American Muslims don’t deserve to bear Islam-bashing, but we must | Seattle Times Newspaper
The first few paragraphs of this story are quoted below, with a link to the whole thing below that.
A couple of snippets not quoted below:
It is ironic that Dove church members will have to buy a number of Qurans, something that will benefit a Muslim printing business, and that when they burn them, they will use a preferred method for disposing of old holy books so they are not defiled.
hehehe. I wonder if the Dove folks have realized this yet?
And:
Sadly, recent events demonstrate that nine years after 9/11, many still blame all of Islam for the actions of a handful of terrorists. Even so, I believe Muslims will stay the course with displays of peace and patience in the ugly face of intolerance
Note: Nine years after 9/11, many still blame all of Islam for the actions of the terrorists; caught up in this blame are American Muslims, thousands of people who do not subscribe to the terrorist activities of Al Quaida and similar groups, and including thousands of US Muslim children who weren’t even born when 9/11 happened.
It’s time, past time, to put it to rest, and embrace our Muslim neighbors. Somehow, over the course of the past 9 years, people’s pro-American, pro-Israel stance has morphed into an anti-Muslim, anti-Islam one. Or, the stance was always anti-Muslim, anti-Islam, and the events of 9/11 gave them cover.
The first few paragraphs of the article:
Freedom of religion was one of the principles upon which our great country was founded, and we are admired the world over as a free, tolerant and literate people. We are proud of the fact that many U.S. citizens struggled to come here in order to freely practice their religions.
This freedom and the diversity it brings contributes greatly to my personal pride in being an American. So it was with dismay that I read online in the Huffington Post about the plans of a church in Florida, the Dove World Outreach Center, to mark this year’s anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks with an event it’s calling “Burn a Koran Day.” (Koran is an alternate spelling of Quran, the holy book of Islam.)
Fueled by ignorance, such Islam-bashing is on the rise in our nation. It is something I view as a threat not only to the freedom of American Muslims, but to practitioners of all faiths. Intimidation of one faith poses a threat to all
