Are IS islamic?

[lifesagift]

From Fox News to the Weekly Standard, neoconservatives have tried to paint terrorism as a largely or exclusively Islamic phenomenon. Their message of Islamophobia has been repeated many times since the George W. Bush era: Islam is inherently violent, Christianity is inherently peaceful, and there is no such thing as a Christian terrorist or a white male terrorist. But the facts don’t bear that out.

http://www.alternet.org/tea-party-and-ri...-white-men

My two cents, nobody gets a pass on any of it. Do peoples religious affiliations seem to mold their actions, of course. Can that lead to terrorism, yup. But I really don't give a shit whether it's muslim terrorism or christian terrorism or fucking jain terrorism (now -that- would be a good story). What does bother me, is the head in the sand routine when we point to one -specific- group and make excuses for the others (or pretend they don't exist). I think Cap pointed out something very important in this regard but I wanted to add that even though we don;t have the sorts of groups that 3rd world countries have - we do...still..have our homegrown christian terrorists (as well as other type, of course).

I'm an atheist, so didn't fit into your rant... care to try and factor me in?