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US Muslims struggle with how they should condemn extremism
AP ^ | Dec. 6, 2015 | RACHEL ZOLL

Posted on 12/06/2015 11:48:24 AM PST by PROCON

NEW YORK (AP) -- By now, the tableau has become tragically familiar: American Muslims standing before a bank of cameras, condemning an attack linked to Islamic extremism.

After the San Bernardino, California, rampage, the local chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations didn't even wait for law enforcement to announce a motive. Just hours after the husband-and-wife shooters were identified as Muslim on Wednesday, the civil rights group held a news conference with the perpetrators' brother-in-law, Farhan Khan.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: California; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: california; islam; muslims; sanbernadino; sanbernardino; terrorism
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Wow, AP and the mainstream media sure are working overtime to show us stupid Americans how peaceful these cutthroats are.

But many Americans continued to blame Islam itself for extremism. A Pew Research Center survey last year found an increasing share of Americans believe Islam is more likely than other religion to encourage violence among its followers.

"What?"

1 posted on 12/06/2015 11:48:24 AM PST by PROCON
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Islam is completely incompatable with Western Civilization.
All muslims are required to see shria replace the Constitution. They are lying when they take the oath of citizenship.
Renouncing Islam should be required for entry.
The more devout the muslim, the more likely they are to have Sudden Jihad Syndrome.
Any of them can go off at any time.


2 posted on 12/06/2015 11:51:55 AM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Islamophobia? It is not irrational to fear evil)
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To: PROCON

Disgusting. It’s okay to not like islam. The left works hard to shield them from any criticism and I’m not sure why.


3 posted on 12/06/2015 11:52:01 AM PST by youngidiot (God help us.)
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To: PROCON

They should just read and heed my tagline. A lot of us have just about had it with this garbage.


4 posted on 12/06/2015 11:52:33 AM PST by dainbramaged (Get out of my country now)
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To: PROCON

While inside they are bursting with pride and joy. Every muslim is our enemy.


5 posted on 12/06/2015 11:54:25 AM PST by AlaskaErik (I served and protected my country for 31 years. Progressives spent that time trying to destroy it.)
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To: PROCON

They struggle because of the extremist element does everything they can to muck up the works. They must jettison that bunch once and for all. Myself I don’t think it is possible, it’s too interwoven in the fabric


6 posted on 12/06/2015 11:54:32 AM PST by ImJustAnotherOkie
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They should and will condemn it the way it is mandated in the Kuran and that ti s the takiya method. It works to assuage western angst and turn anger away from Mahometans that they might have an easier time preparing the next incident.


7 posted on 12/06/2015 11:55:27 AM PST by arthurus (Het is waar. Tutti i liberali sono feccia.)
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According to Pew, every “American” really needs a massive, industrial strength dose of Ex-Lax.


8 posted on 12/06/2015 11:55:30 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Who is fact checking the state controlled, leftwing media's fact checkers?)
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To: dainbramaged

ALL moozlums want to murder you and your family. Some will actively try to do so. Good luck figuring out who is who.


9 posted on 12/06/2015 11:56:45 AM PST by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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After 9/11 it would have been appropriate for American Muslims to condemn terrorism loudly and often; especially so for their imams. Instead we got ambivalence and equivocation. Many of us now know far more about the tenets and teachings of Islam, so I can understand their present predicament.


10 posted on 12/06/2015 11:56:55 AM PST by dogcaller
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and I'm not sure why.

Liberals have decided to embrace islam not only for the votes, which is minimal, but also because they, like muslims, hate Christians and Christianity.

11 posted on 12/06/2015 11:58:21 AM PST by PROCON (I'm just flat out islamonauseous!)
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Obama struggles with the same thing.

Coincidence?


12 posted on 12/06/2015 11:58:55 AM PST by SaxxonWoods (Life is good.)
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How devout they are really doesnt count for much. When the Imam says it is time to show that you are not an apostate then you start collecting guns and ammo. I worry just a bit about the doctor I am forced to use with my Medicare. Professionals are as subject to the call as are students and Army majors.


13 posted on 12/06/2015 11:59:00 AM PST by arthurus (Het is waar. Tutti i liberali sono feccia.)
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“US Muslims struggle with how they should condemn extremism”

They are in a quandary as they’ve pretty much burned through all their lies at his point, so yes they have to come up with some new, and plausible lies to be able to continue on.

Mrs. RQSR says “if they really believe in condemning “extremism”, why is it a struggle?


14 posted on 12/06/2015 11:59:05 AM PST by rockinqsranch ((Dems, Libs, Socialists, call 'em what you will. They ALL have fairies livin' in their trees.))
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With two crossed fingers behind their backs?


15 posted on 12/06/2015 12:01:02 PM PST by GingisK
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Aren’t they still trying to figure out how to condemn 09/11/2001?

Why yes, that are...


16 posted on 12/06/2015 12:02:38 PM PST by DoughtyOne (Come on Obama, just fess up and put the Burka on. Be honest with everyone.)
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No need to struggle.

Hold a march, compose and promote a loyalty oath, compile a list of radical imams and report them to the FBI.

I understand the principle of taqiyya and all, but the reaction of American Muslims in general is deafening silence, and false claims of victimhood in particular.

So clearly there isn't even taqiyya.

17 posted on 12/06/2015 12:03:06 PM PST by wideawake
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“US Muslims struggle with how they should condemn extremism”

Yep. Pretty difficult for them to condemn that which their founder said they should do.


18 posted on 12/06/2015 12:05:16 PM PST by Carthego delenda est
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"US Muslims struggle with how they should condemn extremism"

Well, bless their hearts.  It would be helpful if we are to understand their angst, to personalize the issue or adjust the frame for a more familiar perspective.


Well, I've learned a little something from the exercise, primarily that something as evil as beheading innocents, random mass murder, and the destruction of conquered cultures, should qualify for condemnation with no struggle at all.  And to the extent  you find it a struggle to condemn, then that is the extent to which you are complicit and indeed, a facilitator.

19 posted on 12/06/2015 12:05:52 PM PST by sparklite2 (Islam = all bathwater, no baby.)
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It is impossible for any muslim to actually condemn violence, since to do so is to condemn mohammad, and curse allah. All else is taqyyia.


20 posted on 12/06/2015 12:06:43 PM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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