First two are Idiots, what's wrong with the third? I mean what yu see as bad in the third?
The fatwa could be seen as an excuse for marital rape. In Western society, rape is never considered acceptable.
yeah so?
Some people consider circumcision to be inhumane, as you are performing what they consider cosmetic surgery or worse on a child without his/her permission.
look at the storyabove, first ever integrated prom in a highschool. based on this, should I consider all americans racist pricks?
If every or most Americans you had personally encountered were "racist pricks", you might begin to consider all Americans "racist pricks". You might even begin to hate them.
i would even think that people that had actual experience whit muslim faith are more likely to have a good view instead of hating them for their religion.
If the experience overall is positive or at least neutral, than yes. If someone has had bad experiences with the Muslim faith, as Mosab Hassan Yousef, they would quite likely hold a dim view of Islam.
This would be far more progressive if we actually had a clear opinion from catnip. So, do you have something against Islam or not?
A majority of Muslim political movements, governments, and NGO's behave in the worst of ways. But I don't have a strong opinion on "Muslims" and "Islam", since without further clarification, those terms cover a wide variety of both people and viewpoints.
The examples you site are more often than not, single incidents. Wouldn't researching on Polls (Of which there are many) be are far more insightful, and reliable way of ascertaining the reasons why?
1) People are not generalities, or percentages.
2) Polls, either by dishonesty, error, or chance, can come up with inaccurate results.
I call hogwash on this. You would be surprised at the number of people on say, the radical Christian right.
"That their beliefs are bonkers does not mean they are marginal. American pollsters believe that 15-18% of US voters belong to churches or movements which subscribe to these teachings. A survey in 1999 suggested that this figure included 33% of Republicans."
With no citation. I could just as credibly say that 100% of American Christians are extremists, or 0%.
As for your skewed view of Islam, that's a pity.
You can read my mind to figure out what my positions on various issues are? You should probably put your superpowers to better use.
Yes, many sects call for such acts. But so do many other religions. And more importantly, you're indeed a bigot for thinking that such a large number of Muslims are like that. For example, Very few Muslim Americans " just 1%" say that suicide bombing and other forms of violence against civilian targets are often justified to defend Islam from its enemies; an additional 7% say suicide bombings are sometimes justified in these circumstances. Fully 81% say that suicide bombing and other forms of violence against civilians are never justified. Comparably small percentages of Muslim Americans express favorable views of al Qaeda, and the current poll finds more holding very unfavorable views of al Qaeda now than in 2007.
My posts earlier in the thread were to explain why people would hate Muslims, they were not intended as value judgements of all Muslims. If you feel that explaining why the actions of Muslims and Islamic political entities would inspire hatred towards Muslims as a whole is bigoted, you should probably find a dictionary and look that word up.
The source you cited provides some support for your case; that being said, what people say in polls and what the believe personally are two different things.
Furthermore, while the study you linked to shows only 8% public support among American Muslims support for suicide bombing
http://www.people-press.org/2011/08/30/muslim-americans-no-signs-of-growth-in-alienation-or-support-for-extremism/
Others studies done by pew show much higher numbers, such as 13%, with 8% saying that suicide bombings were often or sometimes justified.
http://pewresearch.org/files/old-assets/pdf/muslim-americans.pdf#page=60
Oh, tell me how this is representative for each and every muslim community!
It isn't. It is, however, representative of the Bangladeshi Muslim community. As far as I can tell, it is mostly Muslims that are pushing blasphemy laws, in an effort to silence all criticism of Islam.
I read it in a very serious journal; it is only when googling for articles that I realized they didn't mention it. I trust that journal way more than a few internet news reports.
Do you have a citation for that, then?
Don't get me wrong, I am in no way trying to justify the atrocities that are being done by some of the more radical religious people. All I'm saying is, being muslim says nothing of your personality; it encompasses so many different ideals depending on who you ask... just like christianity.
Right. Even the radical Muslims generally try to do what they think is the right thing, and don't see themselves as evil.
