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Originally Posted by Sticks
Let's correct a few misconceptions here
- Islamic fundamentalists are different from the IRA. The IRA did not have a pholosophy that was twisted by others to produce suicide bombers. IRA members wanted to get out alive.
- The Jihadi is taught that what he is doing is striking at the enemy and that any good muslim who dies fighting for Allah will enter paradise with a certain number of virgins
- Jihad is just meant to be a struggle - A good muslim's jihad may be his struggle to quit smoking - the term Jihad has been hijacked and missused
Now on to things you do not hear.
When muslims move into an area, like say the West End of Newcastle near where I live, crime goes down. I'll say that again, crime goes down.
Some of them are the most devoted and hard working people I have come across.
Not all of them are exxtremists, in fact on the night of 9/11 the muslim who runs the local chippy was appauled at what had been done in the name of Islam.
Halal cooking really tasty and I quite like it*
* Before you talk about slaughtering techniques we in the west are not that much better |
That is why they need PR in the UK and the USA. They have no spokesperson who can speak out against terrorism, correct stereotypes and talk up Muslims in the UK.
The vacuum is filled in a negative way and will continue to be so.