Islam and Christianity are international religions that have more than half of the world's population within their grasp. A number of American Christians have an arrogance that the world revolves around our country. That arrogance leaves people uneducated about the rest of the world and specifically about Islam. Some people are so lazy that they would believe any propaganda about a group of people or religion, without researching such claims for themselves. That type of uneducated, lazy, arrogance among American Christians is so strong that they would curse their own God in another language. It would lead some people to attack innocent Arabs, Indians (Persian), and Muslims in the same terrorist fashion that they fear. Irresponsible American Christian leaders mislead Christians in believing that Islam is at war with Christianity and the United States. Coincidentally, Islamic Extremists mislead their followers by telling them that the United States is at war with Islam. Neither of these wars has been officially declared because they do not exist. Politics and racism have diluted the minds of Extremists of both religions while they use their religion to justify their actions. Such actions are as evil as Satan misleading Eve to eat the apple and disobey God!
The United States is the self-proclaimed "Home of the Brave." As of late, some Americans have cowardly thrown hatred at Islam and Muslims. These unpatriotic Americans believe that their actions are justifiable because of the September 11th attacks by an Islamic terrorist group, al-Qaeda. Islam condemns behavior like this and most Arabs are against Terrorism! Some American media outlets are the biggest contributors of this Anti-Islam behavior by turning political issues into religious issues to sell the news. Politicians use public opinion about social issues to establish platforms for their upcoming elections. Then, biased politicians support policies in government that are unconstitutional just to keep the voters in their favor for their upcoming elections. The United States was not established for Capitalistic Racism in politics and religion. People of all races fought and died for America in every war for the constitutional freedoms entitled to all people. America is for everyone in the world regardless of race, sex, religion, etc.
Terrorism, by definition, is the systematic use of terror as a means of coercion. Coercion, or to be coerced, means using force to make someone do something. The common idea of terrorism refers only to violent acts which are intended to create fear (terror). These acts are perpetrated for a religious, political or ideological goal, and deliberately target or disregard the safety of innocent people. Terrorism didn't start on September 11, 2001, and Ground Zero was not first terrorist attack. Islamic Extremists did not create Terrorism. Terrorism has no particular race or religion that it is exclusive to. In the same sense, Terrorism has no exclusive group of people it attacks. When the Bush Administration declared a "Global War on Terrorism", they did not specify who was nor was not a terrorist. American media outlets broadcasted that the people of the Middle East supported Terrorism and hated America. Our media outlets broadcasted Arab people burning our flag and celebrating. The media told you that Islamic leaders declared a Jihad or "Holy War" against America. The media broadcasted a man getting his head cut off. All of these things are pretty scary, right? That's because the media and people within our government systematically used Terrorism to coerce Americans to support a war in the Middle East, and in return, made a profit for doing so.
Those who oppose the Ground Zero Mosque believe that it's a "slap in the face" to America nine years after 9/11. One group, 9/11 Families for a Safe & Strong America calls the Ground Zero Mosque, "a gross insult to the memory of those who were killed on that terrible day." "WE WILL NEVER FORGET" is what the Untied States of America vowed. What about December 7, 1941? Franklin D. Roosevelt and the United States made similar vow when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. Anyone who knows American history, or at least seen the movie, knows of the devastation, destruction, and heart-break of December 7, 1941. Today, most Americans don't even acknowledge that day, nor are aware of the significance it had 69 years ago. Talk about a "slap in the face" to America, name one thing you own that does not have ties to Japan or some other Pan-Asian country! What would those who were killed that day think of Toyotas being the cars of choice in America? What would they think of your flat-screen TV made by Sony, Panasonic, or Toshiba that you play your Nintendo Wii games on? Would they be insulted that their memory is not being observed in the American economy? In the sense of observing the fallen of 9/11, why wasn't it a problem for Americans to purchase gasoline from Arab-owned Gas Stations and pay up to $4 a gallon for fuel mostly from the Middle East? Where were Sarah Palin and the Tea-Party when we should have been protesting against high-gas prices?
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