Islam- a religion of Peace

Submitted by R.I. (United States), Nov 21, 2003 at 19:53

With all due respect, I think that you are very misinformed. As a Muslim in America, my goal is to live a peaceful Islamic lifestyle-- I do not hate everything American, I do not hate the government (although I do diagree with many of their actions), and I do not hate Jews.

You argue that most Muslims are anti-semitic, this is not the case. Many prominent figures are against Israel's occupation of Palestine and are against the Bush administration's action in Afghanistan and Iraq, and yes, they do sometimes express their opinion in a very harsh manner. The truth is, though, these people do not represent all Muslims, most Muslims live peaceful lives-- coexisting with Jews and Christians.

It needs to be understood that Judaism, Christianity, and Islam all have the same Abrahamic roots and they have the same basic beliefs. It also needs to be understood that there are extremists in every religion, and it just so happens that there are some Muslim extremists at the forefront. If a Christian man goes on a massacre, we don't say that it was because he was Christian or that "God told him to do so", we say that this man was insane or was getting revenge or anything else, with no regard to the man's religion. The same goes for Jews. Why is it that if one Muslim goes and does or says something that is terrible or wrong everyone jumps on their back and says how their Islamic viewpoint or the Qur'an told him to do that.

You say this is the deadly denial of anti-semitism, but the truth is, many prominant figures including yourself are becoming anti-Islam. Why not practice what you preach? If you really want peace and want Muslims to stop being anti-semitic you'd start with yourself and give people both sides of the story as well as not being so against the Muslim world.

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