Maybe they Muslims would want you as a Dhimmi instead to be a vocal supporter of the Dhimmi rights of infidels which are subservient to the rights of Muslims. I could definitely see you promoting Dhimmitude.
Don't be an ass. People are individuals. If you want to lump all Muslims together because someone else who is a Muslim does something wrong, then you have to treat everyone like that. If I assume you are a Christian, does that mean that I can hold you responsible for the crimes of a David Koresh?
Bat Yeor has a great book to start your learning. It's called "The Decline of Eastern Christianity und Islam: From Jihad to Dhimmitude".
I've read Bat Yo'er's work. I must have missed the part where she advocated treating the innocent as guilty, and abdicating any sense of justice when it came to Muslims... Hmmmm...
Excellent line of reasoning. Let's explore it further. What actions did koresh do? Child rape. That's against the bible, plural marriage . That's against the bible. Not rendering unto caesar's what was caesar's. That's against the bible.
You know it seems that all of koresh's crimes were also sins according to the Bible. So he should be punished for his crimes.
Now look at the moslem actions. Suicide bombing? Lines up with the koran, the hadith and the writings of the leading imams. Attacking innocent peoples' to take over there countries (kosovo). lines up with the koran, the hadith and the writings of the leading imams. Terrorism in general? Lines up with the koran, the hadith and the writings of the leading imams. Rape, and other subjection of women? honor killings? lying? The list goes on and ona nd all these behavior line up with the koran and the hadith and the writings of the leading imams.
So we see that the crimes of a supposedly Christian criminal are condemned by Christian scripture but the crimes of moslem terrorists are COMMANDED by moslem scripture.
Islam is the enemy
But individuals form groups. Islam is one of those. If your Islam friends were really for peace they would not, repeat, WOULD NOT, be Muslims. They are not real Muslims if they cannot abide by the core tenet of Islam - jihad.
I didn't see David Koresh doing Jihad against the American government nor American citizens. They existed peacefully in America since the 1920s without a problem. The US government when in there with guns blazing both at the beginning and the end of the seige of their church. The US government took the initiative to jihad them instead of resolving it peacefully which was an option.
Do you understand anything about war? During the War of Independence what percentage of Americans were actively participating in war operations against the Redcoats? About 20 percent. What percentage were supporting it behind the scenes with money and other forms? A much higher percentage. Were there 10 or 20 percent that were not for independence from Britian? Sure. But the percentage of those for independence (both public and private) were greater than those against it.
About 16 percent of Muslims globally are engaged in jihad operations. There is a much greater percentage that are supporting it. A small minority (10 percent at least) are not for it. Do you think that the Jihadis here in America and abroad don't have a support network? Or are all of them just lone individuals acting in concert coincidentally to destroy the infidels in Europe, Israel, Africa, Asia, and America?
FC