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The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) recently released an in-depth report on terrorism in the United States. Covering April 2009 to February 2015, the report (titled “The Age of the Wolf”) found that during that period, “more people have been killed in America by non-Islamic domestic terrorists than jihadists.” The SPLC asserted that “the jihadist threat is a tremendous one,” pointing out that al-Qaeda’s attacks of September 11, 2001 remain the deadliest in U.S. history. But the study also noted that the second deadliest was carried out not by Islamists, but by Timothy McVeigh in Oklahoma City on April 19, 1995—and law enforcement, the SPLC stressed, are doing the public a huge disservice if they view terrorism as an exclusively Islamist phenomenon.
The report, in a sense, echoed the assertions that President Barack Obama made when he spoke at the National Prayer Breakfast in February and stressed that Muslims don’t have the market cornered on religious extremism. In the minds of far-right Republicans, Obama committed the ultimate sin by daring to mention that Christianity has a dark side and citing the Crusades and the Spanish Inquisition as two examples from the distant past. Obama wasn’t attacking Christianity on the whole but rather, was making the point that just as not all Christians can be held responsible for the horrors of the Inquisition, not all Muslims can be blamed for the violent extremism of ISIS (the Islamic State, Iraq and Syria), the Taliban, al-Qaeda or Boko Haram. But Obama certainly didn’t need to look 800 or 900 years in the past to find examples of extreme Christianists committing atrocities. Violent Christianists are a reality in different parts of the world—including the United States—and the fact that the mainstream media don’t give them as much coverage as ISIS or Boko Haram doesn’t mean that they don’t exist.
There is also the blurring of the term, 'terrorist', such as not identifying the 'Contras' as such, etc.Why do people hold Christians and Muslims at 2 different standards? Simple........people here in America know about Christianity, but very few know about Islam.
That...............and the fact that under Jr. we were constantly told about how all the Muslims were terrorists.
Your sentiments are clear and true, but your statement reveals the hypocrisy of American culture. Saying one is Christian and acting otherwise is the common thing. No Christian can murder; it is oxymoronic.The U.S. has a high level of violence, and one of the highest rates of Christianity in the western world. Thus, it stands to reason that many of the people in prison for committing a violent act are Christian.
It doesn't seem very Christlike to murder someone, though.
Followers of Jesus Christ know that murdering someone is not His way. It would be interesting to hear from someone who practices Islam on the matter of violence and murder.The U.S. has a high level of violence, and one of the highest rates of Christianity in the western world. Thus, it stands to reason that many of the people in prison for committing a violent act are Christian.
It doesn't seem very Christlike to murder someone, though.
Meanwhile, though I answered your question, "Why do you think that people hold Muslims to a different standard than they do Christians?" I did not remark on the wording of it. Your question asserts that people do hold Muslims to a different standard than Christians. Pillar, why do you think that people hold Muslims to a different standard than they do Christians, and who exactly are these people?
Meanwhile, though I answered your question, "Why do you think that people hold Muslims to a different standard than they do Christians?" I did not remark on the wording of it. Your question asserts that people do hold Muslims to a different standard than Christians. Pillar, why do you think that people hold Muslims to a different standard than they do Christians, and who exactly are these people?
Why do they hold muslims to a different standard? First, because most of the reporting on muslims in the U.S. is of violent incidents, not peaceful activities of normal muslims. Second, because of familiarity...we are familiar with Christians, but less so with muslims. Third, because there has been a lot of fear-mongering and politicalization of this issue by people who want to gain from keeping us afraid.
As for who, you can see a great example on this thread: CDZ - Islamification of The West
The National Day of Prayer is a similar Christian event; it's lauded by posters here. But, when muslims march to show support of their beliefs, it's scary and dangerous.
This thread is about Christian terrorist organizations. And, I linked you to the thread where those things were said. I'll let you draw your own conclusions about who said them.
If you're not willing to do that, I don't really care what your expectations are.
Your sentiments are clear and true, but your statement reveals the hypocrisy of American culture. Saying one is Christian and acting otherwise is the common thing. No Christian can murder; it is oxymoronic.The U.S. has a high level of violence, and one of the highest rates of Christianity in the western world. Thus, it stands to reason that many of the people in prison for committing a violent act are Christian.
It doesn't seem very Christlike to murder someone, though.
Every 'Moslem', as every 'Christian', should believe and practice it.Your sentiments are clear and true, but your statement reveals the hypocrisy of American culture. Saying one is Christian and acting otherwise is the common thing. No Christian can murder; it is oxymoronic.The U.S. has a high level of violence, and one of the highest rates of Christianity in the western world. Thus, it stands to reason that many of the people in prison for committing a violent act are Christian.
It doesn't seem very Christlike to murder someone, though.
Many Muslims would say the same about their religion.
I think that is my point.Your sentiments are clear and true, but your statement reveals the hypocrisy of American culture. Saying one is Christian and acting otherwise is the common thing. No Christian can murder; it is oxymoronic.The U.S. has a high level of violence, and one of the highest rates of Christianity in the western world. Thus, it stands to reason that many of the people in prison for committing a violent act are Christian.
It doesn't seem very Christlike to murder someone, though.
Many Muslims would say the same about their religion.
