... and amongst the Palestinians?
2007-07-18 15:10:26 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
YA Libs should read...
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AohryJQzGAWX7GLNp2T8DSrQ7BR.?qid=20070718190916AA3aMTD
2007-07-18 15:14:27 · answer #1 · answered by Duminos 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
1.3 billion Muslims don't vote for Hamas. and 1.3 billion Muslims don't consider bin Laden a hero.
Let's start with the simple split. If roughly half the Muslims are Sunni and half are Shiite -- then half of them oppose Hamas, and half of them oppose bin Laden.
Why did Bush win the elections in 2004 if his approval rating is now 25% or thereabouts? Possibly because people changed their minds, and possibly because when you're starting with a 50-50 split (and in the US only 45% vote), the actual percentages who truly support someone can be very small.
Not all Muslims condemn terror. But anyone who can do simple math can figure out that obvious not all of 20% of the world's population support terrorists either.
So, stop trying to attribute any one belief to over a billion people, and start holding individuals (not just groups) for the mistakes made by those individuals.
2007-07-18 17:05:12 · answer #2 · answered by coragryph 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Law abiding, peace loving Muslims condemn terrorism. Its the extremist Muslims that live by a code of terror. I just got done looking at a web site called The Big Picture. Go to it and find the sections about the Koran, Allah and terrorism. It is a real eye opener.
2007-07-18 15:40:29 · answer #3 · answered by ? 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Bin Laden is no "hero" as far as i know and Hamas is not even in Lebanon to win elections there.
2007-07-18 15:20:30 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bin Ladin is a hero to whom?? Not anyone I know. Hamas won elections because the people were convinced that they were the best choice at the time for peace and a viable Palestine.
2007-07-18 15:15:22 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
People need to understand the difference between meccan and medinan verses. One set of verses was written when Muhammed was a minority, and it is filled with great stuff like respecting everyone and no compulsion in Islam. then, when he was strong enough to take Mecca forcefully, his verses started changing. instead of living peacefully and stuff, it turned to killing infidels and spreading the faith by the sword. since he has the power to force islam on people, he wasnt content to just tolerate others (IE the Jews of Khaybar who were visciously slaughtered and the women and children brought under slavery).
We can see this same pattern today. when muslims are a minority in a country, they talk about peace and tolerance (like america for the most part). but then, once a military power or numerical majority has been established (sudan, saudi), they start talking about killing the infidel. its a very well established pattern.
They denounce terror until they have the resources to control people themselves.
2007-07-18 15:18:12 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Muslims do renounce Terror. Islamic Fundamentalist do not.
2007-07-18 15:15:08 · answer #7 · answered by hedddon 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
they don't condemn terror. they glorify it.
http://youtube.com/results?search_query=muslim+sesame+street&search=
look at what the muslim countries such as Iran and Hezzbollah (not a country, I know) show their children on TV while our kids are watching Dora the Explorer and Blue's Clues/
2007-07-18 15:19:10 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋