.... We are thrilled that an objective, comprehensive investigation has revealed that only a tiny percentage of American Muslims support violent acts. However, we remain concerned that the greater danger to America's civic union comes from an increasingly organised campaign that portrays all Muslims as potential terrorists and traitors.
Yes, there may be some Muslims who resort to violence; but it's clear that these individuals signify nothing more than a statistical aberration, and are no more representative of the Muslim community as a whole than Timothy McVeigh, Jared Lee Loughner, or Anders Behring Breivik represent Christianity.
[COMMENT] I think both the US and UK have been exemplary in their attitudes towards their fellow citizens who are muslim, and I find this article highly disengenous.
I can think of no other states in the history of the world who would have been more tolerant of a minority group in a time of ideological/religious conflict than the western nations have been in the treatment of their muslim citizens. Muslims go about their lives as they please and they are free to believe what they want and have the same rights as their fellow citizens, as they should. [Guardian Cif] Read more
