An excellent viewpoint

This is exactly right. I never thought about it, but the writer is correct. There really isn't a dearth of visible pro-American sentiment in the Muslim community.

I don't care if it is a hoax or non-attributable. I like it.....


The paper stated today that some Muslim doctor is saying we are >profiling him because he has been checked three times while getting on an >airplane.>>

The following is a letter from a pilot. This well spoken man, who >is a pilot with American Airlines, says what is in his heart, >beautifully.... Read, absorb and pass this on.>>>

"YOU WORRY ME!">>>
By American Airlines Pilot - Captain John Maniscalco>>>

I've been trying to say this since 9-11, but you worry me. I wish >you didn't. I wish when I walked down the streets of this country that I >love, that your color and culture still blended with the beautiful human >landscape we enjoy in this country. But you don't blend in anymore. I >notice you, and it worries me.>>>

I notice you because I can't help it anymore. People from your >homelands, professing to be Muslims, have been attacking and killing my >fellow citizens and our friends for more than 20 years now. I don't fully >understand their grievances and hate, but I know that nothing can justify >the inhumanity of their attacks.>>>

On September 11, nineteen ARAB-MUSLIMS hijacked four jetliners in my >country. They cut the throats of women in front of children and brutally >stabbed to death others. They took control of those planes and crashed them >into buildings killing thousands of proud fathers, loving sons, wise >grandparents, elegant daughters, best friends, favorite coaches, fearless >public servants, and children's mothers.>>>

The Palestinians Celebrated, The Iraqis were overjoyed as was most >of the Arab world. So, I notice you now. I don't want to be worried. I >don't want to be consumed by the same rage and hate and prejudice that has >destroyed the soul of these terrorists. But I need your help. As a rational >American, trying to protect my country and family in an irrational and >unsafe world, I must know how to tell the difference between you, and the >Arab/Muslim terrorist.>>>

How do I differentiate between the true Arab/Muslim-Americans and >the Arab/Muslim terrorists in our communities who are attending our >schools, enjoying our parks, and living in OUR communities under the >protection of OUR constitution, while they plot the next attack that will >slaughter these same good neighbors and children?>>>

The events of September 11th changed the answer. It is not my >responsibility to determine which of you embraces our great country, with >ALL of its religions, with ALL of its different citizens, with all of its >faults. It is time for every Arab/Muslim in this country to determine it >for me.>>>

I want to know, I demand to know, and I have a right to know, >whether or not you love America. Do you pledge allegiance to its flag? Do >you proudly display it in front of your house, or on your car? Do you pray >in your many daily prayers that Allah will bless this nation, that He will >protect and prosper it? Or do you pray that Allah will destroy it in one of >your Jihads? Are you thankful for the freedom that only this nation >affords? A freedom that was paid for by the blood of hundreds of thousands >of patriots who gave their lives for this country? Are you willing to >preserve this freedom by also paying the ultimate sacrifice? Do you love >America ? If this is your commitment, then I need YOU to start letting ME >know about it.>>>

Your Muslim leaders in this nation should be flooding the media at >this time with hard facts on your faith, and what hard actions you are >taking as a community and as a religion to protect the United States of >America. Please, no more benign overtures of regret for the death of the >innocent because I worry about who you regard as innocent. No more benign >overtures of condemnation for the unprovoked attacks because I worry about >what is unprovoked to you. I am not interested in any more sympathy. I am >only interested in action. What will you do for America - our great country >- at this time of crisis, at this time of war?>>>

I want to see Arab-Muslims waving the AMERICAN flag in the streets. >I want to hear you chanting "Allah Bless America " I want to see young >Arab/Muslim men enlisting in the military. I want to see a commitment of >money, time, and emotion to the victims of this butchering and to this >nation as a whole.>>>

The FBI has a list of over 400 people they want to talk to regarding >the WTC attack. Many of these people live and socialize right now in Muslim >communities. You know them. You know where they are. Hand them over to us, >now! But I have seen little even approaching this sort of action. Instead I >have seen an already closed and secretive community close even tighter. You >have disappeared from the streets. You have posted armed security guards at >your facilities. You have threatened lawsuits. You have screamed for >protection from reprisals.>>>

The very few Arab/Muslim representatives that HAVE appeared in the >media were defensive and equivocating. They seemed more concerned with >making sure that the United States proves who was responsible before taking >action. They seemed more concerned with protecting their fellow Muslims >from violence directed towards them in the United States and abroad than >they did with supporting our country and denouncing "leaders" like Khadafi, >Hussein, Farrakhan, and Arafat.>>>

If the true teachings of Islam proclaim tolerance and peace and love >for all people, then I want chapter and verse from the Koran and statements >from popular Muslim leaders to back it up. What good is it if the teachings >in the Koran are good, and pure, and true, when your "leaders" are teaching >fanatical interpretations, terrorism, and intolerance? It matters little >how good Islam SHOULD BE if huge numbers of the world's Muslims interpret >the teachings of Mohammad incorrectly and adhere to a degenerate form of >the religion. A form that has been demonstrated to us over and over again. >A form whose structure is built upon a foundation of violence, death, and >suicide. A form whose members are recruited from the prisons around the >world. A form whose members (some as young as five years old) are seen day >after day, week in and week out, year after year, marching in the streets >around the world, burning effigies of our presidents, burning the American >flag, shooting weapons into the air. A form whose members convert from a >peaceful religion , only to take up arms against the great United States of >America, the country of their birth. A form whose rules are so twisted, >that their traveling members refuse to show their faces at airport security >checkpoints, in the name of Islam.>>>

We will NEVER allow the attacks of September 11, or any others for >that matter, to take away that which is so precious to us: Our rights under >the greatest constitution in the world.>>>

I want to know where every Arab Muslim in this country stands and I >think it is my right and the right of every true citizen of this country to >demand it. A right paid for by the blood of thousands of my brothers and >sisters who died protecting the very constitution that is protecting you >and your family. I am pleading with you to let me know. I want you here as >my brother, my neighbor, my friend, as a fellow American.>>>

But ...... there can be no gray areas or ambivalence regarding your >allegiance and it is up to YOU...... to show ME...... where YOU stand. >Until then . "YOU WORRY ME!"


-Shawn