(May 23, 2013 at 11:47 am)ideologue08 Wrote:They are there, it's just they get undue credit; most of them are Wahhabis and similar ultra-conservatives who are analogous to Christian abortion clinic bombers.(May 23, 2013 at 11:14 am)Ben Davis Wrote: It's clear that islam has teachings which can mandate and even encourage such murderous behaviour however there can be sociological controls. Using UK christianity as an analogy: although the bible has similar 'preachments of hate', you don't see priests calling for the death of those who oppose christianity.mmhmmI've been to dozens and dozens of mosques up and down the country, and I'm yet to find an Imam who "preaches hate" or "calling for the death of those who oppose Islam". Can you tell me why that is? I'm just wondering where these mosques are that teach this stuff.
In my experience every Muslim I encountered were moderates. I blame the corporate news outlets for the skewed picture.