The shooting at Fort Hood was a real tragedy -- there is no doubt of that. But now it seems like some people want to compound that tragedy by taking it out on innocent people in the muslim faith.
Many right-wingers are now trying to blame all muslims for the actions of one man (who happened to also be a muslim). Fox News even had their rather scary pundits talking as though muslims in the Armed Forces should be treated differently than other Americans -- people who have or will risk their lives to defend all of us.
There are over 1.3 billion muslims in the world, and I'm convinced that 98% of them are as horrified by the shooting at Fort Hood as anyone else. I've known and worked with many muslims in this country, and I've found them to be among the nicest and most decent people I've had the pleasure to be around.
For example, consider the
Islamic Society of North America. They have joined with other muslim groups (and with interfaith groups) to raise money for the families of the victims at Fort Hood. They don't care what religion the victims professed (or even if they professed any religion). They just want to help.
Trying to blame all muslims for the Fort Hood shooting would be like trying to blame all christians for the shooting of Dr. Tiller. It's not just unfair, it's downright stupid!
Let's be good Americans, and not turn a terrible tragedy into an even larger tragedy.
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