It's time we seek answers for ourselves instead of listening to the claims of others!

House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Peter King, a Republican from New York, organized the hearing on the "radicalization" of American Muslims on March 10, 2011. The basis of King's hearing was that American Muslims do not cooperate with law enforcement investigations of violent members of their community. Another premise of the hearings, according to King is that the number of Muslims in America are becoming radicalized at an alarming rate. But as mentioned in an earlier post, the radicalization of Muslims in American is under 2%. Now let's put Senator Kings claims into perspective: 

If there are two million Muslims and of that two million, 2% are becoming radicalized, then less than 4,000 of them are actually radicalized and if there are five million Muslim Americans then 100,000 are becoming radicalized. Those numbers of radicalized Muslims in the U.S. would in fact be lower because the percentage is less than 2%. However, Senator King does not give this information. It's public figures like Senator King that fuel ant-Islamic sentiment.

Another notable anti-Islamic demonstration was the burning of a Qur'an.The 2010 Qur'an burning controversy occurred when the pastor of a small Christian Church in Gainesville, Florida declared he would burn 200 "Korans" (notice his spelling of the word is incorrect) on the anniversary of September 11th. The pastor,Terry Jones, received widespread media attention, resulting in international outrage and pleas from world leaders to cancel the event. In early September 2010, he cancelled the burning and pledged never to burn a Qur'an. However, on March 20, 2011, Terry Jones presided over a mock trial of the "Koran", which was found guilty by a mock jury composed mainly of church members. Then after his mock trial, dozens upon dozens Qur'ans were burned. This story made international news and eventually was reported on a television station in Afghanistan. Riots broke out because of this leaving 21 people dead including 7 U.N. workers. That's not very Christian of you Pastor Jones!


It's time we think critically about what politicians and other figures in leadership positions tell us. We must educate ourselves, find answers and facts. I'm not saying to denounce what your own religious leader tells you or that every religious leader or politician is as disturbed as Pastor Jones. All I am saying is think for yourself! After all, politicians and other public figures most often have an agenda whether it's to get re-elected, gain popularity, or simply spew their own hate-filled beliefs to anyone who will listen.

Hate only leaves room to discriminate

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