Do you think Islam is a Terrorist Religion?
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No. Every religion carrys a "bad egg". So just singling out a religion just doesn't make sense.
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Islam is not the solution to anything.  I understand that not all Muslims are terrorists, but the vast majority of terrorists seem to be Muslim.  \n\nIslam is a religion of peace???  That's not how I see it.  I don't seem to recall a Swede blowing up anything in the name of Christianity.\n\nMuslims seem to have an inability to live peacefully with their non-Muslim neighbors.  The Israelis are quite happy to live next to a Palestinian state, but the Palestinians refuse to live next to the Israelis.\n\nIn India, the Hindus are constantly attacked by Muslims.  In East Timor, the Christian East Timorese never attacked the Islamic Indonesians, but the Islamic Indonesians tried to slaughter the East Timorese.  In Philippines Abu Sayyef engages in terrorism because the Philippines is a Christian nation.  There is ethnic cleaning in Darfur and Nigeria -- both initiated by Muslims.\n\nAs a Christian, the DaVince code is highly offensive to me, but I do not advocate bombing the publisher or killing the author (there is still a fatwa against Salman Rushdie by the way).  The Muslims don't like a cartoon in a Danish newspaper, so they riot all over the world.  Grow up!  That violence was orchestrated in order to cause trouble.\n\nThe November riots in Paris were orchestrated by the imams in the Paris mosques.  Based upon what I see, Islam is a religion of violence.  It is not the solution to anything.
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what kind of question is this? you could start a conflict with this, a war even. Islams are completely misunderstood. Do not judge based on your ignorance. And to answer the guy upstairs, Islam isn't the root of terrorism. Everyone is entitled to be a terrorist.
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This would seem an absurd notion. For one just as Christianity & Judaism are divided into multiple sects  So to is Islam divided into two major sects and several minor ones like the Druse of Lebanon. Islam is far from a monolith. In fact Islam was one of the more tolerant of the 3 major Mono-theistic  faiths through much of it's history. In fact during the Spanish Inquisition many of Europe's Jews Fled to Muslim Turkey where they were allowed to to practice freely.\n\nThat said Islam has always had a more militant element than either Christianity or Judaism. Fundamentalist within Islam Have used this militant past to justify a resurgence of militant  behavior in order to reestablish regional caliphates and ultimately the the goal is to reestablish the grand caliphate which would reunite all Muslims under one faith and institute Sharia Law throughout the Muslim world. Many, if not most, of the Islamic fundamentalist sects reject outright the broader interpretation of Jihad as an inner struggle to surrender to the will of Allah. They favor the more literal interpretation of Jihad which is Literally force surrender to Allah's will.\nIn Sum, Are most Muslims terrorist likely not But if you ask are most Fundamentalist Muslims in support of terror and other forceful means the answer would be yes.
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I was raised a Catholic but personally I think Islam is a great faith, too bad some followers of  Muhammad ibn Abd al Wahhab have given your religion a black eye, but don't true Muslims view terrorists as Fasiq or Munafiq, I've read that the virgin Mary is mentioned more often in the Qur'ān than in the Bible, and having a Pope and Cardinals that live extravagantly in mansions after taking a vow of poverty certainly is hypocritical, let alone all the corrupt priests, and Evangelists that have been caught doing despicable things. We should all command what is good, forbid what is evil, and strive to seek God's approval.
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There is nothing in the Koran nor mainstream doctrines of Islam that supports or condones any terrorist acts.  Suicide bombers are merely weak-minded pawns of manipulative people who use an Islam-esque facade to mask their own twisted agendas.  To associate Islam with such acts would be similar to associating mainstream Christianity with nut-jobs like David Koresh or associating Americans with Ted Bundy.
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I know this doesn't exactly answer your question, but I really must address the reply above me, because it's ridiculous: Doctorkersey, your entire post was ethnocentric and judgemental to the core. You cannot make sweeping generalizations about an entire organization like that, it is foolish and absurd. Just because a few morons blow up some buildings and call themselves Islam does NOT mean they actually are. And Islam itself does NOT promote violence; any Muslim cleric worth half a damn will tell you as such. They're scholars, which means they know more about their own damn religion than any terrorist ever will. Take your hatred and bigotry somewhere else.\n\nWhich brings me to your question, dear poster: I actually have seen a few interviews with Muslim clerics on a few news-ish programs (don't remember where, though), and they were NOT happy. This was quite soon after 9/11, so I'm guessing some of them were getting a lot of flak for simply being Muslim. They said that what the terrorists had done that day was shameful and was not in any way a reflection of Islam. I was a freshman in high school when it happened, and the next week we had a guest speaker come in and tell us about Islam; he repeated these claims as well.\n\nSo, in short, I think the best answer is probably the first commenter's; it's not that Muslim clerics aren't speaking, it's just that a lot of people aren't listening.
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ive been living in an arab country for 19 years now. neither islam nor muslims call for terrorism. they are good and helpful people. they really dont deserve being called terrorists, and they find it too offensive
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Firstly,I heared alot about terrorism and its connection to Islam. so i think by false that Islam=terrorism. when i chat muslims i found them normal people but i think they know what they want and they trust their God completely.so I think that Terrorism have not any connection with Islam and muslims who kill, burn and explode are only bad people which fill all countries and all religions.
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Islam is a belief.  Islam is not an idiot running around the streets setting fire to everything.\n\nJust like Hinduism, Christianity, Judaism, etc.  aren't either.  Yet how many millions of people have been killed in the name of all religions.\n\nYou should see example in your heart, look for it there and let it guide you.
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Yes Islam is a Comprehensive Religion. The proof is stated in the Fact that The Prophet Mohammed(Peace Be Upon Him) was ranked #1 In Michael Harts Book \nThe 100:Most Influential People in History because\n"...he was the only man in history who was supremely successful on both the religious and secular level." Since the Prophet's wife Aisha when asked about him said that he was the walking Quran.\nThis is one of the many evidences which shows the comprehensiveness of Islam. For more evidence go to Whyislam.org
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Because Islam isnt a religion of Peace.  It is a violent Terrorist religion.
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islam is not only against the west, but against the east, north, south and middle, anyone who is not-islamic is subject to war by islam, 9/11 is simply one of thousands of muslim terror attacks that occur on a world wide basis.\nWhen islam began is when this war began 1400 years ago, long before the usa ever exsisted. \nas for your hint, islam did 9/11 and islam is attacking all the non-islamic people. \nAnd as for all those "peacefull" muslims.. well they simply do NOTHING to stop what is going on.
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The truth is that Islam is not a religion of peace. It is a religion of hate, of terror and of war. A thorough study of the Quran and Hadith reveal an Islam that is not being presented honestly by the Muslim propagandists and is not known to the majority of the people of the world including Muslim themselves. Islam, as it is taught in the Quran (Koran) and lived by Muhammad, as is reported in the Hadith (Biography and sayings of the Prophet) is a religion of Injustice, Intolerance, Cruelty, Absurdities, discrimination, Contradictions, and blind faith. Islam advocates killing the non-Muslims and abuses the human rights of minorities and women. Islam expanded mostly by Jihad (holy war) and forced its way by killing the non-believers. In Islam apostasy is the biggest crime punishable by death. Muhammad was a terrorist himself therefore terrorism cannot be separated from the true Islam. Islam means submission and it demands from its followers to submit their wills and thoughts to Muhammad and his imaginary Allah. Allah is a deity that despises reason, democracy, freedom of thought and freedom of expression.\n\nI reject Islam a) because of Muhammad’s lack of moral and ethical fortitude and b) because of the absurdities in the Quran.\n\na) Muhammad lived a less than holy life. His lust for sex, his affairs with his maids and slave girls, his pedophilic relationship at age 54 with Aisha, a 9-year-old child, his killing sprees, his massacre and the genocide of the Jews, his slave making and trading, his assassination of his opponents, his raids and lootings of the merchant caravans and unarmed villagers, his burning of trees, his destroying the water wells, his cursing and invoking evil on his enemies, his revenge on his captured prisoners of war, his torturing of his captives to for greed and his hallucinations such as believing of having sex with his wives when he actually did not, disqualify him as a sane person let alone a messenger of God.\n\nb) An unbiased study of the Quran shows that far from being a “miracle”, that book is a hoax. The Quran is replete with scientific heresies, historic blunders, mathematical mistakes, logical absurdities, grammatical errors and ethical fallacies. Could possibly the author of this Universe be as ignorant as it appears to be in the Quran?
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I am a western person and I don't view Islam that way. I think it is the minority in Islam that have a terroristic attitude.
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Islam is not a religion of terror. People who got hurt by some group/country  is taking revenge against some country and their citizens.They are in-surgents who dont like the law and order what the world follows but they take thier own doctrines in the name of islam.\n\nI just want to say there is no link between "Islam and Terrorism"  but the people who are doing these kinds of acts are unfortunately muslims.\n\nExample : When a driver meets an accident no one would blame the manufacturer of the car but the driver.\n\nSame think applicable to Islam\n\nHere islam is the car manufacturer\nAnd a muslim is the driver
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No religion.If you think Islam does,then you are an ignorant bigot.