The same God?

President Bush is wrong about Islam | Cal Thomas

Bush at the Iftaar dinner

Whatever else his critics say of him, no one can fault President Bush for his efforts to show that neither he, nor the United States, is opposed to the Islamic faith. This month the president and Mrs. Bush hosted their seventh Iftaar dinner, the celebration that breaks the Muslim fast during Ramadan.

The president is the most openly evangelical Christian in the White House since Jimmy Carter. And the evangelical community has mostly embraced him. But that constituency is likely to be troubled over something the president said in an interview with Al Arabiya television. In an official transcript released by the White House, the president said, ". . . I believe in an almighty God, and I believe that all the world, whether they be Muslim, Christian, or any other religion, prays to the same God." Later in the interview, the president repeated his statement: "I believe there is a universal God. I believe the God that the Muslim prays to is the same God that I pray to. After all, we all came from Abraham. I believe in that universality."