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Islamophobia, America’s new anti-communism
Published: 15 August, 2010, 12:04
Edited: 01 September, 2010, 11:03
TAGS: Religion, The Resident, Terrorism, Psychology, USA
Islamophobia was quick to rise after the 9/11 attacks in the US but recently it has emerged again, following controversial plans to build a mosque near Ground Zero, with President Obama backing the decision.
Online show host Lori Harfenist, also known as the Resident, asked people in New York whether Islam poses a real threat to American values.
The bottom line is, no matter how you feel personally, for some the anti-Islamic sentiment is very real, though most of those preaching Islam “are very good people.”
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I'm not overly fond of the label "Islamophobia" because it implies an irrational fear, and my fear about Islam is completely rational; all one needs to do is read the Qur'an. In the words of a politician I admire, there can be moderate Muslims, but there is no moderate Islam. Also, I expected better from a Russian news agency considering all the problems that Russia has had with Chechnya. Islam is so much more than a religion--it's a political system that seeks to control the world. I also personally have my doubts about the so-called "moderate Muslims" simply because I never hear them speak out and condemn terrorist groups like Hamas. If they are truly so moderate, why do they not reform their religion and expunge all the violence from the Qur'an?
I think we Muslims are the people who have to feel americophobia we saw over our head different colors of explosion (the white one is too bad ) we hear different vioces from sky we saw entire areas gone! and because of what one guy (we don`t know if he exist or not!) destroy 2 towers and CZ of that they destroy 2 Muslim countries ! its remind me with Original sin issue Addam sin so Jesus Christ get crusified !
Americans are not "Islamaphobic", we just don't like religious extremists who want to kill us.
If the people who are trying to build a Mosque at "Ground Zero" would simply say, "We denounce the terrible actions of Jihadists who kill innocent people" we'd be there with shovels helping them dig!! (Instead, the people building that Mosque have been linked to those supporting the actions of murderers and terrorists.)