Villavic
09-07-2004, 10:45 AM
I saw this headline today on Yahoo News: Arab TV exec states Muslims are responsible for Majority of Terrorism worldwide (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=540&e=25&u=/ap/20040904/ap_on_re_mi_ea/mideast_school_seizure_2)
Siege Prompts Self-Criticism in Arab Media
Sat Sep 4, 9:23 AM ET
By MAGGIE MICHAEL, Associated Press Writer
CAIRO, Egypt - Muslims worldwide are the main perpetrators of terrorism, a humiliating and painful truth that must be acknowledged, a prominent Arab writer and television executive wrote Saturday, as Middle East media and officials expressed horror at the bloody rebel siege of a Russian school.
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As I note the news around the world, it is a truth that everywhere you have battle, bloodshed and strife, you have Muslims.......
After watching all those news along these years, I would agree with it. Remember Munich Olympic games, sept 11, Jerusalem, etc.
But.. I must admit that the little sampling I got from my "meet a muslim" experience gave me a complete opposite perception.
I've been in 4 muslim to medium-muslim countries: Egypt, Malaysia, Singapore and India.
The most muslims: Egypt and Malaysia. And Egypt is even an arabic country. However I found people so nice, kind and sweet, that it's hard to believe they have something in common to terrorists. When I asked them (egypts) about their hate to Israel and jews, they weren't that mad. They just said that jews also did bad things that offended their culture, like building a subway under a mosque.
And malaysian muslims were even far better than egypts. I have really true friends there. A beautiful country where you can walk at 3am and nothing dangerous could happen to you (well, Kuala Lumpur is a big city and sometimes there is a little danger but it's far safer than any occidental city). Similar to Singapore.
India is not a pure muslim nation, but the region I visited (Rajasthan) has a great % of muslims. Kind people again. Very nice. They didn't seem to hate the occident, but think that they (US, UK,) shouldn't involve where is not their business.
Would I live in a muslim country? NO WAY!!! That's not my culture. I like to live in the occident, with all their nightmares on the way. It's my home, Southamerica. Peru. A country that was beated by terrorism 10 years ago. And believe, no muslim was involved with them. So it's not true that everywhere you have battle, bloodshed and strife, you have Muslims
But now that I was lucky to visit far lands, and meet very cool people there, I always remember my good muslim friends. And when I saw all those news about terrorists, I think.. What the hell have they in common with my friends??? I can't imagine Fuad, Mohammed (yeah, a common name) or Darus throwing a bomb.
Siege Prompts Self-Criticism in Arab Media
Sat Sep 4, 9:23 AM ET
By MAGGIE MICHAEL, Associated Press Writer
CAIRO, Egypt - Muslims worldwide are the main perpetrators of terrorism, a humiliating and painful truth that must be acknowledged, a prominent Arab writer and television executive wrote Saturday, as Middle East media and officials expressed horror at the bloody rebel siege of a Russian school.
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As I note the news around the world, it is a truth that everywhere you have battle, bloodshed and strife, you have Muslims.......
After watching all those news along these years, I would agree with it. Remember Munich Olympic games, sept 11, Jerusalem, etc.
But.. I must admit that the little sampling I got from my "meet a muslim" experience gave me a complete opposite perception.
I've been in 4 muslim to medium-muslim countries: Egypt, Malaysia, Singapore and India.
The most muslims: Egypt and Malaysia. And Egypt is even an arabic country. However I found people so nice, kind and sweet, that it's hard to believe they have something in common to terrorists. When I asked them (egypts) about their hate to Israel and jews, they weren't that mad. They just said that jews also did bad things that offended their culture, like building a subway under a mosque.
And malaysian muslims were even far better than egypts. I have really true friends there. A beautiful country where you can walk at 3am and nothing dangerous could happen to you (well, Kuala Lumpur is a big city and sometimes there is a little danger but it's far safer than any occidental city). Similar to Singapore.
India is not a pure muslim nation, but the region I visited (Rajasthan) has a great % of muslims. Kind people again. Very nice. They didn't seem to hate the occident, but think that they (US, UK,) shouldn't involve where is not their business.
Would I live in a muslim country? NO WAY!!! That's not my culture. I like to live in the occident, with all their nightmares on the way. It's my home, Southamerica. Peru. A country that was beated by terrorism 10 years ago. And believe, no muslim was involved with them. So it's not true that everywhere you have battle, bloodshed and strife, you have Muslims
But now that I was lucky to visit far lands, and meet very cool people there, I always remember my good muslim friends. And when I saw all those news about terrorists, I think.. What the hell have they in common with my friends??? I can't imagine Fuad, Mohammed (yeah, a common name) or Darus throwing a bomb.