Am i right to feel this way?

Question

What with all this terroism going on lately i've started to feel really wary around muslim people. I was on the train in birmingham earlier and there was this muslim man fumbling around in a rucksack and i was really quite worried, yet i felt really gulity about feeling this way. I am in no way a racist, i have pakistani, indian and black friends but i cant help but feel untrusting towards muslim strangers now, and i've started to think 'are they safe or would they secretly like me dead?' Does anyone else feel this way? I think it is so wrong but is this what the country is coming to??? What du guys think? x

Budge i couldn't agree more.....when will the government start to take more steps to protect us???

Answer 1

Sadly you are. If we all don't feel the way you do we are in danger of being killed. Some of the other respondents have got it so right - why aren't more muslims condemning what is going on. I have had to reluctantly draw the conclusion that whilst most of them would not actually take any actions themselves, they secretly condone acts of terrorism. We are despised by a large number of the muslim community even though they live here and enjoy a freedom of lifestyle that they would not be permitted in their native countries. I think that within the next 10 years things will get so bad that the government will be forced to think the unthinkable and take drastic steps to resolve the problem. That will inevitably be forced repatriation and thereafter, a massive security wall to prevent entry by anyone of that faith or having sympathies with it. This may sound draconian but how many more people have to die before those in power start to protect us?

Answer 2

Its only natural to be wary, I remember back in the seventies bieng a bit wary of Irish people carrying big bags and such, and seeing an unattended bag anywhere made me head for the hills, I am friendly with a young muslim man, I know his mum pretty well, and he is constantly bieng stopped and getting his stuff searched, hes a student in London, hes was getting pretty hacked off with it so I told him "30 years ago an Irish accent would have got you the same situation" I dont know if it helped or not butit just goes to prove that times change, but people dont...

Answer 3

I agree with you,it is a terrible way to feel toward a whole nationality when we know that it is only the religeous fanatics who are doing these unspeakable acts.If only they would report their own when they know what is going on,we would all sleep easier in our beds.I spent many years in a muslim country and they were wonderful people who offered respect and hospitality unheard of in the UK.I do not even know the answer to it all,why they hate so much,many have sought asylum in the UK and been helped so much by everyone who can,it is beyond my understanding!Just be vigilant and hope you are not in the wrong place at the wrong time.xxxx

Answer 4

My family is formally of Islam, but escaped in the 1950s before I was born.

I am comfortable around Muslim people (I am not Muslim) but am aware and ready.

You are not unreasonable to feel this way. I have read Islam's holy texts, a people who believe that the texts should be followed exactly and faithfully.
The passages dealing with those not of Islam are very clear.

None of us are safe. Treat people as individuals.

Be prepared. Educate yourself.

Wouldn't hurt to read a few of their holy books. Get all sides.

Answer 5

I think you'd benefit from getting to know some Muslims in person. You'd learn that they are never taught to crash planes against towers. But unfortunately, only those who can read their scriptures learn by themselves.

Terrorists take advantage of the illiterate, to manipulate. Extremism isn't Islam. I am an atheist myself, but can tell you that Islam does not teach people to act like terrorists do, and I am glad I have met friends who love their faith and taught me the difference.

I hope you get a chance to meet some good Muslims in person sometime, and see for yourself.

Answer 6

I know what you mean, my girlfriend feels the same. Plus she was terrified when we were at a train station and 2 armed police came onto the platform, not long after the Glasgow airport attack. She went so pale, it was horrible to see her like that.
Thats not the British way of life and this minority of pshychotic wankers have ruined our way of life and brought suspicion on innocent muslims everywhere.
Its sad that these idiots think they can convert us to Islam by killing us. It takes a truly evil, unreligious person to attack innocent civilians and behead aid workers and critics of the wars in the middle east on tv. Ken Bigley was against the war and he was executed.
To me, its like their (terrorists) way of thinking is 2000 years behind the rest of the world, killing in any form is not acceptable now, but it was ok back then.
And the cheek of these people claiming they are doing this in the name of Allah (I think thats what muslims call God, apologies if not). According to religious books, only god can exact punishment on evil people, not some idiot in a cave.
They are just cowards, that if they truly believed it was a just and holy war, they would be the first to strap on explosives and push the button, instead they brainwash young men and women and send them off promising 100 virgins in the afterlife. What utter crap.
They wont win, this will end eventually.

Answer 7

I'm sure most the world is weary now with everything that's happened, not just in the past few years but since the beginning of the last century!

I don't think the media helps to be honest. We are surrounded by the media's opinion and it confuses our own judgements. Makes us paranoid and i guess more alert which is not a bad thing, but i hate anyone to look at me and judge me on appearance, so i try not to. But in no way am i judging you, i think its how 90% of people feel, even when they dont want to.

It just takes one person to taint everyone else similar to them.

Answer 8

By all means be wary but PLEASE stop telling the world that your're scared. I get a mental picture of Dickforbrains Bin Laden sitting in his cave in Afghanistan rubbing his hands with glee at the thought that he's got people like you on the run. You tell him stuff like your question via a public forum and HE'S WON and will arrange further atrocities to compound his victory. By opening your question to public debate you are giving the terrorists' organisations free publicity and that is the equivalent of a blood transfusion to them.

Terrorists hide among a population of largely law abiding and respectable people of their own professed faith. By ostracising those people in general all you will do is build the walls between religious/racial communities even higher. The only sure-fire way to expose the terrorists in our midst in the long run is by building upon whatever communication links currently remain. That would provide people who are maybe frightened to come forward to the police &co with a measure of trust that would know they could respect and rely upon to get information to the right place with no fear of any comeback.

Answer 9

It's a natural reaction. We need to see more Muslims condemning what happened in public and urging other Muslims to help the police, as they've finally started to do.

It's not racism, it's a natural response to possible danger signals.

Answer 10

if blonde haired, blue-eyed pregnant women were blowing themselves or others up on a routine basis, i think they'd be looked at in a cautious / suspicious manner as well.
furthermore, i'd be lying if i said i didn't look at every person as i walked down an aisle of an airplane looking for "potential terrorists".
likewise the majority of Christians who protest in front of abortion clinics are not potential bombers/murderers.
the odds are overwhelmingly in my favor that nothing will ever happen, but suspicion and awareness are by products of the nature of the world islamo fascists have created.
"We're a peaceful religion, really! And if you don't believe me, we will kill you..."