Religious Beliefsl Part I

What do Muslims believe? Do they want to kill all the non believers? I hear there is something like that in the Quran. What does it say? I don't hear much official from Muslim officials. Now I know there are serious differences between Shiites and Sunni. I have some knowledge that the difference - the split - comes with who will succeed the Prophet.

We should have this explained.

By someone. Who knows.

I heard a note on NPR today about the veil on Muslim women. What does it imply? And the turban?

IF that means that they hate me, I should know this. Might be helpful to me. I don't hate them. I think they're wrong, but then I don't put much stock in religous leaders period.

I would like to know if something obvious like a Buerka (spelling?) or a Turban means this person hates me. That knowledge would be useful to me.

Now here's the thing.

If that image, that garb, those clothes don't mean that, then I should know that too.

Moreover, there are 1.2 Billion Muslims in the world. Millions in this country. There have been no terrorist attacks in this country since 9/11.

Millions of Muslims in this country.

I suspect, that even with George Bush putting people in secret prisons all over the world, if many of the millions of Muslims in this country hated us SO much, something would have blown up in the last 5 years.

My guess is most of them, like most people everywhere, don't want much more than to live their lives, raise their kids, and be relatively safe.

But I'd rather not guess.

I'd like to know what they think!