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Dm3t_3mr

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hi
 

I looked at your works in flickr
I was thinking that all of us like one family
Even there we are different in religion
But really I got sad when I saw the photos about our prophet Mohammed I m not sending u an email because I m angry
No wallah I m just sad because u think that our prophet like this
I just want u to remember that not all muslimes are the same
In all religions there are good and bad people and if some body hurt you, you should be mad at them because what they are doing is not related to our prophet
Please don’t think that our prophet like this
They are using the name of islam in bad ways

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Dm3t_3mr

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Re: hi
  Ideally, you are right, everyone should be judged on their individual merits. I know for a fact there are peaceful Muslims and hateful Muslims.

However, how is one to judge on first impressions? When some people draw upon their faith to justify killing, no matter the faith, then everyone of that faith becomes suspect.

If it were Buddhists who had bombed embassies, bombed nightclubs, beheaded journalists and hijacked planes to use as missiles, then there would be little chance I’d trust a Buddhist on first meeting. I would consider them all suspect based on the acts of their ideological bretheren. I could be certain that some Buddhists would not hold the same values as those who suicide-bomb, but I couldn’t be sure which is which. I’d have to assume the teachings they all had learned could breed the same mindset as the murderous ones.

So now wariness becomes the rule of thumb when someone proclaims themself a Muslim. I can wish it were different, but the only way to eliminate the wariness is to have more Muslims condemn the violent acts of their ideological bretheren. Little is publicly heard from the Muslim community against these acts; the loudest voices are the ones of praise for the attacks.

When the crashing wave of damnation for these acts of violence is heard from the Muslim community, that is when the tide of opinion about Muslims will start to change.

Asalaam Alikum.

Update (20061111): Other people see this, too:

But despite a great deal of bluster, there is no large-scale organized movement of Muslims countering the jihadists, and no coherent moderate Muslim theology that teaches against jihad and the subjugation of unbelievers on Islamic grounds, with the possible exception of academic constructs that have no roots in Islamic tradition and no following among Muslims, and the certain exception of deceptive pieces that make unbelievers feel great but likewise have no acceptance among Muslims.

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From:

Dm3t_3mr

Subject:

hi
 

I looked at your works in flickr
I was thinking that all of us like one family
Even there we are different in religion
But really I got sad when I saw the photos about our prophet Mohammed I m not sending u an email because I m angry
No wallah I m just sad because u think that our prophet like this
I just want u to remember that not all muslimes are the same
In all religions there are good and bad people and if some body hurt you, you should be mad at them because what they are doing is not related to our prophet
Please don’t think that our prophet like this
They are using the name of islam in bad ways

To:

Dm3t_3mr

Subject:

Re: hi
  Ideally, you are right, everyone should be judged on their individual merits. I know for a fact there are peaceful Muslims and hateful Muslims.

However, how is one to judge on first impressions? When some people draw upon their faith to justify killing, no matter the faith, then everyone of that faith becomes suspect.

If it were Buddhists who had bombed embassies, bombed nightclubs, beheaded journalists and hijacked planes to use as missiles, then there would be little chance I’d trust a Buddhist on first meeting. I would consider them all suspect based on the acts of their ideological bretheren. I could be certain that some Buddhists would not hold the same values as those who suicide-bomb, but I couldn’t be sure which is which. I’d have to assume the teachings they all had learned could breed the same mindset as the murderous ones.

So now wariness becomes the rule of thumb when someone proclaims themself a Muslim. I can wish it were different, but the only way to eliminate the wariness is to have more Muslims condemn the violent acts of their ideological bretheren. Little is publicly heard from the Muslim community against these acts; the loudest voices are the ones of praise for the attacks.

When the crashing wave of damnation for these acts of violence is heard from the Muslim community, that is when the tide of opinion about Muslims will start to change.

Asalaam Alikum.

Update (20061111): Other people see this, too:

But despite a great deal of bluster, there is no large-scale organized movement of Muslims countering the jihadists, and no coherent moderate Muslim theology that teaches against jihad and the subjugation of unbelievers on Islamic grounds, with the possible exception of academic constructs that have no roots in Islamic tradition and no following among Muslims, and the certain exception of deceptive pieces that make unbelievers feel great but likewise have no acceptance among Muslims.