[Chena]

Siamese Princess wrote: "I don't trust Muslims in the US military."


Part of what Chena posted: "A Muslim Army chaplain led several of the mourners in the janazah (funeral) prayers for Captain Humayun Khan, who lured a suicide car bomb away from the men in his charge, joining other Muslim soldiers in giving their life for a country that increasingly bases its opinion of Islam on the sensational and horrific beheading videos that have clogged the Net recently."

I hope and pray that Captain Khan's family never has to read words such as yours. This brave man died fighting for our country, and thru his bravery saved his fellow soldiers. Your selfish and cruel opinion saddens me beyond words.

[Woodworker]

Muslims in the US military have a tough row to hoe, akin to the problems those of Japanese, German, or Italian descent had in World War II. The actions of a few extremists, such as the solider who threw a grenade into a tent in Kuwait, will always outweigh the brave actions of the many.

One of the marks of an American has always been willingness to accommodate to the American culture. Given the current state of the American culture wars, that is a difficult pill for Muslims to swallow. Likewise, the many strictures of Islam, i.e., the Shari Law, are a difficult pill for most Americans to swallow.

This article is a good beginning for the totally uninformed. There is ample information on Islam on the web, from Muslims. Americans can look and make up there own minds. So what's the path for an American Muslim? Perhaps emulation of the path followed by other religious groups out of the American mainstream, such as the Mormons.