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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Debate & Discussion > Islam, ISIS, and You: Where are all these so-called "moderate" Muslims?
 
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Kim Jong Il
Aug 16, 2003
 There's a difference between arguing about abstract notions of religious first principles (where it's correct to state that Islam is inhumane and barbaric in the way that the overwhelming majority of religions are), and the reality of what the majority of its believers think and practice. Clearly, what's currently seen as Islamic-motivated political violence owes a lot to the war, political repression, and poverty in the Middle East. I think that explains the majority of it, but it's not really helpful for the Glenn Greenwalds of the world to reflexively criticize people like Dawkins who are coming more from the "all religions are barbaric" side than the "let's use this as convenient excuse to bomb and and use drones" side, and this sort of mischaracterization does quite a bit to damage their credibility.

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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Debate & Discussion > Islam, ISIS, and You: Where are all these so-called "moderate" Muslims?