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Showing Original Post only (View all)No, Muslims Are Not More Violent Than People of Other Religions. Here Are the Facts to Prove It. [View all]
http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/no_muslims_are_not_more_violent_than_people_of_other_religions_20151115Contrary to what is alleged by bigots like Bill Maher, Muslims are not more violent than people of other religions. Murder rates in most of the Muslim world are very low compared to the United States.
As for political violence, people of Christian heritage in the twentieth century polished off tens of millions of people in the two world wars and colonial repression. This massive carnage did not occur because European Christians are worse than or different from other human beings, but because they were the first to industrialize war and pursue a national model. Sometimes it is argued that they did not act in the name of religion but of nationalism. But, really, how naive. Religion and nationalism are closely intertwined. The British monarch is the head of the Church of England, and that still meant something in the first half of the twentieth century, at least. The Swedish church is a national church. Spain? Was it really unconnected to Catholicism? Did the Church and Francisco Francos feelings toward it play no role in the Civil War? And whats sauce for the goose: much Muslim violence is driven by forms of modern nationalism, too.
I dont figure that Muslims killed more than 2 million people or so in political violence in the entire twentieth century, and that mainly in the Iran-Iraq War 1980-1988 and the Soviet and post-Soviet wars in Afghanistan, for which Europeans bear some blame (the secular nationalist Young Turks also committed genocide against the Armenians during an invasion of eastern Anatolia by Russia).
Compare that to the Christian European tally of, oh, lets say 100 million (16 million in WW I, 60 million in WW II though some of those were attributable to Buddhists in Asia and millions more in colonial wars.)
As for political violence, people of Christian heritage in the twentieth century polished off tens of millions of people in the two world wars and colonial repression. This massive carnage did not occur because European Christians are worse than or different from other human beings, but because they were the first to industrialize war and pursue a national model. Sometimes it is argued that they did not act in the name of religion but of nationalism. But, really, how naive. Religion and nationalism are closely intertwined. The British monarch is the head of the Church of England, and that still meant something in the first half of the twentieth century, at least. The Swedish church is a national church. Spain? Was it really unconnected to Catholicism? Did the Church and Francisco Francos feelings toward it play no role in the Civil War? And whats sauce for the goose: much Muslim violence is driven by forms of modern nationalism, too.
I dont figure that Muslims killed more than 2 million people or so in political violence in the entire twentieth century, and that mainly in the Iran-Iraq War 1980-1988 and the Soviet and post-Soviet wars in Afghanistan, for which Europeans bear some blame (the secular nationalist Young Turks also committed genocide against the Armenians during an invasion of eastern Anatolia by Russia).
Compare that to the Christian European tally of, oh, lets say 100 million (16 million in WW I, 60 million in WW II though some of those were attributable to Buddhists in Asia and millions more in colonial wars.)
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No, Muslims Are Not More Violent Than People of Other Religions. Here Are the Facts to Prove It. [View all]
KamaAina
Nov 2015
OP
a ringing endorsement: "my" religion is less murderous than "your" religion lol (not referring to
msongs
Nov 2015
#2
The fact that he hasn't published his work anywhere for people to review makes me question more
Lee-Lee
Nov 2015
#49
It's mostly evangelical atheists trying to prove how smart they are by insulting others.
Maedhros
Nov 2015
#41
As long as people believe they are fighting for an invisible man in the sky, we're screwed
NightWatcher
Nov 2015
#12
I'm the first to realize we often rationalize many imaginary things as more tangible...
LanternWaste
Nov 2015
#24
Militarism, mutual defense alliances and imperialism had a lot to do with many of those wars.
herding cats
Nov 2015
#14
This is so fucking deceitful-- and when it's begun with an accusation of bigotry, it's particularly
Marr
Nov 2015
#17
Nobody that supports violence against Muslims, Netanyahu and his aggressive wars,
cpwm17
Nov 2015
#19
Bigotry is about being unfair to religious minorities, not just sexual minorities.
closeupready
Nov 2015
#33
The problem comes from toppling secular regimes and supporting fundamentalist regimes and rebels.
CJCRANE
Nov 2015
#21
I would venture to suggest that a gay couple holding hands would be safer in Dublin
Nye Bevan
Nov 2015
#44