I can't even begin to understand how these could be questions to anyone. It's bizarre and twisted that people have blamed so many people for the acts of so few and people who were such a radical version of Islam. This is one of the reason I never see myself moving back to America. I'm always grateful for what it gave me and what it allowed me to be but it's embarrassing sometimes. No more embarrassing than the french outlaying the hijib but still how people can be so small minded so radically... just wrong. islam is given a bad wrap the world over and I can't understand why, one of the most beautiful things in the worth is the call to prayer. I adore being in any country where Islam figures prominently simply because find the call to prayer so soothing and respectful. I'm atheist but Islam is one of the few religions I can see the beauty in. In China there are two big religions far away from Beijing Buddhism in Tibet in the southwest and Islam in Xinjiang in the Northeast. Most people have never heard of Xinjiang or Uigers,
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The whole controversy is ridiculous. The terrorists created the idea that this is a holy war, I don't know why we're buying into it. We should be people, regardless of religion, united against terrorists.
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Then again, I apparently think differently coming from Canada, so I've been told. But always, a person first.
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If you haven't seen it already you might like this article: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/11/nyregion/11religion.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=mosque%20in%20world%20trade%20center&st=cse
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And thanks for that article, it really was touching.
I used to work at a company that had a prayer room.
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