I don't get it.
People following the Islam faith number almost 1.6 billion. I would expect that the vast majority are moderates and only a very small % are extreme.
So when such abhorrent events are perpetrated by Islamic fundamentalists, why don't we ever hear from the vast majority of Muslims to condemn them?
Why can't some of the 1.6 billion Muslims stand up for their faith and organize mass rallies in condemnation of the extremists and to say to the world that these terrorists are not Muslims, they are simply evil, thick-as-tulip-brainwashed murderers. Or come on, at the very least, start a simple petition to show the world that extremists are not speaking for the Muslim faith. Imagine if just 100 million of the 1.6 billion Muslims stood up and fought back.
Surely something is wrong here. If Muslim (Turkey & Bosnia) football fans can boo the minute's silence that was held in respect for Paris, then what the world sees is that most Muslims support and believe in the fundamentalist view.
If the 1.6 billion followers of Islam don't come out and stand up against the - supposedly - minority of fundamentalists then the world will quite naturally assume the vast majority of Muslims to hold extremist views. Perhaps then, frightening though it is to accept, this is the truth?
People following the Islam faith number almost 1.6 billion. I would expect that the vast majority are moderates and only a very small % are extreme.
So when such abhorrent events are perpetrated by Islamic fundamentalists, why don't we ever hear from the vast majority of Muslims to condemn them?
Why can't some of the 1.6 billion Muslims stand up for their faith and organize mass rallies in condemnation of the extremists and to say to the world that these terrorists are not Muslims, they are simply evil, thick-as-tulip-brainwashed murderers. Or come on, at the very least, start a simple petition to show the world that extremists are not speaking for the Muslim faith. Imagine if just 100 million of the 1.6 billion Muslims stood up and fought back.
Surely something is wrong here. If Muslim (Turkey & Bosnia) football fans can boo the minute's silence that was held in respect for Paris, then what the world sees is that most Muslims support and believe in the fundamentalist view.
If the 1.6 billion followers of Islam don't come out and stand up against the - supposedly - minority of fundamentalists then the world will quite naturally assume the vast majority of Muslims to hold extremist views. Perhaps then, frightening though it is to accept, this is the truth?
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