Islam is a good religion???

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I have studies many religions (like in college) and have realized that many have a dislike for Islam. It is usually mostly ignorance and not a true dislike. I am not an endorser of any religion, but I am a defender of many.

Islam is peaceful in a lot of respects.
Christianity is peaceful in a lot of respects.
Mormonism is peaceful in a lot of respects.
And the list continues.

Why so much hate for a great world religion like Islam.

Many can say, "9/11." But that was not Islam as so much as Timothy McVeigh was not Christianity's fault or those shootings in the name of Christianity off of the France coast.

If someone does something in the name of a religion but fails the religions true precepts while preforming that action, can we say it is derived from the true essence of that religion or see it as a true representation of that religion? No!
Its like someone coming in and killing in the name of the ten commandments; he is doing something against the very name he claims to be doing it in; does that crime go against Christianity or negate all the good that is in Christianity? No!

Thoughts?
 
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No hate for Islam. There appears to be more people misusing it at this time in history than there are those misusing other religions. I am down with anyone that wants to be peaceful. Killing sucks.
 
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You obviously have never been shot at by one of them...please continue with the talk of the peaceful nature of Islam....you have my attention.
 
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Vols JD said:
I have studies many religions (like in college) and have realized that many have a dislike for Islam. It is usually mostly ignorance and not a true dislike. I am not an endorser of any religion, but I am a defender of many.

Islam is peaceful in a lot of respects.
Christianity is peaceful in a lot of respects.
Mormonism is peaceful in a lot of respects.
And the list continues.

Why so much hate for a great world religion like Islam.

Many can say, "9/11." But that was not Islam as so much as Timothy McVeigh was not Christianity's fault or those shootings in the name of Christianity off of the France coast.

If someone does something in the name of a religion but fails the religions true precepts while preforming that action, can we say it is derived from the true essence of that religion or see it as a true representation of that religion? No!
Its like someone coming in and killing in the name of the ten commandments; he is doing something against the very name he claims to be doing it in; does that crime go against Christianity or negate all the good that is in Christianity? No!

Thoughts?
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Yes, take a look at this link that should anwer your questions.

List of terrorist incidents - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 
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Nothing wrong with the religion. It gets a bad name for the people who do bad things in the name of the religion.
 
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I am friends with a guy who is from Iraq. He is a Suuni Muslim and one of the nicest most genuine guys I've ever met. He says himself that the radicals are a relative small but vocal minority. The problem isn't the religion, it's the education. A lot of uneducated people are irrational, and thus are easily influenced by radical religious leaders.
 
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Didn't us Christians do a Crusade or something? That was just a mission trip, right?
 
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golfballs said:
I am friends with a guy who is from Iraq. He is a Suuni Muslim and one of the nicest most genuine guys I've ever met. He says himself that the radicals are a relative small but vocal minority. The problem isn't the religion, it's the education. A lot of uneducated people are irrational, and thus are easily influenced by radical religious leaders.
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i have spent a lot of time studying Radical Islamic terrorism in my coursework, and that is something that always comes up. The religious wave of terrorism usually consists of a heirarchy of sometimes educated, but almost always unstable, individuals who seek out poor and uneducated young men (and recently more women as well). If you add in lack of family structure it becomes even easier to recruit. These kids are brainwashed and they serve on the front lines, so to speak.
 
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golfballs said:
Nothing wrong with the religion. It gets a bad name for the people who do bad things in the name of the religion.
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golfballs said:
I am friends with a guy who is from Iraq. He is a Suuni Muslim and one of the nicest most genuine guys I've ever met. He says himself that the radicals are a relative small but vocal minority. The problem isn't the religion, it's the education. A lot of uneducated people are irrational, and thus are easily influenced by radical religious leaders.
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WOW - sounds like this country.
 
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It was said tonge in cheek. But I do believe the exact same statement has been made about the far right extreme in this country.
 
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And I belive this cuts across all cultures and faiths - A lot of uneducated people are irrational, and thus are easily influenced by radical religious leaders.
 
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OMG .
You attend church. How did you ever learn how to use a keyboard and post on a message board?
 
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