I Am American, and I Respect Islam

[Barb]

I respect the religion, but not those who commit terrorist acts or those that refuse to condemn them.

Show me where CAIR speaks out against beheading journalists, burning embassies and killing Americans.

ETA:

Looks like CAIR is starting to speak out some:

CAIR, a Washington-based Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, made that statement at a noon news conference today on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., at which representatives of CAIR and other Muslim organizations* condemned both the killings of the U.S. ambassador to Libya and three other diplomats in that nation and the attack on the American embassy in Egypt.

This kind of thing needs Media coverage.

Yes it does. Instead, the vitriol is amplified to make rancorous voices appear more numerous than they are.

 

[Ancient lion]

I respect the peaceful muslims and the faith they practice.

I dont respect people who think they need to murder and oppress people because of religion.

 

[koshergrl]

"The survey, Shari’a and Violence in American Mosques, found a strong correlation between the presence of severe violence-promoting literature and mosques featuring written, audio, and video materials that actually promoted such acts.
51% of U.S. mosques had texts that either advocated the use of violence in the pursuit of a Shari’a-based political order or advocated violent jihad; another 30% had texts that were moderately supportive of violence. 19% had no violent texts at all.

Mapping Shari'a | Sanctioned Violence: The Texts

 

[catzmeow]

History is full of stories of religion using violence as a means to an end. Islam is not unique it is just the current one being used to perpetrate violence.

Screw religion

It's just a way of exercising wider societal control to meet the goals of a particular set of elitists.

No, that's what liberals and the anti-Christian freedom squashers do.

^ironic, coming from a woman who wants to involve the police in controlling what happens in other women's uteruses and gay people's bedrooms. Et tu, peeping Allie?

 

[Avatar4321]

Your point being?

 

[koshergrl]

 

[catzmeow]

Your point being?

Nobody seeks more control of other people, on a more personal level, than the hyper religious.

 

[AmyNation]

I give Islam the same level of respect I give all the other religions.

 

[koshergrl]

"Muzzammil "Mo" Hassan and his wife, Aasiya Hassan, founded Bridges TV, a cable channel dedicated to breaking down stereotypes against Muslims. He is now charged with her beheading."
Domestic Violence In Muslim America : NPR

 

[koshergrl]

Your point being?

Nobody seeks more control of other people, on a more personal level, than the hyper religious.

So..they exert control by advising people to control themselves.

Opposed to your liberal and atheist heroes who attempt to exert control via liberty-suffocating laws and physical restraint.

Got it.

 

[Avatar4321]

Your point being?

Nobody seeks more control of other people, on a more personal level, than the hyper religious.

I was actually asking A.L.

 

[Avatar4321]

Your point being?

Nobody seeks more control of other people, on a more personal level, than the hyper religious.

Oh, and I would likely qualify to some as a member of the hyper religious. I dont want to control anyone.

 

[GoneBezerk]

Arab nomads invented their fake religion to counter the Judaism which is older and more legit.

 

[catzmeow]

Your point being?

Nobody seeks more control of other people, on a more personal level, than the hyper religious.

Oh, and I would likely qualify to some as a member of the hyper religious. I dont want to control anyone.

Really. You don't want to keep gay marriage illegal or outlaw abortions?

 

[ShootSpeeders]

History is full of stories of religion using violence as a means to an end. Islam is not unique it is just the current one being used to perpetrate violence.

Screw religion

Stop calling Islam a religion. How many times must we explain this to you.? Neither islam nor zionism are religions. They just claim they are as protection from critics. THINK

 

[PredFan]

by Abigail Disney

I love my country. I love it a lot. I love the world too. I love them both for the same reasons. They are exciting and interesting and full of all kinds of people and ideas. I know that when I open myself up to new people and experiences there is really no end to things I can learn and discover—no limit to the ways in which I can be made to feel humble in the face of people's greatness, or proud of people's accomplishments

Over the past few weeks, it has become clear that some people in my country have created an insulting vision of Islam, a degrading video on YouTube. I deplore their actions. Their values are foreign to me and I do not understand their hearts.

Those people do not represent their country, they do not represent my America. They inhabit the edges of society. The Americans I know do not insult the faith of others. The Americans I know have built a strong, vibrant, multi-faith society of Muslims, Christians, Jews, Buddhists, Hindus, Atheists and many others by embracing an ethic of respect and understanding. The Americans I know look into their own hearts, seeking to become more kind, more good, more decent. They know we must replace loathsome expressions of darkness with our own sincere gestures of loving kindness.

To build a culture of peace, we must repudiate hatred. This sign is a demonstration of our love. We stand for peace and we choose to drown out darkness with light.

Good people will always disagree with each other. But disagreement is much different from hatred. Even those who disagree with you about politics or religion are, on the whole, good and decent people who simply see the world in a different way.

We respect Islam. We love Islam. We love you. We know there is beauty in your faith and traditions. We hope to know it better, through peace and dialogue, bridging our cultures with calm and understanding.

I Am American, and I Respect Islam | BlogHer

Islam is a violent, mysogenistic, and dangerous cult.

 

[bripat9643]

I respect the peaceful muslims and the faith they practice.

I dont respect people who think they need to murder and oppress people because of religion.

List of Islamic Terror Attacks For the Past 30 Days:

Date Country City Killed Injured Description
2012.09.28 Thailand Yala 2 0 An elderly couple is slain outside a plantation by Muslim militants.
2012.09.27 Pakistan Jhalaka Mela 2 7 Two students are torn to shreds by a Tehreek-e-Taliban bomb.
2012.09.27 Pakistan Bilal 1 0 A mosque caretaker is sprayed with bullets by sectarian rivals.
2012.09.27 Yemen Hadramout 3 0 Three children are pulled into pieces by al-Qaeda bombers.
2012.09.27 Somalia Mogadishu 1 3 A woman is killed when an Islamic terrorist throws a grenade into the street.
2012.09.26 Pakistan Quetta 1 0 A Shiite professional is brutally gunned down outside his office by devout Sunnis
2012.09.26 Syria Barzeh 16 0 Six women and three children are among sixteen Sunni civilians pulled from their homes and executed by Shia militia.
2012.09.25 Pakistan Karachi 3 1 Suspected Sipah-e-Mohammad gunmen murder a man and his two sons for belonging to a rival Sunni sect.
2012.09.24 Iraq Hit 4 6 Four schoolchildren are disassembled by a Holy Warrior with a car full of explosives.
2012.09.24 Pakistan Nankana Sahib 1 0 A caretaker at a Shia shrine is assassinated by Sunni gunmen.
2012.09.23 Nigeria Bauchi 2 48 A woman and a child at a church service are murdered by a Shahid suicide car bomber.
2012.09.23 Iraq Baghdad 3 7 Terrorists bomb a mini-bus, killing three passengers.
2012.09.22 Iraq Duluiyah 5 4 Sunni bombers send five Iraqis to Allah.
2012.09.22 Pakistan Karachi 1 0 A 25-year-old Shiite is murdered by sectarian Jihadis.
2012.09.22 Pakistan Karachi 1 0 A 60-year-old member of the Ahmadi religious minority is gunned down by Sunnis.
2012.09.22 Yemen Amran 8 12 Eight people are killed when Sunnis and Shias clash over their differences.
2012.09.22 Pakistan Kurram 2 0 Roadside bomber pick off a couple of pedestrians.
2012.09.21 Yemen Rada 1 3 Shiites storm a Sunni mosque and murder a cleric.
2012.09.21 Pakistan Karachi 1 0 A policeman is gunned down by a mob celebrating Muhammad's 'Day of Love'.
2012.09.21 Afghanistan Nawa 5 0 Woman and children are among five people exterminated by Taliban bombers.
2012.09.21 Thailand Pattani 6 40 Muslims detonate a car bomb to punish businesses for staying open during an Islamic holy day.
2012.09.21 Pakistan Peshawar 2 0 Two people are killed by a mob protesting a film of Muhammad.
2012.09.21 Israel Sinai 1 0 Terrorists shoot fire at a group of IDF soldiers providing water to migrants, killing one.
2012.09.21 Pakistan Mardan 0 12 Thousands of burn down a Lutheran church and thrash a dozen Christians.
2012.09.21 Syria Damascus 20 0 Twenty victims of a Sunni terror group are discovered defaced and burned.
2012.09.21 Somalia Mogadishu 1 0 A lawmaker is shot to death along a city street by Islamic militia.
2012.09.20 Philippines Basilan 4 6 Abu Sayyaf gunmen shoot dead four unarmed laborers.
2012.09.20 Afghanistan Dehrawood 5 0 Two boys and two women are blown to bits by fundamentalist bombers.
2012.09.20 Somalia Mogadishu 15 22 Two Religion of Peace suicide bombers detonate in a restaurant, taking out fifteen patrons.
2012.09.20 Iraq Baghdad 6 2 A children's doctor is among six Iraqis who lose their lives to Muslim terrorists.
2012.09.19 Iraq Tal Afar 2 0 A female suicide bomber sends two other souls to Allah.
2012.09.19 Pakistan Scheme Chowk 9 34 Nine people along a city street are obliterated by a Taliban bomb containing ball bearings.
2012.09.19 Iraq Baqubah 3 5 Three Iraqis are disassembled by a Fedayeen suicide bomber.
2012.09.19 Iraq Mosul 7 0 Seven Iraqis are murdered by Islamic 'insurgents'
2012.09.18 Iraq Muqdadiya 2 0 Muslim terrorists machine-gun two farmers in their orchard.
2012.09.18 Iraq Kirkuk 4 2 The Islamic Army of Iraq guns down four people near a university.
2012.09.18 Pakistan Gorakhpur 1 0 A conservative Muslim ties his daughter to a tree and hacks her to death for disobeying him.
2012.09.18 Pakistan Karachi 8 21 A 12-year-old girl is among eight members of the Dawoodi Bohra (Shia) minority are blasted into the next world by Sunni bombers.
2012.09.18 Pakistan Mastung 3 9 Three Shia pilgrims are sent to Allah in a targeted attack by a Sunni suicide bomber.
2012.09.18 Afghanistan Kabul 12 11 A female suicide bomber massacres a busload of foreigners "in revenge" for a film about Muhammad that the victims had nothing to do with.
2012.09.18 Afghanistan Kunar 1 4 Sunni extremists claim a suicide bombing that leaves a civilian dead.
2012.09.17 Pakistan Mustafa 1 0 A 45-year-old doctor is shot to death by sectarian Jihadis.
2012.09.17 Iraq Baghdad 7 24 Seven commuters are obliterated by a Shahid suicide car bomber during rush hour.
2012.09.17 Nigeria Azare 2 0 Islamists gun down a retired prison official and his bodyguard.
2012.09.17 Iraq Mosul 1 0 Terrorists assassinate a rival imam.
2012.09.17 Thailand Yala 2 0 A Buddhist couple is ambushed in their truck and slaughtered by Muslims with shotguns.
2012.09.17 Dagestan Gubden 1 0 A businessman is shot to death by Muslim militants.
2012.09.17 Nigeria Borno 1 0 A top judge is assassinated by Boko Haram gunmen.
2012.09.16 Israel Tira 1 0 A 22-year-old woman is stabbed to death by her younger brother on suspicion of immorality.
2012.09.16 Afghanistan Gereshk 12 0 A dozen women and young children are destroyed by Taliban bombers.
2012.09.16 Pakistan Jandool 16 7 Three women and three children are among sixteen civilians taken apart by a Sunni hardliner bomb.
2012.09.16 Nigeria Kano 4 0 Islamists enter a home and shoot a 3-year-old girl to death along with her family, which includes a crippled uncle.
2012.09.16 Yemen Mukalla 3 4 al-Qaeda militants level two vehicles, killing three Yemenis.
2012.09.16 Afghanistan Zabol 4 2 Four US troops are shot in the back by Taliban in police uniforms.
2012.09.16 Pakistan Hyderabad 0 1 Islamists angered over a Muhammad film ambush a nun and her driver outside a cathedral.
2012.09.16 Nigeria Zango 6 9 Islamic radicals attack a group of civilians playing cards, killing at least six.
2012.09.16 Pakistan Ghareebabad 1 0 A Shiite youth is found beheaded four days after being kidnapped by Wahhabis.
2012.09.16 Egypt Sinai 1 7 A border guard dies after being shot in the stomach by Salafis.
2012.09.15 Afghanistan Helmand 2 4 A terrorist in police uniform shoots two British soldiers coming to help him after he fakes an injury.
2012.09.15 Thailand Pattani 4 0 Muslim militants ambush a vehicle and shoot four occupants to death including a housekeeper.
2012.09.15 India Ghaziabad 0 3 Three policemen are critically injured by rioters angry over rumors of a Quran found with marks.
2012.09.15 Dagestan Khutrakh 3 2 Fundamentalists shoot three policemen to death.
2012.09.15 Pakistan Karachi 2 4 Six Christians are shot at close range in their homes by Religion of Peace gunmen.
2012.09.15 Iraq Hajj Ali 3 0 Three cousins are murdered in their own home by Mujahideen.
2012.09.15 Pakistan Gulistan-e-Jauhar 1 0 An Ahmadi shopkeeper is murdered after being labeled a Kafir by Sunnis.
2012.09.15 Afghanistan Jogak 5 0 Five local cops are murdered by Sunni fundamentalists.
2012.09.14 Pakistan Malir 1 1 Two young men are shot by sectarian Jihadis.
2012.09.14 Afghanistan Helmand 2 9 Two US Marines are murdered by Taliban "in revenge" for a film mocking Muhammad.
2012.09.14 Thailand Pattani 1 2 Muslim 'separatists' shoot a villager in the head in front of his wife and 7-year-old daughter.
2012.09.14 Iraq Samarah 2 18 Islamist terrorists set off a bomb at a crowded market, killing at least two.
2012.09.13 Syria Damascus 3 16 Sunnis attempt to attack a Shia shrine. At least three people are killed in the clash.
2012.09.13 Pakistan Landi Kotal 4 0 Four Taliban opponents are blown to bits by a roadside bomb.
2012.09.13 Pakistan Bara 5 0 Five civilians are sent to Allah by Sunni bombers.
2012.09.13 Pakistan Akkakhel 4 2 Two children are among four members of a family crushed in their own home by a Lashkar-e-Islam rocket.
2012.09.13 Nigeria Maiduguri 4 0 Four people are killed in a Boko Haram terror attack.
2012.09.13 Pakistan Quetta 3 4 A 2-year-old is among the casualties when Sunnis spray a car carrying Shias with automatic weapons fire.
2012.09.13 Dagestan Khasavyurt 1 2 Following the death of their leader, Kizlyar Islamists ambush police, killing one.
2012.09.12 Somalia Mogadishu 8 10 Eight people are turned into 'pieces of meat' by a suicide bombing at a hotel.
2012.09.12 Syria Aleppo 4 13 Four foreign civilians are killed by suspected Sunni terrorists.
2012.09.12 Iraq Qaidiriya 1 0 The imam of a mosque is assassinated by Religion of Peace rivals.
2012.09.12 Pakistan Orangi 1 0 An Ahmadi is gunned down on account of his religious faith.
2012.09.12 Iraq Hillah 1 1 'Insurgents' murder a shepherd and injure his son.
2012.09.11 Afghanistan Bagram 3 2 Three Afghans are killed by a rocket attack from Islamic extremists.
2012.09.11 Afghanistan Kushki Kuhna 5 6 A Shahid suicide bomber snuffs out five lives at a tea shop.
2012.09.11 Iraq Dujail 3 0 Three security volunteers are shot to death by al-Qaeda.
2012.09.11 Iraq Baghdad 4 0 The Islamic Army of Iraq executes four people in their home.
2012.09.11 Yemen Sanaa 12 12 Twelve people bleed out in the aftermath of a suspected al-Qaeda blast.
2012.09.11 Libya Benghazi 4 17 An Ambassador is among four Americans killed when protesters angry over a Muhammad film and al-Qaeda members storm the US consulate.
2012.09.10 Afghanistan Kunduz 21 15 A Holy Warrior blows himself up at a demonstration, sending twenty-one other souls to Allah.
2012.09.10 Pakistan Parachinar 14 45 Sunnis murder fourteen members of the minority Shiite sect with a car bomb that rips through a packed market.
2012.09.10 Iraq Mussayib 3 2 Sunni bombers take down three Shiites near their shrine.
2012.09.10 Syria Aleppo 17 40 The FSA claims a bombing outside a hospital and school that leaves seventeen civilians dead.
2012.09.10 Iraq Bayaa 8 32 Eight people at a coffee shop are obliterated by a Mujahid car bomb.
2012.09.10 India Baramulla 1 0 Islamic terrorists shoot a village head to death.
2012.09.10 Syria Aleppo 20 0 Video surfaces of the Salman al-Farisi members executing twenty captured prisoners in cold blood while praising Allah.
2012.09.10 Iraq Hillah 2 3 Two civilians are taken down by Jihadi bombers.
2012.09.10 Mali Gao 0 5 Five cousins have their hands and feet cut off by Islamists citing the Quran.
2012.09.09 Syria Homs 4 24 Sunni terrorists are suspected in a bus bombing that leaves four dead.
2012.09.09 Thailand Narathiwat 2 1 Two men are killed and a 9-year-old boy loses his leg to Muslim 'rebels'.
2012.09.09 Iraq Beaver Ridge Canaan 16 100 Dedicated Sunni car bombers massacre sixteen Shiites outside their shrine.
2012.09.09 Iraq Kirkuk 7 70 Two Islamic Army of Iraq bombs tear apart seven people outside of a police station.
2012.09.09 Iraq Nasiriyah 2 3 Mujahideen bomb a hotel, killing at least two.
2012.09.09 Iraq Baghdad 7 21 A Mujahideen bomb targeting a market seven dead bodies.
2012.09.09 Iraq Basra 3 24 A vicious bombing along a city street kills three.
2012.09.09 Iraq Tal Afar 2 7 al-Qaeda bombers take down two innocents.
2012.09.09 Iraq Kirkuk 8 17 al-Qaeda car bombers slaughter eight oil company employees.
2012.09.09 Iraq uz Khormato 4 41 Four shoppers at a market are flattened by an al-Qaeda blast.
2012.09.09 Iraq Dujail 11 7 A Shahid suicide bomber sends seven Iraqis to Allah.
2012.09.09 Iraq Baghdad 5 21 A restaurant blast by the Islamic Army of Iraq kills five patrons.
2012.09.09 Iraq Baghdad 3 14 Holy warriors detonate a bomb outside a pet market, killing three people.
2012.09.09 Afghanistan Farah 1 16 A 12-year-old boy is disassembled by a Taliban bomb.
2012.09.09 Afghanistan Mula Khel 6 0 Religion of Peace extremists pull six civilians out of a vehicle and execute them.
2012.09.09 Iraq Maysan 5 40 Five Shiites are blown to bits outside their own mosque by Sunni bombers.
2012.09.08 Afghanistan Kabul 6 4 Six civilians, mostly children, are torn to shreds by a Fedayeen suicide bomber.
2012.09.08 Iraq Qaim 1 0 A 5-year-old girl is killed instantly by an FSA rocket.
2012.09.08 Pakistan Shalobar 2 0 A Religion of Peace blast sends two highway patrolmen to the mosque.
2012.09.08 Syria Aleppo 27 64 Over two dozen people are massacred by an al-Nusra suicide bomber.
2012.09.08 Afghanistan Kajaki 5 2 Five Afghans are taken down by Taliban roadside bombers.
2012.09.07 Syria Damascus 5 6 Five security personnel are killed by a bomb blast as they leave a mosque.
2012.09.07 Lebanon Damour 1 0 A man is stabbed merely for belonging to the 'wrong' religious sect.
2012.09.07 Lebanon Ain al-Hilweh 1 0 Jund al-Sham terrorists are accused of assassinating a local official.
2012.09.07 Pakistan Quetta 1 0 A policeman investigating Sunni sectarian killings is sprayed with bullets.
2012.09.07 Iraq Kirkuk 9 80 Sunni bombers take out nine Shias near their mosque.
2012.09.07 Libya Rajma 3 3 Three people are killed when Islamic fundamentalists attempt to blow up a rival shrine.
2012.09.07 Afghanistan Kabul 0 3 Three actresses are stabbed by religious hardliners for appearing with 'immodest' outfits.
2012.09.07 Philippines Sumisip 1 35 Seven Abu Sayyaf fire into a crowd of plantation workers on their lunch break, killing one.
2012.09.06 Iraq al-Sharqat 1 1 The leader of an Iraqi anti-terror unit is killed by a bomb.
2012.09.06 Pakistan Gulistan Colony 1 0 An Ahmadi schoolteacher is gunned down in a targeted attack.
2012.09.06 Nigeria Yobe 16 0 Boko Haram Islamists murder sixteen people in a series of attacks.
2012.09.06 Pakistan Sipah 3 8 A child is among three crushed to death by a Lashkar-e-Islam mortar shell slamming into their home.
2012.09.05 Pakistan Quetta 1 0 A Shia doctor is murdered in his clinic by Lashkar-e-Jhangvi.
2012.09.05 Ingushetia Datykh 6 1 Mujahideen ambush and kill six Russians.
2012.09.05 India Kerala 1 0 A Hindu activist dies from a stabbing attack by Muslim 'activists' at a university campus two months earlier.
2012.09.05 Iraq Tikrit 2 0 Two Sunnis are ambushed and killed by al-Qaeda gunmen.
2012.09.05 Iraq Khalis 1 8 Jihadis kill one person with a car bomb blast near a clinic.
2012.09.05 Pakistan Quetta 1 0 A Shiite dentist is taken out in a Sunni drive-by.
2012.09.05 Pakistan Karachi 2 0 A 75-year-old Shiite is murdered along with his 17-year-old grandson in a targeted shooting by Sunnis.
2012.09.04 Iraq Kirkuk 1 0 A 16-year-old victim of 'insurgents' is found with his head, hands and feet cut off.
2012.09.04 Pakistan Pirabad 2 0 Sunnis shoot two Shiites to death.
2012.09.04 Iraq Fallujah 1 0 Suspected al-Qaeda members machine-gun a judge in his own home.
2012.09.04 Thailand Pattani 1 0 A 28-year-old Buddhist villager is slain by Muslim gunmen.
2012.09.04 Kenya Mombasa 2 0 Two more people are reported killed by rioters whipped into frenzy by a radical imam.
2012.09.04 Iraq Tuz Khurmatu 6 2 Terrorists massacre six Iraqis with automatic weapons.
2012.09.04 Pakistan Karachi 1 0 Wahhabis shoot a Shia traffic cop three times in the head.
2012.09.04 Somalia Barawe 2 0 al-Shabaab Islamists tie two men to a pole and open up on them with automatic weapons.
2012.09.04 Nigeria Gwange 4 0 Four people are shot and stabbed in their own homes by suspected Boko Haram.
2012.09.04 Afghanistan Dor Baba 25 35 Over two dozen mourners at a funeral are blasted into bits by a Fedayeen suicide bomber.
2012.09.03 Nigeria Maiduguri 2 0 A lecturer is among two people murdered by Islamist assassins.
2012.09.03 Nigeria New Marte 3 0 Two civilians and a cop are murdered by Boko Haram gunmen.
2012.09.03 Pakistan Peshawar 2 25 Two civilians are killed in a suicide car bomb attack on a U.S. Consulate vehicle.
2012.09.03 Syria Jaramana 4 12 Sunni rebels are blamed for a car bomb blast in a residential neighborhood.
2012.09.02 Mali Gao 1 0 A kidnapped Algerian diplomat is executed in captivity by al-Qaeda.
2012.09.02 Pakistan Bazarak Khwar 1 4 Muslim radicals ambush a police vehicle and kill the driver.
2012.09.02 Pakistan Quetta 1 0 Another Shia minority dies from injuries suffered in a targeted attack by Sunni.
2012.09.01 Afghanistan Wardak 13 78 Twin suicide bombers incinerate over a dozen people including a child and two women.
2012.09.01 Thailand Narathiwat 0 2 Muslim bombers tear off the legs of two plantation workers.
2012.09.01 Pakistan Hazar Ganji 5 0 Sunnis pull five Shia vegetable seller off of a truck and calmly shoot them to death.
2012.09.01 Pakistan Quetta 2 0 Two Shias walking along the side of the road are taken out by Sunnis on a motorbike.
2012.09.01 Iraq Basra 1 1 Knife-wielding 'insurgents' stab a judge to death in this home.
2012.09.01 Pakistan Quetta 2 10 Two demonstrators are killed when Sunnis fire on Shias protesting an earlier murder.
2012.09.01 Syria Damascus 15 3 A Sunni group is blamed for a car bomb attack near a rival mosque that leaves fifteen dead.
2012.09.01 Syria Deir al-Zour 1 2 A Shahid suicide bomber takes out one other person.
2012.09.01 Iraq Baghdad 2 11 Terrorists set off a bomb outside a coffee shop, killing two patrons.
2012.08.31 Afghanistan Sahib Khan 5 0 Five villagers are kidnapped and executed by the Taliban.
2012.08.31 Pakistan Jacobabad 2 0 A Muslim shoots his sister-in-law and niece to death over alleged sexual misconduct.
2012.08.31 Egypt Muqatta 1 0 Islamic extremists kidnap and behead a local man.
2012.08.31 Iraq Baghdad 1 1 A Sunni attack on a Shiite cleric his driver dead.
2012.08.31 Iraq Baghdad 2 0 Two Shiite worshippers are shot to death on their way home.
2012.08.31 Iraq Baghdad 1 0 A Shiite imam is assassinated by Religion of Peace rivals.
2012.08.31 Pakistan Shor Kot 1 0 Following a fatwa against women using cell phones, a girl is honor killed after her brother discovers her with one and suspects immoral activity.
2012.08.31 Pakistan Peshawar 12 12 A dozen Pakistanis are torn to shreds by a Taliban bomb near a mosque.
2012.08.30 Pakistan Ghaziabad 5 0 Suspecting his mother and four sisters of 'illicit relations', a man drugs the five and then butchers them in their sleep.
2012.08.30 Pakistan Quetta 3 0 Sunnis spray a car carrying a Shia judge with automatic fire, killing three occupants.
2012.08.30 Thailand Yala 1 0 A Buddhist trader sitting in his truck is shot and beheaded by Muslim militants.
2012.08.30 Iraq Hillah 2 0 'Insurgents' exterminate two Iraqis sitting in a car.
2012.08.30 Afghanistan Baraki Barak 5 10 Islamic radicals fire a rocket into a bus stop, killing five civilians.
2012.08.30 Afghanistan Kapisa 1 0 Islamic fundamentalists are thought responsible for the beheading of a 6-year-old girl.
2012.08.30 Syria Damascus 2 0 Two policemen guarding the Lebanese embassy are brutally murdered in a sectarian attack.
2012.08.30 Pakistan Batwar 12 0 Fundamentalists praise Allah as they videotape the beheading of a dozen captured Pakistani soldiers.
2012.08.30 Pakistan Peshawar 1 0 A Tehreek-e-Taliban member shoots a young man to death at a market.
2012.08.30 Indonesia Solo 1 0 A jailed cleric's hardline followers gun down a cop in a drive-by.
2012.08.29 Afghanistan Kandahar 1 0 A 12-year-old boy is kidnapped and beheaded by the Taliban.
2012.08.29 Pakistan Ghatbadr 8 6 Armed Islamists attack a checkpost, leaving eight defenders dead.
2012.08.29 Georgia Lapankuri 3 0 A doctor is among three people who die trying to rescue innocent hostages taken by Islamic radicals.
2012.08.29 Iraq Kirkuk 5 3 al-Qaeda bombers take down five people.
2012.08.29 Iraq Baghdad 1 0 A cleric is gunned down in his mosque by Religion of Peace rivals.
2012.08.29 Syria Zamalka 7 0 A family of seven Christians, including three children, are shot in the street by 'Liua Islam'.
2012.08.29 Thailand Yala 1 0 Islamic 'separatists' shoot a man in the head as he is eating noodles.
2012.08.29 Germany Berlin 0 1 A rabbi is beaten by Muslims in front of his young daughter for 'being Jewish'.
2012.08.29 Afghanistan Logar 1 0 A woman is killed inside her home by a Taliban rocket.

 

[OKTexas]

by Abigail Disney

I love my country. I love it a lot. I love the world too. I love them both for the same reasons. They are exciting and interesting and full of all kinds of people and ideas. I know that when I open myself up to new people and experiences there is really no end to things I can learn and discover—no limit to the ways in which I can be made to feel humble in the face of people's greatness, or proud of people's accomplishments

Over the past few weeks, it has become clear that some people in my country have created an insulting vision of Islam, a degrading video on YouTube. I deplore their actions. Their values are foreign to me and I do not understand their hearts.

Those people do not represent their country, they do not represent my America. They inhabit the edges of society. The Americans I know do not insult the faith of others. The Americans I know have built a strong, vibrant, multi-faith society of Muslims, Christians, Jews, Buddhists, Hindus, Atheists and many others by embracing an ethic of respect and understanding. The Americans I know look into their own hearts, seeking to become more kind, more good, more decent. They know we must replace loathsome expressions of darkness with our own sincere gestures of loving kindness.

To build a culture of peace, we must repudiate hatred. This sign is a demonstration of our love. We stand for peace and we choose to drown out darkness with light.

Good people will always disagree with each other. But disagreement is much different from hatred. Even those who disagree with you about politics or religion are, on the whole, good and decent people who simply see the world in a different way.

We respect Islam. We love Islam. We love you. We know there is beauty in your faith and traditions. We hope to know it better, through peace and dialogue, bridging our cultures with calm and understanding.

I Am American, and I Respect Islam | BlogHer

Anyone that respects a force bent on your destruction is a FOOL, plain and simple.

 

[Avatar4321]

Nobody seeks more control of other people, on a more personal level, than the hyper religious.

Oh, and I would likely qualify to some as a member of the hyper religious. I dont want to control anyone.

Really. You don't want to keep gay marriage illegal or outlaw abortions?

I'd prefer if we had to do neither.

And no i dont want to keep gay marriage illegal, I just dont think it should recognized or that we should redefine marriage. Id like to keep the government out of homosexual relationships, it's a shame they have to be involved in any of the rest of our relationships.

And making abortion illegal doesnt control anyone any more than making murder illegal does. People sitll break the law. but we sure as heck shouldnt be blessing it

 

[bripat9643]

Center for American Progress is a Soros funded propaganda site.

Furthermore, almost all your examples of "hate" are pathetically trivial. "Paint balls fired at mosque?" Puhleeze! I think you'll find that adolescents have fired paint balls at virtually everything.

I respect the peaceful muslims and the faith they practice.

I dont respect people who think they need to murder and oppress people because of religion.