what about you, allah?

 This pilot hit the nail right on the head in his open letter.
>
> A newspaper stated that some Muslim doctor is saying we are profiling him
> because he has been checked three times while getting on an airplane. The
> following is a letter from a pilot. This well- spoken man, who is a pilot
> with
> American Airlines, says what is in his heart, beautifully.
>
>
> YOU WORRY ME!
>
> By Captain John Maniscalco, American Airlines Pilot
>
> I've been trying to say this since 911, but you worry me. I wish you
> didn't. I
> wish when I walked down the streets of this country that I love, that your
> colour and culture still blended with the beautiful human landscape we
> enjoy in
> this country. But you don't blend in anymore. I notice you, and it worries
> me.
>
>
>
>
> I notice you because I can't help it anymore. People from your homelands,
> professing to be Muslims, have been attacking and killing my fellow
> citizens and
> our friends for more than 20 years now. I don't fully understand their
> grievances and hate, but I know that nothing can justify the inhumanity of
> their
> attacks.
>
>
>
>
> On September 11, ARAB-MUSLIMS hijacked four jetliners in my country. They
> cut
> the throats of women in front of children and brutally stabbed to death
> others.
> They took control of those planes and crashed them into buildings, killing
> thousands of proud fathers, loving sons, wise grandparents, elegant
> daughters,
> best friends, favourite coaches, fearless public servants, and children's
> mothers.
>
> The Palestinians celebrated, the Iraqis were overjoyed as was most of the
> Arab
> world. So, I notice you now. I don't want to be worried. I don't want to
> be
> consumed by the same rage, hate and prejudice that has destroyed the soul
> of
> these terrorists.  But I need your help. As a rational American, trying to
> protect my country and family in an irrational and unsafe world, I must
> know how
> to tell the difference between you, and the Arab/Muslim terrorist.
>
>
>
>
> How do I differentiate between the true Arab/Muslim Americans and the
> Arab/Muslim terrorists in our communities who are attending our schools,
> enjoying our parks, and living in OUR communities under the protection of
> OUR
> constitution, while they plot the next attack that will slaughter MORE of
> the
> same good neighbours and children?
>
>
>
>
> The events of September 11 changed the answer.. It is not MY
> responsibility to
> determine which of you embraces our great country, with ALL of its
> religions,
> with ALL of its different citizens, with all of its faults. It is time for
> every
> Arab/Muslim in this country to determine it for me.
>
>  I want to know, I DEMAND to know and I have a right to know, whether or
> not
> you love America ..... Do you pledge allegiance to its flag? Do you
> proudly
> display it in front of your house, or on your car? Do you pray in your
> many
> daily prayers that Allah will bless this nation; that He will protect it
> and let
> it prosper? Or do you pray that Allah will destroy it in one of your
> Jihads? Are
> you thankful for the freedom that this nation affords? A freedom that was
> paid
> for by the blood of hundreds of thousands of patriots who gave their lives
> for
> this country? Are you willing to preserve this freedom by also paying the
> ultimate sacrifice? Do you love America?? If this is your commitment, then
> I
> need YOU to start letting ME know about it
>
>
>
>
> Your Muslim leaders in this nation should be flooding the media at this
> time
> with hard facts on your faith, and what hard actions YOU are taking as a
> community and as a religion to protect the United States of America.
> Please, no
> more benign overtures of regret for the death of the innocent, because I
> worry
> about who you regard as innocent.... No more benign overtures of
> condemnation
> for the unprovoked attacks, because I worry about what is unprovoked to
> you. I
> am not interested in any more sympathy; I am interested only in action.
> What
> will you do for America - our great country - at this time of crisis, at
> this
> time of war?
>
>
>
>
> I want to see Arab-Muslims waving the AMERICAN flag in the streets. I want
> to
> hear you chanting 'Allah Bless America'. I want to see young Arab/Muslim
> men
> enlisting in the military. I want to see a commitment of money, time and
> emotion
> to the victims of this butchering and to this nation as a whole.
>
>
>
>
> The FBI has a list of over 400 people they want to talk to regarding the
> WTC
> attack. Many of these people live and socialize right now in Muslim
> communities.
> You know them. You know where they are. Hand them over to us, NOW! But I
> have
> seen little even approaching this sort of action. Instead I have seen an
> already
> closed and secretive community close even tighter. You have disappeared
> from the
> streets. You have posted armed security guards at your facilities. You
> have
> threatened lawsuits. You have screamed for protection from reprisals.
>
>
>
>
> The very few Arab/Muslim representatives that HAVE appeared in the media
> were
> defensive and equivocating. They seemed more concerned with making sure
> that the
> United States proves who was responsible before taking action. They seemed
> more
> concerned with protecting their fellow Muslims from violence directed
> towards
> them in the United States and abroad than they did with supporting our
> country
> and denouncing 'leaders' like Khadafi, Hussein, Farrakhan, and Arafat.
>
>
>
>
> IF the true teachings of Islam proclaim tolerance and peace and love for
> all
> people, then I want chapter and  verse from the Koran and statements from
> popular Muslim leaders to back it up. What good is it if the teachings in
> the
> Koran are good, pure, and  true, when your 'leaders' ARE teaching
> fanatical
> interpretations, terrorism, and intolerance? It matters little how good
> Islam
> SHOULD BE if huge numbers of the world's Muslims interpret the teachings
> of
> Mohammed incorrectly and adhere to a degenerative form of the religion. A
> form
> that has been demonstrated to us over and over again. A form whose
> structure is
> built upon a foundation of violence, death, and suicide. A form whose
> members
> are recruited from the prisons around the world. A form whose members
> (some as
> young as five years old) are seen day after day, week in and week out,
> year
> after year, marching in the streets around the world, burning effigies of
> our
> presidents, burning the American flag, shooting weapons into the air. A
> form
> whose members convert from a peaceful religion, only to take up arms
> against the
> great United States of America, the country of their birth. A form whose
> rules
> are so twisted, that their traveling members refuse to show their faces at
> airport security checkpoints, in the name of Islam.
>
>
>
>
> We will NEVER allow the attacks of September 11, or any others for that
> matter,
> to take away that which is so precious to us -- our rights under the
> greatest
> constitution in the world. I want to know where every Arab Muslim in this
> country stands and I think it is my right and the right of every true
> citizen of
> this country to DEMAND it. A right paid for by the blood of thousands of
> my
> brothers and sisters who died protecting the very constitution that is
> protecting you and your family.
>
>
> I am pleading with you to let me know. I want you here as my brother, my
> neighbour, my friend, as a fe llow American...... But there can be no grey
> areas
> or ambivalence regarding your allegiance, and it is up to YOU, to  show
> ME,
> where YOU stand. Until then, "YOU  WORRY ME!"
>
> CANADIAN  COMMENTS:
>
> I  totally agree with this sentiment. I hope you will forget all about the
> 'political  correctness' mandate we've had rammed down our throats, and
> see if
> this doesn't ring true in your heart and mind. For Canada, with all the
> multiculturalism we've been told is so important....why should we not, as
> Canadians, expect that the millions of new people immigrating to our
> country
> will show their love for our country, their allegiance to our country,
> their
> willingness to obey the laws of our country, and acceptance that we are a
> Christian country? Just because they are able to enjoy exercising their
> own
> religion, they should NOT expect us to be ashamed of ours. They knew
> Canada was
> a Christian country when they came here. Why are we erasing Christianity
> because
> immigrants who are unwilling to adopt our way of life expect us to? There
> is
> just too much insanity in the world, and we have to start taking a stand.
> I hope you will forward this, so that others will feel they are not alone
> if
> they are starting to feel the same.
>
>
> BRITISH COMMENTS:  At last a clear non-racist example of the concerns
> that the
> vast majority of our Nation’s population probably share. The pilot's
> letter
> encapsulates all that is fair and just about national pride and protection
> of
> one's na tional culture. I fear it may be too late here in UK, BUT we too
> want
> our country back in the form that attracted all these different cultures
> to come
> here in the first place!! In all our conversations with a wide range of
> friends
> and acquaintances we have not met one that disagrees with our own views.
> If only
> we all had the courage of our convictions to pass this on, it is a
> statement
> that should be accepted as the heart-felt feelings of someone with honest
> commendable national pride.
>
>  Australian Comment :    Best email I have had in years it needs to be
> in
> every paper every day until we get some answers.
>
>