The KKK is not spreading christianity.

It attacks Protestant Blacks.

-Rudey

Please re-read my comment.

I said it has it's hands in it. NOT BEING BACKED BY IT.

There's a difference.

Just like Hamas NOW has it hands in the Palestine government.

Who said anything about spreading? This part of the dialogue was about backing.

There IS a difference. The CRUSADES were about spreading.

The "Islamic fundamentalist" that you're talking about ARE NOT TRYING TO SPREAD ISLAM. They're not tyring to "convert" people.

They're trying to get rid of Western Influence.

It's funny how Hamas and the KKK are different.

Hamas is a religious organization (founded as a branch of the Muslim brotherhood) and separates itself from the other terror groups in the area by that religion factor. If the whites and black and whatever races are there in Israel converted to Islam tomorrow and Israel became a Muslim state, Hamas would be happy. Currently Hamas runs the Palestinian government.

The KKK attacks protestant blacks because they are black, not because they are of another religion. The KKK was founded as a social organization. Currently the KKK does not run the American government.

-Rudey

I'm not sure there is much wiggle room between the two, but either way "According to statements broadcast by al-Qaeda on the internet and on satellite TV channels, the ultimate goal of al-Qaeda is to re-establish the Caliphate across the Islamic world, by working with allied Islamic extremist groups to overthrow secular or Western-supported regimes. "

-Rudey

Dashboard Mohammed for sale by an ex-Marine:
http://www.dashboardmohammed.com/proofs.html

I don't understand what this has to do with the growth of Radical Islam. If anything, it deserves a thread on its own about how prejudicial or disrespectful individuals are towards Islam and the followers of Islam.

Oh well, what can you do, right?

Can you provide some evidence that the KKK has its hand in the US Government? Last time I checked we weren't living in the 1920's and early 1930's..........when the Klan actually did control several state governements and had a large effect on the DNC.

I have no problem with it. People are allowed to be disrespectful towards Christians, Jews, etc., so why not Islam?

If they want to have riots and trample each other to death, that sounds like their own problem. I really don't see why the west cares. They're only doing this because so far, we have responded by giving them what they wanted. The Pope apologized, the Danes apologized, everyone apologized. If we continue to reward this behavior, we can expect it to continue.

Kevin, if someone insulted your way of life, your religion, ethnicity, etc. you have the right to speak out against it. Hate speech or the like should no be tolerated, right? If you a Christian, and a group berated your religion, would you not say something about it? That's how I feel.

Second, who's they?

Third, last time I checked, I was part of the west and so are many other muslims. Are you saying we dont have a right to speak against those who attack our way of life? Geez, ,and I thought this was America.

The problem is that these two statement are not necessarily compatible. Of course, if one's way of life, religion, ethnicity, etc., is insulted, one has a right to speak against it. That speech, in my view, does not include death threats.

But if one is going to live in a free society with freedom of speech, at the end of the day, one has to tolerate hate speech (whatever that is -- it seems to me to be a catchall phrase for "speech that offends me" without having any real, objective meaning). Free speech works both ways.

Yeah, this is pretty spot-on.

You're telling me ME countries don't sponsor terrorism? Hahaha. This is a joke no? You probably don't think Hezbollah is a terrorist organization.

As for the dashboard figure, who cares. People have dashboard J.C.'s and it doesn't bother me. Go ahead. I don't like it, but sure, make a cartoon about Christianity. I'll be upset, but I don't think I'll burn a flag, or kill a nun, or anything like that...

Yeah, I agree that death threats are very very bad. But uh, that's not the kind I was talking about.

And it's a shame that you can tolerate hate speech. I believe it should never be tolerated.

I'm not that surprised that you agree.