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Yes, but everyone uses the abortion bombing example. I was offering somethign different. everynametaken Send a noteboard - 30/08/2010 03:18:19 AM
The far right militants may have been religious but except for the occasional guy how talked to his couch they were not motivated by religion. They used odd bits and pieces from the bible to justify their actions but I never heard them say they were acting in the name of god. Abortion clinic bombings might have been a better example.



He wanted to know examples of other faiths being radicalized or using religion as a basis of hate and I think that was a valid example. Many of those groups (not all by any means as some were just anti-federalism) used the Bible, their church groups (often home churches and non mainline sects) as grounds to preach and promote their oddball interpretations and paranoia. I just wanted him and others to see how politics and religious ideology can become intertwined and promoted as violence in any religion.

There are other examples within Christianity (such as the whole Ireland issue) or Buddhism (the war in Sri Lanka) or even Hinduism (in which both nutty Hindus AND Muslims have killed each other). Although, I'm not really sure anything would convince him so I'm not even sure why I tried. ;)
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Arson at future Islamic Center site 'takes it to a whole new level' - 29/08/2010 04:54:42 AM 1246 Views
Don't get too worried. Not every mosque in America is under attack. Take a breath - 29/08/2010 06:25:31 AM 698 Views
Re: Don't get too worried. Not every mosque in America is under attack. Take a breath - 29/08/2010 08:33:10 AM 695 Views
You have to be kidding. Or I wish you were anyway. - 29/08/2010 03:13:42 PM 715 Views
I think this is what she is refering to - 29/08/2010 03:39:41 PM 882 Views
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That was incredibly vague. Fence sitter. *NM* - 29/08/2010 07:37:47 PM 264 Views
churches temples and mosqes are often vandalized all of the country - 29/08/2010 07:58:15 PM 583 Views
*NM* - 29/08/2010 12:24:14 PM 337 Views
I agree. A new way of life. the place you want to feel safe. - 30/08/2010 02:29:41 AM 636 Views
It's unfortunate. - 29/08/2010 02:41:08 PM 747 Views
Re: It's unfortunate. - 29/08/2010 02:58:29 PM 672 Views
I don't think it's that simple. - 29/08/2010 03:45:44 PM 595 Views
And you just missed my point completely. - 29/08/2010 04:00:59 PM 695 Views
I won't bother. - 29/08/2010 11:19:17 PM 635 Views
An epiphany - 29/08/2010 11:33:19 PM 705 Views
those facts are not that easy to find - 29/08/2010 10:56:55 PM 761 Views
Are there no books in America? *NM* - 29/08/2010 10:59:00 PM 276 Views
public libraries are a socialist conspiracy *NM* - 30/08/2010 01:22:33 AM 267 Views
Lots of those books show the history of Islam... - 30/08/2010 01:24:34 AM 742 Views
you mean - 30/08/2010 01:27:04 AM 630 Views
Re: you mean - 30/08/2010 01:29:35 AM 687 Views
Re: you mean - 30/08/2010 01:32:01 AM 662 Views
Re: you mean - 30/08/2010 02:07:19 AM 688 Views
Yes - 30/08/2010 12:47:29 PM 662 Views
congrats! - 30/08/2010 03:29:41 AM 752 Views
what a well thought out reply *NM* - 30/08/2010 03:18:40 PM 262 Views
I thought her reply was too short too, but she does have a point. - 30/08/2010 04:23:01 PM 858 Views
Replies are short for a reason. - 30/08/2010 07:46:20 PM 646 Views
apperantly Fox News - 30/08/2010 08:32:28 PM 634 Views
heheheheheeheheheeheHEHAHEHAHAHAHAHAAHAAHAHAaheheheheheheh - 30/08/2010 08:35:19 PM 679 Views
it would be funny if most liberals didn't really believe it was true - 30/08/2010 08:49:58 PM 657 Views
how about the thousands upon thousands of Muslims who haven't done anything? *NM* - 30/08/2010 08:51:36 PM 293 Views
lets make that millions upon millions. *NM* - 30/08/2010 11:20:32 PM 260 Views
Pfft - 30/08/2010 11:38:34 PM 668 Views
And my point was that maybe people need to get off their duffs - 31/08/2010 12:39:42 AM 658 Views
Re: those facts are not that easy to find - 30/08/2010 01:16:09 AM 667 Views
Now aisha, you know full well you're personally responsible for all of the middle east. - 30/08/2010 12:29:36 PM 679 Views
well she hasn't done much to sell the idea that Muslims are moderate *NM* - 30/08/2010 04:19:40 PM 304 Views
umm ok. *NM* - 30/08/2010 06:50:51 PM 298 Views
but she does not represent Islam. - 30/08/2010 07:12:20 PM 563 Views
less fallacious than claiming the country xenophobic because some morons torched a bulldozer *NM* - 30/08/2010 08:51:50 PM 247 Views
I think that would be 'equally' fallacious. *NM* - 31/08/2010 05:29:38 AM 279 Views
perception is reality in politics - 30/08/2010 04:18:59 PM 737 Views
Sure they are, you just can't cherry pick your sourcess. - 02/09/2010 04:20:20 PM 830 Views
Wow - that's paranoid - 29/08/2010 03:00:09 PM 713 Views
That's absurd. - 29/08/2010 03:47:31 PM 681 Views
how're you defining terrorist? - 29/08/2010 04:05:23 PM 694 Views
You are too young to remember the Christian Militia groups of the 1990s here in America. - 29/08/2010 06:51:55 PM 723 Views
well put *NM* - 29/08/2010 06:57:45 PM 712 Views
agreed. *NM* - 29/08/2010 07:04:14 PM 278 Views
That isn't a valid comparison - 29/08/2010 10:39:32 PM 700 Views
Yes, but everyone uses the abortion bombing example. I was offering somethign different. - 30/08/2010 03:18:19 AM 815 Views
It's really not - 30/08/2010 03:25:07 AM 620 Views
Facts? - 30/08/2010 05:53:17 AM 631 Views
Your mind is already made up - no sense confusing you with facts - 31/08/2010 03:34:26 PM 713 Views
There are approximately 1,400 mosques in the U.S. Please name me 14 that have radicalized people. - 29/08/2010 06:41:39 PM 734 Views
14? Easy - 29/08/2010 07:31:24 PM 751 Views
Er... - 29/08/2010 08:01:50 PM 604 Views
Yeah, not a very subtle name - 29/08/2010 08:34:53 PM 654 Views
Re: Yeah, not a very subtle name - 30/08/2010 03:21:54 AM 703 Views
Re: Yeah, not a very subtle name - 30/08/2010 04:31:09 AM 741 Views
Re: It's unfortunate. - 30/08/2010 09:51:10 AM 960 Views
Re: It's unfortunate. - 30/08/2010 02:33:29 PM 785 Views

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