That explains why 99% of the carnage in the world is in the name of Allah.
She sounds like Obama.
define “actually”
The religion itself is benign. It is the followers of that religion that you need to be concerned with.
Arising from a Mid-Eastern culture, 'critical thinking' is a foreign concept. What their elders teach is, by definition, correct. Apparently, 'imams' are not necessarily that well versed in the 'hadiths', which purport to describe what muhamed said and the circumstances surrounding what he said. In addition, ANY translation of the koran is considered incorrect, as it is ONLY the ancient Arabic text that is considered to be valid, so many do not really know what it says, only what their imam tells them what it says; kind of like the Roman Catholic Church was like for so many centuries!
Don't forget that during the colonial era, Great Britain, France, etc., controlled most of Africa and the Middle East and they allowed the imams to continue to preach only a watered down version of islam. Basically, the 'hadiths', especially the violent ones, were tossed and 'jihad' became purely a spiritual battle. Most imams caved because they knew that if they didn't, they'd be SOL for a job or worse, facing the business end of a British Army firing squad's Lee-Enfields! Couple their change in teaching with the culture of respecting elders and Arabic koran only, soon, most moslems actually believed it was a religion of peace, as they had no desire or ability to read the original texts.
Unfortunately, the European powers gave up their empires and too many moslems, like the wahabbis and the MB, learned about the REAL mohamed, the pedophile, rapist, murderer, and robber. Convinced that mo was the last messenger of god, they followed his teachings and examples.
We need to thank God that so few moslems follow the example of mohamed (PBUH- perdition be upon him). Some moslems actually ARE chasing after God, which is why so many are receiving dreams and visions of Jesus and are turning to Him. We need to pray that God can use us to help open their eyes to the truth before He comes again and they join mohamed in Hell.
A great book to read is Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus by Nabeels Qureshi. He is a Christian apologist with Ravi Zacharias International Ministries, an MD with two MAs, currently working on a PhD in New Testament studies at Oxford, who spoke at my church three weeks ago.
Part of the problem is that so many moslems who are new to the country (be it Canada, US, UK, etc.) believe these countries are Christian. Seeing what passes for 'entertainment', be it TV, 'music' (if the noise may be called 'music'), or movies, they associate it with 'Christianity' and want NOTHING to do with it. Many self isolate, never meeting Christians, so their pre-conceptions remain, buttressed by what they see around them. For first generation 'peaceful' moslems, they are anchored in their culture and only want to make a living. Unfortunately, it is the SECOND generation, those raised in the West, that can have problems. They are not American (or Canadian, or European, etc.) but they are also not Pakistani (or whatever country they are from). They are easy prey for the radicals who make them feel welcome and give them a 'purpose'. NOTE: I said peaceful Muslims. Those who espouse wahhabi or violent jihad beliefs are a whole different matter. They should not be allowed in and if they are here, they should be imprisoned in isolation, gulag style, where they can no longer cause problems.
With the best intelligence services in the world, why aren't the CSE, CSIS, NSA, DHS, CIA, MI6, GCHQ, DGSE, BND, etc., taking down all the jihadi websites or jamming them? Why aren't mosques infiltrated and those preaching violent jihad quieted with extreme prejudice, as noted above? The governments in the West need to step up, like the imperial governments did over 100 years ago and explain to those preaching violent jihad that it will no longer be tolerated, that their ability to preach hate will be ended. (If they wish to preach jihad to the Arctic foxes and polar bears in Alaska or Nunavut, more power to them!) AFA people? No way!
AFA Christians, we are commanded to evangelize. If we befriend the new moslems down the street, they'll see how a Christian lives in an evil society. Jesus drew people to Him through relationship. That is how we can bring the Gospel to lost moslems. If they are over here, we can reach them with the Gospel. If they are over there, in the middle of jihadi teaching, we have little chance.
Iv'e been reading this Islamic jihad crap for years. Pretty sure your number of 99% is very close. However, I think it's around more like 97.6%. Big difference. /sarcasm