Original post by jensenbudz611It truly is sad how many acts of terrorism there have been in this year alone and I wish peace to those who lost their lives as well as their families but you know what? We talk about Muslims and their "religion of terrorism" and how so many attacks have been carried out by them but there are so many flaws in this:
1) The majority of Muslims who actually do these attacks are, in fact, not actually Muslim. ISIS for example; yes, the Qur'an has one specific line (which is always taken out of context) which is always referred to when people talk about Muslims... "... then kill the polytheists wherever you find them..." Allah asks his followers to kill the polytheists/pagans. This is true. HOWEVER, Allah sent this surah, Surat Al-Tawbah down at a time where pagans were seriously harming and fighting the Muslims just for being, well, Muslim. And as Islam arised in times where there were lots of pagans/polytheists they all wanted to defend their beliefs and fought with the Muslims who were trying to convince people of their religion in a nice, civil manner, unlike ISIS. The point in Surat Al-Tawbah is, however, after Allah tells his believers to kill thy pagans/polytheists, in the sentence afterwards he tells his followers if they repent (say sorry for their actions) not to harm them and forgive them and if they seek asylum to offer it to them. "but if they repent, and establish regular prayers and practise regular charity, then open the way for them: for Allah is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful. If one amongst the Pagans ask thee for asylum, grant it to him, so that he may hear the word of Allah. and then escort him to where he can be secure." This is because in the Qur'an, Allah makes it very clear if you kill an innocent human being it's like killing all of mankind. If ISIS were really Muslim they would know this... Also, a man who was held hostage by ISIS, Didier Francois, claimed, while being held hostage that ISIS never really had any religious discussions, only political and never gave the hostages the Qur'an nor ever refer to it... Don't you think that's strange? A terrorist group claiming to kill people in the name of religion never actually referring to their holy book? Hmmm...
2) Europe has already tried to decrease the amount of refugees fleeing into Europe - countries have set limits to the amount of people allowed in as well restraining MUSLIM refugees from entering the country, such as Poland. It is not the fault of the Syrians who actually want to live peacefully for those who abuse the liberty of being allowed into countries like France and start fighting. It also isn't fair to the Syrians to be kicked out of a country/not let into a country because they are being based off the highly small population of the Muslim world who are extremists as well as terrorists. Also, if European countries are so concerned about the amount of Muslims coming into Europe, perhaps instead of just letting all "refugees" in they should do body checks, just to check if they have any weapons on them and perhaps do some background check on who said person claims to be, while this process takes place perhaps put them in a refugee camp and then decide whether or not to let them in. That reduces the amount of people who could be a potential threat to Europe. Finally, Europeans have stated their concerns of Europe becoming an Islamic continent however, only 4% of the population of Europe is Muslim and, as a said statistic claimed, if all Syrians moved to Europe it would only increase the Muslim pop. to 5-6%... To add to that point, most Syrian/refugees currently in Europe have done nothing to harm the country they're currently in. A German man let 10 Syrian refugees into his house and he said he was extremely disappointed by their civil and thoughtful behaviour, he expected them to steal things and hurt him and/or his partner when in fact they barely touched anything and never asked for anything except food and other necessities.
3) We blame Muslims for all terrorist acts and always talk about it. Why don't we talk about the market bombing in Nigeria? 30 people dead. Why don't we talk about police brutality in certain places/areas? There are 1.57 billion Muslims in the world, if they were all terrorists we surely would all be dead by now.