{"id":2658381,"date":"2026-09-11T12:26:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T16:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/george-w-bush-boasts-about-declaring-islam-a-religion-of-peace-in-the-immediate-aftermath-of-9-11\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T12:28:46","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T16:28:46","slug":"george-w-bush-boasts-about-declaring-islam-a-religion-of-peace-in-the-immediate-aftermath-of-9-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/george-w-bush-boasts-about-declaring-islam-a-religion-of-peace-in-the-immediate-aftermath-of-9-11\/","title":{"rendered":"George W. Bush Boasts About Declaring Islam &#8216;a Religion of Peace&#8217; in the Immediate Aftermath of 9\/11"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgeorge-w-bush-boasts-about-declaring-islam-a-religion-of-peace-in-the-immediate-aftermath-of-9-11%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2658381&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>On teh <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-2019-surge-to-the-border-comments-resurface-amid-growing-crisis\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s 2019 \u2018Surge To The Border\u2019 Comments Resurface Amid Growing Crisis\">25th anniversary<\/a> of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, former President George W. Bush reflected on his actions and statements following the event. He falsely claimed that he described Islam as a &#8220;religion of peace&#8221; and that the terrorists &#8220;subverted&#8221; their religion,wich the article criticizes as entirely inaccurate. Bush originally described Islam positively shortly after 9\/11, calling it a faith that brings comfort to a billion peopel. however, the article argues that Islam has historically and contemporarily been linked to violence, citing terrorist groups like ISIS and Boko Haram, and quoting Quranic verses that call for Muslim fighters to wage war. The piece asserts that Bush&#8217;s comments and mischaracterizations have contributed to a misunderstanding of Islam&#8217;s role in violence, leading to increased Muslim immigration and the expansion of mosques in the United States, which the author views as detrimental. The article concludes by condemning Bush&#8217;s portrayal of Islam as peaceful, asserting that violence and terror committed by Muslims are rooted in their theological teachings and history.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>On the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, former President George W. Bush took the chance to reflect on his actions in the time that followed that day.<\/p>\n<p>He was spectacularly wrong about Islam then, and he is now.<\/p>\n<p>Bush sat down Thursday with former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice at the George W. Bush Presidential Center in Dallas, Texas. While the full interview can be viewed on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/pzibgJpoqaA?si=rEo7nHLfrF10M3g0&#038;t=4044\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a>, one particular moment stuck out for a comment made by Bush about Islam, perpetuating the lie that this religion is peaceful.<\/p>\n<p>It was posted to social media platform X by conservative media outlet The Blaze.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">George Bush reflects on the aftermath of the 9\/11 terrorist attacks: \u201cI made it clear that Islam was a religion of peace.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YDOltLvl2X\">pic.twitter.com\/YDOltLvl2X<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 TheBlaze (@theblaze) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/theblaze\/status\/2098053727873536279?\">September 10, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Rice asked Bush to speak about what happened following that day, to which he responded boldly, but incorrectly, declaring how he set the tone for the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI also made it clear that Islam was a religion of peace, not a religion of war, and that these people subverted their religion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This is wrong in every conceivable fashion. You must be a liar or woefully, profoundly naive to actually believe that Islam is a religion of peace.<\/p>\n<p>Before delving further, note that this is something Bush did say following Sept. 11, 2001.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIslam is peace,\u201d he told a room of reporters. \u201cWhen we think of Islam, we think of a faith that brings comfort to a billion people around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u201cIslam is peace\u2026 it has brought peace to the world\u201d \u2013 George Bush, 6 days after 9\/11<\/p>\n<p>They were still digging bodies <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ES3WenNHW5\">pic.twitter.com\/ES3WenNHW5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/EndWokeness\/status\/2097335324330401954?\">September 8, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Peace and comfort are certainly peculiar ways to describe ravaging the planet with bloody conquests full of rape, slavery, murder, and subjugation.<\/p>\n<p>The death of Muhammad was followed by his successors indulging in an orgy of terror, invading the Middle East, North Africa, and Spain.<\/p>\n<p>They destroyed countless thousands of Christian churches, slaughtered innumerable innocents, and used non-Muslim women \u2014 and children \u2014 for their depraved sexual desires.<\/p>\n<p>It is almost unfathomable to the modern mind how much suffering Islam has brought to the planet.<\/p>\n<p>Recall terrorist attacks by ISIS, Boko Haram, Hamas, and al-Qaeda, the latter of which the former president set out to destroy. Since Sept. 11, 2001, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cspii.org\/trop\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Center for the Study of Political Islam International<\/a> reports that 49,970 Islamic terrorist attacks have been carried out.<\/p>\n<p>These are not \u201coutliers\u201d or \u201cradicals.\u201d These people are following the teachings of the Quran and Muhammad.<\/p>\n<p>Quran 2:244 says, \u201cThen fight in the cause of Allah, and know that Allah Heareth and knoweth all things.\u201d Quran 8:12 reads, \u201cI will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieve. Therefore strike off their heads and strike off every fingertip of them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In Quran 9:14, Muslims are told, \u201cFight against them so that Allah will punish them by your hands and disgrace them and give you victory over them and heal the breasts of a believing people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>These are just three verses among numerous others with the same message. The history, the modern day, and the theology all say Bush is flatly wrong.<\/p>\n<p>His comments set the tone in this country. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/chart\/u-s-muslim-community-has-grown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pew Research<\/a> says the number of mosques more than doubled in the United States between 2000 and 2020. The Muslim population has more than doubled between 2007 and 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Had the former president been forthcoming with the threat Islam poses after Sept. 11, 2001, we could have stopped this. 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