I spelled “cite” wrong. =O

Asalaam walekum Rahamatulahi Wabarakatahu

I wanted to reply to Aladdin Nassar,
I am not trying to make fun or disgrace you but if you really want to show that your comment it true then I would advise you to not use wikipedia because it this sight is not always correct althought it might have different sourses of where the information had come from

James and Nd,

Thank you for your thoughts. Both of your opinions have been clearly articulated. However, any additional comments will not contribute to an honest and fruitful discussion.

Your comment is biased, because you don’t accept the flaws of your views as well. Look above, there are more than one Muslims, including me, who have accepted that, yes, there are Muslim extremists committing atrocities and we cannot justify their acts to make us feel good. I also shared an article with you, which you surely haven’t read. And now see what you just said to me and how you said that.

You watch TV and videos, i live.

Of course, i should not extend this discussion with you anymore.

I don’t want you to “improve your image.” I want you to start owning up to the problem. I want you to start really condemning ALL Islamic terrorism, to support the USA in our fight, to recognize that we are the good guys, to root out anyone who supports the jihad, to apologize for the attacks, and to support equality and freedom for Christians in Muslim countries.

I get so angry when this comes up and I hear the same talking points from Muslims. Just once I want to hear a Muslim say “yeah you’re right we need to get our act together and reform.” Just once.

persecution of Christians and beheading? :O

i have no idea where you live, but i don’t see anything like this, nowhere near this kind of atrocities in my community, where most people are Muslims, thanks to Allah. I haven’t heard any Imam supporting these terrorist attacks either, even when this kind of things happen. There are some extremist organizations which have carried out atrocities earlier, but none supported this, and their leaders were punished and hung to death. Jihad is different, and nowhere in Quran or Hadith it has been said that killing people out of nowhere is Jihad, like the terrorists are doing. Worst of sins. Jihad is something else. For example, when a non-Muslim community wages war or invades a Muslim community and tortures them (like america has waged war against many Muslim countries so far), the Muslims MUST fight back. This is one form of physical Jihad. There are other mental jihads.

Unfortunately, these extremists and deviated people, whom none of us support, have become a representation of Muslims for you and some other people who surely haven’t seen any good side of it.

Sad, and yes, it IS our responsibility to improve our image, of course.

Please do read this article about rioting over cartoons. 🙂
http://www.virtualmosque.com/islam-studies/prophet-muhammad/it-is-time-for-muslim-to-stop-burning-flags-and-start-burning-their-desires-cartoons-and-comics-ust-abdu-sattar/

You have come across a wrong article, even i don’t like it much. I also agree that we shouldn’t justify everything to make us feel good. Take care.

Nd, don’t bury your head in the sand. How much violence is it going to take before you admit what is obvious to everyone else. Muslims are killing out of religious motivations. Most Christians don’t do that and the number who do is tiny. Muslim imams have no problem preaching jihad openly. You can watch it on Arab TV. I have been watching the persecution of Christians and the beheadings. There is silence from Muslims about this, but they will riot over a cartoon. Your denial and inaction aid and abet the Islamic terrorists. Face up to it and put a stop to it.

“Islam” doesn’t need to reform and renounce its violent tendencies. If a certain group of Muslims have become terrorists, it doesn’t change Islam.

Moreover, every terrorist belongs to a religion, it can be jew Christian or anything else, except the atheists who have denounced the concept of religion and God. By commenting such that “terrorism continues in Islam” is thus vague.

These people don’t represent Islam. There are Muslim Imams and preachers and followers who are teaching the truth of Islam.