Originally posted by carpedm9587
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They are as appauled by the extremists in their faith as I suspect Christians are appauled when a member of the KKK or Neo-Nazi movement calls themselves "a defender of Christianity" and uses scripture verses to defend their hateful ideology.
Ummm... no. Given thay extremists in the middle east have seized control of entire countries (Taliban, ISIS, etc.), you are basically going to the extremists to ask them to tell you about Islam - hence your twisted view of Islam. What you are doing is equivalent to someone disparaging all of Christianity because they listened to the ravings of the KKK. Today, the KKK is a shadow of its former power, but there was a time when it was a major force in many states, and it claimed to represent Christianity in much the same way these Islamic extremists claim to represent Islam. And the insistence on using the phrase "radical Islamic terrorists" has fed that perception, and lent credibility to a group of thugs that are hijacking a major religion.
Fortunately, the resistence to them continues, and eventually they too will go the way of the KKK.
Fortunately, the resistence to them continues, and eventually they too will go the way of the KKK.
Islam has been violent since Muhammed gathered enough fighters under his banner to go on the offensive. Perhaps the only reason Islam has not overrun the world is because they've killed even more of each other than anyone else.
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