http://www.pewforum.org/2013/04/30/the-worlds-muslims-religion-politics-society-overview/
Did anybody actually, oh I dunno,
read that article? Just for the people who like to over-simplify: "sharia" is not at all the same thing as "corporal punishment / death penalty for just about everything". Here, from the article:
Moreover, Muslims are not equally comfortable with all aspects of sharia: While most favor using religious law in family and property disputes, fewer support the application of severe punishments – such as whippings or cutting off hands – in criminal cases.
So, the things "we" abhor about Sharia is only a small part of it; and that same part is not overly popular among many Muslims either!
Muslims who favor making sharia the law of the land generally agree that the requirements of Islam should apply only to Muslims.
In
all countries and regions the survey was held, more than 50% of respondents said that,
if Sharia becomes law in their country, it should only apply to Muslims. So, if you're not Muslim,
this doesn't even apply to you!
yeah people will ignore under the guise of tolerance and anyone who points out the threats that blacks and muslims present will be branded a racist. over 70% of murders in the USA are committed by blacks despite them being only 15% or so of the population.
Citation needed; 95% of Internet statistics are invented on-the-spot.
"Islamophobia" - the IRRATIONAL fear of Islam - CANNOT EXIST. Wherever you have a significant population of Muslims, you have terrorism. No other religious group even comes close to committing so many violent crimes in its name as Islam.
Have you ever heard of a thing called Christianity? You might want to Google for "Crusades", or if you're not big on ancient history, give "Irish Republican Army" a try instead. In between there was the time Europe colonised pretty much the entire world... and while we were at it, figured we might as well convert everyone to Christianity. Not everybody was very receptive to that idea... but our weapons were far better than theirs, so we simply murdered everyone who didn't want to be converted.
The un-Islamic crimes committed in Islam's name can't hold a candle to the un-Christian crimes committed in Christianity's name. (Which is an entirely pointless comparison to make of course, but still.)
"Most Muslims are okay" while that may be true, the religion itself calls for violence against infidels and the fact that so many people are violent in the name of that single religion is enough to damn the entire religion. Just look at the disparity between violence committed in the name of Islam vs literally any other religion.
Oh cut the crap already, go read the Bible and see if you can find any violence in there (spoiler alert: hell yes, plenty!).
Also, how does it make any sense to blame Islam for what a
very small group of lunatic idiots are doing in its name? Have you seen the countless
millions of people protesting against ISIS' atrocities, explaining how they go directly
against Islam? No, I've never actually read the Quran, but if there's a handful of (quite obviously insane) people saying it demands violence and countless people who seem to be perfectly reasonable saying it does not, what is the more likely truth...?
If somebody where to go to a big WoW gaming event, shout "For WarLight!" and blow himself up, should WarLight be blamed for that? Because that's exactly the way you're treating Islam.
Besides,
even if it where more violent than, for instance, Christianity, you yourself admit that most Muslims nevertheless end up being okay... So where is the problem then? Well yeah, with the extremists, but how about pointing our finger to the extremists then, instead of to the huge, overwhelming majority of non-extremists
who've done nothing wrong?
the USA were either defending themselves or their allies in all those conflicts you couldn't have picked a worse selection of countries. Also we attempt to minimize civilian casualties whilst the terrorists targeted them specifically. The lack of logic is astounding.
The bombings of Hirohima and Nagasaki where attempting "to minimize civilian casualties"? Next time, please try a little harder...!
(I'm not saying I have a better idea to force an end to WWII in the Pacific, but that does
not change the fact hundreds of thousands of civilians where deliberately targeted.)
lo0ol well if thats a case it will be a never ending cycle. And since people such as myself are victims muslims need to calm down. If peoples opinion offend them so much that they have to kill people over it they should be stereotyped and suspected of being terrorists just look at the draw muhammed contests in texas and the chalie hebdo massacre.
A never ending cycle of violence is
not acceptable; one way or another, it
has to be broken. If the easiest solution is to get the side which is "least wrong" to go first, then for crying out loud: so be it, let's go!
Just for the record, 99.very-VERY-many percent of Muslims are
not using any violence whatsoever, regardless of how not only their faith, but
they themselves are pulled through the dirt for no good reason whatsoever.
TL;DR:- The problem is extremists; blame them for their actions, not all Muslims.
- The goal of terrorists is to cause fear, that's where the "terror" in "terrorist" comes from! You'll get way more scared if you think all Islamic people are determined to kill you than if you realise there's "only a handful" (still too many of course...) in the entire world.
- This whole "all Muslims are bad" nonsense is causing a huge division: "we" don't like them, they (obviously) don't like us in turn. If the terrorists can convince (voters, who then elect politicians in) "the West" that all Muslims are bad, Iraq, Syria and Turkey will have to struggle alone...
The goal of ISIS seems to be to conquer the Middle East. That will be far easier if the good people over there stand alone. However, if the people fighting against ISIS get help and support from the entire rest of the world, they'll have a far better chance of winning.
The next time you try to convince people there's a problem with Islam and all Muslims, realise that you are indirectly helping ISIS to win their war...