If 47% of Muslims see themselves as Muslims first and Americans second, is that a problem?

Question

What about the 42% of Christians that feel they are Christian first? Or the whopping 62% of white evangelical Protestants?

I get the feeling that when people first see the question, they say it's a problem with Muslims, but what's their impression of the rest of the population?

Do you think the polarization of the population along any lines is an issue?

Do you think of yourself as an American first?

This information came along with the poll that said some Muslim youth could sypathize with suicide bombers.

PusherHombre - If you are American first and follow our principles, you can ensure that no one get treated like the Jews during the Holocaust.

Answer 1

As a Wiccan, anyone who see themselves as their religion first and an American second frightens me. I'm actually far more frightened by the 42% of Christians that feel they are Christian first, because they can exert a lot of political power and force their views and laws on the rest of us. Some of these views are quite extreme and very dangerous, and I think actually perpetuate the alienation that drives *some* Muslims to terrorism, however misguided they are. I'm not saying you have to hold your spiritual beliefs as second to nationalism, but you do need to hold it as separate from nationalism. Once you start down the path of putting your PERSONAL belief system above what is best for the nation and trying to force your views into laws that affect others who don't necessarily share your views we're all in trouble, no matter what that belief system is.

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Answer 2

I believe I Muslim first and foremost before everything. With any person of any religion, faith should come first. I am an American, too, and proud of it but its not first or even second on the scale.

I'm a Muslim, then a daughter, then a sister, then a friend, then maybe an American.

I mean, at the end of the day, faith matters more than where you were born. Does that mean I support suicide bombers? NO! Absolutely not.

God isn't going to care about what kind of passport you have, after all.

Answer 3

Muslim youth who sympathise with suicide bombers need to be butt whipped good and hard.

Why? Because they should know better than that!

Also, religion and race or nationality are not mutuall conclusive. Id like to think Im a Muslim foremost, but thats because they teach us that Islam unites people across borders and races.

However, I normally consider myself a human first, with a healthy sense of common sense, and religion comes afterwards.

Answer 4

Depends on each person and how they handle their faith.

I am a Christian first and an American second. I have given my life to defending America for three years and if offered the chance to do so again, I would do so again. But if a leader like Hillary decided to persecute Christians and imprison them like Hitler did with the Jews, I would be Christian first, and accept impending execution for my faith. If Hillary offered me the choice of being an American to rat out other Christians or being executed for my beliefs, I would have to accept death. While we are urged in the Bible to support our leaders, if the nation goes against Christianity, as it will under the Liberals and "Progressives," our duty is to Christ first.

God and country is what I am about. I will never let America down, even though the America may let me down.

Answer 5

hi Heathen confident, that's a means subject, because of the fact the way many Muslims view the possession of land. regardless of the combating between Iraq and Iran in the previous, and the present civil conflict between Shi'ites and Sunni's in Iraq, Muslims in actuality see all land occupied through Muslims as a single usa. everywhere they are, in the middle-East, Indonesia, Britain, Europe or u.s., which will become area of the Islamic usa. for this reason there's a lot anger in the process the worldwide Islamic community over the life of Israel. From a Muslim attitude the UN did no longer purely scouse borrow the land from the Palestinians and supply it to the Jews. The UN stole it from ALL Muslims and gave it to the Jews. Likewise that's completely laughable that Bush and Blair communicate approximately "insurgents" in Iraq. From the attitude of the persons combating the Coalition forces, because of the fact that all land occupied through Muslims is a single Islamic usa, while they pass to Iraq to combat the infidel invader they are no longer going to a various usa, they are purely shifting to a various area of an identical usa. The borders we make a lot fuss over are, from the Islamic fundamentalist attitude in reality meaningless strains on slightly paper placed there extremely arbitrarily through infidel foreigners. The Israelis DO comprehend this, and that i think it had a lot to do with the way they at present invaded Lebanon. Althouigh that usa isn't completely Muslim, the Israelis, so some distance as they might, in basic terms attacked Muslim aspects, avoiding Christian villages etc. IMO that replaced into an extremely planned message/warning to the completed Islamic community. the reality that it went so incorrect might yet have intense effects no person needs to speak approximately suited now, besides, no count in case you settle with this attitude or no longer - and that i'm guessing, through your nickname, which you do no longer - it could frequently be a stable thought to a minimum of comprehend the different men attitude. it would desire to help to describe, for occasion, your factor approximately some Muslim young toddlers sympathizing with the suicide bombers even nevertheless they stay thosands of miles aside and don't seem to proportion any area of the suicide bomber's lives. (BTW, i do no longer help using violence to attain political objectives - through each and every individual.)

Answer 6

I remember a few months ago when all those protests were going on when the cartoonist from Denmark made those drawings of Mohammed.One political commentator said," Regardless of your faith or ethnic minority,those who wish to be considered citizens of Denmark should remember one thing. What ever happens in Denmark,STAYS in Denmark. We don't like airing our laundry for the international community to see".
Such a thing would put me in a quandry as well. Am I a Catholic or an American first?

Answer 7

If the same poll were taken of a majority of Red-State Christians, the results would be just as, if not more disturbing, at least in the 2000-2007 era.

Muslim religion is inherently conservative morally, and inherently anti-government because it so strongly advocates God's law over man's.

In light of these ideas, it is difficult for most fear-driven Americans to release their prejudices about Muslims and their culture. The average American, hearing this statistic, is going to automatically fear Muslims to a greater extent, which only alienates them and pushes them away from our culture.

Intolerance breeds intolerance, and radical Muslims, the same as radical Christians, by nature combat the tranquility available of the laws of Man, by super ceding them with the laws of God.

Answer 8

I don't think that the answer to that question has any bearing as to one's loyalties to the U.S. On the other hand, all over the world, too many Muslims who reside in non-Muslim countries feel disenfranchised. That, together with an alarming number who sympathize with suicide bombers, is certainly a problem -- a very big one if you ask me.

Answer 9

It is not a problem as long as they obey the laws here.

I see myself a Christian first, but obey all of the laws of the Government and do NOT think suicide bombing or killing of abortion "doctors" is ever O.K.

Peace!

Answer 10

I don't see how it's a problem. A Muslim is someone who follows Islam, it has nothing to do with being American. You're mixing religion with nationality.

In America, there are millions of people who consider themselves Christian.