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There is no "love" for infidels and you need to take my word for that. Islam is not inclusive
Ah yes, the most infamous argument. Why aren't muslims killing muslims in the west if Islam is a bad religion. Simple to answer actually.
originally posted by: TheFlyOnTheWall
a reply to: InhaleExhale
Is France part of the West? or just N. America? You're asking why we're not seeing mass killing in the US of everyone (not just hypocrite Muslims) if Islam is "supposedly" at war with the West. I already explained why. Give it time.
originally posted by: Krazysh0t
a reply to: ketsuko
This is so ignorant it's not even funny. You make it sound like Muslims are some mysterious group of people. They are humans just like everyone else. There are good ones and bad ones. It isn't hard to figure out which is which either. The one blowing people up is clearly the bad one. The one preaching peace and tolerance is a good one.
Stop pretending like these people are some others that behave differently than other humans. They are humans just like you and I. Ignorance like yours prevents us from bridging our misconceptions and overcoming these difficulties we experience between our two cultures.
If Islam is at war with the west then my next door neighbour should have tried to kill quite a few us in the neighbourhood because we aren't Muslims but are westerners. If Islam was at war with the west there would be no Muslims living peacefully in the west, they would be at war and killing and dying in the name of Allah not just a few radicals.
I hope in time people like yourselves wake up to the manipulation, this being westerners that think like you and also religious people that become fanatical and radical.
You only know what you see on the surface.
To me, it pretty much shows that you must think radicalisation IS a Muslim "thing" on some level, even if you don't realise it.
originally posted by: Krazysh0t
a reply to: TheFlyOnTheWall
You only know what you see on the surface.
That is true for anyone. How many mass shootings have happened and the interviews after the fact about the shooter go something like this, "Well he was always such a quiet boy..."? The fact is that no one knows what anyone is thinking at any given time, but in this country we believe in innocent until proven guilty. The mere ability to commit a crime doesn't make them guilty or deserving of suspicion.
You keep wanting to talk about ideology, but I keep telling you that is irrelevant in the scope of this conversation. Ideology is open to individual interpretation. This is beyond obvious because Christians do it all the time. But then again if you want to bring up ideology, YOU aren't even distinguishing between Sunnis and Shiias. And even then, I've already said that it is specifically Wahhabism (which is within the Sunni sect) that are the violent ones.
originally posted by: Bearack
a reply to: Ellie Sagan
As Marcus Luttrell knows, there are ample very good Muslims in this world. It's that 10% that want to behead or strap a bomb on you that we need to worry about!
originally posted by: Krazysh0t
a reply to: notmyrealname
I happen to work with Muslims everyday. One of them is my direct supervisor and my company's CEO's are both Muslims. I have two more in my department and the company is filled with many more Muslims. So go on and keep telling me how I don't know Muslims. It's pretty funny to me to watch you stick your foot in your mouth.