When Communism Disappeared As a Threat Why did They Make Muslims The Threat?
930397
You know, I wonder how many people actually pay attention to history.  It's been this way since the beginning of time.  Humans are just horrible.  Nobody made the Muslims the threat, they made themselves the threat.  Sorry, but we didn't just make a movie about 9/11.  It really happened.  People really died.  Do you watch the news?  Very few countries in the world aren't fighting some kind of war.  We don't have to make up any kind of controversy.
341881
Seeing as there aren't many Muslims in China and the Communist regime has a fair disdain for any sort of religious fantacism, they would make some pretty odd bed-fellows.
545986
Same reason as many Americans. They wanted to rid the world of a fanatical lunatic dictator.
647344
Fear is a powerful tool... people give up their freedom for it... and if America gives up it's freedom, then it's not America anymore... you can't let fear (of Communism or Terrorism) dictate who you are and how you do things... if you do, then they have won...
1070795
Sheikh Usama bin Ladin has claimed many times that the struggle Muslims are executing is not for politics, but for cause of religion itself.\nI disagree, because the main demand of those affiliated with him is creating Taliban-style theocracies around the globe and till 2070 defeat Norway and Sweden as last bastion of Christendom and thus establish wolrdwide Caliphate, which is, in nature, a political attempt.\nTerrorism of al-Qaeda works in a such way, that it is atool which takes political system out of normal functioning and makes governments take decision contrary to normal course. Tools are intimidation, coersion, murders, bimbings and insurgency. they are well financed and well-planned.
280131
Because a very small Fraction of an Insane Faction that make the vast majority of peaceful Muslims look Bad in the Eyes of those of Us that don't understand.Remember, Hitler was Supposed to be a fine, upstanding Christian who could Quote the Bible. Could You imagine all Christians being judged by His conduct? It's the same thing with Osama, and Saddam!They don't represent the vast Muslim Majority.
1096273
Because all they need is a tiny bit of incentive to go off on a killing spree.  And it works doesn't it?  Look how so many came out condemning the cartoons in order to pacify the radicals.  Every time they go off the deep end, the rest of the world is standing there in horror and fear then finally succumbing to siding with the extremists just so the violence stops.  It's a very effective way of silencing the masses and getting what they want.  Which is the first step in forceful conversion to Islam.
844105
Ken Livingstone tried peddling this garbage the other day, saying Britain was treating Muslims like Germany treated Jews in the 1930s. PLEASE! Did German Jews blow up buses? No. Have Jews in this country made an effort to integrate? Yes, and they have had an impact on this country far greater than their small number would suggest possible. Jews in Europe and Britain were not seeking to subvert western culture, while an increasing number of Muslims hope to see their religion rule us all. There was no reason to fear Jews, who owe their success to industry and energy. There is good reason to fear the increase of an aggressive, alien minority seeking to subvert our values and who don't respect civil laws.
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Islam is the greatest threat humanity faces today.  Their religion, from bottom to top, is based on violence and conquest.  Those who do not follow Islam are infidels, and are therefore evil.  And harming or killing "evil" people is not only allowed, it is rewarded.\n\nThis is why Islam spawns terrorists.  Islam is not a religion of peace, as American politicians claim.  The American politicians are trying their best to placate this lunatic cult, in an attempt to keep them at bay until they either:\n\n1. Learn tolerance of other religions\n2. They destroy themselves with their infighting\n\nIf neither of these things happens, the only other option will be to wipe their culture off the face of the earth.  No one wants that, though the muslims certainly don't seem to be afraid of it.\n\nRegardless, their religion is a death cult, and the peace and love that it is supposedly based on ONLY applies to other muslims.  They are a vile culture, and if they are not held in check, they will most certainly propogate a nuclear holocaust as soon as they're able.\n\nYep... get rid of them.
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Because there are more muslims in Europe, because European politicians, police and justice system are weak, spinless entities.  Because europeans would rather them live in segregated societies, than have them live next door.  But mainly because the muslims know they can get away with it easily, because all they have to do is raise a rukus and the spinless government and gunless police, and gutless judical system pee their collective pants and cower in the corner because they don't want to hurt anyones feelings.  Churchill is spinning in his grave.  Suck as* fu*kin govt.
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I recently listened to a tape "The Crisis of Islam" that I got at the library. It helped me to understand. I will try to explain but I hope you will get the tape as I am not an expert on this. \n     Not all Muslims believe the same. The radical Muslims believe that the Jews were God's chosen and because they rejected Him and His Laws the Christians became great because they, especially those in America honored God and His Law. But then they saw that America was not honoring God in their ways. And they believed that Muslims were meant to be the Chosen of God in this time. As Hitler killed Jews they want to kill Christians. \n     The Bible does show that every time the Jews mixed themselves with the pagan religions, God sent their enemies against them. When they repented and returned to God, God again favored them.  It would seem that in America  as a culture we have mixed with many pagan religions saying their all the same. We have taken God's Word out of our schools and we have done many other things to anger God, as trying to remove the Ten Commandments as our standard of law. \n     God in the past has removed His hand of protection from the Jews until they repented and returned to Him. I believe that the radical Muslim is our enemy and God has removed His protection because our people no longer fear God or choose His ways.
590161
Islam means submission. They are not free because they force submission from their followers while killing those who do not follow Islam.
872646
They want what any type of extermist would want.  i.e. they are extreme in their beliefs.  When a person becomes extreme their judgment is clouded.  And when a persons judgement is clouded they start having delusions such as "everyone should convert" etc.\n\nBut remember extremists of any nature are dangerous, including extremist chirstians, extremist jews etc.  The press just don't give them as much coverage because it's "fashionable" to analyse muslims at the moment.\n\nI'm a muslim & proud of it.  But I would never try to force my beliefs on anyone because one of the basic principles of Islam is "their is no compulsion in religion" and this is stated clearly in the Quran.
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Jews are what came before Christians and Muslims.  They're a large and very well established "race". They have also been openly persecuted throughout written history and still today are threatened all around.  That's probably why there's so much attention.  As far as Muslims go, I don't think you would expect that much attention until the terrorism brought it to attention.  Then there were countless TV commercials telling us that Muslims were not bad people and that these acts were committed by a handful of radical maniacs, thereby bringing Muslims to our attention.  I think because of that we are learning more but there was just no reason to earlier.  We also tend to ignore the other major religiions of the world because they aren't right there in our face.  How much does the average Chinese adult know about Christianity?  I really wouldn't know.\n\nAnyway, Happy Holidays!
846503
It is true that most of the terrorists,thives,dacoits are  muslims.It is the fault of their religious leaders because they used to spread  violence in the name of their religion.
91280
Islam is a religion mixed up with politics, manily against the Jews.Anyone from any continet, if he/she is a moslem is anti-Jew.Moreover, there is no freedom for humanity under this religon where only the religous leaders exercise their will upon the society.\n Islam has never been tolerant because if you refuse to convert, you have to be a slave for the beleivers or pay extra tax.Moslems are responsible for the millions of Aremenians and Assyrians killed when they rejected conversion.The only difference at present time is that they kill and die anyone one who is not belonging to the religon.The teaching is based on violence and hatred for other faiths other than love.The sucide killing is a new fashion and image of what moslem are in the modern world.I don't agree that it is a religon of peace that uses persuasion to convert like other religon.All religon had their own shortcoming, but never as Islam is.It is either distored or it is like that from the start.What I don't understand is why Islam is anti jew even if he is middle east, Europena or African??The world had a great threat to world peace after the 2nd world war, i.e communism but this time Islamic fundamentalism is another threat to the security of all even including to moslems who are peacfull.
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I agree with you totally. But to answer your question seriously ... Muslims have been in the U.S. for some time. But, because they minded their own business, worked hard, didn't evangelize, and basically just lived quiet peaceful lives (just as their religion teaches them to) no one noticed them much or paid that much attention. Then came 9-11. Islamic terrorists. Because of the actions of a handful of mislead fundamentalist fanatics people who new nothing of Islam judged ALL Muslims based on that. Now, good people, good Muslims, suffer the political and cultural fall-out brought about by 9-11. So now some folks have a new scape goat. Communist Russia fell. The news media and the politicians and the religious right (another group of fundamentalist fanatics) needed another villain. Currently its Islam and Muslims. They use the hate and bigotry they stir up to keep people occupied. That way folks don't raise a fuss about REAL issues. The environment, health care, etc. Its easier to bash others in ignorance than it is to honestly think and work on REAL issues. Know what I mean? ~ Peace & Blessings ~