What's funny is when comparing violence in religions, people start mentioning the crusades.

What's absolutely hilarious is that no one mentioned the crusades. No one. I mentioned violence sanctioned in other religions by their own holy book. My point is that it doesn't matter what you think islam is about, it matters what muslims think islam is about. Just as with any other religion.

Jews are much better equipped to interpret Judaism, Muslims are better equipped to explain Islam, and for that matter, Buddhists probably don't understand Christianity as well as Southern Baptists do.

I think we should be figuring out how to get Muslims to accept the more peaceful interpretations of islam, and encouraging the more peaceful ones to speak out.

*Smart Person: "A Muslim women tried to smuggle a bomb in in baby's clothes four months ago, Theo Van Gogh was murdered two years ago for making a documentary about women in the Middle East, an elderly nun was murdered in Somalia, Muslim immigrants in Australia have been gang-raping women who don't wear burqas, and let's not forget 9/11..."

Dumb Person: "But eight centuries ago Christians were killing people in the Middle East! So there!"
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Perhaps "Smart person" needs to figure out that not every muslim agrees with every act purpetuated in the name of Islam. There are differences of opinion on just about every subject in every religion. Not all muslim women wear the Hijab, in fact the queen of Jordan doesn't wear one.

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