BREAKING: OBAMA "STRONGLY" LINKED TO RADICAL PALESTINIAN PREACHER
by magatte
Fri Apr 04, 2008 at 08:39:20 PM PDT
BREAKING: OBAMA "STRONGLY" LINKED TO RADICAL PALESTINIAN PREACHER
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CLAIMS FRINGE CLERIC'S HATE-FILLED SERMONS "CHANGED MY LIFE."
Barack Obama's campaign, still struggling to gain its footing in the wake of the Wright controversy, found itself again in damage-control mode Thursday, as a new scandal involving a radical mideastern preacher named YESHUA BIN YUSEF threatens a backlash insiders fear may dwarf anything his campaign has yet faced.
Although there is not yet evidence suggesting Obama has personally attended any of bin Yusef's hate-filled sermons, a series of politically embarrassing quotes have been discovered in which Obama appears to be professing respect--and even admiration--for the radical cleric.
"I believe in the example that he set," Obama said as recently as January 2008, of the cleric who once said, "And will the infidel nation be blessed by God as she claims? No! She will be damned into hell!"
A RECORD OF INCENDIARY SPEECH
Perhaps most controversially, bin Yusef has in past explicitly backed fundamentalist terrorism. In written transcripts of a recent sermon, bin Yusef claims, "I hope to see the earth set on fire, and I wish it were already burning! The world must be rebaptized, and I will not rest until it is accomplished. Do you think I believe in peace? No, I tell you! Not peace, but division!"
BIN YUSEF FACTSHEET:
- Born Yeshua bin Yusef in Palestine. - Finding local clerics too moderate, and too willing to collaborate with the occupying government, bin Yusef established a fringe radical movement drawing on the disaffected poor. - Growing impatient with reform efforts, bin Yusef attempted a coup movement, proclaiming himself the rightful leader of Palestine. After a brief standoff, he surrendered to Palestinian authorities and was sentenced to death for treason. With the help of several followers, bin Yusef escaped and remains at large.
Sources:
http://www.christianitytoday.com/...
http://en.wikipedia.org/...
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