Do all of you dislike us Muslims?

Question

As a Muslim it hurts so much to hear that people hate us and me. I feel so alone and so despised by everyone here. Please do not be mean to me.

American way what is that bomb Iraq and Afghanistan and secretly bomb Africa, racial genocide or enslavement of people of black race, kkk, please do explain

I am a proud Muslim I just cannot believe the hatred

I am Pakistani not Arab

Answer 1

We only hate the ones who hate us. :|

That's the short answer.

The serious answer is more complicated, but the way you phrase the question also reveals part of the problem.

You refer to a whole litany of things that most Americans weren't directly involved in, and don't feel any responsibility for.

So, while muslims ( and most foreign cultures) harbor a deep resentment for these "outrages", most Americans blissfully go about their lives minding their own business trying to figure a way to buy dinner for the wife n kids AND sneak out to the bar to drink a beer and watch the big game with the boys.

And then into that safe microcosm comes this violent, deadly even, backlash of anti-American vitriol from some country (culture, sect, group, jihad, whatever) that we barely even heard of before - and it gets us a tad off-kilter.

We react emotionally first, (like most folks do) then rationally.

BUT!! because we really ARE the last superpower on the planet, when it comes to international stuff, we can and do tend to blow the living crap out of the places that offended us with their violent and dangeruous ways.

Which is why Iraq got taken out. Also Afghanistan. It doesn't make those invasions right or wrong (although I thought both governments were intolerably cruel and stupid. They prevented their own people from joining the civilized world).

My regret, as an American, is that there was so few civiilized, prepared, logical, and moraly correct people willing to stand up to the jihadists, the extremists, and the revenge-seeking killers who devalue their own lives with every call to arms they make.

Bad planning on our part, I guess. Leaders will emerge. And then the US will leave, and those countries will see the kind of growth that Germany and Japan did after World War II. I wonder what your world view will be like after that? When you look at two countries that have modern infrastructure, tolerant governments, fair laws, and a thriving economy enjoyed by educated people who do not live in fear? Because, compared to 95% of the planet, that's what the people in the US take for granted every day.

For all that is wrong here, what's right is better. You can tell the success of a country by the number of people wanting to get IN. Is there any other country with the immigration rates that we have ? I thought not.

No, we don't "hate" muslims. Not as a rule.

In fact, this is probably the most tolerant place on the planet. We let ANYONE live almost any way you want; hell, we even have laws that say I can't point at you and laugh in your face out on the street because of the way you look, talk, act, pray, or anything else about you that's different than I.

We fear the violence that the loudest 10% of the muslims we know of are capable of spreading.

We disparage off-hand the 90% of muslims we don't know personally when we do that, but - because we DON'T know them personally - it doesn't affect us. Sorry, but that's the truth. It's not any diferent then the way the arab world disparages the US, and it has just as little meaninmg when the two peoples actualy do meet.

Relationships are only formed face-to-face. I am not trying to be mean to you, only to speak directly to you because you are brave enough to ask the hard questions. I only hope you are also brave enough to look into the truth as well.

I don't offer you my apologies because you feel hurt and alone. I will offer my support to anyone, Muslim, Christian, Athiest, Jew, Buddhist or Anarchist willing to stand up to the rabble rousers and doomsayers who seek to manipulate and control and kill their human brothers in the name of ANY belief.

There is no respect in my world for betraying your own people. For talking young kids into dying for a cause that you yourself are not willing to sacrifice yourself for first. Actually, if all the jihadists just killed themselves - and left the innocents folks in the shopping malls alone - we'd all have much more room to meet and become known to each other, wouldn't we?

I know this rambles a bit, but there are sooo many things in play here, and to only discuss one aspect is to grab the elephant's tail and declare it is merely a snake.

I hope this helps.

Shalom.

Good Luck with it.

Answer 2

Don't generalize and think that people hate Muslims. There are people out there that are just hateful in general and that's wrong. There are many people out there that don't hate in that way. I don't and strive to love everyone no matter what. There is nothing wrong with being Muslim if that is what works for you.

&&& Woahhh. That is not the American way!!! Bomb Iraq and Afghanistan. There are hateful people that think like that everywhere, but MANY MANY MANY people would never want to do that. EVER! I don't judge you are hate you but don't say those hurtful things about America. That's NOT the American way. There are hateful people here, but not everyone is. Don't say hurtful things about America when that doesn't apply to most people.

There is nothing wrong with being Pakistani or from Afghanistan or Iraq, or from anywhere - there are horrible things that have happend but just because they have happened it doesn't mean everyone is a bad person. You're not a bad person right? It would be pretty easy to assume that most people are like you and are not bad people either.

Answer 3

There are all kinds of people here. Some are afraid from what they have heard, that Muslims want to kill everyone they can't turn into Muslims. That is a very disturbing thought, just like the thought that all the world hates Muslims. The problem is lack of communication and lack of experience. The people I don't know anything about are capable, in my mind, of anything, even destroying everything I know and love. But once I come to know them, I see how similar they are, and I understand the difference. And in time I come to see that all of "those people" aren't all the same either.

When people put "you" and "all" together, they create "thems", strangers, sub-humans, threats. And every act by one is an act by all. So when they see Muslim suicide bombers destroying buildings, or killing and maiming innocent bystanders, when they hear death fatwas against authors or cartoonists because of a perceived lack of respect, or hear that Sudanese Muslims are shouting for death because a school teacher inadvertently allowed her students to commit a blasphemy, they are identifying with the victims, not thinking about the offense, and wondering if they might have to face such intolerant rage themselves someday. (And national leaders are not above exploiting such fears for their own purposes.)

Westerners barely comprehend what a Muslim is, much less the difference between Sunnis, Shiites and any other squabbling factions. They read about Al Fatah fighting Hamas (or is it Hezbollah?) and all they take from it is "fighting!" Even though their denominations also fight among themselves, they understand those conflicts, and they don't resort to violence among themselves.

How can a peaceful, rational Muslim overcome such a horrendous image? I don't know. It's an uphill battle. Visibility is important. The more sane, "civilized" Muslims that Westerners see, the harder it will be for prejudices to survive. But the biases aren't just in people. They are in a great many Western institutions as well, especially the ones who have something to gain by increasing fear.

Answer 4

I don't dislike Muslims...........what I do dislike is the way many people interpret the religion and use it to justify violence.......the recent case in the Sudan is an example where no harm was intended yet the possible punishment was immense.........this cannot be correct and the Muslim religion seems to encourage too much extremism...........I believe that the majority of Muslims are normal peaceful people but until they denounce the violence and extreme nature of their religion doubts will also exist.

And to those to wars by Christian, the Crusades were many hundreds of years ago and there was fault even then on both sides. The simple truth is that humans are closer to animals than we like to believe and we are all capable of barbarity........the second world war is a case in point with Jews persecuted......but there were also a number of atrocities committed by English soldiers which were swept under the carpet.

As a Muslim do you denounce all violence by people who purport to follow Islam. Do you wish to live side by side with your fellow human whatever skin colour they have and no matter what their religion be it Muslim, Sikh, Christian or Jew.

Answer 5

It is sad that people don't stop and see other's religions as a cultural exchange moment. I don't think it's Muslim's that people react to, but more the extremists that cross the line and take to hurting innocent people in order to get back at someone else. The whole revenge thing in the name of any God, can't be good. In any religion there have been fanatics that had their own days. Using fear to garner support for their own ideals. The Puritans in the Salem witch hunts. Catholics during the Spanish inquisition. I believe that ignorance begets fear and fear begets intolerance and intolerance begets violence. Many Arab countries harbor a great deal of animosity toward the US. Take it all back to the start of all the problems. In the US, people do have it relatively easy and yes, far too many take the basics of life for granted. But to hate all Americans because they live their lives so differently ultimately leads everyone back to the whole ignorance, fear, intolerance, and violence. Our country was founded because a group of people wanted to be able to live and worship in a manner they felt fitted their ideals and lives. They wandered Europe and were often followed and hunted down because their beliefs were different than was to be believed to be acceptible by current religious leaders and the governement. Taking advantage of an oportunity, they joined the ships to colonize this land. In hopes they could Worship their God without being hunted and totured and eventually killed by the church and government. Those leaders at the time agreed that those colonists could go. Believing that as long as they weren't there, they couldn't in the long run revolt or cause any further civil unrest.
I grew up at a time when it was a common thing to refer to the US as "THE GREAT MELTING POT." There are towns, cities and neighborhoods all over this country that represent ALL walks of life from ALL corners of the world. That was something that I have always been proud of. In the citie I grew up in I had many neighbors, friends and co workers who allowed me the rare glimpses into their lives and I shared mine with them. Some from Afghanistan, Syria, Serbia, Lithuania, Germany, Vietnam and some from our own back yard. The Navajo, Cherokee, Lakota and our neighbors from south of the Border as well. I don't see borders or races when I look at people. I see an oportunity to learn something new and hopefully, make a new friend. I RESPECT that we are all different. All I ask is that as long as I am not lumping all people into the hater's category, that a person at least take the time to get to know me before they decide to hate me because I am Irish, German and Cherokee Indian.

Answer 6

I don't judge people by their religion, sexual preference, color, national origin, gender, wealth, or political views.

I let actions speak for themselves. If someone is making an effort to live a good life, an honest life and be a good person, despite all that I have listed above, then good for them.

I dislike people who are only out to step on other people to make themselves look better. Who are not true to themselves, who use others, are dishonest, or all around shady. But I still don't hate them.

((HUG)) to you. I am sorry that you feel alone and despised. I am even more sorry that there are still people in this country and all over the world that think they have a right to judge others for what they believe in.

Answer 7

Hello There,I live with some muslim brothers and sisters,but i dont hate them.It's just that some people generalizes things..People are all the same..we cannot judge an individual by his or her religion or practices...
This is one of the reasons there's no World Peace,,because until now some people dont accept each other..
But if you'll ask me...i dont hate muslims..because we're all just living in this earth temporarily...No one will ever live long to own everything what God has created,because we're all created equally..

Answer 8

I don't hate Muslims and never have, nor do i hate any other group of people no matter what way they pray are look. besides i do think some have this crazy idea that muslims are all arabs. forgetting that Islam is a religion and hundreds of thousands of white Caucasians in in Europe and around the world do belong to that religion. blaming a religion because some people of it kill people is not fair are right.

Answer 9

I don't dislike you and I feel bad that some people think that ALL Muslims are bad. There are bad people among all the races, all the religions, and all the countries in the world. We may have different beliefs but we are ALL connected by one thing-- we are all human and I believe we should respect one another's beliefs no matter where we live.

Answer 10

That is not THE American way. It is only the way SOME Americans behave, just as SOME Muslims behave poorly. There are people of every race and nationality who behave poorly--why? because they are human, not because they are Muslim or black or Jewish or American or white or Catholic or whatever. Humans make bad judgements, humans make mistakes, humans can be very, very stupid. You know yourself that not all Muslims are the same, why would you think that all Americans are the same?