{"id":1829,"date":"2003-10-23T01:14:01","date_gmt":"2003-10-23T06:14:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/?p=1829"},"modified":"2003-10-23T01:14:01","modified_gmt":"2003-10-23T06:14:01","slug":"bush_tries_to_kiss_make_up_in_indonesia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/2003\/10\/bush_tries_to_kiss_make_up_in_indonesia\/","title":{"rendered":": Bush Tries To Kiss &amp;amp; Make Up In Indonesia"},"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>You\u2019ve got to give President Bush credit \u2013 it takes courage to visit the world\u2019s most populous Muslim country, days after one of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.workingforchange.com%2Farticle.cfm%3FItemID%3D15853\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">top generals<\/a> in the \u201cwar on terror\u201d is revealed to have likened Muslims to idol-worshippers and Satan himself.  With over 80% of Indonesians viewing the US <a href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.com%2Fnews%2F982016.asp\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">unfavorably<\/a> (mainly due to the Iraq occupation and US tilt toward Israel), Bush had to do quite a bit more <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk%2Fworldlatest%2Fstory%2F0%2C1280%2C-3274636%2C00.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">spin-controlling<\/a> than his administration has been doing lately in the US.  He thrust himself directly into the tiger\u2019s den, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com%2F2003%2F10%2F22%2Finternational%2Fasia%2F22CND-BALI.html%3Fex%3D1067486400%26en%3D8196a8b2de383cf0%26ei%3D5062\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">meeting<\/a> with a group of Indonesian imams who politely but firmly <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com%2F2003%2F10%2F23%2Finternational%2Fasia%2F23PREX.html%3Fex%3D1067486400%26en%3D0bd2f3491edf5b00%26ei%3D5062\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">reminded<\/a> Bush that policy changes towards Iraq &amp; Israel\/Palestine \u2013 not <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejakartapost.com%2Fdetaileditorial.asp%3Ffileid%3D20031023.E01%26irec%3D0\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">flattery<\/a> toward Islam \u2013 are what the Muslim world wants to see.  Bush tried to emphasize the positive, and fished for commonalities between the two nations.  \u201cYour national motto, \u2018Unity in diversity,\u2019 sounds a lot like our own, \u2018Out of many, one\u2019,\u201d said Bush.  He also tried to paper over General Boykin\u2019s comments on Islam. \u201cAmericans hold a deep respect for the Islamic faith, which is professed by a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com%2F2003%2F10%2F23%2Finternational%2Fasia%2F23PREX.html%3Fex%3D1067486400%26en%3D0bd2f3491edf5b00%26ei%3D5062%26partner%3DGOOGLE\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">growing number<\/a> of my own citizens,\u201d he said.  \u201cWe know Islam is fully compatible with liberty, tolerance and progress. We see the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theage.com.au%2Farticles%2F2003%2F10%2F22%2F1066631501094.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">proof<\/a> in your country.\u201d  Bush also pledged to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.news.com.au%2Fcommon%2Fstory_page%2F0%2C4057%2C7637197%25255E1702%2C00.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">return<\/a> suspected terrorist and Indonesian native <a href=\"http:\/\/www.altmuslim.com%2Fwar_comments.php%3Fid%3DP1068_0_14_0_C\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Hambali<\/a> for trial in his home country \u201ceventually\u201d \u2013 after he is properly interrogated by US officials.  While Bush  <a href=\"http:\/\/money.cnn.com%2Fcnn%2F2003%2FWORLD%2Fasiapcf%2Fsoutheast%2F10%2F22%2Fapec.special.bush%2F\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">heaped praise<\/a> on President Megawati Sukarnoputri, she was not eager to embrace him in light of upcoming presidential elections there.  \u201cWe do not always share common perspective,\u201d she commented during a joint TV appearance. <\/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>Bush uses his trip to the world&#8217;s most populous Muslim country to convince skeptical Muslims that he really means them well.<\/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-1829","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 Tries To Kiss &amp;amp; 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