Deadly gun attack in Paris: Global reactions & discussion

Well I knew people would disagree, but don't believe they're right in doing so.

As some.......ir foreign policy.

It doesn't even do that. It is merely words or images which can be ignored or thrown away. If I am offended by a TV programme, I simply switch it off and ignore it. Why Islamic extremists are not capable of doing the same says a lot about their nature and intelligence.

yes, but they speak in French so they might not be Islam.

They shouted 'Allahu Akbar' - how good is your French, mate?

They spoke French. and i know that is not French

No, they murdered because of Cartoons.

Nothing to do with Bombings.

Nothing to do with Israel.

Sorry but not everything can be blamed on the US.

They spoke French. and i know that is not French

i think its wrong to associate Islam with this attack because it hasn't even been confirmed that the attack was in any way an Islam attack

It's obviously more than a cartoon. The prophet is revered in a way that most can't comprehend (as there's not really a similar figure, could say Jesus in Christianity), and depictions are a big no-no. Of course you can argue freedom of speech, but what is there to gain from these cartoons bar spreading hatred?

Can you actually, just post a hadith that shows this?
TheWikiIslam website, never fails to confuse me.

Yet you seem to pick the "opposite reinterpretation", when Islam is presented in good light due to your own perfect agenda against this theology. And pick the original interpretation, when it's in a bad light to score points. I guess what perfectly describes people like you, in your own words is " the disingenuous and mendacious".

Maybe he was trying to say the double standards of the west in the middle east and in Europe caused this mess.

I never made the claim that the massacre of journalists/cartoons is the direct result of the US repeatedly invading or funding invasions of the Middle-East for geopolitical reasons. I did make the claim that the religion of Islam isn't the only reason- and likely a secondary reason- as to why extremists and militants are attacking places in the Western world (Australia, Britain and now France have been in the news recently). I'd like to think that if the US and other nations had not intervened in the Middle-East at all, a lot of the targeting by (Muslim) extremists that is seen today would not be happening. I'm not blaming the US for "everything", nor am I apologising or attempting to justify some of the abhorrent actions that these extremists have done. For instance, I think territorial expansion and the attempt at re-forming a Caliphate is not a result of the US, but a result of religious fervour coupled with powergrabbing and civil revolt.

The formation and threat of Al Quaeda, IS and the many other terror groups based in or coming from the Middle-East does not justify the multiple military actions taken against these countires in the past. Writing off these interventions because these countires have responded with violent attacks on their own people, their neighbouring countries and now the West is one of the many injustices to arise from the fixation on the Middle-East.

Note: I'm a US citizen and I love the US despite its flaws. But even I can see how the actions of the US have been a main factor in the formation of terror groups and are partly responsible for sparking the attacks on the West. The ultimate responsibiility lies with the people commiting the crimes against humanity- in this case, the two gunmen. I'm not attesting to that.