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Originally Posted by MTVN

Still assuming Muslims are a homogeneous group. It's not the case that it's a linear spectrum from mildly believing Muslims to extreme believing terrorists, its far more complicated than that. ISIS are only representative of their own fundamentalist, hardline version of Islam. They take pride in that, far more dogmatic than any other Islamist group before them, and will just as happily kill other Muslims who don't subscribe to their beliefs as they will Westerners - in fact they're liable to hate other Muslims more. Why do you see them as representatives of the Islamic Religion? Why not see, say, the Kurds as representative? They are overwhelmingly Muslim but are typically quite a liberal people and they are on the front lines fighting IS. Why not see the Indonesia as representative? An Islamic democracy. You talk about the Medieval times, well the medieval Muslim world saw some of the biggest scientific and cultural advances in human history. Why not see that as representative? Or we could just accept that it's actually pretty impossible for any one group in any one time to 'represent' Islam. It will always manifest itself in different ways. Yes IS are Muslims and we should appreciate that fact, but we should also appreciate that they represent no one but themselves.

Thanks for the educated voice MTVN