{"id":1796,"date":"2003-07-11T01:48:36","date_gmt":"2003-07-11T06:48:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/?p=1796"},"modified":"2003-07-11T01:48:36","modified_gmt":"2003-07-11T06:48:36","slug":"bush_steps_into_an_islamic_minefield_in_nigeria_visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/2003\/07\/bush_steps_into_an_islamic_minefield_in_nigeria_visit\/","title":{"rendered":": Bush Steps Into An Islamic Minefield In Nigeria Visit"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\">\n<tr>\n<td><img><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\">\n<div class=\"caption\"><\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>President\u2019s Bush\u2019s whirlwind tour through Africa has been quite a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alertnet.org%2Fthenews%2Fnewsdesk%2F105775673997.htm\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">learning experience<\/a>.  In a few short days, he\u2019s dealt with <a href=\"http:\/\/transfer.go.com%2Fcgi%2Ftransfer.pl%3Fgoto%3Dhttp:\/\/www.abcnews.go.com%2Fwire%2FWorld%2Fap20030710_275.html%26name%3DabcnewsWorld%26srvc%3Dabclocal\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">AIDS<\/a>, the environment, the US legacy of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Farticles%2FA29444-2003Jul8.html%3Fnav%3Dhptop_ts\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">slavery<\/a>, and countless <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtontimes.com%2Fnational%2F20030711-121252-4183r.htm\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">civil wars<\/a>.  But Nigeria, his <a href=\"http:\/\/famulus.msnbc.com%2FFamulusIntl%2Freuters07-10-092035.asp%3Freg%3DAFRICA\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">last stop<\/a>, has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.news24.com%2FNews24%2FSouth_Africa%2FBush_in_Africa%2F0%2C%2C2-7-1505_1385960%2C00.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">60 million Muslims<\/a> in it, and he will find himself stepping into a microcosm of all the problems in the Muslims world.  First of all, despite close economic and political ties with the US, sympathies with Muslims who find themselves on the wrong side of US foreign policy make Osama bin Laden a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailytimes.com.pk%2Fdefault.asp%3Fpage%3Dstory_11-7-2003_pg4_6\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">more popular figure<\/a> here than Bush.  \u201cI listened to the radio translation of Bush\u2019s speech in Senegal on Wednesday,\u201d said grocer Kamilu Nasir. \u201cHis mission is to launch his war against Islam in Africa.\u201d  Bush will also be stepping into the ongoing controversy surrounding the implementation of sharia law in northern Nigeria.  There will also be pressure on Bush to press for the pardon of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.altmuslim.com%2Fgender_comments.php%3Fid%3DP661_0_2_0_C\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Amina Lawal<\/a>, the single mother who was sentenced to death for having sex outside of marraige \u2013 although he is most likely to <a href=\"http:\/\/news.independent.co.uk%2Fworld%2Fafrica%2Fstory.jsp%3Fstory%3D422700\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">stay out<\/a> of that one.  Despite the lukewarm reception Bush has received so far, he does have a chance to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.capetimes.co.za%2Findex.php%3FfSectionId%3D273%26fArticleId%3D183187\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">redeem himself<\/a> if he shows that he is as willing to commit US troops to save innocent Liberian lives as he was to oust Saddam Hussein.  However, it looks like by the time he reaches a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.knoxnews.com%2Fkns%2Fworld%2Farticle%2F0%2C1406%2CKNS_351_2094558%2C00.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">decision<\/a> on that, the opportunity will have come and gone.<\/p>\n<p><i><\/i><\/p>\n<p>Shahed Amanullah is editor-in-chief of altmuslim.com.\n<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Bush brings his folksy style to restive Nigeria &#8211; but will he directly address Muslim issues, problems, and concerns?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":530,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-briefings"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>: Bush Steps Into An Islamic Minefield In Nigeria Visit<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"President Bush brings his folksy style to restive Nigeria - but will he directly address Muslim issues, problems, and concerns?\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/2003\/07\/bush_steps_into_an_islamic_minefield_in_nigeria_visit\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\": Bush Steps Into An Islamic Minefield In Nigeria Visit\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"President Bush brings his folksy style to restive Nigeria - but will he directly address Muslim issues, problems, and concerns?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/2003\/07\/bush_steps_into_an_islamic_minefield_in_nigeria_visit\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"altmuslim\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2003-07-11T06:48:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Shahed Amanullah\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Shahed Amanullah\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/2003\/07\/bush_steps_into_an_islamic_minefield_in_nigeria_visit\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/2003\/07\/bush_steps_into_an_islamic_minefield_in_nigeria_visit\/\",\"name\":\": Bush Steps Into An Islamic Minefield In Nigeria Visit\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2003-07-11T06:48:36+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2003-07-11T06:48:36+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/#\/schema\/person\/0e0efbb645cc461c721083358f82f945\"},\"description\":\"President Bush brings his folksy style to restive Nigeria - but will he directly address Muslim issues, problems, and concerns?\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/2003\/07\/bush_steps_into_an_islamic_minefield_in_nigeria_visit\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/2003\/07\/bush_steps_into_an_islamic_minefield_in_nigeria_visit\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/2003\/07\/bush_steps_into_an_islamic_minefield_in_nigeria_visit\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\": Bush Steps Into An Islamic Minefield In Nigeria Visit\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/\",\"name\":\"altmuslim\",\"description\":\"Global perspectives on Muslim life, politics &amp; 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