Thank you Balitmore Sun for posting this.
God Bless America

My doctor is a Pakistani American and is one of the best human beings you can meet. He holds free clinics for needy Americans in the Baltimore area.
Mr. Malik has correctly identified the madness of Iqbal Shahzad.

Thank you Mr. Malik the good CPA.
Having suffered prejudice himself at the hands of Skinheads in London, he has very correctly identified our propensity towards embracing racist attitudes.

Faisal Shahzad is a one-off goon.

Maybe we should increase the waiting period before someone can apply for citizenship to ten years instead of the current three.

Also anyone born to non-US parents who are visiting America should not be given automatic citizenship.

I know for a fact that many visitors from all over the world especially from South America, the Middle East ,and India are exploiting this.
In any hospital you can find patients from abroad having babies so they can become citizens.

There is nothing wrong with America having a policy of admitting someone of any race or religion. The problem is, everytime someone is admitted, those already here usually wind up paying for it financially in some way or another. Those coming across our southern borders take jobs that unemployed Americans would be willing to take, not just farm labor jobs. These jobs include truck drivers, equipment operators, movers, carpenters and construction workers. As long as they can be paid lower wages and no benefits, it will continue. Indian people buying most of the convenience stores (at least that is true in my county) isnt good for those already here either. Twice I was overcharged for items with no receipt at an Indian owned store and so was someone else I know. Why am I supposed to believe that these owners want to contribute to America? Three Indian owners I have met seem obsessed with money. It is bad enough that China makes many things that take jobs from us, but when people come here to take our money and dont seem to care then it gets to be too much. California is going broke, along with Arizona, trying to pay for every kid who is born here after the parents came across the border. Recently an Hispanic girl came into the court house here pregnant. The guard asked her, "who is going to pay for that child?" She replied, "you will. You are going to pay for it." The guard was so mad he wanted to throw her out of the building. Believe me, when Americans complain about those coming across the border, there is a lot more going on than racism, which is used by whomever needs it for a convenient excuse to rob those who are already here and work hard.

Mr. Malik makes a valid point. All Pakistani Americans and Pakistan Government have categorically denounced Mr. Shahzad’s actions. People of Pakistan have paid a huge price for war on terror with a loss of over 30,000 lives and an economic loss of $35 billion since 9/11. Pakistani Americans for decades have lived in USA and contributed to the economy of this country as doctors, entrepreneurs, professional, small business owners. Loyal Pakistani Americans have lived in fear since 9/11; we are concerned that our actions are being observed. Many Pakistani Americans have been subject to witch hunt, where they are rounded up for one reason, and then charged for other reasons. When vacationing we are careful not to take pictures in places like DC for the fear of being rounded up. In casual conversations at work etc, we are careful with our words, for the fear of not being wrongly labeled. We need to work for community assimilation and not community alienation.

Clay – That was a rather un-Christian post on your part. It actually comes off pretty racist. What happened to love they neighbor as thyself? Leaving that aside why don’t you look at businesses that want find cheap labor and hire illegal aliens to do it. Wouldn’t they be to blame for the problem? Isn’t that because all their owners think of is money? Truck drivers, equipment operators and carpenters aren’t low paying jobs and require some skills and licensing to do. It costs some money and requires a lot of work to run any business. Clay you are full of biased misconceptions both about those who come to this country as well as those of us already here.

It is frustrating to have these nutcases like Faisal shahzad spoil the good name of Pakistan.
Mr. Malik rightly points out that one bad person does not represent the majority of Pakistanis.
Pakistan has suffered immensely due to the Afghan war. With over 3 million afghan refugees and the most number of internally displaced people. Pakistan is fighting a war for survival.
Mr. Malik brings out the other side from a Pakistani americans viewpoint.
Thank you Baltimore sun for publishing the article.

Like I said, if everyone tithed at church we wouldnt have a problem caring for those who need it. Not everyone who doesnt believe that the government (and hence the taxpayer) should pay for it is a racist.

Clay - What got the comments from me was your generalization of the Indian storekeepers being obsessed with money, as if most business owners aren't. Your generalizations of Hispanics also factored into what I said. How much of your churches tithes go to helping the poor? Tithes alone won't do it Clay.

That is one of the problems with this country today. If someone complains about a Caucasian stealing, it is ok. But if they complain about someone else stealing, they had better be careful. They may be racist. It reminds me of the time the Nigerian scammer contacted me and posed as someone else, saying to send him money and that after he got here we could split the oil well he was inheriting from his parents. After I told him what the situation was in a few choice words and told him to get a real job, he sent me a message and said that it wasnt fair how I was treating him and that I should treat people with more respect. I suppose I had better be careful. After all, he isnt white, and to make matters worse, we have a black president. Maybe I should apologize. I also want to up the number of Indians on that list from two to six. Perhaps due to their nationality, I could leave it at four.

Clay :
In the spirit of the Statue of Liberty we should welcome all legal immigrants

we need a new temporary status for seasonal vegetable pickers. Any student coming to America is a future citizen because no matter who he is, Pakistani,Chinese Indian Mexican he is not going back.
God has blessed America and immigrants make America better.
We have wasted trillions in Iraq and Afghanistan. We should have used in USA
Pakistani Americans are good .Americans

Clay - you still don't get it my friend. What makes you sound like a racist isn't complaining about people stealing or scams its labeling people (Caucasian, Nigerian, Hispanic, Indian). How about you leave a person's race out and discuss the action. Your need to classify people by race or nationality is what is making you sound racist.

The problem is, the Indian store owners dont leave race out of the issue. They dont run up the charges on Indian customers, and the Nigerian scammers dont try to scam Nigerians. Thanks.

We should not condemn Muslim citizens especially from Pakistan for the madness of one person.

Pakistani Americans are far away from home and are too busy trying to make a living. The previous two terrorists were from Palestine(DR Nidal) and Underwear bomber(Nigeria).

No connection has been found between any Pakistani American and this man Mad Shazad.

In the USA we are all Americans and it does not matter where we come from.
Indian Ethnic stores cater to mostly Indians because of their special dietary (vegetarian) and spice needs. They treat all cushtomers with respect.
To amuse you I even used their acshant.

I think next time you are in an Indian store seek the help of a fellow Pakistani or Indian American to make sure they do not overcharge you.

There are always a few bad apples but generally you will find all Indians and Pakistanis who are running grocery stores to be very friendly indeed. They will even carry your grocery for you to your transportation. Try asking Giant food to do that for you.

Clay - First you can not know that for sure. Second even if that was true two wrongs don't make a right. Christ didn't teach us to repay evil with evil (Luke 6:35).

I am not advocating paying back evil to anyone. I am simply saying that it costs us a lot of money to care for anyone who wants to come here, even illegally. If God wants people to obey authority and the law then maybe they shouldnt be breaking it, and perhaps we should be enforcing it. Otherwise then why are the laws even there? There are things such as international borders. It is not one big country all over the world. We send plenty of food to many countries that are dependent on us. If we owe poor people a living then all of us from every country owe poor people a living, not just those in the U.S. and I am not advocating that we should stop helping them.

Clay - You still don't seem to get it. What made your post come of as racist is your need to assign characteristics to specific nationalities. Your justification that is they do it doesn’t make it proper for us to do it. As Christians we should be above that. I’m not saying you are a racist or anything else simply pointing out that your post came off that way.