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Originally Posted by basa
The evidence I refer to is there written in the quran, that together with what I see in the media regarding the activities of al'queda (and the taliban before them), various bombings worldwide and...oh yes, 9/11.
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And there are quotes from the bible which can be used to justify almost anything. And the media are generally *not* what I would call "unbiased". And there are people committing acts of terrorism that aren't Muslims. Oh, and most Muslims disown the September 11th terrorists as not being Muslims as far as *they* are concerned.
If you pick and choose the "evidence" you accept you can prove anything you want. (Or someone else will do it for you cf Hutton, oops, sorry
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Who mentioned communism ?
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Communism, Islam, Catholicism, unions, Jews, it matters not what the name is, there is always *something* that someone will claim to be an "insidious threat" to our way of life or world peace or democracy...
There's always a "bogeyman" out there that can be exploited by those who seek or hold power to scare the "ordinary people".
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By insidious I meant that some of the less savoury aspects of Islam (such as suppression of women) are less well known and rarely mentioned although they are an intrinsic part of the way Islam is used to subjugate its followers.
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And once again we see the "big brush" technique used to tar *all* of Islam with the "less savoury" actions of a *minority*.
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Originally Posted by Graham
And there are also many Muslims who, because they preach moderation, don't get *heard* in the Western press because their views don't provide rabble-rousing headlines about the "threat" of Islam...
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Maybe they should shout as loud as the fundamentalists. Maybe they are scared they will be 'downsized' !
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Maybe the Archbishop of Canterbury or the Pope should also "shout as loud" as them...
