Why do people think Muslims don't condemn terror attacks?

There are countless examples from countless sources. Its all on the internet if you Google it. The conclusion I have to draw is that some people do not want to.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/3642273/manchester-muslim-community-joins-faith-leaders-to-condemn-cowardly-terror-attack/

https://www.theguardian.com/world/shortcuts/2017/mar/26/muslims-condemn-terrorism-stats

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/vigil-manchester-muslims-st-anns-13086343

I have also done a long post, which explains my take on the cultural/political misconceptions which people have about the UK Muslim community:

https://similarworlds.com/18-Politics/853570-The-tragedy-of-the-Manchester-bombing-and-its

If you read my post and have a reasonable argument against then I will respect that. If you won't deal with my arguments, post a cherry-picked Qu'ran verse from Breitbart and claim that it shows all Muslims support terrorism; I will have no respect for you and I will ignore you because I'm done debating this for now.

Goodnight people.

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Flenflyys · 31-35, F

A lot of Muslims do. But there are others still who blame terror attacks on things like colonization, taking things out of context, wars in the Middle East, etc. To justify the attacks. You can't condemn an attack but justify it at the same time. One girl on here has done it multiple times.

Burnley123 · 41-45, M

@Flenflyys: This is a reasonable point so I will deal with it.

I guess it depends whether the person in question was using that as a justification for terrorism or whether they were using it as an explanation as to why terrorism is created. There is a difference between the two. For example if you think that poverty and availability of guns explains America's high murder rate, are you condoning murder?

My own view is that it a mixture of economic, political, cultural and religious factors that create terrorism. Also individual choice.

The majority Muslim population do condemn terror though and that is the point I want to make here.

Flenflyys · 31-35, F

Of course. And there are people who irrationally hate Muslims for no reason but I feel like they are in the minority. Just like there is a minority of Muslims who justify terrorism. But in general I've found Muslims to be among the least tolerant groups of people. Christians also, shockingly enough.

Burnley123 · 41-45, M

@Flenflyys: I am an athiest/agnostic. I think it is fair and good to have criticisms of religion but its the unfair criticism that some people do which I don't like. These people are being stigmatised. Not by you of course.