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25. The comparison with Christianity doesn't work because Christians identify themselves

Wed Aug 20, 2014, 05:32 PM

Aug 2014

and other Christians by the branch of Christianity they belong to, that is unless they are arrogent and assume their brand of Christianity is the only one.

The fact that Christians identify with their particular sect is a good thing in so far as each sect can denounce and separate themselves from other Christians they fervently disagree with. So when it comes to Westboro most Christians would Protestantism and many nonChristians would accurately place them on the far end of Protestantism. Muslims, on the other hand, seem, for lack of a better word, schizophrenic about their identity in that they don't want to identified by their respective sects until something horrific happens at which point they assert that Islam isn't monolithic.

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Why have there been no fatwas against the slaughter of Yazidis especially since its being [View all] snagglepuss Aug 2014 OP

Why are you saying there have been none, as though that is fact? Perhaps there have been. MADem Aug 2014 #1

No one needs to go hunting for fatwas when Korans are burnt or other such things. snagglepuss Aug 2014 #2

Well, not every fatwa is posted to Google. That said, you need to Google harder! MADem Aug 2014 #9

I've been looking fro weeks. THe two you produce say nothing of what is happining to Yazidis. snagglepuss Aug 2014 #11

You aren't going to do any better than a fatwa against ISIS. MADem Aug 2014 #19

Perhaps you need to try harder niether addresses the plight of Yazidis. snagglepuss Aug 2014 #37

We had this conversation already. nt MADem Aug 2014 #38

Funny how when you brutally slaughter those who oppose you NuclearDem Aug 2014 #3

Are you saying that ISIS has power through-out the Mulslim world? snagglepuss Aug 2014 #5

I'm saying it's not the Muslim world's job to appease bigots in the West. NuclearDem Aug 2014 #7

I see you take the same path as those in Jewish community who condemn snagglepuss Aug 2014 #12

That analogy only works if you equate Israel with all of Judaism. NuclearDem Aug 2014 #15

Exactly and that is exactly what Zionists do. Zionists dismiss criticism of Israel snagglepuss Aug 2014 #18

Because Muslims worldwide want to help you justify your hatred of all 2 billion of them, clearly Scootaloo Aug 2014 #4

Why then mass outrage in the Muslim world when some crappy cartoons that hurt no one snagglepuss Aug 2014 #6

Thanks for underlining my point for me Scootaloo Aug 2014 #8

Since ISIS is quoting the Koran for its forced conversions and slaughter of those snagglepuss Aug 2014 #13

For the same reason major Christian faiths don't "correct" the Westboro Baptist Church on every MADem Aug 2014 #22

Are you not familiar with Google? Recursion Aug 2014 #10

Like I said I've been googling for weeks. Be my guest do a search and prove me wrong. snagglepuss Aug 2014 #14

Took me all of two minutes. NuclearDem Aug 2014 #16

NONE of those pertain to Yazidis. I'll not hold my breath while you snagglepuss Aug 2014 #17

Those of a Manichaean bent won't admit this friendly_iconoclast Aug 2014 #20

Find the fatwas opposing the Holocaust during WW2, why don't you? MADem Aug 2014 #21

Given that ISIS is quoting the Koran of course this affects all Muslims because it snagglepuss Aug 2014 #23

Listen to what you're saying. I mean, really--your view is rather naively parochial, and MADem Aug 2014 #24

The comparison with Christianity doesn't work because Christians identify themselves snagglepuss Aug 2014 #25

Yes, it DOES work. Your assumption that Muslims don't identify themselves by their branch is NAIVE MADem Aug 2014 #30

A bigot is someone who treats members of a group (racial or ethnic ) with hatred & intolerance snagglepuss Aug 2014 #32

You said it, not me. MADem Aug 2014 #33

Republicans not a racial group? 87% of Republicians identify themselves snagglepuss Aug 2014 #34

Again, you said it. Don't tell Michael Steele or Herman Cain or Ileana Ros-Lehtinen or Marco Rubio MADem Aug 2014 #36

it says a lot about supporters of isis and those doing so quietly samsingh Aug 2014 #26

not 'people of the book' so it shouldn't be a shocker JCMach1 Aug 2014 #27

Except they managed to get by in Iraq before the foreign vandals came along. CJCRANE Aug 2014 #35

They share some ethnic background (if not religion) with the Kurds... JCMach1 Aug 2014 #39

Wow. Open bigotry on DU. Maedhros Aug 2014 #28

Biogtry? Oh really. Please do elaborate. snagglepuss Aug 2014 #29

It's not just me, then. Phew. I was beginning to wonder if I was the only one who was appalled MADem Aug 2014 #31