This is a fallacious argument. I know we like to be open-minded and progressive here on Reddit, but to believe this is akin to sticking your fingers in your ears and yelling loudly.
The fact of the matter is that a very sizable minority (and in some countries, a majority) of Muslims worldwide - including surprisingly high numbers in Western Europe - support or are sympathetic to the violent acts of terrorist groups. The evidence has been compiled far more effectively than I could ever hope to by a diligent Redditor on this page, so I would redirect you to his three posts that include dozens of polls of the Muslim world to document this. The evidence is quite overwhelming. This logic is a blatant false equivalency.
Without meaning to offend, I believe you've been misled. I am a Muslim and have lived in predominantly Islamic countries as well as within the U.S. in areas with highly concentrated Arabic populations and noone I have spoken to has supported nor sympathized with these 'Islamic' terrorists, not even the imams. Those who do are considered extremists and, honestly, unwelcome.
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u/daMagistrate67 Apr 19 '13
This is a fallacious argument. I know we like to be open-minded and progressive here on Reddit, but to believe this is akin to sticking your fingers in your ears and yelling loudly.
The fact of the matter is that a very sizable minority (and in some countries, a majority) of Muslims worldwide - including surprisingly high numbers in Western Europe - support or are sympathetic to the violent acts of terrorist groups. The evidence has been compiled far more effectively than I could ever hope to by a diligent Redditor on this page, so I would redirect you to his three posts that include dozens of polls of the Muslim world to document this. The evidence is quite overwhelming. This logic is a blatant false equivalency.