To: quidnunc
Good points. The silence from American Muslims is deafening. One thing though, I believe that the arm bands worn at UC Irvine simply said "There is no god but Allah". As long as Jewish students could wear "Hear oh Israel...", Christian students can wear "For God so loved the earth..." and so on, there shouldn't be a problem. I think a lot of this problem came from similarities between the word for martyr and the word for the Muslim creed.
I guess I'm still an optimist and a believer in the silent majority. A silent majority that will hopefully reelect Bush in November and a silent majority of Muslims in America that will expel the extremist element. I may be naive , but I really hope not.
10 posted on
07/12/2004 8:08:45 PM PDT by
farfromhome
(Was Clinton a good president? That depends on what your definition of 'was' is.)
To: farfromhome
silent majority of Muslims in America that will expel the extremist element.Dream on. Even the muslims in America are afraid of getting their heads chopped off by the extremists. They won't do anything.
12 posted on
07/12/2004 9:00:25 PM PDT by
Selene
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