rcgreen,

Right after Sept 11, I thought that maybe what had happened was okay with Muslims, but humans in general are not like that. So I decided to educate myself. I needed to know why us Americans were hated so much. I know someone who is Muslim and she lives in Kuwait so I thought a smart thing to do would be to speak to her and I did so with an open mind (that's vital if you want to learn). Bid Laden and his followers are from a group with very extremist ideals. The reason we are hated so much is because the Palestinians and the Jews are fighting over their homeland and America always backs the Jews. There is a lot of great literature available and I'm sure there is a lot of good info on the net if you are interested in learning about the people, their culture and their history.

Bimmer, I'm sorry your country has gone through so much turmoil. I hope peace comes soon.