Please just stop, you're labelling these guys the same as millions of people who would never commit such atrocities. You're spouting ethno-religious hate.
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Please just stop, you're labelling these guys the same as millions of people who would never commit such atrocities. You're spouting ethno-religious hate.
But these were Muslims killing people for "offending" their religion.
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When pigs fly. Moderate Islamist leader. LOL.
They won't, a Muslim women has just said on Sky, why should she apologise for the actions of others.
Well they have sent a email and tweeted. So there's still hope.
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Has terrorism increased since the war on terror started?
I doubt it, I think it's just that the nature of it has changed.
It's also quite a convenient tool for the government to use to bring in anti-liberty legislation, and as such gets more media time, but I also think it's just the media driven age we're in now means it's much more accessible, readily available and forced upon us more.
Suicide attacks have been around throughout history for example.
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Hardly a comparison. We're talking about fanatics who are willing to blow themselves up in the name of their prophets. Making jokes about said prophets is obviously taking unnecessary risks.
I aint saying that it is a justified response, but it's not without provocation.
The only way to be a Jew is to have a Jewish mother to my knowledge. Ethnicity is irrelevant you can be from a multitude of ethnic groups.
I am with the people on here who abhor religion in all its forms and I look forward to an enlightened age when it is as important as the magic circle to daily life. I will not be here then, and certainly not sitting on a cloud with or without a complement of virgins.
Offense intended if you want to be.
Exactly, I was going to give my next door neighbour the thumbs up sign earlier when he asked if I was ok but I quickly stopped myself just in case someone in Turkey, a mere 2500 mile away, got offended by my gesture. Couldn't have that could I!
And this is the problem, the penny hasn't dropped with Muslims in general that silence = support to a vast majority of people, including me. Everyone isn't asking for an 'apology' they are asking for denouncement.
The fact they are so apathetic about picking up a protest signs saying "Not in our name" when they are as fast as lightening to do the same when someone offends them speaks volumes and volumes.
Nah this one is mostly about religion, killing people for insulting the prophet pre-dates ISIS, al-quaeda etc... Look at Rushdie (attempts) and his translators being killed/attempted killings.
Some other attacks can perhaps be a mix of motivations but the key one here is Islam and it has it's base in something that isn't necessarily an extreme belief.
Yeah I vividly remember you apologising profusely after the Steven Lawrence murder
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Which is why many non-Muslims will continue to secretly suspect that terrorism in the name of their faith is widely condoned, if not actively supported by British Muslims.
I was 14 at the time although I am not sure what your point is.
Muslim Council of Great Britain said:
http://www.mcb.org.uk/charlie-hebdo-attack/
http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/coffee...spond-in-revulsion-to-charlie-hebdo-shooting/
F me. Do people not even do the quickest of internet searches before stating something that they've just pulled out of their arse as fact?
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What we need is for Muslims to accept that criticism of their religion is not about them but just about trying to point out the problems that lie therein.
If they could accept an Islamic style version of Father Ted it would be a start. Father Ted was fun comedy but the really golden moments where those that where missed by those who didn't understand the faith that was being satirised.
If they could accept an Islamic style version of Father Ted it would be a start. Father Ted was fun comedy but the really golden moments where those that where missed by those who didn't understand the faith that was being satirised.