I'm no fan of Islam but we shouldn't condemn an entire religion for the faults of the fanatics.
Of course, the great majority of Muslims are peaceful -- so what?
I'm no fan of Islam but we shouldn't condemn an entire religion for the faults of the fanatics.
The lack of outrage within Islam over their fundamentalists lack of human rights speaks for Muslim's intolerance all by itself. The cartoon accurately reflects this realility. The cartoon is objective. Hiding behind a charade that Islam is the Religion of Peace is a lie that belongs in Muslim countries, not in America.
First, many people do not consider Islam a religion so much as a mental illness. And what is the difference between a fanatic and a nonfanatic in Islam?
They are saying that Islam TOLERATES the radicals in its midst, and I think you have to say there's something to that.
Not all Muslims are radical Islamists. And there are Muslim countries that aren't dismissive of women's rights.
But countries such as Saudi Arabia--the seat of Wahhabism--DO coddle terrorists and DO make life difficult for women.
I think it interesting whenever charges such as these are leveled that the Muslims here in the states, instead of admitting there's some justification, immediately begin to cry about "anti-Muslim activity" encouraged and fomented by this sort of rhetoric, when the facts don't support the contention that this is happening.
Violence against Muslims is about the same now as it was before 9/11. We are a religiously tolerant people who typically don't go in for this sort of thing. Methinks they doth protest too much.
I do hope that when finally the lights come on, somebody's home.
In the meantime, just put some ice on it.
Yes but a religion that cannot police its fanatics should not complain when they get most of the attention.
In the case of Islam, the bad elements FAR outweigh whatever miniscule amount of good there may be!
Jim,
These folks want to put us out of business. You can't fight part of them and not take them all on. The West needs to figure out if it wants to survive or give up. Unless we win completly our grandchildren will be praying to Mecca five times a day before this century is over.
On the whole the religion is contemptible even if most Muslims themselves are peaceable, good people. They are peaceable and good despite their religion--not because of it. I will continue to treat individual Muslims with kindness and respect even as I call their relgion what it is: the dark work of a violent madman and liar.
Now if you think for even one microsecond that any so called "peace-loving" Muslim in this country wouldn't pull the trigger you are sadly mistaken. Islam is the enemy. This war is just beginning. It may last for hundreds or thousands of years if we are lucky enough to survive that long. It may last forever which mean eternal vigilance against the religion of "peace".
I guess it is okay that they can condemn every other religion.(infidels=non-Muslim)