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Originally Posted by caspofungin
what's with all the inflammatory threads on islam the last couple of weeks?
let me tell a funny story...
once upon a time, when i was a young man in london, i went to the university mosque for friday prayers. after we'd finished, a guy stood up and started talking. he was from hizb-al-tahrir, and he was basically telling us to get ready for a violent jihad against the West.
What's funny? well, he was basically using the same arguments that i've seen posted here -- i've lived amongst the enemy, so i know how they think, despite appearances they hate us; look at their actions in israel and bosnia and iraq (mid 90's) -- they're obviously out to kill us; muslims get killed every day in those places, but where's the western outcry?; look at their cultural ingresses into our countries, music, food, they want to build churches; quotes from the bible taken out of context; look at history and how they've treated everyone; etc.
sound familiar?
hate the haters and the hypocrites.
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Can i ask how you practice your faith? Would you like the right for muslims to use sharia instead of local laws? What do the muslims you know think of western culture?
Honest questions, prove me wrong, i would happily be ignorant.