IT'S NOT THEIR FAULT!!!!
A recent article from the Washington Post, bemoans the fact that more Americans in 2006 think that Muslims are disproportionately prone to violence than they did in 2001.
According to various people named Cole and others quoted in this story, it's all the fault of politicians and the media. And gee whiz, there are some really swell Muslims out there, so that means that the Americans who believe that Islam is violent are wrong, doesn't it?
The poll found that nearly half of Americans -- 46 % -- have a negative view of Islam, seven percentage points higher than in the tense months after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.
Conservative and liberal experts said Americans' attitudes about Islam are fueled in part by political statements and media reports that focus almost solely on the actions of Muslim extremists.
According to the poll, the proportion of Americans who believe that Islam helps to stoke violence against non-Muslims has more than doubled since the attacks, from 14 % in January 2002, to 33 % today.
The survey also found that 1 in 3 Americans (33%) have heard prejudiced comments about Muslims lately.
Now understand this folks.....This lovely newspaper, the Washington Post (owned by ABC), thinks that our negative views of Islam and muslims are solely due to politicians and the media!!
It couldn't possibly have anything to do with the fact that MUSLIMS are themselves showing us that they ARE PRONE TO VIOLENT BEHAVIOR now could it???
Of course not, they are all really very nice, warm and fuzzy even, it's our terrible politicians and our cursed media who are protraying them in such a terrible light!!!
If you wish to review the entire survey yourself you can go HERE. The poll covers several issues but the questions pertaining to Islam are numbers 28 - 38!!
The ONLY thing I am shocked about is the fact that 54% of Americans still think Islam is a peaceful religion!!!..............Just goes to show that there are ALOT of stupid people out there!!!
But for those of us who ARE educated in the reality of Islam, perhaps, just perhaps, the way we feel about Islam has a little to do with the following story!!
New York: "Top Jail Imam Caught In Hate Tirade," from the New York Post:
March 9, 2006 -- Washington -
The head of Islamic chaplains in the New York City Department of Correction said in a recent speech that the "greatest terrorists in the world occupy the White House," Jews control the media, and Muslims are being tortured in Manhattan jails.
The outlandish remarks were made by one of the city's most prominent Islamic leaders, Imam Umar Abdul-Jalil, the executive director of ministerial services for the city Department of Correction. He spoke at a conference of Islamic leaders in Tucson, Ariz., and was secretly recorded by the counterterrorism organization The Investigative Project.
The recordings capture Abdul-Jalil - speaking at two separate symposiums on Islam in America held by the Muslim Students Association on April 15 and 16 last year (2005) - making incendiary charges and espousing extremist views.
Abdul-Jalil, 56, who is also imam of the Masjid Sabur mosque in Harlem, initially denied making the comments - but later admitted to The Post that the tape was most likely accurate and said his words are being "taken out of context".
Aahh, isn't that always the excuse....."yes I said I want to kill you...but you took my words out of context, you disgusting infidel"!!!
According to various people named Cole and others quoted in this story, it's all the fault of politicians and the media. And gee whiz, there are some really swell Muslims out there, so that means that the Americans who believe that Islam is violent are wrong, doesn't it?
The poll found that nearly half of Americans -- 46 % -- have a negative view of Islam, seven percentage points higher than in the tense months after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.
Conservative and liberal experts said Americans' attitudes about Islam are fueled in part by political statements and media reports that focus almost solely on the actions of Muslim extremists.
According to the poll, the proportion of Americans who believe that Islam helps to stoke violence against non-Muslims has more than doubled since the attacks, from 14 % in January 2002, to 33 % today.
The survey also found that 1 in 3 Americans (33%) have heard prejudiced comments about Muslims lately.
Now understand this folks.....This lovely newspaper, the Washington Post (owned by ABC), thinks that our negative views of Islam and muslims are solely due to politicians and the media!!
It couldn't possibly have anything to do with the fact that MUSLIMS are themselves showing us that they ARE PRONE TO VIOLENT BEHAVIOR now could it???
Of course not, they are all really very nice, warm and fuzzy even, it's our terrible politicians and our cursed media who are protraying them in such a terrible light!!!
If you wish to review the entire survey yourself you can go HERE. The poll covers several issues but the questions pertaining to Islam are numbers 28 - 38!!
The ONLY thing I am shocked about is the fact that 54% of Americans still think Islam is a peaceful religion!!!..............Just goes to show that there are ALOT of stupid people out there!!!
But for those of us who ARE educated in the reality of Islam, perhaps, just perhaps, the way we feel about Islam has a little to do with the following story!!
New York: "Top Jail Imam Caught In Hate Tirade," from the New York Post:
March 9, 2006 -- Washington -
The head of Islamic chaplains in the New York City Department of Correction said in a recent speech that the "greatest terrorists in the world occupy the White House," Jews control the media, and Muslims are being tortured in Manhattan jails.
The outlandish remarks were made by one of the city's most prominent Islamic leaders, Imam Umar Abdul-Jalil, the executive director of ministerial services for the city Department of Correction. He spoke at a conference of Islamic leaders in Tucson, Ariz., and was secretly recorded by the counterterrorism organization The Investigative Project.
The recordings capture Abdul-Jalil - speaking at two separate symposiums on Islam in America held by the Muslim Students Association on April 15 and 16 last year (2005) - making incendiary charges and espousing extremist views.
Abdul-Jalil, 56, who is also imam of the Masjid Sabur mosque in Harlem, initially denied making the comments - but later admitted to The Post that the tape was most likely accurate and said his words are being "taken out of context".
Aahh, isn't that always the excuse....."yes I said I want to kill you...but you took my words out of context, you disgusting infidel"!!!
posted by loki at 11:59 PM
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