Anti Kafir:
You say; “American Muslims are highly educated, articulate, staunchly American nationalists. They are physicians, surgeons, lawyers, engineers, professors, scientists, historians, social and behavioral scientists, computer programmers and most of all believers in humanity.”

Well that is good and dandy but until those “highly educated’ people who believe in "humanity" declare loudly and unequivocally their opposition to what their extremists coreligionist do in the name of their religion. And denounce them by name along with those others who use your mosques as dens to bread hatred and violence. Until that happens the rest of us can't help but continue to lump you all; the educated and uneducated, in the same basket.We have not forgotten yet that it was some of your “highly educated” “believers in humanity” i.e. physicians, who were recently implicated in terrorist conspiracies.

I think this is exactly right-what Dr. Patel is saying here is happening in many places. Check out this article from NPR about how the inadequate public schools in Pakistan are, and how this is contributing to religious extremism:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=19333953

"Mehnaz Aziz, who heads the Pakistan chapter of Children's Resources International, a non-government organization focused on improving education, says the failure to modernize Pakistan's schools is one of the major causes of religious extremism."

Hey Concerned The Christian Now Liberated, Homo A. kafirus, Ibrahim Mahfouz, and Arif:

American Muslims are highly educated, articulate, staunchly American nationalists. They are physicians, surgeons, lawyers, engineers, professors, scientists, historians, social and behavioral scientists, computer programmers and most of all believers in humanity.

Who are you--NOBODY. And I mean NOBODY, Yes, I mean NOBODY?

Below links are

Antitoxin from yellow slimy diseased filthy homo brains…CCNL…severe USA BUSHY madness…etc... etc.

Moody, Moody, Moody,

I looked at your referenced sites and could find nothing to refute the first four basic flaws of Islam i.e.:

1. Believe in "pretty/ugly wingie" thingies and teach their children that such fictional things really exist.

2. Believe that the long-dead Arab did actually talk to the "pretty Gabriel" in the hot "Gabe" cave and therein received the warmongering and anti-female words now listed in the koran.

3. That Sunnis believe they are superior to Shiites in all aspects of life. Shiites think the same way about Sunnis.

4. That Islam is perfect and the koran inherently condones no sin even though the 24/7, 800 year-old blood feud between Sunnis and Shiites gives significant credence that greed, hate, suicides, assassinations, maiming, and murder are condoned by the koran. Having multiple wives also gives significant credence to the sins of rape, adultery, lust and polygamy. The condoned treatment of these wives gives credence that the koran allows the sins of hatred, anger and greed.

Beautiful post. Keep up the good work. It is a thoughtful narration of todays happenings.

All possible kind of questions asked by non Muslims about Islam answered on below web sites:

ALL MISCONCEPTIONS AND FALSE MEANINGS ARE ANSWERED:

1-www.irf.net/irf/faqonislam/index.htm (on this site you will get all answers about Islam, CHRISTIANITY, JESUS, JUDAISM , ETHEISIM, HINDUISM and all other religions).
2-www.islamalways.com/
3-www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/
4-www.jamaat.net/deedat.htm
5-www.islamtomorrow.com/yusuf.asp
6-www.justaskislam.com/index.php (on this site you will get answer of every question you have and asked, with in a day or by next day - IT’S A CHALLENGE !!!)

Hi Miranda,

You said: "I wish that more perspective could be lent to us on what is going on with youth and young adults in other cultures because, as an american, it can often be intimidating thinking about how we are to one day work with those who have grown up with such different opportunities and realities.".

Indeed, it can be intimidating working and living with people of different cultures at first. I think, though, that you shouldn't wait for others to give you a different perpective...go out and find it for yourself! Travel, travel, travel. The world is many-faceted, and the "American Way" is only one side of the gem. How many U.S. citizens have a passport? Last time I checked it was less than 15%!!!

Thanks,
Craig

"That is the same energy that led to the founding of the Peace Corps and the Civil Rights movement. That’s what happens when it is a Kennedy or a King shaping the energy."

Founders of the Peace Corp were:

Hubert Humphries- United Church of Christ

Henry S. Reuss- Episcopal Church

John F. Kennedy- Roman Catholic Church

Martin Luther King- Baptist Church

Eboo Patel-

What was the source of the "energy" behind these great movements?

They were all founded and rooted on the same Rock.
And it is the Good Tree bearing good fruit..

"No good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit.

Each tree is recognised by its own fruit. People do not pick figs from thorn-bushes, or grapes from briars.

The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For out of the overflow of his heart his mouth speaks.

Why do you call me, 'Lord, Lord,' and do not do what I say?

I will show you what he is like who comes to me and hears my words and puts them into practice.

He is like a man building a house, who dug down deep and laid the foundation on rock. When the flood came, the torrent struck that house but could not shake it, because it was well built.

But the one who hears my words and does not put them into practice is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. The moment the torrent struck that house, it collapsed and its destruction was complete.

Luke 6:43-49

as a young person of the generation you are writing about, it is nice that this kind of attention is being paid to us as we are the ones who will be creating great changes in the future of a world that is quicker and more interconnected. as american youths, we ask the same questions about our role in the wider world and see our friends driven towards more radical christianity for the same reasons. I wish that more perspective could be lent to us on what is going on with youth and young adults in other cultures because, as an american, it can often be intimidating thinking about how we are to one day work with those who have grown up with such different opportunities and realities.

as a young person of the generation you are writing about, it is nice that this kind of attention is being paid to us as we are the ones who will be creating great changes in the future of a world that is quicker and more interconnected. as american youths, we ask the same questions about our role in the wider world and see our friends driven towards more radical christianity for the same reasons. I wish that more perspective could be lent to us on what is going on with youth and young adults in other cultures because, as an american, it can often be intimidating thinking about how we are to one day work with those who have grown up with such different opportunities and realities.

eliminate the cult of islam and that is a good start.

Eboo Patel asks: "Which direction will it go?"

I think it's clear that it will end up a generation of angry young people with a faith-based oppositional stance towards modernity. Their cultural rigidity dictates that it must be so.

They can turn to religion like a desperate person turns to alcohol or they can stand up straight, flex their intellectual muscles a bit, and evolve and adapt their culture so that it serves them instead of harms them.

a well written
and thought provoking article.. i will take the time to wonder why it has to be one or the other on the choices of a new generation... to either be angry changers of convential society... through spiritual shoes... so to speak ...or to succumb... and pander.... 2 the business as useual world.... and the unethical and actually business harming practices of some businesses and business people. in truth we all ... do.. have choices /.. in our conduct ..every day...i was a manager for a fortune 100 company in my younger days... i actually ran a store with real money and people... trained mgrs... and we did it the right way... honestly and ethically and guess what. my store which was the laughingstock of florida had a 100% increase insales over 3 years using a formula some very brite people in oakmont illanois assured me would not work. profit is not a dirty word .. it is beutiful thing that inriches the customers as much as the well run business. obsene profit like we see in the oil companies.... is.... a dirty word ....and when you see that.... you know people are made to suffer including the businesses themselves in the long run by the what i think is a mental lillness of men and women who wish to have more than they can possibly spend or use and no matter how much they get its not enough... that is why we see so much poverty and suffering and unemplyment in the world is these few mega wealthy people who need help from themselves. they should not be allowed in business or to participate in government. i call them ...social preditors.... and they do at least as much damage as ....sexual preditors.. hopefully people of all faiths will unite and overcome the attempt to split them away from each other because i think if we looked closely it would be these same social preditors with thier obcene amounts of money and thier twisted morals... buying the propaganda. it will not work against somple free speech and word of mouth by reasonbly attentive people... eye think but i'm just an artist political genius or socialigist or a thiologian please check 4 truth

Danilo-

Thanks for your post which documents the changing power of Christ Jesus: the same yesterday, today, and forever.

Nothing has changed in 2000+ years:

For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom:

But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness;

But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.

Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

1 Corinthians 1:22-25

I am a 26 year old married man, I beleive that the only way to find purpose in life is through a personal relationship with Christ Jesus, who is God incarnate, by the power of the Holy Spirit and prayer with faithfulness. But you must receive his mercy to be able to accomplish this and here is how you receive it:

Dear God, I know I am a sinner, I have not followed your Commandments, and I need your mercy, I know that you sent your Only Son Jesus to die on the cross for sinners, so that they can be redeemed and therefore have their lives changed by the Holy blood that Jesus shed on the cross. I beleive that you raised Him from the dead, OH God. Jesus, please forgive me, I ask you to come into my heart and make me a new creature, I REPENTT OF MY SINS, please send the Holy Spirit to come teach me how to live the way you intended me to, I will turn away from sin and follow you for ETERNITY in Heaven, I pray all this in the NAME OF JESUS CHRIST. AMEN.

If you prayed, please get yourself a Bible and Read it, and attend a Bible Church. This is the only way you will find the Hope and Happiness that your heart desperately needs.

John 3:16 "For this is how God loved the world: He gave his unique Son so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but have eternal life."

God Bless you.

p.s. I thank Jesus for changing my life. I FEEL COMPLETE and fulfilled!

I am a 26 year old married man, I beleive that the only way to find purpose in life is through a personal relationship with Christ Jesus, who is God incarnate, by the power of the Holy Spirit and prayer with faithfulness. But you must receive his mercy to be able to accomplish this and here is how you receive it:

Dear God, I know I am a sinner, I have not followed your Commandments, and I need your mercy, I know that you sent your Only Son Jesus to die on the cross for sinners, so that they can be redeemed and therefore have their lives changed by the Holy blood that Jesus shed on the cross. I beleive that you raised Him from the dead, OH God. Jesus, please forgive me, I ask you to come into my heart and make me a new creature, I REPENTT OF MY SINS, please send the Holy Spirit to come teach me how to live the way you intended me to, I will turn away from sin and follow you for ETERNITY in Heaven, I pray all this in the NAME OF JESUS CHRIST. AMEN.

If you prayed, please get yourself a Bible and Read it, and attend a Bible Church. This is the only way you will find the Hope and Happiness that your heart desperately needs.

John 3:16 "For this is how God loved the world: He gave his unique Son so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but have eternal life."

God Bless you.

p.s. I thank Jesus for changing my life. I FEEL COMPLETE and fulfilled!

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