Now It’s Islam

I have recently received a number of anti-Islam items from friends who should know better. They announce that we have to fear all members of Islam and all Muslims. They are all out to destroy everything in western civilization.

In my lifetime I have seen fear and hate toward Japanese-Americans, African-Americans, Jews, Communists, women, Mormons, Mexicans and homosexuals. It looks like Muslims are next.

The assumption is that all members of the group think and act in exactly the same way as a few of them do. All Japanese-Americans wanted Japan to win the war, all African Americans are shiftless, all Jews are money grabbers, all Communists want to conquer the world, all women should stay home where they belong, all Mormons are polygamists, all Mexicans are lazy, all homosexuals want to seduce children, now it is all Muslims are terrorists.

Then there are the humorous ones, All Episcopalians are whiskypalians, all Roman Catholics are fish eaters, and all Methodists are tee-totalers.

There are a billion Muslims in the world less that a quarter are Arabs Muslims live in every country in Europe, Africa, South and North America.

Take a moment and get some facts about Muslims and go to: English.islammessage.com or read Karen Armstrong’s Islam.

RWC