MAINSTREAM ISLAM IS A FUNDAMENTALIST WACKO FREAK SHOW. 99% OF ALL MUSLIMS ARE LITERALISTS, MEANING THAT THEY BELIEVE EVERY LETTER IN THE VIOLENT QURAN IS FROM THE VIOLENT MOON GOD ALLAH. WHY DO STUPID STUPID STUPID LEFTISTS APOLOGIZE FOR THIS WACKO RIGHT WING FREAK SHOW?
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SHUT YOUR FUCKING MOUTH AND GO SCREW YOURSELF. I CAN WRITE IN CAPS TOO Y'KNOW. AND JUST BY YOUR WAY OF JUDGING ISLAM, YOU SOUND LIKE A VIOLENT ASS-HAT. ISLAM IS NOT WHAT EVER THE HELL YOU WANT TO MAKE IT. OUR GOD IS YOUR GOD. BUT IF YOU'RE A BORN ASS-HOLE AND THAT'S ONE HELL OF A PROBLEM THERE. MAYBE YOU NEED A REALITY CHECK BEFORE POSTING STUFF. READ A BOOK AND BUY YOURSELF A LIFE. It might cost a bit tho.
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Yes, I have gotten a straight answer from Muslims, when I ask a serious question and want a serious response.\n\nYou see, you are looking for a specific answer.  You are not really looking for a "straight answer," you are looking to have your personal opinion justified.   The answers you are looking for is: "Islam sucks," and "Muhammed was an evil, no-good, stupid doody head."   No Muslim is going to give you that kind of answer.  And no reasonable non-Muslim is going to give you that kind of an answer either.  Why?  Because Muslims believe in their religion.  And because Islam, when practiced by reasonable people, is a peaceful and loving religion.\n\nPeople point out that "X and Y does it too" because Muslims do not have the market cornered on radical, fundamental, irrational, violent religious craziness.  There is violent passages in the Torah and Bible.  The Judaeo-Christian god instructs believers to kill non-believers.  Slavery, pederasty, incest, rape - all these are in the Torah and the Bible, and is not condemned.  The point of it is, there are faithful Jews and Christians who do not go around doing these things because they understand that this was written a long time ago, that times have changed, and that these are metaphorical and symbolic guides to living your life.  Muslims today understand that the Quran was written a long time ago, and that times have changed, and that it is a metaphorical and symbolic guide to living life.  Most Muslims choose to interpret the Quran in a peaceful, loving and reasonable way.\n\nMuch of what the West understands about Muslims comes from what we see on television, what is going on in the Middle East.  The Middle East is a politically, socially and economically unstable region right now.  Fundamentalist religious wackos flourish in this kind of chaotic environment.  However, it is not due so much to the religion, as to poverty, political destabilization, etc.  In other words, if there was the same kind of circumstances in, say, Europe, you would be seeing Christian or Jewish wackos on the television right now as opposed to Muslim wackos.
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They are a bunch of bloody savages, what do you expect?\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFYI....Just to let you know, all the Muslims are in the relgion and spirituality section of Yahoo answers, they don't bother with politics, they run on faith....post your question there.
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As far as I understand it, it is against their own religion.  Therefore they are being inconsistent and hypocritical.  Mohammed was a peaceful leader and yet they blasphemed his name themselves by rising up in such a violent way to 'protect' his good name during the incident of the cartoons.  What of the fact that they have slandered the Christian icon Jesus?  Yet, they don't expect Christians to rise up against them do they?  \nOr is that what they want?  Another holy war to make life interesting?  To lose their loved ones in bitter rage in the name of religions that have both preached peace and love (in spite of admitting only one God)?\nIf it were a matter of severe oppression and humiliation it would be understandable, but still not justified in the eyes of their own religion.  But it is not.  Muslims are accepted worldwide nowadays due to religious tolerance.  They are making THEMSELVES feared and hated through their own actions.  Should others rise up against their religion in the name of their own (as of old) and try to dominate them in the name of THEIR one true God?  Perhaps this would gain a grudging respect from Muslims and matters might calm down.
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I do agree that fundamentalists and extremists exist in ALL groups---christians, atheists, muslims, etc. ALL groups. No groups are exempt from such dogmatic attitudes.  I don't trust the extremeists and fundamentalists of the liberals, nor do I trust the extemists of the other end of the spectrum.
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I was so sorry reading your comment Figado, but it's your own point of view.. the Islam is not just a religen, it's a way of living, that's why muslims live with it in daily basis .. As you said, let's try to say the truth for a while, why is it totally wrong when Muslims in palastine try to take THEIR LAND by force which was invaded by Israel, is wrong? Why should Muslims feel happy in Iraqe that US invaded their country and if tried to free it from the invadors they are called terrorists????\nDo you honestly fall for the democracy thing ???!!!!!! Every country has it's own democracy form and if based on Islamice point of view - which is not the case in most of the Arabic nations - there will be more democracy than what the US knows and will ever know .... Read the prophet's Mohamed's ( praise be upon him) life.\n\nMuslim were not asked in qur'an to fight people unless they firght them or made it hard for muslims to perform thier religen or invaded their countries ,,. The ISlam is a peace religen ( the name itself is from Alsalam in arabic which is peace )\n\nBefore reading some one's book about Islam, Read God's Book about his Religen, he sure Knows better.
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To People like Ritamax1: I have friends that are muslim and that wear hijab willingly! Women in Islam get oppressed by ignorant ppl like you, so be quiet and do some research be4 you say crap u know nothing about. Anyone that kills themselves or others doesn't have a right to call themselves muslims 1st of all. 2nd of all don't be foolish by classifying what a few idiots do (killing themselves and others) to the whole religion. You don't see me saying "omg a christain rapist, now all christains are rapists".\n\n*********************************************************\nTo Everybody:\nYea, it's kind of pathetic how ppl classify the whole of Islam as terrorists when they only see a few idiots that strap bombs to themselves up out of a million sane muslims. I think it's the retarded media...I mean, do ppl really even know the ACTUAL reasons for wearing hijab?
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Its just right wing fear mongering.  That is one of the things they are good at.  I thank my stars we live in a country still where you have the freedom of speech, the right of assembly and the right NOT to have a religion if you choose.  Its also a freedom FROM religion. \n\nI am reading posts here that seem to support a theocracy and are not content to mind their own business.   I have no use for Talibornagain Christians.  I don't get all this gay paranoia in our society.
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Eloquently put. \nNot sure what "tororrists" are. And I can't find the word "dumbs" in the dictionary. Pity about hindus being cruel to "mislims". Are they a branch of Muslims? I am pleased that you are correct and can see that everyone else is wrong. The world needs people with your point of view if we are ever to achieve everlasting  peace. Ever thought of getting a job at the United Nations?
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I think it is the definition if irony. The Muslums are upset over the depiction of their prophet with a bomb for a turban and they then commit terrorist acts. They are provint the cartoon to be accurate. Have you seen any other religion act like this? Look at all of the bad depictions of Jesus there are. Do christians go around threatening violence?
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It's shame to see such level of immaturity in a section about Religion & Spirituality. We are here for having dialougues about the different beliefs of people round the globe, to understand each other so we accept each other. I'm not against logical debates, and have no problem when some one comes and say you Muslims, how comes you think Quran has not been changed for 1400 years, if he has a logical reasoning. I'll be glad to discuss & debate. But to come and see a child posting: Muslims are pigs, Muslims are moon worshipers, Muslims are blah blah!\n\nWhat can I say! I consider myself more mature than to deal with such childish acts.\n\nThanks for the topic, and I know majority don't agree with those few kids.
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if you were to check out Muslim History you would see that it started off as a religion of violence. Mohamed converted much of the areas of todays Islamic world through violence. I am  not saying that all Muslims are violent and radical, but i am saying that the majority are showing the true colors of their religion. I think it is right to stand up for what you believe but not with violence. "Actions speak louder than words." "Lately" you have just seen more of what this religion can be about (It condones 'Holy war' and suicide). For all of you moderate, nonviolent Muslims, I am sorry. I do not mean to include you in this.
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I agree that it "Islamic Terrorism" is a misnomer since the terrorists are motivated on the basis of political considerations rather than purely religious ones. Also, you are right to point out that when Christians commit hate crimes, they are not labeled "Christian Terrorists" but instead are looked upon as a single freak outlaw or as political activists. I also agree that Americans are largely ignorant of the beliefs and practices of the average Muslim and are therefore very easily convinced that Islam is a violent religion when the truth is that all the monotheistic religions are capable of inciting violence in their believers. However, I think you are wrong to blame this on the so-called brain-washing of "Jews who have tremendous hold over the mdeia - electronic and print - in the U.S." This comment shows that you are just as prone to believe in stereotypes, thereby misinterpreting and overstating the influence of Jews, as Americans, or for that matter, the people of any other nation are.\n\nA closed-minded xenophobe is a closed-minded xenophobe, and politically-motivated paranoia is politically-motivated paranoia. Your efforts to shift the blame wrongly placed on the Muslims to the Jews is transparent and unfair. No nation, no religion, no people has a monopoly on innocence and goodness, nor on evil and self-serving hypocrisy, for that matter.
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Check out "FahrenHYPE 9-11". It's the liberal equivalent of the Mohammed cartoons! INFIDELS!!!!
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It is true that most of the terrorists,thives,dacoits are  muslims.It is the fault of their religious leaders because they used to spread  violence in the name of their religion.
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Islam, as recent events over a simple comic strip have shown, is a violent, hateful religion that should be wiped-off the face of the earth. It should only be found in museums showing future generations how backwards and ignorant some humans used to be.
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I don't not have an answer but I totally agree with your question.  I don't think that most Democrats in this country understand the true scope of Radical Islams world-wide war against non-Muslims.