Cathy Young, in her article The Jihad Against Muslims, wrote:
Even in milder form, there are sweeping generalizations that reduce any social or political problem anywhere to a "Muslim problem" as long as there are Muslims involved. Take this description by Mark Steyn: "There are many trouble spots around the world, but as a general rule, it’s easy to make an educated guess at one of the participants: Muslims vs. Jews in ‘Palestine,’ Muslims vs. Hindus in Kashmir, Muslims vs. Christians in Africa, Muslims vs. Buddhists in Thailand, Muslims vs. Russians in the Caucasus, Muslims vs. backpacking tourists in Bali."
This account not only omits many non-Islamic trouble spots, from Korea to Colombia, but also implicitly presumes that Muslims are the guilty parties and Islam is the problem in every conflict listed.
True, Ms. Young, there are trouble spots that do not involve Islam, as there are acts of terrorism that do not involve Muslims. However, if one rationally considers that a "faith" which comprises only 20% of the total world population is involved in almost 90% of all world conflicts and more than 95% of all acts of terrorism, then the perspective becomes clear.
It is indisputable that Islam disproportionately behaves more violently than all other faiths combined. That isn't Islamophobia, that isn't racism, that isn't bigotry. That is a simple, cold fact.
Young also writes in her article:
There are regions, such as Bosnia, where the Muslim populations are modern and moderate, and there are progressive and reformist forces within Islam.
If you cannot see the truth, is it because you don't look. Here is a picture of a couple of Kosovo's "modern and moderate" Muslims Ms. Young lauds:
A young Muslim man takes a picture of his friend urinating on a burned down church in Kosovo.
Comments:
#2 forest 13-Jun-2008
The numbers you quote get even more lopsided when you consider motive. Most non-Muslims involved in terrorism and armed conflict are not motivated by their religion.
In most conflict involving Muslims, Islam is explicitly cited as the motivation, or it is at least used as a justification. And it's easy to use it as a justification for violence because Muhammad was violent and intolerant in the extreme, so the religion he invented is as well. There's no getting around it.
Religion ought to moderate and mitigate our worst tendencies, but Islam does the opposite.
In most conflict involving Muslims, Islam is explicitly cited as the motivation, or it is at least used as a justification. And it's easy to use it as a justification for violence because Muhammad was violent and intolerant in the extreme, so the religion he invented is as well. There's no getting around it.
Religion ought to moderate and mitigate our worst tendencies, but Islam does the opposite.
#3 Steve (Brussels) 16-Jun-2008
There are 27 armed conflicts ongoing in the world nowadays and 25 of them involve moslims. There are more moslims killed by other moslims than by non-moslims. Moslims claim that islam is the fastest growing religion in the world. I do'nt know for sure but it certainly is the fastest killing religion in the world. Their birthrate is very high: 5,3 children per moslim women against 1,7 for western women. That's why Boumedienne, the then President of Algeria mentionned in 1974 at the United Nations: "It is the belly of our women that will provide us the victory" (C'est le ventre de nos femmes qui nous offrira la victoire).
#4 DMartyr 17-Jun-2008
Steve - You'd think they'd treat their women better!
Imagine if Islam actually respected women and made them equal to men as far as income, education, and justice. At that birth rate, we would certainly be closer to a world-wide caliphate than any muslime today could hope for...
Imagine if Islam actually respected women and made them equal to men as far as income, education, and justice. At that birth rate, we would certainly be closer to a world-wide caliphate than any muslime today could hope for...
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