There are so many people who interpret Islam and the Qur'an differently that it's pointless to argue what's what. Truth is, there are people out there who believe themselves to be devout Muslims, whether that is true in Islam or not no one really cares, who justify this kind of shit every time it happens. I'd know, I've lived with them my whole life, and I'm disgusted every time they spout their "justifications" and see every other sheeple nod their heads. The Mosques that condemn what the terrorists do make it on the news, the ones that don't preach quietly.
Everybody loves peace. What you have to consider is the terms and measures people are prepared to undertake to achieve that peace. Islamic peace looks different to Western peace.
You cannot properly claim to know what proponents of a religion want until you understand what it is the religion actually commands of it's followers, as opposed to what the majority of self professed XYZists do.
The problem with Islam is that according to his own words, Muhammad actually carried out attacks on innocent people. He also commanded his followers to carry out attacks. Excuse me for this comparison but Jesus, on the other hand, did not. This is why Christians will condemn the occasional lone nutjob instantly and universally - any act of violence serves as evidence that he's in blatant error of the teachings of the Christ he claims to follow. Conversely, attacks by Muslims are (let's get real here) far more frequent, organized, institutionalized and lethal. People are quick to compare Christian violence with Islamic violence, but there's no comparison. In modern times, there has been a relatively small spattering of killers who claim to have done so in the name of Christ, as opposed to the countless regimes, terror factions and geurrilla armies who murder constantly and right before our eyes in the name of Islam. There is no Christian ISIS, Al Qaeda, or Boko Haram.
Muslims cannot truly condemn such attacks with the backing of the Qu'ran behind them. Will they condemn their prophet's attacks also? Of course not. The reality is - as much as we don't like to admit it - that the religion of Islam allows for violence of this kind.
Remember; a very small percentage of National Socialists actually gassed people. If we judged Nazism by the volume of people who actually killed - let's call them fundamentalist Nazis - then the 2015 opinion of Nazism would most likely be something along the lines of "generally peace loving people who's reputation is marred by a few extremists." Obviously that isn't the case, because we recognize that the core ideology behind Nazism is violent, regardless of how many of it's adherents carry the violent acts out. From this alone, we are able to conclude that Nazism as a whole is evil, and anyone who claims to subscribe to its teachings ought to earn the automatic and justified suspicion of those who value virtues such as freedom and racial equality, regardless of whether or not they have gassed any Jews personally (and yes, I just compared Islam to Nazism. Spare me the "OMG did you just compare..." comments.)
We ask the wrong question when we ask: Are all Muslims terrorists? No. Of course they aren't. What we should be asking is does the Qu'ran allow and endorse violence such as this? The answer is a definite yes, and that is a problem that has tainted Middle Eastern and European history from around the year 860, right up until now.
Remember that Muslims are permitted to lie and deceive infidels. If there is a distrust of Muslims, it is not unfounded. Unfair? Likely. Unfounded? No.
This is all ignoring hadiths, which is a whole different can of worms in itself.
EDIT: Ignore this post, I'm not in the right state of mind to claim anything.
Everybody loves peace. What you have to consider is the terms and measures people are prepared to undertake to achieve that peace. Islamic peace looks different to Western peace.
You cannot properly claim to know what proponents of a religion want until you understand what it is the religion actually commands of it's followers, as opposed to what the majority of self professed XYZists do.
The problem with Islam is that according to his own words, Muhammad actually carried out attacks on innocent people. He also commanded his followers to carry out attacks. Excuse me for this comparison but Jesus, on the other hand, did not. This is why Christians will condemn the occasional lone nutjob instantly and universally - any act of violence serves as evidence that he's in blatant error of the teachings of the Christ he claims to follow. Conversely, attacks by Muslims are (let's get real here) far more frequent, organized, institutionalized and lethal. People are quick to compare Christian violence with Islamic violence, but there's no comparison. In modern times, there has been a relatively small spattering of killers who claim to have done so in the name of Christ, as opposed to the countless regimes, terror factions and geurrilla armies who murder constantly and right before our eyes in the name of Islam. There is no Christian ISIS, Al Qaeda, or Boko Haram.
Muslims cannot truly condemn such attacks with the backing of the Qu'ran behind them. Will they condemn their prophet's attacks also? Of course not. The reality is - as much as we don't like to admit it - that the religion of Islam allows for violence of this kind.
Remember; a very small percentage of National Socialists actually gassed people. If we judged Nazism by the volume of people who actually killed - let's call them fundamentalist Nazis - then the 2015 opinion of Nazism would most likely be something along the lines of "generally peace loving people who's reputation is marred by a few extremists." Obviously that isn't the case, because we recognize that the core ideology behind Nazism is violent, regardless of how many of it's adherents carry the violent acts out. From this alone, we are able to conclude that Nazism as a whole is evil, and anyone who claims to subscribe to its teachings ought to earn the automatic and justified suspicion of those who value virtues such as freedom and racial equality, regardless of whether or not they have gassed any Jews personally (and yes, I just compared Islam to Nazism. Spare me the "OMG did you just compare..." comments.)
We ask the wrong question when we ask: Are all Muslims terrorists? No. Of course they aren't. What we should be asking is does the Qu'ran allow and endorse violence such as this? The answer is a definite yes, and that is a problem that has tainted Middle Eastern and European history from around the year 860, right up until now.
Remember that Muslims are permitted to lie and deceive infidels. If there is a distrust of Muslims, it is not unfounded. Unfair? Likely. Unfounded? No.
This is all ignoring hadiths, which is a whole different can of worms in itself.
EDIT: Ignore this post, I'm not in the right state of mind to claim anything.
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