“The violence doesn’t stem from the faith, it stems from poverty, politics, and a fringe group of tyrannical religious psychopaths who manipulate the Islamic faith for their own evil ends.” Steve P
Very PC of you Steve P and completely wrong. I’m guessing you’ve never had an honest conversation with any of these people. If they are so advanced why do Muslim nations have atrocious human rights records? Poverty my ass. bin laden is the son of a billionaire. The 9/11 attackers were not poor. They were well educated and well off. They were also devout Muslims who took the teaching of Muhammad at face value. The peace loving Muslim whom you think you know Steve P are likely heretics who are ignorant of the core tenets of their “religion.”
” But blaming and hating Islam in its entirety, and advocating its destruction, because of the actions of a few, is not the answer”.
Those who are waging war against infidels are motivated by Islam so whom are we supposed to blame, Zoroaster? There will be no peace until Islam reforms or is forcibly reformed or destroyed. All of us would prefer that Islam reform itself. There is no chance of that happening so long as Muslims deny that some Islamic doctrine needs to be abandoned as being incompatible with the realities of the global village where tolerating the beliefs of others is necessary if we are to live in peace.
Pretending that Islamists do not feel justified in imposing their faith on the rest of us will result in war for which we are unprepared or our subjugation.
