You made a point Noah!

Submitted by Canadian Chris (Canada), Feb 4, 2007 at 15:23

Noah;

You make a good point in that the Jews in Nazi Germany were law abiding citizens that were persecuted, and that rounding up muslims that are actively participating in terrorist activities is not the same thing, But moving forward from the point you are making, we are observing a trend to demonize Muslims the way that Jews were demonized and de-humanized by the Nazis. Muslims are not a separate species of animal, they are our brothers and sisters that have a different philosophy.

I maintain that I have witessed anti-fundamental preaching from the muslim community, as well as muslims decrying the violence that their religion is becoming known for. I have also recently watched Glenn Beck, who is not objective, but his attempt at factual reporting is at least commendable. He had on his program very moving footage of women and muslim religious leaders speaking out against fundamentalism and violence.

I use this as an example of mainstream media reporting peaceful muslims. It may be only a token resistance at this point, but it is this resistance that must be encouraged and applauded. If the muslim community feels backed into a corner, the fundamentalists will certainly have the loudest voices. It is expansionism, sexism, violence, human rights abuses and fundamentalism that must be fought, and there is a significant amount of muslims that are behind this fight.

You may only hear the sensationalist news that another terrorist has attacked, or that there is more sectarian violence, but it is rarely boring-old-nothing-happening-peace that gets into the news. Remember that it is also Christians that have a doomsday prophecy that will pit believers against non-believers.(That involves, Protestants against Catholics, Christians against Muslims, and any given denomination or sect against another) It is not at its most fundamentalist stage yet, but never forget that Christians believe in a final battle of epic proportions that will flood the battle field in blood. Christians are against violence, but they also believe in a time when the violence will be righteous.

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