Islam vs Buddism (ritual, testimony, rejecting, mystic, virtual)

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Originally Posted by lilithu

I think that what FVM is suggesting, and I agree with her, is that our govt may be exploiting our fear of al Qaeda for its own purposes. For example, our "terror alert levels" go up every time we have an election. Now, it might be legitimate to think that elections would be a good time for anti-American terrorists to strike for symbolic reasons. But it also "conveniently" is the case that raising the terror alert level serves to remind people to be afraid of potential terrorist attacks, and that works to the advantage of the current administration, since its staking its "legacy" on the "war on terror."

I can see that, but I would add that there is some paranoia mixed in. American leadership is painfully ignorant of Islamic culture and often react without thinking or researching what they are dealing with.

[Trey of Diamonds]

Originally Posted by fullyveiled muslimah

You said it better than me.

No worries, through polite discussion we came to an understanding. It's what I like about this forum.

Thanks for being patient.