Many millions of Muslims 'fundamentally incompatible with the modern world'

[OnMyWayID 1,489]

Christianity in the countries I named before have similar issues.

And let's be clear, this country is trying REALLY hard to do the same thing in the terms of religious freedom.

Ok we have a candidate: Christianity

We still need a country... Pick one and we will compare.

[Boiler 47,495]

Ok we have a candidate: Christianity

We still need a country... Pick one and we will compare.

Might need to go back a few hundred years as well to give her a fighting chance.

[Merrytooth 5,748]

Does Russia count as Christian country ?

[Boiler 47,495]

Communist Country.

[OriZ 3,165]

Interesting. Blair's wife's half sister converted to Islam several years back if I remember correctly.

And no, just because a country has a christian majority does not make it a "Christian country". Russia is indeed a communist country, maybe not officially but certainly still being run like one.

Political Islam is very different.

[ready4ONE 5,400]

Words are indeed important. I can get behind a good critique of Political Islam. I don't have any issue calling Radical Muslims just that, they exist, they suck, and they should be stamped out wherever and wherever they are found.

The above paragraph does not mean that all Muslims are suspect. Nor that most, even in or from the most backward places are Islamic Terrorists.

[ready4ONE 5,400]

Might need to go back a few hundred years as well to give her a fighting chance.

There are plenty of Christian Terrorists right now in this country. Their death toll far eclipses that of Islamic Terrorists in the US since 911. Yet you neither notice them nor recognize the horror and suffering they have caused. Miopia is treatable.

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There are plenty of Christian Terrorists right now in this country. Their death toll far eclipses that of Islamic Terrorists in the US since 911. Yet you neither notice them nor recognize the horror and suffering they have caused. Myopia is treatable.

I blame the hate preaching in the Cathedrals.

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http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/many-millions-of-muslims-fundamentally-incompatible-with-the-west-says-tony-blair-a6954796.html

Tony Blair has said that "many millions" of Muslims hold a viewpoint that is "fundamentally incompatible with the modern world."

Rejecting arguments that Isis is simply "tens of thousands of brainwashed crazies," he continued: "[isis] does not seek dialogue but dominance. It cannot therefore be contained. It has to be defeated."

To mitigate against such attacks, the ex-PM argued for "active on-the-ground military support" for Arab armies, stating that Isis "have to be crushed."

He also called for the creation of a pan-national anti-terror force, saying: "We must build military capability able to confront and defeat the terrorists wherever they try to hold territory. This is a challenge for the West."

Sorry, but Tony Blair is a war mongering POS and should be prison, not giving his opinion for gullible fools to lap up.

[Jacque67 7,328]

Sorry, but Tony Blair is a war mongering POS and should be prison, not giving his opinion for gullible fools to lap up.

Hear, hear!

I blame the hate preaching in the Cathedrals.

I think you should blame the mirror...

[Webdevman 93]

So Tony says we need to raise an army and what, invade every country that has religious extremists? This is exactly what ISIS and similar groups want as it will fulfill their prophecy! This would in turn create many, many more terrorists..

Not to mention we cannot just go into any foreign country we want to. If we go in we own it and does anyone really think we need to occupy countries over there permanently?

Blair was wrong the last time and he is wrong now. Bush and Cheney and most republicans, many democrats were wrong too..

Fighting a religious ideology is not like just fighting conventional armies. You kill 10 of them and 20 rise up in their place. Who ever we kill is made into a martyr!

[smilesammich 10,727]

Do you know why I am right so often? .

[ExPatty 502]

There are plenty of Christian Terrorists right now in this country. Their death toll far eclipses that of Islamic Terrorists in the US since 911. Yet you neither notice them nor recognize the horror and suffering they have caused. Miopia is treatable.

lol

1) Muslims make up less than 2% of the population in the US. I certainly hope they are not causing the majority of terrorism related killings in a nation in which only 1/50 are muslim. Once they hit higher rates is when they really start to shine, hence by the majority of the world's terrorism is caused by a religion that only a quarter of the world adheres to.

2) If a person who is christian does something bad it's no more relevant to their religion than an atheist who does something bad unless the person said their belief or lack of is the cause for their crime. If a person goes to church and later kills his wife he probably didn't do it because jesus told him to. On the other hand when a person commits a crime and says it's because of his religion, then you can trust his religion played a part. This is a very simple concept to understand and I presume you make the point because others have made it and you never thought to understand why it is a logically incorrect statement.

This is why we desperately need people to better comprehend how to look at the world critically and come upon proper, evidence based conclusions rooted in statistical fact and scientific understanding.

Discussions of islam bring out more cognitive dissonance than probably any other topic.

[ready4ONE 5,400]

Thanks for sharing your cognitive dissonance ExPatty!

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http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/isis-crucifies-indian-catholic-priest-tom-uzhunnalil-on-good-friday-a6956241.html

Boys have been getting in with the Easter theme.

Praise Allah.

Edited March 28, 2016 by Boiler