Why do people think Muslims hate freedom and American ways?

Because Americans get their opinions and "facts" from our media. Americans are stupid and will believe anything they are told enough times. They forget that some terrorists happen to have been Muslims, not that Islam is some great anti-American campaign replete with terrorists.

Given that our media does not report the vast negative effect the United States and it's foreign policy has on many countries, especially the oil rich Middle East, they know nothing of the horrible things our country has done to provoke violence against it. If they did, they would not wonder why people would want to attack us, they would be pressing their government to change its policies. They would also be absolutely appalled.

They absolutely do and they admit it!

Case in point: IRAN.

Under the SHAW it was like Lebanon in the 1960's or Cuba in the 1950's. It was VERY western.

Today ALL of that has changed.

In 1970 men and women could wear Jeans and baseball caps. Today the MUST wear Islamic "Garb."

In IRAQ today, WOMEN can't drive their own cars or talk on cell phones in public. THIS IS A FACT. IT IS DOCUMENTED.

I was talking with a guy in Iran recently and he does videos and he has a hard time there because of the restrictions. He is thinking about coming back to America to get rid of those restrictions!

If you think I'm wrong, get on a JEt and go to IRan or Iraq or Syria and live there and let's see how "western" you get to be!

I don't think they'll be to happy oto see you with an Ipod, Xbox or PS2 unless your family is part of the inner circle and exempt from most of this junk.

You certainly won't get to wear Jeans and a Tank Top!

So they just flew planes into our towers for the hell of it huh?

"Be optomistic, happy, and calm. Show no fear or anxiety. Smile at the face of God and your reward will be eternity. Holy warriors, your patience will be justified. Everything is for Him. You must not confront the enemy before you kill it. Strike as champions at the heart of the non-believers. Strike above the neck and at all extremities. For this is a point of no return for Almighty God. God will give bahishti to his faithful servants. When you reach ground zero you will have killed the enemy, the Great Satan!" -- A modivational letter sent by 9/11 ringleader Mohammed Atta to the hijackers before the attacks.

Obviously you think that this letter could not exist because how could a Muslim terrorist, one who follows the Quran (Koran) word for word, be against American freedoms like freedom of religion? So what other reason could it have been to fly planes into towers? They weren't paying attention to what was infront of them? What?

i agree...... people just dont like muslims because they have fear of known and they think that muslim world might took over..i mean muslim is the fastest growing religion right now in the world.......thousands of muslims turn muslim every year...... and for israel. israel is just a big bully playing long side america. if Israel got a chance to take over american they would in a split second.....Israel's are very selfish and all they dont care about people dying as long as they are not Jews

It's easier to say they hate freedom than to admit they hate our policies. This way, you don't have to change anything - you can just pretend that their anger is entirely a product of religion.

But bad policies or not, nobody should be blowing anyone else up.

The fanatical muslims want to wipe Israel off the map. You have incomplete information and have made erroneous conclusions. The following click will give you on target info. http://www.carm.org/islam/terrorism.htm

they are taught to hate us, from the time they are born.

they hate our involvement with Israel and when they hear that we have freedom of religion too and that most of their own people want to come here, that just adds fuel to the fire!

freedom of religion is considered a controlled substance by Muslims.

The radical muslims which are terrorizing people think that they have to convert you, or kill you. So, when you as if they would give a rats *** if we weren't buddy buddy with Israel...I would answer yes. Our nation is majority Christian and they know we won't convert...so they want us dead.

Ha, that first answer is a laugh riot. "THEY" flew planes into our buildings. Yep, all 1.4 billion of 'em.

The people who think that way are either ignorant and uninformed, or just trying to stir up trouble. Most likely the former.

We think that way because we know that if something looks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it damn sure ain't no dove! God Bless you.