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because governments want us to hate them. as an american all i hear about are the very small percentage of people from that side of the world who are extremists. however, in school we were taught that MOST people in the middle east think that way and were made to fear them. certainly there are groups in the middle east who use islam as a cover to be extremely violent and all around terrible people—such as the taliban and al-qaeda, but they are a loud minority. my friend is muslim and she is the most gentle and understanding person ever. classic racism at play