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- Apr 10, 2014
Well...as a Muslim I find the acts of these terrorists disgusting and deplorable. They hurt everyone, Muslim, non-Muslim. The Taliban and their attack on the schoolchildren recently show it is more of a political agenda rather than a religious one. They don't really care who they hurt. Their actions offend me more than any cartoon ever will. I believe terror has no religion nor ethnicity and that human beings are capable of great damage regardless of what doctrine they subscribe to. ISIS, Taliban...whatever. Not in my name. I question whether or not these people are reading the same book as I am. All I've been taught since young is to love and not hurt other beings. I cannot deny that there are no passages relating to warfar in the Quran. But these passages relating to warfare etc have to be read in context. And these terrorists take them out of context and use them for their own agendas. For those interested, Mehdi Hasan's argument during the Oxford Debate, while not the best, gives a perspective on this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjRI2AsF3h0
I do hope that mainstream media would stop lumping us all together and saying Muslims are not talking against this. We are very vocal about this, but hey, none are featured on mainstream media. and none of the attacks on Muslims post-Paris attacks are featured in the news too. And Rupert Murdoch telling Muslims to take responsibility and apologise just takes the cake.
Personally, I cannot comment on how things are in France. I've lived in the UK when I was younger and things were pretty much okay. I am currently living in Australia as an international student. But boy, I've been called many colourful names here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjRI2AsF3h0
I do hope that mainstream media would stop lumping us all together and saying Muslims are not talking against this. We are very vocal about this, but hey, none are featured on mainstream media. and none of the attacks on Muslims post-Paris attacks are featured in the news too. And Rupert Murdoch telling Muslims to take responsibility and apologise just takes the cake.
Personally, I cannot comment on how things are in France. I've lived in the UK when I was younger and things were pretty much okay. I am currently living in Australia as an international student. But boy, I've been called many colourful names here.
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