KILLING STEREOTYPES
[anger may be the tone, forgive me, I am not
directing my anger to you, this rant is a bit outdated, not
necessarily supporting my present view on world politics]
While living in the US, I have noticed how
ignorant some Americans are regarding Muslims, and Islam in general.
They are quick to put judgments on accused Muslims terrorists,
especially because Islamic Fundamentalism (a media fed term) is in
their heads. Although some efforts to get rid of stereotypes are
working, people still have the term Jihad in their heads. Let me
explain Jihad the way I know it, it is the God given responsibility
for every Muslim to defend his or her religion and fellow Muslims
when we are under attack. That does not mean, bombing/killing
everything & anyone associated with Americans or Westerners.
BUT, under this definition, American Government's pushing around in
the middle-east is making it the THREAT to many Muslims, so I
wouldn't be surprised about repercussions.
I am tired/frustrated/bored of people stereotyping
Islam as an extreme religion based on the barbaric images of the
Taliban in Afghanistan & the Iranian government. The Taliban is
made up of a bunch of illiterate boys who have been told to fight
anti-Islamic forces (western culture) based on the interpretation of
Islam by their few literate & fanatic leaders. Their
interpretation is twisted enough to deny medical care for women. The
Iranian government is not even as extreme as people like to make it
out. They even have elections, yes elections. If you are not Muslim,
you will not be judged according to Islamic Rules. PLUS, most of
Iran is not made of the orthodoxy in Islam (the Sunnis), instead
they are Shi'ite Muslims that represent only about 16% of the world
Muslim population. The Ayatollah has not been ruling for a
while, in fact, he is dead, did you know that? Even Saudi Arabia is
more strict, but that is heard of less because of obvious American
interests in Saudi Arabia.
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