03-16-2018, 02:51 PM
(This post was last modified: 03-16-2018, 02:53 PM by Eric the Green.)
(03-16-2018, 02:44 PM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote:(03-16-2018, 01:12 PM)pbrower2a Wrote: Islam is no more terrorist than Christianity. Of course Nazism and Ku Kluxism are terrorist practically by self-description.
That doesn't mean that people that call themselves Muslim or Christian can't be terrorists. Ireland and Syria prove that. It is easy to hate a group of terrorists or make policy against them, but it is hardly productive to place yourself against all people that pass themselves as Muslim or Christian.
It is rather hard to make Christ prejudiced, but Muhammad was trying to unite the Arab people. It is not impossible to interpret some of his 'holy' words in what might be considered unholy ways. It is not considered nice by many to speak to unite us against them and denigrate them. That is not to say it hasn't been done by many a westerner.
The "terrorists" in Syria being the Assad regime and its supporters. ISIS and even Al Qaeda/al nusra in Syria came from Iraq or beyond, mostly. And al nusra has not been assuming a terrorist role. That does not stop the terrorist Assad from calling them that, and calling the free syrians that too, of course. But Assad is the biggest liar in the world.