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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think it is due to Isis and its increasingly barbaric and archaic violence against innocents that keeps escalating. The series of beheadings followed by throwing those poor gay men off buildings and posting on youtube tipped the balance for me and many others.  That and the islamic world's horrific attitude towards the human rights of women and religious minorities.

Unfortunately that mentality is front and center and there is no strong public example coming from that part of the world that their values are compatible to religious liberty, human rights and freedom of thought and lifestyle.

Perhaps it is a PR issue from the muslim world?  Maybe if there was more horror at the idea of sharia law, oppression of women, persecution of gays, Christians, religious minorities, etc coming from public leaders in that part of the world there wouldn't be as much fear of Islam.

Also, whenever US muslims go on TV to speak up, their approach is always "this is not Islam".  However Isis and radical imans say over and over that they ARE Islam.  I think those muslims would be better off acknowledging this in some way, perhaps labeling them as an animalistic cult of Islam instead of just saying they have nothing to do with Islam.  When there are pew polls coming out of that part of the world saying that muslims support things like stoning women and suicide bombings by vast numbers, it is hard to separate the two for many people.  [/quote]

They are Islam like the Westboro Baptist Church is Chrisitianity. Westboro swear they are Christians. Do we take them at their word? They are the same type of wacky outlier as ISIS is to Islam. [/quote]

Westboro baptist is a small cult of Christianity.  However, they are small, mostly related, not sponsored by a state, and not endorsed by any national or religious leaders. They do not preach in multiple churches. They do not blow people up, behead innocents, stone women, or throw gay people off roof. When they come out to protest, scores of Christians counterprotest, publicly decry their beliefs and drown them out. If you took a survey of any random sample of Christians, you would not find 60, 70, 80% support for their beliefs and what they preach.

The hate of Isis is led by many Imans. Taught in madrasas to young children. Sponsored or encouraged by many governments in that area. Violent sharia law that is imcompatible with freedom and liberty is endorsed by vast majority of those in that part of the world. Violent death for gays or those suspected of being gay. Persecution of those who have different religions. Persecution and oppression of women and girls.

The support for radical islam in that part of the world is probably equal to the hatred of Westboro baptist in this part of the world.

My heart is saddened by OP and others like her. But to blame Donald Trump alone is not getting at the issue of what is causing this fear of muslims. He is just the voice to the fear that many feel.

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No, they are the same in that they take their little warped sliver of their religion and grab tight. I'm talking about the mentality not the actions. And there are many Christians who support their anti-gay agenda. [/quote]

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