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To: TimF who wrote (178235)	11/20/2003 1:51:56 AM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1575941

We are trying to export our culture to their region. Do you see them trying to make the US a Muslim religious state!?! Take a moment and think about it, assuming that was their intent, what are the odds of that happening? Islam is expanding in western states more then Christianity is expanding in Islamic countries. First, there are already sizeable Christian populations in the Muslim states. Secondly, early on, the Muslim populations grew because they provided menial labor to Europe's economies, or because as former colonies, they were permitted to live in the mother country. Now they have higher birthrates and so their percent of the population is increasing........there are very few conversions to Islam. In the US, the original Muslim base was small so its percentage growth looks big. Christians had long ago moved into Muslim states and converted some of the population. They remain depending on the level of tolerance exercised by a particular Muslim gov't. ted

To: TimF who wrote (178235)	11/20/2003 7:10:19 AM
From: Road Walker	Respond to of 1575941

Tim, re: In Iraq perhaps but not in general. If western culture is becoming more influential it is not an imposition it is the choice of the people who choose to partake in certain aspects of western culture. To start, there is our financial and military support of Israel. You don't believe that is perceived as influential by Muslim nations in the ME? We are certainly meddling in the political affairs of almost all ME countries. In our aid packages and their conditions, and many other ways. That said, I should have used the word "political" instead of "cultural" in my original statement. Our companies export our culture, our government exports our politics. John