I think this may be part of the reason that so many people have defaulted to supporting tRump. At a gut level he gets it, that somehow the religion of Islam is motivating some people to kill bunches of hedonistic rich oblivious Americans. We are The Great Satan, after all. Our women roam around half naked. We drink alcohol and eat so much that we can't get out of our chairs. The Muslims who hate us find plenty to hate. And the teachings of the religion are harsh. Unforgiving. Granted, most religions have some myths and stories that motivate hateful actions. Most religions have a few fundamentalists whose simplistic interpretations lead them to extreme beliefs and behaviors. Islam has a lot of people like that. I am certain that the followers of ISIL think that American Muslims who don't help their cause are apostates, no better than the rest of us. So given that there are quite a few Muslims who think we all deserve to die, and several at least who've been successful at violently killing Americans, being afraid of Muslims sounds kind of reasonable. If the Dems don't admit to this, and begin teaching Americans about how they've been attempting to quell the fears of peaceable Muslims in order to prevent religious based warfare, they are missing the boat. Blaming the Pulse shooting solely on easy access to guns is missing the very important point that currently there are a lot of people with this religious background who are motivated to kill. We need to study them, to understand them. They are not necessarily insane, they simply live in a different reality dictated by a different culture. There are also a lot of Americans who are not Muslim who share their distaste for gays, their disrespect for loose women, and their instinctive hatred of other races. Maybe you should be afraid.
Posts from This Journal by “islam” Tag
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Quranic Verse: Take it Literally?
"Do not take the Jews and Christians as allies" I read this in a summary of an article by Lailatul Fitriyah in The Jakarta Post. He says…
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QotD: Khomeini Explains Why Tis Better for Us to Be Dead
"If one allows the infidels to continue playing their role of corrupters on Earth, their eventual moral punishment will be all the stronger.…
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Are the Sunnis like the Tea Party in any way?
Just yesterday I finally stopped ignoring the Middle East and looked up a few things. Like who is Shia and who is Sunni. And who has nukes and where.…
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We are the Great Satan
Beyonce's halftime act is proof enough. Any Muslim that thinks it's indecent for a woman in a vast black robe to straddle a motorcyle is guaranteed…
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United Nations votes to recognize Palestine
...as a nonmember observer state...…
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It's Everybody Draw Muhammed Day
I've been mulling over the significance of this effort. Perhaps if we did all draw our idea of this man, over time, the Muslims would become less…
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Hasan's Possible Insanity Plea Looking Untenable
While a resident at Walter Reed Medical Center, Hasan, a Muslim born in the United States to Palestinian parents, reportedly told colleagues he…
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The Most Alive Moment (Rumi's poem)
The most living moment comes when those who love each other meet each other's eyes and in what flows between them. To see your face in a crowd of…
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Most Americans.......
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Breaking News Alert (from the Washington Post): Most Americans against mosque near Ground Zero, poll says…
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