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LoveSpell, I'm glad someone started a topic on this because I was thinking about this the other day. I am ashamed to say, but I think I am starting to become prejudiced against Muslims because of the terrorist activites of the last few years. (And this is especially crazy since my last boyfriend came from a Muslim family!) It hasn't helped either that my hometown has been terrorized by a sniper claiming to be from the Nation of Islam. Lately, I've begun to look at people from these backgrounds and think to myself "how could you come from a culture that could promote such violence?" I know this is extremely racist/prejudiced/even ignorant of me--the word Islam itself even means Peace. I know there have been crazies in the past that have used Christianity to fuel their violence (look at the KKK, Hitler...) I have always kept these thoughts to myself because deep down I know that Islamic terrorists are just a few bad apples in the bunch that are making an entire religion look bad, but fear does promote hate which promotes violence.