How do we know how desperate these people are?
Are you honestly going to try to argue that over 20 men,
most of whom are in their twenties and muslim, weren't linked by a certain "community"? We don't know too much about these people yet, but we do know that some of them have been devout muslims, and others are
very recent converts. Do we ignore that?
It amazes me that after a plot to kill many innocent people (mostly Americans and Brits) is uncovered, your primary concern is still about not hurting anyone's feelings.
It has been said here before, and I'll say it again-- there is a discussion to be had, IMO, about who the "true" followers of Islam really are. is it the moderates, or is it the 21 who hoped to kill a bunch of Crusader infidels....?
But that aside, it doesn't necessarily have to matter. Ziggy, if you believe that 99.9% of all muslims are a peace loving bunch who just want to live their lives and worship their god, well then I'll believe you. I want to believe it, too.
But that
doesn't mean we should strip the religion from these crimes. if we do that, we do a disservice to ourselves, because if we really want to figure these folks out and stop them we'll need to know what motivates them, why they're doing it, how they're doing it, and how we can stop them.
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