NBA player Dion Waiters informs he is a Muslim and plans to skip national anthems

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94. Way to hijack ...

... a fairly interesting discussion topic with vulgar, vain and irrational claims of disinterest. Why write except to distract if genuinely disinterested? The idea is to express distaste and encourage general disrespect as the new mode of fait accompli. Muslims are from now on to be handled and dealt with as a lower caste. Ho hum.

Waiter is making a bold statement at a time when anti-Muslim sentiment is at fever pitch heights. Open opposition to any other readily identifiable groups - this one comprising a quarter of the world's population - has never been too closely associated with concepts of fair play and mutual respect.

While IS and Boko Haram have certainly managed to churn up and even fuel the anti-Muslim side with their violent campaigns, doing more damage to Muslim reputation than anyone else in 1430 years, they really don't represent authentic Islam and they certainly don't predate wars brought down on places like Iraq and Libya - as if these countries were to be 'helped' by military action undertaken.

Imagine how the discussion might go if Muslims were actually welcome to make their own case. Instead, the post 9/11 wars of attrition are likely to continue for several more decades. Bush & Co are still apparently to be credited by some 'disinterested' parties for turning much of the Arab world on its heels.

People who aim to put God first should never have become an 'enemy'.