Senex wrote:
I do believe that most Muslims really are great human beings, I only meant the handful who do take things to the extreme. Sorry if my initial post was at all pig-headed, I do want to become more knowledgeable on the subject as there is a lot of paranoia going on about Islam which I would like to get past of. I'm here to learn!
I think they have some great qualities, being very hospitable, recognizing the importance of family, a sense of loyalty, a sense of honor not found in the west, but in the Middle East, they are extremely backwards and this is somewhat reflected among Muslim immigrants. I remember a while ago there was a survey asking British Muslims whether they thought the London subway bombings were justified and a large minority said yes. They were the minority, but still, it was a disturbingly large minority, large enough to make it reasonable for people to be worried about religious tensions arising from Muslim immigration. In France, of course, the riots were partially sparked because of this... Partially because the French government and French people engaged in religious discrimination, but also because many Muslim immigrants are unfortunately extremists.
To demonstrate this, by the way, there's quite a bit of footage from Middle Eastern media broadcasts here:
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From all different countries...