Do You Believe All Muslims Are Our Enemy?

[jake-the-peg]

I get the feeling quite a lot of people on here do just wondered how many

[vulcan42]

Lightbulb, how do know the majority of muslims condemn what happens?

[lightbulb247]

of course the majority of Muslims agree that what happened was awful, terrible and unIslamic. Of course though, for it to be true every Muslim on Earth would have to say it out loud though, wont they?

The majority of Muslims do not believe in what these terrorists call "Jihad". The majority of Muslims in Britain love Britain and see themselves as British and Muslim.

[lightbulb247]

Just another thought, i don't hear everyone condemning the killings that go on in Palestine, Burma and so on. But of course, if its a Muslim dying then i don't think it needs to be condemned...or even reported in the news now does it?

[pdust]

Vulcan not sure about lightbulb but I can say hand on heart that 100% of Muslims I spoke to yesterday were in total disbelief that this had happened ....

[vulcan42]

Since when did supposition become fact?

[dannyk13]

NO

[lightbulb247]

so was i. I seriously hate what has happened and totally am in support of the British people. Those people were Muslim by name, but they were not Muslim by action.

[jake-the-peg]

Baz continues to completely miss the whole point of the question so let me point it out carefully.

It is not a question about whether muslims *are* our enemy in which case we would need to define and agree on the word enemy.

It is a qustion about whether each person here (who presumably speaks english well enough to have a concept of enemy - even though it may differ from one person to another ) would apply that tag in their mind to any muslim.


I am surprised though at the people who have in the past posted very intolerant things about Islam do not, when challenged directly, think all muslims are paragons of evil.


The point is to get at what people's preconceptions are - to me the idea that all muslims are naturally the enemy of all of us is about as extreme a prejudice as you'd expect to get - to my mind it invokes the spirit of McCarthyist paranoia I'm pretty certain that all Americans then thought all communists were their enemies.

I wanted to get a feel of how far down that road we were

I'm a bit encouraged I must say it's not quite as bad as I'd feared

[Sqad]

Jake...your points are well taken.....but after defining the term "enemy", the trick is how to pick out the "enemy" before it is too late.

[mccfluff]

weeelllll there is one who is my enemy, but hes a centre accountant who keeps sending me evil spreadsheets so its not really got anything to do with his religon

seriously - no not at all but i do know and have had arguments with people who do

[viv38]

pdust you really DO have a chip on your shoulder, don't you?

[naomi24]

Lightbulb, //i don't hear everyone condemning the killings that go on in Palestine, Burma and so on. //

You don't hear 'everyone' condemning it, but you can read quite a lot of posts on here condemning it.

[lightbulb247]

thanks Naomi, but what i mean was that when a Muslim does something, everyone immediately expects Muslims to condemn it, even when it has nothing to do with them, yet when a Buddhist monk kills a Muslim in Burma, i don't hear anyone telling the Buddhists to say anything? In fact, i barely hear anything about it.

[naomi24]

Well, you must admit, Lightbulb, Muslims have, but their actions over the past several years, acquired a bit of a reputation. What about when Muslims kill Buddhists in Burma? Do you rant aganst that?

[lightbulb247]

yes i do. Any death is bad, no matter who it is.

[lightbulb247]

so your point is?

[naomi24]

Lightbulb, //so your point is? //

You've answered my question about Muslims killing Buddhists, so I presume you're asking what my point is in saying "Muslims have, by their actions over the past several years, acquired a bit of a reputation."

No point - just stating a fact.

[lightbulb247]

no, i meant this:

//What about when Muslims kill Buddhists in Burma? Do you rant aganst that?//