American Fear: Muslims in America

A CNN poll released recently about Americans and Muslims revealed some sad truths about American ideals concerning Muslims. The polls showed that nearly 50% of Americans would be uncomfortable with…

  1. A woman wearing a burqa
  2. A mosque being built near their neighborhood
  3. Muslim men praying at the airport

AND get this 41% would be uncomfortable with a Muslim teacher teaching at an elementary school in their community while another 47% believe Islam values are in contrast with American values.After reading Eric Marrapodi article “Poll: Many Americans uncomfortable with Muslims” I was literally in tears. Even though I am a Christian the fact that people are STILL so ignorant and consumed by post 911 fears breaks my heart. As many CHRISTIAN AMERICANS who have and continue to murder, kidnap, and rape other citizens its sad that so many people STILL feel the way they do about Muslims. Yes 911 were tragic but just because a few out of millions of Muslims did an act of terrorism in the name of Allah we cast them out? What about all the people running around saying, “Jesus told me to do it”? For example the Texas woman who stoned her 2 children to death in 2004 because God told her to. Or the Oklahoma City bombing committed by an American White Man. Did we as a country fear the white men or mothers of America? Of course not, but driven by fear our nation has cast judgment on those who look different.  I also find it Ironic 47% believe “our” values are at odds with each other. The Quran & Bible both teach us to NOT KILL; STEAL, COMMIT ADULTRY, &TO BE KIND TO ONE ANOTHER so in my eyes our religious beliefs may vary but our values concerning HUMANITY are one in the same.  It is sad that our nation even quivered at its feet when rumors spread President Obama was Muslim. And if he was, what would’ve happen he’d kill us all? I mean come on, how closed minded can we be? But even with all that the most IRONIC part of the poll was 88% of those polled AGREEED “AMERICA WAS FOUNDED ON THE IDEA OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM FOR EVERYONE, INCLUDING RELGIOUS GROUPS THAT ARE UNPOPULAR.”  Now who’s to blame the media or the individual who buys into the ignorance of fear? EXPRESS IT

-Sunny D

14 thoughts on “American Fear: Muslims in America”

  1. America was founded because a bunch of Europeans were experience , get this, RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION in their own country! New Haven, Connecticut? A “New Haven” so their ass wouldn’t get hung back across the Atlantic. For Americans to think that simply having a Muslim teacher would harm their student is asinine. You know how many Christian teachers are fucking their 17 year old students? How many Christian businessmen cheat on their taxes? How many Christian priests molest people? The Renaissance of Europe would have never happened had the Muslims of North Africa and Arabia out of the Dark Ages when they lived their from 711-1492. America needs to get over itself. My Muslim students are the best behaved of all my students: quiet, courteous, participatory, and helpful. they are model citizens, who practice their religion quietly and only draw attention to themselves by their faultless conduct (sidenote: I have no religious affiliation, but was raised in a strict Christian household that respected other religions)

    Or, to quote a very famous Jew we Americans call Jesus, “How can you say, “Brother, allow me to extract the straw from your eye,” when Look! their is a rafter in your own eye! Hypocrites! First, remove the straw from your own eye. Then, you will see clearly how to extract the straw from your brother’s eye.” Luke 6: 41, 42

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