Every religion is the world seems to have violence, misunderstandings, aiming to convert masses attached to them. Don't you agree that it's those people who are wrong? Why are people so quick to criticise religions? If muslims especially those fundementalist really read the Koran, all these bombings and assasinations will be prevented. Don't you thing?
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I think that no one can understand all what's written in the quran , not because it's huge , but because every day we find new things , new meanings for every sentence , for my self ,in every different situation , when i read parts of the quran i feel like I'm reading it for the first time, as i see it from a different point of view. \n\n So for those bombers, i think they have evil parts in their souls , so MAYBE , im not sure , they read the quran but simply , they understood it in the way which they wanna understand it , it's like mutating it to fit their aims and ways. \n \n So , i think as we couldn't stop them , we could some how change the very bad impression which they had given to the world about us , and also we should educate our Youth to know the real peaceful Islam , to have The Peace leaders of the future.
137859
Why don't non-muslims realize that there are Muslims and then there are extremists. Extremists are the crazy people who want to kill everyone who's not a Muslim. Not the real Muslims.
626531
Islam is a great religion and the problem is in muslims who gives bad impression about islam...and ppl who are against islam they dont know anything about it they just keep on repeating what they hear without real knowledge....\n\nand i dont know what is the pleasure in offending islam or any other religion everyone must respect others believes..
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Because the entire religion and its followers seem to have a fanatical element that far exceeds the fringes of any other religion in the history of the world.  The depth of this goes far beyond just Jihadists or Mujihadeen.\n\nThere are approximately 1.5 billion Muslims in the world. If only 10% believe in the very violent, very literal translation of the Qur'an and Sharia law, that means 150 million Muslims would just as soon decapitate or stone you as let you express a viewpoint that run counters to their own. \n\nI would challenge anyone to name 10 acts of global violence that have been perpetrated in the name of Christianity in the last 20 years. However, even completely omitting Iraq and Afghanistan, it would be quite easy to name 50 acts of Islamic violence that have occurred in the last 20 days. Christianity is based on the teachings of Jesus Christ. A man who embodied peace, humanity, and love towards all beings. Muhammad was a fierce warrior and military leader right up until his death. Is it so hard to believe that a religion established by someone with this background might have religious doctrine rooted in violence and aggression? \n\nSelf-proclaimed "moderate" Muslims continue to decry what they feel is anti-Islamic attitudes around the world. When a cartoon, a cartoon mind you, is found to be offensive, Muslims by the 10's of thousands take to the streets in violent protest. When the Pope alludes to the statements of a past Pope in pointing out that there needs to be a dialogue within the Muslim and non-Muslim faiths in order to facilitate peace and understanding between all religions, Muslims by the 10's of thousands take to the streets in violent protest. When the twin towers in New York City were disintegrated by Islamic terrorists, 10's of thousands of Muslims took to the streets in celebration. \n\nWhere are the tens of thousand, or even hundreds, of Muslims taking to the streets to protest Bin Laden, or the London bombers, or the Madrid bombers, or the Bali bombers, or the Indonesian Islamists who chop off the heads of Christian schoolgirls, or the Somalian Islamists who killed the Italian nun, or even the radical clerics who are supposedly "hijacking" their religion?
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Because Muslims feel that their religion is thicker than the blood it sheds. They could care less about the dead it's brought. Anyone who posted saying they decry it, than why don't I see any on this post? I saw 3 posts of Muslims within this hour, and you mean to tell me that they didn't read this post? Bah get your head out of your ass. Muslim is a religion of hate, desguising itself as a victim. Don't be decieved.
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Because people hate when you compare them to evil people in the past. The only difference is the 60 year gap. People also like to have an identifiable "enemy". Saying "suicide bombers" or "extremists" isn't enough. Even though the vast majority of Muslims are as shocked by the bombings as anyone else. Notably, most of the innocent victims are also Muslim.
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It's not just Muslims they react to this way, it's any religion that is not like theirs. Christians beleive their religion is the only one that counts, the only true way, and they respond with hatred and violence towards what they don't understand, because what they don't understand scares them...think of them like a scared animal that has been cornered. Oh, and when so called Christians are responding to what they don't understand with hatred and violence, what kind of message do they think they are sending out to others? What kind of religion condones hatred and violence? And where does it say in the Bible that it is ok to hurt other people just because their beleifs are different than your own? This is especially true of them in the south, the bible belt, where they have no tolerance of other religions that is not the same as their own! If you think they hate muslims, you should see how they react to Wiccans!!!!\nAnd for FORETRNITY: Don't you remember when Christians spread their religion at the point of a sword and tried to stamp out all other religions? And if you have any doubts about the way Christians judge and condemn others, just bring it up and ask them what they think about other religions...ANY other religion, and you will get more than you bargained for...they'll give you a sermon on why theirs is the only true way, and why they beleive everyone who is not Christian is going to HELL.
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Gee,  people wonder why people are leaving religions in droves and are thoroughly disgusted with the institution as a whole and use the word hypocrisy.  The cartoons were offensive and so were the anti-Semitic cartoons the Islamic press were publishing at the time.  But there is freedom of speech and we are entitled to use it!  Nor do people not of one have have to conform to the rules of another.  I find it funny Muslims are in an uproar over cartoons of their prophet yet at the same time running blatantly anti-Semitic cartoons in THEIR papers.  Talk about talking out of both sides of your mouth...\n\nGROW UP THE WHOLE LOT OF YOU!  We ALL have to live in this world not just you!
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Thing is that are differences in all cultures and religions.  We are people with different ideas and different beliefs.  That shouldn't mean because I am different from some one else they have a right to hate the difference or me.  We are different, we should celebrate that not hate it.  The religious hatred has been going on as long as one can remember I am sure.  Why?  Does it make one better than the other? No.  Just makes you look like an ass when you scream hatred and have no valid reason for it.  \nAnd as far as on this forum goes.  Its sad, I am genuinely curious about other faiths.  Though I do not follow them I do enjoy learning about them and I am constantly bumping into people trying to convert some one.  This should be a place of education and nothing more.  If you are interested in converting people do it else where.. Thats my take on it.  and the VonJumbo character and Schneb, to me, fuel the fire for forced conversion and hatred on this forum.. But again this is only my opinion.
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Islam is a very aggressive religion. Of all of the wars/conflicts in the world, something like 95% of the at least ONE if not BOTH sides are Muslim. If you read about what people are doing to innocent women and children in places like Algeria, Sudan, Indonesia in the name of Islam it's bad(cutting the throats of whole families if they don't observe Islam as devoutly as they should, burn torture to enslaved christian children if they refuse to learn Islam, etc....)
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Its like saying all men are rapists.  All men want to dominate and hurt women.  All women are whores.  You just can't generalise like that.\n\nAnd actually not all terrorists are Islamic, there are more than enough terrorists destroying lives in Africa and South America and Ireland to mention a few places.  And these are predominantly christian lands.\n\nDon't be so prejudiced against people, because there are some nice Moslem people out there who are horrified by what the extremists are doing in the name of their faith.  It must be scary times for those who are peaceful to see themselves grouped together with the mass murderers and are subjected to force of ill-will from non-moslems who feel it is their right to punish moslems.\n\nIf a priest abuses a boy, we don't lynch mob all priests, we understand that he is a bad seed.  Similarly we aught not to categorise all moslems as the same.
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I think a lot of people have a negative reaction toward religion because a lot of really ignorant and aggressive religious people give it a bad name.  Religion's biggest enemy isn't money, it's the hypocrisy of some of its most loud and outspoken practitioners. (I'm not saying all religious people are like that; however, the nice religious people generally don't proclaim their religion as loudly and so they aren't as visible.)
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If I am not mistaken, I don't think this was a generalization made that all non-beilievers are mean spirited and cruel.  (At least I hope not)  I think that each religion gets misunderstood at one time by those not of that religion, and some people just don't know how to address what they don't understand. There are those that do.  They respect the fact that everyone is entitled to their own beliefs.  I am a Christian, I believe, but i do not force my beliefs on anyone. i may share something about God, but I cannot judge anyone if they do not believe--and I don't think we should judge and ridicule each other.
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You know, I don't even really mind that some religions think others are wrong.  That's to be expected.  What bugs me is that most religions feel the need to convert people who don't wish to be converted.  By their very nature, a person's religious beliefs exclude all OTHER religious beliefs.\n\nThe REAL issue at stake, I think, is how we deal with that.  You and I don't have the same beliefs.  I think yours are wrong (not morally wrong, merely incorrect), and you think mine are wrong.\n\nSo what?  So we don't agree.  Big deal.  Doesn't bother me a bit.  I am perfectly okay knowing that there are other systems of belief out there that do not match my own.\n\nBut there are FAR TOO MANY people in the world that simply cannot abide that someone else out there would DARE believe something different.  And even more frightening is the number of people who would take some kind of action against "the faithless" or "the infidels" or "the unbelievers," or whatever they are calling us this week.
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There could be many reasons though I can only think of one: \n\nWe are all getting a bit uptight about Islam. Everybody including politicians are condemning Islam. Therefore, Muslims over the world are a bit..... how should I say..... frustrated......??? They see anything like this against them. A few years back, I should have also thought like this. (that ransacking muslim graves is racist and anti-religious)
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because some people (not all) want to spread hate about Islam. you know they have a goal in their heads.\ngood links:\n\nwww.askmuslim.com\n\nhttp://www.beconvinced.com/en/main.php
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Think about it...many unbelievers feel the need to bash christianity but not other religions (buhdism, islam, hindu, etc...).  That in itself shows that there is something different about what we believe in.  It is in man's heart to know there is a God.  Many people choose to reject this truth and attack all those who do believe it.  \n\nAlso look at the bible and think about how Satan has attacked it and tried to pervert it.  There are countless so called translations of the bible, but there is only one quran.  Why attack a book unless there is power in it.  \n\nBut, as far as being persecuted more?  Not a chance.  We have it easier than Christians during any other time period in any other part of the world.  We don't have to worry about being put to death for our faith.  We just worry about being made fun of a little...I thank God for the privilage to live in this country where we can worship God freely!