Law enforcement instruction on cultural insights to the nature of muslims and how to relate to them

Submitted by Lemuel M. Summey (United States), Jun 18, 2006 at 21:42

This instructor appears to be trying to inform us as to how muslims are emotionally and mentally wired or conditioned so that when encountering them we can more effectively relate to them without offense and so that we can better accomplish our objective, whatever that may be. In my opinion this is valuable and helpful information as distinguished from asking us to make objectionable concessions to a class of people who are not wired as we are in our western culture. I fail to see a valid objection to this very candid and real world approach to better understand where they are coming from. Such information can only help in trying to work with people of a different and strange culture. Am i right or wrong?

Lemuel M. Summey

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