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Some Here In Ab Tar All Followers Of The Islamic Faith With The Same Brush...
...and suggest that because some don't speak out and condemn outrages they actually support them.
What are they to make of this?
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I would agree with boxtops sentiments entirely.Even though I have little patience for religious faith, and abhor some of the more repressive intrusions of religion into our culture, I do not hate nor believe that your average muslim is a terrorist or a threat. No axe to grind against them ,but I do dislike those who express a militant/fundamentalist belief.
I hope not, sandy. There will always be extremists in everything, but i don't think a few should give the others a bad name. It is very individual. You, yourself are a Christian - I'm not, but i find you a perfect gentleman and don't think you can ever "lump people together" because they have something in common.
I certainly don't tar them all with same brush. I have had work colleagues who are Muslim and they have been very nice people. Equating Muslims with terrorism is a bit like suggesting that all Catholics were murdering bast*rds, because the IRA bombed Birmingham.
But of course, in the case of IRA outrages, that is exactly what happened. I know because I was brought up as a Catholic and because my father was Irish, I had a hard time at school. What were we supposed to do every time a bomb went off in Belfast or London ?...run out into the streets protesting about the IRA. The phrase " am I my brothers keeper" springs to mind.
But people who are prejudiced about foreigners will always find a way to vent their vitriol, whatever the facts are. With most Muslims in Britain also being non-white, these racists have had a field day.
We have our share of bigots here in Britain....education is the only way forward sandy.
But of course, in the case of IRA outrages, that is exactly what happened. I know because I was brought up as a Catholic and because my father was Irish, I had a hard time at school. What were we supposed to do every time a bomb went off in Belfast or London ?...run out into the streets protesting about the IRA. The phrase " am I my brothers keeper" springs to mind.
But people who are prejudiced about foreigners will always find a way to vent their vitriol, whatever the facts are. With most Muslims in Britain also being non-white, these racists have had a field day.
We have our share of bigots here in Britain....education is the only way forward sandy.
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//if people protesting against terrorism are now being threatened with "silencing". Terrifying.//
It's nothing new. Many people who have been deemed to criticise Islam have been slaughtered, and many live in fear of their lives, as do thousands of apostates. I don't know what the answer is, but militant Islam is growing, it is holding the rest of the world to ransom, and the people who share the faith - the only people who can really combat this - are on the whole failing to make any objections they may have known. Having said that, in the light of the threat they are under, their reluctance to speak out is understandable - it takes a brave Muslim to condemn a brother - but the madmen can't kill them all.
Mikey, you are wrong. People who mistrust Muslims aren't necessarily bigots or indeed, racists - in fact yours is a rather bigoted view - but they are afraid - and understandably so. Education is a wonderful thing. ;o)
It's nothing new. Many people who have been deemed to criticise Islam have been slaughtered, and many live in fear of their lives, as do thousands of apostates. I don't know what the answer is, but militant Islam is growing, it is holding the rest of the world to ransom, and the people who share the faith - the only people who can really combat this - are on the whole failing to make any objections they may have known. Having said that, in the light of the threat they are under, their reluctance to speak out is understandable - it takes a brave Muslim to condemn a brother - but the madmen can't kill them all.
Mikey, you are wrong. People who mistrust Muslims aren't necessarily bigots or indeed, racists - in fact yours is a rather bigoted view - but they are afraid - and understandably so. Education is a wonderful thing. ;o)
We see converts to Islam, as that pathetic creature in trt's later thread, but we see very little evidence of those Muslims who condemn radical Muslims giving up their faith.
When one sees the evil slaughter that is taking place all over the world, all in the name of Islam, one would think that moderate Muslims would be distancing themselves from this evil religion in their thousands.
When one sees the evil slaughter that is taking place all over the world, all in the name of Islam, one would think that moderate Muslims would be distancing themselves from this evil religion in their thousands.
AOG, actually I agree with you. When Lee Rigby was slaughtered, the media made great efforts to report that people were going to mosques to condemn the actions of the murderers and to pray – 5000 in just one London mosque alone. Imagine the impact if, instead of confining themselves to mosques, all those people had taken to the streets in protest and pictures of that were beamed around the world. Sadly, it didn’t happen – but if it had, it would have given the extremists something to think about. That is what is needed.
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