[Blackwatch]

Love Spell 6 says...
"I HEAR what Muslims say, then I see what they do. It just doesn't seem like enough of an outrage when these "radical muslims" act up..."

What do you propose more liberal or orthodox Muslims to do? I have seen countless Muslims on various news outlets condemning the terrorism that is said to be committed in the name of "Allah" as not being within the realm of Jihad, though some scholars claim that Jihad could mean a personal struggle as well as a public religious struggle.

The difficulty Americans have is that we do not understand our foriegn policy very well. Doggystyle brings up some very good points about Muslim occupation in the Sudan and such, but let's look at the supposed reason for the terrorists attacks, American foriegn policy in its regards to Iraq and Israel. To avoid a long post, I'll just say that before we jump to the conclusion that Islam propogates or promotes violence and shedding of innocent blood, let us make an effort to understand why the rest of the world is against the U.S. invading Iraq. Try to understand why the U.S. bombed Afghanistan and have yet to find Osama ben Laden. Why the U.S. has stated that Iraq has human rights violations and weapons of mass destruction, but has not commented on China's weapons of mass destruction and its human rights violations nor stated that it wanted to bring about a regime change in China. Understand that Iraq is rich in oil and both Bush and Cheney are in the pockets of Big Oil Companies (Cheney was a CEO of Haliburton Oil and Bush made his money on oil investments in Texas).

To blame terrorism solely on Islam is shortsighted at best and uncritical at least. While some could do a critical reading of the Qu'ran and state that Jihad and the Islamic State are flawed teachings that promote violence in some individuals, let's be critical also of those U.S. foreign policies that are inspired by greed and bring anything but true democracy throughout the world. There are many circumstances that have brought us to this point in our collective experience, and before we become like the terrorists who deem violence and hate as answers to oppression, let's aspire to the higher callng in Christ to look to end oppression in all of its forms with justice and mercy. Radicalism is symptomatic of the deeper ill in our humanity, and that is oppression. Curing symptons is not healing. Healing starts at the core, ending oppression.
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