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Originally Posted by pylon
PIMking, you have to realize, that most Muslims are great people. Do I believe in their religion? No. But do I believe in any religion? No. In your neck of the woods you probably haven't had a chance to meet many of them. And for the better part, they are just like anyone else, besides maybe a beard and hat that seems funky to you and me.
This is about a tiny, tiny faction of Zealots that have perverted the Koran into a killing tool. And are trying to enforce Sharia law, which is brutal, and cruel. Almost no Muslims in the Western world support this. These comic writers are not targeting the peaceful muslims, they are targeting the extremists, ruining it for everyone.
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It's not a tiny fraction of zealots though, just look at the polls that were posted earlier in the thread. Sure a small fraction of muslims are the ones who act out violently, but a much larger number support the ideas of sharia law and violence against non-believers. And then you have states like Saudi Arabia, who in public denounce killings like this, but in private fund terrorist groups and fully enforce sharia law to a barbaric extent. This from the "closest ally" the west has in the region
Then you add in that the Koran is a much more violent text than in any other modern religion, and it's not hard to see why groups like ISIS have such an easy time finding recruits. There are millions of good people in the world who are Muslims, living here has allowed me to interact with quite a few. But the teachings they follow are deeply flawed