Knife incident in Russell Square - One dead, five injured

But Islamophobia does exist such that people automatically assume all Muslims are terrorists and ridicule them.

That's what Islamophobia is- irrational phobia of Muslims. It is different from criticizing Islam -the religion itself.

I disagree with you on 1. Humans can become desensitised to violence and depravity and also be convinced that such violence is for a greater cause or worthwhile. Our history up to this very day is littered with "inhumane" violence justified for the greater good.

I sort of agree on 2

Even in an extended conflict context, the ability to deliberately kill unarmed civilians requires a disconnect from normal human empathetic behaviour.
The modern military conducts evaluations to avoid such people being involved in combat situations.

Pont 2 was a little disingenuous, I admit. I was basically proposing a argument that demonstrated a clear double standard in assessing such events and the apportioning of blame, ie. All x don't kill, therefore killing isn't caused by x. If x is ideological in nature, the argument is accepted as valid. If x is psychotic in nature, it is not.

Er, no. It is the opposite argument to that used by the US gun lobby to explain mass shootings!

They always blame mental illness (unless it is found to be tourism).
If you read it again, you will see I was explaining that as the vast majority of people with mental illness do not commit such attacks, then mental illness cannot be blamed - in the same way people claim that you cannot blame an ideology for the actions of people under its influence.

Or to put it simply, if the argument "Most Muslims are peaceful so you cannot blame Islam if some are violent" is true, then the argument "Most mentally ill people are peaceful so you can't blame mental illness if some are violent" must also be true.

Er, no. It is the opposite argument to that used by the US gun lobby to explain mass shootings!

They always blame mental illness (unless it is found to be tourism).
If you read it again, you will see I was explaining that as the vast majority of people with mental illness do not commit such attacks, then mental illness cannot be blamed - in the same way people claim that you cannot blame an ideology for the actions of people under its influence.

Or to put it simply, if the argument "Most Muslims are peaceful so you cannot blame Islam if some are violent" is true, then the argument "Most mentally ill people are peaceful so you can't blame mental illness if some are violent" must also be true.

That's from 2015 lol

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Of course not all mentally ill people commit crimes. However there is certainly an argument that if you hold strong religious or far-right beliefs, that you may be more likely to act irrationally (ie criminal acts) if you are mentally ill.

Ah, the non-conclusionists are out in force I see. It's like something from a Monty Python sketch, completely surreal. Come out and defend Muslims while they ALL preach your death and destruction, women and children are being raped and murdered on a scale unseen outside of a conflict zone and we have a bunch of pseudo intellectuals looking for the'true meaning' behind it.

If it were fundamentalists of Christianity waging a global crusade against all non-believers I can't help but think the reactions of these people would somehow be different when terror attacks happen.

Hi. I'm Mslim and I would never preach the death and destruction of anyone and I believe that both Muslims and non-Muslims are to be treated equally and not killed. I hope you don't think that all Muslims in the UK want to kill you because most Muslims are good, decent people. Just spend some time with a Muslim friend and you'll find that were just normal peopl.

Hey, I voted Leave, and people are always telling me I've ended the world and killed innocent people as a result. I wouldn't worry about it.

I agree that this attack doesn't appear to be religiously motivated, but "islamophobia" is not a real thing. It's a made-up word that is supposed to pathologise the opposition to a socio-political doctrine that glorifies the basest elements of the human condition and demands enforcement via the threat of eternal damnation. Islam - the texts, the history and the figures therein, not all individual Muslims - is an awful creed. Religion has always been a force for wickedness, but most have redeeming features to their mythology or have contributed goodness to the world in real terms. Islam's texts have no redeeming features. It is a terrible doctrine.

Of course not all mentally ill people commit crimes. However there is certainly an argument that if you hold strong religious or far-right beliefs, that you may be more likely to act irrationally (ie criminal acts) if you are mentally ill.

That's not at all to say all terrorists are mentally ill or that all mentally ill people are terrorists, but just that if someone has incredibly strong religious/ political beliefs, then having a mental illness may well lead to that person carrying out such attacks.

Hi. I'm Muslim

I believe that both Muslims and non-Muslims are to be treated equally

most Muslims are good, decent people. Just spend some time with a Muslim friend and you'll find that were just normal peopl.

hello



Allah disagrees with you. Quran 9:29
"Fight those who do not believe in Allah, nor in the latter day, nor do they prohibit what Allah and His Messenger have prohibited, nor follow the religion of truth, out of those who have been given the Book, until they pay the tax in acknowledgment of superiority and they are in a state of subjection".

this is true

luckily, most Muslims don't follow the Quran

That quotation doesn't not disagree. Muslims pay a different form of tax- zakat, and non-Muslims pay jizya. Different but equal

That quotation doesn't not disagree. Muslims pay a different form of tax- zakat, and non-Muslims pay jizya. Different but equal

That quotation doesn't not disagree. Muslims pay a different form of tax- zakat, and non-Muslims pay jizya. Different but equal