I wonder why no one brings out the topic of the indiscriminate, systematic mindless slaughter of countless innocents at the hands of Western lobby in that region. But ‘religion’, apparently, is the bigger picture here. Few people die in Paris and all hell breaks loose. Facebook has a filter, people cry 'ATROCITY' everywhere on the media etc; the whole thing looks comical. Countless die in Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan etc over West's wars of ‘operation terrorist cleansing’, but those are brushed under the rug as unimportant issues, despite being the root cause of these tragedies. Who the **** cares? Selective humanity and disgusting bigotry, that is what it is.
As for the thread question, then (to go off a tangent a bit) what does the West expect ... exactly? ISIS is nothing more than yet another propaganda tool to keep that war-train going in that region to rob it of its resources. People have been bombed into oblivion in that region. That leaves lone family members, left alive amongst the scene of human shambles of their loved ones.
Those minds are easy to mold by these 'funded' organizations’ heads ... and lo and behold, you have an average terrorist who is willing to kill himself/herself and take as many with them, as guided by the king-pins, shouting Allah, and the West hilariously chants, ‘he got his 72 virgins’. They have nothing but hate for the West, and rightfully so. Most of these people are uneducated and belong from lower strata of the society (the grunts who happily blow themselves up anyway). Do you actually believe they know the political tensions between the left and right wing parties? Haha, I hope to God (and I am no deist), that people in the West are not THAT dumb. But I won’t hold my breath.
They see anyone as a threat to their cause who side with the West, even Muslims. Which is why the grunts appear so zealot and drone-like militia men. Now, the book is there. And yes, it CAN be interpreted in a variety of ways; all ideological setups can be. It is in their subsidiary texts, for crying out loud. Countless murdered for Ivory Trade by White men? Patriotic ideology molded. It is justified for the Nation. Knights hung and burned alive by the religious lobby after those poor men won their Kings’ wars? Justified in the light of religious text. Muslims butchered by Buddhists in the recent infamous incident? Infidels. Why would Islam be any different? Think!
But let me make the thinking easy for people here: The problem isn’t the text, it is the interpreting lobby. For example, Honor Killing (of unmarried couple) is unlawful, or borderline haram in Islam. Only stoning to death of adulterers is, or the punishable married individual(s). Now, why is it that so many women are murdered in the name of honor in South Asia, Middle East and African Muslim countries when the text itself is against it? It is because of the lack of education concerning THE text. The so-called pseudo-knowledgeable people many go to have the power to warp the teachings and present the views to peddle an agenda; let it be a minor, nonpolitical issue. The text basically provides a leeway, the rest of the way is paved by the people themselves.
Mind you, in all major Muslim countries, people who organize mob-seminars have the power to control the masses, as the masses remain ignorant of what the text states. They have little knowhow of the media, as the western media is evil (as declared by the religious lobby) because of the astronomically vast cultural maw, or they simply choose to be that way (despite being educated) because the indoctrination and bigotry keeps them a part of their own yard-communions.
I have seen the people captured by the military (my father retired from Armed forces not long ago), and they … they looked mentally ill. They spewed incoherent gibberish about ‘Allah and prophet’ and some bizarre justifications to kill all people by killing themselves. Many agreed with me that these people were a byproducts of Western bombing in the Northwestern regions of Afghanistan and Pakistan, and the systematic brain-washing of their leaders, cloaked in mystery … that offered them aid when they were left devastated, isolated … and homeless.
So, who is creating these terrorists? West, who else. Who is responsible for these antics and innocent deaths? West. Qatar was already funding another group via a chain created through USA, and another group was thrown into the warring regions, resulting in more innocent lives lost … like the resent tragedy we saw in Paris. French solution? Bomb the hell out of that region … and create more mindless drones to kill more people.
I suggest people look at the bigger political propaganda, rather than ask these petulant questions, 'herderp Ishlam ish peashful or not herpderp', as no damned ideology is EVER peaceful given the tiny leeway it has for further agenda peddling and self-righteous movement. But, this is NB. I cannot even imagine what the families of the victims go through, but steps should be taken to reduce the level of slaughter that creates pretty words like collateral damage.
The media is only adding fuel to the fire by creating the 'US versus THEM' mindset amongst the West, when their own political lobby is directly responsible for this mass-scale political mess. This reminds me of the time when people chanted in the favour of bombing Afghanistan way back after 9/11. I hope the people in America are happy that millions have died in a war, when theories are now afoot that it always WAS a sham.
The Bible, too, encourages killing in self-defense and in defense of your family, so I can't be mad at the Quran for that.
But from what I've read and seen all over the media, if a non-Muslim refuses to convert to Islam, then we are to be put to death immediately, whether it's by chopping off our heads or any other gruesome method.
Eh ... you got it backwards. The death penalty is there, but not for a non-Muslim, but for a Muslim who forsakes his/hers religion. I am not sure how many Muslim countries have that in their laws, but countries like Saudi Arabia (and those who practice Sharia Law down to a T) definitely practice this rite. Because, the punishment is supposed to be a rite of cleansing in a way that that person would be tried and punished in this life and won't have to face the fires of hell ... something to that effect.
So, to put it in a short and concise manner, your knowledge on this front is off.
