The Logic and Strategy of Suicide Terrorism

[Meneldil]

Because Islam is being blamed by some people for the actions of a few lunatics. That, and the fact that I wager that I know more about Islam in both historical and theological contexts than most other people do on this forum.

Fine Hax. I'll make sure to send you a notice whenever a group is being blamed for the actions of a few lunatics.

As for myself, your whole knowledge about Islam seems to be the kind of knowledge we've been taught at school cause of PC policies: "Islam was a tolerant and open-minded religion", "Jews were better off living in Al-Andalus than in medieval France". All this is pretty much a big myth that has little historical reality.

That doesn't change the fact that Islam as a whole is an extremely conservative (and nowadays, reactionnary) religion, with a strong totalitarian aim. You simply can't support Islam on the first hand, and then support women or gay rights, or the separation of church and state on the other hand.

The whole reason why a part of the left keeps supporting islam is because islam is the current main opponent of the "western world" and of its flaws. Just like people supported Stalin because he was the leader of the Workers paradise, you support a deeply violent and untolerant religion, on the basis of "anti imperialism", "anti racism", anti colonialism" and "freedom to the people".

At least, communism pretended to be a progressive force, attempting to liberate men and women, to create equal rights for all. Islam has no such intention.

Edit: Glad to see you back Don.