I received an Islamaphobic email yesterday. This was my immediate response:
Among Islam's one billion worldwide, there are small groups of radicals who want to control and kill. Just like there are some insane Christian radicals who want to control and kill--like the head of the Air Force Academy who was punishing Jewish cadets for not becoming Christians, and Christian military chaplains who were preaching to young soldiers that our invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq were Holy Wars, a modern crusade against Islam.
"Islam has a strict moral code that also encourages generosity and concern for the disadvantaged (the mustad'afun, or oppressed) and the development of a sense of God-consciousness (taqwa) that pervades the whole of life. The world is regarded as a sacred trust (amana)
from God for which humanity will be required to render an account. The
world should, therefore, be properly cared for, not exploited."
from New World Encyclopedia (Sounds kind of like Christianity, doesn't it?)
Among Islam's one billion worldwide, there are small groups of radicals who want to control and kill. Just like there are some insane Christian radicals who want to control and kill--like the head of the Air Force Academy who was punishing Jewish cadets for not becoming Christians, and Christian military chaplains who were preaching to young soldiers that our invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq were Holy Wars, a modern crusade against Islam.
I
worked in New York with all kinds, including faithful Muslims who
worked hard, didn't complain, and were appalled at 9/11, which they
lived through like all others in
Manhattan.
This
radical propaganda of making all Muslims out to be terrorists is
ignorant and fear-based--which the Military-Industrial complex loves and
hopes to keep making billions from in its endless "war on terror" that
Congress and presidents support.
You'd
best be more concerned about a Congress and president that supports
this, that approved legislation that can have the military arrest anyone
in the world, including Americans, if the president considers them
"suspected terrorists"--the term the government uses also for countless
secret drone attacks that kill civilians, including innocent women and
children.
You'd best be reading these three well-researched columns:
