Most American Muslims are Moderate
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yes. i am biased towards organized religions. they may bring people the hope that we are living for a reason, and inspire people to live law abiding lives, but the way that they are organized and their relationships with goverments (or lack thereoff), will and always have breeded ignorance and intolerance towards others.
The big difference, though, is how the followers of the various religions express this intolerance.
Hence this thread.
The argument being presented is that the majority of Muslims are not violent.
I don't care about the +1 million Muslims that I will (most likely) never have a problem with, read about in the papers, or see on TV.
I do care greatly that there are nearly 200,000 followers of the Religion of Peace that live here and support overt violence.
I care greatly that one day, maybe today, another Muslim attack will be perpetrated on my fellow Americans.
One simply cannot compare the violence commited, in recent times, by Muslims to those of other religions.
The common denominator in virtually every conflict on earth today is Islamists that can't get along with their neighbor.
One can interpret that as everyone is out to get Muslims.
Or one can make the observation that Muslims are out to get everyone else.
If you truly believe that Mormons, Catholics, Protestants, Hindus, pose as great a threat to our well being/safety as Muslims, you are a fool.
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I simply object to blaming the religion itself for the way it's interpreted by militants. It's no different than liberals blaming guns for murder statistics.
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Only thing is that i know of atleast is that in the muslim religion they have clauses that state if they give someone warning that they will die if they don't follow the name of islam and that person doesn't convert. They now have justification to kill that person. Then again with the Christian Crusades... The Christians really can't talk either since they went around killing hundreds of thousands of innocent people and said any free thinking woman was a witch
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Manipulative educated muslims who would rather rule in hell than serve in Paradise, so to speak.
A grossly oversimplified statement which demonstrates a lack of knowledge of the teachings of Mohammed.
A grossly oversimplified statement which demonstrates a lack of knowledge of the teachings of Mohammed.
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Only thing is that i know of atleast is that in the muslim religion they have clauses that state if they give someone warning that they will die if they don't follow the name of islam and that person doesn't convert. They now have justification to kill that person. Then again with the Christian Crusades... The Christians really can't talk either since they went around killing hundreds of thousands of innocent people and said any free thinking woman was a witch
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Ya, the bible really isn't any better then the Kuran at ALL... Especially if you take the first testament(which is closer to what the Kuran is based off of atleast to my understanding). Both are basically drawn out processes on why you can kill someone in the name of God... I hate religion deeply... There are murders today in jail that still to this day say they are innocent for killing someone in the name of god and truely are pissed at the system because they honestly don't think they did anything wrong.
hehe I was more making a Bush joke, since this war on terror has done nothing but make Al Qaeda multiply faster then bacteria in a petry dish
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Ya, the bible really isn't any better then the Kuran at ALL... Especially if you take the first testament(which is closer to what the Kuran is based off of atleast to my understanding). Both are basically drawn out processes on why you can kill someone in the name of God... I hate religion deeply... There are murders today in jail that still to this day say they are innocent for killing someone in the name of god and truely are pissed at the system because they honestly don't think they did anything wrong.
hehe I was more making a Bush joke, since this war on terror has done nothing but make Al Qaeda multiply faster then bacteria in a petry dish
hehe I was more making a Bush joke, since this war on terror has done nothing but make Al Qaeda multiply faster then bacteria in a petry dish
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If people stop and think why Bin Laden attacked us in 2001 then Al Qaeda views should have already existed in huge numbers here prior to 2002. There's substantial proof that Bin Laden did not attack us because we were a Western Government. He could of attacked a closer country to him if that were the case.
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You don't just adhere to extremist Al Qaeda views because of the President's actions across the globe. We didn't get this reaction from the Japanese. We did get a similar reaction from American ***** during WWII as they tried to recruit American-Germans. But I don't think it was nearly the size of what we're dealing with now. Such views existed or were on the verge of existing because of these Muslims' already fundamental views.
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4 Charged in JFK Airport Terror Plot
Originally Posted by NY Post
NEW YORK (AP) -- Three people were arrested and another was being sought Saturday for allegedly plotting to blow up a fuel line that feeds John F. Kennedy International Airport and runs through residential neighborhoods, authorities said.
Hmmmmmmm...I wonder if these are militant Mormons I've heard so much about!?!
Originally Posted by NY Post
"The devastation that would be caused had this plot succeeded is just unthinkable," she said.
Authorities arrested Russell Defreitas, a U.S. citizen native to Guyana and former JFK employee. He was in custody in Brooklyn and was expected to be arraigned Saturday afternoon.
Authorities arrested Russell Defreitas, a U.S. citizen native to Guyana and former JFK employee. He was in custody in Brooklyn and was expected to be arraigned Saturday afternoon.
Originally Posted by NY Post
"Two other men, Abdul Kadir of Guyana and Kareem Ibrahim of Trinidad, are in custody in Trinidad. A fourth man, Abdel Nur of Guyana, was still being sought.
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Kadir, a (peace-loving)Muslim and former member of Parliament in Guyana, was arrested in Trinidad for attempting to secure money for "terrorist operations," according to a Guyanese police commander who spoke on condition of anonymity.
Kadir left his position in Parliament last year. Muslims make up about 9 percent of the former Dutch and British colony's 770,000 population, mostly from the Sunni sect.
Kadir left his position in Parliament last year. Muslims make up about 9 percent of the former Dutch and British colony's 770,000 population, mostly from the Sunni sect.
How could this be true!?!
Followers of the Religion of peace...arrested for terrorist activities??
Must be a Right Wing conspiricy
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