Isis said:
Back when the war in Iraq was getting heavy, i'd watch the news on Al-Jazeera...and while i didn't really understand the news anchor, cuz i don't understand modern standard arabic (what's spoken on the news channels) i'd see the images.
I remember seeing a mother crying and holding her dead child in her arms asking why this was happening to them? what did they do to the US?
I remember my dad making a comment saying that 'they shouldn't be so emotional'. but how can you NOT get emotional? you're holding the body of your dead child in your arms. How could someone not go crazy with pain and grief????
You mention the images you saw on Al-Jazeera of the victims of American bombings in Iraq, which obviously are shocking and intolerable, but you donโt mention the images in Al-Jazeera or in some other news channels of the thousands of Muslims who partied and danced in the streets through out the Middle east or Africa to celebrate the 9/11 carnage.
You say that Muslims are for religious tolerance, and yet so many preach hatred and world domination in the place of love, and slavery in the place of freedom. Need proof? What about the teachings and sermons from some of the Muslim clerics? Why do so many of them display hatred and intended domination of non-Muslims?
Why is the Bible banned in so many Arab Countries. Owning a Bible can get you killed, arrested, or deported. In Saudi Arabia, they burn discovered Bibles. Christians are not free to practice their religion. Jews are banned completely.
How about the intolerance of the Taliban when they destroyed the centuries old Buddha statues in Bamiyan, Afghanistan? Why was there no outcry from the Muslims?
Are you banned from practicing Islam or owning the Holy Koran in the USA? I think not.
I didnโt see any Islamic tolerance in Holland when Theo Van Gogh was killed by a Muslim for making the movie 'Submission'.
Muslim clerics in Britain have spewed out hatred against the infidels, and have vowed that Britain will one day be taken over by the Muslims and Sharia law applied. You have to admire the British for their tolerance, until one dayโฆ
Christians, Jews, and Buddhists don't lash out in fanatical and homicidal attacks when their religion is insulted. They don't call for jihad. If they did, thousands of Muslims would be dead in Europe and America.
In Palestinian territories churches and Jewish holy sites are desecrated. The Christian population in Palestinian-controlled territories is dwindling to nothing. Where is the beneficial face of Islam?
Isis, All these things don't help westerners in believing that Islam is a tolerant religion. You are going to spend a lot of your time and energy defending Islam from people who donโt understand it.
I think itโs time for Muslims to start reflecting, looking inwards and start realizing that you are not all angels. You have a lot of fanatics in Islam who are the main source of conflicts between Islam and other religions.
It is your duty to defend your religion from the ignorant bigots, but it is also your duty to condemn and get rid of the Islamic fanatics. If Muslims donโt condemn and take steps to stop all this extremism, fanaticism and terrorism, you can bet that the divide is going to get even wider.
