Yesterday, my eldest – all of 11 years old – asked me a question. Are Americans enemies of muslims? He listens to news mostly during car rides, and more from the Time for Kids etc. magazines they get at school. I dont know where he got this idea from, maybe the news or maybe someone said something to him. I dont believe that Americans are enemies of muslims, but I do know that American knowledge of muslims and Islam is very limited. There are many blogs on the internet about Islam, but how to know that what they say is true or false? Then the news media is also quite happy in glorifying the gory details, but not providing any background for those news, or happenings. I find most of what I read in newspapers or watch on TV to be quite misleading, at least in terms of explaining the principles or teachings of Islam.
I explained most of the things to him, and hopefully his question got answered satisfactorily.
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