Through the bustle you see Him. Anxiety strikes you, yet you try to appear calm. You look around to see if anyone else can see Him and if so, do they seem to be as nervous as you are. Is it getting warm in here? You seem to have begun perspiring a bit. Please, not today. I just wanted to...fill in your action here. He seems to look a bit nervous as well. You can see it in His eyes. This can't be good. Perhaps this exact spot isn't where you need to be standing right now. You struggle to turn in the crowd. "Excuse me. Ex-excuse me, please." That's a good child, polite until death. You don't take your eyes off him. He begins to gaze over the crowd. His lips move methodically as if he were saying the same thing over and over again. Though it isn't English, you recognize it. His facial expression is no longer nervous; perhaps he has found some sort of resolution. He cracks the slightest grin as he looks over the crowd; the chant continues. Suddenly the smile fades as his teeth begin to snarl his brow falls and his eyes gleam as that of an Islamic Warrior. He grabs for the zipper of his worn leather jacket. The jacket is unzipped and falls to the floor. You realize that you do recognize what he is saying; it is now audible.
"ALLAH AKBAR!" he is now yelling. Wait a second. You mean they really say that stuff in real life? Cool! Time stops as this Middle Eastern man stands amongst the crowd in his galabiyya and suicide vest ensemble. Where's the Fashion Police when you really need them? You push with all of your strength now against the hustle. Turn damn it! Turn now or die! The first thing that comes to your mind slips out of your mouth. Well there goes the, "Polite until death," compliment I just gave you. Now if you live through this, remind me to wash your mouth out with soap!" The sound of the explosion is deafening; you feel the sound penetrate through your very being. Still alive! As you regain your wits, screams are all that can be heard. The hearing in your left ear has obviously been tinkered with.
Your spirits begin fall as you surrender to the reality of the current tragedy. Your legs (it seems like everyone else's) are pumping like pistons involuntarily. To your right you see a well built man running alongside you with a little boy in his arms. "Daddy, why did the man blow up?"
So when you hear someone saying, "My name is... (insert popular Arabic/ Middle Eastern name here)," what do lots of Americans think?
"But when I get on a plane - I gotta tell you - if I see people who are in Muslim garb and I think - you know - they are identifying them self first and foremost as Muslims. I get worried. I get nervous." - Juan Williams
"Muslims Killed Us On 9/11!" - Bill O'Reilly
Still not convinced? No, my good boy. What exactly is your point? There was even a story on Fox News speaking of a poll conducted that stated 1 in 5 Americans believe President Barrack Obama is Muslim (as if such a finding lowers his potential to be a credible American President).
My point is quite simple. American society through its experience and fear of terrorist attacks has painted a picture that all Muslims and people with Middle Eastern features are suspects.
But wait - I'm Hindu!
Sorry buddy, how 'bout for now you go stand over there with the rest of the Middle Easterners.
Perhaps we should take the time to notice the path of our country's mind set when we have an American Preacher declaring observances such as "International 'Burn a Quran' Day". Terry Jones at one point stated that, "The message," (of burning Qurans as a national observance to the ninth anniversary of 9/11), "we are trying to send is much more important than people being offended." Was his controversial fifteen minutes of fame a bunch of farfetched bull? Or was he simply the only one with enough courage to express a concept that so many Americans had already internalized?
So I guess the question would be, "Do good Muslims feel uncomfortable in our society at all?"
Of course not; this is America for God's sake, the Land of Opportunity. Right?
This is the part in Escaping the Box where your opinion matters. Let's see what it is you have to say about it. Have Muslims in America become second class citizens? I dare you to send this post to a friend and make this conversation a worldwide event. Wait! Better yet, I take that back. I Triple Dog Dare Ya.
Muslims as a second class citizen. What a joke. Muslims are getting their way in most anything they want. And Muslims are the main problem they may consider themselves second class. Its Muslims thats sent those packages on planes this weekend. Al-qaida are Muslims. Lets get that facts straight first. Call them whatever else you want, but they are Muslims. Panty bomber, a Muslim, Ft. Hood Killer, a Muslim, Not since Timothy McVeigh has there been any major terrorist threats by White Christians. Every week if you take time to do your research we find more Muslims, many of them homegrown Jihadi's that are looking to kill Americans.
ReplyDeleteAnd its not just Islam, Muslims want to bring Sharia law to this country. We see it happening all over Europe. Islam isnt Islam without Sharia. You can't deny that. Sharia means its ok to Murder your daughter if she leaves Islam. Its ok to beat your wife cause the Quran says its ok. Sharia means its ok to dig a hole and bury a women up to her shoulders and stone her to death for adultery. Its Sharia that says gays should be hanged.
In Oklahoma, theres on the ballot now asking citizens to vote if they want Sharia or no Sharia allowed in the courts in that state. Already Muslims are complaining its another sign of Islamophobia. Its the same anytime I or someone else speaks out against the evils of Sharia and Islam itself.
Why is it that no other religions are allow in Saudi Arabia? Bibles are burned or trashed everyday in Saudi Arabia. No one entering the country is allowed to bring their bible, and if they do, it is confiscated and burned or trashed. Thats a fact. Non muslim are not allowed in Mecca, talk about second class citizens. Islam is good at that.
If Muslims want to feel more welcome in my country, yes I said my country, then they should try to coexist as Americans and not want to remain confined to their Islamic beliefs. Its why Muslims have not been able to coexist with the citizens of europe. Muslims block the streets in many parts of Europe to pray. They are doing that here in this country. Dhimmi Bloomberg says Muslims have a right to block the streets. let Christians or other faiths try that sometime. It won't be allowed. Bloomberg has business in the Middle East, he's selling america out for the dinar.
So claiming that Muslims are second class is a joke. At the work place, Muslims are asking for special priviliges to pray or eat that no others ask for or get.
My advice to Muslims, is try becoming Americans first, Muslims second. Stop thumbing your noses at the millions of Americans that oppose the Ground Zero Mosque. We know its a victory Mosque. Its What Muslims have done all through history wherever they have conquered.
Muslim Obama claims to be a christian. Thats another of his taqiyya lies. This week he will travel to Indonesia and India. He plans to attend a service at a Mosque in Indonesia, but won't spend time in an Indian temple? Wouldn't want to upset the Muslims now would he? Obama spent years listening to hate speech by his preacher Rev. Wright. Yet Obama claims he didn't hear any hate speech. And speaking about hate speech, CAIR and other Islamic organizations want to impose hate speech here in America. Geert wilder is being tried for hate speech for speaking the truth about Muslims in Europe. Muslims are ok with calling for the death of Wilder. Muslims want to take away our 1st amendment. Politicians have caved into the demands of Muslims in Europe and we see that starting to happen here in America. Its time to put a stop to that now before America ends up with the same problems they are having in Europe. America is a Christian Country. I for one will not accept Islam and Sharia here as part of my country. If that makes me Islamaphobic, then so be it. Its up to Muslims to try becoming more American then asking Americans to become Muslims.
I find it interesting that we claim to be a melting pot of amazing inclusiveness, but operate like we are afraid of anyone/anything that doesn't fall into particular parameters. It's like "Land of the free, home of the brave (some restrictions apply, results may vary)".
ReplyDeleteHey fox, if you emigrated from here and someone told you in your new country to be [demonym] first and a Christian second, and all of your kind were painted with the same huge brush of generalization, would you fly into a rage fueled by your persecution complex? [one caveat: an answer of 'why would I ever leave my country?' is not an acceptable answer; if it helps, just make-believe that America was subverted by the gay communist MSM or whatever the bogeyman of the week is, per your talking points]
ReplyDeleteWhat I'm saying is that hey, maybe not every single one of the one-point-five billion Muslims are hell-bent on destroying our Exceptional America®, and are pretty happy to be Americans themselves. Couldn't I just as easily tell you that Christians are a bunch of delusional premillenialists who support Israel (among other things) only as a means to facilitate Armageddon? Couldn't I just as well tell you that Christians are pushing as hard as they can for a theocracy built around Mosaic law, which can itself be pretty brutal and draconian? I could do that, but I'd be hilariously wrong. You know how I know I'd be wrong? Because I know Christians, well enough to know there is a great deal of diversity among them. I also know Muslims, and can say very much the same of them.
Yes, America is indeed a nation of Christians (a point with which I personally find no qualms), but! it's not necessarily a Christian capital-N Nation:
"As the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion,—as it has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion, or tranquility, of Mussulmen,—and as the said States never entered into any war or act of hostility against any Mahometan nation, it is declared by the parties that no pretext arising from religious opinions shall ever produce an interruption of the harmony existing between the two countries."
--Treaty of Tripoli, article 11, ratified unanimously by the United States Senate on 7 June 1797.
I'm not a Christian myself, nor am I a Muslim, and I'm not necessarily an atheist either. But I would gladly accept your hell if I was correct in that hypothetical situation I illustrated above, because heaven would be quite terrifying, led by a vindictive and rather childish demiurge. Fortunately that's not the case, and I hope that you can broaden your experience and come to the same conclusion.