Americans in America: Do You Find That You Distrust Muslims Now?

Question

Unfortunately, since I have become painfully aware of how the nation(s) of Islam are waging war in just about every corner of the globe... I have to admit that my caution flag goes up every time I meet a muslim man, woman or family, and though I am cordial, I find myself assuming the worst until proven differently.

Is anyone else wrestling with this and willing to admit it?

So... just being humbly honest here. I am smart enough to know this isn't the best to have evolved within me, to be so cautious to the point of mistrust at first view. This is why I was wondering if anyone else was "wrestling" with this.

TS: Sorry, but it is what I have witnessed from the nations of Islam, across the globe for centuries that has made me ever so cautious. Not my own Government's actions.

Ivan C: You "Treat them how you would treat everyone else." I hope I didn't leave anyone with the impression that I "treat 'them' differently than I would others. I did say that I am 'cordial' [as I am with anyone else], there is just a 'cautiousness' that rises up and a question mark... that's all. Just wondering if anyone else was courageous enough to admit the same if they too wrestle with that.

Philip K: I hardly think a true "bigot" would come here and honestly admit that they are "wrestling" with this sense of "caution". So, no I won't suggest you are naive and you are right, I won't let you call me a bigot, 'cause the title doesn't fit.

Bradley: Thank you for your story and your honesty.

Ditty Ditty: Yes, thank you for sharing. I appreciate it.

Answer 1

Hey, I won't knock you for your cautious reflex by calling you a bigot if you don't call me naive if I do not share this cautious reflex. Fair enough?
Edit: Indeed- my apologies if my wording is awkward or poorly phrased.

Answer 2

I just thought that you might want an answer from an AMERICAN born MUSLIM. I love this country probably more then most because being in this country has done a lot for my family. I have discussed this same subject with many people. And i understand why people put their caution flags up when a Muslim enters the room. We all makes sterotypes and assumptions and i think that it is ok. I do it myself, so how can i expect others to not make one about my self when i wear a scarf? But my advice to you is to do some research. and i dont just mean on Islam but any other race or religion that you are unfamilar with. It might make you feel a little bit more at ease. and i just wanted to add to some of those who have ansewered this question, that these Bin Laden followers are stupid and are making up their own religion, because none of what they are doing is in any why shape or form Islamic. I mean the word Islam means Peace. even attempting sucide, one goes to hell, and kill others like they are doing is NOT jihad. Jihad means to TRY "spread" the word of Islam the perfered way now a days is to spread it by a pen and writing articles, no where in the Quran does it say to kill inoccent people.

I am sorry that this was so long, I really wanted to clearify that these idiots are not preaching Islam, in a hope that you wont feel as uncomfortable when you see a Muslim.

Answer 3

No, I never felt uncomfortable with any Muslim that I ever met.
I think among Muslims we find some fanatic people no doubt about it, but Christians are no saints either.
We all should be familiar with what happen during the Spanish inquisition,(persecution of everyone refusing to follow christianism)also the which hunt in Europe and the United States.
Terrible crimes were committed in the name of
christianism Fortunately we passed that stage, and it all begin the day we start asking questions from the people claiming to be spreading the word of god.
I do not have any problem with Muslim people
and I am not concerned if they try to convert anyone to their religion
I am not religious or anti- religious
PS
I do not welcome radical people of any type

Answer 4

I understand where you are coming from...however i really don't find this to be the normal reaction...i've lived around muslims all my life...some of them believed whole heartedly in Jihad and that i am an infidel...and others have shown me love, noone else could show...so simply like any other people in the world...there is the good and the bad among them...regardless of what their doctrine holds (which is debatable within Islam itself)! Keep wrestling on...at some point i had to...i respect your honesty...n i wish ppl would stop attacking anyone as honest and sincere as you..i hate it when we have to be defending ourselves the way you had to. Good Luck.

Answer 5

I'm not mad at the Muslim people; I know from personal experience that not all of them are bad, so categorizing them in such a way would be both stupid and wrong. Some of them are just caught up in the center of things they can't control, and are being overtaken by a wave of fire and shrapnel, unfortunately, from both sides of the war. Some are innocent casualties, or Prisoners Of War, or even Dogs Of War, but I can't label so many that way; not all are guilty.

I guess to put my answer as simply as possible, no, I'm not distrustful of Muslims; I'm distrustful of people who intentionally hurt another person for their personal gain or entertainment, or whatever it is they're doing it for... and that can be anybody; their color, nationality, creed, race, whatever... none of that matters to me; but, I do run into my share of people who prove their stupidity to me on a nearly daily basis. That's the way things are, these days. I doubt anything will change anytime soon.

Answer 6

You know what? In so far as I know, no Muslim has ever taken anything from me. I have not been assaulted by a Muslim, a Muslim has never committed adultry on me, I have never had a baseless lawsuit filed against me by a Muslim, a Muslim has never made me feel as if I didn't belong, no one from the Islamic faith has threatened me or my children.

Ironically, all of these examples are things that have happened to me at the hands of spirit filled christian republicans.

OH NO!! Lock up the doors honey, the Muslims are coming!! Sorry. I'm just not feeling it.

Answer 7

Not at all. In the metro Detroit area we have a lot of people of middle eastern descent. I have been around muslims all my life and to be honest my main regret is never learning the language.
(could have made a MINT as a translator lol)

If anything i feel bad for how harshly they are treated.

Answer 8

Islam has its crazys like all other religons
But your question is a good one cause i asked my self the same thing last year,in all black communities muslims derectly from iraq and elswear own many of the neiborhood
corner stores,Me and a friend asked a store owner about the Koran
and was it witten in the yr666 and he said YES!!!!

Answer 9

No, because there are fanatics in every religion and THOSE fanatics do not speak for the whole of their faith. What America saw and experienced on September 11th was not because of RELIGION, but because of people bent on instilling their own will AND death on the innocent. TERRORISTS. "insanity" has no religion, though these persons "twist" religeous beliefs for their own benefit as an EXCUSE to carry out their agenda of hatred.

Answer 10

no not really... what a lot of people have to understand is that they are just normal people and just because some of them are extremists and terrorists and everything it doesnt mean every muslim is a america-christian hater... i treat them how i would treat anyone else