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I hate to have to keep reading about what some idiot (like the Ayetullah) feels he has to puke up. Just plain sick of it. It's not my religion, it's the crap pouring out of some idiots mouth.

And as far as the Koran and the Jews, that's what was going on way back then. It has no bearing on how I treat Jews and Christians today.

The words of the Ayetullah are trash. I'm sick of reading that stuff. You'd probably feel the same way about some of the evangelists.. What was that guy's name who got caught with the prostitute about ten years ago? Or the guy (Tammy Faye's hubby Jim) who got busted ripping off the IRS?

And the Palestinians? They have a beef with Israel, and some are willing to fight to the death. That's their prorogative, none of mine. Am I going to fall in with them just because we are of the same "religion?" Hell no. Just like most Catholics and Protestants won't go to Ireland to learn Irish and fight each other.

There are those of us, like the Pope and I, who could sit and talk, without trying to one up each other. Then there those who can't...

You know right after 9/11 there were a lot of Muslims on TV saying that Islam is a religion of peace and that they regarded Christians and Jews as "people of the book", what does that mean for other religions like Hindus for example.

I'd also like to tell you, basically as an average American, what my issue is with Islam. As a Christian, Islam to me is a false religion, so I really don't care whether or not Osama and his buddies are practicing "true Islam" or not. The fact that it's a false religion doesn't so much bother me, what does bother me is that hundreds of millions of Muslims (and it seems like a majority to me) seem to want everyone who isn't Muslim to either convert or die.

I am also bothered by the fact that so many Muslim "Americans" who couldn't come out and condemn 9/11 came out in droves to criticize our policy in the Middle East. They seem to have a disposition (even if they don't want to kill or convert every non-Muslim) to always take the side of the Muslim in every conflict. You would be hard pressed to find even a "moderate" Muslim who takes the side of the Israelis, the Indians, the Russians, or the Serbs, they will always take the side of the Muslims.

A cousin of mine down in Texas (who admittedly is a very hot tempered guy) got in a fight with a Muslim over a basketball game. This Muslim was able to bring almost every Muslim in the state to help fight against my cousin and his group; all he had to do was tell them that he had gotten in a fight with a Southern Baptist, and Muslims who didn't even know him took his side; they will always help their brother Muslims in a conflict regardless of who is right and wrong. There are a lot more Baptists in Texas than Muslims, but Baptists don't just take the side of someone of their own religion over someone else; Islam is a very tribal religion, the only tribal religion that I know of.

Now I don't know you, but you seem like a decent enough guy, and I am sure there are millions of Muslims who are peaceable folk. But with such hostility coming out of so many Muslims, I simply don't want any more of them immigrating into my country. That's the God honest truth, I simply do not want them here; it's not worth the risk, and it's not like they have a tremendous upside.

My advice to you, as a Muslim who doesn't hate non-Muslims, is to spend your time purging the fanatics among your own religion instead of trying to convince the rest of us that Islam is a peaceful religion. Right now, I simply don't buy it