Why don't Americans like Muslims?

Asia Times Online ^ | 17 Aug 2010 | Spengler

[Palter]

Popular antipathy to a proposed Islamic center near Ground Zero is so fierce that even President Barack Obama, the nation's Islamophile-in-chief, "clarified" his August 11 statement supporting the plan to say, "I will not comment on the wisdom of making the decision to put a mosque there." It is not just a mosque, of which there are two in the neighborhood, but a symbol of Islamic presence. The most recent CNN poll shows an overwhelming 70%-29% margin of opposition.

When liberal politicians - like the president and New York's Mayor Michael Bloomberg - defend the plan, what they mean is, "We want a big Islamic statement near Ground Zero as a gesture of outreach to the Muslim world." When the political right denounces it, they mean, "Muslim conquerors always build a mosque atop the ruins of the places they conquer, and we're not going to give the rascals the satisfaction." That was predictable.

What is surprising is how passionately Americans oppose the Ground Zero mosque. A revolt is brewing against America's liberal political elite.

It is hard to find consistent polling data about American attitudes towards Islam. The largest polling organizations, Pew and Gallup, draw funding from organizations with a vested interest in promoting a benign view of Islam. Nonetheless, the results are striking: in a Gallup inquiry [1] published in January 2010, Americans had an "unfavorable" view of Islam by a margin of 53%-42%, with 31% holding a strongly negative view. That contrasts with 15% for Judaism and 4% for Christianity.

Similar results emerge from polls of respective support for Israel and the Palestinians.

[GladesGuru]

“Why don’t Americans like Muslims Islamists?

I wonder why that question wasn’t posed...? “

Because there is no difference?

Presidente Jorgew Boosh gave us that deliberately deceptive “Islam is a religion of Peace” line because the Saudi’s bought him.

Read “House of Saud, House of Bush” and then ask yourself how much influence 1.476 billion bucks buys amongst American politicians.

[screaminsunshine]

Obama is at conflict within himself. A true Muslim would never espouse that he is a Christian. He could never be a true believer and openly say he is other than a follower of the Prophet. No, I believe he is a hybrid. Just as Reverend Wright is.

[wildbill]

Perhaps it is because a major tenet of their faith is instruction to lie and deceive the people of any society in which they are the minority as to their true intention to change them into Muslims through jihad. How do you deal with people or trust the words of their “moderates” whose religion instructs them to deceive?

Perhaps it is because polls in Muslim countries say that they don’t like us.

Perhaps it is because a major tenet of their faith is jihad which continues to be interpreted by them as a mandate for ‘struggle’ against other religions. Despite all their protestations that jihad is peaceful, I’ve been unable to find a single instance in history where a society or country has turned Muslim simply by virtue of peaceful missionary work.

Pehaps it is because a major tenet of Muslim faith is to subjugate practitioners of other religions who come under their control into a form of second class citizenship called dhimmitude. Or to die if they don’t accept that second class citizenship. In other words, you lose to our jihad, you’re lucky we let you live.

Perhaps it is because so many of the Muslims pracice a form of religion in which women are treated like dogs.

Perhaps it is because they don’t like dogs. Can you trust anyone who doessn’t like man’s best friend?

[shalom aleichem]

Maybe there are some moderates, but they are either mute or media will not put them on. Either way the perception becomes tacit approval of the extremists’ tactics.

[wintertime]

How about that photo of the girl with the hacked off nose.

[GladesGuru]

“Americans however, and the majority of Muslims in the US do not align themselves with cut throat terrorists.”

Do at least consider revising the above line of yours. Muslims must adhere to the Koran or be considered “apostate” and therefore subject to killing by other Muslims.

I suspect you have made the common error of confusing the American, Judeo-Christian based right to worship as you see fit with Islam. That is an error. There is NO variation allowed in Islam.

Look it up.

[lonestar]

Have you seen this...Three things about Islam.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ib9rofXQl6w&feature=player_embedded

It's a must watch. Sorry I couldn't link it.

[padre35]

Not necessarily, there are different schools of Imams, fundamentalist and modernist, the Sufi Modernist Imams are not the ones to support the literal interpretation of “spread Islam by the fire and the sword” or “don't take Christians or Jews for friends”.

Fundamentalist Islam is utterly opposed to any sense of Eccumenicalsim..look up Sufi Schools of Islamic Thought..Imam Ghuzali..one is conflating them with Salafistic lines of thought.

[Gritty]

The real question should be, "What good reasons are there for Americans to like Muslims"?".

Ask that and there won't be much discussion, just dead air (apart from a few politically correct fools and the usual America hating subversives).

[algernonpj]

Here's another article, in which a Danish psychologist explains how his exposure to Muslims led him to the conclusion that having been raised in a Muslim environment – with Muslim parents and traditions – includes the risk of developing certain antisocial patterns, i.e. antisocial as defined in Western culture.

[Red in Blue PA]

I also remember the news-bimbo on CNN exclaiming what a coincidence it was when the second plane hit the other tower.

Never saw that but it does not surprise me one bit.

[golf lover]

Can someone tell me what there is to like about Muslims? I can’t think of one thing!

[algernonpj]

In the past week, I have heard two brave Muslims on the air not only condemning radical Islamic violence in the abstract, but actually renouncing those who fail to do so. The experience confirmed for me that there are moderate and peaceful Muslims out there - but they are at present a small (and often frightened) minority as the dominant force in Islam at this time is decidedly radical and irredentist.

I came by this article written by a muslim.

Such people seem very few and far between and largely ignored by the media. They are no doubt at high risk of violence from their 'brethren'. Compounding our problem in believing such people is Al-taqiyya which allows muslims to advance the cause of Islam by lying.

When we judge Islam, we do so on the basis of the behavior of the overwhelming majority of the worlds billion+ muslims. Our survival depends upon it.

There are times when I wonder how different recent history would have been had the Shah of Iran not been deposed.

[andy58-in-nh]

Thanks for the links - I will read them later today. As for the Shah of Iran, I will only say that the decision of the US not to protect him and preserve his government was a seismic policy shift that set in motion a chain of events that is still unfolding 35 years later.

[tillacum]

Oh,,,I have to agree with you about that, then yes, I concede, there are liberal muslims.

[tillacum]

Thanks to jimmah cahtah.

[andy58-in-nh]

Thanks to jimmah cahtah.

Yep. Worst President ever. Until now, that is.

[GladesGuru]

Unfortunately, the history of Islam is totally against your position. Since we are discussing “social justice” and the very real possibility that America and other nations may pass, and execute, judgment upon Islam, the issue arises: “We are not G*d, and should we care if there is ‘one righteous man’ in Islam?”

I suggest we follow the profound wisdom of St. Anne - Invade, conquer, convert or kill them”

[GladesGuru]

Unfortunately, the history of Islam is totally against your position. Since we are discussing “social justice” and the very real possibility that America and other nations may pass, and execute, judgment upon Islam, the issue arises: “We are not G*d, and should we care if there is ‘one righteous man’ in Islam?”

I suggest we follow the profound wisdom of St. Anne - Invade, conquer, convert or kill them”

[GladesGuru]

Those whose opinion In value tell me that the essence of the translatios are accurate. In case of any question, use several text by different authors.

Don’t forget Google is your research buddy.