Posted on Jan 17, 2015
Not all Muslims are terrorists; but all terrorists are Muslim?
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It has been said more times than I care to count, but is it true? Not even remotely close....
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/01/14/are-all-terrorists-muslims-it-s-not-even-close.html
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/01/14/are-all-terrorists-muslims-it-s-not-even-close.html
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I would say the article's author is bending the truth to suit his thesis. Is it the media that crashed those planes on 9/11 2001? Nope. It was Islamic terrorists. We can tiptoe around it, but there's no denying the fact that, for example, ISIS is a brutal Islamic terrorist organization. Comparing nut jobs like those terrorists (and their ilk) to Jewish settlers is not intellectually honest.
This statement, for example, attempts (I assume) to compare murderers in the USA to terrorists. I think we would all agree there's a difference:
"And as a 2014 study by University of North Carolina found, since the 9/11 attacks, Muslim-linked terrorism has claimed the lives of 37 Americans. In that same time period, more than 190,000 Americans were murdered."
This statement, for example, attempts (I assume) to compare murderers in the USA to terrorists. I think we would all agree there's a difference:
"And as a 2014 study by University of North Carolina found, since the 9/11 attacks, Muslim-linked terrorism has claimed the lives of 37 Americans. In that same time period, more than 190,000 Americans were murdered."
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TSgt Joshua Copeland
My best guess here is that for the State Dept numbers they are citing, they are considering drug cartels, gangs and separatist as terrorist. That wouldn't be wrong. The IRA is a terrorist org.
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COL Ted Mc
CW5 (Join to see) Mr. Montgomery; I tend to both agree and disagree with you. There is a bit of conflation of "murderers" and "terrorists" in the article, but the fact remains that the ODDS ON you being killed by a "murderer" are higher than those for you being killed by a "terrorist".
As far as "equating" a group of murderous sociopaths with a group of murderous nut jobs or with a group of "Jewish settlers", it isn't the identity of the members of the group that counts it is the METHODS which are used that counts.
"Terrorism" is neither an ideology or a philosophy - it is a method/tactic and, regardless of ethnic/national/religious/political background those who use that method/tactic are "terrorists". (Unless, of course, you agree with what they are trying to do in which case they are "freedom fighters".)
As far as "equating" a group of murderous sociopaths with a group of murderous nut jobs or with a group of "Jewish settlers", it isn't the identity of the members of the group that counts it is the METHODS which are used that counts.
"Terrorism" is neither an ideology or a philosophy - it is a method/tactic and, regardless of ethnic/national/religious/political background those who use that method/tactic are "terrorists". (Unless, of course, you agree with what they are trying to do in which case they are "freedom fighters".)
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SSgt (Join to see)
SSG P, B Those who say terrorists are not terrorists are obtuse idiots. They know good and well it is terrorism and largely Muslim but lying comes easy to the Emperor's court of Jesters.
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There is a direct and immediate connection between violence and the act of political coercion. When we think of this, we can realize that religion isn't a factor to defining terrorism; it's just another interchangeable variable. Think of the Weather Underground, Red Army Faction, Aum Shinrikyo, Continuity Irish Republican Army. It only happens to be Islamic which is our current and international trend as Capt Richard I P. pointed out.
The organization must engage in terrorist activity as defined in the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) or terrorism as defined in theForeign Relations Authorization Act. And our State Department has a list which (by the way) is updated as status has shown to change. Some groups are NEVER going to be down delisted; NEVER EVER EVER!!
It would be naive for us to wage a religious war in the 21st Century. It's like a race war (as some of our domestic terrorist organizations are formulating). To fight against all Muslims is exactly what Abu Bakr el-Baghdady wants to happen. Short answer: no, not all terrorists are Muslim.
The organization must engage in terrorist activity as defined in the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) or terrorism as defined in theForeign Relations Authorization Act. And our State Department has a list which (by the way) is updated as status has shown to change. Some groups are NEVER going to be down delisted; NEVER EVER EVER!!
It would be naive for us to wage a religious war in the 21st Century. It's like a race war (as some of our domestic terrorist organizations are formulating). To fight against all Muslims is exactly what Abu Bakr el-Baghdady wants to happen. Short answer: no, not all terrorists are Muslim.
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SSgt (Join to see)
Muslims must take care of this thing and stop trying to say that everyone else is too and it is not Muslim. I am getting so sick of this silliness.
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As you provided in the link, TSgt Joshua Copeland, not all terrorists are Muslim.
The fact that this article exists in the first place, demonstrates a few possibilities in our day-to-day reality:
1) Some journalist is out of material, and a deadline is approaching.
2) Perfect example of the media relying on outrage of the lowest common denominators in US society.
3) Every Muslim is actually determined to destroy America.
4) News article demonstrating how stupid Americans are.
I have four convicted child molesters living within a half-mile radius of my home. Those are my terrorists. Two of them attend the town's mega-million dollar Baptist church.
I will never buy into the "fact" that a particular religion deters members of a population from horrendous acts. And I will never accept that some religions actually encourage the infliction of pain and death on others on principle.
In other words, there's a whole lotta NOPE here, both with the article and the implications of it.
The fact that this article exists in the first place, demonstrates a few possibilities in our day-to-day reality:
1) Some journalist is out of material, and a deadline is approaching.
2) Perfect example of the media relying on outrage of the lowest common denominators in US society.
3) Every Muslim is actually determined to destroy America.
4) News article demonstrating how stupid Americans are.
I have four convicted child molesters living within a half-mile radius of my home. Those are my terrorists. Two of them attend the town's mega-million dollar Baptist church.
I will never buy into the "fact" that a particular religion deters members of a population from horrendous acts. And I will never accept that some religions actually encourage the infliction of pain and death on others on principle.
In other words, there's a whole lotta NOPE here, both with the article and the implications of it.
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SSgt (Join to see)
That beheading of a Muslim woman in a parking lot is what it is about with abuse of women in the Middle East. Muslim women are angry as they should be. When I posted an article by a Muslim lady that has fatimas against her, she keeps firing back. Most of the people who criticize Christians don't give a damn about that stuff.
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People at West Hemisphere often mix up Islam with radical Islam. There is a huge difference in ones. Radicals use religion as a leverage by twisting Q'uran and influencing people in the any way they want, and they have been pretty successful with it, especially amongst poor population, gaining their trust and support. We just have to learn to how filter them out and be proactive towards any hostile intents against our country and others in need.
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