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Beberapa hari yang lalu penulis ada membaca satu berita di Yahoo News berkenaan apa yang dilalui oleh saudara seagama kita di Amerika. Penulis tertarik dengan maklumat tinjauan pendapat mengenai sejauh mana masyarakat Muslim diterima kehadirannya dalam komuniti masyarakat di sana, lebih-lebih lagi selepas insiden 11 September 2001.
A Pew poll from last August found that only 30 percent of Americans had a favorable view of Islam, down 10 percentage points from 2005. However, a more recent March CNN poll found that 70 percent of Americans would be fine with a mosque existing in their community -- a much higher percentage than the proportion of Americans professing a favorable view of Islam. That suggests that even if a majority of Americans disapprove of the religion, they are OK with their neighbors' choice to follow it.
Meanwhile, young Muslim Americans are hoping that bin Laden's death can be a positive turning point in the relationship between Muslim and non-Muslim Americans. They hope that, with bin Laden out the picture, they will no longer be saddled the widespread public suspicion they've encountered since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
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Dari satu sudut, penulis terfikir keadaan ini tidaklah begitu berbeza jika dibandingkan dengan apa yang dilalui di negara ini. Masyarakat di negara ini berbilang kaum dan terdapat berbagai pegangan agama. Di negara ini, agama Islam menjadi agama rasmi persekutuan dan dalam masa yang sama penganut agama lain juga bebas mengamalkan agama masing-masing dalam suasana yang aman.
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