Killing is killing, whether by beheading or by knife or by gun, and I have already provided evidence in this topic that less than two percent of terrorist activities in Europe last year were committed by Muslims.
Even to Muslims in America, the kind of backward thinking and brutal tactics of the Middle East are alien and puzzling.
What we have is an Arab problem more so than a Muslim problem.
A hundred years ago, Arabs were nomadic desert tribes. A primitive people.
Today, they are the
nouveau riche. Blessed with sudden wealth, but unsophisticated and still burdened with the superstitions and tribal mindsets of their recent ancestors.
Kind of like when you take a 22 year old kid and give him a multi-million dollar NBA contract. He's probably going to act like an idiot with all that newfound wealth for a while.
Christianity took
millenia to civilize itself. Christians were still butchering negroes in my own lifetime. Our dark past is not so far behind us that we can look down our noses at Muslims. We can be repulsed by their barbarism, but we are in no way some kind of superior race or creed.