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When will the Middle East become majority Atheist?
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RE: When will the Middle East become majority Atheist?
(March 10, 2015 at 4:39 am)bennyboy Wrote: The problem is that generations of indiscriminately bombing brown people has made them mad. So has stealing their land and giving it to their religious enemies. The Persian countries in particular have a history of poetry, art, and wisdom that is rooted as strongly in their psyches as Islam is. I think Iran is likely to be one of the first countries to go completely secular.
I disagree with this apologist attitude.

If it were true, why isn't there such pervasive terrorism in Vietnam, or in Southeast Asia as a whole? There might be some but nowhere near the same degree. That region was bombed to Fuck in the Vietnam war.

Also the Muslim world might be angry at America, but what does kidnapping and raping Yazidi girls, or stoning local unveiled women, have to do with hating the West?

Some people say its poorer western Muslims who are more likely to become radicalized.... Yet Jihadi John was a successful university graduate, hardly underprivileged.

No. It's the doctrine, and hardly a warped version of it when you take it literally. I actually agree, Islam has had wonderful moments in history, beautiful art and culture, but to pretend it doesn't have a dark side is disingenuous.
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RE: When will the Middle East become majority Atheist? - by Regina - March 10, 2015 at 6:23 am

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