Reality Check!!!!!?

Question

Muslims are not all to blame for terrorism in their name, Catholics are not all to blame for IRA acts, Protestants are not all to blame for UVF, the list is endless. If all these people are suddenly hating muslims then the terrorists will have an added bonus to the fear they create.
As is well documented I have no faith but I will defend the 99% of decent Muslim folk who abhor these acts. Posting stupid questions and statements basically blaming all muslims plays right into the terrorists hands.

Answer 1

I completely agree.

The biggest weapon any terrorist has is fear.

Assuming that "all" of any group thinks or acts alike is ludicrous.

Answer 2

I only blame Muslims that do terrorists acts. I never accuse all Muslims of being terrorists. We should see it that way, but many blame moderate Muslims for not speaking out against terrorism, and that is a valid point.
You hear people say that Islam has been hijacked, and I think that is fair to say. Even though it may be committed by a minority, the terrorism done by Muslims is great.
Only one group of people seem to be willing to kill to spread their brand of religion and that is the radical Muslims. These people spew their hate while quoting from the Qur'an.

I understand that to most Muslims the word Jihad means an inner struggle, but to some it is license to kill any non-believer.

I am not a Muslim but I have a copy of the Koran and I know that a selective casual reading can sound like a mandate to kill infidels.

grace2u

Answer 3

The problem I have is that every time someone claims Muslims are terrorists - some extremist group of Muslims gets together for a jihad, and things get blown up in PROTEST of being called terrorists. It just seems to me that if Muslims want to get away from the stereotype of being labeled terrorists - they need to stop feeding into the stereotype and reinforcing people's beliefs by behaving exactly like we expect them to behave. Instead - behave CONTRARY to the stereotype and you eventually destroy it. See?

Now I realize that the people who protest are likely extremists and that there are peaceful Muslims. But if there are 99% peaceful Muslims - can't they keep their zealot brethren in check? There are more of the peaceful ones, right? Why aren't they banding together to take out their trouble makers? That's what I'd do if people in my religion were running around raising hell and murdering people. I'd catch the little turds and lock them up so they couldn't hurt others or do abhorable acts in the name of our faith and all we hold sacred.

Answer 4

The big difference is that the majority of religious leaders in all religions publicly denounce religious terrorism, except Muslims.

Every once in a while you hear a Muslim talk about how Islam is a religion of Peace. You very rarely hear or see groups of Muslims marching in protest against terrorism in the name of Allah.

If a cartoon showing Mohammad deserves protests involving the killing of infidels, but, blasphemy against Allah by blowing up Muslims and non-combatants deserves silence what else are people all over the world going to believe.

If Muslims want people to believe they do not support terrorists then they have to track down and kill these blasphemers themselves.

Answer 5

I disagree with you on this. I am happy to see you pointed out other terror groups besides Islamic terrorist.

You see here's my problem with the vast majority of Muslims. With 1.3 billion Muslims world wide only a small percent of those are radical. I have heard terror experts say it is around 1% of total Muslims. Which means you would have 13 million radical Muslims. Either way just because many Muslims may not practice terrorism doesn't mean they care if it happens. Do I know this to be truth, no. What I do know for fact is Muslims are not fighting the war on terror with us. In fact they are doing very little to help end this conflict. I don't like to hear words I prefer to see actions. When I can count on my two hands the number of Muslims in America that have spoken out against terrorism then I think we have a problem. You decide for yourself.

Answer 6

The false beliefs that are in the Quran are still there. It's kind of like somebody that claims to be a "Christian" and don't follow the G-d of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob (Israel). Not that all Muslims are to blame for terrorism, but if you followed Allah the way Mohammad laid it out, you would HATE Christians and Jews the same way as those guys that strap bombs to themselves and blow up their Brothers as well as Christians and Jews. The all caps are because we don't have Bold in this forum. Those people that are doing that really believe that all infidels (unbelievers) must die. They follow the Quran more "religiously" than you do. It's kind of like somebody who just knows what the Bible says, but thinks that it is a "metaphor" and follows it accordingly. These guys take the Quran literally, that's why they do what they do. They are told that they are guaranteed a place in Paradise with the death of us (the evil infidel nation) by their hands.

Answer 7

I agree.

Did anyone even care about Muslims at all before 9/11? Did anyone give them a thought before that? I've never heard so much hatred against people in my life as in this country post-9/11.

Answer 8

I agree. It's the extremists in all religions that give that particular religion a black eye. I don't personally know anyone who's a muslim, but whenever I see a woman in public who obviously is (she's either wearing a head scarf or she's in full chador garments), I don't think "there goes a terrorist". I think "there goes a muslim woman".

Answer 9

yes,unfortunately it's human nature to generalise & is always looking for someone to blame..if they can't find the terrorists, then let's blame all the Muslims, that way, we have a control on the issue...(ie. if the terrorists are Moslem & we blame ALL the moslems, then we're bound to find them! lol...)

it's a case of educating ourselves....

Answer 10

I agree, yet one must be aware that they have not yet gone through the same changes most other religions have:

1) they do not yet embrace free speech
2) they do not yet embrace religious freedom
3) they do not yet recognize the flaws in their own holy books, still believing that they are literally true.

Christianity and many others no longer have these problems, and when a religion has things like this (see below) in their holy texts and believe they are absolutely true (be sure to read them in context in pre-911 texts) then something needs to give.

Answer 11

99 percent? Some estimate that up to one fifth of the Muslim population either supports terrorism, or are terrorists. In the US, more than one fifth of the Muslim youth support terrorism, and in Britain, 15 percent of their Muslims are terroristic.