US Muslims plagued by discrimination after 9/11 attacks [Aaaaaaaarrrrgh!]

Yahoo News & AFP ^ | September 3, 2006 | Mira Oberman

[Howlin]

Wishful thinking, cardinal.

[GATOR NAVY]

Well ya know, I bought 600 phones myself last week (for perfectly innocent reasons, I can assure you) but obviously they only pick on the mooselimbs.

[Howlin]

Do tell.

And the explanation would be, what?

:-)

[Taxman]

Add me to our ping list, please.

As to the question at hand, when I see "non-terrorist" (if there truly be any!) Moslems actively "ratting out" the Islamofacist terrorists in our midst, I might, just might, mind you, change my mind.

In the meantime, I'll not trust any Moslem!

[Jorge]

Is that so? Has the US sent suicide plane hijackers into an Islamic nation, to kill 3000 innocents lately? How about ever?

So it's OK with you if people express the same sort of hatefilled relgious intolerance....as long as they haven't actually flown planes into buildings, yet.

[Wil H]

Discrimination and harassment by law enforcement have come to plague American Muslims in the years since the terrorist attacks of September 11.

Well this is absolutely awful!

I suggest they take up the issue with their brethren that are murdering and killing people and getting them a bad name.

Until then, they can bend over and grab their ankles...

[Tzimisce]

....well, at least Americans don't blow up Mosques with bombs strapped aroundt their waists and shoot up Muslim grocery stores....

[Wil H]

A recent Gallup poll showed that 39 percent of Americans admit to being prejudiced against Muslims and that nearly a quarter say they would not want a Muslim for a neighbor.

Wow, what a surprise!

Ya don't think this would have anything to do with the fact that, for example, Muslims have carried out 5727 murderous attacks worldwide on innocent victims since 9/11?

I mean, why wouldn't you want one of these wonderful people living next to you?

[CheyennePress]

Having worked with more than a handful of Muslims, I can honestly say that yes, I am prejudiced against them and will be such forever more.

I respect people of so many ideologies, but that is not one of them. There is something wholly unstable, not right, and downright evil in Islam. I really wish that our nation would get smart and end all the visas and green cards from the Middle East.

I'm torn because I have known some good Muslims. Unfortunately, the evil ones waaaay outweigh the filthy ones. Part of me wants to be open to the people of Iraq and Iran, those escaping the Jihadis. The problem is that there are so, so many who wish this nation and our country harm and are solely using it for our money and to take advantage of American women (the latter after ease-dropping in on several extremely vulgar conversations discussing fantasies of harming Western women).

[Treader]

What "same sort of hatefilled religious intolerance" are you suggesting? The "supposed religious" angle has only come from Islam at large. Dispute that fact- by fact & not emotional rhetoric.

[sageb1]

""After seeing the sinister rise of Islamofascism over the last several years I am now dedicating my life as a Christian to do whatever it takes to cleanse the world of islam (sic) and hopefully convert its sad and misguided followers," reads another."

Thank you to whomever wrote that.

[sageb1]

That rant echoes my exact thoughts, Alouette.

[Jeff Chandler]

People who compose this sort or hatred are no better than the Islamic extremists they claim to oppose.

Oh, I beg to differ. Hoping and bombing are worlds apart.

[Jorge]

What "same sort of hatefilled religious intolerance" are you suggesting?

How about the post I was responding to that suggested ALL MUSLIMS GET OUT of the USA?

The "supposed religious" angle has only come from Islam at large. Dispute that fact- by fact & not emotional rhetoric.

You should try actually reading threads before responding to them.

[GATOR NAVY]

It's like this...when I was a kid growing up in Washington, you couldn't get Coors there. When we went on vacations, as soon as we got into Oregon or Idaho, my Dad would buy some Coors. It was the forbidden fruit.

So it's the same with these tracphones I bought. These are special Ohio tracphones...you can't get 'em in Michigan, and everyone there wants them.

[sageb1]

"Interesting how they're going to small towns to make their purchases."

I'd like to know where they're getting the money to make those purchases.

[sageb1]

Read the Qur'an, then get back to us.

[Jorge]

Read the Qur'an, then get back to us.

You read it and the get back to us if you actually have something to contribute to this debate.

And I'm willing to bet you can't present anything about or from the Qur'an I haven't heard before.

[sageb1]

What have you heard before?

[MPJackal]

We live in Oregon. My son goes to a high school in the western suburbs of Portland. Quite a few Middle Easterners live around here. He tells me of the Mooslem kids that say OBL is their hero and how they refuse to stand for the National Anthem. As far as I am concerned they can ALL go F@ck themselves.