Two explosions at Brussels airport

Freefaller · 24 Mar 2016 at 12:43

Neil79 said:
I have

Yet you feel comfortable being unfair to those people with your opinions? Typecasting a whole group with some unfair suppositions? Not really nice is it. Or are you not a very nice person?

Danthus · 24 Mar 2016 at 12:44

Freefaller said:
Maybe not, but I reckon a lot of people that have these excessively strong opinions have never met a Muslim person, a Jew or been to those places of worship, or those countries either.

How does that tackle Islamic extremism though?

kitch9 · 24 Mar 2016 at 12:44

N17 said:
Madrid was The Basque Sepratist group, Lee Rigby was staged, as there was no blood, the paris attacks were also staged.

There's always one complete 'Ed the Ball.

Freefaller · 24 Mar 2016 at 12:47

OldCoals said:
How does that tackle Islamic extremism though?

I'm not suggesting it does - but understanding that not all Muslims are extremists is a good start for non Muslims.

Tackling the extremists is an answer I do not have. But I will not let their hate breed hate of my own.

kitch9 · 24 Mar 2016 at 12:48

Zethor said:
Get off the keyboard, walk into a Mosque and talk to people. You will soon see the light cut through your fog of ignorance.

I used to manage a car showroom in Bradford and a lot of my staff were Muslim who are still good friends of mine.

Even they said and still do that there's a LOT of crazies in that religion and we should be careful.

aardvark · 24 Mar 2016 at 12:50

N17 said:
Madrid was The Basque Sepratist group, Lee Rigby was staged, as there was no blood, the paris attacks were also staged.

hmmmmmm....................

Raz · 24 Mar 2016 at 12:50

enkoda said:
I'm not sure how quotng a statistic would help you in refuting my argument?

Why do they choose suicide bombs? I don't know. Probably because it causes fairly instant damage and injury, plus it virtually guarantees death for the bomber, eliminating any chance of capture?

The key thing was that it's a relatively new thing. Muslims werent exactly strapping TNT to themselves and blowing up when it was invented. Were those Muslims too dumb to take up attacking in such a way while gaining supposed martydom?

Let's all live in the world where Islam and the Quran aren't around. I wonder why the Tamil Tigers or Kamikaze pilots did what they did.

Raz · 24 Mar 2016 at 12:53

As much as the 'apologists' are deflecting the blame away from Islam (apparently) why are others ignoring other contributing factors?

Danthus · 24 Mar 2016 at 12:57

Raz said:
As much as the 'apologists' are deflecting the blame away from Islam (apparently) why are others ignoring other contributing factors?

What factors are you alluding to?

koolpc · 24 Mar 2016 at 12:59

What makes isis tick? Why do they want to murder etc? What is the main underlining fact that makes them want to do this? Is it because of how they interpret the Koran? Is this the main reason why they do what they do?

dowie · 24 Mar 2016 at 13:05

koolpc said:
What makes isis tick? Why do they want to murder etc? What is the main underlining fact that makes them want to do this? Is it because of how they interpret the Koran? Is this the main reason why they do what they do?

erm yes...

it isn't like they're just plotting attacks on the West, they're systematically killing Iraqi and Syrian non muslims, shia muslims, gay people etc..

ebilcake · 24 Mar 2016 at 13:16

koolpc said:
Dirty because you are full of unbelief?

I know most of the people there and they're not religious at all, it's completely false.

Tradition, that's all it is.

b0redj0rd · 24 Mar 2016 at 13:16

The Running Man · 24 Mar 2016 at 13:17

Freefaller said:
I'm not suggesting it does - but understanding that not all Muslims are extremists is a good start for non Muslims.

Tackling the extremists is an answer I do not have. But I will not let their hate breed hate of my own.

Islam is an extreme religion. You have to be extreme to follow it.

Freefaller · 24 Mar 2016 at 13:20

The Running Man said:
Islam is an extreme religion. You have to be extreme to follow it.

Wow. Feels like I've stepped back to the middle ages.

The Running Man · 24 Mar 2016 at 13:27

Freefaller said:
Wow. Feels like I've stepped back to the middle ages.

Try islam its the same thing.

Freakbro · 24 Mar 2016 at 13:29

Freefaller said:
Wow. Feels like I've stepped back to the middle ages.

I didn't know you'd gone to Oldham today!

*badum tish*

Danthus · 24 Mar 2016 at 13:35

Twitter, serious business.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-35888748

A man has been arrested on suspicion of inciting racial hatred after allegedly posting a tweet in response to the Brussels attacks.

The tweet read: "I confronted a Muslim woman yesterday in Croydon. I asked her to explain Brussels. She said 'Nothing to do with me'. A mealy mouthed reply."

Matthew Doyle, 46, was arrested on Wednesday night in Croydon.
He remains in custody at a south London police station, according to a spokesman for the Met.

Police would not confirm whether the arrest relates to the tweet which went viral or to other statements on social media posted by the same user.

At least 31 people were killed and scores injured when bombs went off in the Belgian capital on Tuesday.

drs101 · 24 Mar 2016 at 13:39

The Running Man said:
Try islam its the same thing.

so you think most Muslims in Europe want to stone people to death and cut people heads of etc?

doodah · 24 Mar 2016 at 13:40

Best bit about that story, he used the clichéd "my mate is a Muslim" - specifically his neighbour which he mentions he was the first on the scene during a fire or robbery (can't remember which)