I'd just like to know all your opinions on Muslims and terrorism. Do you think that Islam is to blame for the terrorist attacks committed by Muslims? Who's responsibility do you think it is to look out for and prevent extremist muslim communities? Do you think that Muslims don't try as hard as they should to fit into the communities that they join? Do you think that extremeists should be able to voice their extrene views freely without restriction?
Quote:Do you think that Islam is to blame for the terrorist attacks committed by Muslims? Not at all. Though it seems to be an excuse they use, right or wrong. Quote:Who's responsibility do you think it is to look out for and prevent extremist muslim communities? Every government, synagogue and other muslims to look out. Quote:Do you think that Muslims don't try as hard as they should to fit into the communities that they join? Nope, I think they do just fine. Quote:Do you think that extremeists should be able to voice their extrene views freely without restriction? I don't think so, hard to say. I want freedom of speech preserved yet at the same time don't want a Hezbollah TV station in our country spouting off anti-semitic rhetoric. I would say no, not freely without restriction.
Quote:Do you think that Islam is to blame for the terrorist attacks committed by Muslims? The muslims who commited the terrorist attacks should be blamed. Quote:Who's responsibility do you think it is to look out for and prevent extremist muslim communities? The country's government that the muslim extremists live under. Quote:Do you think that Muslims don't try as hard as they should to fit into the communities that they join? I'm not sure what this question means, so I'm only assuming that you mean if a muslim lives somewhere in the US and they are harrassed, then them trying harder to fit in would be making a speech such as Martin Luther King Jr., or just changing their religion. And probably their skin color. But that's just stupid. Quote:Do you think that extremeists should be able to voice their extrene views freely without restriction? I think if Nazis wanna voice their opinions, let them be. You should say anything you'd like, but if you're planning to physically damage someone, you should be taken in for questioning and all that good stuff.
Quote:Do you think that Islam is to blame for the terrorist attacks committed by Muslims? I personally do not. I think it's just the bad apples so to speak of the Islam religion that's to blame. Those who think that it's either their way or you need to die. Quote:Who's responsibility do you think it is to look out for and prevent extremist muslim communities? I think it's the responsibility of the community. You always have communities looking out for gangs and such, so I think if they really care about their communities they'll also be on the look out for extremist muslim communities. Quote:Do you think that Muslims don't try as hard as they should to fit into the communities that they join? I think they try the best they can but after 9/11, it seems that anytime someone sees a Muslim with their turban on they automatically assume terrorist. It's just a hard time for them right now and hopefully things will start to change. Quote:Do you think that extremeists should be able to voice their extrene views freely without restriction? I don't think so. There's a difference between these extremeists and groups such as the KKK. The KKK only puts down other races and just rants and raves about how great they are, where as these extremeists are always talking about the need to violently hurt people. Clear difference and they shouldn't be allowed.
KKK have spoken about "killing the niggers" plenty of times.
Yeah but I've seen quite a few of their rallys in person and they're not that bad. I think they're more egged on by the protestors than their actual beliefs. And before I'm asked why I've been to some of their rallys, I've been there because my Uncle is a huge anti-KKK person.
No its not their fault its physcopaths who use propoganda agaisnt the religion and then the media blows it all up and the average person think any muslim is a terroist which isnt true.
No i do not think muslims are to blame. The media is painting them in a bad light. What about the people shooting children in US schools. Why doesn't the media label them as christians. None of them were muslims. There's disturbed people in all religions and groups.
No i do not think muslims are to blame. The media is painting them in a bad light. What about the people shooting children in US schools. Why doesn't the media label them as christians. None of them were muslims.
There's disturbed people in all religions and groups.
Quote:I'd just like to know all your opinions on Muslims and terrorism. Do you think that Islam is to blame for the terrorist attacks committed by Muslims?
Islam is only as much to blame for terrorism as Christianity is for killing. It isn't the religion itself that makes people extremists. Fundamentalism and extreme beliefs (rather than ideas) are to blame for terrorist attacks. Additionally, there is a certain amount of blame that we have to shoulder. We're not innocent victims as a nation (individually, sure, we're innocent). There are systems in place that are perceived by these people as invasive. When anyone feels threatened or penned into a corner, it is natural (not right, but natural) for people to retaliate. I have a bit of compassion (not understanding, though) for people: I think it takes a lot of shit and a lot of hopelessness to strap a bomb to yourself. If you remove that hopelessness -- if people value their own lives and existence -- things like this won't happen.
I think the Muslim communities themselves need to preach love and forgivenss, so it is their responsibility. But, any country dealing with a Muslim nation, especially one perceived as an aggressor, has a duty to be defencive (that doesn't mean attack countries, but that means gather intelligence that can be shared with other governments). It is NOT our job, as business interests/allies/enemies, whatever, to police the world against extremism. If you go to an extremist area that doesn't want you there, then you shouldn't force yourself into that country/market and not expect there to be some retaliation. I don't wander through quicksand and expect to make it through to the other side...
I don't think that first-generation communities of Muslims are any different than any other first-generation community. They tend to speak their own languages and adhere to their cultures. By the second or third generation, the hyphenated identity starts to come more into play... bilingualism, biculturalism.
If communities are not accepted by their new, chosen, home, though, via social pressures, discrimination, or socio-economic issues, it is the new home's job to make those feel welcome and give them opportunity. That's the purpose of immigration. The reason that America has had so many perceived problems with its (illegally imported) African-American subculture is because of subversive discrimination. Lack of economic opportunity and culturists (I don't think race is as important as culture) keep people down. When people are kept on a low socio-economic rung, they make different decisions, usually more short-term and myopic, than those with better opportunities. It isn't that the poor are stupider than the middle class, they just don't have the same resources to make X and Y happen.
I'd like to say yes, but I can't. Freedom of Speech and Expression is too valuable. The slippery slope happens when you get to who judges what is extreme. Some may consider me too extremist. Does that mean I shouldn't be able to write a book? No. That's not fair and that's not right. Who here is a Fascist and believes that extremists shouldn't be heard? Extremists allow you to check your own morals and see exactly where you fit. They're not a threat, they're good for your mind! There's a difference between living and let live and agreeing with someone.
No.
It's the responsibility of the state to ensure the safety of its members, and that naturally includes the muslims.
Well, as a non-muslim I don't know about that. I'd imagine that as in any other group of people some "fit" into their adopted communities better than others.
Freedom of speech is a beautiful thing. The limitations to the freedom of speech ought to apply equally to all - "extremists" and "non-extremists" alike.