I Am Advocate Of Islam

To start, I would like to point out that Im an atheist so, Im not bias towards one religion or another. I think the problem in the West is thinking of Islam in a solid, completely unified body of ideals. Muslims often disagree with eachother on religion/politics/morality etc, but I think also that there is difficulty in defining what it is within the Muslim faith in regards to the current issues in the world. "Salafism" is the real culprit and I believe it's teachings are the enemy of all the world, to include Muslims.

Muslim culture has given much to the world (modern arithmetic is essentially a Muslim invention), it's too sad to watch the world get torn apart by fascism

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Ronin8510 · 36-40, M

@Cyan-eyed, If you are indirectly calling me a bigot, thats fine I guess but I think you are completely misunderstanding my intent. I am seaking understanding by dialog and research. I speak with Muslims in the US, EU, and Turkey about this stuff. You can say that there is no real Caliphate but there literally is large governing body headed by one known as Abu Bakr al-Bagdadi that claim to adhere to the ideology in question. If you don't want to believe that they aren't an "actual Caliphate" that's fine but they believe that you are wrong.

My issue isn't with beliefs of others but with those who push their beliefs on others. When I use the term "Salafism" to describe fundamentalism, it is one used by Muslims as well. It is not a personal attack on you.

What is your description of what true Salafism is then?