The subject
of Muslims is a big thing in the news lately. One candidate for president is
proposing a halt to any new immigration of Muslims. He is also proposing a
registry of those who live in the US. This is made me think about this subject
a lot I started thinking about my experience with the Muslim religion and
Muslim people.
As many of you know I live
in Cedar Rapids Iowa. Cedar Rapids is home to the oldest mosque west of the
Mississippi. That means Cedar Rapids's has had a Muslim population for very
long time. Longer than I've been alive. I started thinking the other day about
violence and these people. I can't say I've known very many Muslims but for my
entire life there is never been one case of Muslim violence in this town. The
only times I've seen this subject in the news is when someone spray-painted
obscenities and racial insults on the mosque. Same thing with a man who was
trying to update a flood house on the northwest side. People vandalize this
property.
From my point of view there is never been a
Muslim terrorist attack or anything racially motivated that would make me fear
this people. If Sharia law were to be implemented wouldn't Cedar Rapids be one
of the first places it was fought for?
According to the latest political rhetoric
I'm supposed to be afraid. I am not. I have met two Muslims and work with them
in the past. Both were very kind and gentle people. I'm not seeing either of
them practicing violence for any reason. So if this political rhetoric was true
shouldn't there be an outbreak of violence in Cedar Rapids due to its long time
Muslim population? I don't see this so I think it's a bunch of malarkey
I do agree background checks are in order
before people can immigrate. This does not mean a ban or registration but just
some common sense. I think part of it is the immigration service is terribly
underfunded. They need more resources and it has been like this for decades.
Right now the Republicans control the Senate, both houses. Don't they establish
funding? Shouldn't they have already dealt with this issue? It's important to
remember the US is a nation of immigrants. I am the grandson of four separate
immigrants. If my great-grandparents or grandparents had been turned away I
would not be a proud American that I am today.
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