Will our Queen EVER utter the Words "Off with his head" ?? And have our Tower back to Business in Dealing those that would do us harm !!!
I hope not. As a forward-thinking secular and modern nation, I would not want to stoop to the level that these extremists seem to value.
I hope not. As a forward-thinking secular and modern nation, I would not want to stoop to the level that these extremists seem to value.
Something just struck me, reading about the two remaining terroristst.
Like our very own Bentaleb, they're born and raised in France with Algerian parents. How come he ends up a midfield maestro in the Premier League, while they end up slaughtering innocent people in the most cowardly fashion? In theory at least they come from more or less the same background, with similar cultural referances, etc. Yet their lives take two so very different paths.
Very simplified of course, but I find this intriguing.
It's no coincidence that many white converts to Islam are ginger.
Because Bentaleb has some kind of talent to make a life for himself with. Generally extremists have not been successful people and they finding meaning and sense of belonging in a cause like radical Islam - it doesn't reject them like the rest of society often has.
It's no coincidence that many white converts to Islam are ginger.
It would be so much easier to warm to the muslim communities, which so many of our towns and cities now accommodate, if their leaders and seniors would unconditionally condemn and castigate the evil deeds supposedly perpetrated on behalf of "the prophet".
But such condemnations never happen. At some point the ridiculously stretched tolerance of the indigenous Anglo Saxon will be overly abused.
The Queen of Jordan recently came out and said that these people doing such things were not true Muslims and did not stand for what she believed Islam to stand for. I found it refreshing and agree with your general point that more need to do it. It has to come from the Muslims themselves.
If spurs fans(the closest thing I have to a religion) were beating people up at matches I would come out and march against it. Violence as no place in football so I would hope that religious people feel the same about their religions, it is down to them to get their "weirdos" under control.
Twas but a joke my dear friend
My bad!
No, not only BBC and CCN reports. Certainly no Fox reports, if it wasn't already clear I would like to point out that I'm not a blabbering idiot.
Again, I'm not saying atrocities have not happened the other way. I thought I was rather clear in my descriptions of what the bigger problems are. I don't see how this changes that.
Yes. Many sources. Yes. Yes. Yes.
Your own description of "Christian" and "Muslim" countries. How many have democracy? How many have equality for women? How many have freedom of the press? How many follow science to a reasonable extent? (hardest one is murky, my bad)
Never lived in a Muslim country. Considered it at one point, now it doesn't look likely, but you never know. Talking to Muslims, sure. Talking to Muslims who should know very well what they're talking about, sure. Talking to ex-Muslims no longer living in Muslim countries. Sure.
Very little of what I think is based on what I see on the BBC and CNN. In general I think the international media are rather poor on overall larger picture stuff like this and overall they're much too accommodating to religious views. As an example: After the Danish cartoon incident the one good choice for the international media was to show the cartoons everywhere. They failed us. Miserably.
But seriously. Go ahead and tell me how I'm wrong in my conclusions. Tell me about how equal Muslim countries are for women compared to the west. Tell me about democracy. Impress me with tales of freedom of speech. I'm waiting.
Yes. And I'm opposed to all religions in a fairly similar way. Certainly the large monotheistic religions. I make no excuses for that.
Do you think this is something bad in all religions?
But localised isn't enough.
I would fully expect the Pope to come out if some loony tunes went round killing people in the name of the Catholic Church, let’s not kid ourselves he would.
Why then when such atrocities in the name of Islam ever happen and let again be honest, they happen a lot, when then do you never see a staged condemnation made by an Ayatollah or collection of them?? I’m not attacking the whole muslin race here I just think its fair comment to say there is not enough done within their house to educate the rights and wrongs. And before people say “well they do you just don’t hear it” well for my money we should hear it and it should be on a world platform. This isn’t a knee jerk reaction to one event, this craps been going on for years and until there is a mass campaign that starts from within Islam, this isn’t going to change at all. It’s not just the responsibility of the west to fight this…..
Not all that many though.
I haven't heard of many "Not in my name" type protests being arranged either.
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