The Cellar - View Single Post - Are Muslims being persecuted in your neighborhood?

07-01-2002, 04:57 PM

I think it's safe to say that pretty much everyone is more skeptical of those that look different than your typical American. I can feel it when I get on airplanes, for example - people are looking right at me, checking me out. This is doubly true of Muslims. It's not necessarily right, but that's the way it is.

That having been said, in my area (Northern Virginia), I know/regularly see a fair number of Muslims and they seem to be doing pretty alright. I haven't seen any outright discrimination against them, nor have I run into many people that have anything against Islam and its followers. There are a few people here and there, but they generally don't have anything against the people - they just find the religion to be bogus. This is somewhat akin to myself loving Christians but finding their religion to be silly and fake. I say "somewhat" because it's also quite different.

All in all, I think Northern Virginia is a pretty Muslim-friendly place.

07-01-2002, 04:57 PM	#2
dave Guest Posts: n/a	I think it's safe to say that pretty much <b>everyone</b> is more skeptical of those that look different than your typical American. I can feel it when I get on airplanes, for example - people are looking right at me, checking me out. This is doubly true of Muslims. It's not necessarily <b>right</b>, but that's the way it is. That having been said, in <b>my</b> area (Northern Virginia), I know/regularly see a fair number of Muslims and they seem to be doing pretty alright. I haven't seen any outright discrimination against them, nor have I run into many people that have anything against Islam and its followers. There are a few people here and there, but they generally don't have anything against the people - they just find the religion to be bogus. This is somewhat akin to myself loving Christians but finding their religion to be silly and fake. I say "somewhat" because it's also quite different. All in all, I think Northern Virginia is a pretty Muslim-friendly place.