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Originally Posted by independent_thinker2002  I can tell you why. It's because it's tied to the war in Iraq. The people who want to criticize Islam do so with the alterior motives of justifying us being in Iraq. People derail it because they oppose the war. That and people are more familiar with Christianity than they are Islam. |
You are probably right. If it wasn't for the Iraq war, very few on here would even give a **** about Islam(to include myself). Most people in America didn't care to understand anything about it even after 9/11. They just wanted their revenge on Al-Qaeda, and that was about it. The current struggle in Iraq, to me, gives us the opportunity to see Islam and all its factions, peaceful and otherwise, laid bare before our eyes. The problem I have, is that people continue to not really care to understand anything about Islam. For them, they remain unaffected by what happens over there, so they simply do not care to explore it. Its a very "American" attitude to have, I am sorry to admit.