Ignorant people really need to go and educate themselves before making biased or racist comments. If all you do is feed off the media and go by hearsay then please don't bother wasting my time with your insignificant presence.
I am a Muslim. I do not follow my religion extensively but before pointing fingers at me look to at your own selves and tell me how much you truly practice your own religion. I believe in Allah with all my heart and that is all that matters.
My religion does not practice hate or adhere to it. It is a very peaceful religion. Terrorist are NOT MUSLIM - get that through your thick heads. The whole concept of 40 virgins is NOT related to sex. You have sexual desires and thoughts through the devil. If you are in Paradise and are protected under God, the devil cannot get to you so therefore you are free of all the sexual thoughts that humans live off of. The 40 virgins are created to serve you in your paradise in Heaven. They are to be uglier than the ugliest female on this Earth.
People fear Islam only because they do not understand it. They portray Saudi Arabia with Islam. Well let me tell you that country has nothing to do with Islam. They make their own rules and pass it through as religion.
Islam does not force females to cover their heads or anything as such. Just like how a nun wears her attire because of her devoutness to God, so to does a devout Muslim women. Many people in the West are converting to Islam after doing their own research (free of the media and false based Internet sites). If Islam was evil toward women then many educated females in the West would not be converting to Islam.
Also, please refrain from ignorant comments regarding race. Your ethnicity has nothing to do with religion. Muslim is not an ethnicity - Islam is a religion and its followers are called Muslims. Indonesia, Africa, India and Pakistan are the top 4 Muslim populated countries. Does that mean they are purely Islamic countries? No. They have other religions residing there as well.
I hope I have enlightened at least one person to not just believe everything that is spoon fed to them. Ignorance is not an excuse. The lack of common sense is truly sad.
Oh also, for those that have told me to go to my home land - for your kind info. I was born and raised in the United States. This is my country and I love it. So please do not tell me what my country is and is not.