I don’t know to whom was Obama’s message sent to? To the Muslims globally, or to Al Qaeeda, or to Arabs or Pakistanis or Talibans?
Obama being the head of super power must get his fact corrected that, even today many students from Middle East and other Muslims countries flock to US for further studies. They trust the General Americans and Education system.
Islam happens to grow faster in the US as compared to any other country in the world, especially after 11Sept. There is no cry for banning conversion to Islam from any political party or group. This shows that Americans don’t mind their children embracing Islam even today.
The Americans have elected a man as their President who has Islamic roots, proving that the Americans are not against Islam and Muslims in general but….
What about the US policy in Palestine conflict? Will Obama change that? What about Bible thumping hard line missionaries like Peterson, and William Campbell who spit venom against Prophet Muhammed (peace by upon him)?
If all there are attacks against US interests in some Muslim countries it is because of American policies against those Muslim countries like Iraq and Afghanistan
About author: Nisaar Yusuf is a speaker on Interfaith dialogues. He also invites people to similarities between different faith. He can be reached at nisaar_yusuf@yahoo.com
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Follow-up comment rss or Leave a TrackbackSurely I dont think Obama meant that Muslims take Americans as thier enemies or that Americans take Muslims as thier enemies. May be in some cases a message has to be taken in its broader context in order to fully understand it.
I for one thought the message was: “We need to start working together with respect for one another.”
Obama offers his first interview to an Arab Channel. For the first time the word Muslim is mentioned in an american inaugural address.During the campaign trail Obama was on the recieving end for his idea of trying to reach out to the Moslem world.
Thats the whole context whose background is a Bush Doctrine of ‘war on terror, of Preemptive attacks.
Now can we for once be positive and give this guy a chance?
You provided the answer to your question:
“Do Muslims Really Take Americans As Enemies?”
Your answer: Yes. When Muslims believe American policies are against some Muslim countries like Iraq and Afghanistan.
According to you attacks against American interests are therefore justified.
I don’t pretend to know what President Obama thinks but I think that it’s perfectly possible there are Muslims in America who agree with you. And who knows what, who or where they will feel “justified” attacking (whether they are here for an education or any other reason)?
I agree with the previous poster: “Now can we for once be positive and give this guy (Pres. Obama) a chance?”
I’ve been trying to find a website or even article for some time that shows a Muslim who does not simply accept Obama’s policies because he carries a rhetorical presence and likes to appease different interests. Thank you for ending my quest.
When people called him Muslim, he did all but call it the most revolting insult there was. Now that he’s president, he’s trying to smooth things over by making promises without furthering them into action. Once he starts doing all he’s promised, then I’ll give him a chance. Until then, he’s a politician-nothing more or less.
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