Muslima, everything changed on 9/11. Check out the stats since then. |
9/11 happened in 2001. The FBI numbers are for terrorism from 1980 to 2005, that includes 9/11. But here another article for you. I know it's shocking for some to accept that Muslims have not committed the most terror acts on US soil or in Europe since the narrative that has emerged since 9/11 is that terror=islam. Here are more recent numbers for you from a CNN study:
http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/11/opinion/bergen-terror-september-11/?c=&page=0 My point was from the beginning that Muslims have not been responsible for most terror acts in the US, but whenever a Muslim is responsible for one, everybody starts talking about the" religion of terror" while other acts committed by members of other religions are not associated to their faith. I will say it one more time to the risk of sounding unpatriotic, the US government's foreign policy is one of the major reason for militancy in the Middle-East. As an American, I'm not afraid to say that , our foreign policy is wrong, among other things, we support insurgent groups in those regions and provide them with weapons when they are in line with our interests. And as a Muslim, I'm not afraid to say, fanaticism in those regions has increased to fight the West that they see as their enemy. Why? They don't just wake up one morning and say "hey let's go bomb the infidels" They think every American citizen approves of this foreign policy and supports the atrocities happening there, what they don't know is that the average American could probably not even locate them on a map. These are over zealous kids, young men and teens who for the most part have zero aqueedah, a very basic understanding of Islam, are not students of knowledge or scholars but think they can rule the world. They talk the good speech to people who are probably oppressed, don't have a job, don't have anything to lose, depressed and think wow they did this to me. They use beautiful words to rally people to their causes. Bin Laden wasn't a student of knowledge, he is self-taught, very basic understanding of Islam and think his purpose is to revolutionize the world. These groups kill Muslims, they kills Non Muslims, they don't care. You will never see someone who has an understanding of Islam, aqueedah, tassawouf, who studied the laws and jurisprudence of Islam, leading these groups, never. Because that is contrary to everything this religion is and aspires to be. Spilling innocent civilian blood is never ever okay in Islam, never and these people will have to answer to their Lord about that. This is fanaticism at its best ! |
It is difficult to separate Muslim terrorists from their religion when they shout, "Allahu akbar” when committing their atrocities. |
Most Muslims are peaceful and law abiding though, and say Allahu Akbar all the time. If you went by frequency of use, you'd associate God is Great with happy things like the birth of a child, a new job, marriage, etc. |
Perhaps, but these Muslims are not in the process of massacring other people when praising Allah. |
Except many Muslims are saying this when innocent people ae killed-all in the name of Allah though, so I guess it is ok! |
I don't blame you. I always noticed a lot of overlap between American values and Islamic values: the concepts of equality, justice, peace, and civic duty. This is why I was surprised when the image of Islam was being shattered in the media after 9/11 – made to look like a violent, hateful religion. Growing up with Islamic teachings, these messages from the media were as shocking to me as they were to someone who had never heard of Islam before. But you know what, I don't blame you, these fanatics with their terrorist acts hijacked my religion and made more damage to Muslims than any foreign policy could have ever done! !!! |
Saying "these people" when referring to Muslims generally is no different than calling Jews "those people." It does not seem like a very productive or enlightened approach to take. There are too many people poised to lash out at other people based only on their religion as it is. |
I guess I meant These people in the video...sorry http://youtu.be/ipGpAUKJtzI |
Using RT for a source? Do you agree with Russian attitudes about Jews as well? |
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