Eboo Patel on ABC's "This Week" with Christiane Amanpour

Eboo Patel on ABC's "This Week" with Christiane Amanpour discussing the state of Islam in America

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[dustiis71]

Actually the Hindus bomb and burn Christian and Muslim churches all the time. Read your foriegn papers, not just the pap the gov't wants you to.

[silversification]

when was the last time you ever heard of a buddhist or hindu bombing someone's elses religious artifacts? i believe the sufis' of islam are the true branch. they closely follow the true religion.

[Mariclau777]

@greeny202a thank you, and yes i fear the same, but I am hoping after so many are fighting for their freedom over there, when they achieve that freedom, they do something about it, do something to change everything, and remember its also christians and jews fighting for their freedom over there, may God help them, to do the right thing.

[greeny202a]

@Mariclau777 Well we are in agreement then, i wish you luck with your studies and hope you do manage to help people in the middle east understand your views. I hope all young muslims think more like you. Unfortunatley as we see with events in the middle east right now I fear there are not as many as we would like.

[Mariclau777]

@greeny202a I myself, wish after i graduate highschool n then college, to help the illiterate muslims over there, because if muslims and nonmuslim need to get together to stop these extremist, remember not only the non muslims are scared, we muslims too, we are scared to speak up because we can get killed, so its really hard. i really hope one day we work together to stop them. maybe its a teenage dream, but inshaAllah its something we must do for the safety of our country.

[Mariclau777]

@greeny202a yes i agree with you there 100%, actually, I am american myself, and I love my government, idc what ppl say, n I think it should stay that way, and the mayority of muslims think the same, i admit there are ppl trying to do that, but if we dont vote for them then it wont happen. afterall, the west is the west, & they shouldnt change it. practice islam as a lifestyle, but not change the country. I agree.

[greeny202a]

@Mariclau777 Then if that is the case and you want to practice islam in a free democracy then I agree but that also means when you do move to the west DO NOT bring things like sharia with you. Do you see the point westerners have? We dont care about your religion that is your business but some muslims are trying to get islamic laws passed in the west, this is unacceptable to us.

[Mariclau777]

@greeny202a yes I know, thats why i tell you, its really hard for them to practice the true islam, and this is why, so many young muslims in those countries are being brainwashed by those extremist idiots. -.-

[Mariclau777]

@greeny202a again, the majority of muslims dont live in the middle east, they are in Asia, India, Europe and America.

[Mariclau777]

@greeny202a its true, its something that only muslims in free countries live. but why do u think so many muslims are leaving their countries? why do u think there is such a huge increase in the muslim population in the western world? because we are able to practice our religion freely, the true islam, the islam that we cant practice in those countries. Look at whats happening now, they are fed up with the tyrants, they are fighting for freedom. & inshaAllah they achieve it