[Allegra]

Actually, Al Qaeda attacks seem specifically timed to make people believe this about Muslims-in-general. There's nothing they'd like better than for more "infidels" to think this way.

Very true. And the media helps al Qaeda with a lot of things, including spreading this perception.

All the Muslims I know here despise al Qaeda and any other terrorists.

[E Rocc]

All the Muslims I know here despise al Qaeda and any other terrorists.

Something tells me we wouldn't be bothering with rebuilding that nation if that wasn't the case. But despite the fact that the overwhelming majority of the posters here support the war, these threads inevitably turn into anti-Muslim hatefests.

It's counterproductive.

-Eric