Rasheed -- can you tell me what mosques in DC you are referring to? I
haven't seen anything in the local papers about this. Thanks.
Lawry
> Marco,
>
> Thank you for your post. You're right; this was an attack on
> humanity, not on a country or a belief system. it was an attack
> on freedom, as the writer of george w's speech put it. I have to
> apologize if my last post seemed a little insensitive in regard
> to all the lives lost. believe me, i am praying for relief for
> all people who have been affected all over the world. Since then
> i have learned that two mosques in Washington DC have been burned
> down and that Pakistani cab drivers in NYC have been beaten.
> This is blind societal values attacking . . . what are they
> attacking? do they see this as some sort of revenge? As if this
> would do justice to the people already devastated by this
> tragedy? Once again, this can be partially blamed on the
> negative stereotyping of the media in repeatedly accusing Arab
> countries. But it comes more from simple human ignorance in
> presupposing Islam to be the root of all these problems, when in
> actuality it can be seen as a solution to all t!
> hese problems. the same ignoran
> ce that is causing Palestinians and Afghans to rejoice at this is
> the same ignorance that is causing Americans to unjustifiably
> attack peaceful Muslims.
>
> Rasheed
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