Does Being Muslim Make you a Terrorist?

[Strike For The South]

Gah Im sick of this question and the people who spew this utter nonsense. Plenty of groups over the years (wether religous or of another kind) have perverted the orignal message to mean something else like the KKK and those man who bombed the abortion clincs. Terrorism isnt a matter of religon its a matter (at least in this case) of jealousy poverty and powerful men manuipulating for there own personal gain. I mean Im just sick of this nonsense and narrowmindedness.

[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...

[Alexanderofmacedon]

Hey...

Ghandi pwns us all...

[Tribesman]

True. Does that mean one cannot make jokes about how Ghandi was a convenience store owner?
He was a lawyer , which is even worse , he also ran a newspaper which makes him a media mogul .
Damn , that Ghandi just gets worse the more you look at it .

[Just A Girl]

Well the IRA wernt Muslims.
Mebion Glyn dwr Wernt muslims.
Actualy...
Untill recently Most terrorists have been Anything but muslims.

so dunno About religion making you more likley to become a terrorist,

Being opressed, usualy makes you a terrorist.
Or a "Rebbel" as they used to be.

[Vladimir]

A quote I like is: Not all muslims are terrorists but all terrorists are muslims. But that's not entirely true. I'm pretty sure the Basques aren't muslim but they've been using terror tatics against the Spanish for quite some time.

[Proletariat]

I mean Im just sick of this nonsense and narrowmindedness.

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. Should we start a thread about them, too?

[Mongoose]

AGAGGHHHHH!

There isn't really any room for debate in this topic. No one here is racist or stupid enough to say anything that we could argue with. Hell, not even me. If you want, I could pretend to think that so you could tear apart afew posts and walk awat form the thread feeling smug.

[Devastatin Dave]

Does being an Irishman make you drunk? Does being a Catholic Priest make you a child molestor? Does being a Southerner make you uneducated? Does being a New Yorker make you rude? Does being a Jew make you greedy? Does being a black make you a criminal? Does being a Mexican make you illegal? Does being an Asian make you smart? Does being a honkey make you a racist? Does being a Italian make you a mobster? Does being Polish make you stupid? Does being French make you a wimp? Does being an African make you and AIDS patient? Does being Brittish make you a snob? Does being in the Air Force make you great (I think it does!!!)? Does being in the Marines make you a maniac (I also believe it does )? And now for the final generalization of them all... After the movie Broke Back Mountain came out, does being a Texan make you a homo?

God loves all, from the most peaceful Muslim to the butt bumping gay TEXAS cowboy.

So back to the original question, no, being Muslim does not make you a terrorist.
Oh, I forgot one... Does being a Canadian make you a Goofball!?!?!?

[Sartaq]

Does being in the Air Force make you great (I think it does!!!)?

Being in the Air Force makes you THINK your great.

Does being a Canadian make you a Goofball!?!?!?

[Samurai Waki]

God loves all, from the most peaceful Muslim to the butt bumping gay TEXAS cowboy.

Are you insinuating that gay cowboys can't be civilized?

[Kekvit Irae]

Being in the Air Force makes you THINK your great.

Best. Quote. Evar.

[Strike For The South]

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. Should we start a thread about them, too?

You dont know the company I keep. Im considerd the learned libreal

[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.....