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Originally Posted by Ramrod
I'm not convinced that there are all that many innocent muslims. Even the moderates don't want to report suspicious activity to the authorities "a brother doesn't report on a brother" I was told.
Personally, I think it's a poisonous, evil religion.
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I think labelling such a large group like that is pretty dangerous. It's also the argument extremists use, that people are complicit in their association with the West. Either because of the Governments we elect, the things we believe or whatever other excuse they can find.
I don't think there is evidence is justify that anything other than a small minority of Muslims support these killers or wouldn't report them.
Either way such a belief means you stop viewing them as people with their own motivations, thoughts and nuances and start viewing them as a homogenous bloc. They're just a 'Muslim' and you think they're not innocent.
Every Christian I know differs from each other in many ways. The only unifying aspect is their religion and even then there are dramatic differences. The same would be true of Muslims. There is an interesting article from the summer about the lack of religious knowledge displayed by ISIS fighters:
http://www.newstatesman.com/religion...radicalisation