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Why is there a Muslim Hatred to the USA?

The Topic: What are the underlying causes of Muslim hatred of the United States giving rise to Al Qaeda?
Why are Muslims angry with the U.S.? Why did the terrorists hate America so much that they wanted to destroy it? How did Al Qaeda evolve and what impact it has on terrorism? An even more confusing question is how could Islam or any religion be a source of motivation or justification for such an act? These questions have been repeated continuously in newspaper headlines and on television and radio news programs in the days after the September 11 attacks on the World Trade center and the Pentagon. Many theories have been advanced to explain why Muslims generally hate the United States. Part of the difficulty is that there is not one right answer to what may have led to the catastrophic attacks on the United States. Opinions differ and many journalists were challenged to find a balance between blaming America first and not blaming America at all.
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