Moslems and Charlie Hebdo

[paulinefowlersgrowler]

Just seem the Daily Mail story.

Number demonstrating about the insult caused by Charlie Hebdo = 10000
Number demonstrating that innocent people are being killed all over the world in the name of THEIR religion = 0

Something badly wrong here.

[NickFitz]

The innocent people being killed by those claiming to act in the name of Islam are, for the most part, Muslims; and those who do the killing are constantly being condemned by - you guessed it - Muslims.

You are either profoundly ignorant, or profoundly prejudiced.

[Malcolm Buggeridge]

Instead, why can't 10,000 muslims march on Downing Street to protest the despicable acts that are being committed in the name of Islam around the world?

A bad call on their part - looked like a show of force to me; "Don't publish insulting pictures of the prophet, or else!"

And a blessed cheek draping themselves over Monty's statue like that.

[NickyBoy]

Something badly wrong here.

Yes, you read the daily fail.

[NotAllThere]

The innocent people being killed by those claiming to act in the name of Islam are, for the most part, Muslims; and those who do the killing are constantly being condemned by - you guessed it - Muslims.

You are either profoundly ignorant, or and profoundly prejudiced.

Fixed that for you.

It's well established that the majority of victims of Islamic terrorism are Muslims. But I do wonder why they don't kick up more of a fuss about it. (Probably because they're scared of becoming the next victim).

[MicrosoftBob]

This seemed to spring to mind

[DodgyAgent]

This seemed to spring to mind

There are other examples, but foulest of all were the excretions emanating from James Zogby, president and founder of the Arab American Institute. I’ll cite in full the opening paragraph of his Huffington Post op-ed:

“The perpetrators of the horror at Charlie Hebdo were not devout Muslims outraged by insults directed at their faith. They were not motivated by religious piety, nor did they seek to strike a blow at ‘freedom of expression.’ Rather they were crude political actors who planned an act of terror — seeking to create the greatest possible impact. They were murderers, plain and simple.”

From your link. Just to show how dodgy this link is I happen to agree with James Zogby. The trouble is that the rest of the Muslim world are not saying the same thing

[vwdan]

Here's one for a start:

Thousands protest in Jordan's capital against Isis burning of caged pilot - Middle East - World - The Independent

[BrilloPad]

The innocent people being killed by those claiming to act in the name of Islam are, for the most part, Muslims; and those who do the killing are constantly being condemned by - you guessed it - Muslims.

You are either profoundly ignorant, or profoundly prejudiced.

Profoundly trolling?

[xoggoth]

I see the usual nonsense is being peddled about tolerant Islam. Here are some facts about Jordan:

Primacy to sharia in matters of personal status
Converts from Islam risk losing civil status rights
Muslim women unable to marry non Muslim men
Muslims hold all senior command positions in government
Atheists and agnostics and others from unrecognised religions unable to get state documents
Articles in the press depicting negative images of Jews and no action by government
Children of Muslims unable to inherit unless they are Muslims
Any proselytizing of Muslims prosecuted as “inciting sectarian conflict"
Those who leave Islam lose rights and inheritance
Unregistered religious groups unable to open bank accounts etc
Government inaction on crime against religious minorities

International Religious Freedom Report for 2013

Does that sound like equality and democracy as we understand them? And Jordan is pretty moderate by Islamic standards.