American citizens are among the most tolerant in the world. We will tolerate almost anything as long as you leave our cars and televsions out of it. In the United States, Muslim Americans can live and worship freely as any other of our American citizens. Muslim American Imams have been meeting and acting towards greater tolerance for Muslims in the United States, and although their cause is commendable, I dare say somewhat misguided.
It is within their right to launch a “jihad” against intolerance, but such a struggle would be more fruitful in places where intolerance is most prevalent. Take that struggle to Waziristan where the Taliban don't tolerate anyone.
Take that struggle to the Sunnis and the Shias who kill each other over religious differences. They set a very poor example for their own children.
Take that struggle to the Gaza Strip where Hamas prefers to kill Jews and Israelis rather than live in peace with it's neighbors.
Americans don’t need lessons in tolerance. We will tolerate anyone who wishes to live and let live. Sometimes that means having to concede to a compromise.
Most often preserving the peace takes effort and is the ultimate symbol of tolerance. But, we don’t see such concessions coming from the Taliban, or from the Palestinians, or from Sunni/Shia conflagrants, or from any people who consider their own beliefs are somehow more significant than the beliefs of any other. A misguided Jihad will produce only losers, not winners.
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