which educated people you are referring to? do you know any? if yes then name five please....
every religion or belief thinks it is better and superior to others and should rule the world.. same is the case with the Israeli Zionists.. then you have evangelist Christians and not to forget the RSS fanatics..
tell me which one of those has a higher or good opinion of others..
all of the above call others gentile, lower/ inbred impure races..
mind you.. it is the evangelist belief too that at the time of end of days... the mountains and trees will expose the "dirty Jews" and the righteous Evangelist sons of God will find them and eradicate them.
the cowboys had the same philosophy when they eradicated the heathens from the south America..
point is.. der sir.. please dont be suffering selective memory.. the hateful & racist trait you generously attributed to as a Muslim-Only trait is very much wide spread and rears its head throughout the history..
sometimes in name name of race or sometimes religion.
not sure how you will take it but not very long ago the high caste Hindus will smash the head of an untouchable at the doorsteps of their manson for good luck.. I am sure that ritual was never done out of pure love for the unfortunate untouchables..
I hope you are still reading through I would suggest if you have a stomach then read through the material of these white superimist.. mind you they are not the typical red necks with broken teeth, and a rebel flag on a pickup truck but are highly educated and in respectible positions like district atronies, judges, priests, senators, bankers and business tycons...
I am sure if you allow some fairness then you would have to add their name in the list of "educated Muslims" that want world domination.
regards
Dear Sir,
As you very well pointed out, there are racists/ supremacists in every religion/culture. We all know that both India and Pakistan have suffered because of this at more than a few occasions. I have myself had the sad experience of being at the wrong end of racial profiling.
However, the maturity and development of any society depends on two things.
a) The percentage of people with extremist ideology in the society
b) Power in the hands these extremists.
Americans felt threatened because they have been led to believe* that a majority of people in
the establishment** of Afghanistan and Iraq were religious fanatics. Similarly for Iran, and, to a lesser extent, (I know you are not going to like this), Pakistan.
You mentioned the Christian Evangelists, Israeli Zionists, and RSS fanatics. But exactly how much influence do you think these people hold in their respective society, as opposed to the mullah?
We don't see the President of United States consult the Pope for making political decisions.
We don't see the President of Israel consult his Rabbi for making political decisions.
We don't see the Indian Prime Minister consult the Akal Takht for making political decisions. (He's a sikh)
But we see the Supreme Leader of Iran having power to declare war and peace on behalf of the country. We see him taking policy level decision. And that scares the sh*t out of us.
Like it or not, that is the current point of view of a lot of nations towards Islamic nations. It is up to the civil society in these nations to emphasize the peaceful and non combative nature of Islam. You guys have to rise up and DROWN OUT the sh*t coming out of the mouths of the extremists. Otherwise such opinions (and foreign policies derived from them) are likely to continue.
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*You will notice I chose the words 'led to believe', because the same might necessarily not be true, but people who influence the mind of
Americans, ie, their political leaders, media and scholars, certainly give them the impression of the same.
**Let me qualify my choice of the word establishment as not only people who have the power to take political and military decisions, but also people who influence the society through culture and education.
