DIA admits the West supported the creation of ISIS;
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How to Argue for the War on Terror;
UK bombing reaction and thoughts about assimilation (12:22), & Judging groups collectively, comments welcome (11:36) explain the issue good enough.
Before foreign governments meddled in the middle east, the middle east was doing fine and didn't have war and religious fanatics quite like what they do now. In fact, at least some places were more secular pre-Cold War than now.
For a small example, as shown at 7:29 of the video “Alex Jones back to the Woodshed”, there were women in the middle east who dress up in ways that religious fanatics wouldn't allow.
Furthermore, when it comes to the specific issue of Muslims talked about in “Alex Jones back to the Woodshed”, skip around 7:28, 10:23, 15:42, 19:42, 26:19, 31:14, 36:35, 46:11, 1:15:15, 1:27:02, & do so whenever the clips of Alex Jones talking starts.
People can turn to religion for a number of reasons. Commonly, they're uneducated, so they're more likely to be superstitious, they're grown up seeing violence around them, so they're desensitized to violence & feel that it's more acceptable, or, from time-to-time, don't see much of a point in life outside of religion.
Hence, how we see religious fanatics thrive outside of the developed world more often.
On certain sites, especially BareNakedIslam or Walid Shoebat's sites, a lot of the information posted there are actually proven to be part-truths at best, & often outright lies. Many of them try to make it seem like Muslims are attacking Christians & Jews & promote tribalism not unlike Neo-Nazi sites such as the DailyStormer (which I'd like to see a comparison between it & BareNakendIslam).
A friend of mine, Allyson (formerly Allyson Abu-Hajar) created a Pinterest board dedicated to debunking lies spread by these sites, which is Don't Believe Everything You Hear!.
Podcasts & articles for more information:
How To Reduce Terrorism.
Motivation for Jihad.
The truth about Brigitte Gabriel.
Homegrown terrorism is rooted in US actions, not Islam. Just ask the FBI.
Why do so many Americans fear Muslims? Decades of denial about America's role in the world.
Jon Schwarz on the connection between Americans’ fear of Muslims and ignorance of foreign policy
Why ISIS wants you to hate Muslims.
'Islamic Extremism' Alienates Most in Muslim World.
Muslim Blowback?
The Islamophobia Excuse.
US Muslims More Tolerant, Opposed to Violence Than Other Faiths.
American Muslims Against Shariah Law in US Courts, Study Finds.
The Overblown Terror Threat.
This is an excerpt from the PrisonPlanet article "Muslims Are Good Folks" (though I have no intention of protecting ideology: only stopping hate from turning violent);
"[Sunni] Islam is not a religion with a hierarchy such as the Roman Catholic Church. In that respect, Muslims are much like Southern Baptists, only more so. Any group of Muslims can build a mosque and hire themselves an imam, or teacher. They are independent. There is no Muslim pope or College of Cardinals. There are no bishops. When an imam somewhere issues a fatwa, which is a sort of formal opinion on a subject, it is not binding. Like Protestant Christians, Muslims interpret their holy writings themselves and consider themselves answerable directly to God – or, to use the Arabic word, Allah.
Most of the disputes in the Middle East are secular and political. Hamas’ quarrel with Israelis is not about the fact that they are Jews but about the fact that they occupy Palestine. The objections some Muslims have to Western culture are the same as those some Christians have. They don’t like the violence, the immorality, the pornography and the greed. The conflict one sees between the religious and the secular in some Muslim countries is similar to the conflict in this country between religious and secular folks.
There are 6 million or 7 million American citizens who are Muslims. Muslims have been in this country since the late 19th century. If you don’t already, you should make an effort to get to know Muslims. You’ll find that they don’t fit the stereotypes created by mean-spirited propaganda or superficial news coverage."
Not only did Muslims, Jews, & Christians live in the middle east lived in relative peace thousands of years before the Cold War (the situation isn't as good as, say, in the U.S.A., but better than now), but also, even today, there are a number of Muslims who are sensible enough to coexist, & sometimes, even unite with their Christian neighbors.
A few dedicated critics of Islam that I would reccomend are Secular Jihadists, IntrovertedSmiles, Abdullah Sameer, Veedu Vidz, Farhan Qureshi, & JajaborTheRevolution, with EazyOnMe & CosmicSkeptic getting honorable mentions.
I admit that I am biased in this, considering how almost all of them are atheists & I myself am an atheist. Though another reason for me recommending them is that they don’t seem like that they have much of an ax to grind & aren’t politically hyper-polarized & hyper-partisan.
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