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[quote=Muslima]OMG,  not t he “why don’t they march against something else” crowd . Seriously, Muslims are free to march/denounce any causes they see fit, like any other human being. They do  NOT have to march against ISIS. They can march for whatever causes they choose to support just like you can, we dont have to prove to you or anybody else our humanity by marching against something YOU think we should march against. I for one marched against the apartheid state of Israel and I will not march against ISIS. Whether people, Muslims or others, march to protest ISIS's brutality and abuse/distortion of religion or not will not have a spit of impact on ISIS. ISIS is not a freaking country, government or international organization that relies on public marches to decide what its next move is. There are certainly many terrible humanitarian disasters in the world about which we must all feel anguish.The point of a mass demonstration for Gaza is to put pressure on our government and to alter public opinion in this country, now comparing that to ISIS, really? Despite the fact that numerous Muslim religious authorities, advocacy groups, and Imams have come together to denounce the Islamic State's un-Islamic crimes against humanity, people like you will never be satisfied.

As a Muslim, I’m  getting a bit sick of people asking me over and over how I feel about ISIS. What do you want me to say, seriously? “It is a great humanitarian organization, mwahahaha!” before I fly off on a magic carpet? I am quite sick of feeling guilty for someone else's actions. Yes, someone ELSE. Not me, nor anyone else I influenced. Every time someone who shares my faith goes wacko, almost instantaneously all Muslims are forced into the limelight, and compelled to condemn the actions, yet the same standard isn't applied to non-Muslim terrorists and criminals. Weren’t we clear before how we feel about terrorism? If people didn’t understand us for the past 10 + years since 9/11, what makes you think they’re going to understand us now? I’m not trying to be insensitive about the crimes committed by ISIS. Of course my prayers and sentiments are with anyone affected by the tragedy. The same goes for any act of terrorism. But I’m not going to apologize or condemn them and march on the streets just because you want me to because I don’t need to prove my patriotism with some kind of McCarthyite litmus test.

BTW, just so you know , a quick google search could have shown you that there have been numerous marches by Muslims against ISIS not just in the US but other parts of the world as well. These just being some of them:

http://twitchy.com/2014/08/25/muslims-against-isis-gather-in-dearborn-mich-to-condemn-inhumane-crimes/

http://www.torontosun.com/2014/08/27/norways-muslims-rally-against-isis[/quote]

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