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Re your posts, complete with pictures: FYI, MOST Muslims, (who reside in MANY, MANY countries all around the world), do NOT agree with what has transpired here and, in fact, are horrified. My Iranian former neighbor would be just one example. She and her siblings were sent to the U.S. for college just before the Ayatollah took over in Iran. Her parents, though they COULD have fled to the U.S., were elderly and did not really want to emigrate. Here's what happened to the parents after the Ayatollah took over: The "mullahs" basically took everything from Iranians who had any wealth whatsoever, only allowing them to keep one home. Many wealthy Iranians had several homes, as was the case with my neighbor's parents. They were divested of ALL their assets except for the one home. On the rare occasion that my friend still visits her parents in Iran, she must dress in the traditional "chador," wear NO makeup, and make certain to behave in public as the government believes is appropriate. She has actually been arrested several times for daring to wear MASCARA in public on the streets of Tehran. To say that this woman detests the Muslim extremists and all they stand for would be a gross understatement. She hesitantly admitted to me that she IS a Muslim, but that she is afraid and/or embarrassed to admit to this unless she really trusts the person she is talking to. It pains her that some people here may view her as a terrorist sympathizer or supporter, when she is neither. I do believe that since the terrorists ARE extremists, not run-of-the-mill Muslims, it would be a grave error in judgment to try to wipe out all or a large part of the Muslim population of the world, as many have suggested. While we must retaliate for the horrors of Sept. 11, it is important to be judicious about who we strike and where the strikes occur. I have no doubt that President Bush will do what needs to be done and at the appropriate time... (Sorry for the lack of paragraphs, but I do not know how to format.)

As a matter of fact most muslims throughout the world DO agree with what happened here and your friends are the exception

I know and work with many fine citizens and longtime resident aliens of this country who are of Iranian , Pakistani , Bangladeshi,etc. background.

It's recent immigrants that must be viewed with suspicion.

As to muslims residing outside of the country, make no mistake that they are happy as hell about what happened.