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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Listen, this debate over whether Islam as a whole is "bad" or "violent" versus whether it is just some Muslims who are twisting their religion occurs constantly on this forum.  I don't think anyone's mind is going to change.

But to the people who insist that Islam itself is the problem, let's just continue with your train of thought instead of trying to disagree.  Islam is violent and bad.  Now what?  A billion people follow this religion.  If we decide it's "bad" what exactly have we gained from this knowledge?  Should we just be incredibly distrusting of Muslims all the time?  Because newsflash, we already are.[/quote]

The debate goes on and on but I don't think it is useless.      For myself, I am trying to understand where the barbarism of ISIS comes from.        The simplistic explanations -- they are just lunatics, it is the nature of Islam, it is a reaction to years of Western imperialism -- might each have a very tiny bit of truth, but none of them come close to being sufficient.

For me the subject is academic, but I sometimes need to remind myself that for my Muslim friends, neighbors and co-workers, the subject an be a painful one.    I do try to be careful with my language but I am sure that I don't always succeed. [/quote]

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