A friend of mine was traveling in Jordan when the towers fell- near Petra- everyone he met in Jordan was horrified by the act of terrorism and very supportive. There was nothing resembling “dancing in the streets”. We need to be careful that we do not paint all of Islam with the same brush. Yes- there are a lot of crazies in that faith- and they seem a lot more physically dangerous than the crazies from other faiths, but the average Muslim is not inherently supportive of this type of crazy. Most folks- whatever their faith- are pretty decent people. It is time that good folks focus more on their similarities than their differences and start working together to keep the crazy folks from all faiths from taking over.
A friend of mine was traveling in Jordan when the towers fell- near Petra- everyone he met in Jordan was horrified by the act of terrorism and very supportive. There was nothing resembling “dancing in the streets”. We need to be careful that we do not paint all of Islam with the same brush. Yes- there are a lot of crazies in that faith- and they seem a lot more physically dangerous than the crazies from other faiths, but the average Muslim is not inherently supportive of this type of crazy. Most folks- whatever their faith- are pretty decent people. It is time that good folks focus more on their similarities than their differences and start working together to keep the crazy folks from all faiths from taking over.