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American Muslims Ask, Will We Ever Belong?
The New York Times ^ | September 5, 2010 | LAURIE GOODSTEIN

Posted on 09/05/2010 8:25:01 PM PDT by Malone LaVeigh

For nine years after the attacks of Sept. 11, many American Muslims made concerted efforts to build relationships with non-Muslims, to make it clear they abhor terrorism, to educate people about Islam and to participate in interfaith service projects. They took satisfaction in the observations by many scholars that Muslims in America were more successful and assimilated than Muslims in Europe.

Now, many of those same Muslims say that all of those years of work are being rapidly undone by the fierce opposition to a Muslim cultural center near ground zero that has unleashed a torrent of anti-Muslim sentiments and a spate of vandalism. The knifing of a Muslim cab driver in New York City has also alarmed many American Muslims.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 911; groundzeromosque; islam; muslims; obama; sharia
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To: steel_resolve

Couldn’t have said it better myself!


41 posted on 09/05/2010 8:41:09 PM PDT by Future Snake Eater ("Get out of the boat and walk on the water with us!”--Sen. Joe Biden)
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To: Malone LaVeigh

Ditto this!

42 posted on 09/05/2010 8:41:55 PM PDT by Nateman (If liberals are not screaming you are doing it wrong!)
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To: Malone LaVeigh
"The knifing of a Muslim cab driver in New York City has also alarmed many American Muslims."

The senseless murder of nearly 3000 citizens on 9/11, the murder of 13 soldiers at Ft. Hood and two more shot, one killed in Arkansas has a few Americans a wee bit concerned too.

Cry me a river, but when American Muslims stand up and oust those that do these dastardly deeds from their midst's, I'll feel more like accepting them.

43 posted on 09/05/2010 8:44:24 PM PDT by DakotaRed (What happened to the country I fought for?)
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To: Malone LaVeigh

A man I work with told me that his teenage child was told by a Muslim friend that what the NAZIs did was good. This occurred in a prosperous middle-class suburb if NYC.

I wonder who taught that Muslim child to admire NAZIsm? It’s very unfortunate, but not hard to figure out.


44 posted on 09/05/2010 8:45:00 PM PDT by devere
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To: Malone LaVeigh

HG Wells probably had a prophetic vision of what our world will evolve into many generations from now and I believe the Morlocks of the future will originate with Islam.

The Eloi are christians.

Go see the original film ye thee of Islamic faith.


45 posted on 09/05/2010 8:45:18 PM PDT by Eye of Unk ("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act" G.Orwell)
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To: Personal Responsibility

I have an even bigger problem with those who wish to impose an alien religious and judicial system on the American people.


46 posted on 09/05/2010 8:45:54 PM PDT by reg45
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To: Malone LaVeigh

When they quit sympathizing with their mad brethren who want to take over America (which is approximately when pigs will fly) is when America will be ready to bid them a warm welcome instead of a hot goodbye.


47 posted on 09/05/2010 8:47:20 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (I am in America but not of America (per bible: am in the world but not of it))
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To: Malone LaVeigh

Muslims can belong...somewhere other than America...American Muslim is a contradiction.


48 posted on 09/05/2010 8:47:41 PM PDT by PoloSec (Note to Princess B H Obama: May PISS be Upon Mohammads Head...You Pervert1 Corinthians 15:3 For I de)
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To: Malone LaVeigh
The knifing of a Muslim cab driver in New York City has also alarmed many American Muslims.

Gee, NYT, I'm so shocked that once again you 'forgot' to mention that the cabbie's attacker was a white American who was working for a pro-Muslim film company.  Do you suppose that the reason why the "American Muslims" are so alarmed is because he got to see true Islam up close and it made him go nuts because the reality of Islam is the exact opposite of what the Left would like everyone to believe?

49 posted on 09/05/2010 8:48:51 PM PDT by Stoat (If you want a vision of the future, imagine a Birkenstock stamping on a human face... forever)
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To: Longbow1969

many American Muslims made concerted efforts to build relationships with non-Muslims, to make it clear they abhor terrorism
BULLSHIT that statement is total BULLSHIT


50 posted on 09/05/2010 8:51:39 PM PDT by sonic109
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To: Nat Turner
No virtually about it. They flat out ARE INCOMPATIBLE! But then, so is Obozo.
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51 posted on 09/05/2010 8:52:23 PM PDT by Dick Bachert (y)
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To: Malone LaVeigh

Shouldn’t they be asking, “Will they ever belong to us?”


52 posted on 09/05/2010 8:53:03 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Michelle Obama: the woman who ended "Diners, Drive-ins and Dives.")
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To: Malone LaVeigh

“American Muslims Ask, Will We Ever Belong?”

And a growing number of reasonable and fair minded Americans are answering.....

NO!


53 posted on 09/05/2010 8:54:06 PM PDT by Nik Naym (It's not my fault... I have compulsive smartass disorder.)
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To: Malone LaVeigh

Maybe Americans are just overly sensitive to cultures immersed in beheadings and flying body parts.


54 posted on 09/05/2010 8:54:10 PM PDT by Thrownatbirth (.....Iraq Invasion fan since '91.)
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To: Nat Turner

BINGO When they fully assimilate, including pride in THIS country, our values, and our Constitution, then they have a good chance of acceptance.


55 posted on 09/05/2010 8:54:51 PM PDT by gidget7 ("When a man assumes a public trust, he should consider himself as public property." Thomas Jefferson)
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To: All

As always , I suggest instead of us posting our outrage here to each other ( who are all basically in agreement) Sent a message to the person who wrote the article Laurie Goodstein
Here’s the link to send her an email TELL HER how you all feel not me . I already know
http://www.nytimes.com/gst/emailus.html


56 posted on 09/05/2010 8:55:34 PM PDT by sonic109
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To: All

As always , I suggest instead of us posting our outrage here to each other ( who are all basically in agreement) Sent a message to the person who wrote the article Laurie Goodstein
Here’s the link to send her an email TELL HER how you all feel not me . I already know
http://www.nytimes.com/gst/emailus.html


57 posted on 09/05/2010 8:55:41 PM PDT by sonic109
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To: Nat Turner
Pick one as the Koran and Constitution are virtually mutually exclusive...

Agreed, Islam is an expansionist theocratic ideology and cannot be allowed to spread in the U.S.

58 posted on 09/05/2010 8:55:55 PM PDT by TheThinker (Communists: taking over the world one kooky doomsday scenario at a time.)
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To: steel_resolve

BINGO , give this man a cigar. Right on target my friend.
Is anyone even curious as to why AFTER 9/11 a million Muslims came flooding into this country ? No one ever thought about that ,?


59 posted on 09/05/2010 8:57:50 PM PDT by sonic109
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To: Malone LaVeigh
For nine years after the attacks of Sept. 11, many American Muslims made concerted efforts to build relationships with non-Muslims, to make it clear they abhor terrorism, to educate people about Islam and to participate in interfaith service projects.

Some examples include...

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60 posted on 09/05/2010 8:58:52 PM PDT by DTogo (High time to bring back the Sons of Liberty !!)
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