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To: ManyMoose who wrote (69709)	5/31/2008 1:51:01 PM
From: Rambi	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 541299

I don't see anything on the horizon that threatens Muslims, as long as they behave like Americans. Don't you remember the attacks on Muslims after 9-11? Verbal and physical -and in many states. They were warned not to wear their traditional dress, and even to stay home. They were not served in some places. This is what Obama is talking about-- the generalized demonization of an entire religion or ethnic group. That sort of thing led to the Japanese internment camps. He will- as we all should- fight that kind of blanket prejudice. I recently posted an excerpt from a book, The Faith Club that talked about this question of Muslims speaking out. Here it is again: "Why don't the liberal Muslims go out in the streets and protest the actions of the extremists?" The underlying assumption is that there is something inherently flawed or violent within Islam. Or perhaps that the assumed silence implicates all Muslims. As a Muslim you are guilty by association unless you are seen as the exception, because either you are a secularist and not quite a Muslim or you're an exception, a rare specimen... There ARE Muslim voices protesting the violence committed in the name of Islam. The problem is that these voices aren't as sensational and therefore are deemed not as newsworthy as the violent stories out there. ...I did a quick search on the Internet, which produced evidence of some true soul-searching in the Muslim world and anguish at the beheadings, violence, and terror being committed in the name of Islam. I found a petition by the Council of America-Islamic Relations "Not in the name of Islam" that gathered 600,000 signatures worldwide... There were also articles on imams and Muslim institutions condemning the violence. Though many people may wish for more effective voices, as I do, let us not forget that in many of these countries religion is often at the service of the government and its rulers use it as an instrument to promote their legitimacy. Under such conditions it is taboo to question and challenge the state.