yes, we must be careful -

Submitted by the Grand Infidel of Kaffiristan (Australia), Aug 1, 2011 at 03:29

Naushad Omar writes:

"... We must be careful that we dont fall into the same trap of blaming a whole people for the actions of a few individuals who, in any case,"

Yes, we must , I agree. But a reasonable person would think that if it's more than a FEW individuals (eg. tens of thousands who are willing and able and actually carry out atrocious and barbaric crimes in the name of their religion) - then they can safely infer that there is an underlying cause behind the proponents of those crimes. Would you not agree?

And what might that be in the case of Islamists? What manifesto are they reading?

And while the Western world has been vociferous in speaking out against Mr Breiviks berserk massacre - and actually is doing something about seeing that such a thing cannot happen again - we have muted silence and little to no action from Muslims whenever a muslim induced massacre occurs anywhere in the world.

" ....who in any case are fighting for liberation from neo-colonial oppression and occupation .."

which somehow kind of justifies their actions in your mind?

"...in places like Palestine (Israel), '

Jews were there 3000 years before Mo unleashed his confusion on the world.

Kashmir (India),

Hindus were there thousands of years before Mo unleashed his confusion on the world.

Mindanao (Philippines)

animists were there thousands of years before Mo unleashed his confusion on the world.

and Chechnya (Russia).

animists were there thousands of years before Mo unleashed his confusion on the world.

(where the occupying power is shown in brackets)."

umm, not really.

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