(For Muslims) Why do you think that Muslim extremist hated the U.S. and Christians before 9-11?
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Hi. My name is Mohamed Yaser, and I'm a muslim. You see, your question's got lots of answers. First of all, the 9-11 terrorist acts don't have to be necessarily done by muslim extremists as you say, it could probably be someone who's trying to give the world a false idea about Islam. There were lots of such things before, and many of them were discovered later. you see, Islam is a really peaceful religion... REALLY peaceful, but your media just doesn't like it that way, so if you want to know about Islam, try looking somewhere else. You can check out this site (it's one of our biggest sites online, and you'll find a link for English): www.islamway.com.\n\nHowever, I don't deny that there ARE infact some Muslim extremists who do commit terrorism, but these guys are usually people who don't understand Islam well, so they go around blowing everything up and think that this is gonna send them right to paradise. I think people like these are present in all religions, sure there are Christian and Jewish extremists too.\n\nNow, after telling you all the other possibilities, I'll answer your original question: Why do these extremists hate the U.S.? Well, your question shows that you really don't know what's going on in the world (sorry, no offense!!). Haven't you heard of what's going on in Iraq and palestine and Afghanistan and Chechinia and and and and? America is practicing pure terrorism there, but the American media apparently doesn't show you that. America just looks for any reason to get in, and then starts destroying everything; houses, people, women, babies, everything. The pictures and videos are all over TV. You can't expect Muslims to see that and just love the USA do you!! And then there was this reprint of our quraan, and those cartoons offending our prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). All that and you're asking why Muslims are angry with America?\n\nMuslims don't hate christians or anything, they just don't like whats going on, and in our religion, to fix this, were supposed to talk, to argue peacfully, not fight. This part is what the extremists don't understand.\n\nWhew! that was long! Sorry for the boring answer, I just wanted to make everything clear. Thanks for your very polite question, many people aren't that civilized.\n\nHope my answer was what you wanted! Bye!\nMohamed Yaser
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the u.s. doesn't hate the islamic world.  that generalization is like saying that all the islamic world hates the united states  we have idiots who hate on both sides and who make the rest of us look like we are all evil.  if you truly believe in god than you know that hate and killing in His name is wrong on both sides.  don't believe that we all agree w/ the bush propaganda of hate against islam.  if there is anything left of the world in 3 years you will see that we will vote in a prez who has compassion for all people and isn't against our islamic friends.
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why does america hate osama bin laden
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Al Qaeda were responsible for 9-11. This is an extreme fundamentalist Islamic group that believes (amongst other things) that Western influence is undermining the very tenants of their religion. They especially despise the US, its support of Israel, its presence in the middle east and the amoral culture it espouses. 9-11 wasn't just targeting our land and people, it was a direct attack on our economic base.
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hi, i dont know the FRUIT of US but i think that the Jewish terorism against Arab and Palestinian is more older than the Al Qaeda , anyway Al Qaeda was stablished by the American Goverement to help the Afghan and Muslims in the mid 80's to get out the Suvet occupation of Agfanestan and then with the money El Qaeda took from the American Gorvement they attacked it again. Anyway i hate either extremism in whatever religion, Jewish, Christain or Muslim, i think to be a moderate religious is the best to let all the people of the world leave in peace. An opinion from an Muslim guy . Thank you for your question and i hope u can find the truth and the real answers about it soon. TC
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FIRST REASON:i think that some Christians hate the people who claim that they are Muslims.there are terrorists claiming  that they are Muslims so the Christians hate them and we as Muslims become very angry when we know that they are hating us.they do not hate us they hate the terrorist who claims that they are Muslims.\nSECOND REASON:the minority of the Christians do not the Islam and the Muslims they make their opinion about the Islam and the Muslims from the media and the media in the western try to make all the people hate the Islam and Muslims.\nTHIRD REASON:some Christians think that the Muslim hate them ,they do not look to Egypt (for example)the Muslims and the Christians live with each other a peacefully life ,they co-operate and cohabit with each other.they also think that we are close minded people and they think that we want to live a lone without cohabit or co-operate with any non-Muslim.finally:there are a lot of Christians know the truth of the Islam and they believe that it is the religion of peace.
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Because ignorancy is the reason, they don't realize that pointing the finger to the west is not any way solving the problem that they have with us if anything it only antagonizes us to a point where we want to beat the heck out of them. But you have to understand if there clerics aren't trying to teach them anything different how would you expect the people to be any different. So they feel by burning the American flag is a good thing. Something else I should mention, There society is all messed up simply because they have religious fundamentalist that are to me nothing but radicals that are teaching the word of the Quran wrong and twisting it to there own personal gain. Anytime they do that you have radical exstremist that follow along with the belief that it is right. They choose to blame the Americans because out of ignorance they are not willing to put the blame where it really belongs and it is with them. But as you see none of them are willing to do that but they are quick to blame the West for any and everything that goes on with there society. What I want to know is when do they really wake up and see what they are doing to there people because all they are doing is confusing them where they don't know what is right from what is wrong. And when is the Islamic clerics and leaders are going to start teaching good instead of hate to the extremist? I guess when God comes and wipe the real infedels from the face of the earth.
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What really frightens me is HOW America has gone about the war on terror. After 9/11 we had much the worlds sympathy and support, then Bush went after Iraq under false pretenses causing many countries to withdraw their support. Much of the public opinion in America toward Islam has become down right racist and many people that support the war on terror seems to revel in the idea of a genocidal war on Islam rather than a war against terrorists (just check out some of the answers to the religious questions on this site). Now America has to deal with huge backlash of hatred, and possibly more terrorist activities on American soil, because of its current foreign policy and, in my opinion, it has been our past foreign policies that have put us in this mess in the first place.
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hi Tina.i am muslim and i want to thank you for being understanding person about Islam....muslim people like christians and jews..come from diffrent countries and diffrent coloer,culture,education....there are good and ofcourse there are bad.....we are humman like you,\nbut if you read the history of the Midell East ...and you see the current events now in it...may you will understand why we feel so angry and we are under attck...from the Westren Woarld...espcially USA the leader....so it will always USA to blame....of course that not right or fair...but what happen in the Middel East made a big mountains of hate and misunderstanding...
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first,people have freedom of speech and freedom of religion.America itself stands on that.people are free to practice whatever religion they please.personally i have nothing against the religion and so also does president bush.whether they are terrorists who are Muslims,is as equal to the fact that they are terrorists who are christian,Jews,Hindus and so on.the fact now is that the most threatening terrorists are Muslims and the proof is not lies of bush,but the world trade center now ground zero,, the lost loved ones on those flights and the over 2000 soldiers dead all to save a nation from a horrible leader.surely in war they are causalities,but you can't blame the messenger.or else those brave soldiers died in vain to you but not in vain to their beloved nation.long live our troops.
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No I think you have that backwards, Muslims are the most narrow minded religious fanatics on the face of the earth. After all what was the religion of the morons that brought you 9/11 and idiots taking to the streets rejoicing about it. I feel if they submitted themselves to Jesus things would be a lot better for them and everybody else on this planet.
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as a muslim , i tell u that we donot hate america but we hate the american outdoor policy, invasions, setting up wars every where , supporting israeli war machine which kills   kids and unarmed people(see what is going to happen a few days later) , plus america support and protect the non_democratic regimes in arab and muslim countries(most of them) agianst their people with arms and international cover and at last i tell u that no-one knows everything    \nso try to look to the world +ve look and they will look the same to u.............\n                                                                  your brother in islam
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People dont need to die.Terrorists are extremists they are dedicated to their religion, you can call bush a terrorist he started a war just to kill he is seen as a god person and  people think he is great for believing but he is no different then a extremist, he probably thinks that god helps him with his decisions. A Muslims god helps them with their decisions. and Muslims are not all terrorists.I didnt hate Muslims but I just hate how religion is taken to the extreme. I hate George Bush, but that is a whole different thing.
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It is so because the rest of us let them get away with bigotry. We will gladly confront Christians, Jews, Hindus, Buddhists, Liberals, Conservatives, Americans, French, Japanese, Capitalists and Communists with whatever gripe we may have with their beliefe system but when it comes to Islam, we shy away from making them uncomfortable. After 9/11, instead of being more answerable for thier baseless belief system, the wold has moved to allowing them to be more evasive. They are the "Victims" of stereotyping - not the perpetrators of more than 90% of terrorist acts in this world. They are the 'religion of peace'! Yeah right.\n\nA Christian has to struggle and give everyone a satisfactory explaination for his belief in immaculate conception or resurrection, A jew has to explain why he thinks God gave them Israel but a Muslim never has to explain why if God chose anyone for the job, why would he pick a womanizing mass-murderer to be His last prophet? A Muslim never has to explain why he thinks Jewish settlement in West Bank as occupation but why Muslims controlling all the land outside Mecca-Medina, including what is now Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan Pakistan, Jordan, Yemen and Syria not Islamic Occupation?\n\nAnd of course then there is the standard issue excuse that only 0.1% of Muslims are bad 99.9 percent of Muslims are peace loving. So here is my question: If someone gave you a glass of milk that is 99.9% milk and 0.1% cyanide, would you drink it?
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Just wanted to note that nobody is answering your question.\n\nJust saying "well Christians did it"\n\nYou are clearly asking a question about today and everyone here is coming up with abstract opinions about the past.  Perhaps the biggest hate lies in the athiest?\n\nI'll answer your question.  No, not that I have seen.  If 9/11 can be justified, anything can I guess.  A WW3 could be, certianly.  Nuclear usage could.\n\nBless us all, we need it.\nDavid
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In my opinion it is not the Americans who blame Muslims its the US administration who does it for some political and strategical reasons. To make this point clear, before 9-11 the US couldn't enter the Mid East and does what ever it wants claiming that they are chasing terrorists. Fighting terrorism might be truth, but terrorism is not fought by killing every body there. So many people were killed during the American air strikes on Iraq. Some of them might be criminals but the majority was not. Children and woman were killed brutally. I will not go through all of this but one thing that I can say is that the US is not fighting terror, they are aiming for something other than terror and I'll leave it for you to figure out.\n\nWe should not generalize if we see some thing bad. Most of the American people are good, friendly and always seeking the truth and right thing. I am saying that even if I am a Muslim!\nYou shouldn't say that all Muslims are bad and terrorists. If any body is mature enough he knows that people differ between good and bad even if they are in the same religion.\n\nEven if all Muslims are bad you shouldn't judge their religion until you read it and understand it. You don't have to convert, only do it for your own knowledge.
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First there are many Americans who are Muslim and of the Muslim Faith- so the hate that you refer to is more directed to us from a nation or country or extremist groups-not Muslims themselves-the Muslim Faith is a very peaceful faith.\n\nI think most reasons the Americans are hated is the lack of understanding or ability to respect other cultures.\nand \nThe desire to control and manipulate the trade market.\nThe desire of America to monopolize.\n\nIt is a shame that these attacks and acts of hatred are directed at American Citizens themselves when it is the big corporations and government that are the culprits not the people.  WE are now in a state of Corporations running the country and not people.\n\nI do feel support of Israel plays a factor too and the fact that are war prescience in Iraq is more a hindrance than a benefit.\n\nI do not feel Islam is Terrorism and that attitude creates more enemies than allies.  Terrorists are deviations from the just cause and harbor the Hate.  Not Islam not Muslims.