The truth about Muslims in America

Adbulkarim Erabti said he once lived in San Bernardino. “It’s completely outrageous. There are a lot of Muslims in this country who have pledged to be an American, that are paying their taxes, and are lawabiding citizens”. The stunned man said his family had no hint of the plot.

“Seeing how people won’t stop being dimwits, I’m going to have to spell this out for you”, she said.

However, many followers of Islam say ISIS does not represent Islam or what it truly stands for. “I hate that people see this attack and blame and don’t want to associate themselves with the regular Muslims that they see every day”.

Muslims around the world have condemned Islamic State’s extreme beliefs in formal statements and social media campaigns like #NotInMyName.

“In no country surveyed did more than 15% of the population show favorable attitudes toward Islamic State”. “You can’t press release your way out of this”.

As the furor has lessened over time, Ali has become a figurehead for Muslims across the world and an inspiration to countless more.

Nearly half of Muslims living in America, 48%, say that all or most of their close friends are also Muslims, and 69% say religion is very important in their lives. Multiple attacks across Paris last Friday night left more than one hundred dead and many more injured. This will make them the largest non-Christian religion in the country, a spot now held by Jewish-Americans.

“All that won’t do anything but help bring out about more misunderstanding of the religion”. In addition, it’s a direct affront to our Muslim allies and partners like Turkey, Jordan and the United Arab Emirates, among others. But the fear of Muslims taking over and imposing Sharia law is unfounded. He sought to reassure Americans that his administration’s approach, spearheaded by coalition air strikes against IS, would reduce the threat of terrorism, and warned against vilification of Muslims.

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) believes there are six to seven million. “We’re in a time where we have to look over our shoulder”.

The Republican candidate’s views come in the midst of incidents surrounding those of radicalized and distorted Islamic faith, who owned the attacks in Paris and mass shooting in San Bernardino two weeks ago.

Trump’s proposed plan to ban Muslims, he said, “is insulting to our people, but it’s also insulting to anyone who respects justice and liberty for everybody”. Muslims, in fact, were the only group to be perceived more negatively than atheists, with an average thermometer rating of just 40.

For Asra Nomani, an advocate of Islamic reform and author of “Standing Alone: An American Woman’s Struggle for the Soul of Islam”, the deeper problem is an unwillingness of American Muslims to truly confront extremism in the religion. No demands were made of Christians to apologize on behalf of the shooter. “No. But the minute it’s done by a Muslim, it’s a Muslim terrorist”, Al-Hayani said.