Zeev's Turnips Talk Politics (ZTTP)

[Mapleton]

MMICDT, You need to read a bit more on contemporary Islam. I am not a Muslim, but the only ones fighting a "holy war" in the Middle East are the extremists, which are numbered in very few. The Muslim religion is not inherently a violent religion, atleast no more than the Christian religion is/has been.

The reason why there are many in the Middle East using the Muslim religion as a tool for terrorism is because they live and grew up in a very primitive society, without the very liberal beliefs that are taught here in America. The Muslim religion is several hundred years behind the Christian religion as far as "advancement." Remember, several hundred years ago Christians roamed the world killing those who did not believe in their religion, they even went as far as killing each other (Catholic vs. Protestant). However eventually in modern America, our "liberalization" of religion has took out the violence that once plagued many religions such as Christianity and Islam in their early stages. The Middle East is just behind us in term of "modernization of religion."