[white trash redneck]

The poor image that Islam enjoys in the US is entirely of their own making. If CAIR spent more time discouraging barbaric behavior among their co-religionists, and less time whining about discrimination and image problems, they'd make headway a lot faster.

BTW, the ex-congresscritter named in the article is an unfortunate demonstration that the RAT party does not have a monopoly on moonbat dhimmis.

[GSlob]

It's not a "cancer" but a healthy eigenstate.

[Pox]

The "media" will not be able to change the minds of most Americans who can see through the BS they spew, IMO. Let them waste their time and money.

[FreedomPoster]

A phobia is an irrational fear.

There is nothing irrational about fearing a conquer-by-the-sword, jihad-oriented totalitarian politico-religious system.

[tkathy]

Maybe they could spend the $50 million on deprogramming their millions of brainwashed zombie butchers.

[Bob]

A survey conducted by Cornell University recently found that around half of Americans have a negative view of Islam...

Yep, you know, the suicide bombings and beheadings just might have something to do with creating that view. Naaah, that couldn't possibly be the case. It must be that we're just hateful people. (Do I really need a sarcasm tag?)

[pgyanke]

... but that it is wrong for Americans to rush to conclusions based on these groups that have distorted or misinterpreted Qur’anic text.

1) I agree that there are Muslim groups that have misinterpreted the Qur'anic text. These are called converts. Once it is more fully explained for them, the sleeper cell awakens.

2) I'm an American... I'll have whatever damn opinion I want.

[RasterMaster]

[RebelBanker]

"I learned everything I need to know about Islam on September 11, 2001."

... and when they attacked the USS Cole, and when they tried to blow up the World Trade Center before, and when they blew up the Marine barracks in Beirut, and when they attacked the Khobar Towers, and...

[bfree]

The image of Islam I have is extremely well deserved. Kill them before they kill us.

[rattrap]

Dear Muslims,
Clean up your own damn house first, then worry about ours.

RT

[livius]

My view used to be more moderate - that is, I didn't really think Muslims shouldn't be allowed to live in this country or participate in politics - but almost five years of watching their behavior since 9/11 has made me wonder why we permit them to enter our country even to study. Islam is an insane death cult that wants to drag us all back to the 7th century, it has always been a backwards and insane death cult (even in the 8th century!), and all Muslims are essentially primed and ready to become vicious killers as soon as they get the signal.

This has nothing to do with their countries or where they come from; it's the insane death cult they belong to that makes them incapable of living with the rest of us. Remember, "jihad" is part of their religion and their scriptures, not just something alleged radicals dreamed up. Islam has been this way for 1400 years and it will be this way until it is wiped off the face of the earth in the final battle.

I'd be perfectly happy to see Muslims expelled from this country, and I suspect it will have to happen someday. But instead we have a growing fifth column here, aided and abetted by the left, and I do not feel even remotely optimistic about it.

[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

... said that the cancer of anti-Muslim and anti-Islamic sentiments was spreading in American society and requires corrective measures to stamp out this malaise.

There. Fixed it.

[taxed2death]

They've got a tough row to hoe that's for sure.

Can ANYONE post ANY redeeming factors regarding Islam?

Just ONE?



Bueller?




Bueller?

[Stand W]

All the advertising in the world won't get me to change my view of islam and muslims.

[sgtbono2002]

Where is CAIR gtting that kind of money from and what the hell is wrong with the half of America who doesnt see Islam for what it is Satanism.

[Southside_Chicago_Republican]

I didn't know Findley was still around. He was a central Illinois Republican congressman who lost his seat to Dick Durbin. (There must be something in the water down there.)

While looking up info on him, I found this tidbit:

http://www.aljazeerah.info/Opinion%20editorials/2004%20opinions/September/30%20o/22%20Year%20Veteran%20Congressman%20Paul%20Findley%20Dares%20to%20Speak%20Out%20Again,%20On%20DVD,%20Exposing%20Israel's%20Lobby%20By%20Mark%20Farrell.htm

I wonder who's paying him?

Oh, BTW, Findley, CAIR, et. al. -- most Americans probably didn't think about Islam much at all until the last few years, roughly after 9/11/01. Given what we've seen--both the murderous savagery on the part of many Muslims and the deafening silence on that savagery on the part of most of the rest -- what other kind of opinion of Muslims do you think Americans would have? You call it Islamophobia, which I take you to mean an irrational fear. I say it is good, practical, common sense and completely rational.

Prove me wrong.

[Gingersnap]

Yeah? The last Crusade was hundreds of years ago but you people cut off some guy's yesterday.

[Malone LaVeigh]

A survey conducted by Cornell University recently found that around half of Americans have a negative view of Islam

They must have conducted this survey outside a mosque. I don't know anyone that has a positive image of islam.

[Unam Sanctam]

How about addressing the substantive problem of Moslems committing and supporting acts of violence against non-Moslems and fellow Moslems, rather than just treating this as some sort of public relations problem?

[justanotherfreeper]

Let's see, they want to cut off my -- uhh, this is a family web site -- private parts, throw me into a burka, make me the third wife of some goatherder, and refuse to let me vote, drive, work, or go out of the house by myself. I gotta meet the PR agent who thinks they can "improve" Islam's "image."