Name:   MrHodja - Subject:   An Interesting Perspective Date:   1/4/2016 7:48:28 PM

I have been working in the DC area as a defense contractor supporting the Defense Health Agency since the middle of May.  One of the things that made the biggest impression is the number of non-native American workers we have, both Government employees and support contractors.  All are US citizens and all are cleared at least to the Secret level.  As I walk down the hallway at least half the names are unpronounceable (to me, at least).  In my group alone we have a Kenyan, an Ethiopian, a Nigerian, an East African (he won't say which country), an Egyptian, and two more from Africa.  It is very encouraging to see them working side by side, living their version of the American Dream.  Exposure to these many diverse individuals helps put some things into perspective.

As I mentioned, one is Egyptian, born in the US but spent a lot of his pre-teen and teen years in Egypt.  I had a chance to have a serious discussion with him about the current state of affairs vis a vis ISIS.  He readily states he is Muslim, but goes on to state that the Koran does not support any of what ISIS is doing.  He, like the rest of us civilized, God (or Allah) fearing people see the terrorists as an aberration and their deeds not at all endorsed by the Koran.  They are simply evil people doing evil things.

So as we rightfully describe these cretins as Islamic Terrorists keep in mind that they claim to do their heinous acts in the name of Islam, yet their version is not the Islam of the vast majority of Muslims.