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Old 12-14-2005, 08:08 PM
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Default Re: Muslim Groups Cheer Aquittal of Cheerleader of Islamic Terrorism

The following points you make are correct:

1. In the last 25 years many of the terrorist incidents have muslim perps.
2. There is widespread tacit support of terrorists in parts of the middle east
3. There is at least some anti-american sentiment in the middle east, including dancing on the streets.

However, to conclude that this means that Islam is to blame is fallacious. I offer the following observations:

1. When, historically, certain groups have used Christianity to justify their activities does not indict Christianity. On offer is the Spanish Queen's expelling of non-chritians -- see history of sephardim; the anti-semitism of many european countries; the activities of Hindu extremists in India etc.
2. The majority of the incidents you cited are from groups in the middle east. You ignore the millions of Muslims living elsewhere in the world. Perhaps the reason has to do with middle east socio-political dynamics and not Islam. At a minimum that is very fertile line to explore for the real reasons.

I suggest that the real reasons for terrorist activities lie in the economic-political environment of the middle east and in Islam. Their support for the terrorist is similar to the support we gave our government in its internment of the Japanese in WW2 and the support we gave as a knee jerk reaction to the misadventures in Iraq (both supported position have not stood the test of time -- or logic).

Lastly, Islam has been around since about 700 AD. The terrorist activities have been around for 25 years (at least the ones attributed to Islam). The same people have been praying, avoiding Pork and following the words of the Koran for all this time -- and now are terrorists because of the Koran. What happened to the believers for the earlier centuries?
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