CountLothian CountLothian:
N_Fiddledog N_Fiddledog:
CountLothian CountLothian:
The problem is the fear of muslims that has been generated .
There are Muslims that are no different in mentality than that which we find in the Bible Belt of America.
But it does not follow from that, that a larger insinuated equivalency is consistent. Islam and Christianity are not the same thing in the way the ideologies operate.
Islam is dualistic between the political and the religious with the line clearly being drawn by something from the Koran called "abrogation". The political ideology outlined by Mohammed during his Medina period clearly demands supremacism necessitating war with and subjugation over those not following Islam. This is done in a specific manner outlined in "the verses of the sword", and shown by the example of their warlord.
The similarity with Christianity is only that they are claimed religions over multi-racial flocks.
hmmmm...maybe I do not know the same Islam as you.
I'll look into it further.
As for me i just get from Muslims i know that it is all about peace love and tolerance.
They even believe Jesus lived and Mary gave a virgin birth to him. But he is not god.
They say they have to help people.
You re correct Count that there are fundamentalists in both Christianity and in Islam, however I have never, ever met a Christian that wants to harm me for my lapsed belief or because I chuckled at a cartoon of Jesus. Well when I say lapsed belief, I was christened in the Church of England faith but I am an atheist (not even a practicing atheist as I've got it down to a fine art. I swear to god) (shit, I need more practice). As an atheist I believe the was a rabbi named Jesus that roamed the earth. I don't believe he was born of virgin birth I think it's more likely that a jewish girl told a little fib. Wow I've just admitted that I am an apostolic, blaspheming infidel. Each of which is dealt with by punishment of death in Islamic led countries. Ah yes religion of peace, just like christiandom. Problem is christanity abandoned those punishments centuries ago, did islam? As you're researching Islamism might I suggest that you investigate Afghanistan in the 50s/60s or Iran in the 70s. I certainly appears that as Christianity has progressed over the centuries that islam has regressed over the decades.
I used to work in a company that employed a lot of ethnic minorities. When I started there the biggest minority was Assyrians, Iraqi Christians who had fled Iraq under Saddam Hussein many had fought in the Iraq/Iran war. To a man they would tell me never to trust a muslim. they were of a different culture, were quite typical of middle eastern values I supposed but amiable, we got along well enough. More waves of ethnic people came as the company grew. Vietnamese that were already in country for a while. Fully assimilated, hard working, fantastic people who cherished Canadian values whilst still celebrating their culture. When Canada brought in Somali refugees we hired several, greatful to be here and yes muslim. By this time the company had a high percentage of muslims, Somali, Palestinian and Pakistani mostly. For the most part there were no issues, one or two squabbles amongst the muslim workers, different sects and all. Then came 9/11. I watched the twin towers come down on TV that morning. When I wen to work on that afternoon shift I was numb with grief and sorrow. Several muslims came up to me shook my hand and said sorry, not from guilt but real human sadness at such atrocities. But their were some working away in glee, unable to hide their happiness that hundreds of Americans were killed and by muslim extremists (as was now highly suspected). Those muslims that were overjoyed by this news were women for what its worth.
Yes there are moderate muslims in this world, there are even muslims appalled by the brutality of muslim extremism. for this I point you to the work of the Quilliam Foundation and its founder Maajid Nawaz, a former islamist. but there are far too many that take the quoran literally. One just has to remember how many innocent people died because one Danish paper published cartoons of mohammed. There are over 1.57 billion muslims in the world. If only 1% devout islamists or mohammedan that would mean 157,000,000 potential suspect hell bent on the destruction of the infidel western world. The fundamentalists are far greater than 1% and so many are congregating in Iraq and Syria.
The "Syrian" refugees that the western world countries are not just Syrian refugees. Identification from numerous other Islamic countries being strewn across Greek beaches upon landing in Europe. The thousands of migrants clogging up Calais in hopes of getting into Britain are from North Africa. the most disturbing thing is those coming through Turkey are mostly young men, where are all the women and children? ISIL has said that they will send there members to the western world. They are achieving this, the Turkish/Syrian border is too porous to stop them. There has already a number of lone wold terrorist attack in this country from homegrown or seemingly assimilated muslim zealots and now we are going to import more?