RE: President Obama: Do you really love America?
February 24, 2015 at 5:04 pm
(This post was last modified: February 24, 2015 at 5:07 pm by Aisha.)
I base my opinion on the society I live in. I work with many muslims, I went to school with many muslims and I have a muslim father in law.
This has nothing to do with hoping/wishing/pretending, but with the society I see and the people I talk to. And no, I do not pretend to know islam very well, and I do not want to use "knowing many muslims" as an argument. It is simply what I see, and what I base my opinion on.
I agree with your point, it is good to know the difference between a muslim that will choose the violence in their religion and one that does not.
Same as we can't assume that all muslims are extremist terrorists, we can't assume all muslims are not extremist terrorist.
But treating every muslim as if they are terrorist, because there is danger, will not get anyone any further. Treating someone as a criminal, without the person having done any crime, will make anyone feel angry, upset and will make anyone want to stand up against the society they are in.
The danger of ISIS does not only exist against christians and jews, they kill anyone against their standpoint, also muslims.
I should have specified: here I do not mean us as "us atheist", but as us, humanity.
This has nothing to do with hoping/wishing/pretending, but with the society I see and the people I talk to. And no, I do not pretend to know islam very well, and I do not want to use "knowing many muslims" as an argument. It is simply what I see, and what I base my opinion on.
I agree with your point, it is good to know the difference between a muslim that will choose the violence in their religion and one that does not.
Same as we can't assume that all muslims are extremist terrorists, we can't assume all muslims are not extremist terrorist.
But treating every muslim as if they are terrorist, because there is danger, will not get anyone any further. Treating someone as a criminal, without the person having done any crime, will make anyone feel angry, upset and will make anyone want to stand up against the society they are in.
The danger of ISIS does not only exist against christians and jews, they kill anyone against their standpoint, also muslims.
Quote:I am convinced that labeling any muslim as an extremist will work against us
I should have specified: here I do not mean us as "us atheist", but as us, humanity.
