Why is Islam so much hated in the west?


siegeonthorstadt's avatar
Seriously, how is labeling Islam as a total enemy any different than labeling one ethnicity or one race or one group as an enemy as a whole? Both are prejudices. Both are senselessly invented enemies. It's a religion, some person has it some doesn't. There are countless different countries who have majority of their people that worship according to this doctrine, ranging from north western Africa to south eastern Asia. How is it possible that all of these people in different countries and geographies deserving an inherent and pre-accepted hatred that is somehow directed towards the general of a magically organized mind?

Please, before you say bullshit sentences like "because they blow up stuff" or "they treat their women bad" or "there is something wrong in the core of their teachings", consider the fact that western countries are doing most of the "blowing up" job in this world (France blowing up 5000 Libyans in one night, America being famous for blowing up Hiroshima with a nuclear bomb) and that the first 4 countries in the world about domestic violence against women being India, China, South Africa, New Zealand, which are all non-Islamic and not receiving any general hatred to the general of their countries, ethnicities or religions (nobody hates Hindus for the fact that 2 brides get burned every day) and also coming from the fact that Kuran being one of the most peaceful religious core-texts in the world, abstracting the Bible which contains 30+ kill messages and Christian countries doing operations all over the world that cost the lives of millions of civilians but this not being connected with these kill messages in the Bible.

Explain my why, after a plane crashes into a city, within the 30 minutes of debating about how this might have happened, the option of an "accident" is skipped right away and "Muslim person who has Islamic training camps in caves and tents and is very dangerous have done this its called osama bin laden" is laid out like it has already been thought and discussed in detail way before the plane crash has happened.
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EternalJedi's avatar
For the same reason that Communism and Socialism are still hated, associating a single attribute to 'the enemy' and having them become synonymous to a point where the attribute itself is infamous for no good reason.
Indrigor's avatar
The problem is not Islam, or Christianity, the problem lies in the fact that religion has lost its spirituality, it has evolved into a political tool, which is directed at the manipulation of human consciousness.
RockyGems's avatar
I don't mind Muslims, as long as they're not extremists.

Just like I don't mind Christians, as long as they're not extremists.

Or Pagans, as long as they're not extremists.

Or Pastafarians, as long as they're not extremists.
ANNAdeLinDa's avatar
I think it because it became very identified with terrorist. nothing to do with Islam itself.
Steamrider86's avatar
These days, some Americans are spoon fed with half truths and stupidity that its becoming more of a norm to not use rational thinking. But out of that bunch, sometimes they are right to fear and hate Islam for a reason. I was one of them. Its a terrible mindset on what we see on something foreign, that's our nature. The reality is that when someone gets killed, assaulted, or discriminated by a muslim, of course people will look upon that man/woman and judge their faith. That's how it was back then, that's how it is today. There is no greater evil but ignorance.

At least I was fortunate to have a history teacher to taught me how to understand the world. If I was you, I wouldn't be bothered too much about the mindset of Americans, for its not your lost. Stay truth to your faith and go on with your life.
sayhanabdullah's avatar
People are very prejudiced. Also, fear and prejudism are powerful tools for getting one's way. That's why we have the troubles in our world that you have so well described.

I am very pleased with your post here, by the way; you have chosen to say many valid things that so very much need to be said.
siegeonthorstadt's avatar
thanks. they are saying that west doesnt hate Islam
sayhanabdullah's avatar
Not all of the West; let's not generalize the West.
Spudfuzz's avatar
Same reason Russia, Japan, China and Germany used to be. :shrug:
meanus's avatar
Arabs are the fathers of slavery
ChakatBlackstar's avatar
Explain my why, after a plane crashes into a city, within the 30 minutes of debating about how this might have happened, the option of an "accident" is skipped right away

Well, you see those two tall towers in the New York skyline? No? That might have something to do with it. Besides, with modern navigational equipment and safety procedures and RADAR, it's a lot harder for a massive passenger jet to hit a skyscraper on accident.
siegeonthorstadt's avatar
2- I didnt say it was an accident. I was just questioning why people were so convinced so early that it was an attack, and how they found out that it was osama without an investigation (you cant make an investigation in 30 minutes) because i also heard right after the attack that the japanese liberation army and several other groups took responsibility of the attack. I can also understand that the intelligence could have an idea or a kind of foreseeing about it being done by osama, but it was weird that such a fast conclusion was broadcasted on the tv, without caring what kind consequences it might have if it were to be false.
CouchyCreature's avatar
Ha, they didnt figure it was Osama in 30 minutes. (It is hard to get the facts and the timeline right, I know, but a little go-ogle work does wonders).

But they did know it was an attack within 30 minutes. They became aware of Flight 11 hijack at 8.19 when one of the flight attendants contacted American Airlines at 8.19am. NORAD became aware of the hijack of that plane 18 minutes after it was hijacked at 8.37am, and the plane hit the North tower at 8.46am.

At 9.43am the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine claimed responsibility, but this was later denied by a senior official of that organisation.

At 9.52am the NSA intercepted a phone call between a known associate of Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan and someone in the Republic of Georgia, announcing that he had heard "good news", and that another target was still to be hit.

At 9.55am CNN mentioned Osama as someone who was determined to strike at the US.

At 10.05am Andrea Mitchell, reporting on NBC from outside the Pentagon, reports that Osama bin Laden may have been involved in the attacks.

It wasn't until 8.30pm that night that members of Congress tell CNN that during private briefings with senior administration officials, they were told that the administration had enough evidence that it was "confident" the attacks are the work of Osama bin Laden and his al-Qaeda terrorist network.

So let's chuck this 'only 30 minutes to decide it was al-Qaeda' claim out the window. It was the media who decided that in the morning and started moving those suspicions around like they were facts. The media first mentioned the possibility of Osama's involvement 1 hour and 36 minutes after the first plane, flight 11 was hijacked.
ChakatBlackstar's avatar
Well...you may have missed this bit but...they had cellphones back then. Some calls got out. Plus you know...our intel guys weren't complete idiots.
siegeonthorstadt's avatar
I can also understand that the intelligence could have an idea or a kind of foreseeing about it being done by osama, but it was weird that such a fast conclusion was broadcasted on the tv, without caring what kind consequences it might have if it were to be false.
ChakatBlackstar's avatar
Which would be...what? I mean, we're talking about guys who were a one-hit wonder. They had 9/11 and that was about it. I don't think we had to worry about retaliation for a false accusation
CouchyCreature's avatar
one-hit wonder?? hardly. [link]
siegeonthorstadt's avatar
its not the accusation, its how it was so enthusiastically accepted in the media. news reporters in my country are required to be skeptic. im sure you are unfamiliar to such concept.
CouchyCreature's avatar
the media want to sell advertising. That is the only purpose. Sensationalism is one of their best tools. Truth is irrelevant.
ChakatBlackstar's avatar
It was correct though, was it not?
Thordis-System's avatar
the same reason that most of hte world hates Christianity realy, the attrocities commited in the name of the Islam.
DragonQuestWes's avatar
Most of the world doesn't hate Christianity. Christianity has been part of most of the Western world.
Thordis-System's avatar
in europe its getting to be pretty hated lol