babyosisi,i'm not a muslim.regards.

i cannot believe this-a posting stating "we are not bad,it's just that we have a lot of negativity against us."i think someone once said that maturing begins by accepting responsibility for our actions.if islam has a negative perception,we should begin to examine the issues that has led to that.when bin laden killed lots of innocent people in america,what was the response amongst muslim people?no xtian would kill in the name of xtianity and receive applause.when salman rushdie wrote The Satanic Verses,what was the islamic response?kill him!what has happened in the xtian world when books are written alleging that christ had a relationship with mary magdaline?did xtians ask for the head of dan brown after he wrote davinci code?why do muslims enjoy freedoms in western nations that they are not willing to accord others?why do some british and american muslims hate their countries so much but do not relocate to pakistan or afghanistan,rather than enjou the benefits of these societies while at the same time seeking to destroy them?this sounds hypocritica to me.the world is not a fair place.the difference between us is that when some of us are aggrieved we do not threaten to blow up the world.

whilst i must say that i have interacted and lived with quite a number of good muslims,i think that,on the whole,i find that muslims are not readily amenable to speaking out against those who give their religion a bad name.some even subscribe to these radical views without making it obvious.they find it easy and diverting to rail against israel and america without wanting to directly confront radical elements within them.the perception of islam will not change unless the moderates begin to speak out.