Why does America hate Muslims?

Anti-Americanism in the Islamic world: At the end of 2002, a survey conducted by the American company Pew Global View among 38,000 people in 44 countries showed that the most serious problem facing the United States abroad was its poor public image in the Islamic world, and almost all Muslims opposed the US-led war on terrorism. Many people surveyed, especially residents in the Middle East and Europe, believe that the interests of other countries are not taken into account when the United States formulates its foreign policy.

The relationship between the United States and the Islamic world: the relationship between the United States and the Arab world can be traced back to about 100 years, while the real relationship between the United States and the Arab countries began after World War II. With the Arab-Israeli discord caused by the Palestinian issue, the United States and Arab countries began a real love-hate relationship. Especially during the Cold War, on the one hand, the United States squeezed out the old colonial Britain and France, on the other hand, it competed with the Soviet Union for world hegemony, and the Arab world gradually became an important stage for the hegemony between the United States and the Soviet Union. They are either forced to lean to one side or remain neutral. But on the whole, because of the upsurge of Arab national liberation movement and the United States' position of being too partial to Israel in the Arab-Israeli conflict, the United States was basically on the defensive for a long time. The oil crisis in 1970s made the United States more aware of the important strategic value of this region. By the end of 1970s, with the continuous improvement of relations between the United States and Egypt, Jordan and other countries, the influence of the United States in this region was also rising. The end of the Cold War and the Gulf War provided a historic opportunity for the United States to dominate Middle East affairs alone, and completely changed the relationship between the United States and the Arab world.

Although the United States has repeatedly stressed that the war on terrorism "is not a war against Muslims, but a blow to terrorism." (Note: "Why Do They Hate Us-The United States Rethinks its Policy toward Arab Countries", Global Times, 2002, 65438+ 10, 14. But this does not seem to weaken the anti-American sentiment in the Arab world. In the eyes of Americans, after World War II, various hostile actions against the United States in the Arab world have been incessant.