(October 13, 2014 at 7:17 am)Ben Davis Wrote: This is a misrepresentation of islam in the UK. The majority of british muslims are opposed to the actions taken by ISIS. Also the majority do not agree with FGM, child brides or preaching terrorism. Have a look at the most recent stats and read the statements put out by the Muslim Council of Britain. The simple fact is that secular, humanitarian & enlightenment values are being readily adopted by british muslims and although there are extremist groups here, they're failing to gain ground except in the poorest, most marginalised areas of the UK (where the root cause is not islam but the same as the rise of the right: austerity politics increasing the depth of marginalisation).It is people like you that are the 'root cause'.
Almost every substantial survey shows there is a large proportion of Muslims in Britain that believe in violence in the name of Islam, some 80+% believed the Danish cartoonists should have been prosecuted......... secularists and humanitarians my bum. All of what you say is provably wrong.
The cause is bad education and being poor, and/or, if our forefathers had have been better neighbours they wouldn't want to kill us.......... ABSULOTELY DISGUSTING ! and the only response its worthy of its to tell you it is
When Sam Harris was talking about political beer goggles stifling peoples perception, with Ben Affleck, he had people like you in mind. You are the 'Ben Affleck' of this conversation.
