Terrorist Attacks In Paris

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My wife and I became very good friends with a Muslim women from Nigeria while I attended university named Rasheedah. We preached Christ to her and she even attended church with us once. She was and is a very articulate, warm-hearted, friendly, loving person. She wouldn't lift her hand to harm a soul.

Some of you would indict her for crimes she hasn't committed because some Muslims in the world are criminals. Guilt by association is not the law of the land in this country.

Not all Catholics priests are pedophiles. Not all Baptists are Westboro Baptists. Not all Tamils are Tigers. Not all Irish people are IRA. Not all Italians are mobsters. Not all Chinese people know Kung-Fu. Not all southern white people are trailer trash. Not all black people are hoodlums. Not all medieval Christians were Crusaders.

AND NOT ALL MUSLIMS ARE TERRORISTS!

Tonight at work a coworker asked me "Aren't you afraid of Muslims?" (We were talking name derivations and I was explaining how in my Arabic class my professor called me Haroon, Arabic for Aaron, and that got the whole ball rolling).

I replied, "Not at all." Her jaw dropped incredulously like I was the one who was crazy.

This bigoted, stereotyping, generalized hatred for an entire people group because a small percentage have a screw loose is shameful. It is not representative of Christianity as a faith, or of Christ as its Founder.