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For most Americans, Islam was a religion that lived on the periphery of their lives, a culture they caught glimpses of in movies and television shows. Then came the tragic events of 9/11, and suddenly the Western world was desperately grasping to understand a religion they knew precious little about. With all the questions swirling around the true nature of Islam, none has been asked more than this: Does Islam promote violence?
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Terrorists Today Use Islam to Justify Their Acts of Violence
Christians today use Christianity to Justify Their Acts of Violence
You will scoff at this, but it is a perfectly fair comparison.
Christians use Christianity and the Bible to justify their acts of violence and discrimination towards Muslims, both Muslim Americans and Middle Eastern Muslims.
President Bush himself claims spiritual insight in the inception of the Iraq war.
But the facts are the facts. Terrorists have killed less than eight thousand Americans since the year 2000. Americans have killed over 100,000 Middle Easterners since the year 2000.
You can hate Muslims and terrorism all you want, but at the end of the day, Americans and our Christian leadership have caused multitudes more death and suffering. You can argue logistics, semantics, intentions, and 'what's right'. But admit it -- Christianity has caused another war in the world against a Muslim nation. And like the Crusades, we are in a bloody, endless war against a religion, justified by 'our' religion.
- betterth
October 21, 2008 9:31AM
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