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To: i-node who wrote (146635)	4/29/2002 12:19:02 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1571992

David, <I saw how we are threatened in our country by this horrible mentality.> And probably in more ways than you think. How many mosques in America cringed after seeing that 60 Minutes piece? Anyway, I wonder who taught those seven students, given that the teachers at their school publicly claimed that they don't teach it. Seems like whoever taught it should bravely step forward and admit it. The fact that he or she doesn't shows how cowardly the terrorists really are. Tenchusatsu

To: i-node who wrote (146635)	4/29/2002 2:26:08 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1571992

It's probably similar to the way we think a suicide bomber is a true representative of Islam. I would have agreed with you until last night. But the piece on 60 minutes was an eye-opener. Seven American students at an Islamic school in NY were interviewed. All seven unhesitatingly believed that suicide bombers received admission to paradise. One made the statement she would do it, "at a naval base" or somewhere -- which she later withdrew. This, in spite of the fact that the teachers of Islam at the school explicitly stated that it was a misinterpretation of the religion. I recognize it is a small sample, but one could easily conclude that suicide bombers ARE representative of the breed of Islam being learned by teenagers today. Watching this segment, for the first time, I saw how we are threatened in our country by this horrible mentality. I can readily see suicide bombings in NYC and other places in this country after watching this on TV. What's confusing is how these kids are learning it from Islam when the school is saying that's not what it teaches. The other interesting aspect of this paradox is that these are American Muslims......why do you think they hate the US that much when they live here?