fear mongering.

I dare say Islam is NOT trying to destroy us. Even radical islam does not want to destroy US. IF it wants to destroy anything it would be Israel (Not that that is better, it's not the US though). But it does seem to me that WE are trying to Destroy Islam...

I demand an apology from the Giuliani team! And then, I demand apologies from each and every republican presidential candidate! And they have to distance themselves from Giuliani at all times by at least 15 feet.
Then the democrats have to apologize for hearing what was said by King.
I'm going to hold my breath until they all apologize and denounce these despicable statements...that's how they play this game, right?

To be fair to Peter King, quoting him as saying just "we have too many mosques in this country" as a stand alone comment is extremely misleading- from the context it is clear that it was only half of a two-pronged statement- i.e. he was claiming that there were too many mosques and too many people supporting *radical* islam, which is not at all the same as saying there are too many mosques, as if Islam itself was the problem. That said, I wouldn't accept his statement without evidence. From observation I can say that Peter King is a paranoid bigot in general, and makes many unsubstantiated charges. And that's not even considering the utter hypocrisy of him on this issue, since he was one of the leading US supporters of the IRA back in the days they were the ones planting bombs in Britain.

I am so glad that Rudy responded as he did. This will only ensure he will NOT be elected for president. This guy is a fake, phony and dangerous. EVERY speech the man gives somehow involves the words, 9-11 and/or terrorists. He is a day late and a buck short. The Bush campaign used fear and it worked but I think Americans have gotten wise to this cheap ploy.

Turns out Rudy and his crew are not only idiots but also bigots. This guy would be an absolute nightmare if elected President..I never thought it possible but even worse than Bush. Close minded people like Rudy have always been around..they were the same people who fought for the Confederacy during the Civil War, brought the politics of fear during the Cold War and continue their ideology of hate today

Step one: Open mouth;
Step two: Insert foot.

Demonizing billions of Muslims based on the actions of a minority of radicals is just as bad as demonizing all of Christianity based on the actions of a minority of radicals.

More screaming hypocrisy from the right. And they wonder why most of the world thinks we're a bunch of arrogant tools. If it weren't so pitiful, it would be laughable.

People are just nuts. Radicals of any religion are all the same. Give our own Christian right a chance and you would have bodies strewn all over the country. We are just lucky that none of them are smart enough to make bombs or have the guts to become suicide bombers. Otherwise we'd all be in trouble!!

"athiests running around pledging to kill infidels" ?? Atheists do not practice gypsy voodoo,so of course they wouldn't be doing that.I think you need to look up atheist.McVeigh was involved with the aryan church which is a christian sect.

Some Americans have gone MAD!!! I thought this was a country of religious freedom, what happened to that??

The Republicans ALWAYS are whinning about how everyone hates the Christians and wanting to take away their religious freedoms (we all know that is a scare tactic); now we hear some of these same folks putting down other religions.

We are so far from the vision I thought the Creator wanted for the world.

The Republicans, or at least the religious right are starting to go too far with their craziness. All of the moderate Republicans need to take the party back, or leave and become Independents.

I am so glad America is starting to wake up from a deep sleep around the image Republicans had for our great country. It is an image of self-righteousness and I believe Jesus did not look favorably upon that type of behavior.

I think another clarification is in order:
"It's pretty obvious who wants to destroy us. HELLO! ISLAM!!"
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This isn't entirely accurate, I would say RADICAL Islam, not all of islam, wants to destroy us.

Posted By Mike, Cleveland, Ohio : September 20, 2007 10:28 pm
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Exactly, if we don't differentiate between moderate Islam and radical Islam then moderate Islam will figure that we are ignorant bigots who blame the many for the misdeeds of the few, run from us and find protection from our bigoted threat to their lives by aligning themselves with radicals. If you want a holy war with all of Islam, keep up the bigoted rhetoric Mr. Giuliani and Congressman Peter King.

Good Job Rudy. More fodder for hate radio and your looney rightwing knuckledraggers.
Reality check: The very people you incite here in america have the same mindset and the terrorists being incited by thier own brand of hate speak. These people blowing themselves to bits aren't lefties people, they are the rightwing conservatives of the islamic religion. How ironic.

I'm not kidding,statements of bigotry like King's incite looneys over there just like the bigotry of ahmadinejad drives our looneys wild.The problem is that we have 160,000 of our targets over there for these whackos to kill.If the Iranians had significant numbers of their people here to suffer the abuse that we'd heap upon them,they'd probably be smart enough to tone it down.Bush is not smart enough to protect the troops,instead he'd rather curry support from our theological malcontents.

I think another clarification is in order:
"It's pretty obvious who wants to destroy us. HELLO! ISLAM!!"

This isn't entirely accurate, I would say RADICAL Islam, not all of islam, wants to destroy us.

Ed,
Are you kidding me? "Too bad American soldiers will die for his stupidity?" McVeigh was an exception. I don't hear too many atheists running around pledging to kill us infidels! Do you!? It's pretty obvious who wants to destroy us. HELLO! ISLAM!! Wake up man.

Timothy McVeigh attended the ayran church,not a mosque.I hope ALL religious fundamentalists are being scrutinized,regardless of brand.As for Peter King,he's a mental patient that gives us many hours of hilarious comedy.Not really an asset to Rudy,more like a drunken relative that you can't get rid of.Too bad american soldiers will die for his stupidity.

"infiltrate" mosques? But how are we gonna get past all the armed guards?

Pete King is my Congressman and I am ashamed at him for working for such a phoney like Rudy Giuliani.