I Have Legitimate Concerns About Islam And That's Not Bigotry
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room101 · 51-55, M
Hi everybody, I’m back. Nope, I didn’t throw myself off the nearest tall building.
Berangere, there really is no point in trying to engage with Northwest. He’s far too busy sitting astride his great white steed, looking down on all of us fallible mortals and passing judgments. Judgments which have very little correlation with reality. And I love the way that he insists that you must quote sources from SW only and then, points you to his own meanderings on the topic.
Scribbles, you’re right, there is no “one answer fits all” to this problem. As is almost always the case. But, how can we hope for a solution to come from within if “within” is where the problem stems. Northwest and his ilk insist that Islamic fundamentalism, radicalization and terrorism all stem from the actions of the west. He seems to have a thing for the British.
Great Britain had the most far reaching empire in human history and yet, we don’t see this form of globalized terrorism from any of its former colonies. Other than from Palestine. Which just happens to a Muslim country.
He also points to the machinations of the British vis a vis oil. OPEC celebrated its 50th Anniversary last year which means that oil production, and pricing (and everything else), have been in the hands of the indigenous owners of those oil wells for fifty years. Of course the west has manipulated those owners, both politically and individually. But isn’t that always the case when there are large profits to be had. More so if the resource in question basically affects every walk of life. Therefore, if this manipulation is one of the root causes of terrorism, why don’t we see it in other situations where the west has stuck its oar in. Why only in Muslim countries.
Education, social equality, and general advancement are all important but, how is this “from within” thing supposed to happen if Islam itself doesn’t accept that it needs to change.
Oh yeah, through evolution. I wonder how many non-Muslim countries will survive that process.
Berangere, there really is no point in trying to engage with Northwest. He’s far too busy sitting astride his great white steed, looking down on all of us fallible mortals and passing judgments. Judgments which have very little correlation with reality. And I love the way that he insists that you must quote sources from SW only and then, points you to his own meanderings on the topic.
Scribbles, you’re right, there is no “one answer fits all” to this problem. As is almost always the case. But, how can we hope for a solution to come from within if “within” is where the problem stems. Northwest and his ilk insist that Islamic fundamentalism, radicalization and terrorism all stem from the actions of the west. He seems to have a thing for the British.
Great Britain had the most far reaching empire in human history and yet, we don’t see this form of globalized terrorism from any of its former colonies. Other than from Palestine. Which just happens to a Muslim country.
He also points to the machinations of the British vis a vis oil. OPEC celebrated its 50th Anniversary last year which means that oil production, and pricing (and everything else), have been in the hands of the indigenous owners of those oil wells for fifty years. Of course the west has manipulated those owners, both politically and individually. But isn’t that always the case when there are large profits to be had. More so if the resource in question basically affects every walk of life. Therefore, if this manipulation is one of the root causes of terrorism, why don’t we see it in other situations where the west has stuck its oar in. Why only in Muslim countries.
Education, social equality, and general advancement are all important but, how is this “from within” thing supposed to happen if Islam itself doesn’t accept that it needs to change.
Oh yeah, through evolution. I wonder how many non-Muslim countries will survive that process.