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The Myth of the Non-Muslim Terrorist
Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2016 4:39 am
by Nightshade
Since January, 2010 the Islamic propaganda outlet, Loonwatch.com, has prominently posted an article with the title "All Terrorists are Muslim… except the 94% that aren’t." Although not saying exactly who it is that believes "all terrorists are Muslim", the gist of the piece is that an FBI report from seven years ago concluded that the vast majority of attacks have nothing to do with Islam.
As Loonwatch puts it:
Only 6% of terror attacks are by Muslims
7% of terrorism is by Jewish extremists
66% of terror attacks are by leftists and Latinos
This would appear to defy common sense. Reports of bombings, shootings, stabbings and even beheadings by terrorists cross the newswire each day. Some are indeed the work of communist groups or nationalists, but the vast majority are clearly the product of Islamic extremists who kill in the name of religion.
Loonwatch is playing a couple of tricks here - the biggest being that they are drawing on domestic data only. In other words, when they say that 94% of terrorists aren't Muslim, they actually mean in the United States, where terror attacks are relatively rare and Muslims make up only 1% of the population.
So, if we ignore the overwhelming bulk of attacks across the globe, Muslims are "only" six times more likely to commit acts of terror than the general population. The numbers get even worse for Loonwatch on closer examination.
http://www.thereligionofpeace.com/pages ... rcent.aspx
Re: The Myth of the Non-Muslim Terrorist
Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2016 8:43 pm
by Ferno
80% of domestic terror attacks are committed by homegrown citizens.
I'll keep repeating this every time you post another 'muslims are bad' thread.
Re: The Myth of the Non-Muslim Terrorist
Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2016 9:33 pm
by Nightshade
Ferno wrote:80% of domestic terror attacks are committed by homegrown citizens.
I'll keep repeating this every time you post another 'muslims are bad' thread.
islam is bad. Get it right.
Re: The Myth of the Non-Muslim Terrorist
Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2016 9:40 pm
by Ferno
by that logic, Buddhism is bad. Taoism is bad. Sikhism is bad.
next?
Re: The Myth of the Non-Muslim Terrorist
Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2016 10:10 pm
by Nightshade
Ferno wrote:by that logic, Buddhism is bad. Taoism is bad. Sikhism is bad.
next?
Will Buddhists murder you for not being Buddhist?
Re: The Myth of the Non-Muslim Terrorist
Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2016 6:15 am
by callmeslick
a handful will, and have, in desperate situations. His point is correct, NS.
Re: The Myth of the Non-Muslim Terrorist
Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2016 6:33 am
by vision
Nightshade wrote:Ferno wrote:Will Buddhists murder you for not being Buddhist?
Ashin Wirathu
Re: The Myth of the Non-Muslim Terrorist
Posted: Sun Jul 17, 2016 12:40 am
by Ferno
vision wrote:Ashin Wirathu
Trump with a robe.
Re: The Myth of the Non-Muslim Terrorist
Posted: Sun Jul 17, 2016 9:36 am
by Spidey
Buddhists aren’t killing Muslims because there are not Buddhists, they are killing them because they are Muslims.
If Buddhists were killing people because they were not Buddhists, the victims would not be limited to Muslims, which the Buddhists have a history with in that region.
A subtle difference I’m sure some of you will quibble with, but an important difference none the less.
Re: The Myth of the Non-Muslim Terrorist
Posted: Sun Jul 17, 2016 11:15 pm
by Ferno
Spidey wrote:Buddhists aren’t killing Muslims because there are not Buddhists, they are killing them because they are Muslims.
If Buddhists were killing people because they were not Buddhists, the victims would not be limited to Muslims, which the Buddhists have a history with in that region.
A subtle difference I’m sure some of you will quibble with, but an important difference none the less.
Have you known an muslim to be both a buddhist and a muslim? This is just like saying a person broke a mirror because it was and was not a mirror. It makes no sense. You're talking out of both sides of your mouth here.