In U.S., fear and distrust of Muslims runs deep

Reuters on Yahoo ^ | 12/2/06 | Bernd Debusmann

[OrioleFan]

Exactly!

[EnochPowellWasRight]

"Exactly!"

The "trust" balance with Islam and Muslims has long been in the red.... in more ways than one.

Keep your powder dry.

[Jo Nuvark]

Chamberlain was a putz. Thank God for Churchill.

[NRA2BFree]

Well, whadda ya know, this could be why we distrust them!

[EnochPowellWasRight]

"Chamberlain was a putz."

He's the example our own State Department follows.

"Thank God for Churchill."

We need another one. Desperately.

[GraniteStateDad]

I want to believe...please help me to believe by giving me something other than terrorists and hate-mongering clerics. Where is this positive, neighborly, family oriented side of Islam that many speak of? Will somebody please tell me?
GSD

[CitizenUSA]

EnochPowellWasRight wrote: "They won't kill you last for helping them, Melas."

That's disgusting. Melas isn't taking "their" side. He's taking OUR side--the American side. You know, the one where you are innocent until proven guilty. To imply he's a traitor because he doesn't want to throw every Muslim US citizen is prison is grossly unfair.

[EnochPowellWasRight]

"Well, whadda ya know, this could be why we distrust them!"

Wait!! Can't be right, can it? We're told that this is a noble religion that gives peace to thousands (said by the President, as I recall) and that our greatest legacy as a nation isn't that we took mankind into space, but that we helped form yet another Muslim terrorist state (said by Condi Rice and backed up by the President)....

It's a religion of peace, of course,

... the peace of submission, slavery, death, and the enemy of our entire civilization, but you won't hear that from anyone in a leadership position in a Western nation today. Just like everyone in power in the 30s thought that Hitler could be reasoned with.

If this level of abasement of our great nation before Islam is what we can expect of a Republican Administration, what would Kerry's have been like?

[EnochPowellWasRight]

" Melas isn't taking "their" side. "

They're attempting to use our tolerance and enlightenment-based laws and customs to destroy us. He IS taking their side, even if he might not realize it.

"You know, the one where you are innocent until proven guilty."

Kerry said he'd treat this war as a law enforcement exercise too.... That DOESN'T WORK. It's a WAR.

"To imply he's a traitor because he doesn't want to throw every Muslim US citizen is prison is grossly unfair."

I'm implying he's a "useful idiot". As are you. Organizations like CAIR use people with your viewpoint against you and the rest of us.

[hoosierham]

Most Americans fear snakes even though only a few are poisonous.
A few Americans are fascinated by snakes and harbor them.

[Kenny Bunk]

There are 1.3 billion Muslims ...... What if only 10 percent are terrorists who want to kill us?

This is what few Americans want to deal with. At least 10% of the world's Muslims are active jihadists.

They are aided and abetted by at least another 25%, or they would never go operational. Add to that the overwhelming number of Muslims who listen to their imams' rantings and contribute millions, while keeping conspicuously silent.

That's more people who want us dead or converted than the combined population of the Axis Powers we faced in WWII. Yet, no one is allowed to say we are in a World-Wide War, if not a World War, with Islam.

[RoyStevens]

I wonder why.

[onyx]

We are in agreement. I see it plainly and clearly. Islam is the enemy.

[GraniteStateDad]

"Several American Muslims interviewed on the subject of prejudice over the past few weeks said ignorance was at the core of the problem."
If ignorance is the problem, it's because we haven't been shown anything else!
Where is the national voice of the pro-family, peace-loving Islamic community in America? Please don't tell me it's Jesse Jackson. I'm not trying to be funny - I want to know!
GSD

[NRA2BFree]

Wait!! Can't be right, can it? We're told that this is a noble religion that gives peace to thousands (said by the President, as I recall) and that our greatest legacy as a nation isn't that we took mankind into space, but that we helped form yet another Muslim terrorist state (said by Condi Rice and backed up by the President)....

It's a religion of peace, of course,

You forgot this: < / sarcasm > LOL

... the peace of submission, slavery, death, and the enemy of our entire civilization, but you won't hear that from anyone in a leadership position in a Western nation today. Just like everyone in power in the 30s thought that Hitler could be reasoned with.

If this level of abasement of our great nation before Islam is what we can expect of a Republican Administration, what would Kerry's have been like?

It would have been bad, but the outcome would have been the same. That bunch of sissies in DC don't have what it takes to go up against an enemy like Islam. They would rather cave in to their demands, and try to pacify them with their phony "religion of peace" crapola. Bush and Condi have/will deliver us into the hands of the enemy!!!

[CitizenUSA]

GraniteStateDad wrote: "Where is the national voice of the pro-family, peace-loving Islamic community in America?"

A Google search for "muslims against terrorism" might be a good place to start. Peaceful Muslim organizations are out there.

[RichardW]

The only time we'll be truly free of this Satanic cult is when there are no longer any Muslims in the world. And to think we allow them in the country at all is a travesty. They should all be sent back to the ME where they can chop each other's heads off as they wish. We don't need them here; that's for sure.

[Tenniel]

Ummm, surely you mean "trust, but verify"?

Although if RR were President today, that would probably be the very least of what he'd say. Or do.

[GraniteStateDad]

Thank you for your reply.
I understand that there are organizations out there, but what I want to know is just what I asked...
"Where is the national voice of the pro-family, peace-loving Islamic community in America?"
GSD

[CitizenUSA]

EnochPowellWasRight wrote: "It's a WAR."

Yes, it IS a war. As such, it needs to be fought in an intelligent way that actually achieves our objectives. We, a nation of 300 million people, are not going to wipe out 1 billion Muslims. Right now, we are only facing a radical minority. Let's say we DID start rounding up every innocent Muslim, and let's say we DID start indiscriminately bombing every mosque. Do you think that would actually help win the war? No, it wouldn't. It would drive the vast majority of the 1 billion Muslims into our enemy's camp.

I'm no friend of Islam. In fact, I think it's heresy. But that doesn't mean I don't respect an American Muslim's right to worship peacefully. As long as they aren't doing something criminal, they have the same rights as any other American.