I <3 you for sticking up for us. It seems the number of people, who aren't prejudiced by all the propaganda, are rapidly decreasing. The hatred against Muslims is quite scary. Imagine, someone out there, who doesn't even know I exist, hates me because I'm Muslim. HATES me. And probably wishes I was dead, along with my brethren.
And you know what? It's not even completely that person's fault. Sure, it would be great if people were a lot more broad-minded, but the media just keeps on showing the violent things that Muslims do. And there a so many zealous Muslims, who just keep on feeding the media with more violence! What about all the GOOD things we do? Like the compulsory charity every year? Or the one month of restraint we have to practice every year? Do those people, who HATE me, even know that the very word Islam means PEACE?
We are NOT trying to take over the world. We are NOT trying to convert everyone, or turn them into mindless zombies. An important teaching of our religion is "To you your religion, and to me mine."
I'm sorry, I got a bit carried away. I'm just scared of all the hatred directed towards me.
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Date: 2011-12-14 05:15 am (UTC)And you know what? It's not even completely that person's fault. Sure, it would be great if people were a lot more broad-minded, but the media just keeps on showing the violent things that Muslims do. And there a so many zealous Muslims, who just keep on feeding the media with more violence! What about all the GOOD things we do? Like the compulsory charity every year? Or the one month of restraint we have to practice every year? Do those people, who HATE me, even know that the very word Islam means PEACE?
We are NOT trying to take over the world. We are NOT trying to convert everyone, or turn them into mindless zombies. An important teaching of our religion is "To you your religion, and to me mine."
I'm sorry, I got a bit carried away. I'm just scared of all the hatred directed towards me.