Are people blaming Muslims for terrorist attacks?

Saddam Hussein wasnt a part of 9/11 and

he didnt trouble the US

but osama is the guy we are to KILL…

this administration has used fear and ignorance to blur the line between a muslim and a muslim extremist. they are no more alike than a christian and a member of the abortion clinic bombing and doctor murdering army of god extremist. amblessed, yes they all were committed by muslim extremists. I believe the question was “are people blaming muslims…” surely you understand the difference. blaming muslims for the terrorists attacks would be the same as blaming christians for the abortion clinic bombings.

Certainly not ALL Muslim’s are Terrorists but these events appear to have something in common.

November 1979: Muslim extremists (Iranian variety) seized the U.S. embassy in Iran and held 52 American hostages for 444 days.

1982: Muslim extremists (mostly Hezbollah) began a nearly decade-long habit of taking Americans and Europeans hostage in Lebanon, killing William Buckley and holding Terry Anderson for six and a half years.

April 1983: Muslim extremists (Islamic Jihad or possibly Hezbollah) bombed the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, killing 16 Americans.

October 1983: Muslim extremists (Hezbollah) blew up the U.S. Marine barracks at the Beirut airport, killing 241 Marines.

December 1983: Muslim extremists (al-Dawa) blew up the U.S. Embassy in Kuwait, killing five and injuring 80.

September 1984: Muslim extremists (Hezbollah) exploded a truck bomb at the U.S. Embassy annex in Beirut, killing 24 people, including two U.S. servicemen.

December 1984: Muslim extremists (probably Hezbollah) hijacked a Kuwait Airways airplane, landed in Iran and demanded the release of the 17 members of al-Dawa who had been arrested for the bombing of the U.S. Embassy in Kuwait, killing two Americans before the siege was over.

June 14, 1985: Muslim extremists (Hezbollah) hijacked TWA Flight 847 out of Athens, diverting it to Beirut, taking the passengers hostage in return for the release of the Kuwait 17 as well as another 700 prisoners held by Israel. When their demands were not met, the Muslims shot U.S. Navy diver Robert Dean Stethem and dumped his body on the tarmac.

October 1985: Muslim extremists (Palestine Liberation Front backed by Libya) seized an Italian cruise ship, the Achille Lauro, killing 69-year-old American Leon Klinghoffer by shooting him and then tossing his body overboard.

December 1985: Muslim extremists (backed by Libya) bombed airports in Rome and Vienna, killing 20 people, including five Americans.

April 1986: Muslim extremists (backed by Libya) bombed a discotheque frequented by U.S. servicemen in West Berlin, injuring hundreds and killing two, including a U.S. soldier.

December 1988: Muslim extremists (backed by Libya) bombed Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing all 259 on board and 11 on the ground.

February 1993: Muslim extremists (al-Gama’a al-Islamiyya, possibly with involvement of friendly rival al-Qaida) set off a bomb in the basement of the World Trade Center, killing six and wounding more than 1,000.

Spring 1993: Muslim extremists (al-Gama’a al-Islamiyya, the Sudanese Islamic Front and at least one member of Hamas) plot to blow up the Lincoln and Holland tunnels, the U.N. complex and the FBI’s lower Manhattan headquarters.

November 1995: Muslim extremists (possibly Iranian “Party of God”) explode a car bomb at U.S. military headquarters in Saudi Arabia, killing five U.S. military servicemen.

June 1996: Muslim extremists (13 Saudis and a Lebanese member of Hezbollah, probably with involvement of al-Qaida) explode a truck bomb outside the Khobar Towers military complex, killing 19 American servicemen and injuring hundreds.

August 1998: Muslim extremists (al-Qaida) explode truck bombs at U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, killing 224 and injuring thousands.

October 2000: Muslim extremists (al-Qaida) blow up the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Cole, killing 17 U.S. sailors.

Sept. 11, 2001: Muslim extremists (al-Qaida) hijack commercial aircraft and fly planes into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a field in Pennsylvania, killing nearly 3,000 Americans.

You ask some loaded and heart-felt questions. Good questions, though. I cannot speak for all America. I can speak for myself and I do not blame you or an entire religion for anything. I blame the ones who are responsible. Not their religion or race, their actions. thedude has made some great points. I do not hate you and I do not think you are bad.

Yes, people do blame Muslims. No, it’s not right. You are not a bad people. The above poster listed several events carried out by Muslim extremists. They’re all real. However, S/he forgets to point out all the violent events carried out by extremists of other religions. Everyone makes mistakes, and every religious group carries out violence. That doesn’t mean the religion is wrong, or that all the followers of the religion are bad. Just the people that do the bad things.

I personally, do not blame all Muslims, and I have only met a few people who do.

People Are blaming muslims because they don’t know any better. This is all because of the western media. They target the religion and the middle east in particular.

For some reason people confuse muslim extremists with muslims. Their are extremists in EVERY religion. When people blame muslims for terrorist attacks, its the same as blaming all Christians for robberies because one guy who comitted a robbery happened to be Christian. ANYONE CAN COMMIT A CRIME, REGARDLESS OF THEIR RELIGION

It’s because people are stupid and they stereotype. As far as George W. Bush…I can’t wait until he’s out of that office.

im a muslim and I think the same thing we ( usa ) are blaming a whole religion for what 1 person did.