FIRST MUSLIM THEN YOUR COUNTRY

Submitted by STEPH (United States), Dec 6, 2006 at 13:05

Last Friday marked the one year anniversary of the Muslim riots in France and, aside from a horrific act of violence in which a group of "nondescript youths" set fire to commuter bus, things seemed to be quieter than most people expected.

But why? I started doing a little research and I found an amazing survey. Since last year's riots, MORE French citizens -- now 58% -- believe that Muslims immigrating INTO the country is a good thing. That's UP five points from the last time the survey was taken, BEFORE the riots!

It doesn't seem to make sense -- until you hear the Real Story. The same survey also interviewed French Muslims and found that 46% of them consider themselves to be Muslim FIRST and French SECOND. The Real Story is that even though things may appear calm on the surface, tensions between Muslims and non-Muslims are slowly reaching a breaking point.

Unfortunately, I'm not just talking about France. A recent survey of American Muslims -- and I have to stress that this was an "unscientific"
poll -- found that 73% of American Muslims say they are Muslim FIRST and American SECOND. Remember, it was 46% in France. "Well, Glenn, that's not a big deal, I'm Catholic and I identify with that!" Right, well do you think that the U.S. Government is at war with Catholics? No? Well 68% of American Muslims believe it's at war with Islam.

I've got more...65% of American Muslims think the U.S. government had advance knowledge of the 9/11 attacks; 35% say the government actually organized the attacks. 74% believe their local mosque is being monitored by the government; 67% think their phone calls are being listened to; and 32% believe their home is bugged.

Combine all of that together and you just might start to understand why 13% of American Muslims said they would not call the police if they learned about a plot by fellow Muslims to attack the U.S. Another 11% can't decide if they'd call or not. That means a full quarter of American Muslims can't be relied on to disrupt a terrorist plot.

If you think that what's happened in France and England is just Europe's problem, you're kidding yourself. American Muslims feel even more isolated and more angry than those in Europe. The only question is whether we'll have the same kinds of violence and riots here, or if our experience will be much, much worse.

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