I'm still disturbed that a young person in London whose parents were not extremists put a bomb on himself, ... Somebody got to him. We want to make sure our kids aren't being talked to by extremists. We're not immune from it. There are people within the Muslim community who have extreme religious ideas and are not in sync with mainstream Muslims.
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We're not trying to prove anything, other than what our faith requires us to do. What goes with our faith is to help others, to respond and show compassion when people need it, and I'm glad we can do it.Mahdi Bray
As a Muslim, I can understand the emotional intensity of the issue, however, responding through violence does not uphold the dignity of our faith. Burning buildings and throwing bricks is definitely not the answer. Muslims united and using their economic leverage, now that's something the world can respect.
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A million dollars is a drop in the bucket compared to what is going to be needed, but we're glad to do it, and we hope to raise more,
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My grandmother said, 'Idle hands are the devil's workshop,' ... We want to keep kids busy with positive things. If you don't give them things to do, somebody else will.
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These are things that need to be dealt with, because in the final analysis, if we surrender our precious civil liberties, the things that make this nation great, then indeed the terrorists have won.
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It would be much better to come through the front door, through out Imams, our Muslim leaders. They're welcome. We want to be just as safe as any other American. This is our country.
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