Islamists always blame the West

Submitted by Simon (Australia), Mar 24, 2011 at 10:14

What the writer fails to acknowledge is that most of the violence done in Muslim countries is by Muslims themselves. It is extremely naive in my opinion to think that "all the world's problems" would be solved if only the whole world was Muslim. Just look at all the uprisings in Muslim countries. I'm sure that Gadhafi regards himself as a "good" Muslim, while most of his countrymen do not. The Islamic peoples always blame the "West" for their problems. What I think should be asked is "what part of their culture leads to government by tyrants?" Look at Iran, the majority of people there are very unhappy with their dictatorial theocracy. Islam, I believe, encourages dictators because the whole idea is to implement government by religion (sharia) and to shun democracy, freedom of expression, criticism etc. This is just another form of totalitarianism. Fertile ground indeed for dictators to grow in. Get the message?

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