The 2 Worlds of Muslim-American Teenagers

The New York Times ^ | October 7, 2001 | SUSAN SACHS

[karth]

My father was born in 1919. His parents were both from Germany. He and his brothers grew up speaking virtually NO German. The only German word I ever heard him say was "kartoffel" which means potato. His parents didn't want their sons discriminated against and hated so they made sure the boys weren't "ethnic." They assimilated. Thats the natural thing to do in that circumstance. All 3 of the boys were in uniform in WWII.

We can't have a fifth column of millions of Muslims living here whose allegiance is to other places and other people. They are not grasping the horror and tragedy of what happened.

[b4its2late]

The last three times clinton intervened in other places around the world, we did it to help muslims.... was it stupidity, or something else?

[karth]

Re Bush: Yes, I noted the term "women of cover" twice in his press conference last night. Never heard that term before. They ought to remove their "covers." I'm sorry, but it is an insult to the victims for them not to assimilate at this time. It would be their way of showing solidarity with AMERICA, where they live and eat so well. Instead, we are told to be so mindful of their sensitivities.

[tracer]

Why in the world would we ever want these pukes in our military? They have done us a favor by identifying themselves......

[tracer]

It was both....

[sneakypete]

Considering that 70% of American Muslims voted for Bush it is evident that most Muslims aren't here for handouts. Nor should they be all labeled as fifth columnists.

Where did you come up with that statistic? Since the majority of Muslims in this country are black Americans,I find this VERY hard to believe. Are we REALLY supposed to believe people like Louis Farakhan and the "Nation of Islam" voted for Bush?

[GuillermoX]

I don't know who North is. For the sake of discussion, let's assume he is what you say he is. Does Christianity teach that? No, but Islam DOES. Islam DOES NOT seperate religion and state. Just ask ANY Muslim if they want to see Sharia in the USA, they will ALL answer "yes". 98% of Christians do not want to see an official religion.

[Orbiting_Rosie's_Head]

If these people ever become the majority, they will exterminate our descendents. God help us.

[Poohbah]

The "Nation of Islam" is about as Islamic as "Christian Identity" is Christian.

[layman]

No, genocide is a bad idea. You may be onto something, though, when you mention the 'gene pool'. Have you noticed that all the male population of Iraq look exactly like Sadam Hussein? (Maybe the women too ... maybe that's why they're required to keep their faces covered at all times.) But, what I'm getting at is why not just capture Sadam and shave off his mustache. If we did this, the male population of Iraq would bleed to death in their haste to shave off their own mustaches. This would make genocide unnecessary. The CIA considered using this method on Adolph Hitler, but unfortunately his mustache was so stupid looking that nobody chose to copy it. Besides, who would take the 'Master Race' seriously if everyone looked like Adolph Hitler? The next step would be to capture Yo Momma Bin Laden and shave off his beard. The Islamic fundamentalist extremists would expire in a puddle of blood just like Sadam's zombies. Seriously, though, I think the 'gene pool' may be a key to understanding the absurd aspirations of the Muslim world. What is absurd about their aspirations? Well, the way I see it is here they are, about one billion strong. Their enemy, the infidels, are four billion strong. Afterall, Christians and Jews are not the only ones who 'corrupt the earth'. The Hindus, Buddhists, and the hundreds of other religions existing in the world are also 'unclean' in the sick minds of the Muslim clerics. Their chances of succeeding in killing all of the infidels is a long shot at best. Oh yes, the gene pool. Because the Muslims have lived in closed societies for about thirteen centuries, is it possible that too much inbreeding has affected their minds? Is their irrational hate of infidels inbred? Are they passing on a mental illness to their children? From all that I have seen, this is the most plausible explaination I can come up with. But genocide? No.

[layman]

No, genocide is a bad idea. You may be onto something, though, when you mention the 'gene pool'.

Have you noticed that all the male population of Iraq look exactly like Sadam Hussein? (Maybe the women too ... maybe that's why they're required to keep their faces covered at all times.) But, what I'm getting at is why not just capture Sadam and shave off his mustache. If we did this, the male population of Iraq would bleed to death in their haste to shave off their own mustaches. This would make genocide unnecessary. The CIA considered using this method on Adolph Hitler, but unfortunately his mustache was so stupid looking that nobody chose to copy it. Besides, who would take the 'Master Race' seriously if everyone looked like Adolph Hitler?

The next step would be to capture Yo Momma Bin Laden and shave off his beard. The Islamic fundamentalist extremists would expire in a puddle of blood just like Sadam's zombies.

Seriously, though, I think the 'gene pool' may be a key to understanding the absurd aspirations of the Muslim world. What is absurd about their aspirations? Well, the way I see it is here they are, about one billion strong. Their enemy, the infidels, are four billion strong. Afterall, Christians and Jews are not the only ones who 'corrupt the earth'. The Hindus, Buddhists, and the hundreds of other religions existing in the world are also 'unclean' in the sick minds of the Muslim clerics. Their chances of succeeding in killing all of the infidels is a long shot at best.

Oh yes, the gene pool. Because the Muslims have lived in closed societies for about thirteen centuries, is it possible that too much inbreeding has affected their minds? Is their irrational hate of infidels inbred? Are they passing on a mental illness to their children? From all that I have seen, this is the most plausible explaination I can come up with.

But genocide? No.

[sneakypete]

and you got this statistic where?

It's not a statistic. It's a estimate based on personal observation. Prove me wrong.

[Don Joe]

"The sciences have concluded that E=MC-squared. Sword or nuke. Choose your weapon."

Ah, Einstein's formula. If I recall correctly Einstein was not a moslem. In fact, I do believe he was Jewish!

Imagine their chagrin at being reduced to foul vapors by "The Jew Bomb"!