In the book, Hot, Flat and Crowed, the author Thomas Friedman criticizes ignorance of modern Americans. The most hot issue around this year is the nation's relationship to the Muslim community and awareness of terrorism. This article shows a good example of why people need to distinguish the religion and the violence.
“I like to go down there and pray and see the place and remember,” said Mrs. Traoré, a native of Ivory Coast who came to the United States in 1997. “When I go there, I feel closer to him. And him to me. I pray for him, too.”
When she prays, she calls God Allah. Mrs. Traoré, 40, says praying in the pit feels entirely natural, even if some of those standing with her — widows and widowers, parents and children — blame her religion for the destruction of that day. “That’s not fair,” she said. “It’s not because of Allah that these buildings fell.”
Islam is a highly misunderstood religion today. The terrorism created fear and many people are blinded with ignorance. That makes the war with the terrorists more challenging. We must know our enemy before we fight them. They are not the religion. It is true that the towers collapsed by the terrorists under the name of Allah but that can not be a fair reason to generalize all the Muslims out there. That is like generalizing that all the priests are pedophiles.
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