Does Being Muslim Make you a Terrorist?

**bmolsson** · 01-10-2006, 06:30

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** · 01-10-2006, 16:10

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** · 01-10-2006, 21:30

Originally Posted by Gaiwan of Orkeny

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...

Originally Posted by Reenk Roink

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** · 01-10-2006, 21:36

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?

**Ice** · 01-10-2006, 23:47

I'm going to have to agree with Divinus and Gawain here. Does being a Muslim make you a terrorist? Of course not, that's silly. Are the majority of terrorists Muslims? I'd have to lean to yes.

**Just A Girl** · 01-11-2006, 00:58

How many Muslim terrorists do we all know then??

Cos i Know 4 ex welsh terrorists "mebion glyn dwr members"
I dont know any other terrorists at all,

So becous I my self have never met a muslim terrorist i dont feel it is my p;ace or any 1 elses to say most terrorists are muslim,

Unless you Know EXACTLY how many "terrorists" There are,
How can you Possibly hope to be able to say most of them are muslim.

**Papewaio** · 01-11-2006, 01:15

I assume that was Just A Girl posting as ShambleS posts are a speeling

shambles. While Just A Girl, well spells like a girl... neat and all.

I think all Welsh mums terrorise their kids.

**Ice** · 01-11-2006, 02:27

Originally Posted by Just A Girl

How many Muslim terrorists do we all know then??

Cos i Know 4 ex welsh terrorists "mebion glyn dwr members"
I dont know any other terrorists at all,

So becous I my self have never met a muslim terrorist i dont feel it is my p;ace or any 1 elses to say most terrorists are muslim,

Unless you Know EXACTLY how many "terrorists" There are,
How can you Possibly hope to be able to say most of them are muslim.

Well considering I don't live in Pakistan, Iraq, Iraq, or one of the many breeding grounds for Islamic terrorists, I would be kind of hard for me to met a Muslim who is a terrorist. I believe you know ex welsh terrorists, because you live around Wales? This is just a guess.

**Tribesman** · 01-11-2006, 01:23

But they represent a far larger percentage of muslims than they do in any other religion.

Really Gawain , and do you have any facts to back up that assumption ?

Are the majority of terrorists Muslims? I'd have to lean to yes.
I take it that is just a guess then ghost , and what exactly do you base you guess upon ?

But most Terrorists are Muslim.
Ah Divinus , another one working on guesswork I see .

Who's company are you keeping where this sort of thing is said seriously? I've never heard someone say this. Sure, there must be someone who believes this stupid crap, but there's certainly still idiots somewhere out there who believe the Earth is flat.

You spoke too early Prole

I read somewhere that the majority of suicide bombers are Hindu in Sri Lanka...
Go to my first post in this topic BDC , the group has conducted more suicide bombings than any other terrorist group , but while the group is mainly Hindu it also contains Muslims and Christians as it is an ethnic movement not a religeous one . They have also murdered the heads of State from two countries , though I suppose that could come under the label of aiming for regime change , so thats OK then

Now then , for all those people going on guesswork , would you like to examine Columbia which is almost exclusively Christian ?
There is a terrorist group down there that has nearly half a million active terrorists and nearly 12 million supporters who pay their "taxes" directly to the terrorists. Can you find a Muslim group on that scale ? Then perhaps you can move onto Peru , though the biggest group down there could hardly be called Christian even though it is a predominantly christian country.

You assume most terrorists are muslims because ....why ?
Is it because you have been hearing lots about Muslim terrorists recently ?
Or is it just because it seems like something simple that you can accept without examining any awkward things like facts ?