2 very good articles Marconious.Marconius wrote:
*whistles and walks in*
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/artic … 87,00.html
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/200 … mage_x.htm
Most of the radicals base their hatred and actions around the poverty forced upon them due to the constant warring in their tribal regions. They'll tie all of the events to prose from the Qu'ran, and naturally impoverished people who are looking for answers won't know any better and will just sign on up. This is actually shown fairly well in the movie Syriana. Islam can be oppressive if the ruling clerics decide to enforce radical dogma on the believers in their region; people can be swayed in many different ways when it comes down to the root level of their faith. The ultimate idea of Islam, though, is that of peace.
Your paragraph offers reasons for the Muslim violence, it however, does not deny it.
What about Gadahfi? He the only one with visions of a Islamic domination, as suggested then ignored by the others?
If there is one thing that irritates me to know end, it is hit and run tactics like those that are used in this thread. Once again when cornered they sucker punch with insults then haul ass. Oh well,
Marconious your 2 articles were very interesting reading, and clearly shows the uphill battle Muslims face to try and rebuild their PR image. I still feel their image is self imposed however.