Does Being Muslim Make you a Terrorist?

[Just A Girl]

no.
being a terrorist makes you a terrorist..

[Reenk Roink]

Knowing a muslim, I would say no...

[Goofball]

I voted "yes," just in case the NSA is monitoring my internet account. I don't want to be sent to Gitmo.

[Samurai Waki]

of course not! nonsense! nonsense I say...Hey where you guys taking me! I demand to know the reason behind this injustice! *Get in the Car sir!* Never! *you hear the sound of a tazor gun*

[Sartaq]

does being a terrorist make you a muslim?

[Tribesman]

Does Being Muslim Make you a Terrorist?

Take one of todays suicide bombings for example , was it an act of terrorism ?
It was against a naval vessel , so that isn't really terrorism is it .
But the group also carries out attacks on civilians , so that is terrorism isn't it .
Most of the the world calls the group terrorists , but the government of their country which they are fighting against doesn't call them terrorists .
Two countries that do call them terrorists (US&Norway) don't call them terrorists because they want to re-enter dialouge with them politically and they don't talk with terrorists...(make sense of that one)
The group is not a Muslim one , but it has some Muslims in it .
It attacks some Muslims , but not because of their religeon .

So SFTS....what is a terrorist ?

[Just A Girl]

Demand something And Terrorize the people you want it from untill you get what you want, and that is terrorism,

"i wonder if that makes All those Gay rights people Terrorists"

[Marcellus]

Of course not.

[Kekvit Irae]

In that case, I'm guessing the Unibomber was Muslim too, eh?
No, being Muslim does not make you a terrorist. Neither does being Catholic make you a child-rapist. Neither does being Hindu makes you a 7 Eleven worker. Neither does being Shinto make you a samurai.
All these are just lame stereotypes. It is the individual, not the whole, who define terrorism.

[LeftEyeNine]

Useless debate, me thinks..

If someone is to vote for "Yes" indeed, what can you win over/change about his ideas -that is extreme ? So this discussion, which had been indirectly called in some other threads before, is nonsense. It is impossible to discuss a topic that has a pitfall from the structure.

SFTS,

[Crazed Rabbit]

No.

But a far more relevant question is: Does being of a certain religion make one more likely to succumb to the allure of terrorist activities against an alledged infidel? Unfortunately, I think so.

Neither does being Catholic make you a child-rapist.

I was not aware that was a stereotype.

Neither does being Hindu makes you a 7 Eleven worker.

True. Does that mean one cannot make jokes about how Ghandi was a convenience store owner? I don't think one can without flagrant disregard for who Ghandi was and what he achieved.

Crazed Rabbit

[Reenk Roink]

No.

But a far more relevant question is: Does being of a certain religion make one more likely to succumb to the allure of terrorist activities against an alledged infidel? Unfortunately, I think so.

A State Department report on terrorism stated that about 1/5th of the terrorists belonging to all "official" terrorist groups are muslims. 1/5th-1/4 of the world population is muslim...

[Adrian II]

Knowing a muslim, I would say no...

I know at least five whose innocence I can personally vouch for. Hold on, make that six...

[Watchman]

You know, I looked up one of those odd American law-enforcement mags our local well-equipped bookstore carries a while back. They had an article about domestic American terrorism (as well as one about how the Adminstration's "security" policies are turning the country into a "snitch nation" à la good old DDR...) - and that was all about militant eco-nuts who are apparently a bit of an issue there judging by the anecdotes in the article.

That aside, how about the abortion-clinic bombers and the crazy right-wing extremists ? How have they been lately ?

And I would also be rather interested in the logic behind the statement "most terrorists are Muslims at the moment", as I for one have never even heard of anything even hinting in that direction. And Gawain's polls can stuff it; for a comparision Finnish polls show that the welfare state is extremely popular among the populace, but that doesn't keep them from voting centre-right in the elections... And for another comparision, how would one by same criteria read the results of a poll conducted among Americans about torture if it turned out a substantial portion approved of it conditionally (say, "in defense of Liberty" or however these things now usually get sugar-coated) ?

[Tribesman]

If you are thinking of the Michigan Militia, terrorist group might be too strong of a word...
The Michigan Militia are not on the list , the only mention of it is that some of its members are linked to the 3rd Continental Congress which is on the list .

[Gawain of Orkeny]

May I ask you if you are familiar with a recent post where someone dismisses opinion polls as factual evidence as they can be manipulated to ensure the desired result .
The person who made that post goes under the name of Gawain on these forums , have you ever heard of him

Yes I have . But you post polls so I thought you believed in them. You asked for evidence. Thats quite different from proof.

What percentage of Muslims would you venture support terrorism against Israel? Also were those Jews dancing in the streets in the Middle Rast on 911? Can you find a christian or jewish equivolant today? You can try to deny that most of the terrorists in the world today are not Muslim but Ive yet to see any proof of this or of most of all the other tribesman tripe you post.

[JimBob]

Michigan based terror groups? That is almost laughable. No offense, but I don't see to many newspaper or new topics that have to do with a Michigan Terrorist groups ramming a truck full of explosives into a building or decapitating other human beings.

I seem to remember a guy by the name of McVeigh, but that's probably a Muslim name, dropped the a- when he came to the states. The reason they aren't in the papers is that they're not high profile and they kill fewer people.

[Ice]

I seem to remember a guy by the name of McVeigh, but that's probably a Muslim name, dropped the a- when he came to the states. The reason they aren't in the papers is that they're not high profile and they kill fewer people.

Yes, THe Oklahoma City bombings... let's try something new for a change.