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Originally Posted by filtherton
Restating your epistemic failure isn't an answer to my question.
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I will state again, if I had a forum to communicate to the general Muslim population my concern primarily is with, in many cases, what I would categorize as passive approval-the end result being the small number of extremists defining the entire population. I thought my example artfully illustrated that.
No doubt there have been many in the fight against terrorist acts carried out in the name of the religion, but then there are these types of reports:
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Students at Sanaa University protested on Sunday against the arrest of a colleague suspected of involvement in sending explosive packages bound for the United States.
The woman, believed to be in her 20s, was arrested by Yemeni authorities late on Saturday. Officials said she had been traced through a telephone number she had left with a cargo company.
"The Sanaa University student union ... believes the girl is innocent and has been wronged. We are calling for her release," said union president, Ridhwan Massoud, 30.
Dozens of students staged a sit-in in the courtyard of Sanaa University’s engineering faculty. Yemeni officials had said the woman was studying medicine, but students at the university said she was in her final year of a computer science degree.
Yahya al-Hammadi, a 21-year-old engineering student, told Reuters she had attended the faculty until the previous day.
"She was not known to be active in anything, not politics nor religion," Hammadi said. "I am totally perplexed by this."
The woman was the first person to be arrested after two air freight packages containing bombs — both sent from Yemen and addressed to synagogues in Chicago — were intercepted in Britain and Dubai last week.
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Yemeni students protest parcel bomb arrest
I don't know if the arrest was proper or not, time will tell - but my outrage is targeted to those who made the attempt, not those trying to find out who was involved. Are we on the same team? Do we have the same goals? I don't know, we need a dialog to gain a better understanding in my opinion. Just as some may have an irrational fear of Muslims, there are Muslims who have an irrational fear of us.
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Originally Posted by Tully Mars
Yeah, good question. After the Oklahoma City bombing I don't remember a bunch of people running around freaked out at every thin white guy they saw.
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I did see a nation outraged. I did see a nation seeking swift justice. I did see a nation morn the death of babies. I did see people of all ideologies and faiths denounce the use of violence. It was virtually unanimous. Didn't you see that?
Was there any instance of support for this bombing, anywhere? Even from the most extreme? Can you share a source, if there was one?