Quote:Was your evidence laid out in a tin foil conspiratorial way like your previous post on here?

 

No.  I actually have been doing some reading/studying about Islam and the Middle East.  After all, you must understand your adversary in order to beat him.     Do I think that Islam is "evil"?  Absolutely not.  Do I hate or am I afraid of Muslims?  Again, absolutely not.

 

Part of my post above was copy/paste from things that I have read.  There are of course, misleading things in those quotes, the first being that most Americans think that Muslim = Islam.  That really is not the case.  That's kind of like saying that a white southern male = Baptist.  Most people here in the U.S. would probably be shocked to find out that there are Muslim Jews as well as Muslim Christians.

 

What really drives these radical Islamic extremists is not really about religion, it's more about power and jealousy.  Their prey is on the weak and at this point in history they see us as being weak, therefore there are many more attacks here.  They use whatever means necessary to carry out their Jihad, and part of that is what we are seeing now.  The mass number of "immigrants" into Europe as well as here in the U.S. is not because they are fleeing anything, it's because they want the power.

 

The power that they are wanting is both militarily and economic.  Believe it or not, in places like Iran or Iraq, having something "American" such as Nike shoes or an American made automobile is a "status symbol".  The only power that they possess right now is the power over their own people, thus strict Sharia Law in some places.

 

If people took the time to actually research and study this stuff, they would probably find it fascinating.  What has been happening for several years, and continues now is that countries that really want to raise these people up to be a part of the global community are battling hard line extremists.  These hard line extremists are against certain "westernized" or "European" things such as women having certain rights, freedom to speak freely against their governments, etc.

 

People don't understand also that these hard line extremists are modernized and make use of modern venues such as social media to spread their word.  It's very easy for impressionable young people that practice the Islamic religion to be convinced to do extreme and dangerous things.

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