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Originally Posted by Mojo_PeiPei
I have a challenge to the tilted left, or those of you that view the Islamic world as a mystical land with enchanted chocolate rivers and yummy rainbow gum drops.
Refute what I put forward, and if possible (here's the tricky part) do it without bringing in Christian culpability (also I don't how the Treaty of Tripoli relates as it was ratified with different versions, some without the tenth clause, and was allowed to die after few years time) or the playing of the following two cards: It must be the leaders/corruption or this as all mere "neo-con propaganda". Do yourselves a favor and open your minds on this one, it will be a stretch for some of you, but I have a feeling that some of you are at least reasonable enough to acknowledge the fact that there is a major problem in Islam, that it is not limited to a small minority on some dark continent far away, and it is not getting any better.
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I think most on the "tilted left" (or your insulting enchanted candyland) agree that there are many followers of Islam who have hijacked the religion for their own ideological goals, as followers of other religions have done throughout history (sorry Mojo..I dont see why Islam should be viewed in a vacuum).
I think the point that many here have made is that a policy to fight terrorism would be more effective if it were to focus on how to respond to the extemists rather than to continue to attack the religion, which will only result in more anti-west sentiments and ultimately more moderate muslims who feel attacked and may be moved to the extemist beliefs themselves.