Muslims (that old cherry again!)

[Le Chat]

In various posts regarding the Muslim religion, Islam and the terrorist incidents , there are a few respondees who say that they have Muslim friends and they are all disgusted to be linked in any way with these atrocities. I have been wondering whether the muslim friends of the AB posters are the western cloth wearing,' no veil' type of person, or the long bearded, lots of children, wife in the full burka, has to go to special 'women' only sessions at the local pool type. This is really a serious, non scarcastic question.

[naomi24]

My Muslim friend wears western clothes, works as a secretary and is married to an Englishman. She detests the Imams and says they are dangerous; she is afraid of the impact Islamic terrorists and their supporters are having in this country and in the world, and she says that this aspect of Islam is growing ever stronger and gaining ever-increasing support in the Islamic community. Oh, and she doesn't have a beard!

[HassanRafeeq]

I am muslem, and in NO way do I support terrorist acts. I think it's sick that just because I am an arab muslem I get linked with the taliban or al quida. I do have a beard, but right now I'm wearing a pair of kahki shorts and a nike t-shirt. However, my parents wear the full arabic islamic garb, and they are equally sickened by terrorism, and these "muslems" who preach it.

Too many verses of Al-Quran are taken out of context to support terrorism and the killing of innocents, but THIS IS NOT ISLAM!

(just my $0.02)