if this were the case i have no idea how people get out of arkansas alive.
You could add places like TN, MS, and AL to that list.
As far as the answer to the OP's post? All religions have their fringe groups, even Christianity, and some of those groups take their religion way too far in trying to "out purify" the other factions of the religion as a way to show how much better their branch is.
I mean, Christians have been violent over the years as well.
oh i'm just ribbin on stereotypes in as much as anything. yes most terrorists these days are muslim but that doesn't condem an entire group of people and i hate that "demonize a type of people, then put people under this tag you created so you never have to get to know them.
stereotypes fucking suck.
You know, that is one thing I learned while traveling all over the planet via the Navy. Never discount someone based on what you have heard, and never turn down help when in a foreign land. Matter of fact, having a decent attitude and understanding that I was the foreigner in their country went a long way towards making friends. There was one group of skaters in Cartagena Sicily that would go to a certain park and wait there from 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm if they saw our ship pull in that day, because they liked to take us through the city skating with them.
Besides....................if you already have a grudge against someone without knowing anything about them, you can't learn from them, and there may be a possibility that the knowledge they have is something that could greatly benefit you.
Do I think ALL Muslims are violent people? Not really, because I've been to a few places in the ME, and in many cases, the Muslims I met over there were very hospitable people who were more than happy to show you around their city. Some would even invite you to their house for dinner, just because they were interested in talking to an American, sometimes just for the practice with English.