[Tom4784]

Originally Posted by Livia

Is everyone who thinks Islam is a violent faith "hypocritical and illogical"?

Catholic priests don't abuse children in the name of Christianity, Muslim terrorist do kill in the name of Islam. There isn't much of an analogy there, I'm afraid.

People acting in the name of Islam are on a killing spree right now, across the world. And they don't go for the clean kill, they crucify, they dismember, they skin, they cut babies in half in front of their parents... this isn't movie stuff, this is really happening. I've been to Jordan, I've been to the camps... I've heard the sh1t that goes on and I've heard it first hand.

I'm not going to answer your suggestion that, so long as people are white, then that's okay because frankly it's beneath contempt.

Getting together for a weekend and denouncing violence isn't enough. Moderate Muslims need to step up more because it's mostly THEY who are being slaughtered. Those Muslims living the soft life in the West need to speak up for their brothers and sisters in UN camps right now their homes destroyed and their loved ones dead.

The "extreme minority" of which you speak runs into MILLIONS. And every time anyone suggests Islam is dangerous and violent we have post after post suggesting that the majority of Muslims are peaceful. Well... we know that. And we know that 30,000 Muslims "from across the world" getting together and denouncing violence is like me throwing stones into the sea because there are sharks in there.

Christian terrorism is a thing, in fact there's more deaths in the US attributed to Christian Terrorism than there is Islamic Terrorism. Every religion has it's lunatics, to make out that Islam is worse is just plain ignorant especially how you're discounting the fact that millions of Muslims regularly oppose terrorism but that doesn't matter because you said so and that's apparently that.

How would you feel if someone made out that you needed to be apologetic for Israel's frankly shocking civilian casualty ratio against Palestinian civilians just because you're a jew? You'd be outraged and you'd be right to be since why should you be tarred with a brush just because of your religion? Why do you believe this is an acceptable attitude to have towards Muslims?

It's hypocritical and there's no way around it, as for suggesting there's millions of IS supporters, where's the evidence? More Muslims have been murdered by IS than any other denomination or race, Muslims have more reason to oppose IS than anyone else because they've suffered more at their hands.

What are Muslims meant to do if denouncing violence is not enough? What would you have them do? You seem to have all the answers so share with the class. I'm guessing the answer is that nothing will be ever be enough.