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Originally Posted by DemolitionRed

On many occasions, I’ve tried to steer away from your intolerance and slurry-pit of disinformation for all things Muslim because its intolerance that sometimes borders on the extreme. I apologize for appearing rude, but from the looks of things, you appear to care passionately about complex issues that you fail to fully understand.

If you only want sensible replies, then try leading the way with sensible Ops and not ones that sound like an echo chamber of disgust. If you can’t do that then expect some lessons in reality and stop acting butthurt when posters get vocally defensive. If you want to discuss extremists, go right ahead but stop attacking the moderates and stop attacking a faith. Islamic State within the Muslim faith is “takfirist” which means “scum” (I think we all agree with that) so let's have a cogent discussion about them; let's discuss the bad eggs and not constantly try to tarnish an entire people. There is no harm in a critical assessment of any belief system. It only becomes disturbing when we start overgeneralizing a religion or a political movement.

I’m an atheist, who’s spent years living in the metropolis of London where Christians, Muslims, and Jews generally get along very well and respectfully with each other. I’ve lived in the Middle East where I have broken bread and talked about the same mythology with Muslim friends and I have a good understanding of just how adaptable most Muslims are to different cultures and other religions. Whilst I accept that there are some stupid Muslim bigots, I also accept there are some stupid anti-Muslim bigots, I refuse to accept a barrage of confirmation bias caused by the actions of a few scumbags, so as long as you continue to characterize 1.8 billion people on this planet, don’t expect me or others to sit here quietly.

Are you trying to say that moderate Muslims don't have sexist views - I would disagree with that. Many British non-Muslim men still have sexist views so I don't think that is being very realistic. To attempt to imply that the only Muslim men who are sexist are the extremists is either naïve or disingenuous.

With the increasing amount of Muslim women walking around in Britain in niqabs and burkhas that would suggest otherwise, unless you are saying all these women and their husbands are extremists. Trouble is this kind of sexism is blatant, on public display and waved around like a flag in my opinion and as a woman I reserve the right to have a problem with that - so equally don't expect me to sit here quietly.