Name: Jane Liu (49712038)
Reaction Article#3
Date: 04/10/2009

My Reactions:
Every time I think about the Muslims, I always consider them very conservative and follow their guidelines very strictly. After the outbreak of 9/11, what the make me feel is only outrage, violence and clue. From 9/11 on, many people think upon the Muslims as irrational people, and are afraid of having connections with them, for people are scared to be killed by them.

However, there are some new ideas issued by another different group of the Muslims. They use softer and gentler way to teach the next generation to understand and decipher the Koran in another different aspect, which is also one part of the soft revolution. The soft revolution also promotes women’s right. In the ancient times, women did not have their own rights, and they were thought as one part of the men. With the soft revolution, women are taught to fight for their own rights, their own goals of lives.

I think it is very good to see the Muslims’ changes because what they have done before was unbearable. Some Muslims are taught to use the vigorous means to honor their god, such as killing innocent people of the enemy country but also killing themselves at the same time, which is wrong. However, there are still lots of blind people who are encouraged to do such stupid behaviors by some vigorous activists. I think it’s time that someone has to stand up and tells the Muslims what is wrong and right, or they will keep making our world and lives in great unknown danger. Good changes in the Muslim world are what people all over the world would like to see.(285 words)