Does Being Muslim Make you a Terrorist?

[Devastatin Dave]

Being in the Air Force makes you THINK your great.

Excellent retort!!! LOL

[Gawain of Orkeny]

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.

Now that should have been another choice. Are Muslims more likely to become terrorists? Is there any doubt?

[Shahed]

If you are a woman you are a terrorist!


;)

[yesdachi]

If you are a woman you are a terrorist!


;)

I often think my wife is a terrorist. But her only target is me.

[Papewaio]

Now that should have been another choice. Are Muslims more likely to become terrorists? Is there any doubt?

Well until the 90's I would have said the hands down winners would have been the Irish...so do we declare Catholics and Protestants per head of population more likely to be terrorists?

Or can we state that Europeans are far more likely to commit mass murder, after all the Nazi camps, Stalin and Co., Kitchners Concentration Camps etc were all run by Europeans for Europeans.

I think extremists are far more likely to particapte in extraordinary rendering then moderates.

[bmolsson]

I am a muslim and I am not even tempted to blow up my self. Actually I don't even like playing with matches.....

[Gawain of Orkeny]

Well until the 90's I would have said the hands down winners would have been the Irish...so do we declare Catholics and Protestants per head of population more likely to be terrorists?

Nope still Muslims. Besides the Irish dont represent christianity . You would be correct however back then stating that being Irish would make you more likely to be a terrorist than say if you were an american.

Or can we state that Europeans are far more likely to commit mass murder, after all the Nazi camps, Stalin and Co., Kitchners Concentration Camps etc were all run by Europeans for Europeans.

Theres plenty of examples just as bad before and after this. Again at the time your statement would be true. Today being african would fit this discription.

I think extremists are far more likely to particapte in extraordinary rendering then moderates.

This is very true. The problem is there are a huge number of Muslim extremists. Being Muslim certainly does not make you a terrorist. Howeveer when polls indicate that more than half the population of a country supports the use of terrorism we have more than just a fringe element and a real problem on our hands.

And i still say being opressed makes you a terrorist or makes you revoltl.
Not your religion...

The only people oppressing Muslims are other Muslims. Again the 911 terroists were all well to do.

[Reenk Roink]

Now that should have been another choice. Are Muslims more likely to become terrorists? Is there any doubt?

I sure think there is a huge doubt...

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...

[Taffy_is_a_Taff]

how many of those Muslim terrorists are associated with Islamic terrorist groups?

how many of the rest of the world's terrorist groups are more caught up in class and ethnicity issues than religious ones?

[Radier]

No of course not, but muslims tend to be over-representated in the cathegory "terrorists". All muslims I know are good people.

[Just A Girl]

Well until the 90's I would have said the hands down winners would have been the Irish...so do we declare Catholics and Protestants per head of population more likely to be terrorists?

Or can we state that Europeans are far more likely to commit mass murder, after all the Nazi camps, Stalin and Co., Kitchners Concentration Camps etc were all run by Europeans for Europeans.

I think extremists are far more likely to particapte in extraordinary rendering then moderates.

Hooray Some 1 who remembers the days b4 "All terorists were muslims"

i tried to ell em a few posts ago untill recently it was every 1 apart from muslims who were the terorists.
They seem to have selective memory :(

And i still say being opressed makes you a terrorist or makes you revoltl.
Not your religion...
"unless your religion is being opressed.."
But thats still opression thats 2 blame

[Watchman]

I wonder how many are even aware that Greece for example gets almost a regular number of bomb attacks from anarchists (no, honest) every year, and has for decades...

Muslim wonks don't AFAIK form even remotely the majority of the total bomb-tossing population of the world even today; but they *do* seem to have a virtual monopoly on high-profile international terrorism (ie. the sort that directly affects the West and hence gets real attention), which in practice means they end up looking like the majority. But aside from the Palestinian militants and Gaddafi's spooks (who got started on aircraft hijackings, bombings and similar dramatic stuff already in the Seventies no doubt due to the developements on the Israel front) high-end Muslim terrorism is AFAIK very much a Nineties and later issue.

Which of course raises the usual slew of questions regarding the circumstances and motivations that made such groups graduate from domestic terrorism and guerilla warfare to more hardcore stuff...

[Divinus Arma]

You asked the wrong question. You should have asked, "More often than not, does being a Terrorist mean that you are probably Muslim?"

The answer is Yes.


Most Muslims are not Terrorists.

But most Terrorists are Muslim.