This is rhetoric

Submitted by ted (United States), Jul 3, 2010 at 21:49

Only 1% of muslims are terrorists: Ramsey supposes that only 1% of muslims are terrorists and that leaves 99% of muslims as peace loving normal human beings. Why these 99% normal human beings come forward on the streets to save the name of their religion? And what about the people who finance and provide logistics to these 1% fundamentalists? Certainly non-muslims are not financing these muslims. Who is?

Terrorists are not Muslims because the Quran allows killing only in self-defence: This argument is meaningless. So until a person shoots and kills, he is a good Muslim but as soon as he shoots and kills he ceases to be a Muslims. This argument will keep Islam perpetually free of blemish.

You are a muslim if you follow the quran: Sure buddy. By this definition 99% of muslims are not muslims because they have enjoyed music, stolen, put their money in a saving account etc. Actually, you may be right. Islam is rarely about being a good human-being. It is about using religion to earn immunity from all punishment and about political imperialism.

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