This seems like overreacting to me. I've never met anyone who lambasts Islam as a dangerous or violent religion.
I have met at lest 2 such people on civfanatics alone.
In my opinion, all Monotheistic religions have a high potential for violence. But this is a minority who commits the violence. There is nothing special about Islam in refernce to its diposition regarding extremism.
I agree.
I believe that you are a 15 year old looking to stand out and be 'for' something
That's a pretty arrogant assertion for you to make considering you've never met me. I am looking to stand out and be "for" something? How? I don't care about standing out, I just care about being me. If being who I am makes me somehow stand out among the rest, well there's not much I can do about it. I do not go out looking for things that will make me special or unique. I look at what I already have, and feel proud about most of it. If I feel that it's bad, I try to learn and improve on it.
I don't know where you get these ideas of people as being anti-Muslim.
Two books of the type I mentioned, one written by an alleged war-criminal, the other by a head of an organization warning of a necessary fight to exterminate Islam, have recently become top-sellers in the United States. Where do I get the ideas that most Americans are against-muslims? Absolutely nowhere, I don't believe the majority are. Where do I get the idea that many are? By looking at what's happening around me and paying attention to such issues.
If you have problems with profiling, then let me ask you how many Norwegians are causing problems for comercial flights? Most Muslims are moderate, but the ones causing the problems with terrorism are almost always Muslim.
You seem to be making me some sort of scapegoat for all politically correct views on Muslims stated by various people on these forums. "The views of some don't stand for all... blah blah blah". I never said that. While I strongly believe that the extremist views of Islam overshadow those that are moderate, I didn't say that the moderate are the majority. In fact I disagree with your statement that "Most Musllims are moderate". I'd have to say that the average Muslim in the world, due to political and social circumstances that most Muslims have to deal with, either already are (at least slightly), or are tempted to be, on the extremist side of the spectrum (or at least leaning more toward extremism than it's opposite). What I am saying however is, that a moderate side does indeed exist. Just because the majority doesn't belong in it's camp doesn't mean it's made-up. As for how many Norwegians are high-jacking planes, very very few, if any at all. Norwegians, and the political circumstances they are in, don't really give much of a reason for even the most radical Norwegian youth to cause problems with commercial flight. I strongly believe that if the majority of Norwegian youth percieved their country, or any group they belong to, to be under attack by the rest of the world, a lot more Norwegian youth would want to cause problems with commercial flights.
Your religion should be for self-enlightenment and to establish a code of dicipline and conduct. Other peoples opinions should not matter.
Yes... and that is precisely why I don't argue with those who post numerous comments against it on these forums. That is also exactly why I try to follow my religion the best I can as an individual, instead of going door to door trying to gain converts. Other people's opinions shouldn't matter, and I don't feel they do. In the long run, you don't see my religious beliefs affected by them. However, that doesn't erase the fact that these opinions exist. I didn't respond to them directly, but the person who started this thread merely asked how I felt about them, and I thought it was a good opportunity to discuss it without starting arguements.
And just because a couple of idiots beat up some Muslims a few years back doesn't mean ****. If most Americans have a negative view of Islam, then most Muslims are terrorists.
While I am not one of the people to make the standing Muslims have in society in post 9-11 America some sort of charity-case, to deny that it is significantly worse is foolish. I didn't say most Americans have a negative view of Islam. Many however do. Most Muslims aren't terrorists, most terrorist's do happen to be Muslim.