[demnomo]

There are 6 Million Muslims living in the USA?! That's scary! Sure, a majority of Muslims voted for Bush in '2000, prior to 9/11. Now, they're supporting wimpy Kerry. What does this say about how they feel about the war on terrorism? Hmmm?

[MineralMan]

"There are 6 Million Muslims living in the USA?! That's scary!"

Roughly that many, give or take a million. A somewhat smaller number are citizens, but it's still a sizable chunk of population.

Of course, some are blacks who have converted to Islam. The rest are from the Middle East, with an emphasis on Pakistan.

As citizens, they have the right to vote, just as all citizens do. As President Bush says, "Islam is a religion of peace." Terrorists are not good citizens. Most Moslem citizens, however, are OK. They own businesses, create jobs, and do all the things we all do. They just have a different religion.

Telling the terrorists from the peaceable Moslems is the problem. I have no solution for that one.

[NY Attitude]

As the war on terror progresses, maybe they are afraid that some terror cells will be identified within the US, and the rest of the Muslim community will be painted with a broad-brush.

[NY Attitude]

As the war on terror progresses, maybe they are afraid that some terror cells will be identified within the US, and the rest of the Muslim community will be painted with a broad-brush.

[a noble vision]

No, the "6 million Muslims" is another blatant lie. The publicists for Islam are constantly bloating their numbers to try and sound more relevant to our national discourse.

The actual number is about 1.1 million according to the latest (2001) US census data (http://www.census.gov/prod/2004pubs/03statab/pop.pdf). This is less than one half of one percent of the US Population.