All over the world, discrimination against the minorities has led to flourishing extremism. More often than not, countries with Muslim minorities has created extremists. It would be wise for countries faced with such insurgencies to review their domestic policies. More often than not, these countries have psedo-democratic governments. Iran is one such example. The late Shah forgot about the people and they kicked him out. Because the US supported the tyrant, they too became the object of hate.
Russia faced the same dilemma and continues to be plagued by terrorists cum freedom fighters. The Mumbai seige exposed this problem. The Indian Muslims has been facing discrimination for so long that Al Quaeda has exploited their condition. US foreign policies towards Islam gave birth to Al Quaeda. It would be prudent to view Islam as not just a religion but as a nation. This is the reason why you have foreign fighters among local insurgents.
The Philippines has such a problem as well. The government sanctioned land grabbing by Christians of Muslim ancestral lands. This has brought about several decades of strife in our Muslim south. As of late, the government continues to battle local insurgents augmented by foreign fighters. Israel’s Zionists alienated the Palestinians and they were mere immigrants from Europe. Their expansionist agenda fanned the flames of hate. Before they came, Isrealis and Palestinians lived in relative peace.
Westerners are victims of their government’s foreign policy. They’ve become targets of hate cultivated by decades of discrimination. It would be wise to visit the roots of this problem if only to enlighten the people. It is also wise for the world to study their government’s policies and make the neccessary changes in their governments. This is the best way to resolve conflicts and to prevent for groups like Al Quaeda from exploiting Muslims.
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December 9th, 2008 at 11:35 pm
I keep hearing that India discriminates against muslims. I was born in India and lived their (all over the country) for 20 years and I am hard pressed to find a single instance of discrimination against muslims. True there have been riots on occasion but there is no discrimination in civic life, education, jobs, politics, policies, justice system, etc. This is a myth created by media to offer quick bytes and easy explanations so they do not have to do hard work to figure out what is really happening. As a country, India has had Prime ministers and Presidents from all major religions including muslim, both male and female in the country. And these are the people who are democratically elected by the common people in the country. Some of the highest paid and most sought after celebrities in India are muslims. Some of the top business people in India are muslims. The secular nature and equal opportunity offered to all citizens by India is unparalleled in the world
It is a lie that muslims are discriminated against in India.
December 11th, 2008 at 11:19 pm
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December 26th, 2009 at 8:04 am
yeah you make good points and Obama and all senators need to stop using the racist card to get the stupid fascist health care bill completely passed which did.
What they have done will create a racial war because once people suffer and become more controlled they will blame all those supporting Obama and all those that fell for the card card so then people that fight for a free country will start killing certain people. What Obamas crew has done has soiled this country in more hatred, descrimination, and violence. Obama lied to us all and screwed us over because hes an Bilderberg elitist.
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