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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As soon as Orlando mass shooting hit news circuit Donald Trump renewed his call to ban Muslim immigration. I know in my gut that it is wrong to target a religion for a hate crime, however just to clarify my understanding I went looking for data...

Found this article: [url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/national/mass-shootings-in-america/] The Math of Mass Shootings [/url]

[b]Before blaming a religion understand that 7 out of the 129 (I counted based on names) seems to be Muslim. That is 0.05%.[/b] What about the religion of the rest? Should we blame the religions? Should we ban immigration from all countries where the shooters' heritage lie?

This article presents a lot of facts. Read and draw your own conclusions.

Why do we tend to respond to Hitler like rhetoric from Trump/(other hate mongers) when the blame is not directed to our own religion or ethnicity? When would we wake up?[/quote]

7/129 is .05, or 5%.  Big difference between that and .05% (which is closer to 0 than 5%).[/quote]

That still means 95 percent aren't committed by Muslims.  Imagine if Sandy Hook had been committed by a Muslim.  But, because the perpetrator was Christian, religion didn't come into play.  I really don't think we should demonize all Muslims because of this.  We can still talk about the factions within the religion that are promoting violence without condemning the entire religion.  Because we are a Christian country, for the most part, we are able to not judge all Christians when anti abortion activist go on a rampage and kill people because of their misplaced belief that their Christian faith requires them to do this to protect the inborn child.  I can guarantee you that the majority of Muslims hate ISIS as much as we do.  The largest number of people killed and abused by ISIS are Muslim civilians.  They suffer everyday, just as the victims and families in Orlando are suffering.  Let's not condemn them because of the very vocal extremists who happen to share their religion and have hijacked it to justify committing atrocities.[/quote]

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