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Anti-Modernists |
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- Breakdown of community and civic responsibility
- Breakdown of the family, more than half of all marriages in the U.S. end in divorce, while the abandonment of the elderly by their families
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- Sexual promiscuity
- High incidence of drug addiction
- Exploitation of others and of the world's limited resources
- Strategic backing of often oppressive regimes
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Christians
Perceptions of Muslims |
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- All Muslims are terrorists
- Islam is morally bankrupt
- Muslims are sinister and dangerous
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- Muslims are all Arabs
- Many Muslims are rich oil sheikhs
- Muslims cannot be reached with the Gospel
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Militant Hindus |
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- Enemy is: Communists, Foreign Powers, Other
Religions (especially Muslims and Christians), Westernized Indians
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Muslim Perceptions
of Christians |
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- Christians are permissive. Drugs, sex,
pornography, and alcohol are widely used and practiced by
Christians
- America is a decadent colonial power that practices
economic control
- America is a blind supporter of Israel against
her Arab Muslim neighbors
- Western (Christian) women are out of control, as
evidenced by the way they dress
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- Westerners don't value life, as seen as their
support of abortion and euthanasia
- Families in the West are broken up and fragmented
by divorce and children who lack respect for parents
- America is irreligious, as seen in the absence of
public prayer
- Worship Hollywood idols and money instead of God
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Salafis |
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- US military and civilian presence in Saudi Arabia
- US military occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan
and its military presence in other Muslim countries
- Ability of Washington to push Muslim oil
producers to keep oil prices at a level acceptable to Western
consumers
- Torture of Muslims in Abu Grahib prison and
Guantanamo Bay
- Occupation of Iraq
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- Unquestioning support for Israel
- US support for regimes that are suppressing
Muslims, including Russia in Chechnya, India in Kashmir, and China
in Western China
- Unqualified US political, economic. and military
support for Israel
- Decades old support for apostate and tyrannical
governments across the Arab world, including Saudi Arabia, the
United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Algeria, and others
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