Oh wait, Hitler did it.
It's religion, it's people's beliefs, which by the way is what this country and our right to believe whatever we want is protected by the constitution. We do not persecute Christians because of what the radical fringe does when they kill doctors and bomb and burn clinics on behalf of their god and beliefs. If we did I guess we'd need a Christian registry?
This is where the ability to look at history and profound mistakes comes into play. Isn't this what Hitler did when he persecuted Jews? I'm going to spend time on this, and do rewrites until I can take inflammatory elements out so as to reduce this to pure fact. I don't want to offend anyone because they resemble an inflammatory statement. Now just because someone doesn't believe it has nothing to do with whether it's the truth.
Persecution of a religious group by political leaders is playing to the ignorance and fears of people. The whole Muslim phobia is based on gross ignorance. Radical ideas resonate with a fringe, not the mainstream of any religious group. You could find whole Christian congregations where none of the members would ever support killing a doctor because he does abortions that happen to be constitutionally legal in this country.
#1 Fact
ISIS, or ISOL is a group or faction that has changed and evolved it's name so as to play to it's base. The fact that they are claiming to Muslim based does not mean they have anything to do with real Muslims, just as some hard right wing hatred filled bigoted "Christians" such as Skinheads or white Supremists don't have a clue what it means to be a Christian.
#2 Fact
ISIS is the true enemy of Muslims, ISIS has killed hundreds of thousands of Muslims, and caused millions to flee their country because of the way ISIS persecutes them.
#3 Fact
There are an estimated three to seven million Muslims in this country. Muslims have long been a quiet unobtrusive part of our population. They have not been in the news because they are not a disruptive violent part of our life. Many communities have a large presence that you would be unaware of because they do not do anything that draws attention to them, they have settled here, raised kids, have grand kids, and quietly have their faith, as is the right of all religions.
We believe and practice whatever religion we want, as long as those beliefs do not interfere with anyone else's beliefs or rights.
Christians need to be aware of something, the numbers of those who consider themselves to be Christians is rapidly declining. This is in fact an ever shrinking minority. People are getting fed up with people who hate other people such as gays, blacks, Muslims, liberals. Anyone who hates groups does not have the ability to see the good people that are part of any group. There's a lot of people that despise the concept of someone being so ate up with their beliefs that they would kill someone or bomb clinics that are legally operating, and those people do not hate all Christians because lunatics who consider themselves to be Christians doing god's work do despicable acts of terrorism.
Terrorists no more represent what it is to be a Muslim than skinheads represent true Christian values.
It's religion, it's people's beliefs, which by the way is what this country and our right to believe whatever we want is protected by the constitution. We do not persecute Christians because of what the radical fringe does when they kill doctors and bomb and burn clinics on behalf of their god and beliefs. If we did I guess we'd need a Christian registry?
This is where the ability to look at history and profound mistakes comes into play. Isn't this what Hitler did when he persecuted Jews? I'm going to spend time on this, and do rewrites until I can take inflammatory elements out so as to reduce this to pure fact. I don't want to offend anyone because they resemble an inflammatory statement. Now just because someone doesn't believe it has nothing to do with whether it's the truth.
Persecution of a religious group by political leaders is playing to the ignorance and fears of people. The whole Muslim phobia is based on gross ignorance. Radical ideas resonate with a fringe, not the mainstream of any religious group. You could find whole Christian congregations where none of the members would ever support killing a doctor because he does abortions that happen to be constitutionally legal in this country.
#1 Fact
ISIS, or ISOL is a group or faction that has changed and evolved it's name so as to play to it's base. The fact that they are claiming to Muslim based does not mean they have anything to do with real Muslims, just as some hard right wing hatred filled bigoted "Christians" such as Skinheads or white Supremists don't have a clue what it means to be a Christian.
#2 Fact
ISIS is the true enemy of Muslims, ISIS has killed hundreds of thousands of Muslims, and caused millions to flee their country because of the way ISIS persecutes them.
#3 Fact
There are an estimated three to seven million Muslims in this country. Muslims have long been a quiet unobtrusive part of our population. They have not been in the news because they are not a disruptive violent part of our life. Many communities have a large presence that you would be unaware of because they do not do anything that draws attention to them, they have settled here, raised kids, have grand kids, and quietly have their faith, as is the right of all religions.
We believe and practice whatever religion we want, as long as those beliefs do not interfere with anyone else's beliefs or rights.
Christians need to be aware of something, the numbers of those who consider themselves to be Christians is rapidly declining. This is in fact an ever shrinking minority. People are getting fed up with people who hate other people such as gays, blacks, Muslims, liberals. Anyone who hates groups does not have the ability to see the good people that are part of any group. There's a lot of people that despise the concept of someone being so ate up with their beliefs that they would kill someone or bomb clinics that are legally operating, and those people do not hate all Christians because lunatics who consider themselves to be Christians doing god's work do despicable acts of terrorism.
Terrorists no more represent what it is to be a Muslim than skinheads represent true Christian values.