re: Chris Jackson tells his story NBA Legend Mahmoud Abdul Rauf

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Like I said, Muslim faith is not a friend of Christianity

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The converse is also true. That's the very nature of faith. If you are pissed at him in the name of faith you validate intolerance.

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is not a friend of any country where people want to enjoy freedom

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Freedom to do what? Practice one's faith? If you take pride on this Western European philosophy, practice it.

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It's a big deal to change your name

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Not sure why? People take their spouse' lastname. Some have hyphenated names. Non-Christians take up Christian names - some non anglicized names sound like Muslim names. Eli/Elias, Yakub/Jacob etc. Some Chinese even take English names to make it easier to converse with locals. Sometimes to avoid discrimination. You know Pope Francis is not his real name. He assumed it after a religious ceremony.

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and then say America is a Tyrannical government

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There are militia men and Tea partiers who have been protesting government tyranny. People have protested lack of suffrage, civil rights, regulations yada yada. In fact a whole lot of states protested and even seceded from the US.

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and refuse to stand for the anthem? ... You're ok with this?

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Yes. You have to guarantee freedom even when its uncomfortable. When people died to safeguard freedoms it was not selective. CJ's freedoms were also included in that.

Let me end in a rant way. You cannot guarantee freedom to wear hot pants on campus when you see a pretty girl and take it away when don't agree with the look.