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Originally Posted by Taltarzac725
Depends on where you are taking the example from? If it is near a hot spot with respect to violence like Ukraine, for instance, the numbers would be high for supporting terrorism as long as your side is winning. This would be either Christian or Muslim.
If you mean Iowa, say Des Moines, they might be quite close.
A community like Minneapolis with a very large number of parents who come from war torn countries like Somalia, you would probably be right as these countries are primarily Muslim.
The fact is many of the wars going on in 2014 are in Muslim countries not because of that religion but because of strife over the control of natural resources like oil, water and other commodities. Both sides use religion in propaganda efforts.
The old idea of a holy war or jihad is invoked by leaders who are in these wars but this has very little to do with the practice of religion by Muslims in the United States. These people have condemned ISIS as say an American Christian would condemn the use of violence against abortion clinics. Muslims and Scholars Condemn ISIS for Betraying Religion of 'Mercy' and 'Compassion' | Common Dreams | Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community
I am curious about whether any of the posters on this thread so set against tolerance of Muslims in the United States have any friends who are Muslim? I had a good friend on Findlaw's message boards who lived among various Muslims in Indonesia. Indonesia has a very large population of Muslims but she as a Christian tried to be very tolerant of others religions even if she was scared about the separation of church and state because of the possibility of fanatics taking power. Indonesia president says Islamic State 'embarrassing' Muslims - Telegraph
Whenever fanatics take over a government there are problems with human rights being smashed such as with Mussolini's Italy, Stalin's USSR, Hitler's Nazi Germany, and a whole number of other power structures controlled by psychopaths. ISIS just looks like a state controlled by such a totalitarian group. They use the Muslim religion to twist people how they want. |
Let me try it this way … I’m going to ask you to answer a question and see if you will be good enough to respond.
As a generalization, and to keep things simple, do you think the proclivity towards violence, based on teachings of their respective faiths, is basically equivalent between Islam and Christianity?