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8 years later, 9/11 still no ordinary day for US Muslims who fear anniversary backlash
StarTribune ^ | 9/10/09 | RACHEL ZOLL , Associated Press

Posted on 09/10/2009 4:16:33 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo

There is the dread of leaving the house that morning. People might stare, or worse, yell insults.

Prayers are more intense, visits with family longer. Mosques become a refuge.

Eight years after 9/11, many U.S. Muslims still struggle through the anniversary of the attacks. Yes, the sting has lessened. For the younger generation of Muslims, the tragedy can even seem like a distant memory. "Time marches on," said Souha Azmeh Al-Samkari, a 22-year-old student at the University of Dayton in Ohio.

Yet, many American Muslims say Sept. 11 will never be routine, no matter how many anniversaries have passed.

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


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 8thanniversary; 911; backlash; boohoo; boohoohoo; callthewaambulance; cryinginheadrag; crymeariver; eighth; gohome; gtfo; islam; jihad; muslimamericans; muslims; soverysad; thenleave; waronterror
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Well, boo-bleepin'-hoo.

Everything I need to know about Islam, I learned on 9/11.

1 posted on 09/10/2009 4:16:33 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo
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Eight years after 9/11, many U.S. Muslims still struggle through the anniversary of the attacks. Yes, the sting has lessened.

How sick is this ? This article makes it sound like they were the ones attacked.

2 posted on 09/10/2009 4:18:11 PM PDT by Red Boots
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Oh stop. Really.


3 posted on 09/10/2009 4:18:15 PM PDT by wombtotomb (Equal opportunity does NOT mean equal outcome!!)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

In reading that one would think Muslims were terribly wronged on 9/11. What sick spin.


4 posted on 09/10/2009 4:21:14 PM PDT by whatshotandwhatsnot
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo
A significant number of U.S. Muslims contend that no one of their faith could have perpetrated the hijackings. They resist suggestions that they should be monitoring their own communities for extremism.

Choosing to be the "other" in a well-armed and literate country isn't a great long-term survival strategy.

5 posted on 09/10/2009 4:21:35 PM PDT by NativeNewYorker (Freepin' Jew Boy)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Shrug, quit rooting for the bad guys.


6 posted on 09/10/2009 4:22:15 PM PDT by pnh102 (Regarding liberalism, always attribute to malice what you think can be explained by stupidity. - Me)
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7 posted on 09/10/2009 4:22:33 PM PDT by cranked
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Islam IS evil, but will ultimately be defeated.

The Islamic Antichrist: The Shocking Truth about the Real Nature of the Beast (Hardcover)

http://www.amazon.com/Islamic-Antichrist-Shocking-Truth-Nature/dp/1935071122/ref=pd_rhf_p_t_1


8 posted on 09/10/2009 4:23:13 PM PDT by gop4lyf (Obama wants to raise taxes and kill babies. Palin wants to raise babies and kill taxes.)
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Refuge?

On Tuesday, 11SEP2001, I didn't particularly feel that I had a refuge anywhere.

9 posted on 09/10/2009 4:25:25 PM PDT by ArrogantBustard (Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo
8 1/2 years later and we STILL haven't secured our borders!

How soon we forget.

10 posted on 09/10/2009 4:25:54 PM PDT by unixfox (The 13th Amendment Abolished Slavery, The 16th Amendment Reinstated It !)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Tell them to leave their murderous cult and they will not have to fear any backlash.

All the leftist media trying to turn the aggressors into the victims will take down this country if they do not stop.


11 posted on 09/10/2009 4:26:01 PM PDT by OldMissileer (Atlas, Titan, Minuteman, PK. Winners of the Cold War)
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To: gop4lyf

This is beyond sick.
What about the families who had people die that day?
How hard is it for THEM to face yet another anniversary?
Where’s the concern for THEM in the Muslim community?


12 posted on 09/10/2009 4:26:44 PM PDT by Radagast the Fool ("Mexico-Beirut with tacos!"--Dr. Zoidberg)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo
Let's see, nearly three thousand people and billions of dollars worth of property destroyed, or someone who might get their feelings hurt tomorrow.

Tough call... NOT!

13 posted on 09/10/2009 4:26:44 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Wearing neck brace in commemoration of Ted Kennedy's contribution to our society.)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo
There is the dread of leaving the house that morning. People might stare, or worse, yell insults.

Oh, how awful.

For Americans minding their own business, there is the dread of leaving the house each morning. Muslims might moan, complain, or riot about yet another perceived slight. Or worse, they'll just blow up dance clubs, pizza parlors and behead people while ululating, "Allah Akbar!"

15 posted on 09/10/2009 4:30:08 PM PDT by kromike
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To: Morgana

I’ll be nowhere near any muslims or tall buildings tomorrow....


16 posted on 09/10/2009 4:30:33 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo
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To: unixfox

Forget? Our leaders didn’t get it on day one IMO.

The insult to the families of having the Muslim Clerics play a dominant role in the memorial services made me furious as soon as I noticed it.

Imagine political leaders making KKK members an integral part of the funeral services for a lynched Black person.

Bush and company as well as all the rest of the morons in W., D.C. facilitated this. So did Giuliani.


17 posted on 09/10/2009 4:30:38 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Wearing neck brace in commemoration of Ted Kennedy's contribution to our society.)
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To: Morgana

Heard on the radio the Biden will be at ground zero.


18 posted on 09/10/2009 4:31:26 PM PDT by CaptRon
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Dear friend,

Worrying about a perceived problem not based in reality (in most cases) is
a waste of time and energy.

If you are a muslim and wonder how to observe September 11, 2001; think about taking time to talk to your family, friends and fellow mosque members about NOT joining the global jihad, about NOT joining radical islam, about REPORTING those who might harm you or your fellow Americans. You can
do it.


19 posted on 09/10/2009 4:32:37 PM PDT by Cindy
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Apparently human sacrifice in the name of a religion is fine to the media/left. Making them feel bad for belonging to a cult which does it daily though, watch out.


20 posted on 09/10/2009 4:33:00 PM PDT by Tolsti2
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