Not hard, if you ask my best friend he’ll probably tell you he’s a “muslim” despite the fact that bacon is his favorite food, he drinks like a horse, and he’s probably forgotten what the inside of a mosque is like.
You would think that with all the people who never go to church yet still call themselves christian, people would understand that there are muslims, buddists, hindus, etc that are the same way.
Not hard, if you ask my best friend he’ll probably tell you he’s a “muslim” despite the fact that bacon is his favorite food, he drinks like a horse, and he’s probably forgotten what the inside of a mosque is like.
Ahhhh... if Homeland Security and the TSA have read this... they now have some good questions to use to weed out the Muslim terrorists ... thanks for giving them a hint on how to do it ... LOL ...
TSA Question: What is your favorite food?
Terrorist Answer: Bacon.TSA Question: Do you drink at all, drink moderately, or drink like a horse?
Terrorist Answer: Absolutely... I drink like a horse.TSA Question: Okay, last one..., when was the last time you were in a Mosque?
Terrorist Answer: It's been so long ago, I can't even remember what it looks like inside!TSA Agent: Okay, move along! We're busy looking for terrorists.
Muslin Terrorist: Thank you! I just go to pieces thinking about America!
I think Homeland Security and TSA think like you already ... LOL ...
I guess that Homeland Security, TSA and many people on this board don't understand Taqiyya ... :-)
Some will become "Americanized" and some others might "grow into" the religion of their fathers - and add to the burden. Your friend might be fine now - will he still be eating bacon when he's forty? Maybe - maybe not. Americans are trusting - other cultures can see that as weakness to be exploited.
American cartoonists are learning to keep quiet. They're being actively intimidated by radical Muslims. It's ugly - it might be our future too.
Radical Muslims will use your friends - wittingly or not - as part of their "numbers" to get to a tipping point.
And that's the issue - can we totally shut down radical Muslims? Not unless we limit the number of Muslims allowed to immigrate here. At a certain tipping point, radicals shut down the moderates of that religion. Fear and intimidation are stock and trade. It's one of the things they're good at...
Young Germans ( even if they disagreed with Hitler) weren't allowed to live in the United States during World War II - for good reasons. Americans of German extract ( almost 20% of us) were not put them in camps - but we didn't open the borders, schools, and colleges for German youth to come here. We need to be fair, but not stupid. And yes, I would stand with my innocent Muslim neighbors if someone came after them for no other reason than being Muslim. I would do the same if someone went after Jews, or Christians, or blacks, or middle class white men for no other reason than being a member of that class. Same with people who attend tea parties.
But don't be too lulled - there's a reason Muslim cultures are violent, poor, and aggressive... and your friend has the seeds of those ideas in his head - they were given to him at his father's knees. You have also provided seeds for him. Only time will tell what grows - what soil the rest of us can prepare for your friend. My hope would be that your friend's seeds grow into love a freedom of expression, of religion, and of democratic choices.