especially after the 9/11 attacks, the place Muslims have in American society has really gone down. but are Muslims really who we're after?
granted, al-Qaeda is a Muslim group, but that doesn't mean we should be after all Muslims just because a few of them did this, however horrible it was.
i'm sure you've heard about Park51, the proposed Muslim center near Ground Zero. a lot of people are opposed to it since it's an "insult" to those killed in the 9/11 attacks.
okay, let's get this straight. people are insulted that a place for Muslims is being planned near Ground Zero just because the attackers were Muslim. okay, while we're at it, let's not plan any new men's clothing outlets just because the attackers were men!
the problem is, they say that Islam is their cause. but, just because they point to Islam as their reason for the attacks doesn't mean that it is. they attacked the World Trade Center because they were extremists that pervert the teachings of Islam. like all other major religions, Islam teaches love towards others. i don't know how they twisted that up, but somehow they did. so it's not Islam by itself that is their cause, at least not the Islam that most Muslims follow. rather, it's their own brand of Islam they use for their own ends.
(in case anyone was wondering, the quote in the title is from "The Simpsons"; i forgot what the episode was about)
