A Congressman Weighs In….

I wanted to share a post from another guest blogger on the Why Do You Fear Me? website. This post was written by Mark Siljander, former Republican U.S. congressman & deputy U.S./U.N. Ambassador.

Can a Muslim be a Good American?

By Mark Siljander

The title above is the head of an email I have repeatedly received from concerned friends. That particular letter is not unique among the hundreds of perhaps well-intended books, articles, emails, and videos condemning Islam, often from Christian authors. They warn us that “radical Islam” is intent on dominating the world, destroying Israel and our Western way of life. While I will not debate their findings, we must first stop and realize that these tactics operate from a “bad news” spirit of fear. Meanwhile, the Bible tells us not to fear 200 times. Can we truly share the message of “Good News” while basing our sense of reality in fear?

Do Muslims Speak Out?

One of the questions I most often get is this: Why don’t Muslims speak out against the terrorists? It’s a fair question, because we don’t often hear that.

I haven’t had guest bloggers in the past, but I thought this was worth posting. Eboo wrote this for our www.whydoyoufearme.com website, but I wanted to post it here as well.

Muslims Speak Out

by: Eboo Patel

I recently wrote a piece for USA Today where I expressed my strong opposition to Muslim extremists, my belief in American pluralism, and my desire to partner with Americans to defeat extremists and achieve pluralism. I got some interesting responses to this article.