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For Muslims, a Beleaguered Feeling: As Ramadan Begins, Many Say Sentiment Against Them Is Hardening
Washington Post ^ | Caryle Murphy

Posted on 10/15/2004 8:45:17 PM PDT by milestogo

For Muslims, a Beleaguered Feeling

As Ramadan Begins, Many Say Sentiment Against Them Is Hardening

By Caryle Murphy
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, October 15, 2004; Page B01

Many American Muslims believe that the U.S. government has contributed to the deepening of anti-Muslim sentiment by treating them more as foes than allies in the war against terrorism. They say the government has done this by singling out Muslims for special scrutiny at airports, investigating Islamic charities and detaining Muslims who eventually are found innocent of criminal activity -- all of which leads to a growing perception that the war on terrorism has become a war against Islam.

"I hear a lot of people saying that today, especially moderate Muslims, people I never thought would have this feeling," said Mohamed Magid, imam of the All Dulles Area Muslim Society, a mosque in Sterling.

Echoing other Muslims, Magid said he fears that there is "some element in the [Bush] administration intent on dismantling Muslim organizations and bringing them down. . . . It's very disturbing."

The Los Angeles-based Muslims Public Affairs Council has expressed disappointment that no American Muslims were included in the drafting of the federal 9/11 Commission report, even in sections addressing the United States's relationship with the Muslim world.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: muslimamericans; ramadan
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1 posted on 10/15/2004 8:45:18 PM PDT by milestogo
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To: milestogo

Hmm, more wapoisoning from wapo.


2 posted on 10/15/2004 8:46:03 PM PDT by Petronski (I'm not always cranky.)
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To: milestogo

The Muslim should look at themselves and ask why terrorism is allowed to hapen, like 9/11, Beslan, Madrid, Bali, etc and their role with the Nazis in World War II and after and alliance with the Soviet Union.


3 posted on 10/15/2004 8:47:02 PM PDT by Ptarmigan (Proud rabbit hater and killer)
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To: milestogo

I had a nice, big sausage pizza for Ramadan :-D


4 posted on 10/15/2004 8:47:31 PM PDT by Bombardier (Scratch a Democrat, find a traitor.)
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To: milestogo

KNOWING AND UNDERSTANDING THE HISTORY OF THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD IS THE KEY TO UNDERSTANDING TODAY’S ISLAMIC WAR AGAINST THE WEST

Part I
From Wahhabi Islam to the Muslim Brotherhood
1902-1928

Part II
Muslim Brotherhood Unites With Hitler’s Third Reich
1933-2002

Part III
Arab League and Muslim Brotherhood
Voice of Amin Al-Husseini into the 20th and 21st Century
1945 - 2002

Part IV
Legacy of Death and Hate

Over Ten Million Human Beings Murdered in half a century.

http://www.tellthechildrenthetruth.com/MuslimBrotherhood-todays-Jihad.htm


5 posted on 10/15/2004 8:49:13 PM PDT by Vn_survivor_67-68
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To: Bombardier
I had a nice, big sausage pizza for Ramadan :-D

Did it have those ever tasty pork rinds on it too?

6 posted on 10/15/2004 8:49:40 PM PDT by teletech (Friends don't let friends vote DemocRAT)
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To: milestogo

hmmm...

Of all people, why muslims I wonder?


7 posted on 10/15/2004 8:49:47 PM PDT by wesdale
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To: Bombardier

It's good to exterminate termites, and it's the only way to keep them from ruining your place. Surely Muslims are not termites, are they? Hmmm.


8 posted on 10/15/2004 8:50:15 PM PDT by ReadyNow (When you see the eye, expect a lie!)
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To: Petronski

Well for crying out loud, get off your a$$es and quit being cowed by the radicals in your midst. Speak out forcefully against terrorism and tyranny, thank the U.S. for its sacrifices on behalf of many Muslim nations, stop funding madrassas with U.S. charitable contributions, clean the radicals out of your mosques. Until you do this, it's going to be very hard for most Americans to sympathize with your whiny problems about suspicion and supposed loss of rights.


9 posted on 10/15/2004 8:50:16 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: milestogo
As Ramadan Begins, Many Say Sentiment Against Them Is Hardening

Ya Think?
10 posted on 10/15/2004 8:50:18 PM PDT by AaronInCarolina
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To: milestogo
Many American Muslims believe that the U.S. government has contributed to the deepening of anti-Muslim sentiment by treating them more as foes than allies in the war against terrorism.

Right. Has nothing to do with the beheadings, suicide bombings, school massacres, 9/11, rocket attacks on pre-schoolers, etc.
11 posted on 10/15/2004 8:50:43 PM PDT by West Coast Conservative
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To: milestogo
The see all this, but they cannot see the acts of Muslim extremists in the news almost daily, sawing off heads of innocent civilians on videos, shooting Russian school children in the back, etc. etc. dirtying the image of Muslims around the world.

Idiots.

12 posted on 10/15/2004 8:50:49 PM PDT by Jorge
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To: milestogo

I wonder why.


13 posted on 10/15/2004 8:51:53 PM PDT by sport
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To: milestogo

I don't care. They need to do something themsleves. Churchill said years ago, there were the violent ones and the ones that did nothing about it. Still seems accurate to me.


14 posted on 10/15/2004 8:52:28 PM PDT by madison46 (Give IRAN nuke fuel?? Your nutz)
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To: milestogo
As Ramadan Begins, Many Say Sentiment Against Them Is Hardening

Can't imagine why.

15 posted on 10/15/2004 8:53:08 PM PDT by martin_fierro (™)
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To: teletech
Nope....but I had those for a snack before sundown ;-)

With Tabasco Sauce.....

16 posted on 10/15/2004 8:53:32 PM PDT by Bombardier (Scratch a Democrat, find a traitor.)
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To: Vn_survivor_67-68

I've seen that site before. Great site. It left out the Communist and Muslim alliance. They too share the same goals. The Nazis and Muslim alliance is more profound. I also forgot that Muslims rushed in defense of Adolf Eichmann when he was tried in Israel and they called him a martyr and hero for executing the Holocaust.


17 posted on 10/15/2004 8:53:50 PM PDT by Ptarmigan (Proud rabbit hater and killer)
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To: milestogo

Could it be that daily beheadings and car bombings of children by their co-religionists without condemnation by local muslims leads their neighbors to distrust?

Nah.....couldn't be....


18 posted on 10/15/2004 8:55:17 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie (Global Test. Didn't need tax cut. Give Iran nuclear fuel. Never waivered on Iraq.)
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To: Bombardier

Tabasco sauce on pork rinds, yummy. Be sure to get the habanero tabasco sauce, but keep a cold glass of water near you.


19 posted on 10/15/2004 8:55:41 PM PDT by psjones
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To: Petronski

Of course, the slaughter of 300 schoolchildren in Beslan and near-weekly videos of hostage beheadings have done little to influence public feelings about muslims...


20 posted on 10/15/2004 8:55:44 PM PDT by silverleaf (Fasten your seat belts- it's going to be a BUMPY ride.)
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To: milestogo

"For Muslims, a Beleaguered Feeling"

boo-freakin-hoo
At least Muslims aren't being terrorized by Christians the world-over. Too bad the opposite isn't true.
21 posted on 10/15/2004 8:55:59 PM PDT by Texas_Jarhead
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To: milestogo

"Sentiment against them is hardening"

If the burqa fits, wear it.


22 posted on 10/15/2004 8:56:46 PM PDT by exit82 (Righteousness exalts a nation...... Proverbs 14:34)
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To: milestogo
American Muslims believe that the U.S. government has contributed to the deepening of anti-Muslim sentiment by treating them more as foes than allies in the war against terrorism.

Actually, the pro-US muslims are so rare that Americans get positively giddy when they find one. Try speaking up for your adopted country, try sending your sons down to the recruiting station and find out just how friendly Americans can be.

23 posted on 10/15/2004 8:57:23 PM PDT by marron
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To: milestogo

aw gee, kinda like Daschle --I'm deeply saddened for them


24 posted on 10/15/2004 8:57:41 PM PDT by proudmilitarymrs (If you can read this, thank a teacher. If you are reading it in English, thank a soldier.)
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To: milestogo
"The Los Angeles-based Muslims Public Affairs Council has expressed disappointment that no American Muslims were included in the drafting of the federal 9/11 Commission report..."

And some of us are "disappointed" the President wasn't joking when he referred to Islam as a "Religion of Peace."

25 posted on 10/15/2004 8:57:49 PM PDT by F16Fighter
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To: milestogo
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26 posted on 10/15/2004 8:59:00 PM PDT by Fiddlstix (This Tagline for sale. (Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: milestogo
Echoing other Muslims, Magid said he fears that there is "some element in the [Bush] administration intent on dismantling Muslim organizations and bringing them down. . . . It's very disturbing."

Sounds right encouraging to me. Git 'er done!

27 posted on 10/15/2004 8:59:11 PM PDT by TADSLOS (Right Wing Infidel since 1954)
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To: Bombardier

Now that's a trip because we had sausage and pepperoni pizzas for dinner tonight lol


28 posted on 10/15/2004 8:59:19 PM PDT by visualops
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To: Bombardier
Nope....but I had those for a snack before sundown ;-)

With Tabasco Sauce.....

We're just a couple of wild and crazy infidels!

29 posted on 10/15/2004 9:01:05 PM PDT by teletech (Friends don't let friends vote DemocRAT)
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To: psjones

Water makes it worse. Milk is the key to soothe the hot taste.


30 posted on 10/15/2004 9:01:52 PM PDT by Ptarmigan (Proud rabbit hater and killer)
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To: silverleaf

Because those in our press have NO balls...excuse my French.


31 posted on 10/15/2004 9:02:18 PM PDT by Petronski (I'm not always cranky.)
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To: Fiddlstix; BlindGuardian

wow that is powerful.


32 posted on 10/15/2004 9:03:08 PM PDT by visualops
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To: silverleaf

The Beslan massacre is the lowest of the lowest. The Muslim have no one to blame but themselves.


33 posted on 10/15/2004 9:03:23 PM PDT by Ptarmigan (Proud rabbit hater and killer)
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To: milestogo

Duh, I pissed on my foot and now I wonder why my sock stinks?


34 posted on 10/15/2004 9:05:40 PM PDT by ArmedNReady (George Bush has wood for the Democrats)
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To: milestogo

hmm.... it would be kind of funny to bring lots food (donuts, bagels, etc) into the office everyday durning ramadamadingdong or whatever this silly holiday is. Bet the muslims in the office would appreciate it. Maybe even plan some group lunches.


35 posted on 10/15/2004 9:06:34 PM PDT by MrFred
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To: visualops; Prime Choice
wow that is powerful.

Yes it is. Thanks goes to FReeper Prime Choice. He makes those great graphics.

36 posted on 10/15/2004 9:06:39 PM PDT by Fiddlstix (This Tagline for sale. (Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: milestogo

In the months following 9/11 Americans went on a spending spree buying books relating to Islam and life in the Middle East.

Osama Bin Laden was reported to have been convinced that this was the start of the Islamization of America. Why else would all those Americans be so interested in Islam?

What he didn't understand was that Americans wanted to better understand their enemy.

Before 9/11 Islam was looked at by Americans as a beign desert religion steeped in mysticism. That all changed after Americans delved into the heart of Islamic religion.

Muslims today are just as ignorant about the feelings of the average American toward Islam as Osama Bin Laden was. Americans better understand the nature of Islam today, and as a result they see muslims as enemies of Western civilization.

Muslims have a right to be afraid as long as they hold onto every belief as written in the Quran.


37 posted on 10/15/2004 9:07:26 PM PDT by Noachian (A Democrat, by definition, is a Socialist.)
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To: milestogo

To make them feel better lets have a National Take a Muslim to lunch day next week. I know some great places for pork sandwiches.


38 posted on 10/15/2004 9:08:11 PM PDT by MrFred
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To: fortunecookie

Do you have a good recipe for pork roast?


;O)


39 posted on 10/15/2004 9:09:18 PM PDT by Petronski (I'm not always cranky.)
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To: milestogo

The local ABC affiliate flashed a Ramadan greeting. I took it as a Homeland Security alert.


40 posted on 10/15/2004 9:10:57 PM PDT by TheSpottedOwl ("In the Kingdom of the Deluded, the Most Outrageous Liar is King".)
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To: milestogo

Here's a novel idea for Muslims, stop supporting terrorists.


41 posted on 10/15/2004 9:12:00 PM PDT by tiki (Win one against the Flipper)
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To: Bombardier

I honor of Ramadan, I have decided to eat all day and fast all night.

Wait a minute. That's what I do already.:•)


42 posted on 10/15/2004 9:13:36 PM PDT by auboy (If you favor works over words, vote Bush-Cheney 2004.)
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To: milestogo
When the top religious leaders in the muslim world issue their calls to murder americans and jews from the highest Islamic pulpits, the rank and file should not expect respects until they have physically removed the screwball sheiks from their positions.

When there is a Million Muslim March against the Al-Aqsa Waqf, then they will deserve to be taken seriously.

43 posted on 10/15/2004 9:17:52 PM PDT by cookcounty (Kerry: He began by trashing the VN Vets. He ends by trashing the NG. Such class is rarely seen.)
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"For Muslims, a Beleaguered Feeling."

This is bullshit. I went to Portland Oregon from Reno last weekend and had to jump through the hoops to get on the plane. I don't even look like I come from The Middle East.

If these lame assholes can't take the heat then they should bug out to where they came from. I won't miss them.

44 posted on 10/15/2004 9:17:55 PM PDT by blackbart.223
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To: milestogo

If they would stop whining and blaming others, and would put their own house in order (e.g., get rid of the radical mullahs and terrorist "charities" that infest the "American" muslim community, STOP backing Hamas, the KLA, and the Chechen bandits, etc.) they would do a lot better.

Now they will have 30 days or so in which many of them will have communal fast-breaking meals every night. Maybe they can discuss these house-cleaning measures at their meals, and develop plans for action.


45 posted on 10/15/2004 9:20:58 PM PDT by Honorary Serb (Kerry is an empty suit, and Soros is his puppet-master!)
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To: Ptarmigan

FYI:

13th Waffen SS Gebirgs Division "Handschar" (1st Croatian) Recruiting began in May-Jun3 1942. The division was formed from Croatian, Muslim, and Volksdeutcsh (ethnic Germans living in Croatia) volunteers from Bosnia. Absorbed the Croatian SS Freiwilligen Division and the Hadziefendic Legion, plus new recruits. Activated on 3-1-1943 in FRANCE. On 27 September 1943 the Muslims mutinied and murdered several of their officers. The mutineers were executed. Between October-November 1944 unreliable parts of the division were disarmed. In 1945 what remained of the division was taken prisoner by the English at Villach.

23d Waffen SS Gebirgs Division "Kama" (2nd Croatian).
Organized by Feurher trit 28 May 1944. Envisioned as a sister division to the 13th WSSGD. Trained in the Bachska region of Yugoslavia until October 1944. Disbanded at the approach of the Red Army and the designation given to the Dutch SS Panzer Division being formed.

From: Nafziger, George F. THE GERMAN ORDER OF BATTLE: WAFFEN SS AND OTHER UNITS IN WORLD WAR II. Da Capo: 2001.


46 posted on 10/15/2004 9:21:24 PM PDT by Old Sarge Ski (To be dealt with as wolves are.)
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To: Honorary Serb
"Now they will have 30 days or so in which many of them will have communal fast-breaking meals every night. Maybe they can discuss these house-cleaning measures at their meals, and develop plans for action."

Don't bet on it.

47 posted on 10/15/2004 9:22:54 PM PDT by blackbart.223
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To: Old Sarge Ski

I know about those two Muslim SS division. A fellow Freeper told me that some of them fled to Saudi Arabia and later Syria and Iraq.


48 posted on 10/15/2004 9:23:26 PM PDT by Ptarmigan (Proud rabbit hater and killer)
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To: martin_fierro

Islam is, as Islam does..


49 posted on 10/15/2004 9:25:03 PM PDT by sheik yerbouty
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To: Honorary Serb

They are forbidden alcohol, yet they love whine.


50 posted on 10/15/2004 9:26:33 PM PDT by sheik yerbouty
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