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In reply to the discussion: I'm totally in agreement ISIS does not represent Islam. So, what name/label would fit? [View all]KG
(28,793 posts)4. religeously insane animals
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I'm totally in agreement ISIS does not represent Islam. So, what name/label would fit? [View all]
Nuclear Unicorn
Feb 2015
OP
We can argue about this, but they see themselves as a true defender of the faith.
AngryAmish
Feb 2015
#17
The problem people are ignoring is the continued practice of Islam, I take it?
el_bryanto
Feb 2015
#24
So if they edited those bits out of the Koran you wouldn't have an issue with it.
el_bryanto
Feb 2015
#46
Or they could have a secular government that keeps christians from killing their neighbor on Sunday
snooper2
Feb 2015
#72
I see no need to accommodate ISIS's framings or the Phelps clan and other such people.
Nuclear Unicorn
Feb 2015
#26
"You Can't Understand ISIS If You Don't Know the History of Wahhabism in Saudi Arabia "
4139
Feb 2015
#34
They represent Islam in the same way the American Family Association represents Christianity.
Initech
Feb 2015
#39
No In terms of "we pick and choose which parts of our book we want to worship "
Initech
Feb 2015
#47
It may not "represent Islam" - no-one does - but it's certainly Islamic.
Donald Ian Rankin
Feb 2015
#66
The problem with the major religions is they'll let any asshole become a member.
backscatter712
Feb 2015
#73