About a month and a half ago there was this guy outside a mosque on a loud speaker in D.C. i didn't stop to hear what he was taling about though

The thing is, I work on campus at a major US university in the engineering section. We have more muslim students than we have American. The day before, of and following 9-11 the place was almost a ghost town. I'm in more of a behind the scenes type of roll but from my personal observation, I think they knew something was about to go down. Of course no one really suspected anything

Originally posted by astrocreep
The thing is, I work on campus at a major US university in the engineering section. We have more muslim students than we have American. The day before, of and following 9-11 the place was almost a ghost town. I'm in more of a behind the scenes type of roll but from my personal observation, I think they knew something was about to go down. Of course no one really suspected anything

Well a lot of people were getting beat up. They were probably trying to avoid an as* woping

Profiling for terrorists is essential, Kram. How many of the highjackers on the 9/11 flights were of descent other than mideastern?

Your comment "how many terrorists were other than Mid-Eastern" itself indicates the inherent risks behind profiling. There are Middle Eastern Jews and Christians. Most Hindus and some Buddhists also are brown skinned and may be mistaken for Middle-Eastern.

"Your comment "how many terrorists were other than Mid-Eastern" itself indicates the inherent risks behind profiling. There are Middle Eastern Jews and Christians. Most Hindus and some Buddhists also are brown skinned and may be mistaken for Middle-Eastern"

Not enough, we should all be smart enough to realise that race is not indicative of religion. There are many white muslims, white buddhists, christian Arabs etc etc etc.

"Let's talk about this. Does it disturb anyone else that the Muslims in America were so damn silent in the days after 9/11, but are now very vocal about the Government trying to prevent future attacks?"

Its a shame that some of them feel it is a war on religion rather than terrorism but they don`t represent the majority. See how many turn up for this march as opposed to the whole muslim population in the US

They didn't want to get lynched!

Let's turn this around a bit... If you were an American in Baghdad, on 9/12, would you be so keen to go out into the street? I doubt it....

Please don't allow the media to be the only source of your opinion of Muslims in general. Most of them, are some of the nicest people I've ever known. Terrorism, etc. is not the actions of the majority, but rather a small and radical minority. However, they are the only ones who get press, as it makes good entertaining news stories... *sigh*

Try getting to know a Muslim personally, ask him/her about their faith, and then color an opinion towards them...

As to profiling...as long as there is no unjust treatment, and the delay is reasonable, etc. I don't have as much of a problem with it. If a certain race, ethnicity, etc. is statisticly more apt to commit a certain crime, then it makes sense to pay closer attention to that group. I fly often in my job, and it always cracks me up when I'm boarding the plane, and I see an old lady pulled to the side for a security check, but the two arab men before her were not, simply because the guards were too afraid of committing a "foul"....*sigh*...

[Edited on 19-5-2003 by Gazrok]