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I made it very clear that I didn't believe all Muslims were terrorists. I said that there is a radical fringe that is bigger than any other fringe of any other religion. No modern religion inspires violence like Islam does. These terrorists of Islam that are in the 10s of thousands, interpret specific language from the Koran that inspires their terrorists acts.In which case you're just as wrong as those on the right.I happen to side with the rightwing about the threat of Islam. I do understand that the majority of Muslims are peaceful, but to suggest Islamic extremism is as big of a threat as general religious extremism is flat out wrong. In the Middle East, polls show that a majority of Muslims there believe non-believing Muslims should be killed. Now obviously the majority does not take up arms like ISIS does, but that still says a lot about the attitude of Islam. The Koran states (In multiple contexts) that Muslims must kill non believers. This belief really isn't out of nowhere. Islmac terrorism, while on the fringe, is not outside the actual doctrine of Islam.
I think liberals just need to accept this. Sure most Muslims are harmless, but Muslims in general hold more extreme views than that of Christians. There is a significant subculture of Islam that is larger and more dangerous than any Christian violent fringe.
Pew Report: 1/3 of US Muslims Support Al Qaeda, Suicide Bombs; 25% Came to US Under Bush, Obama
The threat comes from terrorism, extremism, and contempt for human life – not religion.
That Muslims might commit acts of terror does not mean 'all Muslims' are 'terrorists,' and it does not mean Islam is a 'terrorist religion.'
Such an 'argument' fails as a composition fallacy.
Liberals understand this fact, they don't resort to the demagoguery, fear-mongering, and logical fallacies common to most on the right; liberals correctly acknowledge the fact that the vast majority of Muslims are not 'terrorists,' and that Islam as a religion poses no 'threat,' the threat manifest with the criminals and terrorists who misappropriate the tenets of Islam, who seek to promote unwarranted fear and hate, terrorists who will succeed in their efforts if they can achieve their goal of convincing the West to condemn Islam as a religion, and to perceive Islam as a 'threat.'
Sadly and unfortunately, you've fallen prey to the fear and hate the terrorist seek to foment, as have most on the right.