Islam in the Middle East, 'The Religion of Peace'?

[sparksburnout]

Possibly, although I think you'd find if you asked the average Syrian refugee what he'd prefer, it would be to have his home and his life savings back in one piece, and his children out of danger. What does someone do when, thro7ugh no fault of theirs, and without the slightest prospect they can do anything about, the entire Western world, joined by the Russians on one side and Saudi backed insurgents on the other, use their home for target practice? Write to their MP? Why would anyone risk all they have to put up with a strong chance of being drowned, and if they manage to stay alive, face ridicule and constant barrages of abuse from the people they thought might help them? It's nice to live in a black and white world where everyone who doesn't have anything is a scrounger through choice.

This isn't a black and white world, or country , but it is one where two or more religious factions are not constantly at war with each other and reaping the consequences. Until these people learn to live in peace with each other (which means either accepting other religions or realising they are all a load of nonsense and dropping them altogether) there will never be world peace and they will forever be suffering. It comes back to the theme of the post, Islam is NOT a religion of peace, fairly obviously.

 

[YoungScud]

This isn't a black and white world, or country , but it is one where two or more religious factions are not constantly at war with each other and reaping the consequences. Until these people learn to live in peace with each other (which means either accepting other religions or realising they are all a load of nonsense and dropping them altogether) there will never be world peace and they will forever be suffering. It comes back to the theme of the post, Islam is NOT a religion of peace, fairly obviously.

The phrase 'these people' simply allows you to ignore the point I made. The people we're seeing drowned on Mediterranean beaches didn't ask to be there. They have no control, nor have they ever had, over the forces that shape their destiny, forces which include us. They didn't ask the Russians or any of the rest of us to bomb their hospitals and homes. They just pay the price.

 

[jimmy mustard]

Ive noticed that Turkey has been very quick to blame Russia for the hospital attack in Syria, just saying

 

[Spoon]

It comes back to the theme of the post, Islam is NOT a religion of peace, fairly obviously.

This is just a blanket statement. If you want to be picky about it then please tell me a religion that has not killed people because of some god that may or may not exist?

 

[jimmy mustard]

This is just a blanket statement. If you want to be picky about it then please tell me a religion that has not killed people because of some god that may or may not exist?

Buddhism?

 

[sean_ork]

Buddhism?

They've killed a fair few communists over the years ......


How about the Moonies ?

 

[jimmy mustard]

Most religious groups have at one time killed people but islam doesnt move with the times, they still kill for apostasy

 

[jimmy mustard]

They've killed a fair few communists over the years ......


How about the Moonies ?

They dont look very dangerous to me!

 

[sean_ork]

Most religious groups have at one time killed people but islam doesnt move with the times, they still kill for apostasy

Did you mean apostasy ? - that's the word they use for giving up their faith

 

[jimmy mustard]

Did you mean apostasy ? - that's the word they use for giving up their faith

What else would I mean?