To hear most Democrat politicians and talking heads, many Americans fear Muslims because of Republicans, Christians and Donald Trump. In my opinion, many Americans fear Muslims because: 1. The worst terrorist attack in US history was by Muslims - costing thousands of civilian lives, trillions of dollars and going to war, 2. The increasing number of terorist attacks by Muslims in the USA and around the world, now including by American Muslims and 3. Muslim clerics and terrorist leaders are openly calling for all Muslims to kill any and all Americans anywhere and anyway possible. Why do you think many Americans fear Muslims?
1, 2, 3, and much more. It's hardly "fear" I think the word is hate Muslims are reaping their karma .
I fear muslims because they rape and murder. I fear them less in america, since our laws still dominate, but in muslim countries, I am aware that my life is in danger. I fear for my children that america's lefties will hand America over to the rule of sharia law, because I know that once America is surrendered to sharia law, my children's lives will be in danger. I fear for American women because I know that the only form of sex that women in muslim countries can ever experience is rape.
The more fitting question here should be: Why aren't Americans more fearful of buddhists nearly as much and where are buddhist suicide bombers?
i dont fear muslims. I believe muslims should be shamed into converting away from their religion to make the world a better place. Either that or the "moderates" in the ME should be shamed into dealing with ISIS.
Because I know a bit of their history. It goes back over a thousand years, and they took over huge swaths of Europe before they were beaten back to the desert where they belong. Do you know anything about Islam, or just thinking it's a religion, just like buddhism or maybe some other fairly innocuous religion? It has been a cancer on the face of the earth for as long as it has been around, and it will continue to be a cancer until it is completely eradicated.
I also would not use the word "fear". Its more of an irritation that we have to waste our time and resources in the 21st century dealing with nutters that still believe skygod is going to rain fire on them unless they pray to it correctly. Religion is an embarrasment on mankind. When we see people beheading children in the name of their skygod, its an embarrasment that we are the same species. So no not fear. Anger that the muslim "religion of peace" has spawned the most evil non peaceful nutters on the planet and hasnt done a damn thing about it except apparently passively and secretly agree with whats going on. No one is buying their bs anymore. Its as simple as that. If you are a muslim I expect to see each and every one of you to be protesting on a daily basis intil groups like ISIS no longer exist, the problem is we dont see that we see the opposite. We see muslims cheering when the towers fellx we see tshirts of the towers in flames being sold and worn by muslim children, so no not fear. The correct term is anger. Deserved anger.
As has been demonstrated by many of the responses here, ignorance and active dehumanisation are the common reasons of fear and hatred of large generic groups. This is sadly human nature to a great extent but it is the kind of thing that political and agitators have always fed and abused to their own ends and the current US election cycle is no exception. Lets make something clear - it is irrational to fear any and all Muslims. That covers billions of people all over the world who are a diverse and varied on pretty much every other characteristic as any of religious grouping. There are some very real social and political problems involving Muslims around the world but attributing those to simply their general religious category and condemning everyone who happens to be in that category is simply wrong.
Islam is the religion of Satan disguised to look like real religion. Why is it so important to have a dome capped over the site of Solomon's temple?
500,000 Americans a year die fromantic heart disease. A couple Americans get killed by terrorists. Yet Americans fear terrorists and ignore heart disease. Why? I am left thinking it is due to ignorance and bigotry.
I don't fear Muslims, when I overhear someone at a library or the store talking about being a Muslim, does that strike fear into me? No. We need to deal with the fact Islam isn't going to die off like Christianity or Judaism isn't going to die off, the only way it could die off is for mankind to die off.
Muslim neighbors within the usa are nowhere near as dangerous as muslims in muslim countries, so there is little to fear if you are in usa. It would be reasonable for an American to say he does not fear muslims if he is not exposed to muslims in their natural habitat, but it would be ignorant to not fear muslims as a whole, based on what muslim neighbors in the usa are like. If I walked through a prison full of convicted murderers behind bars, I would have no fear, but if I were placed behind bars with them, I would be terrified. Since our laws here still dominate over Sharia law, muslims here are not an accurate representation of what muslims are in their natural habitat. I am confident that if you moved next door to muslims in their natural habitat, you would have a lot more fear of your Muslim neighbors.
Let me guess, the muslims you are referring to are muslims in America, and if these muslims are safe, all Muslims everywhere must be safe as well. I bet when you walk through a zoo, you have no fear of lions or bears either. Have you ever been around muslims in their natural habitat?
Natural habitat? You mean like when they're at a mosque? And yes, I was talking about Muslims in America. We should not fear someone for their religion, I treat Muslims like I would treat Catholics or Jews.
Well I don't live in a muslim country...and if I decide to visit one I'll be as careful as I am when I visit Mexico or the Caribbean. Those by the way...are Christian areas.
And that whole American thing about freedom of religion? Should we change that to freedom of religion unless you are Muslim?
Fear is a manipulative and derogatory word, courage is something of honor. As a man, I don't want to be thought of as a fearful person, it goes against my ego. When I put PC and my ego aside, I am indeed afraid of Muslims as a whole, and I should remind my audience that I spent years serving in the sand during desert storm and desert shield. Since I have fear of islam, the correct union of those two words makes me an islamophobic. Islam and fear = islamophobic, right? Look at the definition in wiki for what my simple fear of these people means in today's PC culture: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamophobia I doubt that the authors of that article have ever been in the cross hairs of a Muslim in the middle of a Muslim desert...
