Did you believe what Moussaoui said about why muslims hate America?
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I think he is saying what he has been brainwashed to beleive.  Althought, I do know that this is what true islamic faith means.\n\nI am just amazed at this... There are so many people supporting Muslms, but Christians are the worst people to have inhabited the earth...
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We should be very careful when be blame Islam or christianty or judiasm or any religion for violence. for that matter any group of people for the ations of a few. \n\nIslam does not preach violence, as the Americans do not preach prisoner abuse (abu dhuraib). for a muslim to hate all americans for what happened in abu ghuraib, for east asian to hate americans for what the US did in vietnam, south americans to hate americans for what the US did in niguaragua... and so on would not make sence. some nice man in chicago didnt do that, neither did some lady in texas.\n\nand same goes for Muslims, 1.4 billion muslims did not destroy the WTC. and if you read up on Islam you will realize, those who did, arent following Islam.\n\nwhat we do need to look at is what makes people go to such exteremes, why are induviduals and governments willing to go to such inhuman extents, something is deffinatly not right.
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wow thanks for the question.\n\nI'm Muslim(alhamdilillah- all praises/thanks to Allah). And I was born and raised in America.\n\nand Yes, your absolutely right. the media portrays nothing but hate against Islam. it's very bias.\n\nIslam is such a beautiful religion. subhanallah. No other religion makes sense like Islam, and it's the only religion that doesnt reject any of the prophets.\n\nHonestly, I love being a Muslim in America. because I get to show people what being Muslim is all about. I Wear the Hijab(head scarf), so people come up to me all the time and ask my questions, which I love. because I can finally clear up misconceptions.\n\nWhen people talk to Practicing Muslims, it seems people are SHOCKED as to how normal we are, and just how extra nice we are to people. Islam teaches tolerance, not intolerance.\n\nIt's charity to smile at people. what other religion teaches that?\n\nBasically Islam lays upon this foundation:\n\nwe as Muslims must believe:\n1. that there is no object worthy of worship but Allah (God)\n2. you believe in the angles\n3. Heaven and hell\n4. The Books that came before (the Old testament, Gospels, Quran)\n5. you believe in the all the Prophets of God starting from Adam, including Moses, Jesus, Abraham, Noah, and Muhammad peace be upon all of them)\nand finally\n6. Divine decree.\n\nfeel free to email me! i'd love to talk to you more about Islam!\n\nalmaghrib.louisiana(at)gmail.com\n\ntake care, and I ask Allah to guide you and us all to the strait path and the truth. ameen!
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Americans make fun of islam on south park.\n\nIs there an equivalent person mocking America in Iran saying why do the americans mock our religion on south park on their tv?\n\n\nIt is clear they are indoctrinated to believe America is the big satan.  We have two choices in my view.  One, bomb them all dead. or two, persuade the government to stop being anti american, or we will eliminate them and find a government that will be pro american.\n\nThis is essentially what we have done in afganistan and iraq.
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America? Seriously? go tell an Iranian to talk bad against his country and see what happens. America? arrogant? hmmmmm.....did you read the headlines last week when in afghanistan a man that once belived in Islam converted to Chrisitianity was put on trial with a possible death sentance? He was going to be killed for beliveing in the religion of his choice!!!!!! Yet in this God awful and arrogant self obsessed county of ours this same man can believe in anything he wants and still not be persacuted (sic). yeah, america is arrogant. give me a break. believe in who you want is our stupid arrogant freedom. america is so dumb for letting say what you want. it sucks so bad that we are not oppressed by any single religion or faith. it is just so freaking horrible that we can turn on the tv or radio and listen the crap that we want to. yeah, this country is arrogant and I am damned proud that my best friend died at my side giving you the the right to say that this country is self obsessed.
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As an American I speak only for myself but, IMO our country has done a VERY BAD job of dealing with situations involving extremist recently "last 5 years", "terrorist is a stupid word so I will lean away from it". Different sets of extremist hate us on many different levels for many different reasons. They hate us for any / one or all of the following.\n\n(1) Democracy & Freedom\nSome people live in societies where for hundreds of years oppression, stereotyping, and women being of a lower class are normal. This has been the way for so long "thousands of years" that "they" think it is the right and final way. We as americans seek to stop this way of thinking and open things up. Although mostly in America this is done for open market trade, moreoverly money; under the guise of freedom, "HAHA to think we are free, we as americans no more have freedom than the chinese have free speach." Democracy is a joke we are not a democracy we are a capatialistic totalitarian dictatorship in the dress of a democracy. But our leaders have managed to make it look pretty good. This openness of religion, speech, etc makes some secular groups very angry. We have also in years past mistreated many others from some groups over and over again. As we continue to do at abu graib or guantanamo or any of the secret cia camps "watch road to guantanamo", this info is shielded from us americans but not from others and this is also fuel to the extremist fire.\n\n(2) Capitalism (encouraging personal hardwork, productivity & reward)\nI am a lazy american bastard cant speak for us all but most I know are also. lol no offense \n\n(3) Free market economy\nWe use our free markey economy as a political tool, being the power that america is we can break a country if we cut off trade and make markets flounder just by raising an import tax etc. We are soon to use this against iran by threatening countrys that still trade with them; saying that we will cut them off, since we personally do not trade with iran.\n\n(4) Technology\nDont really think pong makes anyone too pissed lol. But our massive monetary wealth puts a larger portion of americans above the poverty line and makes americans looks like unconcerned yuppies, who do whatever the good BUSH tells us.\n\n(5) Aesthetic value\nProbably hate us for this along with the rest\n\n(6) Order & Accountability\nWe cover everything we do up and try to not even admit it when caught. We are the king of pawning off problems on others. Shoot we invented it.\n\n(7) Love for Mankind (America meaning "lovely"\nWhere you been bubba Bush is trying to milk oil from our nature preserves right now. We have hospitals in new york that throw old people in alleys so they can die with the homeless cause they cant pay.  America seems to hate mankind IMO.\n\n(8) Support for Israel\nYes they hate us for this but you would have to hate many others than just us if it was for this alone.\n\n(9) Superiority of war arsenal\nIt pisses everyone off thats why we have it and why its so superior lol\n\n(10) Others\nThink of something about america something stereotypical   chances are that it is in at least some way true. Those things you just thought of those are more reasons they hate us.
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Nagla- \nWow- This is a powerful question, and one to be asked.  I personally had to answer this for myself, but first let me say "Salam Malakum" (sp?) \nI am devoted Christian American Military Spouse currently living in an African Muslim country, and I don't think you can't get more diverse then that.  \nI agree with you that Americans look bad, because most do not know what a true Muslim is and only know what is report on the news.  (I could have been one of these Americans a year or so ago, and two tours in Iraq could do that to a person.) \nNeedless to say, I would like to end this on a positive note.  All the Muslims I have gotten to know what to live in PEACE.  There are extremes on both ends.  Just as the majority of Americans would disassociate themselves from the ones that are protesting grave sites because the US has gays live there.  \nI would like to encourage you to show these people what your all about.  Not is a IN YOUR FACE way, but a here it is thing.  The pilars of Islam prove that Muslims want Peace for all, that they do not look down on who is that persons personal Savior.  For me that happens to be Jesus Christ.  Yet I feel we can still love one another, and see where each other is coming from with resepect, and honor, in a way that would be glory to both religions.  \nGod Bless You-
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Not all Muslims hate Americans.\n\nOf the many people in the world that hate us...I have found it is usually because of our pressure for them to conform to our ways...our society. We tend to push countries to accept stuff like: \nour restaurants (like McDonalds)\nour clothing\nour language\nour music\nour lifestyle (physically lazy, internationally inept, linguistically moronic)\nour religion\netc\n\nDo people hate us for supporting Israel? Well, I have heard they think we are pretty hypocritical in our support for Israel. For example....why was the US against the Berlin wall but a proponent for a while of Israel building one? Why is the US critical of China's "abuse" of human rights and torture when the US is NOT critical of Israel's use of the same?\n\nRe hypocricy- Why do we continue to ignore human rights abuses in Saudi Arabia but not China? Or Iran? Or Iraq? Why not just say "well, Saudi is stable, and friendly towards the US...so, we cut them more slack than we do Iran". ??\n\nAlso, our hypocrisy is wider than that. Why did we stop Iraq from abusing their citizens but not Sudan. I believe it was because of oil. And, I am fine with that explanation. For sure, we need oil....but why not just say "we need oil, and because we need oil, we need a politically stable middle east....and, because we need political stability, we are going to create 'no fly zones' in Iraq and reduce Saddam's power."\n\nAnd now...look at Iraq and North Korea. We are in Iraq to get rid of terrorists and (originally) to stop the production of Weapons of Mass Destruction. Fine. Great idea. Nobody wants WMDs in the hands of nutty extremists.\n\nBut why not go into North Korea too? And, why weren't we more critical of nuclear weapons development in Israel?\n\nI think we are critcized and laughed at and hated mostly because of our hypocrisy in international standards. And, its not just Muslims that do the laughing and hating. Believe me....brits laugh at us...french, estonians, russians, lithuanians, italians, australians....the Muslims certainly did not corner the market on seeing our fumbling ways in the international community!
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There was a time when I would have been saying that two wrongs don't make a right.\n\nBut, today, I think what's happening in USA and most Western Countries is right.  \n\nThere's a growing antipathy towards Muslims and a lot of American Organizations have already found reasons to remove the Muslims working there and do not find it possible to hire Muslims anymore. \n\nImmigration of these people here is already next to impossible.\n\nFollowing the precedent of the Dutch banning the burqa, it's only a matter of time before this happens here, too.\n\nSome Country, if not the Dutch, will also take the next step of banning mosques there and then everybody will follow.\n\nThen it's only a matter of time before the harsher steps take place, because such a move is bound to have the Imams go berserk and a lot of Terrorist Acts will take place when there will be a clamor for the revoking of their Citizenships and deportations which will, naturally, come to be.\n\nIt's a great pity that some very good people who are Muslims and do not support Terrorism and Islamic Fundamentalism will suffer as a result of all this; but then, what can we do?  That's acceptable collateral damage.\n\nIt's really a very great pity though, that because of these Imams and Fanatics, so many innocent people will have to suffer.\n\nI really wish it didn't have to be so.
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Your intent is not understood.  People think that you are inciting hatred towards Muslims.  But all you have done was shown a video where a little Muslim girl is doing the talking herself.  \n\nI think you have a genuine concern that a huge percentage of our world's population is being raised with hate ideology.  It is reason to be concerned.  \n\nI think you want Muslims to become better people, as you would want all to become better people.  However your phraseology is extreme sometimes.  You say things like "idiots" and that can be taken as hatred of Muslims.  I understand your frustration, and I appreciate your desire to reform the world towards peace, but I think if I were you, I'd use kinder language sometimes so that people do not misread your intent.
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Pat, your question is a valid one, and is repeatedly asked.  It reminds me of a 60-Minutes episode in which Lesley Stahl interviewed some teenage boys attending an elite English-style Prep School in their home country (Pakistan or India; I forgot which).\n\nLesley asked the boys about 9-11, and I think was expecting a sympathetic response, considering they were receiving a Western style education.  However, the boys just began spouting jihadist nonsense about how the U.S. was getting what it deserved, and started a vitriolic verbal attack on how bad the U.S. is, emphasizing how the U.S. mistreated Muslims around the world.\n\nNow, you have to keep in mind that 60-Minutes is a very liberal show, so I expected Lesley to commiserate with the boys and give them a tearful, Barbara Walters moment.  Instead, in a surprising lack of composure, Lesley Stahl looked at these boys squarely in the eyes and said something like, "ARE YOU CRAZY?  All the United States has done is PROTECT Muslims!  What about all the time, money and effort we've expended to defend Muslims from slaughter in Bosnia, Somalia, Palestine, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Sudan.  How about our staunch defense of Muslims against Slobodan Milosevich?"\n\nIt was a classic moment in tv history:  the liberal journalist reading the riot act to a bunch of pampered, spoiled kids who didn't know what they were talking about.
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He wants all of the US and the West under Muslilm control.\n\nHe wants all Americans and most of Europe citizens to be dead.\n\nAnyone who does not embrace his religious ideas and those that help the ones that don't should die.\n\nAnd yes really that is what the extreme Muslim terrorist beleives ( not the normal person in Islam there are many nice people in the faith)  but in the extreme terrorist groups yes,
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Where did you "hear" that being kind to terrorists in the USA is the answer?  FYI:  Muslims and terrorists are not one and the same.
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We've poured tremendous amounts of money into Pakistan in an attempt to "buy" their good will. They give us just enough results to keep the money coming in. Muslims do hate the U.S. Some can say it's only the radical muslims that hate the US, but if that were true, those "radicals" would have no following. The more times they call us the Great Satan, the higher their standing among the rank and file muslim world.
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We were attacked 10 times and every time it was by radical Muslims, what should we do? Even now one of the leaders has declared he wants to kill 4 million Americans with 1 million being children. I know not all Muslims think this way but we have a right and a duty to protect ourselves from those who do want to hurt us.
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That's too general a question.  I never gave it much thought until 9/11 because it just isn't a part  of my world at all, there are very few muslims where I live and they are no different than anyone else around.  Then the terrorism was brought to our attention and all we heard was "Muslim extremist", so all over the news, and in government paid commericals on TV we heard over and over that this isn't reflective of Muslims in general, that Islam is based on peace, etc. etc.  At the same time we also hear that Muslims are being trained from birth to hate Americans.  It's a mixed signal, as far as my own opinion I don't have a problem with it.  People are people no matter what their religion and I don't hate any of them.  But I wonder what is really happening with the future.  While the US government is very careful about telling us that nothing is to be blamed on Muslims, other governments are training their kids to hate and our kids no that.  So another upcoming generation is being trained to hate each other.\n\nIt would help a lot to get the world together on their ways, and open up knowledge rather than preach love and hate.  If people know each other as people it doesn't really matter what religion they are, they should be free to follow whichever they choose with no one hating them for it.
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I also think mariane is right, Muslims should forgive. \nWhen Mohammad recaptured the Mecca he didn't go for revenge. He forgave all of his enemies and you know that his enemies killed his beloved uncle "The lion of God" Hamzeh and even ate his liver...\nMaybe the cartoonists found it funny but now I think they don't think its funny.\nOf course if they think I'm a troll because I'm a muslim and I can destroy their dreams they must go to a psychiatrist as fast as possible. It is Islamphobia paranoia and can be very dangerous.