re: #598 iossarian

Not sure about the second half of that statement - I mean, whatever the rights or wrongs of the IP debate, I don’t see how it affects Muslims (or at least, those of Middle Eastern origin) in the US any less than it affects any other US citizens.

This is not to say that their position is the right one, only that they can justifiably claim to be “affected” by the political situation there, in that they feel an attachment to the region.

I think the Muslim support for the Palestinians has been a major problem for them especially after 9-11. CAIR, MAS, ISNA, etc have all been very supportive of the Palestinian cause have pretty all been at least somewhat supportive of terrorism. I think the universal support in the Muslim community has hurt them greatly.
They should learn from the Jewish community. There is a large degree of support for Israel but rarely results in support for terrorists (Kahanists, JDL, etc). There is also a wide variety of opinion about Israel, even many progressive secular Jews hate Israel. But at least the conversation is being had and I think that’s important. Muslims should be doing the same thing.