(March 13, 2015 at 11:07 am)GermanAtheist Wrote: I am interested in Arabic culture but Islam is an unreasonable ideology. You only have to read the Qu'ran and Ahadith in order to recognize that it isn't a religion of peace.
Just to add to your point, Islam also includes far more members than just Arabs. There are those who call criticism of Islam to be "racist", to which I say, "against whom?" Persians certain do not consider themselves to be "Arabic" (and they'll understandably get irritated if you make that mistake). Neither to North Africans. Eastern Asian Muslims like Uighurs and Indonesians are certainly not Arabic. Neither are Bosnians or Chechens.
It's ironic but those who defend the charge of "racism", insisting that Arab culture and Islam are inseparably intertwined, is itself racist. Why should I assume that a given Arab I meet is Muslim any more than I assume a Hispanic is Catholic?
Lest anyone think I'm charging at windmills when I say there are people who seriously defend the position that "you can't distinguish Islam from race" he's an example of some pig-headed demagogues:
You might be able to see my scathing review of this video in their comment section. To their credit, they haven't deleted it.
Atheist Forums Hall of Shame:
"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
"(Yahweh's) actions are good because (Yahweh) is the ultimate standard of goodness. That’s not begging the question"
... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist
"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
"(Yahweh's) actions are good because (Yahweh) is the ultimate standard of goodness. That’s not begging the question"
... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist
