RE: Islam is hostile, but there is also lots of bias from muslims and bigotry aswell
December 31, 2016 at 1:37 pm
I really warn people not to fall for the trap of singling out 1 religion. The state of the middle east certain ly within sects groups and theocracies can be traced to the words in the Koran and Hadiths as such. But Islam still regardless did not invent human cruelty no does it own a patent on it.
Muslims in the east kill more of each other's different sects than they do non Muslims or westerners.
I still refuse as a human being, to use blanket assumptions of guilt by proxy of origin or religion, to problem solve. It is one thing to attack bad ideas and go after violent individuals or sects, but no, I will not fall for the trap of lump guilt. The all or nothing mentality, the gang mentality that creates their closed societies and fear of the other is nothing we in the west should aspire to reduce ourselves to.
And having been online not just talking to the Muslims we've had here, but on other social media and even in the news. It really is a bullshit myth that there are no Muslims speaking out against the violence done in the name of their religion. IT IS THERE. You ignoring it, or it not getting reported enough, does not change that.
I have talked to people whom live in Iran online, and Saudi Arabia and those whom have fled. Mostly Ex Muslims but even those still in it. I do not say this in defense of Islam or the Koran itself, but in defense of treating your fellow human being as an individual first. Until an individual gives me a reason to fear them, I am not going to assume their guilt.
There is plenty of violence that can be justified in Christian and Jewish writings as well and all three stem from the same God of Abraham.
I think it is far more important to argue the state of theocracies in the middle east and the words in the Koran itself and unwise to use blanket assumptions of guilt of individuals as a tactic.
Muslims in the east kill more of each other's different sects than they do non Muslims or westerners.
I still refuse as a human being, to use blanket assumptions of guilt by proxy of origin or religion, to problem solve. It is one thing to attack bad ideas and go after violent individuals or sects, but no, I will not fall for the trap of lump guilt. The all or nothing mentality, the gang mentality that creates their closed societies and fear of the other is nothing we in the west should aspire to reduce ourselves to.
And having been online not just talking to the Muslims we've had here, but on other social media and even in the news. It really is a bullshit myth that there are no Muslims speaking out against the violence done in the name of their religion. IT IS THERE. You ignoring it, or it not getting reported enough, does not change that.
I have talked to people whom live in Iran online, and Saudi Arabia and those whom have fled. Mostly Ex Muslims but even those still in it. I do not say this in defense of Islam or the Koran itself, but in defense of treating your fellow human being as an individual first. Until an individual gives me a reason to fear them, I am not going to assume their guilt.
There is plenty of violence that can be justified in Christian and Jewish writings as well and all three stem from the same God of Abraham.
I think it is far more important to argue the state of theocracies in the middle east and the words in the Koran itself and unwise to use blanket assumptions of guilt of individuals as a tactic.
