San Bernardino

al-Baghdadi is an Islamic scholar.

 

Little bit of overkill with the fingertips once the head is lopped off.

Unless they do fingertips first, which would make them sadists.

 

I wonder what those represent in the "internal struggle."

 

People read the Bible and claim it supports the idea blacks are inferior. Lifting quotes out of context is fun.

There is a lot of literature - hundreds of years worth - on the meaning of jihad. If I remember correctly, there are four versions of it - some external, most internal.

I'd hate for Christianity as whole to be judged by the actions of a teeny, tiny percentage. So I extend the same respect to other religions.

 

It really is becoming his best -- and most obsessive -- work.

 

The same tired excuses. Christian terrorism does not equal Muslim terrorism, not in this age, and not even close to on the same scale.

The equivalency argument is maddening.

And it's not teeny, tiny percentage. I'll post this report for the thousandth time on this site, and maybe it will sink in this time.

http://www.pewforum.org/files/2013/04/worlds-muslims-religion-politics-society-full-report.pdf

Go to page 29.

Percentage of Muslims who say suicide bombing in the defense of Islam is "often/sometimes" justified.

Palestinian territories - 40%
Afghanistan - 39%
Egypt - 29%
Bangladesh - 26%
Malaysia - 18%
Jordan - 15%
Turkey - 15%
Pakistan - 13%
Tunisia - 12%
Morocco - 9%
Indonesia - 7%
Iraq - 7%
Russia - 4%

From page 36.

"In the U.S., about eight-in-ten Muslims (81%) say that suicide bombing and similar acts targeting civilians are never justified. Across the globe, a median of roughly seven-in-ten Muslims (72%) agrees."

That means 19% of American Muslims and 28% of Muslims in the world think suicide bombings are sometimes justified. Again, not teeny and not tiny.

Sure, the majority of Muslims think terrorism is never justified, but 19% of American Muslims is a pretty damn big chunk.

 

I never said they were the same. Hell, I never mentioned Christian terrorism at all.

I'd hate for Christians to be judged by the opinions held by 19 or 28 percent about the actions of a teeny, tiny subset. I'd hate cops to be judged for the opinions a minority hold about the actions of a sliver as well.

 

I wonder how many think that bombing Planned Parenthood clinics or killing Doctors who perform legal abortions are justified.
I bet there are a couple of million Americans who say those acts are justified in the name of their religion.

 

You know how good the Onion is? I don't even have to read the articles. I get a good laugh just looking at the link.

 

I'm not judging all Muslims that way. I just don't subscribe that this type of Islam is a "bastardized." It is explicitly in the text. And its support is more mainstream than people claim. The numbers I cited were a substantial, even though they are the minority.

 

Let me know when that research comes out, and if the numbers are similar, it will be equally appalling.

 

Americans like Muslims more than they like Donald Trump