the bad press islam has recieved i recently read an article in a local paper written by an islamic person who was upset with the way islam has been portrayed by western media when a terrorist action takes place in the middle east it is always played up as an islamic terrorist however when the a serbian terrorist attacks the croations its not a christian terrorist its just a terrorist i have often tried to explain this to some close friends who believe the press that islam is somehow tied to violence often times you hear things like they just don t value human life like we do and so on i was wondering if anyone out there had any suggestions for how we can change this image or how i can help my friends to see that this is just hype i would appreciate any serious suggestions or comments via e mail and i m not interested in hearing about how right the press is scott vann buddha iastate edu
