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Originally posted by FIFIGI
"An eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind"
Mahatma Ghandi
Peace
Originally posted by grapesofraft
reply to post by schrodingers dog
How am I wrong? Do you really want people to have to live under the rule of a bunch of lunatics that dont even think a woman is worth an education and they threaten to kill little girls for trying to better themselves? Name one thing that would be good about being ruled by the Taliban.
Originally posted by grapesofraft
We must destroy these Muslim extremists before they are allowed to spread their crazy ideology!
Originally posted by Sparky63
As their exposure and interaction with Western society continues, the more fundamental elements of their society will diminish.
Calling for their destruction puts you n the same boat with the, so called, "Lunatics" you so vehemently condemn.
[edit on 7/31/2009 by Sparky63]
Originally posted by Finn1916
I totally agree. I also think we need to stomp out ALL extremism.
All religious ones, racist extremists, sexual extremists, all of them. They are a stain on our world, and all are as bad as the muslim ones. Destroy all of them and we can hav some peace.
I guess you don't knwo then that Islam is the fastest growing religion i nthe world. And it's growing MUCH MUCH faster than chirsitanity,in fact,statistics sho that mroe nad more christians and peopel of other rleigions are becoming muslims. And chiristianity is desperate now,cause they are actually losing people now haha.
Originally posted by newworld
to the people criticizing the member who started this thread- all he is saying is that islamic EXTREMIST should be destroyed. Notice he is not saying that all muslims must be destroyed, or that Islam is an evil religion that needs to be eradicated. He is criticizing the extremist of the group; not the GROUP as a whole.
It's like criticizing christian extremist for beating up homosexuals, and then get accused of spilling hatred over all christians. Although destroying the extremists is a little too much, we can all agree that the extremists really are a problem for the progress of that nation.
and the OP is right, Islam as a whole is a religion that needs to become a little more flexible for our changing times. Christianity and Judaism are successful these days because they have somewhat changed the rules their followers can live by. They are not as oppressive as they used to be and that is why so many people change to those religions.
I'm an atheist who dislikes all religions, but even I can see that Islam has not changed compared to the other two abrahamic religions. What needs to be done is to try to reason with the extremist and make them change their ways (if possible). Islam would not be demonized by so many religions if only they changed some of their rules like the christians did.
in fact, Islam could gain even more followers if it allowed women to gain equal footing with men and if the people under this religion could have more freedom to do whatever they pleased.