can islam just get along and stop blowing people up. i mean really we are trying to help the people of iraq?
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Islam is not blowing people up.  Timothy McVey (a christian).. he blew something up... it was not christianity that blew up a federal building.\n\nHold people accountable for their actions, not what philosophy they use to ratonalize bad behavior.
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I've been in Baghdad for almost 2 years and I can say this with full conviction.  You have no idea what you are talking about.  I'm sure, in theory, all Muslims are Brothers, but this is the real world.  The Sunnis are the minority group here, but they were the favored ones during Saddam's reign.  They stomped on their fellow Muslims for over 30 years, and now most of the insurgents that are Iraqis are Sunnis.  They are no longer the ones in power and don't like it.  They murder their own countrymen without a care for the suffering they cause.  Just the other day, a Sunni walked into a crowded restaurant at lunchtime and detonated explosives that were strapped to his body, killing 10 and wounding 17.  Women, children, it didn't matter to him.  If all Muslims are Brothers, why did Iraq attack Kuwait?  Why did Iraq and Iran carry on a war for 10 years?  Step into the real world, Buddy.
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Violence begets violence. However, the only way to stop this madness is to do away with Islam and those who follow it. I am on your side on this one.
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That would be such a great thing if all of us on Earth put our hatred of each others away, not just the US, including the Sunnis, the shia and everyone else.\n\nI don't hate any of them, and worked to help them out.  I among many more are against the war, and many of us spoke against it, but you seem to fail to recognize it ever happened!  Have you seen some of the hatred against the American! have you heard the chanting the death to the American, all of us!  \n\nYour question is so unfair! how quickly we forget 9/11 in New York, 7/7 in London, and Spain, and Egypt bombing of tourist area! etc etc.\n\nThe people of Iraq are suffering and dying.  Take a better look and see who is doing the killing! who is killing whom before you jump and accuse the American of all the hate!  pay attention to the news.  The Sunnis did this, and the shia did that, and the American did that!  how was their life before that miserable war, not so pretty as you would like to imagine it, or delusion yourself to believe.  \n\nPictures! you mean like the people who were searching for their family members on 9/11, or watching your son having his head cut off in front of you with what it appears to look like a butter knif! or watching your family member burned in a car, draged in the street, and hung on the bridge with a bunch of kids screaming with delight!  things like these!? and other more! is that what you mean!?\n\nSir, why don't you show us the way, and you start with stopping the hate.  Your question is just full of hate.  May God help us all.\n\nHave a little heart for others, all people not those whom you just care for.  I don't blame 9/11 on the Iraqis, as a matter of fact, I don't blame any group of the deed of the some.  You might try to do that as well, and not misjudge us all because you don't like what some of us or you had done.  The US is not alone in Iraq, you may not have known that.\n\nHow would you react if you saw you dad die in front of your eyes, and all he was doing is helping your people to get food, medicine and supplies, to give them aid, and the only reason he was killed was because he was an American? how would you react?? \n\n\nI am not a Bush fan, but don't bash all the American people just because of Bush. Bush will be gone when his term is over, and we will still be around, please stop the hate, it works both ways, not just one sided deal. That is the reality of us all.\n\nWe are always going to have people disagree with us, and push us around.  I am speaking of all people, not just the American; but in the end the universe will unravel as it should, and everything will be as it suppose to be.  Let's hope for the best, for all good honest people.\nStill typing
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I think you have a point, but there is another alternative.\n\nThere are *different* interpretations of Islam.  Right now, the "let's kill anyone who we think is in our way" is winning in most circles, and (obviously), this attitude isn't going to lead to peace in the Middle East or anywhere else!\n\nIslam isn't going away.  It is probably more realistic to hope that the more moderate voices are heard (before they're killed off by the extremist elements).
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I am a Muslim and i TOTALLY disagree with attacks on civilians.Killing civilians is totally not allowed in Islam so those who do it are mislead and i even doubt it if they are Muslims at all.A teaching in our holy book goes like this TO KILL EVEN A SINGLE INNOCENT MAN IS EQUIVALENT TO KILLING THE WHOLE HUMANITY.So those with little knowledge about our religion should enlighten themselves before reaching to any conclusions.
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The people blowing themselves up are extremists and most likely they are not even Iraqis. If you have taken the time to notice, the American military has not been their target.  Their prime target has been Shites and their mosques, which would indicate to me that the Sunni/Shite battle is far from over.  Yet, these people insist on a Islamic littered government, with both factions sitting across the table from one another, trying to maintain a government.  When will they learn, when will they ever learn!
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this war wasn't for the freedom of iraqis ppl ... it was just for oil ... \n\nso what the diffrent now ...nothing ...they are still there killing and torture by thats new gouverment of iraq , thats made by USA gouverment...and SOME British and SOME US soldiers ...and SOME muslims, thats gave wrong idea about islam .. and using the name of islam in bad way ,not as real islam asked us for ... and i think all saw thats in media . \n\nand im sure if wasnt there any oil ...will the GOUVERMENT of US wont do this war.\n\nabout muslims ...most of them work for what real isalm asked us .. for PEACE ... but as i said SOME they do in their own thoughts ...and not as real islam asked us not to kill inesants ppl,what ever they were muslims or not .. \n\nbut as many times i said at my answers ...THE MEDIA .. show thats all muslims are bad ...even the truth is some of them ..we are as others, we have bad and good side as many places in thats world ...but for us as muslims ,media show ALL muslims are bad ..even they are SOME . \n\nGOD bless you all .
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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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That depends on the Iraqi government and the Iraqi people. They both need to stand up for their country and make it secure. Their inability to stop the violence is the only thing keeping our troops there. If I were an Iraqi citizen, who voted for a democratic government, I would be pissed if my neighbors were trying to screw it up by blowing up their fellow countrymen. Living in fear from thugs like that can only last so long. \n\nEither they stand up and make it stop, or I think our troops should stop playing the role of the "nice guy", and actually start fighting back no holds barred.
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Yes, I read the comment from the director of MI5.  I believe it is plausable.  As far as solutions, we as the public ar limited, I mean really the majority of muslims are alright, it's just the fanatics.  Should we punish them all, for actions of the few? No. However, I do feel that the muslim community in general, should take a little more pro-active approach to encouraging this type of behaviour to stop.  They should denounce hate pedalers and encourage prosecution of people who incite violence against people who don't follow their religion.  They have done this on a few occasions but more is needed.  MI5 says they are following 1600 people, good, hopefully any plots should be foiled.  If there are more bombings, it will get alot worse for muslims in the UK.  As far as apologies and running away from Iraq, that's not a solution.  Those are chicken sh*t tactics, and is exactly what the fundamentalists want, so they can spew more hate fueled rhetoric, calling the west heartless, weak, scared, defeated, and call for the destruction of the zionist empire next.  Blah,Blah,Blah.  All we can do, is remain vigilent in our own communities and rely on spy agencies to do their job.  After all, they already took away our fire arms, so we have to leave any response to the government.
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Yes.. I have read the Koran, I have chatted with some of the OK muslims, and yes I understand that there are a few good ones.  But the bad ones outweigh the good ones.  Their Koran does include the verses about killing, raping, and was written by a pedofile.  No one can deny this.  What is the big deal of trying to convince us that there are not a lot of bad ones out there.  Hitler did a lot of bad things and there were a lot of bad Germans at that time, but not all were with Hitler.  So what is the point??  You are trying to whitewash Islam and it can't be done.  Leave the good ones alone and let them be good.  They really should seperate themselves from the rest of Islam.  The peaceful Muslims should invent another name and go ahead with that and let the bad ones go their way.  If the peaceful Muslims continue to associate themselves with the bad ones then they will all be colored with the same brush.  The things that they do, cutting off hands, feet, taking out eyes for Islamic legal punishment.  There is no denying this.  Muslims dis-assocaite yourselves with these folks!  Become western muslims or something like that.\nLast year they discovered TWO Islamic terrorists cells in Lodi CA in the mosques there, how many times have you read that about the Baptists??  Give me a break, dis-associate.\nWHY DON'T THE MUSLIMS PROTEST IRAN GETTING NUKES?? They are silent.  \nWHY DON'T THE MUSLIMS PROTEST. OSAMA BIN LADEN??  They are silent.\nWHY DON'T THE MUSLIMS GO BACK AND FIGHT TO HAVE PEACE IN THEIR LAND?  They are not there.\nI am not talking about the ones in Iraq that are trying to do the right thing, I am talking about the ones safe and secure in the US complaining.
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its time we stop honkin each others bobos and lay the smackdown in iraq ....
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All of the great religions were brought for peace, including Islam. It is the misunderstandings of their followers that lead to war in the name of religion. The processes which cause a reevaluation of people's prejudices are speeding up lately due to the shrinking of the world with rapid communication (such as the internet) and lots of travel and migration. So, I think all religions, including Islam, are going to come to terms with one another, and it won't take as long as it did in the past. Of course, that doesn't mean it won't be a bit rocky along the way!
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I agree that the killing is going to escalate, not stop. Radical Islam has a hell of a lot more people than we do (never learned that from Nam I guessed) and they can wait forever. Also, now they have a martyr, not that he didn't deserve to be killed!\n\nQuite frankly, I am getting a distinct message that the President of Iraq does not like a lot of our behaviour and is trying to throw us out. Don't be surprised when there is no democracy in Iraq, and they become more militant than the ones we threw out. They have a big reason to hate us now!!\n\n"The more our Iraqi security forces, our police, our army, the more they grow in number, in training and are ready and able to perform and to protect our people, then the less we need of the multinational forces," al-Rubaie told CNN's "Late Edition."\n\nHe wants us out! Read between the lines if you are able!\n\nPlease quit with the FREEDOM BS!! We are there for OIL, not freedom!! Saddam WAS NEVER a threat to our freedom, I don't care what kind of spin you use!!! Freedom is the rights rationalization to get oil for the oil companies who pay next to nothing in taxes.\n\nCrude has gone down. Haven't seen any lowering of gas prices. Bunch of low life gougers!
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I SALUTE ARMSTRONG1978 AND TOTALLY 100% AGREE WITH HIM.\nKilling people,not letting them decide what they want for themselves and destroying their holy places this is the sacrifice which the US is giving for Iraq.You are (as all US citizens find easy to do) wasting your focusing on a one-sided story.I would advise you that if you really want to see the truth then instead of criticizing the muslims go to iraq and see for yourself what REALLY is happening and who is the one the iraq people are really irritated with.
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Mav sweetie take it from a man who knows what he's talking about.\n\nregardless of the (minor) religious difference Sunnis and Shiites lived together in peace for centuries.\nit wasn't until the invasion of Iraq when hell broke loose. at first, the Iraqis rejoiced when the US military over thrown the Ba'th regime of Saddam Hussein.\n\nnow we have the Iraqi people (Sunnis and Shiites) and Al Qaida (foreign fighters from all over the Mideast and mostly Sunnis) in Iraq right.\nAl Qaida in Iraq are committed to fight the Americans in Iraq to the bitter end until we either get out or get killed. that's how they think.\n\nafter the first few months the majority of the Iraqis who "rejoiced" when Saddam was caught, started to get tired of the US occupation and the militias started to grow. \nin the beginning there was no fighting between Shiites and Sunnis at all. all the fighting was basically against the US and UK. Sunni  Iraqis who wanted to get involved in this joined Al Qaida (foreign Arabs) and Shiites Iraqis joined Al Mahdi Army in Baghdad's Sadr city.\nnow this Mahdi militia was showing our troops hell until the US Army had to make a truce with their leader Muqtada Al Sadr and promised him that the new regime will be controlled by Shiites instead Sunnis who ruled Iraq for many many years under Saddam's regime.\n\nSunnis see this as treason and therefore justify killing the "traitors". they started bombing Shiite neighborhoods, mosques, and markets.\nbottom line is our military is some what responsible for all the sectarian violence between Sunnis and Shiites. \n\nin my opinion both Shiites and Sunnis who do kill innocent people for no reason other than being Sunni or Shiites (civilians) are vicious animals and don't deserve to breath. \nunfortunately the civil war has erupted and there's nothing we can do to stop it. \nmark my words. this current regime will not last for too long.\n\nit's a sad sad situation Mav :o(