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Originally Posted by Agnostic Muslim
Add to your "widespread extremism and intolerance", stereotypes and xenophobia, applicable in the case of certain individuals expressing above mentioned opinions.
That you do not care for Islam is evident, and to each their own, but do try and prove to me conclusively that a majority of Muslims want neither interfaith dialog nor interfaith tolerance, any less than adherents of other religions.
People do not see it as the exception rather than the norm because they choose to focus on the "flashier and titillating exceptions". It is no different in Muslim societies, where all the good the West has done, all the good their culture and society has achieved, is lost in the attention surrounding, and in some cases distortion of, certain events.
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I'm assuming you are a muslim(your handle is a bit confusing). I don't think ADUX is saying anything different than what your are. There are a lot of uneducated people out there who see a turban and think suicide bomber (i dont think ADUX is one). Unfortunately its what they get in the sound byte oriented media these days. I think what I have found here at the WAB is people who are, or are trying to, expand thier knowledge. I think I may have even learned something from BIGFELLA(even though not sure exactly what, yet).
The Muslims I know here are from Pakistan as well. One just returned from a trip home and whatever part the country she was in, is beginning to experience some unrest from radicals. She was born here but has family there and is actually getting worried with the current situation.
I would be interested to hear your opinion on the thread starter post. I think the thread has meandered a little.