Moderate and average muslims are no different than the extremists. They're all the same.

Submitted by Stephen Phillips (United States), Sep 9, 2006 at 20:53

Let's stop prefacing Muslims with moderate, extreme, radical...etc. THEY'RE ALL THE SAME. Some of them commit murderous crimes and the others give the murderers food, clothing, shelter, money and whatever else is needed. It's exactly the same as naziism. There is no such thing as a moderate or extremist nazi. There are just plain old nazis who wanted to kill all the jews and takeover the world. Islamists of all stripes want to wipe out not only the jews but anyone else who doesn't "toe the line" and convert to Islam. If you support murderers then YOU ARE A MURDERER!

Do you think the 9-11 highjackers used only their personal bank accounts to finance their crime? No. Hundreds of seemingly "moderate" Muslim male and females gave money to the terrorists and continue to praise their nefarious and heinous acts to this day. Just like there are no radical and moderate Leopards. There are just Leopards. You can even drop the name Islamist or Muslim terrorist because that's redundant. Just call them all terrorists. I'd like for someone to tell me that what I'm saying is wrong.

p.s. Would somebody answer this: Why aren't some of these "moderate" and "peace loving" muslims turning the "extremists" over to the police? Answer: Beause they're all the same.

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