Letters to the Editor
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Can we make it better?
We won't be able to do the most important thing to better our relations with Muslims for another 17 months. Then the healing can start, if the current occupant doesn't ry to do something stupid in his last two months. There was supposed to be a PR initiative led by Karen Hughes, but that seemed to fizzle from the beginning. I think that the administration has just given up on any attempts to better relations. The one thing that would be total disaster would be an attack on Iran,
The comparison between the economic and social situations of American Muslims and European Muslims might not be fair. Many of the most recent Muslim immigrants have been wealthy to start [Iranians that helped the shah loot the country] or have advanced degrees, many of the degrees obtained in the US. They have joined the professional ranks and are making high salaries. Comnpare this situation to European Muslim where a much higher percentage are undereducated and poor. The analogous situation to the european immigrants would be undereducated and poor Latinos who come illegally to this country looking for any kind of economic opportunity.