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Old 06-19-2014, 01:46 PM
 
Location: Fort Worth Texas
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Just a few examples off the first page of a Google search:

Muslim leaders: We stand against terrorism | OnFaith

muslims condemn terror… again and again - City of Brass

Do your own research - don't just assume that because nobody mailed you a flyer with the information you want on it, that information must not exist... even if ignoring the information helps support a certain political agenda... such as characterizing an entire religion as violent.
Your quotes are from americans so only Americans are peaceful?
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Old 06-19-2014, 01:51 PM
 
Location: USA
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Your quotes are from americans so only Americans are peaceful?
American Muslims are... and probably plenty of other ones. Sorry, I'm not going to print out the internet for you because you don't want to do the research yourself and would rather believe that "all Muslims are violent."

No matter how many links I give you, you'll just say, "oh, well... THOSE people are peaceful, but what about the rest?"

The assertion was made that peaceful Muslims - "if there are any" - have said "nothing" to oppose terrorism. I have disproved that statement. You can't keep moving the goal-posts until you're reduced to polling Muslim goat-herders in the backhills of Nowherestan, who, since they lack the internet, can't speak out against terrorism, and thus "must clearly support it."

Islam is no more or less violent a religion than any other. It just has more nuts who've hijacked it in certain parts of the world than most religions, but those terrorists are no more "Muslim" than the Crusaders who killed tens of thousands were "Christian."
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Old 06-19-2014, 01:55 PM
 
Location: Fort Worth Texas
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American Muslims are... and probably plenty of other ones. Sorry, I'm not going to print out the internet for you because you don't want to do the research yourself and would rather believe that "all Muslims are violent."

No matter how many links I give you, you'll just say, "oh, well... THOSE people are peaceful, but what about the rest?"

The assertion was made that peaceful Muslims - "if there are any" - have said "nothing" to oppose terrorism. I have disproved that statement. You can't keep moving the goal-posts until you're reduced to polling Muslim goat-herders in the backhills of Nowherestan, who, since they lack the internet, can't speak out against terrorism, and thus "must clearly support it."

Islam is no more or less violent a religion than any other. It just has more nuts who've hijacked it in certain parts of the world than most religions, but those terrorists are no more "Muslim" than the Crusaders who killed tens of thousands were "Christian."
Islamic jihadists are currently the most violent group . It is estimated there are 1.1 billion Muslims of which 25percent are jihadists that would mean 250 million , what are the peaceful ones doing about it
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Old 06-19-2014, 01:58 PM
 
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Islamic jihadists are currently the most violent group . It is estimated there are 1.1 billion Muslims of which 25percent are jihadists that would mean 250 million , what are the peaceful ones doing about it
Any evidence to support that fascinating, made-up number? Because it sounds like somebody just took the total populations of nations run by dictators and assumed they were all jihadists, which is not good math or science.

And what would you have the peaceful Muslims do about the terrorists? I pointed you towards plenty of public examples of them speaking out against it, but that wasn't good enough for you - you apparently want them to "do more."

What would you propose? Drone strikes? A world war? Assassinations?

What, exactly, do you expect peaceful Muslim civilians scattered around the world to do about terrorists? In particular, what do you expect them to do that our own government - with far more funding, unity, and military resources- hasn't already tried and failed to do?
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Old 06-19-2014, 02:02 PM
 
Location: Fort Worth Texas
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Any evidence to support that fascinating, made-up number? Because it sounds like somebody just took the total populations of nations run by dictators and assumed they were all jihadists, which is not good math or science.

And what would you have the peaceful Muslims do about the terrorists? I pointed you towards plenty of public examples of them speaking out against it, but that wasn't good enough for you - you apparently want them to "do more."

What would you propose? Drone strikes? A world war? Assassinations?

What, exactly, do you expect peaceful Muslim civilians scattered around the world to do about terrorists? In particular, what do you expect them to do that our own government - with far more funding, unity, and military resources- hasn't already tried and failed to do?
Onswipe

From the first page of search results , my percentage might be low
From now on do your own research
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Old 06-19-2014, 02:04 PM
 
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Any evidence to support that fascinating, made-up number? Because it sounds like somebody just took the total populations of nations run by dictators and assumed they were all jihadists, which is not good math or science.

And what would you have the peaceful Muslims do about the terrorists? I pointed you towards plenty of public examples of them speaking out against it, but that wasn't good enough for you - you apparently want them to "do more."

What would you propose? Drone strikes? A world war? Assassinations?

What, exactly, do you expect peaceful Muslim civilians scattered around the world to do about terrorists? In particular, what do you expect them to do that our own government - with far more funding, unity, and military resources- hasn't already tried and failed to do?
There have been threads about this in the past. Some are just time wasters and won't accept any truth. They just want to believe the worst. Why i don't know.
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Old 06-19-2014, 02:06 PM
 
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Onswipe

From the first page of search results , my percentage might be low
From now on do your own research
Why are we to suddenly believe this mope? Where is his proof to back up his figures. All i saw was his opinion.
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Old 06-19-2014, 02:10 PM
 
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Why are we to suddenly believe this mope? Where is his proof to back up his figures. All i saw was his opinion.
Prove it wrong
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Old 06-19-2014, 02:12 PM
 
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Onswipe

From the first page of search results , my percentage might be low
From now on do your own research
Are you flipping kidding me??

Answers.com is where you go to ask questions like "how do I properly hardboil an egg?" or "how do I get mud stains out of jeans?" It is NOT a credible source of geo-political information! The facts aren't checked or verified by anyone... Oh, good heavens... I can't believe I'm even having this conversation...

Is THIS what passes for reasoning and "facts" on the far right?
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Old 06-19-2014, 02:13 PM
 
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Prove it wrong
Insane logic is insane...

Prove that UFO's don't exist somewhere in the universe. You can't, therefore UFO's exist, right?
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