I Don't Believe In That Nonsense / So True - Islam

Bush never said anything like that. Hell, if anything he went out of his way to say that the terrorists are not true Muslims even in the weeks right after 9/11.

More Bush quotes involving Islam here

Of course, this didn't stop the harrassment experienced by Muslims in post-9/11 America, but I felt that this had to be said and compared to Xi's deliberate targetting of Muslims in China.

Interesting. I think Bush was the origin of why certain people (mostly islamophobes) like to say "Islam is a religion of peace" ironically after an islamic terrorist attack occurs, particularly when Bush said "Islam, as practiced by the vast majority of people, is a peaceful religion, a religion that respects others".

If you ask me personally, I don't have any particular beef with muslims, christians, jews, or any other religious group, but as an atheist, I don't believe there's such a thing as a "religion of peace". Heck, even the buddhists have a pretty rich history of warfare.