Originally posted by Kermit8

If we are going to generally blame Muslims/Islam for the 1% of nutters who follow the Wahhabi creed to its violent and child murdering ends then we will also have to blame Protestants and Loyalists for IRA bombs/killing back in the day for they too were part of a same religion.

Said it before: the military and world governments have to directly target the extreme and terrorist-inclined sects of Islam. There are Wahhabi schools in places like Indonesia that at this minute are brainwashing children to have a 'martyr's' end.

Edited by Kermit8 (15 Jul 2016 10.56am)

Whilst I agree with both of you that the vast majority of Muslims are not terrorists, it is as plain as day that the vast majority of terrorists today are Muslims.

I am a "lefty" with Muslim friends, and after the slaughter of 84 innocent people, plus hundreds injured, I am not concerned who I offend by saying so.

I wonder if France had put restrictions on Charlie Hebdo it would've stopped that attack and the series of attacks after. I know it goes against the grain of French society but do you think preventing the right to insult rather than the right to freedom of speech was worth risking kick-starting these attacks and risking lives?

I know the attacks now are driven by frustration and hatred from lack of opportunities for young Muslims and that extremists want to divide European and Muslim communities with attacks, but the threat levels have heightened since the Hebdo attacks.

P.S - I am in no way a sympathiser and I struggle to understand how people were/are insulted by pictures of a prophet Muhammed, but some are, and with such religious fervour, why not just respect their belief and leave it? It COULD save some of the problems.

(I remember people comparing prophets to invented characters like Spiderman and I saw their point of view. But if something is so sacred and with so much religious fervour, I would think respecting it would be a wiser option.)

Edited by Rudi Hedman (15 Jul 2016 11.38am)

What annoys me with all this don't offend the prophet bollocks.....when the Monty python team made life of Brian.....were people killed over it no,a few harsh words were exchanged.
Get f***ing over it.

Genuinely, plenty of people have been killed during Christian religious conflicts - perhaps too many to even estimate.
I would suspect more Christians have killed Christians than Muslims have ever killed anyone. For instance, people were burned or stoned for failing to memorise specific phrases in the Bible, which was in Latin. Not just in places like Spain either, in England too. and not as early as you might think: people are still fighting over being Protestant or Catholic at this very moment.
I would like to see far more condemnation from leading Islamics and leading Islamic countries, however, as I believe that not doing anything about their religious zealots is tantamount to complicity in these attacks.