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Originally Posted by kevmartin  What's this? the 'either your with us or against us' school of thought creeping in maybe?
I have no particular love affair for Muslims (though if I did I'm sure there could be other reasons beyond the two you came up with). My concern is (as I think I have explained before) that by labeling the issue of concern (terrorism) as being a 'Muslim issue', you contribute to a significant level of xenophobia and hatred which is leveled at Muslims in general. This in turn can only lead more conflict. It is not helpful to the solution. Solutions always lie in recognising the cause. In this case, it's an issue of 'understand your enemy' - try to figure out why the terrorism occurs. It makes no sense to think that it occurs because these people are Muslims, simply because there are so many non-terrorist Muslims in the world.
Do you want to have a stab at why you think there is terrorism targeted at America in recent years? |
First of all, I do understand the enemy. Its you with the blinders on. Their religion is the driving force and the one common denominator in virtually all terrorist activity around the globe. Race isn't it. Geography isn't it. The United States or George W. Bush isn't it. Their religious beliefs are.
Acknowledge that and we can move on. I'm eager to answer your questoins. As long as you continue to try to seperate Islam from Islamic terrorism, debating the other nuances is kind of pointless.