Muslim + Beard = terrorist  and Jewish + Beard = religious person   why?
969020
Thats how both sides have created impression with their respective action and words.
418297
Pretty hard to seperate being muslim from terrorism. It is a common denominator.
1024617
that you are 1/2 right. First part good, second part bad. Being a terrorist happens because of a belief. Terrorists come in all shapes, sizes, colors, nationalities, and religons.
818596
Terrorists have no religion. The Islam does not teach terorism. But when some Muslim commits a terror-like crime and kills others and the Islam does not condemn it, on the contrary idolizes it, the Islam becomes a terrorist religion. The scriptures are carrying the  message of peace and love for humanity.
1184156
So what do you think Hitler was, if not a terrorist? \n\nCorrect me if I'm wrong, but wasn't he a Christian?\n\nAnd mass European colonization? And Bush? And Ariel Sharon?\n\nThere are Muslim terrorists for sure, but so I say, the idiot-scumbag gene does not discriminate - it exists in every religion, culture, gender, age, ethnicity, and so forth.
781888
They are religious extremists not terrorists. That's why.
116511
I haven't seen anyone make the "switch".  I hope I don't.  Islam is the religion of hate.  Even the peace loving Muslims can't argue that the teachings in their Quran are filled with hate.  While all Muslims aren't terrorists, all terrorists ARE Muslim.
453540
Its just a bad conotation that is associated with the religion as each terrorist cites their source of inspiration being Muslim. Plus Muslim cultures try to protect their way of life by rejecting and hating western society.
899679
they are people know Allah as Christian and Muslims, have a book from Allah and have Judaism religion.But there is some of them enter political in religion and killing another people whose not Jews. They hate Christian and Muslims at all.\nsorry my dear, \nMuslims are people have Islam as a riligion.
1163471
I believe that the holy quaran has some good priciples, but some things I can not believe.  I believe that ANY human 'claiming'whether islamic or christian can be a terrorist. There is a bunch of bad apples everywhere you look, just as there are good apples. I have nothing against Muslim, their religion, or the Quran.  I do have a problem with terrorist, whether they claim to be religous or not.
410405
Peeps associate Islam with terrorism..it's a common stereotype. Since all the terrorism that has happened in the last 3 decades has had a link to Islamic extremists. but not all terrorists are Islamic, nor are all of them Arab...look at peeps in our own country, the murderers, rapists, and Mr. Mc Veigh..he wasn't Muslim, or of Arab descent, he was just plain nuts. Islam is a religion built around peace and family...not terrorism and murder. To answer your question about other religious extremists...yes, they do exist, and are very dangerous, but Western media sees fit to point the finger of blame at Muslims.
683511
First of all, it's not all people and not all muslims and not all islam...\n\nThis is what everyone sees...\n\nMuslim and Palestinians people are the only ones who actually strap bombs on their bodies and blow up innocent people.  No other nationality or religion does that.
684169
It is very much true that both Jesus, as well as, Mary were muslim. A muslim does not mean that he should necessarily be an Arab or an asian. \nA muslim may be any one, irrespective of his race, nation, clan, etc. who does not follow his own will or desire , but totally surrenders before the will of Almighty God. The first man, Adam, who was the first prophet of God also, was appointed to convey to his descendants the way of life, which God designed for human being.\nThousands of prophets, including Noah, Abraham, Issac, Ishmael, Joseph, Moses, Aaron, David, Solomon, John, Jesus and the last one, Muhammad were appointed the same way by God all over the world, during different times, who all had the same message, same mission.\nThese prophets, beside other aspects of life, had explained what should be the dress code and appearance code of a believer or a muslim. It never meant that particular style or cloth's cutting or particular type of beard should be adopted, but the dress should be simple, neither extravagant nor exposing directly or indirectly any or all prohibited body parts, as defined by God. The beard should be such that the man may be recognized that he is from the group of believers.\nAlas! the people of book have every thing in the book but do not follow deliberately. May God guide them to the right path! Amen.
624785
They obviously think they are doing the will of Allah.  I cannot get into a terrorist's mind (thank GOD) to understand this for a moment.  I can't imagine how you could think that beheading an innocent person is somehow the will of God.  They have been brainwashed from an early age.  That's all I know.
625730
I am Muslim, a convert from christianity. I understand fully, I have had the same problem. My mom is a christian and very pro-Israel. She knows that I am Muslim but she forbids me to wear a Hijab or openly practice my religion. She had threatened to kick me out of the house other times for how I vote in elections so, I don't debate my religion with her. I agree with what the others said here that it is those radicals that give us a bad name. But I also think it is because of just pure ignorance of the truth mostly this ignorance is spread by the media.  It even extends to just being Arab or supporting the Arabs. I am originally American but I think of myself as an Arabist. I was in 10th grade english and the teacher announced to the whole class that I was with the Arabs. I didn't expect that but maybe it was because the teacher was Jewish but the whole class looked at me and I thought that I was going to be beaten up by how some of the kids were looking at me. This was shortly after 9/11 too. But above it all, I found happiness, I am happily married to an Egyptian Muslim, and will be making the Hajj in November, Inshallah. Those cartoons were overly offensive and shows why there is still the whole rift between East and West. Regardless of what those people say or do, keep your head up high and never allow them to get to you. Their fate like everything else is in Allah's hands.
490151
Can anyone not understand why we see a direct link between terrorism and Islam?  \n\nCan anyone not see the absurdity of leaders who are also zealots calling for the annihilation of Israel and all Jews?  Can any woman not object to the misogyny that pushes women back to the stone age?  Can any parent not be repulsed by images of little boys and girls blowing themselves up to kill innocents in the name of a religious belief?\n\nName one prominent and popular Muslim cleric / leader who has publicly denounced terrorism and jihad and all it stands for, and who has apologized to the targets of those who carry out this mayhem in the name of Allah. \n\nWhere is the leadership on the side of sanity?\n\nOf course it's wrong to generalize about any race, culture or religion.  I'm Catholic and currently there's a LOT of generalization and bias about priests and sex abuse.  Why?...because it's been happening.  But Catholic leaders everywhere have apologized for the behavior of this minority within their ranks.  \n\nIt's a darned better public position than to whine about stereotyping.
491345
When did beard-length beocme proportional to extremism?  You're making correclations where none exist