So is praying 5 times a day no educating women and blowing stuff up PS just for clarification this is not a personal opinion nor is it directed at anyone on the message boards, the post is just a generic rehashing of commonly held American stereotypes about Muslims
Very interesting take. Don't read the Koran, and you will be better informed than if you read it? I have never been exposed to that sort of logic before.
Seems like you don't want to have a discussion about or learn about Muslims or their religion, you're just using this as an excuse to bash them. You've flagged posts and expressed concern to me about posts that bashed or insulted Christianity. Aren't you doing the same with Muslims?
I didn't say don't read the Qur'an. I'm saying you need all the context of history in order to figure out why what you're reading matters.
Absolutely you need the context of history and the other religions too. Only then can you begin to tell the salient differences. You might discover than the teachings of Budda (Buddhist), Christina (Hindu) and Jesus (Christianity) are not all that different, in many cases very much the same. However, when it comes to the Koran, there are some remarkable divergences and people in America should become aware these differences. Reading the Koran is probably the only way to being this awareness.
Can't I discuss them and insult them at the same time especially since such comments are not against the rules. Personally I am curious to learn from other about why the Sunni are so radically against the depiction of Muhammad appearing on tv. So much so that they threaten to bomb studios and kill people who share such images. Furthermore, if images were so bad why don't other sects within the Muslim faith tend to feel as strongly? As far as religious topics are concerned this is an OT thread for talking about the Muslim faith and more specifically the negative connotation images have with in it. It is not some random post full of profanity and crazy over reactions to a two minute stretch of a game in which the Blazers were winning.
The better question is, why do women refuse to be photographed. They ruin every group picture I take, refusing to participate. You think your job is hard. Imagine being a snobby Muslim photo shop catering to rich Muslim women.
Sly didn't say it was against the rules, he's just calling you on your bullshit cleverly hidden as disingenuous curiosity.
My post wasnt aimed at you. Though I still don't like how people use this thread, i realized that it wasnt right of me to post here asking for it to be civilized in the first place, seeing as i do not manage this section. Therefore i retract said statement. I actually registered 2 days ago, and requested a name change shortly after i applied for a moderator position. Truebluefan tried to change it, but the name 'Alex' was already in use by a user who registered in 2006, so he merged my account with his.
Why is my curiosity disingenuous because I am not planning on converting to Muslim? Last I checked there are still a lot of Muslim terrorists out there and by understanding them I can hopefully find a weakness that may ultimately save my life, or at learn to recognize when someone is about to declare a Jihad. Additionally, sometimes I just like to learn shit.
I would say religious zealotism is not limited to Islam, its just more prevalent there at the moment due to "the chip"on muslims shoulder based on how they are taken advantage of in their own countries by the western world. Add that to giving Imams high political powers in their countries and control of the education, as well as poverty or the populace, and its a recipe for resentment and suicide bombs. This is why our constitution and separation of church and state are so important, politics and religion don't mix well and laws should not be made to satisfy religious motives. Really I view modern day terrorists as the new communists, a very convenient boggy man to keep our war machine rolling.
Uhhhh, no. Besides the fact that one doesn't "convert to Muslim," your religion has nothing to do with it. Look, it's hard to take someone asking questions about Islam seriously when they simultaneously demonstrate hostility towards it and the people who practice it. You do know that declaring Jihad isn't like, a bodily function that has warning signs so that you can jump out of the way at the last moment, right? And you're not going to be able to recognize a potential Muslim terrorist unless you get to know some Muslims and talk to them at length about their views on Islam. You're not off to a good start. So why don't you buy a book on Islam so you can talk shit to it in the privacy of your own home?
