US Muslims say anti-Islam bias on rise

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Anti-Auntie bias is on the rise all over the disgruntled Uncle world.
 
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Oddly, here in Texas I see much cooperation taking place between Muslims and non-Muslims. Especialy in the Austin area. There is no bias against Muslims here in Austin at this time. I believe relationships in Houston are also going very well too. I know new Mosques are being built and more people from Mid-Eastern Countries are moving into Texas. The Current Pakistan Population here is possibly the largest in the US Plus a lot of immigrants from Saudi, Iran, Iraq, Lebannon, Algeria and Syria. Quite a few Palestinians in the Tyler Texas area
 
Islam is growing quite well in Texas and we are well accepted.

The Following is from "The Dallas Morning News" May, 2006

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/religion/stories/DN-texasmuslims_20rel.ART0.State.Edition1.3a08dcf.html

"I found it very interesting to hear the Arabic of the shahadah [the Muslim declaration of faith] with this incredible Texas accent," Dr. Cordell said.

But he questioned the documentary's assertion of "a new wave of conservative white Americans who have abandoned their strict Christian upbringing for Islam."

"The bigger question is, 'How common is this?' " Dr. Cordell said.

The documentary offers no statistics on how many white Texans have converted to Islam. It does assert that there are 400,000 Muslims in Texas, and that Islam is the United States' fastest-growing religion.

But getting a handle on the Muslim population in Texas or the rest of the United States has daunted demographers, partly because the U.S. Census Bureau doesn't track religious affiliation.

Estimates of the country's Muslim population range from fewer than 2 million to more than 8 million.

The Council on American-Islamic Relations estimates that white Americans constitute about 1.5 percent of attendees at mosques in the United States. Last year, nine people classified as "Caucasian Americans" converted to Islam at the Dallas Central Mosque, a spokeswoman said

"I meet a lot of new Muslims, either Caucasians or African-Americans," said David Hultsch of Caddo Mills in East Texas, another star of the film and a former Methodist who converted to Islam while in the Air Force. "Probably one of the largest-growing groups is actually Hispanic-Americans."

Ms. Smith said her documentary was not intended to suggest that Texas was greatly outpacing other states in Muslim growth.

"I think it's probably that there is a gradual rise in the Muslim population, and that any rise in Texas reflects that," she said.
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Anti-Islamic bias is on the rise because people are waiting to be spoon fed information about Islam from the media and majority of the media misrepresent it.

In areas where people are aware of the ideals and teachings of Islam I guess such bias will dissolve.
 
Now it is the media again. Someone or something else is always at falt. It must be nice to never take responsibility for anything.
 
WnbSlveOfAllah said:
Responsibilty for what?
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Anti-Islamic bias is on the rise because people are waiting to be spoon fed information about Islam from the media and majority of the media misrepresent it.
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Don't you supose chopping off heads, blowing up trains and flying planes into buildings contributes to anti-Islamic bias? It ain't all the media's fault. :rant:
 
take responsiblity..... your kidding right why should we have to take responsibility for something we didnt do
do you expect Muslims around the world to start apologizing and sucking up to random people

what they're doing is unislamic and no sane Muslim supports what is happening and im tired of hearing " take responsibilty"
WE DIDNT DO ANYTHING!!
 
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I didn't fly a plane into a building, or bomb anybody. Why should I appologise?
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wilberhum said:
Spot on. You blaim the ones responsible and don't balame some one else. I see so many times, people just "pass the buck".
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where have u been hiding. i can show u 100000000 news articles of muslim denoucing terrorism but the majority of islamophobes ignore it.
 
sonz said:
where have u been hiding. i can show u 100000000 news articles of muslim denoucing terrorism but the majority of islamophobes ignore it.
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A billion might be an over extimate. Where did say Muslims don't denoune terrorism? I have seen many articles. Is you statement based on the fact that I blame terrorists and not the media for islamophobia?
 
wilberhum said:
Don't you supose chopping off heads, blowing up trains and flying planes into buildings contributes to anti-Islamic bias? :
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In what way do these action have anything to do with the teachings of Islam?

wilberhum said:
It ain't all the media's fault. :rant:
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I have spoken to many non-muslims who say before finding out about islam their bias was due to the Media labelling terrorists as muslims and not as the actions of a mad man.

Now I ask you how can the actions of a few individuals make such a strong bias againsts Islam, followers of which number over 2 billions? Why are the actions of a few individuals who commit atrocities in the name of Islam, even though islam condemns such atrocities, affecting over 2 billion muslims?

fact remains more muslims have died due to oppression and offenses against them in last 10 years (and most probably longer) then any number in the world, but only the muslims are being labelled as extremists and terrorists.

So I disagree the the bias against islam is due to the majority of the media that misrepresent Islam.
 

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