From and advertisement in today’s printed edition of The Seattle Times:
My name is Abdul Maalik Hosseini, and I am running for US Senator representing Washington State. It’s not an accident that our nation is having so many problems at this time. Allah is trying to get our attention and if He doesn’t get it soon, our nation’s woes can get a lot worse. Allah has the answer for all our problems, but first He wants to correct our attitude, as a nation, toward Him. I believe the best way to do that is for us to understand our creator’s heart. Allah’s desire is to bless our nation to the point of making the rest of the world envious of the blessings He is bestowing on us. The catch is, we are tying his hands by our actions. When we allow sin to prevail over our nation, we open the door for evil to take hold. When we call what is evil, good, we cause Allah’s wrath to overshadow us. Our leaders and much of our nation are not seeing the connection between abortion, a homosexual agenda being pushed on us as an acceptable lifestyle, pornography that is invading our lives and the removal of prayer, the Quran and the teaching of Allah out of our schools systems. Allah is trying to get our attention through many of the problems we are having today in our healthcare, energy, economics, weather, debt and problems in our school systems. There is a disconnect through the human mind between these ideas but direct connection through The All Knowing One’s. Man’s plans will not fix our nation’s problems. Only Allah’s plans will. If I am elected for the U.S. Senate office, I will strive, with The Almighty’s help, to bring the changes that will bring Allah’s favor on our nation again. We need leaders that hear Allah’s voice and will follow His leadings.
What? Really? An Islamic fundamentalist is running for the U.S. Senate and wants us to vote for him because he will serve the citizens of Washington State through the will of Allah?
Not really… I edited the text of the ad. I replaced the name “Mike Latimer” with an Islamic name and replaced “God” with “Allah,” “Bible” with “Quran” and “His” or “He” or “Lord” with synonyms for Allah. You can read the original text by visiting his website or this one.
The point is that the real Mike Latimer or the fictional Abdul Maalik Hosseini has no business being a member of the U.S. Senate. Anyone who campaigns as a religious fundamentalist who wants to impose the will of his god on the rest of us should automatically be disqualified from the election.
Well said, as usual, Brad. No one ideology gets to choose for the rest of us. Ever.
I clicked on the link to Mr. Latimer’s website, and it says he’s running as a Republican. Shouldn’t he be running as a Theocrat?
You are a bigoted asshole did you know that? Who the f7ck do you think you are? What a mans belief in is not subject to your approval or not. YOU would have disqualified the founding fathers as well as most presidents. Grow up liberal you aren;t the fyckin judge are you
Sandy,
Why do you have difficulty finding the “u” on your keyboard? I’ll point it out to you: It’s one character to the right of the “y” and just below and a bit to the right of the “7.”
Thank you for your comment, and now that I know that some of my readers are irony challenged, I will spell out the meaning of the post for you in terms I hope you can understand.
I don’t care if a person running for the U.S. Congress is Jewish, Muslim, Christian, Buddhist, Shinto, Gnostic, or Atheist.
I do care about what congressmen do while in office. Mike Latimer put an ad in The Seattle Times that said, in no uncertain terms, that he would do his best to enact laws that pleased his god and impose them on us – regardless of our religions or lack of religion.
I replaced God in his ad with the god of a religion that would make it quite clear to him and his supporters that maybe it wouldn’t be such a great idea to do that, because sometimes people with entirely different belief systems than your own get elected as your representatives. What would he think if a Muslim congressman pushed Shariah law through congress?
I am a liberal and I have read the Constitution. Article Six states that there shall be no religious test for those seeking positions in the federal government. The Constitution does not favor one religion over any others. It is in fact completely silent to religion. The words “god” and “Christian” do not appear anywhere in the document. That’s by design – a very good design.
I hope you are soon cured of your irony deficiency, and I do hope you soon find the “u” on your keyboard.
No Protystors!