Not sure if he was a "FReeper" but he was posting quite a bit recently. I forget his handle but it meant the spider in English. I tried to locate hs handle but was unable. Sorry I could help more.

Why do you want to know?

Will it make a diff somehow?

ankaboot

LOL, like they'd identify themselves. Any Freepers that voted for Gore?

Isn't A+ Bert in Hamas?

My family is Muslim and from Iran. I was born in Canada and live in Texas now. I'm not really religious. I have a cousin that had to sneak out on a camel (I'm not kidding) across the desert to Turkey after the 1979 "revolution", and he cannot stand anything to do with Islam. If you notice, all the economies of countries that have an Islamic takeover of the government go way down.

I did want to make a few comments about my own observations of people from the Middle East. I notice that the only way that their world view can make sense is with elaborate consiracies. A U.S. Israeli conspiracy is the most obvious, but people that have been here for 50 years think that the U.S. is intentionally keeping the Middle East down and bringing boat loads of money, literally like pirates, from there to here.

Also, I wanted to say that I feel that modern Islam in the Middle-East is Anti-American despite what Bush says. Have you heard of a major Islamic leader in the Middle-East say that Islam should not preach Anti-American hate messages, brainwashing children to aspire to martyrdom in a holy war with the U.S.? I have not. If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck it's a duck. Modern Islam is Anti-American. People will quote the Koran and say Islam is nonviolent, but look at the islamic leaders. Even if they disagree with Anti-American messages. They say nothing about them, giving tacit approval to the extremists. Don't get me wrong I think Islam has been hijacked just like those planes, but no one is doing anything to take the religion back.

Thanks for telling the truth.

If they dare to tell the truth, they get a bullet.

Radical Wahhabist Islam thrives everywhere through pure terror, from the Phillipines to Nigeria.

Have you considered writing a nice letter to President Bush?

I think if enough like you could enlighten him, we may get somewhere.

Your question is not precise.

Do you mean Moslem background or PRACTICING Moslems.

I know many people who are from Moslem countries but who do not practice Islam.

In fact almost all of them hate religion, not just Islam, but ALL religion.

no one is doing anything to take the religion back

You are right, the only Islam leaders I've seen speak out against this are the very moderate American ones.

Bless you.

Your comments are very sobering. "Modern Islam is anti-American." I thought so, but now I know. Thank you.

Modern Islam's teachings explain why bin Laden is thought of as a hero, and not a fanatical monster.

What percentage of Muslims do you think adhere to the anti-American rant?

I know many people who are from Moslem countries but who do not practice Islam. In fact almost all of them hate religion, not just Islam, but ALL religion.

Squares pretty well with the German experience. Hitler tried to hijack Christianity, then turned on them when most refused to cooperate. Then there was the 30 years war when Catholics and Protestants took turns burning each other's villages.

Actually, I think they would identify themselves. Not all Muslims are of Arab descent, but I believe Arab-Americans are more likely to vote REPUBLICAN...

I know we have some Arab freepers, but Arab does not neccessary = Muslim/Islamic. In fact, I assumed that around 60-70% of all American Arabs would be Muslims, but recently I discoved my sterotypes were wrong and acutally only about 30% are. A great deal of Arab Americans are Christians...which probably explains why they a very high record of voting Republican if you count them as a "minority" group. ;-)

That being said, I have an unfavorable view of Muslims in GENERAL (note I did NOT say all Muslims), and I wish we'd stop bending over backwards to ensure we "accomidate" them in "this time of crisis". Alot of Middle-eastern Muslims will not return the favor when it comes to "accomidating" minority religions in THEIR countries, so I say that we should look for them to observe the golden rule FIRST.

I notice that the only way that their world view can make sense is with elaborate cons(p)iracies.

I have noticed this as well. Much worse than even freerepublic on a slow day. They believe that we are dumping our radioactive waste in their deserts, for example. And probably only 10% will believe that the WTC was due to Arab extremists. 70% will believe it was the Jews, 20% will think it was the CIA.