Timothy McVeigh was a Christian.
Mohamed Mohamed el-Amir Awad el-Sayed Atta was one of the masterminds of 9/11 and a terrorist pilot on American Airlines flight 11 that flew into the north tower of the world trade center - he was a Muslim.
Timothy McVeigh was angry at the federal government - fearful of government "take-over" of our civil liberties. Atta was angered by U.S. policy toward the Middle East, particularly the Oslo Accords and the first Gulf War. He did not hate us 'for our freedom' as the conservative right are so fond of saying.
Islam does not call for acts of terrorism, war or even violence. It is not 'in their religion' for Muslims to fly planes into buildings anymore than it is Christian to bomb federal buildings in Oklahoma City.
Radicalism is an individual interpretation - not an indictment of culture, race, or religion.
So what does burning Korans have to do with Islamic centers in New York?
If we're going to go to war with the entire Islamic world because some terrorists call themselves Muslims then we must also go to war with the entire Christian world as McVeigh called himself a Christian.
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