People rather than religion.

Submitted by Kais Abu Hmaid (United States), Mar 7, 2007 at 20:32

I really appreicate Daniel Pipes efforts in trying to clartify the muslim faith. I would just like to comment that it is not the goal of every muslim to conquer the world or jihad or any kind of nonsense that the media ...set forth. The people should notice that the so called war going on is not a religious war.

Focusing on Iraq, i would like to point out that killing of american troops is not based on jihad. I am very sympathetic to those soldiers lost in Iraq and would like to express condolences to their families. But if they were to blame anyone for their deaths they should look toward their own government. American republicans and government sent troops on a pointless suicide mission to iraq with no basis at all. Excuse after excuse went down the drain just for the hypocrite government to increase their wealth. Their problem they faced was that they underestimated the power of the people (again not muslims!) who inhabit the area, such as the problem faced when Israel tried taking over Lebanon.

Moving on, I would just beg of everybody to stop generalzing terrorism to the point where it is affilliated directly with islam. Being a muslim i have faced a lot of racism because of that aspect and think that is a horrible thing to do by the media. I come from a mixed origin of a christain mother and a muslim father and some of the nicest people I have met have been jews. So please try not to make it a religious issue and focus on the point that people only fight for their own freedom and for their land. Religious wars are a thing of the past and even though radicals are found they aren't sufficient enough to generalize a whole religion based on some radical towel heads.

I would also recomment everybody to watch the movie "Death of a President" which really helps to understand the current situation being faced by the people.

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