tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152221.post110957301916757315..comments2024-03-23T07:49:50.940-05:00Comments on The Middle Ground: Muslims Against Terrorism - They Don't Hide From The TruthUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152221.post-1109607193868356792005-02-28T10:13:00.000-06:002005-02-28T10:13:00.000-06:00I'd agree ciggy. Not really saying these folks ar...I'd agree ciggy. Not really saying these folks are the majority at all,just saying here they are a group we wondered about and they are finally getting some coverage. One thing I think about the majority of Arab/Muslim Americans is that they came to this country to escape grinding poverty and oppression like the rest of our immigrants, by far and large, they don't agree with our policies in the ME, although, seems some of them have gone quiet since the Iraqi election. And there is a large contingency that is overtly concerned with being discriminated against.<br /><br />Groups like CAIR bother me because they do appear to be trying to protect certain groups with which they sympathize that have ties to terror groups and support extremism. In the name of the first amendment and the 15th (nondescrimination). <br /><br />Frankly, and I don't mean to say that I support it, but I do think these folks are lucky this wasn't 1941. Secondly, I heard a man talking last night about what might happen if a second attack, bio, chem or radiological occurred. He mentioned the internment of Japanese Americans and whether that would occur here because congress has a way of reacting to public pressure and there would be pressure about security. I won't go further because I plan to write on it, but he said something about "knee jerk reaction for which we later apologize".<br /><br />I guess I was thinking, "I'd rather be around to apologize than dead from another attack."<br /><br />In the mean time, I think I'll support groups like this. Maybe they can have a positive effect?Kathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05208095650375780838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152221.post-1109606011739059712005-02-28T09:53:00.000-06:002005-02-28T09:53:00.000-06:00I think the FMAT type organizations are a tiny min...I think the FMAT type organizations are a tiny minority voice and their cultural center of gravity is located in the west.<br /><br />From what I can tell, most of the mainstream Muslims in the Middle East are neither to a FMAT level of moderation, nor to an Al Qaeda level of terrorism-supporting. They fervently believe in Allah; they believe that Islam and Shariah should be the law of any land; they believe that there should be struggle of some sort (not necessarily violent) toward an ultimate goal of converting the world to Islam; they believe Israel to be evil invaders; they believe the U.S. is, at best "misguided" by aligning with Israel (and some would say needs to be reasonably persuaded away from supporting Israel, and some would say attacked in Jihad for supporting Israel--not necessarily through terrorist means); and many if not most would say Shariah is Shariah and should never change, most certainly not to fit the attitudes of the west (regarding women's rights, etc.)<br /><br />Bottom line, most mainstream Muslims in the world are not <EM>terrorists</EM>, but that also doesn't mean they have interests that comfortably align with our own.Cigarette Smoking Man from the X-Fileshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847781147692094361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152221.post-1109590142572693462005-02-28T05:29:00.000-06:002005-02-28T05:29:00.000-06:00Finally. I knew they would come. I knew they wou...Finally. I knew they would come. I knew they would. It has been a longtime coming though. I pray peach upon their heads. And success in their endeavour.<br /><br />Huzzah for the vocal moderates.kenderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10865548899332888113noreply@blogger.com