Why Am I So Angry?

Okay I am back- forget about Nancy's beautiful butt. I tried to remember acts of kindness towards me by Muslims throughout my life. I remember my Muslim friend when I was 8. We were close as brothers and we went to many school trips together. We were the embodiment of the so-called unity between Christians and Muslims in Egypt (destroyed by the prick Sadat). I had a crush on his sister you know but it was all innocent. We grew up together and we laughed at the same things and cried together when Egypt lost any soccer match. I finally knew what it meant to have a good cool friend at an early age. That was really an act of kindness by a Muslim towards me. Alas, this kid turned really ugly when we went to middle school (we call it preparatory school in Egypt). He started to grow his hardly existing beard and asked to talk with me about an important matter. He actually said I will burn in hell if I do not follow Islam. He said that “my people” were born Muslims but deviated from the path of Islam and changed everything in the Bible. He did not want to see me die and go to hell because I did not believe in his prophet. I was really shocked. What happened to him? I know he wanted my well being (at least in his sick mind) but how can he become such an ass with no regard for my freedom to choose whatever God I want? I did a little investigation and found out that he befriended a kid who just arrived from Saudi Arabia. This kid brought my Muslim friend a lot of gifts and played ATARI (the equivalent of X box those days) with him. He came with the Wahabi dictum that declares all non-Muslims as infidels and unworthy of living. Stupid Americans gave these Wahabis all their dollars and now they used their money to buy Egypt and sponsor terrorists. It was shocking to me. I not only lost him as a friend; I also lost the rest of my friends. I was the only Christian in the group you know. You can say that this incident changed my life. It challenged my concept of trust and caused me to be extremely sensitive and hyper-vigilant. I am sure my anger towards Whites and Muslims would not have been that intense if this incident did not take place. I was consumed by the toxic effects of prejudice and I dehumanized those who discriminated against me. If Muslims in Egypt realized how damaging their actions are to young Christians, they would have been consumed by their embarrassment and guilt.