Islamophobia

[anotheoldgit]

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jul/10/islamophobia-tory-party-britain

In view of the terrorist attacks inflicted upon the British people in the name of Islam, have we every right to show fear, hated and prejudice against the Islamic religion?

[maggiebee]

I've said it before and I'll say it again - I lived and worked in a Muslim country and all those I came into contact with find radical Islam abhorrent. One of my good friends is an ambassador who travels the world and promotes peace and understanding between nations.

[naomi24]

sanmac, that's been posted before. What a girl!

[retrocop]

//One of my good friends is an ambassador who travels the world and promotes peace and understanding between nations. //

Has he had any success?

[naomi24]

:o)

[maggiebee]

Yes indeed retrocop. As well as being an Albanian ambassador he is also president of People to People International (look up what they do). Through his tireless work there is much more understanding between nations - and yes, he has travelled extensively.

[retrocop]

https://media.srbija.gov.rs/medeng/documents/albanian_terrorism_crime1.pdf

https://media.srbija.gov.rs/medeng/documents/albanian_terrorism_crime1.pdf

https://ahtribune.com/world/europe/3315-albania-eu-accession.html

Not impressed. :-(

[Spicerack]

AB's ROB on TROP
I love my Muslims
They're the Religion of Peace, did you know that?
Anyone who says anything bad about them is an uneducated, racist pig.
News Section.
Muslims stop their children learning how wonderful all things gay are.
'WHA!!, savages'
'They'll do what we tell them to do like everyone else'
'If they want to live in the 7th c. they can go back and do it in their own countries'

[andy-hughes]

Spicerack - // 'If they want to live in the 7th c. they can go back and do it in their own countries' //

It's a religion, not a race - they don't have 'their own countries' - Muslims live everywhere.

[emmie]

and three million give or take a few live right here in the UK, majority live in the capital..

[mibn2cweus]

Anyone who doesn't recognise stupidity when they see it is already one of them.

[Spicerack]

andy-hughes
//It's a religion, not a race - they don't have 'their own countries'//

Do you reckon? ( snigger )

[emmie]

Turkey is mostly Muslim, that is a country, Syria another, surely one can say that billions of Muslims have their own countries. Ridiculous to say otherwise

[Khandro]

Thought for the day;

http://www.upl.co/upload/p9Fg5Ju8Z

[hereIam]

^ God, that's scary.

[naomi24]

None so blind ....

[theshedman]

Wasn't Pakistan formed as an Islamic nation when it was partitioned from India. Over the hundreds of years it has been home to many religions including Islam. Don't know where the link came from but even Islamic is spelt wrong. Terrorists usually use the name of a religion for their own purposes but in reality has nothing to do with the actual religion.

[Purist]

Can only speak from my experience, A relative of mine became a muslim a few years ago and in those few years has changed a lot from the person I knew. I see them less, they distrust everything (shops, restaurants, tv,cinema) and they have distanced themselves from family. I don't know why this is but all the family were open to their new religion but my relative has decided to turn their back on the family.

[naomi24]

//Terrorists usually use the name of a religion for their own purposes but in reality has nothing to do with the actual religion. //

Not so. Islamic terrorists are, in reality, devout, none more than those determined to die for their religion - and to take as many others as possible with them.

[andy-hughes]

emmie - // Turkey is mostly Muslim, that is a country, Syria another, surely one can say that billions of Muslims have their own countries. Ridiculous to say otherwise //

I don't believe that any religion ' has their own countries'.

You can say that the majority of a country's population follows a certain faith, but that does not mean that strictly speaking it is, for example, a 'Christian country'.

My point is, for example, England is a 'Christian country' - but that simply means that the majority of its population is Christian, it does not mean that you have to be a Christian to live here, obviously you do not.

You do not have to be a Muslim to live in the Arab Emirates, I know it is a semantic distinction, but I still believe it is a valid one.

[andy-hughes]

Spicerack - // andy-hughes
//It's a religion, not a race - they don't have 'their own countries'//

Do you reckon? ( snigger ) //

I do reckon yes (no snigger).