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Osama and Orientalism: Where Islamophobes Meet Al-Qaeda | Religion and Theology | ReligionDispatches [www.religiondispatches.org] Posted: 30 Mar 2009 05:27 AM PDT The deeper problem is that many Muslims, at least in the United States, are internalizing this Orientalism. The result is that the Muslim community is not fighting this fight as equals and partners, but instead act as mere bystanders. They remain frustrated, wishing to do more, but do not have the capacity to get involved. Their understanding of the faith can be defined as much by CNN as anything else.