MSA

Submitted by Sum (United States), Oct 16, 2006 at 07:34

I am not Muslim, and I do not have many Muslim friends, but the few I have are very respectable people who have never caused any harm or inconvenience to anyone. I find it saddening to see that they must be targeted for their recreational activities.

However, it is also striking to learn that a handful of Muslims claim to use paintball as a means of jihad training, and I do understand your point that it may become necessary to keep an eye out for such organizations. It is alarming, though, that you should mention the Muslim Student Association at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University on this site. It is one thing to call for a need to be careful of Muslim organizations who engage in paintball tournaments, but a completely wrongful accusation to single out a student organization at a university without any kind of hard evidence.

I firmly believe that such accusation should be taken down from this site, until you have invested more time to further investigate into this matter.

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