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Why the Westerners hate the Arabs??

03:39 AM Aug 25 2009 | Reply

ALHAMED

ALHAMED

Saudi Arabia

 

I tried several times to get a friend from USA, or Canda or UK but I can't, they refuse, can any one explain to me why????Frown

Our hands fingers are not the same !!

04:51 AM Aug 25 2009 | Reply

Saladeen

Saladeen

Pakistan

Because you are Arab my friend and the countries which you have mentioned are brainwashed by their respective medias against Arabs after 9/11.

No, you have hundred hands, thousands fingers and dozen of heads, and you look more like Greek mythological creature Argus Panoptes, so, they have valid reasons to avoid you. Next you Arabs have the name ''Usama bin Laden" in your 'name dictionary'. Next you people are the sympathizer of Islamic Ummah and practice Islam. Don't you know the biggest number 1 phobia around the world is Islamiophobia. Islamiophobia is the most dangerous kind of phobia in full thousands list. Laughing

Enjoy my friend, if they avoid you than enjoy, you don't have any second choice …. may be they avoid you because who knows, may be you are the cousin of Usamma Bin Laden, which is off course a dangerous choice to make friendship with…...  

Take it easy my friend….. understand their concerns….. and don't complain…

And don't take my comment seriously this is just for you to make you little smile…..so give big smile…..yeah like that….. Smile

09:16 AM Aug 25 2009 | Reply

theMasterMinD

Turkey

Because of the narrow view on things in life above, maybe..?

Unless you together with your nation, turn this hatred you're worried about into an impetus that'd give you the power to add to your social capital (see James Coleman's theory) constantly and ultimately become one of those modern countries of some intuitive bunch of people, you're more likely to complain about that matter..

Respect is earned rather than just given..and comes good attitudes with it, that is sure to erase all those prejudices..May you be lucky on that.

09:34 AM Aug 25 2009 | Reply

fabs1

fabs1

United Kingdom

Maybe the question should be the other way round?

 

One good reason I can think of is the fact that the Arab countries own most of the world's oil and caused a devastating crisis in the 70s which end a long period of prosperity in Europe and the US. 

 

It could also be the fact that hijackers on 911 were all Arab nationals.

It could be the constant threat that Westerners at home and Westerners abroad are under from certain Islamic terror groups such as in Yemen and Egypt.

 

@Saladeen:

Islamophobia is a made-up construct, to blacken and label anyone that criticizes Islam.

Much like the word 'homophobe', it's a politically loaded word.

10:09 AM Aug 25 2009 | Reply

javamanju

javamanju

India

It works in the same way as Arabs hate Israel/west.  It is a cycle of hate, which no one except enemies of Peace Profit from.

10:49 AM Aug 25 2009 | Reply

Lovely Fabian

Japan

True, respect is earned.. We can never impose anyone to respect or accept us..

 

Continue living your life the way you should be.. Cohabit with them (the Westerners).. Speak their tongue, if you may so.. You can always go back to your roots if you no longer feel comfortable dealing with them..

 

In the long run the Westerners will be the ones to ask if they can be friends with you.. If they don't, well, you have not lost anything.. You will always have Ossama to back you up when things get out of hand.. Yeah, really.. Take things in stride..

 

The Japanese people welcome you.. With us you just have to be yourself..

04:13 PM Aug 25 2009 | Reply

aliyatul_hikmah

Indonesia

West don't hate Arab…..BUT west hate Islam….

so where ever Islam rise (in Arab or other) n it looks harm for them….. West don't like it… O_o

04:34 PM Aug 25 2009 | Reply

MATRIX_07

MATRIX_07

Saudi Arabia

West don't hate Arab…..BUT west hate Islam….

 

No more :)

 

 

 

04:38 PM Aug 25 2009 | Reply

aliyatul_hikmah

Indonesia

No more???

what do u mean? O_o I have not understood…

10:39 PM Aug 25 2009 | Reply

Saladeen

Saladeen

Pakistan

Fabs1:

Whatever!!!!! 

May be you are correct and i don't have the ability to look through your lenses or may be you don't have the ability to look through somebody else lenses. Borrow Arab lenses hope you would find humiliation. If you don't want their lenses than give your lenses for full and genuine understanding.

11:32 PM Aug 25 2009 | Reply

ALHAMED

ALHAMED

Saudi Arabia

 Thank you all

fabs1: The question was as it should be,

your comment was so different from fact ,I will be glad if u start to search for this subject away from the Western culture.

javamanju: We are very generous and frindly with them,we do not hate the Israeli people or Westeners, we hate their religion and government.