Occhidiangela,Feb 8 2006, 12:30 PM Wrote:They are a part of it, whether we will or no, and will continue to be so long as the greater part puts up with them. Sorta like "how long will you put up with Drunk Driving?" In America, until about the mid 1980's, when a small group of people took on an entire cultural issue and fought like hell to get it changed.You are assuming that the muslim community at large:
Is there any Muslim who feels empowered to make change like that OTHER THAN a terrorist? The name of the bloody doctrine is "submission" which is rather convenient for Kings and princes, don't you think? Islam's core philosophy and autocratic governance go hand in hand.
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a ) Are putting up with it
b ) have the ability to change it.
I have no clue about the situation in the rest of the world, but in NZ the muslim community denounces violence publicly and often. The protests against the cartoons here were peaceful (although, your media misdirection point is well noted, when reports here went on about muslims rioting etc. and took 30 sec or so before they actually mentioned that it wasn't in NZ) And if the local Muslim community had links to terrorist and/or violent organisations overseas, then they wouldn't have been able to immigrate (Saying "hey, Mr Osama, my longtime friend, please stop your bombings" is probably enough of an admitted connection to make them face legal action here)